Tegneserier og illustration

Album artistico e storico di Ferrara, la patria di Savonarola ed Ariosto, con disegni originali di G. Coen, C. Grand Didier e M. Doyen. A beneficio del primo Giardino d'Infanzia di Roma

G. Coen, C. Grand Didier, and M. Doyen, illustrators · 1875 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Milano, Enrico Pestalozzi, A gorgeous album devoted to Ferrara. 175, 6 pp. plus 32 full-page steel engravings and lithographs (two of the latter are delicately colored by hand.) On fine wove paper. Large folio (38.5 x 28.5 cm). In the original embossed polished cloth bindin...

Portfolio Berlin 1995. 6 Öldrucke. Siegesäule / Olympiastadion / Gleisanlagen Görlitzer Bahnhof / Haus der Kulturen der Welt / Am Landwehrkanal / Reichstag

Frank A. Mashofer · 1995 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Berlin and Darmstadt, Frank Mashofer, ONE OF ONLY ELEVEN (11) COPIES PRINTED OF THIS PORTFOLIO OF SIX SIGNED OIL PRINTS BY MASHOFER. (Oil printing is an extremely unusual photographic process with roots in the nineteenth century--see Wikipedia.) Wonderful, haunting images. E...

Le Père Ubu à la guerre. Illustrations de Jean Puy

Ambroise Vollard (illustrated by Jean Puy) · 1923 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$650.00 (€588.31 | £491.40 | ¥103,914)

Paris, Ambroise Vollard, One of Vollard's most profusely-illustrated books, with 109 raucous illustrations by Jean Puy, including 8 ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE HORS-TEXTE ETCHINGS AND A DOUBLE-PAGE ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPH. 134 pp. From a total edition of 375 numbered copies, this is on...

En son absence. Photographies et texte: Michaël Duperrin. Postface: Christian Caujolle.

Michaël Duperrin (Christian Caujolle, postface) · 2010 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Biarritz, Atlantica-Séguier, ONE OF ONLY 30 COPIES OF THE DELUXE EDITION OF THIS PHOTOBOOK ABOUT LOSS AND MEMORY, WITH A SIGNED, NUMBERED, AND TITLED PHOTOGRAPH BY DUPERRIN LOOSELY INSERTED. 4to. Original wraps. Housed in the original box. FINE AND BRIGHT, AS NEW.

Album du chemin de fer de Lyon à la Méditerranée. Recueil de dessins de sites, monuments, costumes, etc. etudiés dans le parcours de cette voie et exécutés sur pierre par J.-B. Laurens. Seconde excursion, 1858-59.

Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens · 1859 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$950.00 (€859.83 | £718.20 | ¥151,875)

Paris, MM. Paulin & Le Chevallier, A wonderful suite of 30 LITHOGRAPHS BY LAURENS ON CHINE APPLIQUÉ (complete), depicting scenery, monuments, and traditional costumes encountered during a train journey from Lyon to Sète (or "Cette", as it is spelled here.) Oblong folio (28 x ...

Nymphes et décors. Dix bois gravés de Roger Grillon. Cinq bucoliques & cinq fantaisies

Roger Grillon · 1919 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Société Littéraire de France, An rare and beautiful suite of ten large folio woodcuts by Roger Grillon: five bucolic depictions of nymphs (printed in black) and five decorative fantasies (printed in sanguine). There is also a title-page and a justification, both adorn...

Vignettes pour les œuvres de Chateaubriand, d'après les dessins de MM. Alfred et Tony Johannot

Alfred and Tony Johannot (François-René de Chateaubriand) · 1832 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Furne, A PRISTINE COMPLETE SET OF 25 STEEL ENGRAVINGS AFTER ALFRED AND TONY JOHANNOT, ILLUSTRATING THE WORKS OF CHATEAUBRIAND, IN ORIGINAL PARTS, WITH ALL WRAPPERS PRESENT. Proofs avec la lettre with wide margins on fine wove paper. Large 4to. All parts loose in wrap...

Éloge de Émile Bernard. Avec des lithographies en couleurs et des gravures sur bois

Louis Hautecoeur (Emile Bernard) · 1962 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Bruker, A tribute to Bernard, illustrated with eight loose color plates, and one full-page plate (frontispiece) and two smaller vignettes printed in sepia (COMPLETE). Edition limited to 200 numbered copies printed on fine Arches wove paper. Loose as issued in original...

Silences (photobook by Arnaud Claass)

Arnaud Claass (Loïc Malle, text) · 1989 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Marval, An intimate photobook devoted to tiny details of daily life in town and country. Dozens of full-page black & white photographs. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES WITH A SIGNED AND MATTED GELATIN SILVER PRINT. Square 4to. Original wraps. In the original cloth sol...

Jardin d'altitude (photobook by Jean-Pierre Bonfort)

Jean-Pierre Bonfort (Elisabeth Foch, text) · 1990 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Marval, A breathtaking photobook devoted to the Alps, especially high mountain meadows in summer and winter. Dozens of full-page black & white photographs. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES WITH A SIGNED AND MATTED GELATIN SILVER PRINT OF "LA MONTAGNE DE FRANCE. HOMMAGE A...

Oakland Blues (photobook by Michelle Vignes, including a signed gelatin silverprint, "Beverly Stovall Playing the Blues")

Michelle Vignes (Francis Hofstein, text) · 1989 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Marval, A wonderful photobook devoted to the blues scene in Oakland during the 1980s. Dozens of full-page black & white photographs. ONE OF ONLY 30 NUMBERED COPIES WITH A SIGNED AND MATTED GELATIN SILVER PRINT OF "BEVERLY STOVALL PLAYING THE BLUES", THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S...

Emaux et camées. Illustrations de Gaston Bussière

Gautier, Théophile (Gaston Bussière) · 1923 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, A. Ferroud. - F- Ferroud, AN OUTSTANDING LARGE-PAPER COPY OF THIS NOTABLE LIVRE D'ARTISTE, WITH THREE STATES OF THE CELBRATED FRONTISPIECE DEPICTING A NUDE WOMAN AND A PEACOCK. 2, 239 pp. Illustrated throughout with hors-texte etchings and wood-engraved ornaments by G...

Onze essais de voix pour un chant du soir (with eleven signed etchings by Michel Seuphor)

Michel Seuphor (text and illustrations) · 1976 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

La Haye (The Hague), Galerie Nouvelles Images, A RARE AND ENIIGMATIC LIVRE D'ARTISTE, WITH ELEVEN POEMS AND ELEVEN SIGNED ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY MICHEL SEUPHOR. Edition limited to 60 numbered copies printed on fine Arches wove paper, all signed below the justification by the au...

Lumière du Mexique. Lithographies originales de Yves Brayer.

Michel Droit (Yves Brayer, illustrator) · 1966 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,250.00 (€1,131.36 | £945.00 | ¥199,835)

Paris, Les Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, A UNIQUE COPY of this evocative livre d'artiste, illustrated with 29 ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPHS BY YVES BRAYER, sympathetically depicting daily life in Mexico. One of 150 copies printed on very fine Arches wove paper. T...

Sous les Ogives, with nine polymer photographs by Andréas Lang

Andréas Lang, Victor Hugo, Joan Barbarà · 2009 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,750.00 (€1,583.90 | £1,323.00 | ¥279,769)

Barcelona, Tristán Barbarà Editions, A stunning photobook / portfolio with Victor Hugo's memorable evocation of Notre Dame (from "Notre Dame de Paris", known in English as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"); NINE ASTONISHING POLYMER PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANDREAS LANG (the first one signe...

Les Soliloques du Pauvre, illustrés de gravures originales au burin de Lela Pascali

Jehan-Rictus (Lela Pascali, illustrator) · 1949 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$975.00 (€882.46 | £737.10 | ¥155,871)

Paris, Vialetay, A wonderful livre d'artiste, illustrated with 44 HAUNTING ORIGINAL BURIN ENGRAVINGS BY LELA PASCALI, depicting the life of the poor, of which 16 are full-page and hors-texte. Edition limited to 197 numbered copies, of which this is ONE OF ONLY 23 COPIES PRINT...

Contrôleur de l'ennui (a unique copy, illustrated throughout with drawings by Jules Pascin)

Pierre Humbourg (drawings by Jules Pascin) · 1925 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$12,500.00 (€11,313.56 | £9,450.00 | ¥1,998,351)

Marseille and Paris, Cahiers du Sud, First edition of this amusing collection of light verse about travel, one of fifty numbered copies printed on Chiffon de Moirans wove paper. A UNIQUE COPY, ILLUSTRATED THROUGHOUT WITH ASTONISHING ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JULES PASCIN, EXECUTED...

Les mariages de Paris (with wood-engravings by Huyot after Piguet)

Edmond About (Edmond Adam and Juliette Lambert association copy) · 1887 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$750.00 (€678.81 | £567.00 | ¥119,901)

Paris, Les Amis des Livres, COPY NUMBER 1. A charming illustrated edition, with dozens of wood-engravings by Huyot after Piguet, LIMITED TO ONLY 115 COPIES, ALL PRINTED ON FINE CHINESE PAPER WITH AN EXTRA SUITE OF THE WOOD-ENGRAVINGS PRINTED WITHOUT TEXT. This is COPY NUMBER...

Le bestiaire. Eaux-fortes originales de Roger Chastel.

Paul Eluard (etchings by Roger Chastel) · 1949 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,950.00 (€1,764.92 | £1,474.20 | ¥311,743)

Paris, Maeght, A STUNNING AND IMPORTANT LIVRE DE PEINTRE. The first edition of Eluard's text, illustrated with 87 ORIGINAL COLOR ETCHINGS BY ROGER CHASTEL. From a total edition of 196 numbered copies, this is one of 148 on extremely fine Lana wove paper. Folio. Loose as is...

Fábula del hombre que quería morir y no moría y se empezó a aburrir, contado por María P. Herrero en veinticinco cuadros de linolium con una explicación al pie para temor o contento de los hombres del bien y del mal morir.

María P. Herrero · 1964 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$1,950.00 (€1,764.92 | £1,474.20 | ¥311,743)

Santander, Sur Galería de Arte, ONE OF ONLY FIVE COPIES PRINTED. A portfolio with title-page, the printed text of the poem, a justification/colophon, and 25 SIGNED LARGE FOLIO LINOLEUM CUTS BY MARIA P. HERRERO, WITH THE CORRESPONDING STANZA FROM HER POEM IN MANUSCRIPT BELOW E...