Tegneserier og illustration

36 Miniatures / "Devi Tuszynski, Der Prinz fun miniatur"

Tuszynski, Devi (David Tuszynski) (Marcel Marceau) · 1969 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, First and only edition. With English title-page at front, followed by French text. Yiddish title-page at back, followed by Yiddish text (i.e., the back cover of the book is the front cover in Yiddish). 32 full-page plates. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies on g...

Lettres de la religieuse portugaise. Lithographies de Mariette Lydis.

Alcoforado, Mariana (i.e., Gabriel de Guilleragues) (Mariette Lydis, illustrator) · 1947 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$325.00 (€294.15 | £245.70 | ¥51,957)

Paris, Fernand Hazan, A gorgeous livre d'artiste with a subtly-erotic 17th-century text and EIGHT ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY MARIETTE LYDIS. The lithographs depict the amorous and sexual longing of a thick-lipped, doe-eyed young woman. Edition limited to 523 numbered copies, al...

Un soir, à Cordoue.... Pointes sèches de José Pedro Gil.

Grappe, Georges (José Pedro Gil) · 1932 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$375.00 (€339.41 | £283.50 | ¥59,951)

Paris, Société des Amis du Livre Moderne, A beautiful livre d'artiste, illustrated with 63 ORIGINAL DRYPOINTS by José Pedro Gil (1892-1945), all of which depict Cordoba and its inhabitants. THIS IS THE UNIQUE FILE COPY INITIALLY RETAINED BY THE BIBLIOPHILE SOCIETY THAT PUBLIS...

La traversée Urbi & Orbi WITH AN ORIGINAL ALPHABET COMPOSITION BY JACQUES VILLEGLE.

Villeglé, Jacques (Laurence Calmels association copy) · 2005 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$275.00 (€248.90 | £207.90 | ¥43,964)

Paris, Luna-Park / Transédition, First and only edition of these philosophical musings, with illustrations by the author. 223 pp. ON THE HALF-TITLE IS AN INSCRIPTION TO LAURENCE CALMELS, AN ORIGINAL ALPHABET COMPOSITION, executed in pencil, SIGNED BY VILLEGLE. Small 4to. O...

KOZO (i.e., Kozo Inoue)

Kozo INOUE · 1976 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$325.00 (€294.15 | £245.70 | ¥51,957)

An accordion-fold mock-up for a publication about Kozo, with a folding silkscreen entitled "Deux bambous". I do not know if it was ever published; I have not been able to locate any copies. First page SIGNED BY KOZO with ink and brush, boldly an calligraphically. Printed on ...

La cité des eaux. Eaux-fortes originales de Paul Baudier. (Versailles)

Régnier, Henri de (Paul Baudier) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,480.17 | £3,742.20 | ¥791,347)

Paris, La Trirème (Guido Colucci), THE UNIQUE PUBLISHER'S COPY OF BAUDIER'S MASTERPIECE, WITH ALL OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS AND OVER 150 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS, SOME OF WHICH ARE UNIQUE. A SPECTACULAR LIVRE D'ARTISTE FOCUSING LARGELY ON VERSAILLES, with 31 original etchings by Paul...

La cité des eaux. Eaux-fortes originales de Paul Baudier. (Versailles)

Régnier, Henri de (Paul Baudier) · 1946 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, La Trirème (Guido Colucci), A SPECTACULAR LIVRE D'ARTISTE FOCUSING LARGELY ON VERSAILLES, with 31 original etchings by Paul Baudier, one of the great book artists of the 20th century. From a total edition of 163 copies, this is ONE OF FIFTEEN COPIES PRINTED ON EXTREMEL...

Poésies. Eaux-fortes originales de Claude Delaroche-Vernet.

Nerval, Gérard de (Claude Delaroche-Vernet) · 1947 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$475.00 (€429.92 | £359.10 | ¥75,937)

Paris, Jean Porson, A GORGEOUS LIVRE D'ARTISTE, WITH 60 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS BY CLAUDE DELAROCHE-VERNET. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine Arches wove paper, this is ONE OF ONLY 40 COPIES (tête) WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING (for the etchi...

Première représentation de Monelle Valentin dans La sauvage, pièce en trois actes de Jean Anouilh

Anouilh, Jean (Monelle Valentin, Guy-Charles Revol) · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

Paris, Artra / Comédie des Champs-Elysées, FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this lavish souvenir program commemorating Monelle Valentin's first performance as Thérèse in Jean Anouilh's "La sauvage". 16 pp. Valentin (1905-1979) was a noted actress and the mother of Anouilh's daughte...

Veure és sentir

Ràfols-Casamada, Albert · 1993 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$395.00 (€357.51 | £298.62 | ¥63,148)

Barcelona, Polígrafa, A printed folder with a large (48 x 36.5) and stunning color aquatint by Albert Ràfols-Casamada, signed in pencil by the artist. Edition limited to 90 copies. Printed on fine wove paper. FINE AND BRIGHT.

El passeig del poeta / The Poet's Walk

Ràfols-Casamada, Albert · 1991 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$795.00 (€719.54 | £601.02 | ¥127,095)

Barcelona, Polígrafa, Three poems by Albert Ràfols-Casamada and 42 high-quality plates reproducing his drawings. From a total edition of 500 copies printed on extremely fine Biblos wove paper, this is ONE OF ONLY SIXTY COPIES WITH TWO ORIGINAL AQUATINTS BY RAFOLS-CASAMADA, bo...

La Gravure sur Cuivre. Estampes gravees par Robert Cami, Rene Cottet, Albert Decaris, Robert Jeannisson, Kiyoshi Hasegawa ("Bouquet sur fond de dentelle"), and Paul Lemagny

Adhemar, Jean (Robert Cami, Rene Cottet, Albert Decaris, Robert Jeannisson, Kiyoshi Hasegawa, and Paul Lemagny, illustrators) · 1945 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$7,500.00 (€6,788.14 | £5,670.00 | ¥1,199,010)

Angers, Editions Jacques-Petit, WITH TWO IMPRESSIONS, IN FIRST AND SECOND STATES, OF ONE OF KIYOSHI HASEGAWA'S MOST IMPORTANT PRINTS. *** Etched half-title, 16 pp. plus 12 loose engravings. *** A monograph on engraving followed by short biographies of each of the six artists, ...

Crouquis de Nissa / Croquis de Nice

Nicola, Jouan (introduction) (V. Bonneterre and Henri Martin, illustrations) · 0 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Nice, privately printed, AN EXTREMELY RARE PORTFOLIO OF SIGNED COLOR WOODCUTS DEPICTING THE COMMON PEOPLE OF NICE (and, more generally, Eastern Provence) BETWEEN THE WARS. Brief introduction by Nicola in Niçard (or "Nissart": the dialect of Provençal spoken in Nice) with a F...

Les Fioretti (illustrated by Edy-Legrand)

St. François d'Assise (St. Francis of Assisi) (Edy-Legrand, illustrator) · 1964 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$4,950.00 (€4,480.17 | £3,742.20 | ¥791,347)

Paris, Tradition du Livre, Two volumes, complete. A PERFECT SET OF THIS MONUMENTAL PUBLICATION. From a deluxe edition of 50 sets supposed to have a drawing by Edy-Legrand, this set, exceptionally, HAS TWO LARGE ORIGINAL GOUACHES REPRODUCED IN THE BOOK AS DOUBLE-PAGE COLOR PL...

Les Fioretti (illustrated by Edy-Legrand)

St. François d'Assise (St. Francis of Assisi) (Edy-Legrand, illustrator) · 1964 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Tradition du Livre, Two volumes, complete.A PERFECT SET OF THIS MONUMENTAL PUBLICATION, WITH AN OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL DRAWING BY EDY-LEGRAND.Illustrated throught in color and black & white.Edition limited to 3426 numbered sets, of which this set is ONE OF ONLY 50 p...

Drawings for the Iliad (with six original signed etchings by Leonard Baskin: two impressions each of "Hephaistos", "Ares", and "Homer")

Homer (Leonard Baskin) · 1962 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,500.00 (€2,262.71 | £1,890.00 | ¥399,670)

New York, Delphic Arts, A set of SIX LARGE ORIGINAL SIGNED ETCHINGS by Leonard Baskin, in pristine condition. Baskin executed three original etchings for Homer's Iliad: "Hephaistos", "Ares", and "Homer". 150 sets were published, of which this is ONE OF 60 DELUXE SETS WITH T...

Hommage aux martyrs et aux combattants du Ghetto de Varsovie. Trente et un dessins de Maurice Mendjizki (Mendjiski). Poème de Paul Eluard. (Warsaw Ghetto)

Eluard, Paul (Maurice Mendjizki) · 1950 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, [Imprimerie Abécé], FIRST EDITION OF ELUARD'S RAREST BOOK, WITH AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING BY MAURICE MENDJIZKI. Includes a 5-page poem by Eluard and 31 extremely high-quality (Jacomet process?) full-page reproductions of drawings by Mendjizki depicting the suffering a...

original photograph [with] autograph signature (two separate items, offered together).

Richter, Gerhard · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$495.00 (€448.02 | £374.22 | ¥79,135)

A penetrating black & white photograph (12.7 x 13.8 cm) of Richter at about age 40 a bold autograph ink signature on a neatly cut rectangle of extremely fine, handmade paper (7.5 x 8.5 cm). Ideal for framing. Both items in perfect condition.

A Paris. "Squares et jardins". Croquis lithographiques par Eugène Béjot

Béjot, Eugène · 1896 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

$2,950.00 (€2,670.00 | £2,230.20 | ¥471,611)

Paris, Paul Lemaire (Atelier Maurice Dumont) for Eugène Béjot, A UNIQUE SET OF THIS RARE AND WONDERFUL FIN-DE-SIECLE PORTFOLIO OF LITHOGRAPHIC SKETCHES DEPICTING PARIS AND SOME OF ITS ELEGANT (mostly female) RESIDENTS. **** Eight large lithographs, printed on fine laid paper,...

La guerre civile. Illustré par Pierre-Yves Trémois

Montherlant, Henry de (Pierre-Yves Trémois, illustrator) · 1964 · Cole & Contreras Books / Sylvan Cole Gallery

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

Paris, Henri Lefebvre, FIRST EDITION of Montherlant's play based on the Roman civil war, illustrated with 25 DRAMATIC ORIGINAL SURREALIST DRYPOINTS BY PIERRE-YVES TREMOIS. CXII, 13 pp. From a total edition of 200 numbered copies, this is one of 150 copies printed on fine BFK...