Search Results: Titles starting with P from Alan Foljambe, Bookseller [ABAC/ILAB]

Paris: Éditions "Cahiers d'Art", 1942. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Limited Edition. Softcover, 10" x 13", LXXVII, 173-406, 9 page Table des Planches. Number 102 from a limited edition of 700. Text pages are uncut, numbered pages are black and white plates. Browning to cover, bend at upper corner, otherwise near fine. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large and heavy book..

Geneva: Albert Skira, 1947. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" portfolio housing 53 tipped-in colour plates by major artists of the 20th century. Unbound leaves as published. Extra shipping charges will apply for this oversized book..

Paris: Guirlande, 1921. Book. Illus. by Brunelleschi, Umberto. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Number 161 of a limited edition of 275, printed on Papier Vergé d'Arches. 105 gorgeous pochoir illustrations by Umberto Brunelleschi, including 12 full page plates. Hinges are very tender, scattered offsetting, otherwise very near fine. Umberto Brunelleschi (1879-1949) was an Italian artist. He was born in Montemurlo, Italy, studied at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence and moved to Paris in 1900,where he established himself as a printer, book illustrator, and set and costume designer.He was a contributor to many of the deluxe French fashion publications, including Journal des Dames et Des Modes, La Vie Parisienne, Gazette du Bon Ton and Les Feuillets d'Art. His illustrated books include Voltaire (Candide, 1933), Charles Perrault (Contes du temps jadis,1912), Musset (La Nuit Vénitienne), Goethe, Diderot (Les Bijoux indiscrets, etc.), Les Masques et les personnages de la Comedie Italienne,… Read More

Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1971. Book. Illus. by Picasso, Pablo. Near Fine. Hardcover. Two volumes housed in a cardboard slipcase. Reproduction of one of Picasso's first sketchbooks, created in 1894-95 when Picasso was a teenager. An exact reproduction including exterior stains and torn out pages. Accompanied by a softcover booklet with text in Spanish, French, and English. Both volumes fine, box with some small pen writing on the label, and one edge out of square (see photo)..

Geneva: Albert Skira Book. Illus. by Picasso, Pablo. Near Fine. Soft cover. 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" softcover portfolio. Eight page introduction in French by Tristan Tzara with tipped-in colour headpiece, followed by 11 tipped-in plates. Unbound as published..

Monte-Carlo: André Sauret / Éditions du Livre, 1949. Book. Illus. by Picasso, Pablo. Near Fine. Soft cover. Limited Edition. Softcover, 9 3/4" x 12 3/4", with two original lithographs (cover and frontispiece). 155 pages. Number 831 from a limited edition of 2,500. Very slight curvature at top corner, otherwise near fine. In wax paper book wrapper..

London: The Royal Photographic Society, 1931. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Large portfolio containing six beautiful, mounted photogravures, with one each by Koppitz, Burgess, Leventon, Lambert, Anderson, and Kales. Each is protected by the original interleafing spider-webbed glassine. Gilt-lettered brown wrappers (14" x 20") (36 x 51.5 cm) with a mounted photographic reproduction on the front cover; a printed introductory sheet, with J. Dudley Johnson's facsimile signature, laid in. Gilt titles on cover have become dulled, very slight dogears to corners; all tipped-in plates as new. Rare. "Bewegungsstudie (Movement Study) is the signature image from Rudolf Koppitz's oeuvre. The photograph's sophisticated composition contains elements of Modernism, Pictorialism, and Surrealism, and also relates to the Viennese Secession and the Wienner Werkstatte movements in its stylized grace and perfection of craft. Taken in 1925, it became Koppitz's most famous image during his lifetime." [auction catalogue, 2020]..

London: John & Arthur Arch, 1826. Book. Illus. by Turner, J.M.W.. Very Good. Hardcover. Two volumes bound as one, hardcover in half leather, 48 engraved plates with tissue guards and 32 vignettes. Wear to corners and hinges, text block near fine with some scattered spotting. More photos available. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large book.

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition, folio, hardcover in cloth. Vol. I (ISBN 0520035909): xxviii, 356 pp., illus. + 1 folding plate; Vol. II (ISBN 0520035917): xii, 359 pp., illus.; Vol. III (ISBN 0520035925): xxxii, 267 pp., illus. with corrigenda and errata addendum sheet loosely inserted. With a foreword by Wolfgang Braunfels, a translation into English by Charles W. Jones of the Directives of Adalhard, 753-826, the Ninth Abbot of Corbie, and with a note by A. Hunter Dupree on the Significance of the Plan of St. Gall to the History of Measurement. Bound in cream coloured linen cloth with red leather spine labels. A few corners lightly bumped, some soiling to front panel of Vol. I, some wear to spines, lettering on spine label of Vol. II is faded. Housed in three separate chemises within cloth covered slipcase. Scattered minor flaws including small tears to inside lining of slipcase and a few stains on the exterior. A substantial set… Read More

London / New York: Virtue, 1840. Book. Illus. by Bartlett, W. H.; J. D. Harding; T. Creswick. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Two volumes bound as one. No date stated, circa. 1840. 9" x 11". Illustrated with 122 plates + two pictorial title pages. Marbled endpapers. Some wear to leather, text block near fine with a few scattered spots of foxing. Extra shipping charges will apply for this large and heavy book. Pictorial title page reads "Finden's Views of the Ports, Harbours & Watering Places of Great Britain, Continued by W. H. Bartlett.".

New York: French, 1860. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover, 9 1/2" x 6 1/2", 472 pages, frontispiece illustration. Sunning to spine, page edges on leading edge roughly opened, general light aging, overall very good..

Toronto: The Dominion Publishing Company, 1927. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Five hardcover volumes, 7 3/4" x 11", in green buckram with black faux leather spines and corners. Volumes 1 & 2: 1362 p., volumes 3 through 5: 882 pages. Extensively illustrated in black and white. Volumes 1 and 2 are history, volumes 3 through 5 are portraits and brief biographies of leading Ontario citizens. A few scattered minor flaws; overall near fine condition. Extra shipping charges will apply for this heavy five volume set. .

Paris: Charles Blot, 1893. Book. Illus. by Forain . Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In marbled boards with red fabric spine, retaining original wraps. 50 cartoons on 50 pages, printed on one side only. No. 2 of a limited edition of 75 on papier de chine, signed by Forain. Bookplates of Mary S. Collins and The Robin Collection on front pastedown..