Malcolm Poynter (Artist Book) by Powers, Robert P. (Editor) - 1982

[Paris: Michèle Broutta Éditeur, 1983].. Large quarto (13.75 x 11"; 35 x 28.5 cm). Loose bifolia laid into folding cloth clamshell box. Illustrated. Internally fine; the box is a bit sunned and nicked. First edition. Illustrated with 14 linogravures by Leppien, printed from blocks cut originally in 1948-50. One of 70 numbered copies, signed by the author and artist, from a total edition of 100 copies (30 APs and HCs). Additionally, two of the linogravures are signed in the margin by Leppien.

Amsterdam: Galerie Da Costa, 1979.. Suite of 8 original color etchings (incorporating text), plus title leaf and justification. Oblong quarto (25 x 32.5 cm). Laid into printed wrappers with pictorial vignette, the whole laid into a pictorial cloth folder with linen strapping. Fine. First edition. One of fifty numbered copies, signed by the artist, in addition to six copies hors commerce and the prototype set of the etchings. The eight etchings collectively present the late artist's self-portrait, with the comment: "Of course this book, if you are willing to forget what a book looks like, is that kind of exhibitionism Andre Breton should have called 'un livre à la porte battante'."

[Baltimore: Bunyip Song Press, 2004].. Small octavo (15.5 x 12 cm). Open-sewn etched paper over boards, etched label. Tipped-in illustrations. Folding plate. Fine. Copy #14 of 17 copies of this early work by one of the future principals of the Pellinore Press, signed by her on the justification. The spare text is accompanied by 45 small original etchings, each of which is thematically related to, and occasionally presents a progressive variant state of a detail from, the large folded etching (14.8 x 92 cm). A lovely production, fully reflecting the artist's concern with the inhabitants of the natural world.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1962. Lg. 4to. 596pp. Index. Bibliog. With 1,158 illustrations, including 46 mounted color plates. Black cloth stamped in white.

Gruelle, Johnny. Magical Land of Noom (In Original Box) Publisher: P F. Volland Company, 1922. First Edition. Used. Very Good+ /Good Condition Original Box. QUITE RARE Volume appears unread. 157 pages. Gold spine. Illustrated with 12 full-page color plates. The matching box is in good condition, showing a bit of soil and wear. FANTASY. A story similar to F. Frank Baum's tales of Oz. 7 7/8 X 10 1/8. See stock photos. YOUR OFFERS ARE WELCOME HERE!

Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret Editions Du Livre. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Soft Cover. Clean soft pictorial cover protected in the original transparent glassine dust jacket. Text's interior is tight, clean & intact. Full page color illustrations. VG slip case has lightly rubbed edges. Art ; Color Plates; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 183 pages .

Salzburg: Verlag Galerie Welz. 320pp, 104 color plates. 1st Ed. German text. Cloth, orig. glassine protector. Lrg. thick 4to. Small chip on the external spine hinge. Near Fine condition in partly faded, chipped board slipcase. Rare.
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NY: Reynal & Company, 1970. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Reynal & Company, 1970. Folio, 11" x 14 3/4", 701pp. plus 2pp. errata/addenda, 2000 black and white and 56 color illustrations. Light gray cloth with gilt tiles, dark blue endpapers. Catalogue raisonné with bibliography and index, originally published in 1928, revised and updated. Near Fine. For International orders additional shipping charges.

As new. Harry N Abrams Inc, New York, 1990. 296 pages. Hardcover, bound in rust colored cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. The binding is tight and solid, with sharp edges to the boards, otherwise unblemished dustjacket, and clean, unmarked interior. 471 illustrations, including 130 plates in full color. Translated from the original German by Jürgen Riehle. International orders will require additional postage.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. Folio. Original brown cloth and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor edgewear to dust jacket, else fine in a fine dust jacket. Increasingly uncommon with dust jacket in this condition.. Gnoli, Domenico. Beautiful first edition of Domenico Gnoli's (1933-1970) modern fairy tale about a melancholy prince who discovers how to smile. Gnoli was a renowned Italian painter and stage designer best known for his surrealist pop art and canvas work featuring extremely scaled paintings of folds, patterns, and textures. Gnoli's more surrealist and fantastical illustrations, sketches, and etchings recall the famed works of Edward Gorey (with which Gnoli's works were sometimes confused)-and Gnoli's talent for the surreal and fantastic are on full display in his most popular and treasured book, Orestes or the Art of Smiling. Equal parts fairy tale and work of art, Gnoli's 1961 book tells the tale of Orestes, young Prince of Terramafiusa, and how he… Read More