ArT, ArChITECTUrE AND DESIGN, LOTS 235-280

Lots 235–280

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235 AVEDON, RICHARD Observations. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1959).

Folio, original printed boards, acetate jacket, publisher’s slipcase. First edition, with photographic illustrations by Avedon. Minor wear to slipcase; previous owner’s signature to f.f.e.p.; marginal chipping to glassine. $100-200

236 BENEZIT, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe decrivains specialistes francais et etrangers. S.l.: Librairie Grund, 1966.

8 vols. 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered maroon cloth. Limited edition, fourth printing, number 12107 of an unstated number. Light wear to boards; ends bumped. $200-400 237* BRAQUE, GEORGES Braque Lithographe. Preface by Francis Ponge. (Monte Carlo:) Andre Sauret, (1963).

4to, original color lithographed stiff wraps. Limited edition, number 3,976 of 4,125 copies. With three original lithographs (frontispiece, title page, and wraps). Minor soiling and edgewear to wraps; light ghosting from frontispiece. [Together with:] Georges Braque: His Graphic Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1961). 4to, publisher’s black cloth lettered in white, dust jacket. Numerous reproduction plates including nine in color. Soiling to dust jacket and chipping to edges. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $200-400

238* BROWN, ROGER Roger Brown: Sketchbook 1982. New York: Styra Studios, 1983.

4to, bound by Sendor Binders, New York, in black leatherette boards and matching silver gilt-lettered slipcase. One of 60 copies issued; this copy number 13 of “edition 50” signed. Contains 23 folios with 20 individual compositions, lithograph with collage from 10 aluminium plates drawn by the artist, and two photo plates. Letterpress on title page by Grenfell Press, New York. Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Hollister, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

239 239* CHAGALL, MARC Chagall Lithographe I-IV and Lithographs VI. By Julien Cain, Fernand Mourlot, and Charles Sorlier. Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret; New York: Crown Publishers, 1960-1986.

5 vols. 4to, publisher’s boards, dust jackets, original glassine, text in French in two vols. With 28 original lithographs present as called for, including dust jackets. I: The Lithographs of Chagall. By Julien Cain, 1960. Text in French. With 12 original lithographs; II: The Lithographs of Chagall 1957-1962. By Fernand Mourlot, (1963). Text in English. With 12 original lithographs; III: Chagall Lithographe 1962-1968. By Julien Cain, (1969). Text in French. With two original lithographs; IV: The Lithographs of Chagall 1969-1973. By Charles Sorlier, (1974). Text in English. With two original lithographs; VI: Chagall Lithographs 19801985. By Charles Sorlier, (1986). Text in English. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $2,000-4,000

240* CHAGALL, MARC Drawings for the Bible. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1960).

Folio, pictorial boards. First American edition of this double issue of Verve 33/34, complete with 24 original color lithographs by Chagall, plus boards. Lacking dust jacket; some splitting to boards at spine; marginal toning to leaves. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $1,000-2,000

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241* COVARRUBIAS, MIGUEL Negro Drawings. New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered black cloth. With 56 plates of reproductions after Covarrubias’s drawings. Some wear and fading to boards; intermittent light soiling. Property from the Friends of the Lake Forest Library, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

242* (ART, MEXICAN) Two books pertaining to Mexican artists.

Diego Rivera. 50 Anos de su labor artistica. [Mexico:] Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, (1951). Folio, publisher’s printed wraps. Illustrated with numerous black and white and color illustrations. Wear and soiling to wrappers; spine chipped with some loss. [Together with:] Obras de Jose Clemente Orozco en la Coleccion Carillo Gil - Mexico. Mexico: s.n., 1949. 4to, gilt-lettered black cloth. Limited edition, number 110 of 1,400 copies. Illustrated with black and white and color illustrations. Wear to boards; spine chipped and frayed. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $80-120 243* (DADA) ADES, DAWN Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, with an Introduction by David Sylvester and a Supplementary Essay by Elizabeth Cowling. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1978.

Folio, publisher’s grey printed wraps. Numerous black and white and color illustrations throughout. Minor wear to wrappers. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $100-200

244* (DALI, SALVADOR) HOWARD, RICHARD, trans. Diary of a Genius. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1965.

8vo, publisher’s quarter black over tan cloth, giltlettered spine, gilt-stamped signature to upper board. First American edition. Signed by Dali (“Dali, 1966”), on the title page. Lacking dust jacket; minor wear and soiling to boards. Property from the Estate of Bert Gold, Naples, Florida $200-400

245* DALI, SALVADOR Les diners de gala. Paris: Felicie, 1973.

Folio, publisher’s pictorial cloth, gilt-pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with numerous reproductions of Dali’s artwork. Minor rubbing to jacket. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $100-200 246* (DUFY, RAOUL) OURY, MARCELLE Lettre a mon peintre Raoul Dufy. Paris: Librairie Academique Perrin, 1965.

4to, contents loose as issued in printed wraps, quarter white leather chemise lettered in gilt, pictorial board slipcase. Limited edition, number 2,908 of 5,000 copies on velin Arjomari. Complete with 27 lithographed plates by Dufy, Braque, Chagall, Villon, and others. Minor wear and soiling to slipcase and chemise; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $600-800

247 (DURER, ALBRECHT) STRAUSS, WALTER L. The Complete Drawings of Albrecht Durer. New York: Abaris Books, (1974)

6 vols. 4to, publisher’s cream cloth lettered in black, gilt-lettered spines. First edition of the first complete catalogue raisonne produced for Albrecht Durer. With numerous illustrations throughout. Light wear and soiling to boards. $300-500

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248 ERTE, ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF Erte at Ninety-Five. The Complete New Graphics, The Extended Edition. New York: E.P. Dutton, (1987).

Folio, with polychrome bronze relief ‘Rigoletto’ mounted on cover with incised signature, stamped and numbered ‘186/375’, with the stamp of the publisher, Chalk & Vermilion Fine Arts and Sevenarts Ltd, housed in original clam shell box. Additionally signed by Erte on the limitation page. Fine. $500-700

249 (FRAGONARD, J.H.) GRAPPE, GEORGES H. Fragonard. Peintre de l’amour au XVIIIe siecle. Edited by E. Piazza. Paris: L’Edition d’Art, (1913).

2 vols. Folio, finely bound by Meunier in contemporary crushed navy blue morocco, giltdecorated and -lettered spines, a.e.g., marbled slipcases, original wraps bound-in. Limited edition, number 27 of 500 copies on Japon, with original printed wraps bound-in. Illustrated with 89 (of 100) mounted illustrations with captioned tissue guards. Light rubbing to slipcases; otherwise fine. $200-400 250* HARING, KEITH Autographed envelope signed (“K. Haring ‘85”), (3 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches), on a World Federation of United Nations Associations envelope with five color postage stamps. Property from the Estate of Gary Hasza, Washington, D.C. $100-200

251 (MIRO, JOAN) Joan Miro Lithographs I-VI. Text in English. New York and Paris: Tudor, 1972; Leon Amiel, 1975; Maeght, 1977, 1981, and 1992.

6 vols. 4to, publisher’s cloth, dust jackets, wraparounds and glassine to vols. II-IV. Vols. 1 and 2 with 11 original lithographs each; vols. 3 and 4 with five original lithographs each. Light offsetting from some plates; backstrip beginning to detach from text-block, vol. 6; otherwise fine. [Together with:] Miro Engravings, 1928-1975. New York: Rizzoli, (1989). 3 vols. 4to, publisher’s cloth, dust jackets. With two original color woodcut engravings in each volume (6 total). Light soiling to boards and ghosting from plates. $2,000-4,000 252* (PICASSO, PABLO) Picasso Lithographe. Notices et Catalogue Etablis par Fernand Mourlot. IV. 1956-1963. Monte-Carlo: Andrew Sauret, (1964).

4to, original color lithographed stiff wraps, glassine. With two original lithographs including the cover and frontispiece, with 86 additional reproductions, many color. Chipping to glassine; marginal toning to most leaves. [Together with:] Pablo Picasso. Catalogue de l’ouevre grave et lithographie, 1904-1967. By Georges Bloch. Berne: Editions Kornfeld et Klipstein, (1968). 4to, publisher’s cloth lettered in black, dust jacket. With numerous reproductions of Picasso’s work throughout. Light soiling to cloth; wear and marginal chipping to jacket; toning to extremities of leaves. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $500-700

253 (RENOIR, PIERRE-AUGUSTE) RIVIERE, GEORGES Renoir et ses amis. Paris: H. Floury, ed., 1921.

4to, rebound in quarter cream over red cloth, original wraps laid in. With two original etchings (“Jeunes filles fleurissant leur chapeaux” and “La Danse a la campagne”). Light wear and soiling to boards; ends bumped; half-title, title and front endpapers detached; hinges starting. $800-1,200

254 SOYER, MOSES Pen drawing of two faces in blue ink, signed (“Moses Soyer”) on Hampton Bays Liquor Store note paper. Framed. 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches. $150-250 255 THIEMANN, CARL Brugge. 10 Original-holzschnitte. S.l.: s.n., n.d.

Portfolio, contents loose as issued in gilt-decorated oatmeal folding case. With 10 original woodcut prints tipped to mats, each signed in pencil by the artist. Boards foxed; marginal chipping to mats. $200-400

256* (VIEILLARD, ROGER) DESCARTES, RENE Discours de la methode. Burins de Roger Vieillard. Paris: (Marthe Fequet, Pierre Baudier and Roger Lacouriere), 1948.

Folio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s vellum boards, slipcase. Limited edition, number 131 of 185 copies on Velin de Montval. With 16 engravings. Minor soiling to boards and slipcase. Property from the Collection of Harold Hartshorne, Jr., Lake Geneva, Wisconsin $100-200

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257 (VIERGE, DANIEL) DE QUEVEDO-VILLEGAS, FRANCISCO Pablo De Segovia. The Spanish Sharper. London: Printed by the Unwin Brothers, Gresham Press for T. Fisher Unwin, 1892.

Folio, publisher’s full vellum, gilt-tooled and -lettered spine. Illustrated with 110 drawings by Daniel Vierge. Soiling to boards; ends bumped; intermittent light foxing. $200-400

258 WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL, et al. Homes of the Passing Show. London: Savoy Press, 1900.

4to, cloth-backed chromolithographed boards. Illustrations by J.M. Whistler, Joseph Pennell, and others. Wear to boards with chipping to spine and corners; inner-hinge repaired; evidence of bookplate removal. $100-200 259 (WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL) MANSFIELD, HOWARD A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and DryPoints of James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1909.

Large 8vo, quarter cloth over gilt-stamped boards, t.e.g. One of 300 copies. Minor soiling to boards; hinges starting. $100-200

260 (CAMBELLOTTI, DUILIO) SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI I fioretti di S. Francesco; Il cantico del sole; Le considerationi sulle stimmate. Rome: San Francesco, October 4, 1926.

Folio, publisher’s decorative silk boards. Limited edition, number 428 of 1,000 copies. With 15 color plates by Duilio Cambellotti. Boards worn and faded with fraying to edges and corners and loss to spine ends; hinges tender; 10 leaves detached from textblock. $200-400 261 (ANDERSON, HANS CHRISTIAN) DULAC, EDMUND Stories from Hans Anderson. London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1911).

Folio, publisher’s gilt-decorated and -lettered vellum, t.e.g. Edition de Luxe, number 699 of 750 copies signed by Dulac on the limitation page. Illustrated with 28 color mounted plates by Dulac. Soiling to boards; ends lightly chipped; brown spots and light finger smudges affecting margins of some leaves. $1,000-2,000

262 LANG, ANDREW The Blue Fairy Book and The Blue Poetry Book. London: Longmans, Green, 1889, 1891.

2 vols. Large 8vo, original white paper-backed grey paper boards. First editions. Large paper copies, limited. Wear and light soiling to boards. $400-600

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263 (POGANY, WILLY) COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Seven Parts. London: George Harrap, (1910).

Folio, quarter crushed navy morocco over cloth, giltlettered spine, t.e.g. Limited edition, number 265 of 525 copies for England and America, signed by Willy Pogany on the limitation page. Illustrated with 20 mounted color plates. Light soiling to cloth; toning to edges of some leaves. Property from the Collection of the DeBruyn Family, Holland, Michigan $600-800

264 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) INGOLDSBY, THOMAS The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels. [London:] William Heinemann, 1913.

4to, bound by Bayntun in full light blue calf, giltdecorated and -lettered spine, red morocco spine labels, gilt-inner dentelles. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 24 tipped-in color plates. Light soiling to boards. $100-200 265 (RABELAIS, FRANCOIS) PUTNAM, SAMUEL, trans. All the Extant Works of Francois Rabelais. New York: Covici Friede, 1929.

3 vols. Folio, quarter brown buckram over brown paper boards, gilt-lettered paper spine labels. Limited edition, number 43 of 200 copies illustrated by Alexander King. Minor wear to boards; light offsetting from some plates. $100-200

266 (SZYK, ARTHUR) ROTH, CECIL, ed. The Haggadah. Jerusalem: “Massadah” and “Alumoth,” n.d.

8vo, publisher’s brown morocco housed in custom silver plate folder with onlaid stone and embossed design, publisher’s box. Text in Hebrew at front of volume and English at rear. Wear to box. $80-120 267 WARD, LYND Wild Pilgrimage. New York: Harrison Smith & Robert Haas, 1932.

8vo, publisher’s orange cloth, pictorial pastedown label to upper board, title label to spine, lacking dust jacket. First edition, with 97 wood engravings in black and terracotta on 95 plates. Light soiling to boards; hinges starting. $100-200

268* (GRAPHIC ART) A group of four books.

Marc Chagall. His Graphic Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1957). 4to, publisher’s pictorial cloth, dust jacket. Marginal chipping and small tears to jacket, repaired. Picasso lithographe II, 1947-1949. Monte-Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1950). 4to, publisher’s stiff wraps. Numerous black and white and color illustrations throughout. Wear and light soiling to wraps; backstrip detached from text-block. Les lithographies de Renoir. By Claude Roger-Marx. Monte-Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1951). 4to, publisher’s printed stiff wraps. Limited edition, number 2,376 of 3,000 copies on Grand Velin Renage Filigrane. Marginal chipping to wrappers; toning to edges of leaves; hinges starting. Joan Miro. His Graphic Work. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1958). 4to, publisher’s pictorial cloth. Rubbing and soiling to boards. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $200-400 269* (ART) A group of 16 art books and auction catalogues, in one box. Property from the Harmon Family Trust, Delray Beach, Florida $200-400

270* (ART) A group of 29 books pertaining to fine art, in one box. Property from the Harmon Family Trust, Delray Beach, Florida $200-400

271* (ART) A group of 14 books pertaining to decorative and African arts. The Estate of Steven R. Goldberg, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida $200-400

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272 BANEAT, PAUL Le Mobilier. Paris: Ch. Massin, n.d.

4 vols. comprising ; Le mobilier Bressan; Le mobilier Normand; and Le mobilier Lorrain. Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original printed boards, string ties. Numerous black and white plates throughout. Minor rubbing and light soiling to boards. $100-200

273* RAPIN, HENRI La sculpture decorative moderne. 1ere Serie. [Paris:] Charles Moreau, n.d. [1925]

Portfolio, contents loose as issued in original clothbacked printed boards, string ties. With seven pages of text and 33 heliotype plates from photographs of sculpture. Wear to boards with some fraying to spine; marginal toning to leaves. Property from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Gordon, Indianapolis, Indiana $100-200

274 SHAW, HENRY Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1843.

2 vols. 4to, rebound in 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines. First edition. With 94 chromolithographed or hand-colored plates. McLean called this “the most handsome book produced in the whole nineteenth-century.” Scattered light foxing. Literature: McLean, 66-67. $700-900

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275 (ADLER, DAVID) PRATT, RICHARD David Adler. The Architect and His Work. New York: M. Evans, (1970).

4to, publisher’s blue gilt-lettered cloth, dust jacket, clipped. First and only edition. Minor marginal chipping to jacket; toning to edges of leaves. $200-400 276* SHAW, EDWARD Rural Architecture: Consisting of Classic Dwellings, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Gothic... Boston: James B. Dow, 1843.

4to, full calf, gilt-lettered green morocco spine label. First and only edition. Complete with 52 plates. Wear to boards; spine chipped with some loss to ends; intermittent foxing and brownspotting. Property from the Collection of A. Casperson Books, Niles, Michigan $200-400

277* WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Tafel XLIII & sommerhaus in Fresno Californien landhuas im vorort, Highland Park Illinois. Blueprint lithograph from the Wasmuth Portfolio. Ernst Wasmuth: AG Berlin, 1910. With embossed foundry mark and artist’s mark in red to lower left corner. Framed. Size of frame 24 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Martin Gordon, New York, New York and Naples, Florida $1,000-2,000

278* WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Tafel XXVIII wohnsitz und stallung des Herrn F. W. Little, Peoria, Illinois. Blueprint lithograph from the Wasmuth Portfolio. Ernst Wasmuth: AG Berlin, 1910. With embossed foundry mark and artist’s mark in red to lower left corner. Framed. Size of frame 24 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches. Property from the Estate of Martin Gordon, New York, New York and Naples, Florida $1,000-2,000

279 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Tafel XXXII situationsplan und grundriss der villa D.D. Martin, Buffalo, N.Y., and Tafel XXXII villa D.D. Martin, Buffalo, N.Y. Two blueprint lithographs from the Wasmuth Portfolio. Ernst Wasmuth: AG Berlin, 1910. Framed and matted. Size of frame 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches each. $400-600

280 WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Three blueprint lithographs from the Wasmuth Portfolio entitled, Tafel XXXIII verwal tungsgebaude for the Larkin Company grundriss und perspektive, each with blind-stamped foundry mark. Ernst Wasmuth: AG Berlin, 1910. Framed and matted. Size of frame 22 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches each. $600-800

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