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ART, ILLUSTRATION AND DESIgN | LOTS 345-386

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345 BRAQUE, GEORGE The Intimate Sketchbooks of G. Braque. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1955)

4to, pictorial paper boards. The American edition of this double issue of Verve, 31/32, with text by Will Grohmann and Antoine Tudal. Illustrated throughout with black and white and 20 color plates. Edgewear; some chipping to ends of spine; darkening to endpapers. $100-200

346 (CHAGALL, MARC) SWEENEY, JAMES JOHNSON Marc Chagall. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, (1946).

8vo, publisher’s pictorial yellow cloth stamped and lettered in black and green. Signed by Chagall on the half-title. Wear and soiling to boards; light dampstaining to first few leaves. $300-500 347 (CHAGALL, MARC) LEYMARIE, JOHN The Jerusalem Windows. Text and notes by John Leymarie. New York: George Braziller; Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, (1962).

4to, publisher’s gilt-lettered red cloth, dust jacket. First edition, with two original lithographs by Chagall created for this publication and color illustrations throughout. Fading to boards at edges; minor marginal chipping to jacket; light toning to edges of leaves. $600-800

348 (CHAGALL, MARC) MOURLOT, FERNAND Chagall lithographe III. Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, (1969).

4to, cloth-backed boards original lithographed dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, including original lithograph frontispiece. Minor toning to edges of jacket and some leaves. $200-400

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349 DERRIERE LE MIROIR A group of 18 issues of Derriere le miroir including Tapies (no. 210), Tapies (no. 234), Steinberg/Lindner (no. 241), Palazuelo (no. 229), Garache (no. 222), Garache (no. 237), Pol Bur (no. 228), Pol Bur - Sculptures a cordes (no. 209), Riopelle (no. 206), Riopelle (no.232), Lindner (no. 226), Gerard TitusCarmel (no. 243), Gerard Titus-Carmel (no. 230), Adami (no. 239), Kienholz (no. 236), Bram Van Velde (no. 240), Klapcheck (no. 238), and Chillida (no. 242).

Folio, original pictorial wrappers, nine housed in original shipping boxes. Each complete with all original lithographs. Some with light wear to wrappers. $1,000-2,000 350 DERRIERE LE MIROIR A group of eight issues of Derriere le miroir including Calder issues 113, 141 (lacking four of eight lithographs), 156, 173, and 212; Miro issues 231 and unknown (disbound, with nine original lithographs), and Chagall no. 235. Together with eight original loose lithographs from Calder and Chillida.

4to, original pictorial wrappers, three housed in original shipping boxes. Each with all original lithographs unless stated otherwise. Some with light wear to wrappers. $800-1,200 351 (EL GRECO) WILLUMSEUN, J.F. La jeunesse du peintre El Greco. Paris: Les Editions G. Cres, 1927.

2 vols. Large 8vo, 3/4 green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-decorated and -lettered spines, t.e.g. First edition. Numerous reproduction illustrations throughout, original wraps bound in. Rubbing to boards; hinges tender. $60-80

352* GROSZ, GEORGE A group of four politically charged books illustrated by Grosz, including Abrechnung Folgt!, (Berlin, 1922); Das gesicht der herrschenden klasse, (Berlin, 1921); “Ade, Wisboi,” (Berlin, n.d.); and Der SpiesserSpiegel, (Dresden, 1925). Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $200-400 353* GROSZ, GEORGE Ecce Homo. Berlin: Der Malik Verlag, 1923.

4to, original pictorial cardboard wrappers. First edition, “Ausgabe C.” Complete with 100 plates, including 16 color. Wear and soiling to wrappers with dampstain to upper right corner of front wrapper; previous owner’s pen ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; edgewear to some leaves. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $1,000-2,000 354*

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(GROSZ, GEORGE) SCHONLANK, BRUNO Sonniges Land. Berlin: Paul Cassirer, 1920.

8vo, original quarter red cloth over pictorial boards. First edition. Illustrated by George Grosz. Wear and soiling to boards; hinges starting; some leaves detached from backstrip; leaves toned. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $80-120

355 (JOUMARD) LONGUS Daphnis et Chloe. Paris: Editions Nilsson, n.d. [1930]

8vo, original hand-colored pictorial wrappers. With six original plates by Joumard. Light wear and soiling to wrappers; chipping to ends of spine. $100-200

356* (MANDRAKE PRESS) LAWRENCE, D.H. The Paintings of D.H. Lawrence. London: Mandrake Press, 1929.

Folio, 3/4 brown calf over gilt-stamped green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g. Limited edition, number 468 of 510 copies. With numerous reproduction color illustrations throughout. Minor edgewear. Property from the Collection of Clifton J. Wilkow, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 357* (MATISSE, HENRI) JOYCE, JAMES Ulysses. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935.

4to, publisher’s brown buckram gilt-stamped with bas-relief design by LeRoy Appleton to front board. Housed in publisher’s light orange slipcase. Number 29 of 1,500 copies printed for Limited Editions Club members and signed by Matisse on the limitation page. With 20 lithographed and etched plates after drawings by Matisse. Light soiling and wear to slipcase; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Jerome Buff, New York, New York. Sold for the Benefit of Special Collections, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee $3,000-5,000 358 (MOORE, HENRY) A group of five books pertaining to Henry Moore and his work, two signed by the artist.

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings. New York: Curt Valentin, 1949. Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948. London: Percy Lund, (1955). Vol. 2. Signed. Henry Moore. New York: M. Knoedler, 1962. Signed. The Drawings of Henry Moore. London: The Tate Gallery, (1977). Henry Moore. New York: Simon & Schuster, n.d. $300-500

359 NEIMAN, LEROY Monte Carlo Chase. New York: Van Der Marck, [1988]

4to, publisher’s green cloth with pictorial pastedown label to upper board, dust jacket. First edition, inscribed by Neiman on the title page to “Bonnie and Jay.” With LeRoy Neiman “Buena Vista Bar” signed postcard laid into front. Minor wear to jacket. $100-200

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360 PICASSO, PABLO Picasso 347. New York: Random House/Maecenas Press, 1970.

2 vols. Oblong folio, black leather, gilt-stamped titles to upper boards, a.e.g. Housed in publisher’s linen folding box lined with purple felt. First edition of the facsimile edition of the “Erotica,” with 347 reproductions of Picasso’s engravings. Light soiling to boards and box; otherwise fine. $300-500 361 PICASSO, PABLO Picasso and the Human Comedy. A Suite of 180 Drawings. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1954).

Folio, publisher’s lithographic boards after Picasso. The American edition of this double issue of Verve, 29/30, with an essay by Michel Leiris. Complete with 12 original lithographs, some in color. Minor edgewear to boards; spine slightly chipped; jacket chipped with some loss to rear panel and upper spine; inner hinges starting. $800-1,200 362 (POLLOCK, JACKSON) Jackson Pollock: A Catalogue Raisonne of His Paintings, Drawings, and Other Works. Edited by Francis Valentine O’Connor and Eugene Victor Thaw. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1978.

4 vols. 4to, publisher’s linen with embossed black facsimile signature to upper boards, publisher’s black cloth slipcase with printed pastedown label. First edition of the definitive catalogue raisonne of Pollock’s works. Wear and soiling to slipcase; rubbing to spine labels and minor darkening to spines; hinges starting. $200-400

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363 (TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI) CLEMENCEAU, HENRI Au pied du Sinai. Paris: Henri Floury, [1898]

4to, rebound in crushed brown morocco ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered spine, silk endpapers, slipcase. With original wrappers bound-in. Limited edition, number 106 of 380 copies, complete with 10 original lithographs on arches paper in black and the extra suite of 10 original lithographs printed in sepia on China paper. Few small brown spots; circular dampstain to upper board and spine; light offsetting from some plates; otherwise fine. $5,000-7,000 364 (VERVE) MATISSE, HENRI Verve. Revue artistique et litteraire. Paris: Editions Verve, [1948]

Vol. VI, no. 21/22. 4to, pictorial boards, glassine. Some chipping to glassine; otherwise fine. $100-200 365 (WEBER, BRUCE) A group of 11 Bruce Weber photo books, many inscribed, first editions.

Bear Pond. S.l., n.d. Heal to Heal. Venice Beach, Florida, n.d. Roberto Bolle: An Athlete in Tights. S.l., n.d. The Chop Suey Club. San Francisco, 1999. Bruce Weber: Box of 25 Post Cards. S.l., n.d. Dedon Coming Home. S.l., n.d. Bruce Weber. Tokyo, 1991. Bruce Weber. New York, 1988. Branded Youth and Other Stories. S.l., n.d. Bruce Weber. Los Angeles, 1983. Blood, Sweat and Tears. S.l., 2005. $600-800

366* WILSON, S. CLAY The Art of S. Clay Wilson. Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, [2006]

4to, publisher’s printed red cloth, dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed and signed on the half-title with original color pen illustration of Wilson’s famous character the Checkered Demon. Light edgewear; some rubbing to jacket. $400-600

367 (ART) A group of 16 books pertaining to art and photography. $200-400

368 (ART) Five works about art and artists, four portfolios, including Representative Art of Our Time... (London, 1903); American Illustrators, (New York, 1892); Ignacio Zuloaga, (Munich, n.d.); Cezanne, 10 Water Colors, (Garden City, 1947); and Art et Decoration, (Paris, 1925). $100-200

369 (ETROG, SOREL) Sorel Etrog: Recent Works. London: Marlborough Gallery, 1976. 4to, photographic wraps. Inscribed by Etrog on the f.f.e.p. [Together with:] Sorel Etrog: Sculpture. Verona: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1967. 4to, black cloth, dust jacket. $200-400

370 (HOYEM, ANDREW, illus.) ABBOTT, EDWIN ABBOTT Flatland. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980.

Thin Folio, accordion-style binding with printed aluminum covers, aluminum frame with latch at top. Hand-colored die-cut illustrations by Andrew Hoyem. Limited edition, number 141 of 275 copies. Light wear to aluminum. $800-1,200

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371* (BEARDSLEY, AUBREY) POE, EDGAR ALLEN Illustrations to Edgar Allen Poe. Indianapolis: Privately Printed for the Aubrey Beardsley Club, 1926.

8vo, gilt-stamped black cloth. Limited edition, one of 107 copies, this copy unnumbered. With five loose plates laid in. Minor wear to boards; toning to edges of leaves. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $200-400

372* (BEARDSLEY, AUBREY) WILDE, AUBREY Salome. A Tragedy in One Act. Translated from the French of Oscar Wilde. London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1907.

8vo, original elaborately gilt-decorated green cloth, t.e.g. With 16 plates by Aubrey Beardley. Minor rubbing and soiling to boards; light offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200 373 (COLESCOTT, WARRINGTON) MANN, THOMAS Death in Venice. Ten Etchings by Warrington Colescott. Baltimore and New York: Aquarius Press, 1971.

Folio, contents loose as issued in gilt-lettered blue paper-covered clamshell folding case. Limited edition, copy AP4 of only 10 portfolios designated as Artist’s Proofs. Complete with 10 color etchings, each signed, titled, and dated by Colescott in pencil, together with a copy of Thomas Mann’s Death in Venice printed by Alfred Knopf in New York, 1965. Light wear and fading to slipcase; otherwise fine. $200-400

374 (DORE, GUSTAVE) LA FONTAINE, JEAN DE The Fables of La Fontaine. Translated by Walter Thornbury. London and New York: Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, n.d.

Folio, 3/4 red morocco, silk endpapers, frontispiece portrait and numerous illustrations throughout by Gustave Dore. Boards rebacked, retaining original spine; hinges worn; loss to endpapers and frontispiece portrait. $200-400 375* (EGAN, BERESFORD) BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES Fleurs du Mal, in Pattern and Prose. London: Sophistocles Press and T. Werner Laurie, (1929).

4to, 3/4 vellum over decorative green cloth, giltlettered spine, t.e.g. Number 15 of 20 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page and on each plate. Soiling to boards; hinges starting. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $80-120

376 (KASIMIR, LUIGI) ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN Reiseblatter aus Osterreich. Vienna and Leipzig: Avalun-Verlag, 1919.

8vo, gilt-ruled and stamped white calf, a.e.g. Limited to 350 copies of which this is number 16, signed by the artist. Complete with 12 etched plates by Luigi Kasimir. Soiling to calf; scattered brownspotting. $150-250

377 KENT, ROCKWELL N by E. New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930.

8vo, publisher’s pictorial cream buckram stamped and lettered in blue, dust jacket. First trade edition. Light soiling to boards; minor rubbing and toning to jacket. $80-120

378 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) GRIMM BROTHERS The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. London: Constable, 1909.

4to, full gilt-stamped and -lettered vellum, t.e.g. Number 429 of 750 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page. With 40 mounted color plates after Rackham. Light soiling to boards; string tie detached and laid into front; toning to extremities of some leaves. $2,000-4,000

379 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) LAMB, CHARLES AND MARY Tales from Shakespeare. London: J.M. Dent, 1909.

4to, gilt-stamped and -lettered vellum, cloth ties, t.e.g. Large paper edition copy, number 304 of 750 copies, signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Illustrated with 13 mounted color plates after Rackham. Some soiling to boards; light toning to edges of most leaves; $800-1,200

380 (RACKHAM, ARTHUR) Undine. By De La Motte Fouque. London: William Heinemann, 1909.

4to, full gilt-stamped and -lettered vellum, string tie, t.e.g. slipcase. Number 707 of 1,000 copies signed by Rackham. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates after Rackham. Light soiling to boards, slipcase broken. [Together with:] The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. By Richard Wagner. London: William Heinemann, 1910. 4to, full gilt-stamped and -lettered vellum, t.e.g. string tie, slipcase. Number 786 of 1,150 copies signed by Rackham. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates after Rackham. Light soiling to boards, slipcase broken. The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth & Marvels. London: J.M. Dent, 1907. 4to, gilt-stamped and -lettered green buckram, dust jacket. With numerous mounted color plates. Jacket deteriorated; toning to leaves. $300-500

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381 (ROCKWELL, NORMAN) BUECHNER, THOMAS S. Norman Rockwell: Artist and Illustrator. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1970).

Folio, publisher’s red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. Light wear and toning to jacket. $80-120 382 (SPRUANCE, BENTON) THOMPSON, LAWRENCE Moby Dick: The Passion of Ahab. Barre, Massachusetts: Barre, 1968.

Folio, publisher’s gilt-lettered green-blue cloth clamshell case. Complete with 26 original color offset lithographs by Benton Spruance. Together with accompanying text booklet. Minor wear and soiling to clamshell case; minor edgewear to some plates. $100-200 383 (WHISTLER, REX) VARIOUS A collection of works illustrated by Rex Whistler, comprising The Last of Uptake, (2 copies) The Konigsmark Drawings, Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson, (3 copies), Green Outside, The Emperor Heart, and Family, Friendships, Landscapes/Love and War. With a biography of Whistler by Laurence Whistler. $300-500

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384 GARNIER, EDOUARD The Soft Porcelain of Sevres. London: John C. Nimmo, 1889.

Folio, full brown morocco ruled in gilt, gilt-lettered and -decorated spine, gilt-inner dentelles, a.e.g. Royal Folio edition, number 55 of 283 copies. Complete with 50 chromolithograph plates, each with captioned tissue guard. Minor edgewear; foot of spine chipped; hinges tender; light offsetting from some plates to tissue guards. $700-900 385 SEGUY, EUGENE ALAIN Floreal: Dessins & coloris nouveaux. Paris: A. Calavas, n.d. [c. 1925]

Portfolio, contents loose as issued in publisher’s cloth-backed red boards, pastedown spine label, cloth tie. First edition, complete with 20 color pochoir plates, each with multiple designs. Light wear and soiling to boards; some toning to margins of plates; some plates lacking tissue guards; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000 386* (PLATE BOOK) Encyclopedie universelle d’ornemens. 1ere livraison. Paris: Fleury Chavant, n.d.

Folio, 3/4 red morocco over blind-stamped green cloth, gilt-decorated and -lettered spine. Illustrated throughout with numerous chromolithographed plates. Wear to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown; offsetting from plates. Property from the Collection of Dr. James Milgram, Lake Forest, Illinois $100-200

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