Art Nouveau & Deco

AFFICHES. BAUWENS, M., T. Hayashi, La Forgue, Meier-Graefe, J. Pennell.

Les Affiches Etrangères Illustrées.

Paris. G. Boudet / C. Tallendier. 1897. 4to. pp. iii, 206. 62 colour lithographs and 150 text illustrations.

From the edition limited to 1,050 copies, with this one of 25 edition de tete copies on 'papier ... (more)

£6,500

ref: 35649

AVRIL. Louvet de Couvray, (J.-B).

Les Amours du chevalier de Faublas par Louvet de Couvray avec une Préface par Hippolyte Fournier. Dessins de Paul Avril gravés à l'eau-forte par Monziès.

Paris. Librairie des Bibliophiles. 1884. 8vo. 5 vols. bound in 3. pp. (6), xxvi, (2), 250, (2); (4 ... (more)

Published in the series 'Petite Bibliothèque Artistique' by Jouaust. Edition limited to 220 ... (more)

£750

ref: 25407

AVRIL. Uzanne, Octave.

L'Ombrelle. Le Gant - Le Manchon.

Paris. A. Quantin. 1883. 8vo. pp. iv, 138. Borders, vignettes and numerous tinted text illustrations by Paul Avril. Contemporary full blue morocco, banded spine. Intricate gilt tooling to turn-ins and edges, marbled endpapers. T.e.g. Original printed silk wrappers preserved, with red ribbon ties.

£350

ref: 25891

BAC. Empis, H. Simonis.

5 albums bound in 1. I. Quelques Tranches de Vie. II. Nos Amoureuses. III. Femmes de Theatre. IV. Modeles d'Artistes. V. Le Triomphe de la Femme.

Paris G. Charpentier & E. Fasquelle, and H. Simonis Empis. 1896-n.d.[c.1900]. 4to. Numerous colour plates. Albums I & II each contain a colour heliogravure signed and numbered by Bac. Bound in contemporary cloth, pages slightly browned.

Album I. Includes illustrations by other artists, such as Couturier, Guillaume, Guydo, Leandre, Lourdey, Malteste, Noury, Simonaire, etc. Album II. Contains a Chanson-Preface by Xanrof, entitled Nos Amoureuses. Album III. Contains a prologue by Yvette Guilbert.

£300

ref: 21110

BAKST.

Feia Kukol / La Fée des Poupées.

St. Petersburg. Golike & Vil'borg. c.1904. 12 colour lithograph postcards after designs by Bakst, several heightened with gilt. Loose as issued in original printed envelope.

Bakst's designs for the costumes for Joseph Bayer's ballet Feia Kukol (The Dolls' Fairy) - first ... (more)

£3,000

ref: 34643

BAKST. Svietlov, V.

Inedited Works of Bakst. Essays on Bakst by Louis Reau, Denis Roche, V. Svietlov and A. Tessier.0.

New York. Brentano's. 1927. 4to. pp. 129. Text illustrations, some mounted and in colour. 30 ... (more)

Limited to 600 copies. Published just after Bakst's death in 1924, this volume provides a ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 37175

BARBIER. Boylesve, R.

Les bains de Bade. Petit roman d'aventures galantes et morales.

Paris. Cres. 1921. 8vo. pp. 151. With 32 woodcut illustrations by George Barbier. Contemporary half-morocco. With the bookplate of Alys Andre Pereire designed by Barbier.

From the edition limited to 1,200 copies.

£185

ref: 29253

BATAILLE.

Tetes et Pensees par Henry Bataille.

Paris. Societe d'Editions Litteraires et Artistiques. Librairie Ollendorff. 1901. Folio. Title page, preface leaf & 22 lithographed hors-texte plates by Henry Bataille. Each of the plates has tissue guards printed with sitter's name and appropriate piece of verse. Loose as issued in original cloth-backed portfolio.

A fine collection of Bataille's lithographed portraits of some of the leading French literary ... (more)

£1,000

ref: 25893

BEJOT. Claretie, Jules (Preface).

Du Ier au XXe. Les Arrondissements de Paris. Vingt eaux-fortes originales de Eugene Bejot.

Paris. Societe de Propagation des Livres d'Art. 1903. 4to. pp. (iv), v, (3). With 20 original etchings by Bejot, each tipped onto card. Original publisher's portfolio (worn), with printed title pasted on front.

From the edition limited to 200 copies, with this one of 175 on 'Hollande'.

£2,500

ref: 30169

BELLENGER. Vigny, Alfred de.

Les Destinees, precedees de Moise.

Paris. Edouard Pelletan. 1898. Large 4to. pp. 196, (1). With 46 wood-engraved illustrations by ... (more)

Edition limited to 350 copies, with this example being copy number 2, printed on Whatman paper. This ... (more)

£3,500

ref: 25395

BONFILS.

Vues de Paris. Bois en couleur gravés par Robert Bonfils.

Paris. Louis Rouart. n.d. (c.1918). Folio. 16 colour woodcuts by Robert Bonfils. Loose as issued in publisher's portfolio.

From the edition limited to 323 copies.

£1,000

ref: 20547

BRADLEY, HIS BOOK. 7 issues.

Massachusetts. Wayside Press. 1896-97. 4 vols. Tall 8vo. 3 vols. 4to. Illustrated throughout in colours. Original wrappers, housed in 2 morocco-backed green cloth boxes.

The prospectus described this as 'a little magazine of interesting reading, interspersed with ... (more)

£2,800

ref: 21975

BROUET. Doumergue, Gaston (intro).

Frederic Mistral. Memoires et recits.

Paris. Frederic Gregoire. 1937. 4to. pp. 223. With 43 original etchings by Auguste Brouet, including 15 hors-texte plates. Loose as issued in publisher's wrappers. With chemise and slipcase.

Limited to 220 copies.

£350

ref: 20497

CAPPIELLO & MUCHA.

Les Contemporains Celebres. Album Lefevre-Utile. Premiere Serie. Portraits, autographes, notices biographiques illustrees, portraits humoristiques des celebrites contemporaines.

Paris. Octave Beauchamp. 1904. Large 4to. With 14 hors-texte lithographs by Cappiello illustrating figures such as Sarah Bernhardt, Francois Coppee, Jules Lemaitre, Madame Rejane, and Jules Claretie. Publisher's cloth-backed printed boards. With the medallion of Sarah Bernhardt from a picture by Mucha inserted on front cover.

Together with the colour lithographs by Cappiello, this volume, published by Lefevre-Utile, includes ... (more)

£1,500

ref: 25899

CHAHINE. Colette.

Mitsou. Vingt-six eaux-fortes et pointes-seches de Edgar Chahine.

Paris. La Societe Nouvelle des Editions d'Art Devambez. 1930. 4to. pp. 125, (iv). With 26 original etchings by Chahine, many full-page. Original wrappers, with vellum chemise and slipcase.

Edition limited to 226 copies, with this one of 10 copies printed entirely on japon nacre a la ... (more)

£4,500

ref: 30584