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Los Caprichos
A superb set of the first edition of Goya's greatest series of engravings, an early copy printed shortly after the scratch occurred to engraving 45, bound in contemporary Spanish calf and with excellent impressions of the prints.
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Goya Y Lucientes, Francisco José deLos Caprichos1799
From or by Marcel Duchamp or...
A very scarce copy of Marcel Duchamp's 'La Boîte-en-Valise' with a triple presentation from Duchamp.
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Duchamp, MarcelFrom or by Marcel...1941–1958
Le Fleuve. Eaux-Fortes d'Edouard Manet
Manet’s illustrations for Cros’ Le Fleuve, the first truly modern illustrated book, with the rare original wrappers.
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Manet, Edouard. Cros, CharlesLe Fleuve. Eaux-Fortes d'Edouard...1874
Recueil des Plans, Elevations et Coupes...
The rare first edition - a beautiful copy in contemporary red morocco with the arms of Stanislas Leczinski for whom the book was produced - of one of the greatest and most beautiful 18th century books on gardens and architecture.
£160,000
Here De Corny, Emmanuel LéopoldRecueil des Plans, Elevations...1750 c.–1753
An excellent example of Ed Ruscha's beautiful conception, the scarce, literal and reductive portfolio multiple 'Stains'.
Ruscha, EdStains1969
£120,000
Calligrammes
Unique hand-coloured copy with the lithograph for the front wrapper and each of the lithographs in the book hand-coloured by de Chirico in delicate shades of watercolour.
£90,000
Chirico, Giorgio de. Apollinaire, GuillaumeCalligrammes1930
La Tentation de St. Antoine. 3e...
From the edition limited to 50 copies.
£58,000
Redon, OdilonLa Tentation de St...1896
Dylan Thomas. Collected Poems 1934 -...
An extraordinary work of sympathy, empathy and synchronicity: Ceri Richards' ink illuminations to the poems of Dylan Thomas - with the beautiful painted dust-jacket - undertaken while the poet was dying.
£55,000
Richards, Ceri. Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas. Collected Poems...1953
Où Boivent les Loups
André Breton's copy of the rare édition de tête on Japon Nacré with a long presentation from Tzara and Max Ernst's frontispiece etching in three states.
£55,000
Ernst, Max. Tzara, TristanOù Boivent les Loups1932
Le Vite de' piu eccellenti Pittori,...
The second edition of Vasari's famous 'Vite' but the first complete edition with much new material and the first to be illustrated.
£55,000
Vasari, GiorgioLe Vite de' piu...1568
La Double Vue / L'Inventeur du...
Robert Lebel's dual novel and autobiography with Marcel Duchamp's signed multiple, Giacometti's signed diptych and the additional signed suite of his etchings.
£50,000
Giacometti, Alberto & Marcel Duchamp. Lebel, RobertLa Double Vue /...1964
Keats. (Poems)
A very scarce copy of the vellum issue of the Doves Press' Keats in a highly accomplished binding of red morocco by Frieda Thiersch.
£50,000
Doves Press. Keats, JohnKeats. (Poems)1914
Aesop's Fables WIth His Life: in...
A very rare large paper copy of the scarce first edition of Francis Barlow's undoubted masterpiece of English book illustration.
£40,000
Barlow, Francis. (Aesop). Philipot, Thomas & Robert CodringtonAesop's Fables WIth His...1666
First edition, first issue - with the black lithograph label and gold paint splatter - of Kokoschka's colourful masterpiece.
Kokoschka, OskarDie Träumenden Knaben1908
£40,000
Fifteen Photographs
A superb example of the Double Elephant Press portfolio of signed photographs by Garry Winogrand.
£40,000
Winogrand, Garry. Friedlander, Lee, EdFifteen Photographs1974
Détail des Nouveaux Jardins à la...
A complete copy of Le Rouge's expansive and virtually unobtainable publication on gardens in the Anglo-Chinese manner.
£40,000
Le Rouge, (George Louis)Détail des Nouveaux Jardins...1776–1787
Les Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes Originales de...
A rare presentation copy of Marc Chagall's masterful illustrations for Gogol's 'Dead Souls'.
£38,500
Chagall, Marc. Gogol, NicolasLes Ames Mortes. Eaux-Fortes...1948
Toulouse-Lautrec's masterpiece, pre-dating Bonnard's 'Parallèlement' by some 6 years, and one of the earliest and greatest modern illustrated books.
Toulouse-lautrec, Henri de. Geffroy, GustaveYvette Guilbert1894
£38,500
Sema Mappe
The scarce portfolio of the Sema group with signed original graphics and including Egon Schiele's first original print.
£38,000
Schiele, Egon, Paul Klee, Alfred Kubin et alSema Mappe1912
Original collage for La Brebis Galante
Original signed collage by Max Ernst for La Brebis Galante.
£37,500
Ernst, MaxOriginal collage for La...1949
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