511. [Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !

512. Somerville, Edith / Ross, Martin [Violet Martin].

A Patrick’s Day Hunt. [Engraved & Printed at the Racquet Court Press by Edmund Evans].

Westminster [London], Archibald Constable & Co., no year [c.1902]. Oblong Folio. 47 pages with eight (8) plates in colour and several illustrations in black-and-white. Original, illustrated Hardcover, now in professional colloctor’s Mylar. Some of the plates with some minor staining, one plate cleanly detached. But all plates in wonderful and vibrant condition overall (see photographs).

513. [Sotheby’s] Adamopoulos, Konstantin / König, Kasper (Redaktion).

Benefiz-Auktion zur Rettung des Portikus Frankfurt. Hotel Frankfurter Hof, Kaiserplatz, 60311 Frankfurt/M. Donnerstag, 9.juni 1994, 20.00 Uhr.

Frankfurt Am Main, Portikus, 1994. 27 cm x 21 cm. 192 seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Abbildungen und Illustrationen. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren.

514. Southby, Logi.

The White Dragon. Written and illustrated by L. Southby.

London, Rich & Cowan, 1934. 24 cm x 30 cm. 265 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated hardcover. Very good condition rare first edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Some slight rubbing to outer spine.

515. [Soutter, Louis] Kutter, Irène / Turske, Veith (Redaktion).

Louis Soutter. Werke von 1923 bis 1942. Eröffnungsaustellung der M. Knoedler Zürich AG. 27. November 1981 bis 23. Januar 1982.

Bilingualedition: German / English. Zürich, M. Knoedler Zürich AG, 1981. 23,5 cm x 22,5 cm. 268 Seiten. Mit 79 Illustrationen [268 pages with 79 Illustrations]. Original Softcover. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren / Excellent condition with only very minor signs of wear.

516. Spottiswoode, W. Hugh.

Winter’s Pie Being the Christmas Number of “Printers’ Pie”.

London, The Sphere & Tatler Ltd., 1914. Colour Frontispiece. 32 pages of advertisements, 112 pages, colour and black and white plates and illustrations. Original Softcover. Poor condition of the binding with strong signs of external wear. Cover damaged and in poor condition. Open tear to rear cover illustration. Front cover illustration missing. Pages separated from cover. Contains moderate foxing to edges. Pages tanned. Otherwise interior clean, no markings. Colour Pear’s Health and Beauty advertisement to rear. The illustraions inside in very good condition (see images).

517. Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main.

Raumkonzepte – Konstruktivistische Tendenzen in Bühnen- und Bildkunst 1910-1930 // Enthält u.a. die folgenden Essays: Hubertus Gassner – Zum Rhythmus in Bild- und Bühnenwerken des Konstruktivismus / Hannelore Kersting – Popowa und Lissitzky – Zwei russische Konstruktivisten / De Stijl – Mondrian und de Stijl / Bauhaus – Maler des Bauhaus / Deutsche Konstruktivisten – Der szenische Konstruktivismus in Deutschland / Maria Porrmann: Politisches Theater – Konstruktivisten, Gottkonstruktivisten und die proletarische, sozialistische Kultur / Hannelore Kersting: Prinzip Collage und Musiktheater / Maria Müller: Dada – Merz – Konstruktivismus – Versuch einer Annäherung / Uwe Schareck – Die Veränderung des Sehens – Film, Prinzip Montage und künstlerische Avantgarde in den zwanziger Jahren /

Frankfurt am Main, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, 1986. 23 x 28 cm. 391 Seiten. Softcover/ kartoniert. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz minimalen Gebrauchsspuren.

518. [Steichen, Edward] – Ewing, William A. / Brandow, Todd.

Edward Steichen – In High Fashion – The The Condé Nast Years, 1923-1937. With Essays by Tobia Bezzola, William A.Ewing, Nathalie Herschdorfer and Carol Squiers.

Minneapolis / Lausanne, New York and London, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis and the musee de l’Elysee, Lausanne in Association with W.W.Norton & Company, 2008. Folio. 288 pages with 242 photographs, reproduced in four-color-process. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of wear.

519. Stevens, May.

May Stevens. Images of Women Near and Far 1893-1997. Published on the occasion of the Exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

New York, Mary Ryan Gallery, 1999. 23 cm x 30,5 cm. 56 pages. With many colour illustrations throughout the catalog. Illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

520. Stevenson, Robert Louis / Olver, Kate Elizabeth.

A Child’s Garden of Verses. With an Introduction by Laurence Alma Tadema. Illustrated by Kate Elizabeth Olver.

London & Glasgow, Collins’ Clear-Type Press, no year [c.1910]. Small Quarto (19 cm x 23.5 cm). 191 pages with six full-page-colour illustrations by Kate Elizabeth Olver and numerous beautiful black-and-white-illustrations throughout the text. Hardcover / original, illustrated publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering and ornament on spiena and board. Excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of external wear. The binding a little faded. Interior excellent with only two or three signs of foxing. All the colour-plates in place and in excellent condition.