1. A’Beckett, Gilbert Abbott.

The Comic History of England. With Twenty Coloured Etchings, and Hundred Woodcuts by John Leech.

Two Volumes in One Volume (complete set). London, Bradbury, Evans and Co., c.1850 14.5 cm x 22.3 cm. Volume I: XVIII, 320 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. / Volume II: 304 pages with 10 hand-coloured steelengravings and wood-engravings throughout the text. Original Hardcover with gilt decoration on spine and cover. Recently professionally repaired and restored binding with new endpapers and the saved original bookplate / exlibris of J. Henry H.V. Lane of Kings Bromley in Staffordshire to the pastedown. Gilted edge. Rubbed and sign of wear on cover and spine. Overall very good condition with firm binding and clean interior. Bookplate / Exlibris to pastedown. Inscribed on Augst 10,1879 by previous owner and embossed stamp marks by bookshop W.H.Smyth in London on endpaper.

2. [Alexander Calder Collection] – [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder’s Universe” – Large Collection of seventyone (71) Books and Lithograph-Portfolios on and by American Artist Alexander “Sandy” Calder. The collection includes not only rare Volumes with original Lithographs, some very rare Exhibition-catalogues, Autobiographies and a collection of wonderful issues of eleven Derriere Le Mirroir, most of them with original Lithographs by Calder, but also the rare, signed Artist Book: “A BESTIARY” – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Calder and Wilbur]. The collection includes early monographs as well as later catalogues and is a perfect chance to acquire some good understanding of his works in Mobiles, Stabiles, Oil Paintings, Gouches, Toys and other art. See detailed descriptions and images of every single item within this collection listed under “Libraries & Collections” on our website.

Quarto. The collection includes books in different bindings: Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket / Original Softcover / Hardcover without dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Most books in excellent condition. The price of this collection includes traceable, international UPS Express Saver shipping.

3. [Arabian Nights] Forster, Edward / [Provenance: Daniel Callaghan of Lotabeg].

The Arabian Nights, in Five Volumes. [Including “The History of Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp” / The History of Ali Baba and of the Forty Robbers, killed by one Slave” / etc.] Translated by The Reverend Edward Forster [based on the French version of Antoine Galland]. With [24] Engravings, from Pictures by Robert Smirke.

First Edition [Large Paper Quarto Edition]. Five Volumes (complete set with all engravings). London, Printed for William Miller, 1802. Quarto (21.5 cm x 27.5 cm). Volume I: LXI, (7), 385 pages with 5 copper-engravings including Errata-Leaf and “Directions for placing the Plates” for all four volumes / Volume: 432 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 405 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 461 pages with 5 copper-engravings / 474 pages with 5 copper-engravings. Hardcover / Original, early 19th century full leather with gilt lettering and date on lower spine [″London, 1802”]. Beautiful, richly ornamented master-bindings. All Volumes in strong, protective collector’s Mylar, which invites the reader/collector to use the work without fear of handling. Armorial Bookplates / ExLibris of Daniel Callaghan, Esquire of Lotabeg (MP for Cork City 1830-1849) to all five pastedowns (Motto: “Fidus et Audax”). Marbled endpapers a little dusty but beautiful. Volume 1, 2 and 5 with some weakening to the spine (slightly cracked), but holding and still firm overall. All plates present. As known and always found with this scarce edition, the original, titled tissue-guards all in place, have created stronger signs of foxing to the plates but in sharp contrast the text in all the five Volumes in bright and clean condition with only occasional faint staining. Endpapers with some minor browning. Very good+ condition overall with some rubbing and minor bumping to the Volumes but really only minor signs of external wear. Extremely sought after publication, not to be confused with the later, much more common Octavo Editions !

4. [Arnoux, Thérèse] Jacques Prevert et Joseph Kosma.

CHANSONS – Illustrations de Thérèse Arnoux.

FIRST EDITION (No.00177 / 1500). Quarto. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

5. [Baines, Thomas].

The Birds of South Africa Painted by Thomas Baines (1820 – 1875) – Comprising the complete collection of ninety plates executed by Thomas Baines, together with descriptions from the text of C.J.Andersson’s ‘Notes on the Birds of Damara Land and the adjacent Countries of South-West Africa’, with a biographical Essay by R.F.Kennedy. [Includes an excellent illustration of the Red-necked Falcon (Falco chiquera) – see image].

Limited Hand-Numbered Edition [No.404 of only 500]. Johannesburg, Winchester Press, 1975. Quarto (28.4 cm wide x 33.5 cm high). Frontispiece-Portrait of Thomas Baines (see image), 204 pages with 90 colourful illustrations / plates. Original Hardcover with glassine jacket in original slipcase. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. A wonderful and now rare publication in excellent condition.

6. Bawden, Edward.

Pottery Making at Poole.

[Plaistow, Newham], Printed at The Curwen Press, no year [c.1925]. Small Octavo (10 cm wide x 15.8 cm high). 12 pages (including printed wrappers). Original, printed card-wrappers (sewn binding). Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear and no tears. Interior very bright. Extremely Rare !

7. Beecher-Stowe, Harriet.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin – A Tale of Life among the Lowly. With [106] original Illustrations [plus one Fronstispiece-Portrait] by Jenny Nystrom-Stoopendaal.

London / Paris / New York & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, 1905. Large Octavo (18 cm x 23 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of Harriet Beecher-Stowe, XIV, 680 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Hardcover / Original, very decorative publisher’s cloth-binding in protective Mylar. The notoriously shaky publication was strengthened by our bookbindery and is now ready to be read and used without fear of handling. Old gift-inscription to slightly frayed endpaper. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The best version due to the large size of the book and the corresponding illustrations.

8. Black, Eileen.

Through The Salerooms – Art Auctions in Belfast, 1807-1888.

Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2022. Quarto (21.8 cm wide x 29.4 cm high). XXI, 424 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (some in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

9. [Bonnard, Pierre] Anet, Claude.

Notes Sur L’Amour. Illustrated by Pierre Bonnard and engraved by Yvonne Mailliez.

Exemplaire non numéroté sur Alfa bouffant. Paris, G. Crès & Cie, 1922. 26cm x 21.3cm. 74 pages. With beautiful, intimate illustrations. Hardcover / Modern half cloth with marbled-paper-covered-boards in slipcase. Bound with the original wrappers Excellent condition.

10. [Bonnard, Pierre] Chauveau, Léopold.

Les Histoires Du Petit Renaud.

Paris, Librairie Gallimard, 1927. Quarto (23 cm wide x 28.5 cm high). 93 pages. Original Softcover Brochure with illustrations by Pierre Bonnard / Broché originale et illustree. Excellent, near fine condition with only minor signs of wear / Avec cinquante illustrations dessinées et coloriées au pochoir, en bleu et en rouge, par Pierre Bonnard. Exemplaire 226 des 322 exemplaires sur vélin d’Arches de ces cinq histoires pour enfants. Les seuls contes pour enfants jamais illustrés par Pierre Bonnard. Tres bon exemplaire !!

11. Bonucci, Anicio / Galibert, Leone.

Storia d’ Algeri [History of Algeria]. Dal Primo Stabilimento De’ Cartaginesi Fino Alle Ultime Guerre Combattutevi Ai Giorni Nostri Dalle Armi di Francia. Con una Introduzione su i Diversi Sistemi di Colonizzazione che Precessero il Conquisto Francese: Di Leone Galibert – Antico Direttore della Rivista Britannica. Volgarizzamento del Sig. Dottore Anicio Bonucci.

Two Volumes (complete set). Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Celli, 1843. 18 cm x 26 cm. Collation: Volume I: 628 pages with 33 hand-coloured plates depicting battle scenes and landscapes / Volume II: 649, (2) pages with 40 (of 44) handcoloured plates and pages 233-240 missing. Hardcover / Volume I in a modern half-buckram with private spine-label / Volume II in its original half-leather binding. Good condition with signs of external wear. One Volume with crack to gutter between front pastedown and gutter. Loose leaf near front. Binding still firm and strong but tender near very front. Interior bright and unmarked with occasional foxing.

12. [Boyle Bernard, Richard (Dean of Leighlin)] Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de.

Buffon’s Natural History, Abridged – Including the History of the Elements, The Earth, Mountains, Rivers, Seas, Winds, Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Man, Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Shellfish, Lizards, Serpents, Insects & Vegetables. Illustrated with Great Variety of Copper Plates. With 106 [of 107 Plates] in absolutely stunning condition, spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes.

Two Volumes (complete set). London, Published as the Act directs for C. & G. Kearlsey, Fleet Street, 1792. Octavo (15 cm x 21,5 cm). Volume I: Frontispice [″Nature lamenting over the Tomb of M. de Buffon & exhibiting a Portrait of that distinguished Naturalist”], Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of grieving onlookers to the outbreak of the Volcano / Mount Vesuvius], XXXVII, Errata-Leaf, 353 pages / Volume II: Engraved Titlepage [with a scene of fowling at the steep cliffs of St.Kilda)], 494 pages including a thorough Index. With 106 [of 107 Plates] spread throughout the two Volumes. Including the two often missing and very rare fold-out-plates of Snakes. Hardcover / One Volume rebound to style and one Volume in its original 18th century full leather. Original bookplate / Exlibris of Dean Richard Boyle Bernard, Dean of Leighlin and MP for Bandon Bridge to pastedown of Volume I. Both Volumes now housed in a bespoke built Solander Box. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

13. Bryant, William Cullen [Editor] / [Provenance: George Crichton – S.S.Germanic – 1879].

Picturesque America ; Or, The Land We Live In – A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country. With Illustrations on Steel [49] and Wood, by eminent American Artists.

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). New York, D.Appleton and Company, no year [c.1872 – 1874]. Royal Quarto. Volume I: VIII, IV, 568 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below) / Volume II: VI, 576 pages with Illustrations throughout (see full list below). Original Publisher’s decorative half leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spines. Bindings firm but in poor condition. Interior absolutely excellent with some minor staining to endpapers only. Inscription in both Volumes state that these Volumes belonge to George Crichton, S.S.Germanic, 1879, where they obviously were given to him as a gift “From John Walsh, Philadelphia, American Minister at St.James’s – London”. Stunning publication with 49 very valuable Steel-Engravings in beautiful condition.

14. [Buckland-Wright, John / Golden Cockerel Press] Swinburne, Algernon Charles.

Hymn to Proserpine. Engravings by John Buckland-Wright.

London, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. Octavo (16.8 cm wide x 23.7 cm high). 20 pages with seven woodcuts. Original Hardcover (Burgundy cloth). Spine slightly sunned. Otherwise in absolutely excellent, firm condition with only minor signs of wear.

15. [Byron Circle] Haygarth, William.

Greece, A Poem, In Three Parts; With Notes, Classical Illustrations, And Sketches Of The Scenery.

First Edition. London, Printed by W,Bulmer and Co., 1814. Quarto (24 cm wide x 30 cm high). 304 pages with all 9 original sepia-aquatint-plates by Charles Turner after Haygarth. Disbound due to broken binding. Halftitle and bookblock available with all 9 plates included. Needs rebinding. Bookblock firm, halftitle detached. All nine plates with faded dampstain but still in beautiful and strong impression. The wide-margined Text in excellent, clean condition besides the faded dampstain. Last page of the Volume with some browning. Very minor wormhole-damage to the last 14 pages. One illustration cleanly detached. Extremely Rare Book !

16. [Calder, Alexander].

Alexander Calder and Joan Miró.

Dublin, IMMA [Irish Museum of Modern Art], 2007. Quarto. 80 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

17. [Calder, Alexander].

Animal Sketching.

Third Edition. New York, Dover Publications, 1973. Octavo. 62 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

18. [Calder, Alexander].

autobiographie. Traduction de Jean Davidson.

[Edition française de “Calder – an Autobiography with Pictures]. Paris, Atelier Maeght, 1972. Quarto. 208 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

19. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder – Autobiographie”.

Paris, Maeght Éditeur, 1972. Quarto. 209 pages / Illustrated. Reliure originale / Original, illustrated Hardcover. Extremely rare, as new condition in original shrinkwrap from the publisher (Unopened !!!).

20. [Calder, Alexander].

Calder – [Texte: Jacques Prevert / Jean-Paul Sartre / Fernand Leger / Michel Butor / Henri Pichette / Jean Davidson / Gerard-Georges Lemaire //

Paris, edition Maeght, 1992. Octavo. 115 pages (with illustrations throughout). Original, illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

21. [Calder, Alexander].

“Calder” [at Chateau de Biron / Dordogne].

Dordogne, Le Chateau de Biron, 1986. Quarto. 88 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

22. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “A Retrospective Exhibition” – “Work from 1925 to 1974”. October 26 to December 8, 1974.

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1974. Quarto. 32 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

23. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “A Survey of Works from the Greenberg Gallery”. With an Introduction about “Radical” Art by Ronald K. Greenberg.

St.Louis, The Greenberg Gallery, 1990. Quarto. 32 pages / With illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

24. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Bronze Sculptures of 1944”. October 7th – November 8th, 1969.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1969. Quarto. 38 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

25. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “ALEXANDER CALDER” – “Circus Drawings, Wire Sculptures and Toys”. November 24 to December 13, 1964.

Houston, Texas, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1964. Quarto. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

26. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – [Lithographs].

London, William Weston Gallery, 1999. Octavo. 14 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

27. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Oil Paintings”. October 10 – November 11, 1972.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1972. Oblong Quarto. 28 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

28. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – Royal Academy of Arts.

London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1992. Oblong Quarto. 32 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

29. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Stabiles”. “May 5 – June 17, 1989”.

New York, The Pace Gallery, 1989. Quarto. Wonderful Leporello with 13 pages folding out. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

30. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Stabiles” May 14-June 2.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co. Inc., 1983. Quarto. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

31. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing and Hanging Mobiles 1945-1976”.

London, Edward Totah Gallery, 1988. Octavo. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

32. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing Mobiles 1968” (18 February – 15 March 1969).

London, Gimpel/Fils, 1969. Quarto. 8 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

33. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Standing Mobiles”. December 4,1980 – January 2, 1981.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co., 1981. Oblong – Quarto. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

34. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder: Small Scale”. May 15 – June 3, 1982.

New York, M.Knoedler & Co., 1982. Octavo. 16 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

35. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – Arts Council 1962 – “Alexander Calder” – “Sculpture – Mobiles”.

The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1962. Quarto. 30 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Original wrappers cleanly detached. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the library of Richard Stone, 38 Irving Street Boston

36. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER”. 1 April – 25 April 1981.

London, The Mayor Gallery, 1981. Octavo. 54 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

37. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – “Crags and Critters of 1974”. Oct. 15-Nov. 16,1974.

New York, Perls Galleries, 1974. Oblong-Quarto. 12 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

38. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – Galeria Maeght – Barcelona Febrer-Marc 1989.

Barcelona, Galeria Maeght, 1989. Quarto (23.5 cm x 32 cm high). 28 pages with illustrations. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

39. [Calder, Alexander]

Exhibition – Catalogue – “CALDER” – “Mobile et Lithographes” – L’Exposition “Le Mouvement”. Presentee a Dijon dans le cadre de la Biennale des Nuits de Bourgogne 1973.

Paris, 1974. Quarto. 6 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

40. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Calder Gouaches”. [Lincoln Gallery Art Editions with colour-images protected by colourful tissue-guards / Designed by Royston Cooper].

London, Chelsea Fine Arts Limited, 1961. Octavo. 20 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

41. [Calder, Alexander].

Exhibition – Catalogue: “MIRO – CALDER” – Gallery Urban – 26 Septembre – 10 Novembre 1989.

Paris, Gallery Urban, 1989. Quarto. 31 pages. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

42. [Calder, Alexander].

Fables of Aesop – According to Sir Roger L’Estrange – With Fifty Drawings by Alexander Calder.

New York, Dover Publications, 1967. Small Quarto. 128 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

43. [Calder, Alexander].

Jean de Lafontaine – Selected Fables. Translated by Eunice Clark. With Forty-Eight Illustrations by Alexander Calder.

New York, Dover Publications, 1968. Small Quarto. 88 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

44. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket frayed and with larger pieces missing and now protected in Mylar. The volume itself in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Name of preowner N.E. Norton in pencil on endpaper.

45. Calder, Alexander.

Three Young Rats And Other Rhymes – Drawings by Alexander Calder. Edited with Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.

One of 3000 copies of the second edition (MOMA 1946). New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Quarto (24.5 cm wide x 31.5 cm high). XVIII, (1), 130, (4) pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The jacket slightly frayed but now protected in Mylar. Overall the volume in a very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

46. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°113 – 1959. [With two (2) fantastic, original double-page lithographs of “Stabiles”]. Avec Essais: “STABILES” par Georges Salles / “LE LURON AUX PROTEGE-GENOUX” par Jean Davidson.

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1959. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 28 pages (Text paginated and each double-page-Lithograph counts as 4 pages). Plus photographic front- and rear-cover with portrait-photograph of Alexander Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

47. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°141 – Novembre 1963 [With 7 lithographes originales, including cover / 3 of the lithographs are fantastic double-page lithographs of Stabiles]. Avec Essais: “L’ombre de l’avenir” par James Jones (Traduction d’Henri de Turenne) / Essais: “Qu’est-ce qu’un calder ?” par Michel Ragon / Avec “Comment faire by Calder (juxtaposed to his portrait) / With photographic section of seven pages showing “Stabiles dans l’atelier” (″Tamanoir” / “Tamanoir et Bucephale”.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1963. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 32 pages plus 2 pages of lithographed Cover. (Text paginated up to page 16 and then continued without pagination). Including an excellent full-page-colour-photograph of Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. One of the most exciting CALDER – editions of Derrière le Miroir.

48. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°156 – Fevrier 1966 [With 8 lithographes originales, including cover / 3 of the lithographs are fantastic double-page lithographs (including cover)]. Avec Essais: “Oiseleur du Fer” (Solomon Grundy) par Jacques Prevert / Essai: “Alexander Calder” [Biographical Essay on Calder and his Mobiles] par Meyer Schapiro / Essai: “Les Gouaches de Calder” par Nicholas Guppy / Essai: “De L’Art’s Students League aux Totems…” par Alexander Calder.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1966. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 28 pages plus 4 pages of lithographed Cover. (Text partially paginated up to page 15 and then continued without pagination). This Volume also includes a large section of black-and-white-photographs of Totems and Gouaches of Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

49. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°31 – Juillet 1950 – Exposition Alexander Calder [52 Mobiles] / [With two colour-lithographs (this being the frontcover and the rear cover of this first CALDER-issue of Maeght’s “Derrière Le Miroir”)].

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1950. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 8 pages (including cover). With two Lithographs. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Tear with smaller missing space to frontcover. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

50. [Calder, Alexander] / Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°69-70 – Octobre-Novembre 1954. [With three (3) fantastic double-page Colour-Lithographs (including cover)][Poeme Offert a Alexander Calder et a Louisa (par Henri Pichette)] / With an Essay: “″Calder” par Frank Elgar.

First Edition. Paris, Editions Pierre A Feu – Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1954. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). Two double-pages with Lithographic frontcover and rear cover. Plus two double-page Lithographs loosely inserted. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

51. [Calder, Alexander / (and Jean Davidson)].

CALDER – An Autobiography with Pictures.

First Printing. New York, Pantheon Books / A division of Random House, 1966. Quarto (22.3 cm wide x 27.3 cm high). 285 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover without illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some staining to binding.

52. [Calder, Alexander] / [Georges Salles].

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexandre Calder – Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles 3 Avril – 1 Mai 1960”. [With an Introduction by Georges Salles].

Brussels, 1960. Quarto. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

53. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°173 – Octobre 1968 [With 8 lithographes originales (including front and rear cover) / Two (2) of these lithographs are fantastic double-page lithographs)]. Avec Essais: “Un geant enfant” par Giovanni Carandente / “Note sur les “fleches” par Jacques Dupin /

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1968. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 24 pages plus 4 pages of lithographed Cover. (Text partially paginated up to page 14 and then continued without pagination). This Volume also includes a large section of black-and-white-photographs of Sculpture by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

54. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°190 – Février 1971 [With 5 lithographes originales of “Stabiles” et “Animobiles” (including front and rear cover) / One of these lithographs is a fantastic double-page colour-lithograph)]. Avec Essais: “Calder : La Liberté” / “Aux portes de L’Enfer” par Carlos Franqui (Traduction Jean-Franci Reille) / [Photos of Stabiles par Clovis Prévost]. [Calder’s Stabiles “Three Bollards” from 1970 look like possible inspirations for Heptapods “Abbott and Costello” in Denis Villeneuve’s Film “Arrival”].

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1971. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 28 pages including lithographed Cover. (In this edition the Text was paginated including the covers until page 26, with covers and front pastedown as well as rear paste-down and rear cover not paginated. Clearly; by the early 1970s, Aimé and Marguerite Maeght must have realized the lithographic covers were part of the appeal for collectors and they followed suit with the same pagination book-publications were paginated with this standard (first page after title is paginated as “3”). This Volume also includes a large section of black-and-white-photographs of Sculpture by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Lower spine with minor damage. Slightly foxed in some locations only. Overall Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. All Lithographs in excellent condition.

55. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght et Adrien Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°201 – Janvier 1973 [With 6 lithographes originales of “Mobiles” (including front and rear cover) / One of these lithographs is a fantastic double-page colour-lithograph)]. Avec Essais: “Retour au Mobile” par Maurice Besset et Essai: Calder ou le Poids de L’Air” par Andre Balthazar / [Photos of Stabiles par Clovis Prévost]. [Calder’s Stabiles “Three Bollards” from 1970 look like possible inspirations for Heptapods “Abbott and Costello” in Denis Villeneuve’s Film “Arrival”].

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1973. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 30 pages including lithographed Cover (In this edition the Text reverts back to being paginated excluding the cover). This Volume also includes a section of colour-photographs of Sculpture by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Lower spine with minor damage. Slightly foxed in some locations only. Overall Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. All Lithographs in excellent condition.

56. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght et Adrien Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°212 – Janvier 1975 [With 8 lithographes originales (including front and rear cover) / Two of these lithographs are fantastic double-page colour-lithographs of which one is figurative (card-players “Les Joueurs de Cartes”)]. Avec Essais: “Un Tournant chez Calder” par Mario Pedrosa.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1975. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 24 pages plus lithographed Cover (In this edition the Text reverts back to being paginated (until page 11 only) excluding the cover). This Volume also includes a section of black-and-white as well as colour-photographs of Sculpture by Calder, all photographs by Clovis Prévost. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Lower spine with minor damage. Slightly foxed in some locations only. Overall Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. All Lithographs in excellent condition.

57. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght et Adrien Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°221 – Decembre 1976 [With 7 lithographes originales of “Mobiles” et “Stabiles” including front and rear cover) / Two (2) of these lithographs are fantastic double-page colour-lithographs)]. With a special suite (unpaginated) of a portrait-photo of CALDER and an essay by Jean Davidson “Forme Humaine”. Othher Essays are included: “L’Art et la comédie” par Jean Fremon, avec le poeme “La complainte du mobile”.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1976. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 24 pages plus lithographed Cover and 4 pages of suite with Calder’s portrait and Jean Davidson’s homage (In this edition the Text reverts back to being paginated excluding the cover). This Volume also includes a section of colour-photographs of Mobile-Sculpture by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. All Lithographs in excellent condition.

58. [Calder, Alexander] Aimé et Marguerite Maeght.

Derrière Le Miroir N°248 – Octobre 1981 [With 10 full-page-colour-illustrations (including covers) and several illustrations and reproductions of letters between Calder and french galerist Daniel Lelong.

First Edition. Paris, Maeght Editeur [Aimé et Marguerite Maeght], 1981. Folio (27.8 cm wide x 37.8 cm high). 18 pages plus Cover. (Text partially paginated up to page 16). Original, illustrated softcover / brochure. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

59. [Calder, Alexander] Archives Maeght.

“calder” – the artist, the work.

First english edition. Boston, Boston Book & Art, publisher, 1971. Quarto. 136 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket frayed and woth some tearing. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

60. [Calder, Alexander] Arnason, H.H. / Guerrero, Pedro E.

Calder – A study of the works of Alexander Calder. Text by H.H.Arnason / Photographs by Pedro E. Guerrero.

First Edition. Princeton (New Jersey), D.Van Nostrand Company Inc., 1966. Quarto (21.8 cm wide x 28.2 cm high). 192 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

61. [Calder, Alexander] Bellew, Peter.

CALDER.

New Jersey, Chartwell Books, 1969. Small-Quarto. 120 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Small stain from removed price-sticker on dustjacket. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

62. [Calder, Alexander] Bourdon, David.

CALDER – Mobilist / Ringmaster / Innovator.

New York / London, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. / Collier MacMillan Publishers, 1980. Oblong Quarto (26.3 cm wide x 21 cm high). 149 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

63. [Calder, Alexander] Bruzeau, Maurice.

Calder. Text by Maurice Brazeau / Photographs by Jacques Masson. Translated from the French by I. Mark Paris.

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1979. Quarto. 171 pages / Illustrated throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

64. [Calder, Alexander] Bruzeau, Maurice / Masson, Jacques / Feld, Charles.

Calder à Saché. Texte et Poems – Maurice Bruzeau / Photographie – Jacques Masson / Mise en pages – Charles Feld.

Paris, éditions Cercle d’Art, 1975. Quarto. 200 pages avec 252 illustrations [139 en couleurs]. Original Hardcover with see-through dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

65. [Calder, Alexander] Calder / Vasarely.

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Calder / Vasarely” – [″Mobile / Stabile”]. July – Sept 1965.

London, Brook Street Gallery, 1965. Octavo. 18 pages (Half of this catalogue is dedicated to Vasarely / Half to Calder). Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

66. [Calder, Alexander] Cassou, Jean / Solomon Guggenheim Museum New York.

CALDER. With a Preface by Jean Cassou. [Musee National d’Art Moderne Paris / The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum New York].

Paris, juillet-octobre, 1965. Folio. 56 pages with four (4) original Lithographs. With photographs of Calder by Andre Kertesz and others. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

67. [Calder, Alexander] Cvach, Milos.

Fishbones (Arêtes de poisson).

[Paris], Atelier des enfants et Musée national d`art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, 1989. Octavo. 38 unumbered pages, some with stenciled features. Illustrated Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

68. [Calder, Alexander] Davidson, Jean.

CALDER at the ZOO – A Gift from the Archives of American Art.

Sache / France, 1974. Quarto. 9 sheets with nine sketches of Animals (printed) and a page of explanations by Jean Davidson. Original, illustrated Softcover-Chemise. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

69. [Calder, Alexander] Fischer, Yona.

Exhibition – Catalogue – “The Jerusalem Stabile” – The Israel Museum. Edited by Yona Fischer.

Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, 1980. Quarto. 84 unnumbered pages with illustrations throughout. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

70. [Calder, Alexander] Galerie Adrien Maeght.

Calder. [Ce Quarante-Huitieme Catalogue a ete a l’occasion de L’Exposition Calder a la Galerie Adrien Maeght].

Paris, Adrien Maeght, 1987. Folio. 32 pages with images of Stabiles and other installations etc. Original, illustrated Softcover. Minor signs of foxing only. Overall in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

71. [Calder, Alexander] Galerie Krugler & Cie.

Suites 11 – Alexandre Calder. [En juin 1966, “Suites No 11” – a ete acheve d’imprimer sur les presses de Dumaret & Golay a Geneve au nombre de 2500 exemplaires, a l’occasion del’exposition retrospective des oeuvres d’Alexandre Calder”].

First Edition. Geneve [Switzerland], Galerie Krugler & Cie, 1966. Folio 2(4 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). 23 pages. With two large, double-page Lithographs by Calder. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

72. [Calder, Alexander] Gibson, Michael.

Calder.

Paris, Fernand Hazan, 1988. Small Octavo. 109 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

73. [Calder, Alexander] Hulten, Pontus.

Alexander Calder – Die Grossen Skulpturen / Der Andere Calder.

[Bonn], Edition Cantz, 1993. Quarto. 167 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

74. [Calder, Alexander] Kalman, Maira.

Roarr: Calder’s Circus – A Story by Maira Kalman. Photographs by Donatella Brun / Designed by M & Co.

New York, D.L.Terwilliger / Sterling-Roman, 1991. Quarto (21.7 wide x 28 cm high) 36 unnumbered pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

75. [Calder, Alexander] La Fontaine, Jean.

Selected Fables – Translated by Eunice Clark. Illustrated by Alexander Calder.

First Edition. New York, The Quadrangle Press, 1948. Quarto (23.5 cm wide x 30.5 cm high). 88 pages with line-drawings by Calder throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Faded dampstain to edge, else a very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

76. [Calder, Alexander] Linssen, Werner.

Calder (1898 – 1976) – Retrospective: December 1987 – January 1988.

Bilingual: English / German. Cologne, Linssen Gallery, 1987. Large – Quarto (30.5 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). 120 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

77. [Calder, Alexander] Lipman, Jean / Aspinwall, Margaret.

“Alexander Calder and his Magical Mobiles”.

New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981. Quarto (18.5 cm wide x 26 cm high). 96 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of wear.

78. [Calder, Alexander] Lipman, Jean.

Calder’s Universe [including the important chapter: “Who is Who in Calder’s World “]. By Jean Lipman with Ruth Wolfe, editorial director.

Second Printing. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RUNNING PRESS in cooperation with Whitney Museum of American Art, 1989. Quarto. 351 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good, firm condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minor foxing to halftitle and endpapers only.

79. [Calder, Alexander] Marchesseau, Daniel.

The Intimate World of Alexander Calder. [With 680 Illustrations, Including 200 in Full Colour]. Translated by Eleanor Levieux and Barbara Shuey.

[English edition of “Calder Intime”]. Paris / New York, Solange Thierry Editeur / Harry N.Abrams, 1989. Quarto. 399 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Minor staining to pastedown / Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

80. [Calder, Alexander] Marshall, Richard.

Exhibition – Catalogue – “Alexander Calder” – “Sculpture of the Nineteen Thirties”.

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1988. Octavo. 56 pages / Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

81. [Calder, Alexander] Marter, Joan M.

Alexander Calder. With 170 Illustrations.

Cambridge / New York / Port Chester / Melbourne / Sydney, Cambridge University Press, 1991. Quarto. XVI, 302 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

82. [Calder, Alexander] Mulas, Ugo / Arnason, H.H..

CALDER – Photographs and Design by Ugo Mulas. Introduction by H.Harvard Arnason. With compliments by Alexander Calder.

London, Thames and Hudson, 1971. Quarto. 216 pages with 114 photographs. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Former library-copy (with several Withdrawn-stamps). Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

83. [Calder, Alexander] Pirovano, Carlo.

Calder – a cura di Giovanni Carandente. [Retrospettiva, Torino, Palazzo a Vela, 2 luglio-25 settembre 1983].

Milano, Electra Editrice, 1983. Quarto. 250 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some staining to dustjacket only. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

84. [Calder, Alexander] Prather, Marla.

Alexander Calder 1898–1976.

Yale University Press, 1998. Quarto (27.5 cm wide x 30 cm high). 366 pages / Illustrated. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Mint condition / Still shrink-wrapped.

85. [Calder, Alexander] Prévert, Jacques.

Couleurs de Braque, Calder, Miró. Préface de Jacques Dupin.

Maeght éditeur, 1981. Quarto (23.5 cm wide x 31.3 cm high). 137, 4 pages with illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear.

86. [Calder, Alexander] Sweeney, James Johnson.

Alexander Calder.

First Edition. New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1943. Quarto (19.6 cm wide x 26 cm high). 64 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

87. [Calder, Alexander] Sweeney, James Johnson.

“Calder” – Catalogue des Oeuvres exposees. [Du 2 Avril Au 31 Mai 1969] – Fondation Maeght – 06 Saint Paul] / [Avec Texte du Jean-Paul Sartre]. Le texte de J.J.Sweeney a ete traduit de l’anglais par Annick Baudoin, celui de G.Carandente de l’italien par Alain Veinstein.

Fondation Maeght, 1969. Quarto. 226 pages. Illustrated. Original, illustrated Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

88. [Calder, Alexander] Wilbur, Richard.

A BESTIARY – [One of 50 copies on luxurious Rives-mould, signed by Alexander Calder and Richard Wilbur].

New York, Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955. Folio (24 cm wide x 32.5 cm high). Original Hardcover / Half red morocco, beige buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt stamped illustration to front board. A very fine copy in the original board slipcase with very minor signs of shelfwear to the slipcase only. Spine very sightly sunned. A fantastic book with quotes from Yeats and Kafka and many other writers, illustrated by Calder!

89. Cervantes De Saavedra, Miguel [Jarvis Edition with an excellent provenance, being from the library of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland].

The Life and Exploits of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha. Translated from the Original Spanish by Charles Jarvis, Esq. [Bound with: “The Life of Michael de Cervantes Saavedra” and an “Advertisement concerning the Plates”].

Second issue of the First Jarvis Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). London, J. & R. Tonson and R. Dodsley, 1738-1742. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, XXIV, (8), I – [XXIV], (interrupted with 8 unnumbered pages: “Supplement to the Translator’s Preface,” on the origin of books of chivalry, [by Wiliam Warburton]), continued pagination [XXV-XXXII], Second Frontispiece (Portrait of Cervantes by George Vertue after G. Kent), V, (2), 355 pages with 28 copperplates (including the two frontispieces). Volume II: XII, 388 pages with 41 copperplate illustrations. In total 69 copperplate engravings, all drawn by John Vanderbank and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht / Vandergucht. Modern Hardcover bindings by an english masterbinder, styled to the 18th century period and with new endpapers that carry the original bookplates / Exlibris of John Fane, (Lord Burgersh) the Earl of Westmoreland. Excellent condition with only minor signs of foxing to the outer margins of the pages. All illustrations in strong and fresh imprint. An excellent set from a famous library.

90. Chalmers, Alexander.

A History of the University of Oxford, including the Lives of the Founders, by Alex Chalmers, with a Series of Illustrated Engravings by J.Storey & J.Greig. / A History of the College Halls. And Public Buildings, attached to the University of Oxford. [With 31 plates / steel engravings (including frontispiece)].

First Edition. Two Volumes (complete set). Oxford, Printed by Collingwood and Co., 1810. Octavo (14.4 cm wide x 21.7 cm high). Pagination: VolumeI: Frontispiece-Engraving of Oxford, engraved title-page, another title-page with a more explicit title, XVI, 260 pages / Volume II continues the pagination: Halftitle, Title, Pages 261 – 486 plus an Index (13 pages). plus 1 page (List of Plates). Original, very decorative, early 19th century full leather with gilt ornament to boards and masterfully rebacked spine with spine-labels. A superior copy of this often deranged and broken publication. A stunning example of british bindery-craftsmanship and with only minor signs of browning and foxing. The best example of this work we have ever seen. Firm, possible to be handled without fear of breaking, the leather smooth. A perfect gift !

91. Charry Lara, Fernando.

Nocturnos y Otros Sueños. Prólogo de Vicente Aleixandre. Ilustraciones de Fernando Botero.

Bogotá, El Áncora Editores, 1991. 33,5 cm x 25 cm. 125 pages. With colour illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Inscribed / signed by author.

92. [Chester Beatty, Sir Alfred] Holme, Charles (Charles Rennie Mackintosh / Charles Voysey and others).

The Studio: an illustrated magazine of fine and applied art. Alfred Chester Beatty’s personal set of “The Studio”; 97 volumes bound in 69 books with the Register for Vols 1-29 [Lacking Volume 61]. With original artwork by James McNeill Whistler and other important artists of the Belle Époque and Art Nouveau Movement.

97 Volumes (bound in 69 Volumes). London, Offices of The Studio, 1893 – 1929. Quarto. c. 20000 pages with illustrations, photographs, original lithographs, engravings. Contemporary private Hardcover (Uniform deep blue buckram with gilt lettering on spinelabels). Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only a few of the Volumes a little shaky. With the handwritten entry “A. Chester Beatty – 24 Kensington Palace Gardens – W. 8”.

93. [Chiari, Giovanni] Vascellini, Gaetano.

Statue di Firenze [incluso: “Catalogo delle Statue del R. Giardino di Boboli colla Notizia dei Loro Autori”, “Catalogo delle Statue nel R. Palazzo de Pitti”, Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia dei Loro Autori ec.” ec.]

Tres Parti (complete) [Tutto dichiarato come prima parte]. Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Volpini Cartolaro, no year [c. 1765]. Octavo. Collation complete. Pagination: Part I (Primo): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with introduction by Giovanni Chiari and the catalogue of statues in Boboli Garden, 25 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Boboli Garden. Part II (Seconda): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues in Palazzo Pitti, 41 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Pitti Palace. Part III (Terza): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues [″Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia del Loro Autori ec. (incl. Michelangelo Buonarotti, Donatello etc.). Hardcover / Original bookblock rebound by Bayntun in Bath in a subtle and charming modern cloth with gilt lettering on new spine-label. Original endpapers preserved. Exceptional condition of this rare 18th century publication with only very faint signs of foxing. Provenance: Richard Meade, Ballymartle (with the Meade Family – crest as library stamp).

94. Christo & Jean-Claude.

Yorkshire Sculpture Park – Sculpture and Projects 1961-96. [SIGNED by Christo and Jean-Claude].

Yorkshire, Exhibition Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation, 1997. Oblong Small-Quarto (21 cm wide x 15 cm high). 36 pages with illustrations (some in beautiful colour). Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare now with the beautiful signatures of these two landmark-artists of the 20th century.

95. [Combe, William] / [Thomas Rowlandson].

The Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of the Picturesque – A Poem [plus: “Volume Second”: “The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax – In Search of Consolation – A Poem”].

Volume One in Fourth Edition / Volume Two in First Edition. Two Volumes. London, Published by R. Ackermann at the Repository of Arts, 1813 – 1820. Large Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: Frontispiece, engraved titlepage, [2], 276, plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 31 handcoloured illustrations (including Frontispiece and titlepage) by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson / Volume II: Frontispiece, [1], 277 pages plus 1 page with “Directions to the Binder for placing the Plates”. With 22 (of 24) handcoloured illustrations by caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Hardcover / Original half leather with original spine-labels and ornaments. Both Volumes with some rubbing but both in firm, original condition. Interior of Volume I with some mild foxing and fingerstaining only but all plates excellent. Interior of Volume II with a tear and loss of paper to the front free endpaper, some mild foxing, one plate and one textpage (page 11) slightly detached and with fraying). Minor wormholedamage to rear board (neglectable). Overall these two Volumes are in very good condition !

96. [Daniele, Francesco / Johann Josef von Wilczek / Thomasius, Christian].

Le Forche Caudine – Illustrate con due Appendici. [Compreso “Prospetto Della Valle Caudina Dalla Parte Della Campania”]. Second edition, augmented and, according to Brunet, preferable to the original first edition, which was printed in Caserta in 1778.

Seconda Edizione. Napoli, Appresso Angelo Trani, 1811. Folio (44.5 cm x29 cm). XIII, (3), 102 pages plus (6) pages advertising and Index (Indice). With 22 (twentytwo) illustrations overall. Including a large fold-out-plan (97 x 43 cm) of the Valle Caudine, several Vignettes, Allegorical/Historical Illustrations and four beautiful landscape engravings of the Valle Caudine by Alessandro d’Anna / XIII, (3), 102 pagine più (6) pagine pubblicitarie e Index (Indice). Con 22 (ventidue) illustrazioni in totale. Tra cui una grande illustrazione (97 x 43 cm) della Valle Caudine, diverse vignette, illustrazioni allegoriche / storiche e quattro bellissime incisioni paesaggistiche della Valle Caudine di Alessandro d’Anna. Hardcover / Fantastic modern, Nigerian goatskin with gilt lettering on spine and fine quality late 19th-century cloth over boards. New endpapers and all bound in style by english master-binders. Excellent condition of the binding. The stunning and most wonderful interior with only very occasional signs of an old dampstain to the outer margins and the beautiful, large fold-out-plan with some mild browning to one part of the center-fold. A typographical masterpiece of italian printmaking.

97. [David Hockney Collection] – Hockney, David.

David Hockney – Collection of rare and important publications as well as an original photograph of Hockney. The collection includes: 1. “Fax Dibujos / Fax Cuadros” / 2. An Original Black-and-White Photograph of David Hockney on archival paper / 3. “The Blue Guitar” – Etchings by David Hockney who was inspired by Wallace Stevens who was inspired by Pablo Picasso – “The Man with the Blue Guitar” – Wallace Stevens / 4. David Hockney – “A Retrospective” / 5. “Billboards” by Sally Henderson & Robert Landau with an Introduction by David Hockney / 6. David Hockney – “Some very new Paintings” / 7. David Hockney prints 1954-1977 / 8. “David Hockney” by David Hockney (with several interesting newspaper-clippings on Hockney loosely inserted).

Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo, 1990. Quarto (24.4 cm wide x 28 cm high). 120 pages. Softcover / Original spiral bound. Unusually excellent, FINE condition of Fax Dibujos, with only very minor signs of wear. Extremely rare, especially in this condition / [The Hockney Portrait-Photograph, which comes with the FAX Dibujos-publication, is stamped verso with Copyright by Universal Pictorial Press and Agency Ltd. in London and dated in 1976. – Provenance of the Photo: This photograph comes from the private Press-Photgraphs-Collection of irish photographer John Minihan, accumulated during his early years as photographer on Fleet Street, London] / The other monographs on or by Hockney are all in excellent condition. Find the David Hockney-Collection on our website under “Library & Collection”, where you will see a full list, with all books catalogued and with corresponding images.

98. [Dickens, Charles] Barnard, Frederick.

A Series of Character Sketches from Dickens in Colour – From Original Drawings by Frederick Barnard: 1. Caleb Plummer and his Blind Daughter / 2. Bill Sikes / 3. Mr. Pecksniff / 4. The Two Wellers / 5. Sydney Carton / 6. Mrs. Gamp / 7. Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim [from “A Christmas Carol”]/ 8. Captain Cuttle / 9. Mr.Micawber / 10. Mr.Pickwick / 11. Mr. Peggotty / 12. Barnaby Rudge //

First Edition. London, The Waverley Book Company, no year (c.1912). Folio (34.5 cm wide x 44 cm high (Portfolio Size). 12 Tipped – in Plates on single Folio – Pages inside the original Portfolio-Folder (All pictures ready to be framed). Each image has a detachable tissue-guard with text from Dickens’ stories in which each character is present. Original Hardcover Portfolio with softcover sheets. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Only very minor signs of ocassional foxing.

99. Dubuffet, Jean.

La botte à nique.

Genève, Albert Skira, 1973. Slim Fpolio Box with Oxtcavo Volume and Slim-Folio Screen-print separate. 112 pages (collation complèt) plus une sérigraphie (Silkscreen: ‘Quatre Figures’) dans une chemise séparée. Original Hardcover in original box with additional folder for the silkscreen. Complete, a fantastic publication ! Some signs of foxing ! Otherwsie in EXCELLENT condition with only minor signs of wear and including the often missing screen-print in the separate chemise. / Edition originale, Exemplaire No.38 des 165 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d’Arches. Notre exemplaire est bien complet de sa sérigraphie présentée sous une chemise à part.

100. [Dufy, Raoul] Derys, Gaston.

Mon Docteur – Le Vin. Avec 19 Aquarelles de Raoul Dufy – Texte de Gaston Derys. [Préface du Maréchal Pétain] / Typographie de A. M. Cassandre.

Paris, Freres Draeger, 1936. Folio (26 cm wide x 32 cm high). 44 pages with 19 aquarelles. / 19 photolithographs of watercolors (18 in colors), plus 1 photolithograph of a drawing (wrappers). Original, illustrated Softcover with illustrated dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.