211. Karwath, Cary von / Fuchs, Eduard.

Die Erotik in der Kunst. Privatdruck des Verlages C.W.Stern / Wien, 1908. (Als Manuskript gedruckte Publikation der Gesellschaft oesterreichischer Bibliophilen – nicht im Handel erhältlich). 236 Seiten plus 40 Tafeln [Hayn-Gotendorf III, 518 / Stern-Szana 252]. Dem Werk vorgebunden: Ernst Fuchs – L’Élement érotique dans la caricature – (Das erotische Element in der Karikatur / The Erotic Element in Caricature).

Wien, Stern, 1906-1908. 4°. Eduard Fuchs – L’élément érotique dans la caricature: VI, 259 pages with 223 illustrations. / Cary von Karwath – 236 pages plus 40 tipped-in plates on titled cardboard. Both publications in their original wrappers bound in a beautiful private half – leather with raised bands and gilt lettering on spine. Spine slightly rubbed. The publications in unusually excellent condition. All tipped-in plates complete and in their place. Spectacular publication in a worthy binding.

212. [Auerbach, Frank] Hughes, Frank.

Frank Auerbach. With 174 illustrations in duotone and 80 in color.

London, Thames & Hudson, 1990. 4°. 240 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, close to new condition.

213. Cramer, René de.

Drapeaux, Bannieres – Souvenir de la ‘Vieille Flandre’ (Exposition Universelle et internationale de Gand 1913) / Vlaggen & Wimpels – Aandenken van “Oud-Vlaendren” (Wereldtentoonstelling van Gent 1913).: I – Drapeaux aux Armes des Villes de Flandre / II – Drapeaux aux Armes de Seigneurs / III. Drapeaux Représentant des Images Légendaires ou des Emblèmes / IV. Drapeaux et Bannières de Corporations / V. Drapeaux Portant les Types des Saints / VI. Drapeaux Reproduisant des Einseignes //

Bruxelles, Des Presses de la Soc. An. Belge D’Imprimerie, 1913. Folio. 12 Pages de texte, 40 Planches hors texte en couleurs (12 pages text and 40 plates with tipped in colour – plates of Tapestries, Souvenir – Wimpel etc.). Hardcover / Privately professionally bound. Frontcover of the original dustjacket pasted on the halftitle. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some mild dampstain to very few pieces of teh artwork and the outer margins of the endpapers and first pages of text only.

214. Cover Art Design – Fante, John / MacDonald, John D. / Rice Burroughs, Edgar / and many others.

A wonderful collection of over 900 vintage paperbacks, fastidiously hand-picked from all parts of North America by an avid and knowledgeable collector. The collection is still intact and has not been ‘robbed’ of its outstanding and often signed publications. (Please ask for detailed list). / Lovingly curated, with a particular eye for unusual titles, this collection represents mid 20th century American pop art at its best. From hard-boiled detective stories to alien invasions, from femme fatales to teenage angst, from swashbuckling buccaneers to gritty westerns, these books were collected for two reasons; their excellent condition, and their lurid, ‘one of a kind’ cover art and outrageous tag lines. The collection also contains some very scarce copies of highly collectible books, including John D Macdonald’s first book, ‘The Brass Cupcake’ and John Fante’s first paperback edition of ‘Ask the Dust’. The great paperback publishing houses are all represented here; Signet, Popular Library, Pocketbook, Penguin, Pan, Lion, Fawcett Gold Medal, and so on. This is a unique opportunity to own a highly respectable collection of 20th century publishing history.

New York and others, Signet, Popular Library, Pocketbook, Penguin, Pan, Lion, Fawcett Gold Medal, and so on, 1945 – Small Octavo. 100000 pages and more. Original, illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Price includes free courier shipment worldwide.

215. Hsingyuan, Tsao / Naizheng, Zhu.

Transforming Pictures – A contemporary (Re)presenting of Traditional Thoughts. [Including the essays: A Hundred Years of Oil Painting in China / Understanding and Transforming of Being / Transforming Things into Mindimage / Meaning Beyond Image / Visualizing the Poetic Statement / Transforming Oil Painting(s) / With Transcriptions from the Preparation Workshop / Remarks on Translation].

Bilingual Edition in English / Chinese. Beijing, Foreign Language Press, 2009. Quarto (25.5 cm x 29 cm). 250 pages with illustrations throughout the book. Original Softcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes.

216. Erni, Hans.

india – indien – inde.

Zurich, Verlag Ernst Scheidegger, 1973. Quer – Quart / Oblong – Quarto. Illustriertes Frontispiece, 106 nicht numerierte Seiten mit zahlreichen Aquarellen / Illustrated Frontispiece, 106 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective mylar / Ganzleinen mit originalem Schutzumschlag in Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. The dustjacket with a few minor tears. With the wonderful watercolours by Hans Erni, this is one of the most beautiful publications on India.

217. Couvée, M. M.

19th Century Album with 31 fantastic, large vintage photographs of Germany, Austria and Italy. Many of these early photographs are on Frankfurt am Main, but also Berlin, Heidelberg and classic travel – locations along the Rhine are included / Also interspersed are some other european destinations like Lugano, Venice and Salzburg (these all in colour). – All Photographs original Albumen Prints. / Album mit 31 grossformatigen, fantastischen, originalen Photographien von deutschen und europaeischen Stadtansichten des 19. Jahrhunderts, vorwiegend Frankfurt am Main [mit traumhaften und ungewoehnlichen Ansichten von Frankfurt und Sachsenhausen / Kaiserstrasse mit Strassenbahn / Rossmarkt / Goetheplatz / Alte Oper / Palmengarten / Wiesbaden – Kursaalplatz / Eschenheimer Turm / Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal / Main mit Untermainbruecke und Angler mit zwei Jungen davor / aber auch Stadtansichten von Berlin (″Blick nach den Linden” in Farbe – in colour), Lugano (in Farbe – in colour), Boppard (in Farbe – in colour), Heidelberg (in Farbe – in colour), Salzburg, Königstein im Taunus (in Farbe – in colour), Remagen (in Farbe – in colour), Coblenz, Lahneck, Sooneck, Braubach und Marxburg, Wiesbaden, Bingen und Venedig (in Farbe – in colour)/

La Haye / Dresden, Couvée / Stengel & Co., c. 1895 – 1900. Quer Quart / Oblong Quarto. 31 large photographs mounted on cardboard. Original Hardcover / Exzellente Halblederausgabe mit vergoldetem Titel auf dem Vorderdeckel. / Album with gilt lettering. Ungewoehnlich gut erhaltenes Album mit phantastischen Aufnahmen die auch das buergerliche Leben mit eingefangen haben. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

218. [Connemara] Anonymus [Bowden-Smith, Richard].

Fly Fishing in Salt & Fresh Water. With Six Plates, representing artificial Flies, etc. [Handcoloured]. [With a special chapter on Flyfishing in Connemara – Fly-Fishing Lough Ina, near Clifden, in Bertraghboy Bay, at the Skyard Rocks, at Deer Island and off the Isle of Mweenish and the Isle of Arran].

First and only edition. London, John van Voorst, 1851. Octavo. VIII, 74, (1) pages plus VI plates (including the frontispiece) of which V plates are beautifully handcoloured. Hardcover / Original publisher’s blindstamped cloth. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. With some fraying to two pages. Unbelievably rare edition with the excellent handcoloured plates in fresh colours and overall excellent condition.

219. Prinzhorn, Hans.

Bildnerei der Geisteskranken aus der Prinzhorn – Sammlung / Art of the Insane from the Prinzhorn-Sammlung.

Heidelberg, Galerie Rothe, 1967. Quarto. 64 Seiten mit 98 Abbildungen. Original Hardcover mit dem seltenen, bedruckten Schutzumschlag. Rare publication on the correlation between art and schizophrenia with several images and explanatory notes (all in german language) / Sehr guter Zustand. Der fragile Schutzumschlag etwas gebräunt und mit kleineren Einrissen. Beiliegend eine interessante Rezension aus der FAZ vom 13.November 1967.

220. Giraud, Jean “Moebius” / Jodorowsky, Alexandro.

The Incal. Complete First Edition – set of Volume I / Volume II / Volume III.

All Volumes are First Titan Editions from September, October and November 1988. 3 Volumes (complete set). London, Titan Books, 1988. Octavo. Each Volume with c. 90 pages (Total of c. 270 pages). Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external shelfwear to the Volumes (corners and lower edges very slightly frayed) . All Volumes appear to be nearly unread. Very rare Collection !