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408 BARBIER, GEORGES Falbalas et fanfreluches. Almanach des modes presentes, passees et futures pour 1923. 2eme annee. Paris: Meynial, 1923.

8vo, original hand-colored decorative upper cover pasted down to blue library buckram. Illustrated with vignette title and 12 hand-colored pochoir plates. Light soiling to boards; spine ends slightly frayed; ex-library stamp to front pastedown and call-number card to rear endpaper; otherwise fine. $200-400

409 (BASKT, LEON) LOUIS REAU, SVIETLOV AND TESSIER Inedited Works of Bakst. New York: Brentano’s, 1927.

4to, quarter cloth over pictorial boards, dust jacket, slipcased. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored pochoir plates, each with captioned tissue guard. Limited edition, 23/600 copies. Repaired tear to dust jacket spine and rear panel; darkening to dust jacket at edges; slipcase split at edges, lacking top portion; light offsetting from plates; scattered brownspotting. $1,000-2,000 410 (BEJOT, EUGENE) LARAN, JEAN L’Oeuvre grave d’Eugene Bejot. Paris: Bibliotheques Nationales de France, 1937.

Folio, quarter vellum over marbled paper, giltlettered leather labels to spine and front board. Photogravure frontispiece, three original etchings and reproductions of Bejot’s works throughout. Number 35 of 50 copies. Inscribed presentation on the f.f.e.p. from Jean Laran to Hermann Webster. Light soiling to boards; spine label slightly chipped; minor offsetting from etchings; otherwise fine. $200-400

411 BENEZIT, E. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays par un groupe d’ecrivains specialistes francais et etrangers. (France): Librairie Grund, 1966.

8 vols. 8vo, burgundy cloth lettered in gilt, frontispieces. Fourth edition. Very fine. $100-200 412 BORGLUM, SOLON Sound Construction. New York: The Committee of the Solon Borglum Memorial Fund, (1923).

Oblong folio, blue cloth with title in gilt to front board. Illustrated. Light wear and fading to boards; hinges reinforced; otherwise fine. $100-200

413 (BRAQUE, GEORGE) SUZUKI, D.T. Le tir a l’arc. [Paris:] Louis Broder, 1960.

8vo, contents loose in original wrappers [inner and outer], printed silk clamshell case, Japanese-style folder with ivory clasp. Limited edition, no. VII of 30 (from an edition of 165), with seven original lithographs hors-texte, including six in color, lithographed inner wrapper and two mixed etchings printed in white on wove paper, signed in pencil on the justification page, without the additional suite called for by the limitation for this number. With original eight-page exhibition pamphlet for Tuesday, April 5, to Friday, May 6, 1960, at Gallerie Gerald Cramer, Geneva. A few light spots to inner wrap; some rubbing to case; otherwise fine. $1,500-2,500

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415 (BURNS, STANLEY B.) HAN, M. L. A group of two envelopes with original drawings of a panda and two owls, signed, by M. L. Han, addressed to Stanley B. Burns, Peking, China, 1986. $200-400

416 CASSANDRE, A.M. Spectacle dans la rue. Montrouge: Draeger, 1935.

4to, publisher’s spiral-bound wraps with text in red, green and black lithography. A compilation which pairs reproductions of posters by Cassandre with text by Blaise Cendrars. Light soiling to wraps; small chip to front wrapper; otherwise fine. $500-700 417 (CHAGALL, MARC) BLANCHARD, GASTON Drawings for the Bible. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1960).

Folio, pictorial boards. First American edition of this double issue of Verve 37/38, complete with 24 original color lithographs by Chagall, plus boards. Backstrip partially detached at foot of spine; dampstain to top of first 11 leaves not affecting plates; minor toning to margins; lacking dust jacket. $1,000-2,000

418 (CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT) Paintings. Saint Louis, Missouri: Newhouse Galleries, n.d.

4to, quarter cloth over gilt-lettered boards, portrait frontispiece. Limited edition, no. 187 (of an unstated number) signed by the publisher. Extremities worn; hinges tender; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

419 (DALI, SALVADORE) DANTE Gottliche Komodie. [Geneva: Art Creations, 1974]

3 vols. Folios, contents loose as issued in original red, purple and blue faux-leather slipcases and matching chemises. Number 347 of 1,000, with 100 color woodcuts by Dali, each tipped to window mats. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. According to Field, the German dealer Dr. Jawdat Naffouj, Landstuhl bought this edition from the publisher of the first Divine Comedy edition, Jean Estrade, and issued the series, with only text for the table of contents, in 1974. Though Naffouj sold approximately 386 sets, according to Field, other dealers handled this second edition as well, so it is unclear how many sets were sold altogether.

Foxing to some text pages; light wear to slipcases with sticky residue, not affecting the interior. Literature: Field, pp. 189-200 $4,000-6,000

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420 GOFF, BRUCE A Portfolio of the Works of Bruce Goff. New York: The Architectural League of New York and the American Federation of Arts, 1970.

Portfolio, printed paper wraps, leaves loose as issued. House in pictorial paper box. Wear to portfolio with tears at seams; box soiled and torn at seams; plates clean. $100-200

421 (HOHLWEIN, LUDWIG) FRENZEL, H. K. Ludwig Hohlwein. Berlin: Phonix Illustrations, 1926.

Folio, blue cloth lettered in gilt, edges stained. With 223 plates illustrating Hohlwein’s posters and other works. Minor soiling to boards; previous owner’s pen notation to rear board and f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. $200-400

422 LICHTENSTEIN, ROY Roy Lichtenstein: Landscape Sketches 1984-1985. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1986).

Oblong 8vo, contents loose as issued publisher’s cloth folding box, mailing carton. Limited edition, one of 100 deluxe copies of the facsimile edition signed by Lichtenstein to the inside of the folding case in blue pen. With 24 color reproductions. Wear to mailing carton; otherwise fine. $400-600 423 LOUYS, PIERRE Byblis. Paris: A. Ferroud, 1901.

8vo, bound in full calf stamped in Art Nouveau foliate designs, silk floral endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Limited edition, number 214 of 300 copies printed on velin d’arches, with title vignette and 42 border designs by Henry Caruchet. Edges rubbed; endleaves lightly soiled; minor brownspotting to endpapers; otherwise fine. $300-500

424 LUCIE-SMITH, EDWARD & MICHAEL ROTHENSTEIN Seven Colours: Images by Michael Rothenstein. Poems by Edward Lucie-Smith. (Cambridge): Rampant Lions Press, 1974.

Portfolio, contents loose as issued in cloth folding case. Limited edition, from an edition of 70 with eight large color plates, this is number 18 of 25 copies that contain an additional three plates, with all 11 plates signed by Rothenstein. The colophon is also signed by the artist, author and two printers. Some splash marks on top cover of portfolio. $800-1,200 425 MATISSE, HENRI Cinquante Dessins. (Paris): Album edite par les soins de l’artiste, 1920.

4to, rebound in blue cloth, title in gilt to spine. Number 365 of 1,000 copies with original etched frontispiece and 50 plates with tissue guards, each mounted to linen hinges. Light soiling to boards; spine ends lightly chipped; lacking original wraps. $2,000-4,000

426 (MATISSE, HENRI) The Last Works of Henri Matisse. Verve 9, number 35/36. English text by Pierre Reverdy and Georges Duthuit. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1958).

Folio, pictorial boards. Illustrated throughout with numerous plates, some fold-out, many in color. Lacking dust jacket; light soiling to boards; backstrip detached; light dampstain to top of first 30 pp. $800-1,200

427* PICASSO, PABLO Picasso, 347. New York: Random House/Maecenas Press, (1970).

2 vols. Folio, publisher’s cloth-backed boards lettered in gilt, t.e.g., housed in original cloth drop-back box, lined in purple velvet. First edition. Light wear to box. Property from the Ellensohn Trust, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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428 (PICASSO, PABLO) RUSSOLI, FRANCO Picasso. Venti pochoirs originali. Milan: “Silvana” Editoriale D’Arte, n.d. [1955]

Folio, publisher’s decorative boards with yellow cloth spine. 20 pochoir plates with tissue guards. Some soiling to boards; spine ends chipped; hinges starting; toning to edges of some leaves. $800-1,200

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430 MAYAKOVSKY, VLADIMIR Menacing Laughter. Text in Russian. Moscow and Leningrad: s.n., 1932.

4to, original printed boards and dust jacket designed by Varvara Stepanova, photo-montage endpapers. Some soiling and cracking to boards and dust jacket at spine; small wormhole to front pastedown; scattered brownspotting. $1,000-2,000

431 VERVE A group of five volumes, comprising nos. 3, 7, 17/18, 21/22 and 31/32.

Folios, printed paper wraps. Chipping to extremities; soiling to wraps; otherwise fine. $300-500

432 WARE, WILLIAM R. Modern Perspective. Plates. Boston, c. 1880.

Portfolio, gilt-lettered brown morocco with cloth ties, silk endpapers. Plate volume only. With 27 black and white plates. Light soiling; upper flap partially detached; lacking one cloth tie; otherwise fine. $100-200

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435 433 WARHOL, ANDY America. New York: Harper & Row, (1985).

Folio, softbound, photo-pictorial covers. First edition. Signed on the cover in black ink. Bookseller’s sticker to back cover; some edgewear. $100-200

434 WARHOL, ANDY Andy Warhol’s Index Book. [New York:] Random House, 1967.

4to, original photopictorial boards with silver hologram design. First edition, first printing, of Warhol’s celebrated pop-up book, with many of the pop-ups in working condition. Backstrip detached; lacking Nico flexi disc and balloon; a few minor tears to pages and some pop-ups. Property from a Prominent Chicago Artist $200-400

435 (PHOTOGRAPHY) ATGET, EUGENE Atget Photographe de Paris. Preface by Pierre MacOrlan. New York: E. Wyhe, n.d. [1930]

4to, gilt-lettered burgundy cloth. First edition. Illustrated with reproductions of Atget’s photographs of Paris. Light rubbing to boards with some edgewear and corners bumped; manuscript . $600-800

436 (PHOTOGRAPHY) AVEDON, RICHARD Photographs 1947-1977. (Toronto:) Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1978).

Folio, photo-pictorial boards, original glassine printed dust jacket with facsimile signature. First edition. Signed by Avedon to the title page. $600-800

437* (PHOTOGRAPHY) CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI The Decisive Moment. New York: Simon & Schuster; Paris: Editions Verve, (1952).

Folio, cream boards with original design by Matisse. First U.S. edition. Illustrated with 126 full-page gravure photographs by Cartier-Bresson, reproduced by Draeger of Paris. Caption brochure laid in. Lacking dust jacket; spine age-darkened; edgeworn; 2 inch tape repair to head of backstrip; browning to extremities; otherwise fine. Property from the Collection of Dr. Harriet McNeal, Terra Haute, Indiana $400-600

438* (PHOTOGRAPHY) COOPER, MICHAEL AND BRIAN ROYLANCE Blinds and Shutters. Guildford: Genesis/Headley, (1990).

Folio, original decorative black leather and yellow cloth. Housed in publisher’s matching black and yellow cloth box with photo beneath the sliding shutter. Number 2,042 of 5,000 copies signed by Cooper’s subjects, including Allen Ginsberg, Colin Self, Terry Doran, and Peter Blake. Very minor soiling to yellow cloth on boards and box; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut $200-400

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439 (PHOTOGRAPHY) IMBODEN, CONNIE Out of Darkness. Zurich, Paris: Esther Woerdehoff, 1992.

4to, publisher’s photo-pictorial boards and slipcase, with separate folder for signed limited edition photograph. Limited edition, one of 150 copies signed on the limitation page a photograph signed. Some rubbing and soiling to slipcase; otherwise fine. $100-200

440 (PHOTOGRAPHY) RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT Photos In & Out City Limits Boston. (New York:) ULAE, (1891).

Folio, white stiff wrappers stamped in gilt, slipcase. Signed by Rauschenberg to the front endpaper. Soiling to wraps and slipcase; some dampstaining. Together with Moments Preserved. Eight Essays in Photographs and Words, by Irving Penn. New York: Simon and Schuster, (1960). Folio, cream cloth, jacket, slipcase; and Eisenstaedt Remembrances, by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Edited by Doris C. O’Neil. Boston; Toronto; London: Little, Brown, (1990). 4to, red cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Eisenstaedt on the front endpaper. $300-500

441 (PHOTOGRAPHY) SINSABAUGH, ART Jargon 45: 6 Mid-American Chants by Sherwood Anderson, 11 Midwest Photographs by Art Sinsabaugh. (The Highlands, NC): (The Nantahala Foundation, Jargon 45, Jonathon Williams), (1945).

Oblong 8vo, spiral bound. First edition, limited to 1,550 copies. Illustrated with reproductions of Sinsabaugh’s landscapes. Minor rubbing to boards; small tear to lower left of front cover; minor dampstaining to front cover; otherwise fine. $200-400 442 (PHOTOGRAPHY) VAN DER ELSKIN, ED Sweet Life. New York: Harry N. Abrams, n.d. [1966]

Oblong folio, publisher’s cloth, dust jacket. Introductory text printed on textured paper. Illustrated with 179 pages of photographs documenting the artist’s 14-month tour around the world. Jacket slightly worn; board slightly bowed. $100-200

443 (PHOTOGRAPHY) A group of 12 monographs of notable photographs, of which four are signed.

Landscapes 1975-1979. Volume I. Photographs by Michael A. Smith. Revere, PA: Lodima Press, 1981. Limited edition. Signed. Yosemite and the Range of Light. By Ansel Adams. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1979. Signed by Adams on the half-title. Recollections: Ten Women in Photography. By Margaretta K. Mitchell. New York: The Viking Press/A Studio Book, n.d. (1982). Signed on the f.f.e.p. by Mitchell. [Sakurai Eiichi shashinshu kyoshu.] Photograph by Eiichi Sakurai. [Tokyo:] s.n., [1977]. Signed. Alfred Stieglitz: An American Seer. By Dorothy Norman. New York: Random House, (1973). Edward Weston Nudes. (New York): Aperture, 1977. California and the West. By Charles Wilson Weston and Edward Weston. New York: Duell Sloan and Pearce, (1930). Karsh Portraits. By Yousuf Karsh. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976. Solos. Photographs by Linda Connor. Millerton, NY: Apeiron Worshops, 1979. Diane Arbus. (Paris): Chene, (1973). Farmboy. By Archie Lieberman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974. Album Picabia. Immagini della vita di Francis Picabia raccolte da Olga Picabia Mohler. (Torino): Stampatori Notizie, (1975). $300-500 444 (GOETHE) Faust. New York: Dingwall-Rock Limited, n.d.

4to, quarter vellum over paper boards, title in gilt to spine, decorative endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated throughout by Harry Clarke. Number 316 of 1,000 copies printed in the U.S. and 1,000 printed in the U.K., signed by the illustrator. Light soiling to boards; corners bumped; offsetting from some plates; otherwise fine. $400-600

445 (BEARDSLEY, AUBREY) MALORY, SIR THOMAS The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur. [London:] E. P. Dutton, (1927).

4to, original black cloth stamped in gilt and blind, untrimmed, t.e.g. Illustrated throughout with full-page plates after etchings and woodcuts by Beardsley. One of 1,600 copies. Dampstained; wear to boards; lacking dust jacket. $200-400

446 LONGUS Les Amours pastorales de Daphnis et Chloe. London: s.n., 1779.

4to, rebound in later imitation vellum, gilt-lettered black spine label, uncut. With 30 engraved plates and engraved title page vignette. First and last page pasted down; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; some light soiling to boards. $400-600

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447 WALKER, KARA Freedom, A Fable. A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. S.l.: Peter Norton Christmas Project, 1997.

Small 4to, in publisher’s maroon leatherette with small ship stamped in blind to upper cover and title in blind to spine. With four pop-up silhouettes. Limited edition, one of 4,000 copies published by the Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, and printed by Typecraft, Pasadena. Two pop-ups detached; otherwise fine. $600-800

448 BENSON, FRANK W. Etchings and Drypoints. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

Vols. 3 and 4 only. 4to, linen-backed boards, vol. 3 with original dust jacket. With two frontispiece etchings signed in pencil and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Light soiling to boards; cloth torn and frayed, vol. 4; dust jacket chipped, lacking upper inch of spine; previous owner’s manuscript notations in pen to f.f.e.p, vol. 4. $100-200

449 (BEWICK, THOMAS) AESOP Aesop’s Fables. A Portfolio of Wood Engravings. Glencoe, IL: The Workshop of Letterio Calapai, 1973.

Oblong 4to, contents loose as issued in printed folder and matching slipcase with accompanying text booklet, each engraved plate matted with textual description and moral from the fable. With thirty woodcuts printed from the original blocks by Letterio Calapai, accompanied by couplets by Chester Clayton Long. Minor rubbing to slipcase and some sunning to spine of folder; otherwise a fine set. $100-200 450* FISHER’S DRAWING ROOM SCRAP BOOK Fisher’s Drawing Room Scrap-book 1836. London & Paris: Fisher, Son, n.d. [1836]

Folio, publisher’s leather-backed embossed cloth. With vignette title page and 35 engraved plates. Wear to boards; some browning. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

451 (PARRISH, STEPHEN) A Catalogue of Etchings, 1879-1883 S.l., n.d. [1883]

8vo, quarter cloth, original etched plate laid into front board. Limited edition, number four of 150 copies. With autograph letter signed (“Stephen Parrish”), 1 page, dated Jan. 22, 1888, to S.A. Sprague to whom the book is inscribed on the f.f.e.p. The letter refers to a list of plates made since those included in the present book. The six- page hand-written list by Parrish is laid into the rear of the book. Rubbing to boards; offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of H.M. Barbour, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

452 GRAY, THOMAS Designs by Mr. Bentley for Six Poems. London: R. Dodsley, 1753.

Folio, in full gilt-stamped red calf, renewed retaining portions of the original binding, marbled endpapers. First edition with “Drawings, &c.” to half title. With six engraved plates, each with accompanying head- and tail-piece and pictorial initial. Some light brownspotting; hinges slightly tender; edgewear to boards; bookplates tipped in front pastedown. $100-200 453 HOLBEIN, HANS Imitations of Original Drawings... in the Collection of His Majesty for the Portraits of Illustrious Persons of the Court of Henry VII. Published by John Chamberlain. London: W. Bulmer, 1792 [- 1800].

Folio, contemporary red morocco over matching cloth ruled in gilt, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. With 84 engraved portraits printed in color, including two frontispiece portraits of Holbein and his wife; 66 printed on pink paper, the rest on white; those of Henry and Charles Brandon colored by hand. Boards rubbed, especially at edges; hinges starting; bookplates tipped to front pastedown; offsetting from plates; darkening to title page; dampstaining to a few plates; light foxing. $2,000-4,000

454 KOCH, JOSEPH ANTON Italienische Landschaften von Koch. S.l., n.d.

Oblong folio, quarter leather over gilt-lettered cloth. With 20 engraved plates by Koch. Rubbing to boards; intermittent foxing; dampstain affecting upper margin of all plates (not affecting image). $100-200

455 (RAFFAELLO SANZIO D’URBINO) VOLPATO, GIOVANNI A group of nine copper engraved plates of Raffael’s Vatican loggia, engraved by Volpato after P. Camporesi and S. Savorelli, executed for Loggie de Rafael nel Vaticano, (Rome, 1772). 44 1/2 x 21 inches. $400-600

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456 ROYAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF FINE ARTS SCOTLAND Illustrations ... for the Members of the Royal Association for Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland. [Edinburgh, 1866-1878]

10 vols. (of 13). Folio, publisher’s gilt-stamped cloth board folders. A collection of uniform publications, each intended to have six engraved plates after John Faed, J. Noel Patton, Sam Bough, and others, to illustrate extracts from text by Burns and Scott, comprising: Six Engravings in Illustration of Guy Mannering, 1866, Six Engravings in Illustration of the Antiquary, (lacking 2 plates), 1867, Six Engravings in Illustration of Rob Roy (lacking 2 plates), 1868, Six Engravings in Illustration of Old Mortality, 1869, Portrait of Sir Walter Scott and Five Engravings in Illustration of the Pirate, (with frontispiece and five engraved plates), 1871, Six Engravings in Illustration of the Heart of Midlothian, 1873, Six Engravings in Illustration of the Bride of Lammermoor, (lacking 1 plate), 1875, Six Engravings in Illustration of Redgauntlet, (lacking 1 plate), 1876, Six Engravings in Illustration of the Fair Maid of Perth, (lacking 1 plate), 1878. $100-200

457* (ART, WORLD) A collection of books pertaining to the art of the world. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

458* (ART, AMERICAN) A collection of books pertaining to American art, in three boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

459* (ART, AMERICAN) A collection of books pertaining to American art, in three boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200 460* (ART, AMERICAN) A collection of books pertaining to American art, in three boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

461* (ART, AUCTION) A large collection of Sotheby’s catalogues, various dates, in three boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

462* (ART, AUCTION) A collection of auction catalogues and hard-cover Year-in-Reviews, in two boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

463* (ART, WORLD) A collection of books pertaining to the art of various countries, in two boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

464 (ART) A group of 10 books.

Chagall. By Franz Meyer. New York: Harry N. Abrams, n.d. Jim Dine: Five Themes. By Graham W. J. Beal. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center; New York: Abbeville Press, n.d. Jim Dine Drawings. By Constance W. Glenn. New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1985). Signed. Dali. Edited and Arranged by Max Gerard. Translated by Eleanor R. Morse. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968. Picasso. By Wilhelm Boeck and Jaime Sabartes. New York: Harry N. Abrams. The LifeWork of the American Architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Bramhall House, 1965. The Library of Great Painters: Hieronymus Bosch. Text by Carl Linfert. New York: Abrams, n.d. Miro. By Gaston Diehl. New York: Crown Publisher’s, (1979). Richard Diebenkorn. Etchings and Drypoints 1949-1980. Houston: Houston Fine Arts Press, 1981. Roy Lichtenstein. Drawings and Prints. S.l.: The Wellfleet Press, (1988). $200-400 465* (ART) A group of 10 books pertaining to art and architecture, including Chicago. $100-200

466* (ART) A group of five boxes of art books. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $200-400

467 (ARCHITECTURE) ADLER, DAVID David Adler. The Architect and His Work. By Richard Pratt. New York: M. Evans, (1970).

4to, original blue cloth-backed boards lettered in silver, dust jacket. First and only edition of what is considered the best monograph on the Chicago architect. Minor chipping to jacket; otherwise very fine. $300-500

468 (ARCHITECTURE) GARNIER, TONY Une cite industrielle. Etude pour la construction des villes. Paris: Auguste Vincent, (1910).

2 vols. Oblong folio, quarter cloth over marbled boards with cloth ties, paper label to upper boards, leaves loose as issued, uncut. First edition. Numerous color and fold-out plates. Boards lightly soiled; spine ends frayed; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

469 (ARCHITECTURE) LEFO, GASTON Facades de magasins Parisiens. Paris: Ch. Massin, (1926).

Folio, quarter cloth over printed paper boards with cloth ties. With 44 color and black and white plates. Spine detached from backstrip, cloth torn; some fading to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400

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470 (ARCHITECTURE) LINDEBERG, H. T. Domestic Architecture. New York: William Helburn, 1940.

Folio, quarter leather over red gilt-lettered boards, frontispiece. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and plans throughout. Light soiling to boards; corners and spine ends bumped; hinges starting; otherwise fine. $100-200

471 (ARCHITECTURE) LUTYENS, EDWIN, attrib. Four original sketches, circa 1893, from an exhibition of Lutyens drawings in London where it was displayed with other signed works allowing for attribution. Tipped to mats on one side. Sunning to two affecting edges; largest sketch folded in thirds and split at fold; otherwise fine. Size of largest: 12 x 6 1/2 inches $200-400

472 (ARCHITECTURE) RICHARDSON, HENRY HOBSON The Billings Library, the Gift to The University of Vermont of Frederick Billings. Boston: Heliotype Printing, (1895).

Folio, original printed paper boards with cloth ties, leaves loose as issued. With 15 color and black and white plates. Wear to boards; cloth ties broken; fraying to spine ends; otherwise fine. $400-600

473 (ARCHITECTURE) WATERCOLOR ALBUM A Victorian album of architectural drawings by R.C.S. Stocker, comprising over 100 graphite and watercolor sketches of churches, structures and tombs in England. $400-600

474 (ARCHITECTURE) VIOLLET-LE-DUC, EUGENE EMMANUEL Peintures Murales des Chapelles de Notre-Dame de Paris. Paris: A. Morel, 1870.

Folio, quarter morocco over mottled boards, leaves loose as issued. Lacking backstrip; boards worn at edges; intermittent foxing mainly affecting margins. $600-800 475 (ARCHITECTURE) WATTJES, J. G. Constructie en architectuur van winkelpuien. Amsterdam: Uitgevers Maatschappij Kosmos, (1926).

Portfolio, decorative yellow and blue cloth. Leaves loose as issued. With 48 black and white plates. Minor soiling to boards; slight fraying to corners; otherwise fine. $200-400

476 (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD “The American Quality. With a Picture Section of Outstanding Works” pp. 35-46, Scribner’s Commentator, October 1941 issue. Mount Morris, IL: P. & S. Publisher.

Thin 8vo, original wrappers with black and white photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright to the cover. Signed and inscribed by Wright to the first page of text to the publishers or editorial board, “To the Directors, an occasion, Affection, Frank Lloyd Wright, Sept. 30, ‘41.”

The article, subtitled in text “In Search of American Architecture - With Frank Lloyd Wright,” includes eight pages of black and white photographs featuring some of his most famous buildings, including Falling Water, The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, the S. C. Johnson Administration Building, and the Hexacomb House in San Mateo, California. 6-inch vertical crease to front wrapper; light brownspotting on a few pages. $1,000-2,000

477 (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Teikoku Hoteru (Imperial Hotel). (In Japanese) Tokyo: Koyosha, Taisho 12-nen, (1923).

Folio, oatmeal cloth, dust jacket, with printed orange slipcase. Housed in publisher’s original cardboard box with title to paper spine label. Very fine. $400-600

478 (ARCHITECTURE, WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD) TANIGAWA, MASAMI Tanigawa Laboratory: Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright. Tokyo: Nihon University, 1971.

7 vols. Oblong 4to, paper wraps. Limited edition. Presentation copy, with “to Mr. & Mrs. W. A. Hasbrouck, 7/20, M. Tamigawa” to upper wrap on two vols. Light soiling to wraps; spines chipped; leaves darkened or toned. $1,000-2,000

479 (ARCHITECTURE) WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD Ausgefurhte Bauten und Entwurfe von Frank Lloyd Wright. Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, (1911).

Folio, quarter cloth over printed paper boards. Plates loose as issued. With small text booklet laid in. Boards lightly soiled and chipped at edges; spine torn and reinforced with duct tape on interior; chipping to edges of some leaves. $1,500-2,500

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480 DAS INTERIEUR Das Interieur. Wiener monatshefte fur angewandte kunst. Edited by Ludwig Abels. Wien: Anton Schroll, 1900, 1902-1904.

4 vols., comprising years 1, 3, 4 and 5. Years 1, 3 and 4 are 4to, bound in blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine; year 5 in folio, bound in green decorative cloth lettered in gilt. Edgewear to boards with some loss at spine ends vol. 5; some toning to edges of pages. $200-400

481 DER ARCHITEKT Der Architekt. Wiener monetshefte fur bauwesen und decorative junst. Edited by F. von Feldegg Ritter. Wien: Anton Schroll, 1899-1900, 1907.

3 vols., comprising years 5, 6 and 8. Folio, years 5 and 8 with contents bound in decorative green cloth lettered in gilt, with all plates bound at the rear, without advertisements or original wrappers; year 6 in original 12 monthly parts issued in printed wrappers (title page to part 1), with multiple pages of advertisements and plates throughout. Chipping to wrappers, some backstrips lacking and a few tears to 12 monthly parts of year 6; light toning to the edges of plates and pages on all vols.; rubbing to boards with loss to spine ends and corners; f.f.e.p. year 5 detached. $100-200 482* (ARCHITECTURE, AMERICAN) A group of nine books pertaining to American architecture in New England.

Year Book of the Boston Architectural Club. Piranesi: Reproductions of Some of the Better Known Plates; Boston Architectural Club Year Book for 1920; The Book of the Boston Architectural Club of 1924; Sicily as Seen by George Porter Fernald. The Book of the Boston Architectural Club, 1919; The Petit Trianon. Boston Architectural Club Year Book, 1913; Brick Architecture of the Colonial Period in Maryland & Virginia; Beyond New England Thresholds, by Samuel Chamberlain; Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia, by Phillip B. Wallace; Early Architecture of Delaware, by George Fletcher Bennett. (9) Property from the Collection of The Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 483 (HOENTSCHEL COLLECTION) PERATE, ANDRE AND GASTON BRIERE Notices des Collections Georges Hoentschel. Acquises par M. J. Pierpont Morgan et offertes au Metropolitan Museum of New-York. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1908. 4 parts bound in 8 volumes. Folio, half green morocco over blue cloth, spines gilt-lettered and decorated in compartments with fleurs-de-lys, five raised bands, t.e.g. First edition, with 268 photographic plates, 12 in color and the rest sepia-toned, mounted to linen hinges, illustrating Hoentschel’s significant collection of furniture, statues, tapestries and bronzes, from the Middle Ages through the eighteenth-century. The collection was purchased by J. P. Morgan, who donated it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The collection became the foundation for the museum’s Department of European Decorative Arts. An exhibition of the collection has been planned for 2013. A fine set, with boards recently refurbished. $600-800

Folio, leather studded spine over blue cloth. With 24 plates. Front board detached; spine lacking center stud; spine chipped; interior lightly soiled. $600-800

485 (DESIGN) BURKHALTER, JEAN Collection decors et couleurs. Album no. 2. Paris: Albert Levy, c. 1920.

Folio, original paper boards with cloth ties. With 70 pochoir designs on 18 plates. Moderate soiling to boards; offsetting from plates; otherwise fine and images bright. $1,000-2,000

486 (DESIGN) FOLLOT, PAUL Documents de Bijouterie et Orfeverie modernes. Paris, n.d.

Folio, original decorative cloth boards with cloth ties, leaves loose as issued. With 24 color plates. Backstrip partially detached; darkening to title page; light soiling to upper board; otherwise fine. $400-600

487 (DESIGN) VERNEUIL, M. P. Etude de la plante. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1908.

Folio, printed paper wraps. Illustrated. Upper wrap and first 40 pp. detached; spine ends chipped; soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $800-1,200 488* (JEWELRY) A box of books pertaining to jewelry and jewelers. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $50-100

489* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, AMERICAN) A group of six boxes of books pertaining to American furniture and decorative arts. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $200-400

490* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, MAGAZINES) A group of four boxes of antiques magazines. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

491* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, COLLECTING) A box of books about collecting. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $50-100

492* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, PENNSYLVANIA) A collection of books pertaining to Pennsylvanian furniture and decorative arts, in four boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200 493* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS, POTTERY) A box of books pertaining to pottery and pottery making. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $50-100

494* (FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS) A group of two boxes of books pertaining to furniture and decorative arts. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

495* (FOLK ART) A collection of books pertaining to folk art, in two boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

496* (FOLK ART, AMERICAN) A collection of books pertaining to folk art in America, in four boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

497* (FOLK ART, WORLD) A collection of books pertaining to folk art in various countries, in three boxes. Property from the Ralph Esmerian Collection, New York, New York $100-200

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