viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1960

WAYNE, John, Frank Sinatra, Spencer Tracey, Bob Hope, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Alan Ladd, Joseph Cotten, Doris Day, Jennifer Jones, Shirley MacLaine, William Holden, Sandra Dee, Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van Doren, Kim Novak, Gary Cooper, Peter Sellers, Otto Preminger, et al)
        Lobby Cards]: A Collection of Motion Picture Title Cards from the 1950s
      no publisher], [No place 1960 - A collection of 25 decorative title cards for a range of motion pictures released between 1952 -1960. Each measures approximately 14" x 11". There is some wear to the extremities, a few scattered creases, and a bit of rubbing, but overall near fine with surprisingly bright colors. Each card has been screenprinted on the verso of a movie poster that was trimmed to match the dimensions of a typical lobby card. Movie theaters would occasionally commission local sign makers to produce lobby cards for display. The production symbols on many of the cards indicate they were created in the same years as the films they represent. Among the most notable titles in the collection are: *From Here to Eternity*, *Shane*, *Duel in the Sun*, *Stalag 17*, and *Gidget*. An attractive set of mid-century film memorabiliaA complete list is available upon request.

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LEE, Harper
        To Kill a Mockingbird
      London: Heinemann. 1960. First. First English edition. A little cocked, thus near fine in fine dustwrapper. A classic novel about adolescence and the battle against injustice, basis for the equally classic film with Gregory Peck and, in his pivotal film debut, Robert Duvall as Boo Radley. The author's first and only novel, winner of the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A very attractive copy, and a reasonable alternative to the increasingly expensive American edition. .

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Lee, Harper
        TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Custom Clamshell Case Only
      Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, [1960, Book Date], 1960 Beautiful clamshell first edition leather bookcase. [Not with Book].Superbly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition box is gilt-lettered & decorated at the spine & features a dramatic embossed [sculpted] upper cover design after the DJ's famous graphics. This case is finished inside & out in fine medium brown calf & fine dark leaf green cloth. The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the first edition. Protect your investment. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 of generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available.. Custom Clamshell Case. No Binding. Not A Book/Clamshell As New. Custom Clamshell Case.

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Gilbert, W. S.
        The Bab Ballads: With Which are Included Songs of a Savoyard
      MacMillan & Co. Ltd., London 1960 - Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Bound by Bayntun-Riviere, Bath, England. Text clean. 350 illustrations. Purple and blue marble endpages lightly fading. Gilt decorations on paste down edges. Text block edges in 23 1/2 carat gilt. Full red morocco leather boards with 2 lines of gilt on boards. Boards rubbed at corners. Spine has five raised gilt bands with floral decorations. Spine title on blue and green leather. Spine rubbed at edges and ends. No Jacket. Illustrator: Gilbert, W.S. Quantity Available: 1. Inventory No: 019306. International shipping may require additional postage. Please inquire. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Cahiers d?Art
        Revue d?Art - Directeur: Christian Zervos. Peinture, Sculpture, Architecture, Musique, Mise en scène. 33e - 35e années 1960.
      Paris, Editions Cahiers d?Art, 1960 - 4°, 288 S., zahlr. Taf., davon 18 in Farbe, Abb., Brosch. m. farb. Deckelill., Kapitale berieben, Rücken min. gebräunt, Umschlag etw. fingerfleckig u. hinten knickspurig, innen tadelloses Ex. Letztes erschienenes Heft. Die Decklill. v. Miró. Inhalt (Auszug): Chr. Zervos: Confrontations de Picasso avec des ?uvres d?art d?autrefois, P.-G. Bruguière: Pierres sculptées d?Henri Laurens; Dora Vallier: Avec Miró, Petre Oprea: Constantin Brancusi, D. Vallier: L?art abstrait en Russie. Ses origines. Ses premiers manifestations. 1200 gr. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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LEE, Harper
        TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
      Heinemann, London 1960 - First UK edition, first impression. Original maroon cloth, lettered silver gilt on spine. In original dust-wrapper designed by Fratini. 8vo. 296pp. The top corners are a little bumped but the cloth and binding are else very clean, square and sound. There is slight spotting to the fore-edges but the text block is otherwise crisp and white and free from defects. The endpapers and stitching are firm and sound throughout and there are no ownership markings or other marks or blemishes. The d/w has a trace of light foxing to the reverse side and more pronounced foxing to top edge of rear flap, some right rubbing to the tip of the upper right corner of the front panel and slightly creased at head of spine but is in very crisp, clean, bright condition with no marking or fading. Not price clipped and displaying the original price of 16s on inner front flap. A superior copy. Fine in fine d/w. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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FLEMING, Ian
        For Your Eyes Only
      Jonathan Cape, London 1960 - First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with a tiny crease on the front flap. The eighth Bond book, containing five separate stories of 007: the title story, "From a View To a Kill," "Quantum of Solace," "Risico," and "The Hildebrand Rarity." The first three stories have lent their names to James Bond films and, in the case of the book's title, a hit song as well. An exceptional copy. See this book in 3D on our site. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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        Codex Egberti der Stadtbibliothek Trier. Voll - Faksimile Ausgabe unter dem Patronat der Stadt Trier. Herausgegeben von Hubert Schiel. Textband von Hubert Schiel.
      Alkuin Verlag,, Basel, 1960 - 2 volumi in-8° grande (278x210mm), di cui uno di testi introduttivi dello Schiel legato in t. tela grezza con titolo a stampa su tassello al dorso ed uno di facsimile legato in piena pelle, con ritratto centrale in medaglione a sbalzo di Egberto, Vescovo di Treviri, entro cornici plurime. Titolo e filetti a secco su dorso a nervi. Il volume presenta una fedelissima riproduzione facsimilare del celebre salterio miniato, serbato allora nella Stadtbibliothek di Treviri e oggi nel Museo Archeologico di Cividale del Friuli. Custodia. Perfetto stato. Esemplare impresso in tiratura limitata (n. 129 di 800). Fra le massime realizzazioni della miniatura di età ottoniana, il codice venne commissionato da Egberto al monaco Ruodprecht, dell'Abbazia di Reichenau; nel 2003 esso è stato inserito dall'Unesco nell'elenco delle "Memorie del Mondo". [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Burton, Richard F. (trans.)
        THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT: A Plain and Literal Translation of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, with Notes Anthropological and Explanatory - Complete in 16 Volumes
      Privately printed By the Burton Club - Complete in 16 volumes, 10 volumes plus 6 volumes supplement. Published, US: Privately printed By the Burton Club, no date, circa 1960. 8vo., illustrated frontis plate in each volume. Bound in black textured leatherette with gilt designs, titles and embossing - the ten volumes in gold, supplement in silver, top edges tinted pink. A fine set. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Berry, Wendell
        NATHAN COULTER
      Houghton Mifflin, Boston 1960 - First edition, first prnt. Signed and dated "2/27/06" by Berry on the title page. Cloth spine ends lightly crimped and minimal shelfwear; dustjacket with minimal edgewear, mostly at spine ends, small chip at one corner and front panel botoem edge, two small tears, and few soil spots on rear panel. Near Fine condition in a Very Good+ dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. Berry's first book. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER.
        Charcoal and crayon Drawing by Alexander MacKenzie.
      Penzance. 1960 - Charcoal and Crayon Drawing. An original charcoal and crayon drawing on paper.Framed in original contemporary painted wooden frame.Signed on reverse Alexander Mackenzie Meadow Studio Newlyn Penzance Title Postbridge 1960. There is some light spotting/foxing and has is unexamined out of the frame. On the reverse of the frame is the original/contemporary label of Mr. F.R.S. Murray, who was the brother of William Staite Murray and a major collector of Saint Ives and other British Modernists, notably Ben Nicholson. Image size 400x520 Frame size 570x650 3/9 [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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Kelly, Walt
        Pogo Extra (Election Special)
      Simon and Schuster 1960 - New York: Simon and Schuster, 1960. 144 p. First edition, first printing. Wraps. PBO. Warmly inscribed in blue pencil on ffep to former owner, late North Carolina journalist and author Roy Wilder, a good friend of Up in the Old Hotel author Joseph Mitchell who specialized in stories about southern culture. Pogo cartoon at bottom; signed with "X"s by Pogo and his creator. Good or better condition. Clean pages and sturdy binding. Bookplate of former owner and wife on verso of front cover. Some foxing to cover, some notable wrinkling to pages and curvature to book , spine a bit faded, otherwise in nice shape. This collection of cartoons spoofed the 1960 election. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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Lee, Harper
        To Kill a Mockingbird
      Lippincott 1960 - First Edition, First Printing with "First Edition" printed on the copyright page. This ORIGINAL price clipped dustjacket has some wear to the spine and edges. This is the FIRST ISSUE dustjacket with Jonathan Daniels quote and Capote blurb in green. The book is in nice condition. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with minor to the top spine and edges. The pages are clean, with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy of this TRUE FIRST EDITION housed in a custom clamshell slipcase for preservation and presentation. We buy Harper Lee First Editions. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Turgenev, Ivan & Frantisek Kusy (Designer Bookbinder).
        A Hunter's Sketches. (Classics of Russian Literature). Edited by O. Gorchakov; Designed by A. Belyukis [In a Frantisek Kusy Designer Bookbinding].
      Foreign Language Publishing House Moscow. Printed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Undated; ca. 1960's-70's. Bookbinding initialed & dated: F[rantiskek] K[usy] [19]86. - Size of bookbinding on the English Language printing of Turgenev's "A Hunter's Sketches": 5 1/4 in. x 7 5/8 in., [456] pp. (including notes in English); black & white photograph of a portrait of Turgenev in hunters outfit, with a rifle, and fur cap in his pocket; with facsimile signature; titlepage printed in black & green, with a small vignette. Size of leather hunters bag: 10 ½ in. x 7 ½ in. x 3 ¼ in. (thick). The bag is constructed of greenish-brown brushed leather, with brown leather fringes and sewing, and brown suede leather tab (closure) and mounted exterior casing for holding five empty (SBP 12/Czechoslovakia) cartridges; shoulder belt is made of matching greenish-brown brushed leather with brown suede undersurface, and brass rings & fasteners; interior is lined with fine-surfaced brown suede leather with central space to hold the book and its fur wraparound, and with a smaller side compartment that holds four mounted, empty cartridges. The book has been finely bound in brown, polished leather with titling on spine deeply impressed and filled with brown, and a design of blind-stamped, or filled crossed lines on the covers, with the ends of two empty cartridges mounted into the front cover. The fur wraparound is the prepared pelt and head of a small animal from the forests of Czechoslovakia. The head contains a clasp mechanism (this is non-functional), and the head-piece moves away from the fore-edge of the book, so it can be opened. Top-edge is stained dark brown & polished, dark brown suede leather endpapers, followed by three flyleaves of an increasing lighter colored, brown, textured paper. Back suede paste-down is blind-stamped with the binders initials & date, in the lower right corner: FK86 [Frantisek Kusy, 1986]. Quite an imaginative piece of work by Czechoslovakian designer bookbinder Frantisek Kusy. The clasp mentioned above requires restoration or replacement, but otherwise, the book and the hunters bag are in fine condition. The text is in English. Scan shows part of the upper front & top of the hunters bag, and the spine of the Turgenev/Kusy volume, laid sideways Weight: 4 lbs. Postage is extra on this item. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Lee, Harper
        To Kill a Mockingbird
      J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia 1960 - Third Printing of Book & Dust Jacket. Picture of Harper Lee on rear panel of Dust Jacket was taken by Truman Capote. Cover spine a little faded and page edges faintly foxed, content clean and bright, binding tight. Dust Jacket front and rear panels lightly rubbed and a small very faint damp stain on rear, otherwise clean and bright. Edges rubbed, light creases across areas of spine ends with several closed tears. Page 58 has a very small blimish. Spine ends and corners a little chipped. Front flap price clipped. Overall a very nice clean, bright and sturdy copy. 296 pages. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Arche-Horizont (Sammlung v. 45 Bde.).
      Zürich, Die Arche, ca.1960 - Kl.8°, je ca 100 S., etliche Abb., OLwd. m OU., Einige min. gebrauchspurig, tadell. (= Sammlung Horizont). Eine der schönsten Reihen des deutschsprachigen Nachkriegsbuchwesens. Der Verleger Peter Schifferli schuf mit dieser Reihe eine Sammlung der wichtigsten Vertreter der modernen u. avangardistischen Bildenden Kunst, Literatur, Photographie u. Musik. Leider wurde die Reihe durch seine NachfolgerInnen nicht fortgesetzt. Folgende Bücher in alphabetischer Reihenfolge sind in dieser Sammlung vorhanden. Ansermet, Ernest «48 Photos von Klaus Hennich»; Ball, Hugo «Gesammelte Gedichte», Barrault, Jean Louis «Betrachtungen über das Theater.»; Berg, Alban «Bildnis im Wort»; Bischof, Werner «Querschnitt»; Burckhardt, Carl. J. u.a. «Dank an Werner Bergengruen»; Brock-Sulzer «Friedrich Dürrematt»; Cocteau, Jean «Das Haus des Dichters»; Dali, Salvador «Bekenntnisse u. Gespräche»; Eisenstein, Serge «Vom Theater zum Film»; Gershwin, George: «Wort und Erinnerung»; Giacometti, Alberto «Essays, Photos, Dessins»; Giedion-Welcker, Carola «Alfred Jarry ? Eine Monographie»; Hardekopf, Ferdinand «Gesammelte Gedichte»; Hoddis, Jakob von «Weltende»; Honegger, Arthur «Nachklang»; Huelsenbeck, Richard «Phantastische Gebete»; Ionesco, Eugen « Nashörner- Erzählungen»; Léger, Ferdinand: «Bekenntnisse»; Lichtenstein, Alfred «Gesammelte Gedichte»; Mahler, Gustav: «Im eigenen Wort - Im Worte der Freunde»Marceau, Marcel «Pantomime»; Matisse-Léger-Le Corbusier «Moderne Kirchen»; Mehring, Walter «Berlin Dada»; Miller, Henry «Reise nach New York» u. «Von der Unmoral der Moral»; Miro, Joan «Schriften, Photos Zeichnungen»; Otten, Karl «Expressionismus ? grotesk»; Pasternak, Boris «Bescheidenheit u. Kühnheit» u. , Gedichte und wie man sie liest»; Pound, Ezra «Zeitgenossen», «motz el son ? Wort und Weise» u. «Patria mia»; Prokofjew, Serge « Aus meinem Leben»; Rops, Daniel « Die heilige Messe»; Rousseau, Henri «Dichtung und Zeugnis»; Scheiwiller, Giovanni «Amedeo Modigliani-Selbstzeugnisse, Photos, Zeichnungen»; Schuh, Gotthard: «Frühe Photographien 1929-1939»; Stein, Gertrude «Picasso»; Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de «Erinnerungen u. Gespräche m. Paul Leclerq»; Vallier, Dora «Kunst und Zeugnis. Gespräche m. Miro, Léger, Braque, Brancusi, Villon», mit Widmung v. D. Vallier auf Vs.; Vollard, Ambroise «Paul Cézanne - Gespräche u. Erinnerungen»; Vlaminck, Maurice «Mein Testament»; Waggerl, Karl Heinrich, «Kraut und Unkraut»; Webern, Anton: «Weg und Gestalt». 5100 gr. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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LEE Harper (Monroeville, Alabama 1926)
        To Kill a Mockingbird
      Lippincott, Philadelphia 1960 - Prima edizione, settima impressione. Pietra miliare della letteratura americana contemporanea ed uno dei romanzi più venduti di tutti i tempi. Tradotto in italiano come "Il buio oltre la siepe", l'unico romanzo della Lee vinse nel 1960 il Premio Pulitzer. Nel 1999 fu votato Miglior Romanzo del Secolo da un sondaggio condotto dal Library Journal statunitense. Dal romanzo fu tratto nel 1962, l'omonimo film interpretato da Gregory Peck, vincitore di 3 Premi Oscar. pp. 296 Jacket design by Shirley Smith. Original brown boards with green cloth spine, titles to spine in brown [Tartarus, 2007] ril mezza tela, sovrac (half-cloth binding, DJ) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Lee, Harper
        TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. Custom Clamshell Case Only.
      J.B. Lippincott Company, [1960, Book Date], Philadelphia - Beautiful clamshell first edition leather bookcase. [Not with Book].Superbly HAND-CRAFTED by our conservation team, the First Edition box is gilt-lettered & decorated at the spine & features a dramatic embossed [sculpted] upper cover design after the DJ's famous graphics. This case is finished inside & out in fine medium brown calf & fine dark leaf green cloth. The box is perfectly sized to accommodate the first edition. Protect your investment. A Terrific Collector's Custom Case for an important Book. TBCL Web Site photo/link available for more than 100 of generally in-stock titles. Custom Craft available. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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CHAGALL, Marc.
        Dessins pour la Bible. Verve, Vol. X - Nos 37-38 / Drawings for the Bible by Marc Chagall. Text by Gaston Bachelard.
      - Paris, Verve (Distr. by A.Zwemmer London), 1960. 36 : 26,8 cm. (XVIII), 96, (16) S., 24 Original-Farblithographien, 23 s/w Lithographien verso u. 1 Orig.-Farblithographie über beide Deckel und Rücken. Orig.-Pappband. Mourlot, Chagall Lithograph II, 230-277. - Gauss, Marc Chagall. Die Lithographien. La Collection Sorlier, 230-277. - This double number of Verve contains the drawings made by Chagall in 1958 and 1959 on biblical themes which in general he had not dealt with in his illustrations for the Bible reproduced in Verve 33/34. The present work comprises 96 reproductions in black and white and 24 lithographs in color, as well as a cover specially designed for this volume. Lithography in color by Mourlot Frères, Paris. - Ecken und Kapitale minimal berieben sonst tadelloses Exemplar der englischen Ausgabe. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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CHAGALL - CAIN, Julien / Fernand MOURLOT / Charles SORLIER.
        Chagall Lithographe / Lithograph. Avant-propos de Marc Chagall. 6 vols. / Bände.
      - Monte Carlo, André Sauret, 1960-1986. Mit 28 (21 farb.) Originallithographien von Marc Chagall (inkl. Umschläge) und zahlr. meist farb. Abb. Orig.-Leinen mit farbig illustr. Schutzumschlägen in Kartonschuber. Vollständiger und grosszügig angeleger Oeuvrekatalog des lithographischen Werks von Chagall. - Band 1 in der französischen, Bände 2-6 in der deutschen Ausgabe vorliegend. - Tadelloses Exemplar. - Mourlot 281-292, 391-402, 577-578, 729-730. - Monod 2502-2507. - Cramer 43, 56, 77, 94. - Freitag 1561. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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Chagall, Marc & Gaston Bachelard, Text
        Drawings for the Bible: Verve Double Issue [37/38]
      Harcourt Brace, NY 1960 - Dust jacket has some shallow chipping and creasing to extremities, a little faint foxing to bottom three inches, price-clipped, 1.3 inch chip at foot of spine, one-inch tear along crease at top edge. Except for the spine chip, the defects are minor. Jacket is bright and attractive, now in fresh mylar sleeve. Book is in excellent condition, with a little spotting and darkening to top page ends and a few rubbed spots to extremities of cover. Contents are Fine, with no defects aside from a faint small label ghost. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. The book is a Folio, 14.3 inches x 10.5 inches. : "This double number of VERVE contains the drawings made by Chagall in 1958 and 1959 on biblical themes which in general he had not dealt with in his illustrations for the Bible reproduced in Verve 33/34." Includes 96 b/w reproductions and 24 spectacular lithographs in full color, with the b/w heliogravure by Draeger Frères and the color lithographs by Mourlot Frères. The color lithographs each occupy a full page. There are ninety-five numbered pages plus 16 pages of captions. The colors on the jacket, front cover and interior lithographs are bright and vibrant; overall, this is a handsome, highly collectible copy. : Folio 13" - 23" tall: 111 pages [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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ELIOT, T.S.
        Four Quartets
      London Faber and Faber 1960 - Limited to 290 Copies, Signed by Eliot ELIOT, T.S. The Four Quartets. London: Faber and Faber, [1960]. One of 290 copies printed on the hand-press of the Officina Bodoni in Verona and signed by the author, this being number 188. Quarto (11 3/4 x 8 inches; 297 x 202 mm). [4, blank], [1]-[54], [1, blank], [1, colophon], [4, blank] pp. Printed in Dante type. Quarter vellum over marbled boards. Vellum ruled in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. A fine copy. In marbled cardboard open-end slipcase. Contained in the Four Quartets are Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages and Little Gidding. Gallup, Eliot, A43c. HBS 66104. $5,500 [Attributes: Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Chagall, Marc: 1887-1985) Cain, J., Sorlier, C. & Mourlot, F.
        The Lithographs of Marc CHAGALL. Volume 1.
      Monte Carlo and Boston, 1960 - Monte Carlo and Boston, 1960, 1st American edition, The complete book with text, 12 original lithographs by Marc Chagall (Mourlot 281-292), 10 of them in color and circa 200 color and b&w plates; 13.25 x 10 in, 221 pages, circa 200 color and b&w plates. Cloth in the lithographed dust jacket, acetate protector and publisher's slipcase. In excellent condition, thus rare. This is volume 1 of Marc Chagall's catalogue raisonné of lithographs. References: Freitag 1561; Cramer 43; Monod 2502. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Cioran, E.M.
        HISTOIRE ET UTOPIE (HISTORY AND UTOPIA) - REVIEW COPY, INSCRIBED
      Gallimard, Paris 1960 - First Printing, a Review Copy with publisher's "Service de Presse" punch to lower margin of rear wrapper. Octavo; publisher's plain beige wrappers, printed in black and red; 194pp, [5]. Inscribed by Cioran (in French) on the half-title page. Spine and text edges gently sunned, else Fine. A rare inscribed copy of the author's fourth French language publication, a collection of provocative essays in which he writes about politics, history, and the utopian dream. Material signed by Cioran is extremely uncommon on the market. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Benn, [Bencjon]
        62 PSAUMES ET VERSETS DE LA BIBLE [with additional original color pencil drawing laid in]
      [Châtenay-Malabry (Seine) ]; Lefort 1960 - Folding Case. Large Folio. Sixty-two illustrated plates. 44 cm. Nr 289 of a deluxe edition of 2000 copies. First edition. With additional original full-size drawing in 3 colors, with colored pencil, of doves and flowers, with inscription in Hebrew and signed. Housed in original folding-case, loose as issued, original colored pictorial stiff wrappers. Title translates as: "62 Psalms and Verses of the Bible. " In French. Preface by Jules Romains. "The artist Benn was a renowned Jewish painter who drew inspiration from the Bible and expressed his spiritual connection to it in a body of self-contained and highly integrated work, which was published under the title "62 Psaumes et versets de la Bible. " When the Nazis entered Paris, Benns worst premonitions were realized. He was rounded up together with other East European Jews and interned in a holding camp, whose inmates were ultimately destined for a concentration camp in Germany. He was held in that camp for a month, and during that time he sketched the faces of his co-internees and their surroundings. He fell into a deep depression, lost weight, and would probably have died had it not been for the efforts of his wife and friends who managed to smuggle him out of the camp. Arrangements were made to hide the couple in the basement of an apartment house in Paris. Benn and his wife remained there in hiding for the duration of the war. During his twenty six months of confinement, Benn completed a series of sixty two drawings, based on selected psalms and verses of the Bible. The remarkable feature of this body of work is that it represents a radical departure in style from of his other work, and that style, while continuing to evolve after the war, remained exclusively associated with biblical themes. He continued to use biblical themes as subject matter (e. G. , Song of Songs) , and this particular style sets these works quite apart from the other figurative and representational work he did simultaneously. The drawings and the canvasses were critically acclaimed, and the artist was urged to make the works more accessible. In order to accommodate the demand for his biblically inspired work Benn agreed to have the sixty two drawings and paintings reproduced in the form of an album, which was published in 1960 under the title, "62 Psaumes et Versets de la Bible. " The publication was issued in a limited edition of 2, 000 copies. The album was prefaced by the French writer Jules Roman, of the Academie Française. " (Art of Benn) Subjects: Bible. O.T. - Illustrations. Bible. O.T. Psalms - Illustrations. Bible. A.T. - Illustrations. OCLC lists 14 copies. Folding case has tear at crown of spine, otherwise Very Good. Illustrated plates are colorful, bright and clean. Very Good condition. (SPEC-36-10) [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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