Pierre falke illustrator (6 risultati)

Leather Bound. Condizione: Very Good. Gray leather spine with 22kt gold embossed decorative cover and gilt page edges. Hubbed spine. The patterned endpapers. Missing some small areas of gold leaf on outside page edges.

Number 2 of 15 copies. 4to (230 × 175 mm), pp. 123, [3]. 25 illustrations, plus a suite of the 25 original numbered wood engravings on chine, all signed or initialled by the artist. Some foxing to extreme margins in text. Original yellow decorative wrappers and wrappers to the suite preserved, in contemporary marbled boards with orange morocco geometric onlays (minor wear).…

First edition with the Falké illustrations, number 2 of 15 copies only with the woodcuts on chine, numbered and initialled by the artist. A colonialist novel in which a young Senegalese fisherman finds himself enlisted in the army, fighting with the French in the trenches of the Great War. It first appeared in 1922. Fayard's Livres de demain brought examples of the current revival in woodcut and wood engraving to a wide audience at a reasonable price. Accordingly, the illustrations of the regular volumes were printed in large numbers from phototype metal blocks made from the prints, with just 15 copies of each (as here) presented with an additional suite of the original woodcuts specially printed on fine paper. 4to (230 × 175 mm), pp. 126, [2]. Forty illustrations, plus a suite, 40 original numbered woodcuts on chine, initialled by the artist. Some foxing to extreme margins in text. Original yellow decorative wrappers and wrappers to the suite preserved, in contemporary marbled boards with orange morocco geometric onlays.…

A livre d'artiste illustrated throughout with delicate wood-engravings by Pierre Falké, printed in beige. V, 253 pp. From a total edition of 225 numbered copies, this is ONE OF 25 COPIES PRINTED ON IMPERIAL JAPANESE PAPER. 4to. Original wraps. Uncut. Minimal traces of wear to extremities of wraps, else FINE AND BRIGHT. Pierre Falké (illustratore). …

The last book illustrated by Falke, who in fact died before it was published. With a suite of 14 original etchings printed on seven double folio sheets. In these etchings Falke achieves a spontaneity and economy of line reminiscent of the style of Matisse and Dunoyer de Segonzac. Edition limited to 150 numbered copies beautifully printed on fine, stiff handmade Montval wove paper, with the etchings printed on an equally fine but considerably softer paper made by the same manufacturer. This copy was originally printed for Dr. Fernand Lemaitre of the Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, and was later owned by Luis de Caralt, the Barcelona publisher who was Spain's leading collector of modern illustrated books. Folio. Loose as issued in original wraps. Fine and bright, in a lightly worn board chemise and slipcase.…

Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. 4to. 15 hand-colored engraved plates, including double-page folding map, numerous hand-colored engraved illustrations in text, extra suite of uncolored illustrations bound as a separate volume. Publisher's wrappers, edges uncut, glassine dust jackets, custom marbled paper boxed slipcase. LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY FALKÉ, number 35 of 110 copies on rives paper, with extra suite of uncolored etchings. Monod, Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes 1875-1975, 1447. Some tears to glassine jackets, but contents are very fresh and house in stylishly deluxe box.…