NP: NP, ca. 1954. Original artwork. Loose leaf. Gouache on cardboard. (5 5/8 x 4 3/8"). Miniature Arthur Szyk was commissioned to execute the artwork for the four volume set of the 1954 Limited Editions Club publication of Arabian Nights Entertainments.* The miniature painting is typical for Szyk's mature style..... More
[Leipzig]: NP, ND (ca 1916). Original artwork. Hardcover. Folio (18 1/2 x 14 1/4"). [7] leaves (Portfolio #1); [11] leaves (Portfolio #2). Original string bound half burgundy cloth over marbled paper covered boards with illustrated title pasted on front covers, and printed title laid on spines. Max Seliger's personal bookplate..... More
Prague: AIZ, 1933. Copper plate for gravure printing. 26 x 18.5 cm. This motif was rendered by John Heartfield three months after he emigrated to Prague in June 1933. The image depicts an SA-Officer screwing wooden boards to the ends of a cross carried by Jesus, creating thus an image..... More
![Signor Formica: Eine Novelle [WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR]. Ernst Theodor Wilhelm...](/pictures/thumb/24429.jpg?v=1434441584)
Leipzig: W. Drugulin, (1920). Vorzugsausgabe. Limited (numbered) edition. Hardcover. 1/120. Elephant folio. VIII, 103,[2]pp. & 13 unnumbered illustration pages. Gold-stamped full green calf with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust wrapper and sturdy paper-covered green clamshell box. Gold-lined raised bands. All deckled edges. Inside of front and..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1956 & 1960. First American edition. Hardcover. Folio. (17) 105 (4)pp., 16 lithographs plus frontispiece and cover. Original boards illustrated with color lithograph and Chagall facsimile signature in black on cover. The first of the two Verve bibles. Illustrated with 16 original lithographs in..... More
![Das Buch Hiob mit Original-Lithographien von Willi Jaeckel [SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR]. Willi...](/pictures/thumb/34511.jpg?v=1434442199)
Berlin: Erich Reiß, 1917. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/60. Folio. Unpaginated [56]pp. Original thin vellum with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Title page in green and black lettering. Book housed in its original cardboard slipcase. This splendid edition of the Book of Job* features 13 striking..... More
![Two: Ten Lithographs by Arnold Belkin. Poems by Jack Hirschman. [SIGNED]. Jack Hirschman](/pictures/thumb/23997.jpg?v=1434441570)
Los Angeles: Zora Gallery, 1964. First edition. Softcover. 1/100. Portfolio. Original wrappers. Suite of 10 loose broadside poems and 10 color lithographs. Fascinating and scarce work (Hirschman's third major work), profusely illustrated with 10 original lithographs, each protected with a tissue-guard, and all numbered and signed by Arnold Belkin. The..... More
Framed. #53 of 75 copies. Matted in silver frame, with glass. Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil below. Lithograph measures 19 3/4 x 25 3/4". Frame measures 21 1/2 x 28" More
![Holzmalerei-Vorlagen zum Bemalen feiner Holzgeräthe [RARE]. A. Wagner](/pictures/thumb/16649.jpg?v=1434441365)
Karlsruhe: J. Veith, n.d [ca. 1881]. Hardcover. Rare copy: OCLC only has one listing. Folio (15" x 11"). Portfolio. Paste-on labels over paper covered cloth with string ties. 24 chromolithographic plates. Very attractive suite of plates showing ornaments for book covers, lamp bases, cigarette plates ["Zigarettenteller"], frames, boxes and other..... More
![Haiku. Artist Book [SIGNED BY AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR]. Joseph Summer, Heide Hatry, text](/pictures/thumb/37193.jpg?v=1480988397)
Frankfurt: Insel-Verlag, 2012. Limited First edition. Hardcover. Signed by Summers and Hatry on verso of imprint at rear. Octavo. Unpaginated, 10 leaves. Original decorative green boards with original art and lettering on labels of cover and spine. Original oil on paper title page. One of a kind artist book created..... More
Jerusalem: Monsohn Print, 1916 (printed 1937). Original artwork. Framed. Atlas Folio (25 1/4 x 16 1/4"). Lithograph to heavy stock paper. Printed by Shimon Barmatz. More
Frankfurt: Insel-Verlag, 2012. Hardcover. Signed by artist on free endpaper at rear. Octavo. Unpaginated, 10 leaves. Original decorative brown boards with black lettering on labels at cover and spine. One of a kind artist book created by John Baker. One of 66 Insel-Bücherei books commissioned from artists in Europe, USA..... More
![A Preface and Four Seasons [SIGNED BY ARTIST AND AUTHOR]. John Levee, Irwin Shaw, text](/pictures/thumb/36155.jpg?v=1574466864)
New York: André Emmerich Gallery, 1959. Limited edition. Hardcover. 42/150 copies, signed on colophon page. Portfolio of 29 sheets, 19 x 15" Original burgundy red cloth portfolio with gilt lettering on spine housed in a burgundy cloth slipcase. A suite of five full color lithographs with a text by Irwin..... More
![Marcel Mouly with Commemorative Suite of Four Color Lithographs [SIGNED]. Marcel Mouly](/pictures/thumb/39103.jpg?v=1484260757)
Paris: Edition Atelier Gourdon, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Lithographs signed and numbered by Mouly (66/390), book signed and numbered by Mouly on half-title (66/100). Elephant Folio. 156 (1)pp, 4 lithographs (9 x 12"). Original blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover and spine, incased with pullout ribbon, with four original..... More
Art work in black wooden frame with metal onlay. Signed in the scarf by artist. Small water stain on lower corner of design, otherwise in near fine condition. Framed scarf design by Erté in rich vibrant colors. More
Original artwork. 10.5 x 7" in wooden frame. This print is in predominantly black and white, with some shades of light blue, pink and yellow, and depicts a couple in an intimate moment. The artist is unknown. This may an original work, or a hand-copy of a previous woodblock print..... More
Wien: Eros-Presse, (1925). Limited edition. Elephant folio. 1/1000. 17 pages of text with 10 pages of original full-page lithographs. Illustrated paper-covered boards with red vellum strips along spine as issued. Minor chipping and closed tears on spine. Some scuffing and slight staining to boards. Small stain near bottom edge on..... More
Stuttgart: Hatje, 1962. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/450. 8vo. 90pp. Original illustrated stiff wraps in glassine jacket protected by modern mylar. Art work on cover by HAP Grieshaber. Illustrated with original woodcuts and lithographs in color and b/w by artists such as Erich Heckel, Max Ackermann, Horst Anthes, Ida Kerkovius, Georg..... More
NP: Late 19th century (?). Hardcover. Small square folio. 10 1/4"x12 3/4". Unpaginated. Broken leporello binding. Decorative patterned white silk boards, with white gold-speckled paper label on the front cover. The work contains 6 color plates of hand-colored woodcuts. The work seems to be in a style similar to Lianhuanhua..... More
![Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [SIGNED ARTIST PROOF WOODCUT]. Irving Amen](/pictures/thumb/38592.jpg?v=1434442501)
NP: NP, 1972. Artist's Proof. Framed. Striking original colored woodcut depicting a young Jewish boy and girl reading and working under a tree. Three people are seen working in the background, while an Israeli flag is proudly flying under a rainbow. The lower portion of the artwork features a Sabbath..... More
Köln: Galerie Der Spiegel, 1960. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Large Folio. (2) 20 leaves. Original illustrated red cloth with white lettering on spine. Original four color lithograph by Max Ernst and original two color collage by Hans Arp with tissue guards laid in at front between black pages. Illustrated with..... More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth, nd (1919). First edition. Softcover. Sm. folio. Tan wraps illustrated with original green & black lithograph by Adolph Köglsperger. No. 6 of Wasmuth's Kunsthefte, illustrated with 13 original full-page b/w lithographs by Berlin artists Kurt Badt, Ernst Fritsch, Arthur Grunenburg, Franz Heckendorf, Willy Jäckel, Adolph Köglsperger, Wilhelm..... More
![Husks of Wheat [SIGNED & INSCRIBED]. Diane Wakoski](/pictures/thumb/16434.jpg?v=1573863314)
Northridge: Santa Susana Press, 1987. First limited edition. Hardcover. 1/65. Loose as issued. Three original linoleum cuts (two in color, one in b/w) resting in three printed paper folders with two poems by Diane Wakoski. Each plate is signed and dated by Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994). One folder signed by Wakoski..... More
NP, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/300. Original hand signed screenprint with gold ink on parchment paper beautifully framed in a contemporary silver lined black frame (frame size: 16.8" x 12.8". Image: 11.5" x 8.5".) This striking work is a fine example of Sephardic Jewish folk art. The ornamental Turkish designs..... More
Ciba-Geigy, 1977-78. First edition. Elephant portfolio. Fascinating work containing 10 original colored prints from 10 internationally known artists who have portrayed their own interpretations of depression. Each original print is laid in a double sheet containing a picture and a biography of the artist. Portfolio slightly soiled and sunned along..... More