Julien Cain Introduction (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Quarto, introductory essay by Julien Cain, 47 reproductions of caricature works by Daumier illustrating lawyers. First English edition of the issue. A particularly good bright copy in dust wrapper. Honore Daumier (illustrator).…

Softcover. Softcover.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 48 pages. Illustrated. Text in French. (SL#107).

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. un fascicule in-4°, 93 pp., couverture illustrée. (pages légèrement cornées). 423 n° décrits. Quelques illustrations en noir. Complet du feuillet d'errata. Peu courant.

Cloth. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Beautiful edition of The Lithographs of Chagall with bound in lithographs. Unfortunately lacking the lithographed dust jacket; all other lithographs are present. Text and images are unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned. Previous owner's gift inscription in pen on the second page in. Binding is sturdy. Covers show some wear around the corners and the cloth is frayed at the base of the spine. The covers are a little tanned near the top edge. No dust jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: As New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Monte Carlo / New York: Andre Sauret / George Braziller, 1960. Complete with all 12 Chagall original lithographs in flawless condition. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. SEE PHOTOS. The dust jacket (itself a Chagall lithograph) has only light wear at the edges and a couple tiny chips. NO fading. It is protected by a removable clear mylar sleeve (removed for photos to prevent glare). Hinges are perfect. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked. 1960. First Edition. Beautifully illustrated by Marc Chagall with 12 original lithographs and 184 other works of art, most in stunning full color. Bound in the original pale gray cloth, stamped in black. Upper corner of cover is mildly bumped, but NO pages are affected. SEE PHOTOS. Previous owner's name and date ("Feb 61) on the front pastedown endpaper, largely covered by the jacket's inner flap. Translated from the French by Maria Jolas. Oversize Hardcover. 10" wide by 12.75" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by Chagall, Marc. 221pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. Chagall, Marc (illustrator).…

Paris: Andre Sauret.1969. Folio. Original tan cloth with black lettering to spine and pictorial dust jacket; contains two original lithograph on dust jacket and forntispiece; pp. 179, [3]; fine. First edition of the third catalogue raisonne of Chagall's lithographs with an introduction by Julien Cain, legendary general administrator of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France before the Nazi occupation.Julien Cain writes in his introduction to this spectacular and invaluable contribution to the iconic artists mesmorising ouevre, "Chagall's secret is that he remained without theory, without method.he was content, instead to 'sing like a bird'", emphasizing Chagall's refusal to abide by prescriptive artsitic philosophies. He goes onto quote the artist himself, "What seems strange is clear".Catalogue and notes are by Ferdinand Mourlot and Charles Sorier.…