Published by Penguin Books, England, 1994
Seller: Llibrenet, Sant Feliu del Raco, B, Spain
Signed
Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. Dust Jacket Condition: Bien. Roman (illustrator). El servicio contrareembolso tiene un coste adicional de 3 euros. Sello del anterior propietario.
Published by Paris, Hazan, 1947. 452 pp. Nouvelle édition traduite par Frédéric Delebecque et ornée d'un frontispice (eau-forte) de Alexandra Grinevsky., 1947
Seller: Antiquariaat Hortus Conclusus, Bergambacht, Netherlands
Signed
Fine full leather binding with painted endpapers in matching cassette, signed A. Hanania. Title gilt on spine. Hinges slightly split at spine ends, else a very good copy. Text in French. Number 1227 of an edition of 1700. Please see description or ask for photos.
Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1848
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Condition: New Clamshell case. Bronte Emily, WUTHERING HEIGHTS Custom Clamshell Case Only. (NO BOOK INCLUDED) New York: [1848, Book Date] Excellent Custom Clamshell Case [Not A Book] For The First American Edition. Elegant Deep Green leather and fine black cloth, Custom Gilt-Stamped Titles to spine. Embossed multi-layered, [sculpted] design on the side graphically inspired from the love story and the couple under a tree illustration. Finished in rich Black velour on the interior. A superb & unique protective clamshell case for the first edition. When you place your order: Please confirm the actual size of your first edition as sizes may vary with age or if the edition is covered in Mylar. The text can be altered to add "signed" or other special requests. Custom Craft available upon request. Book definitely NOT included Size can be adapted to soft or hardcover first editions.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1993
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
BALTHUS; LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB (illustrator). BALTHUS, [artist]. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Wuthering Heights [LEC]. Fifteen Lithographs and an Afterword by Balthus New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. Full Description: BRONTĖ, Emily. BALTHUS, [artist]. Wuthering Heights. Fifteen Lithographs and an Afterword by Balthus. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. First edition. One of 300 copies signed by Balthus, this being number 69. With fifteen lithographs by Balthus and an Afterward by the artist. Folio (16 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches; 410 x 313 mm). Printed on Arches paper. Publisher's full tan leather, lettered in brown on front board. Spine very lightly toned. Housed in full cloth velvet-lined clamshell, with leather spine label. About fine. Publisher's prospectus laid in. "But when he made the early drawings for Wuthering Heights back in 1933, he stopped at a point about halfway through the book. As Jean Leymarie has noted, 'Only the artist's interest continued so long as the world of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw is that if childhood and adolescence. In these drawings Balthus clearly identifies himself with Heathcliff, the willful outsider unamenable to morality and society, in his vengeful satanism and headlong transgressions-an exemplary creation and an undying presence on the absolute level of art and human destiny.' .Unable to forget his early fascination with Wuthering Heights, Balthus agreed to have the entire suite of fifteen drawings presented here for the first time in their destined context, if in a strictly limited edition. He was 25 when he began these remarkable illustrations; today he is 85, happy to behold their fruition, and to write a personal Afterword for the book." (from the LEC newsletter). LEC Bibliography. HBS 69329. $4,500.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1993
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Balthus (illustrator). Limited Edition. Square Folio. Full beige goatskin. Housed in sand coloured cloth clamshell box with leather title label. Edition limited to 300 copies only signed by the illustrator. This is #266. 15 original lithographs by Balthus. A very attractive volume, fine, but with only a light bump to the corner of the clamshell.
Published by Paris Chez Jean Porson 1947, 1947
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, France
First Edition Signed
A beautiful copy of this first edition thus, limited edition. Four volumes. This copy is one of 30 copies in rives blanc or teinté, in four volumes, Containing a suite of 147 lithographed illustrations. With the suite of 23 portraits as a separate volume, and with two original illustrations by Masson, in India Ink and enhanced with wash are bound into volume one. Also presented are the 12 refused plates. Beautifully presented in a Martin-Brés signed binding. Each volume has a uniform dark brown full leather, with gilt and embossed design to the boards and gilt titles to the spines. There is a touch of rubbing to the ribs and to the edges of the spines. Other than this, in excellent condition inside and out. We cannot find another copy of this work in the four volumes, with the original illustrations. 330 by 260mm (13 by 10¼ inches). 10kg. .
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1994
Seller: The Limited Editions Club, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. What could they have had in common-Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, the Paris-born modern artist (better known as Balthus) who has filled scores of canvases with paintings of female nudes, and Mistress Emily Brontė, the mid-nineteenth century British spinster who seems never to have left the Yorkshire moors? Precisely, those moors. In his youth, the Count visited that wild landscape and, in 1933, made a series of drawings based on her gripping novel. Some say that he saw himself as Heathcliff. Sixty-one years later, and after creating a vast array of famous paintings, many reminiscent of those drawings, Balthus agreed in 1994 to have The Limited Editions Club present, for the first time in their destined context, the entire suite of fifteen drawings. Happy to behold their fruition, Balthus wrote an Afterword for the book. Fifteen lithographs and Afterword by Balthus. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Each signed by Balthus. The Balthus drawings have been turned into lithographic plates and printed, in brown-toned black ink, on fine Japanese paper by Bruce Porter at his Trestle Editions in New York City. They were mounted on mould made paper from the Arches mill, in Epinal, France. The text was also printed on this paper, uniquely watermarked with the coat of arms of the family Klossowski de Rola. The book is bound in Nigerian goatskin dyed gray-green to suggest the Yorkshire moors. Linen covered and lined case. One Volume, 12-3/4 x 16-1/2 inches. As the publisher, we unconditionally guarantee that all books are authentic and the condition is As New (NOS). Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1993
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Balthus (illustrator). Folio (12-3/4" x 16-1/2") bound in goatskin leather dyed grey-green to evoke the Yorkshire moors and housed in a cloth slipcase with leather spine label. Illustrated with 15 drawings by the artist Balthus which were begun in 1933 when he was 25 for an edition of WUTHERING HEIGHTS that did not materialize. Balthus, in his eighties, agreed to have the entire suite presented for the first time if the publication was strictly limited. The drawings were turned into lithographs and printed on fine Japanese paper and then mounted on mould-made paper from France uniquely watermarked with the coat of arms of Balthus's family: Klossowski de Rola. Copy #5 of only 300 copies SIGNED by the artist and with an afterword by him as well. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a Fine clamshell box, as issued.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1994
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hard Cover. #44 of 300 copies signed by Balthus. Binding of grey-green goatskin. Printed on off-white, heavy mould-made stock from Arches Mill in England. FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, BOOK, IN NEAR-FINE CLOTH-COVERED CLAMSHELL BOX WITH SLIGHT DISCOLORATION ON BOTTOM PANEL. A variety of items laid in: 1) LEC monthly letter, 2) two typed (or printed) letters signed by Sidney Shiff, one describing the forthcoming book to a subsciber, and the other informing the subscriber of the print porfolio issued later. 3) A six-page glossy paper reprint of an article on Balthus by Ted Morgan from the New York Times Magazine of January 9, 1994. 4) newspaper photo of Balthus, 5) large color except from a Bonham auction catalogue about the first edition of Wuthering Heights (2007). One of the less common titles of the Shiff era LECs. Illustrated with 15 drawings by Balthus.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, 1993
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Balthus. Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Balthus. Illustrated with 15 lithographs by Balthus on Japanese paper printed in brown-toned black ink. Text set by Michael Bixler using Monotype Dante, printed on specially made off-white mould-made Arches paper with watermark. Original prospectus laid in. Folio (approx. 16-1/2 x 13 inches). "What could they have had in common ?- Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, the Paris?born modern artist (better known as Balthus) who has filled scores of canvases with paintings of female nudes, and Mistress Emily Brontė, the mid?nineteenth-century British spinster who seems never to have left the Yorkshire moors? Precisely, those moors. In his youth, the Count visited that wild landscape and, in 1933, made a series of drawings based on her gripping novel. Some say that he saw himself as Heathcliff. Sixty-one years later, and after creating a vast array of famous paintings, many reminiscent of those drawings, Balthus agreed in 1994 to have The Limited Editions Club present, for the first time in their destined context, the entire suite of fifteen drawings" (Publisher). Original gray-green morocco with title stamped in dark-brown, publisher's cloth box. Fine Illustrated with 15 lithographs by Balthus on Japanese paper printed in brown-toned black ink. Text set by Michael Bixler using Monotype Dante, printed on specially made off-white mould-made Arches paper with watermark. Original prospectus laid in. Folio (approx. 16-1/2 x 13 inches) Edition limited to 300 numbered copies signed by Balthus.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1993
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Rare Books (ABAA), McMinnville, OR, U.S.A.
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420 x 315 mm. (16 1/2 x 12 1/2"). 3 p.l., 208 pp., [2] leaves.With an afterword by Balthus. Publisher's sage-green crushed morocco, upper board with title stamped in brown, smooth spine. In the original linen clamshell box. With 15 lithographs by Balthus. Colophon with small embossed armorial stamp. Prospectus laid in at front. āIn mint condition. Printed on beautifully thick paper, this impressive oversized production brings together an intense 19th century gothic novel and the work of a major modern artist, both inspired by the power and rugged beauty of the Yorkshire moors. "Wuthering Heights" was first published in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell, and it was to be Emily Brontė's first and only novel. Though many contemporary reviewers found the story strange and disturbing, her potent language and enthralling characters have secured it a place among the classics of English literature. The modern (and sometimes controversial) artist Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (known as Balthus) wouldn't seem a likely choice to illustrate this work; in fact, the two could hardly be more different. Brontė (1818-48) was a parson's daughter who spent most of her life in an isolated village in northern England, while Balthus (1908-2001) was a famous cosmopolitan painter whose friends included Pablo Picasso and Albert Camus. But the pair had at least one thing in common: a deeply felt connection to the Yorkshire moors. In Bathus' own words, recounting a visit to northern England made when he was a young man, "the wild beauty of the moors around Haworth . . . left an indelible impression on me." Years later, in 1933, still inspired by what he had seen, Balthus made a series of 15 drawings to accompany the novel that is practically synonymous with the moors. Compelling, moody, and a little wild, these drawings are a formidable complement to Brontė's words. The LEC Newsletter, introducing the present work, notes the "incisive linear quality" of the black & white drawings; Balthus' biographer and critic, Jean Leymarie, is also quoted, describing the work as "lit up with something of the book's flame and storm-flashes." It is also worth noting that this impressive production marks the first time these 15 illustrations appear alongside the text that inspired them--60 years after Balthus completed them. No. 15 OF 300 COPIES SIGNED by the artist.