Peter Bichsel Fine Books
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LÉGER. –. (Fernand Léger). |
LÉGER. –. (Fernand Léger).With 6 colour lithographs after paintings by the artist. 12, (2) pp. Folio. Loose quires as issued. – Paris, Editions Pierre à Feu Maeght, 1955. „Derrière le miroir“, nos 79-80-81. Contains „Pour tenir tête à son époque“ by Pierre Reverdy. – Fine copy. – Best.-Nr. 25289 |
CHF 650.— |
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LÉGER. – Cendrars, Blaise. La fin du monde filmée par l’ange N.-D. Roman. Compositions en couleurs par Fernand Léger. |
Cendrars, Blaise. Léger, Fernand. La fin du monde filmée par l’ange N.-D. Roman. Compositions en couleurs par Fernand Léger.Illustrated with 22 colour compositions in pochoir manner (incl. half-title, title page, chapter titles, and colophon) by Férnand Léger. (60) pp. 4to. Orig. illus. wrappers, housed in a brown cloth box with spine label. – Paris, Éditions de la Sirène, 1919. Edition originale. One of 1200 numbered copies “in-quarto raisin” on papier Régistre vélin Lafuma besides 25 copies de luxe. Published at Jean Cocteau’s press, this is one of the truly outstanding illustrated books in the 20th century with a striking combination of letters and illustrations comparable to the manner of Russian books of the same period. “Cendrar’s twentieth-century satire is organized like a movie script and given a dizzying pictorial environment by Léger” (Castleman). The text, a movie scenario, was written down by Cendrars (1887–1961) in only one night and was planned to be published in the “Livre du cinéma” in 1918. Finally it was published separately in the present edition. Cendrars wrote and published a first preceding scenario under the same title “La fin du monde” (Éd. La Caravane), a second one in 1918 titled “Le film de la fin du monde” (Denoël). The letters “N. D.” do not mean “Notre Dame” but is the phonetic transcription of “End”, the last word appearing on screen at the end of a movie. – Saphire 299; Castleman 170f.; Monod 2395. – The binding getting loose in some places. A clean and good to very good copy. – Best.-Nr. 25895 |
CHF 3700.— | |
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LÉGER. – Masson, Loys. L’illustre Thomas Wilson. Divertissement. |
Masson, Loys. Léger, Fernand. L’illustre Thomas Wilson. Divertissement.With orig. colour lithograph and reproduced drawings by Fernand Léger. 164 pp. (4) leaves. 8vo. Orig. printed wrappers. – Paris, Bordas, 1947 (i.e. 1948). First edition. Unnumbered copy of a total edition of 500 copies on satiné B.F.K. Rives. – Mint copy. – Best.-Nr. 7947 |
CHF 260.— |
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LÉGER. – Rimbaud, Arthur. Les Illuminations. Lithographies originales de Fernand Léger. Préface de Henry Miller. |
Rimbaud, Arthur. Léger, Fernand. Les Illuminations. Lithographies originales de Fernand Léger. Préface de Henry Miller.With 15 orig. lithographs, of which 12 are stencil colored . 134 pp., 4 leaves. Large 4to. Red contemp. morocco over 5 raised bands, spine gilt, top edge gilt (sign. W. Wirz). Slipcase. Orig. wrappers bound-in. – Lausanne, Grosclaude Editions des Gaules, 1949. One of 275 num. copies on papier vélin teinté, fait à la main, of a total of 395, signed in the colophon by Léger and Grosclaude. The preface by Henry Miller at the beginning is reproduced as facsimile of his handwriting. Collection of prose poems by Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891), first published in the „Vogue“ magazine in 1886. The collective title „Illuminations“ was never written down by the author, but it is conveyed by Verlaine, who first received Rimbaud’s manuscriptduring their last meeting in Stuttgart in 1875. – Saphire 24–38; Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires de langue française, 948 ff. – Excellent copy in a contemporary hand-crafted binding. Outer front hinge slightly cracking in places. – Best.-Nr. 25896 |
CHF 4700.— |