Authors starting with A from Ars Libri Ltd

Genève, 1957.. 241, (3)pp. 200 illus. (5 color). 4to. Cloth; orig. wraps. bound in. The original edition. ... more information

Oxford (John Johnson), 1932.. (4), 75pp. 22 illus. Sm. 4to. Wraps. (chipped). ... more information

Rotterdam (NAi Publishers/ Neders Fotomuseum), 2003.. (194)pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Boards. Parallel texts in Dutch and English. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, June-Aug. 2003. ... more information

Tokyo (Tenjinsha), 1930.. 115, (5)pp., 10 plates (reproducing work by Ozenfant, Picabia, Léger, Brancusi, Ernst, and others). Printed wraps. Glassine d.j. Backstrip chipped, otherwise fine. ... more information

Los Angeles, 2002.. 91, (3)pp. Prof. illus. Sm. sq. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Los Angeles (Art issues.Press), 2001.. 108, (6)pp., 7 color plates. Sm. 8vo. Boards. ... more information

Frankfurt, 1989/1990.. 315, (3)pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Frankfurt, 1991.. (34)pp. 11 color plates. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

London, 1973.. 90pp. 57 illus. (parlty color). Tall 4to. Wraps. (partly loose). ... more information

Zürich, 1971.. (10)pp., 20 color plates with facing commentary. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Parallel text in German and English. ... more information

Berlin (Gebr. Mann), 1968.. 189, (1)pp. 40 plates (3 color). Oblong 4to. Flexible cloth. ... more information

Paris (Yves Rivière), 1974.. (20)pp. Illustrations in color throughout by Alechinsky, including 5 plates (2 double-page) and 14 integrated with text; the text itself a facsimile of a typescript containing manuscript corrections by the author. Sm. folio. Portfolio (dec. slipcase, chemise). Contents loose, as issued. Edition limited to 450 hand-numbered copies in all, signed in the justification by Alechinsky and Caillois. Light wear to the slipcase. ... more information

Boston (Ticknor and Fields), 1856.. 278, (6), 10pp. Lrg. 8vo. Publisher’s embossed buckram (head of spine very slightly chipped). Second edition; the first appeared in 1841. “Fictitious story of Monaldi, a young Italian painter, and Maldura, a young Italian poet, but also containing the philosophy and criticism of Washington Allston. Allston writes that the painter should combine a keen eye with a sensitive heart and a romantic imagination, skills in color and chiaroscuro with the poetry of human... more information

Boston (Charles C. Little and James Brown), 1841.. 253, (1)pp. Sm. 4to. Publisher’s embossed buckram, gilt at spine. First edition; a second appeared in 1856. “Fictitious story of Monaldi, a young Italian painter, and Maldura, a young Italian poet, but also containing the philosophy and criticism of Washington Allston. Allston writes that the painter should combine a keen eye with a sensitive heart and a romantic imagination, skills in color and chiaroscuro with the poetry of human emotion. He d... more information

N.p. (J. Allyn), 1977.. (14)ff., printed on five folding panels, with reproductive manuscript text and photographs. Sm. oblong 4to. Wraps. Second printing (1000 copies), following the first printing, also in offset, of 100 copies. Plates detached from binding (originally glued to inside cover). ... more information

Boston, 2004.. 120pp. Prof. illus. in color. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

New York (The Macmillan Company), 1933.. xiv, (2), 245, (1)pp., 32 plates. 4to. Cloth. ... more information

N.p., 1981.. 6 (of 7) vols., as follows: ‘So?,’ ‘I Mean It,’ ‘It’s Very Simple,’ ‘A Performance,’ ‘I Can’t,’ ‘the end.’ Illustrations by the artist throughout. Lrg. 8vo. Self-wraps. Signed and dated (1982) in pencil inside the back cover of the last volume. One further volume, ‘Stop Crying,’ was published in this series (not present). ... more information

New York (Tekhne), 1960.. 109pp., 292 plates. Text figs. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

London (Methuen), 1925.. ix, (1), 120pp., 24 plates (8 color). 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth (slightly worn). ... more information