Authors starting with C from Ars Libri Ltd

Paris (José Corti), 1934.. 32, (2)pp. Sm. 4to. Wraps., printed in red. “Quel parti prenez-vous pour en finir avec l’exploitation de l’homme par l’homme avec votre propre dilemme: exploité, exploiteur? Exploités, exploiteurs jusque dans l’amour la poésie et la défense de la cause proletérienne” (from the title-page). “Thanks to the recent discovery of a large number of her photographs, Cahun is now well known as one of the greates... more information

Firenze (Nella Stamperia di Zanobi Pignoni ), 1619.. (4), 197, (3)pp. Fully etched title-page and etched frontispiece portrait of the author, both by Jacques Callot. Woodcut lettrines, culs-de-lampe. Sm. 4to. Late eighteenth-century dark blue straightgrain morocco gilt (rather rubbed). A.e.g. First edition; a second, with corrections, was published in 1621. A long epic poem in ottava rima by a farm laborer "endowed by nature with the genius of poetry" (Belloni). "To provide a book with the p... more information

Milano (Edizione Futuriste di "Poesia"), 1919.. (46)pp. Prof. illus. throughout with typographic and pen-and-ink (and wash) compositions. Sm. 4to. Dec. blue wraps., printed in black with a design by Cangiullo. Cangiullo's best-known work and one of the most important books in the Futurist canon, printed on colored stocks with wonderful parole in libertà and other typographic experiments, often with elaborate freehand elements. "Cangiullo reinvented the typography of the printed pa... more information

Praha (Fr. Borovy), 1920.. 247, (5)pp. 14 full-page illus. by Josef Capek. Dec. wraps. Uncut. With a fine linocut cover, printed in teal blue, by Capek. Light browning; an unopened copy. ... more information

N.p. (Privately Printed), 1977.. (80)pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

New York (Simon and Schuster), 1955.. (6)pp., 163 photogravure plates. 4to. Cloth (front inner hinge shaken). ... more information

New York (Simon and Schuster), 1952.. (160)pp. 126 heliogravure plates. Caption booklet (12pp.) loosely inserted, as issued. Folio. Dec. boards, designed by Matisse. Conceived and composed by Tériade (and simultaneously published in France by Éditions Verve); plates printed by Draeger Frères. The binding design, an elaborate and classic cut-out composition by Matisse, was made especially for the work. Boards somewhat darkened and soiled, hinges slightly frayed; still a presentable c... more information

Brescia (Edizioni Nuovi Strumenti), 1978.. (78)pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Milano (L.F. Cogliati del Dr. Guido Martinelli), n.d.. xxii, 524, (3)pp., 15 plates. 135 illus. Stout 4to. Boards. ... more information

New York (The Heritage Press), n.d.. viii, (4), 301, (5)pp. Illus. 4to. Dec. cloth. Slipcase. Reprint of the edition printed at the Officina Bodoni in Verona for the members of the Limited Editions Club. ... more information

London (G. Bell and Sons Ltd.), 1910.. 2 vols. xlii, 390pp., 30 plates; xx, 533pp., 30 plates. Sm. 4to. Orig. publisher’s cloth (faded; shaken). ... more information

Boston (Small, Maynard & Company), 1916.. (8)pp., 200 plates. Lrg. 4to. Boards. ... more information

Boston (David R. Godine, Publisher and Pucker Safrai Gallery), 1990.. (8)pp., 48 color plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. Inscribed by the sculptor. ... more information

Boston (David R. Godine, Publisher and Pucker Safrai Gallery), 1990.. (8)pp., 48 color plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

Williamsburg, Virginia (The Society of the Alumni of The College of William and Mary), 1985.. 197, (3)pp. 299 illus. (111 color). Lrg. oblong 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

Garden City (Doubleday & Company), 1985.. 231pp. Prof. illus. 4to. Wraps. ... more information

Garden City, N.Y. (Doubleday & Company), 1975.. xi, (3), 226pp., 24 plates. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. ... more information

Garden City, N.Y. (Doubleday & Company), 1975.. 157pp. Tall 4to. Wraps., GBC-bound. ... more information

Ivry sur Seine (Atelier d’Arts L.P.), 1991.. 22, (2)pp. 1 original typographic engraving by Henri Chopin, printed on heavy wove paper, signed in pencil by Chopin (loosely inserted, as issued). Typographic illus. in text. Sm. 8vo. Gold-foil wraps., with supralibros seal printed in black and gold; publisher’s wove envelope with printed labels, signed and numbered as issued. Edition de tête: one of five artist’s proofs designated with roman numerals, including the signed print, apart fro... more information

London (Faber and Faber), 1966.. 144pp. 64 plates in text. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j. ... more information