Authors starting with E from Ars Libri Ltd

Hamburg (Verlag Heinrich Ellermann), 1937.. 13, (3)pp., 96 plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. ... more information

N.p., n.d.. 7ff. (versos blank), paginated I-II, II, I-II, , I-II. 205 x 125 mm. (8 x 5 inches). Pencil on buff-colored wove stock. Lrg. 8vo. “The Radius of Man,” “Radius of Cat as compared with that of Man,” “The Ulna of Man,” “Ulna of Cat as compared with that of Man.” ... more information

New York (Viking), 1973.. 259, (5)pp. Prof. illus. Folio. Cloth. D.j. ... more information

New York (Viking), 1961.. 153, (3)pp. Prof. illus. (numerous color). Lrg. 4to. Boards, 1/4 cloth. D.j. ... more information

New York (The Scovill & Adams Company), 1899.. 4to. Dec. cloth gilt. Front inner hinge slightly cracked, but an attractive copy. ... more information

New York (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), 1940.. x, 393, (1)pp., 24 plates. 4to. Cloth. ... more information

Zürich (Pra Verlag), 1930.. 32pp. 5 plates of collages of wood engravings by Ernst. Sm. 4to. Silver foil wraps. D.j., with collage cover design by Max Ernst (recapitulating frontispiece). One of 200 copies from the limited edition of 250 in all, this copy designated “rezensionsexemplar” (review copy) in pencil in colophon, in place of number. Arp’s nine poems, dating from 1924, were illustrated by Ernst in 1929. This is one of the most exquisite of Ernst’s illustrated books, ... more information

Zürich (Hans Bolliger), 1972.. 33, (5)pp. 1 original lithograph, printed in grey (frontispiece). 6 illus. of collages by Ernst. Folio. Wraps. One of 500 hand-numbered copies, from the limited edition of 610 in all, printed on uncut vélin de Rives. Discreet stamp of the Sammlung Aebli-Streiff, Zürich. ... more information

Paris (G.L.M.), 1939.. (34)pp., 7 plates. Wraps. Glassine d.j. One of 500 numbered copies on vélin blanc, from the edition of 535 in all. A fine copy. ... more information

Paris (Galerie Lucie Weill ), 1969.. (56)pp. 10 full-page original color lithographs. Folio. Portfolio (boards with 1 additional color lithograph by Ernst). Chemise. Slipcase (somewhat worn). All contents loose, as issued. One of 240 numbered copies on vélin d'Arches, signed in the justification by Char and Ernst, from the limited edition of 290 in all. Reprising 10 poems from Char's "Dehors la nuit est gouvernée" (1938) where they appeared under the title "Versions&qu... more information

Paris (Pierre Seghers), 1947.. 113, (15)pp. 39 illus. (after collages of steel-engravings), of which 7 delicately colored by hand in blue, yellow, rose, and redwashes. Initial letters and subtitles in purple throughout. Dec. wraps., printed in purple, red and orange after a design by Ernst. One of 600 copies on Alma Marais, from the limited edition of 610 in all, the illustrations printed by Mourlot Frères. “Les 8 poèmes visibles de Max Ernst composés en 1931 ont été... more information

Paris (Les Éditions Premières), 1949.. 124pp. 3 original color etchings with aquatint (including title) and 22 full-page illustrations, of which 18 colored by hand in pochoir. Cul-de-lampe, lettrines. 4to. Dec. wraps. (original color lithograph). Glassine d.j. One of 300 numbered copies on grand vélin d’Arches, from the limited edition of 316. A Surrealist fairy tale by Péret, illustrated by Ernst both with etchings and with punning collages, drawn from textbooks on palaeo... more information

Paris (Jeanne Bucher), 1934.. 5 vols. (10)pp., 182 full-page plates of collages of steel engravings. 4to. Orig. printed wraps., each volume of a different color (purple, green, red, blue and yellow). Publisher’s dec. carton slipcase, the front cover with mounted illustration by Ernst on green stock. One of 800 copies on papier de Navarre, from the limited edition of 816 in all, numbered in separate justifications in each volume.  Ernst’s third and final collage novel, assembled in a great b... more information

New York (Black Sun Press), 1943.. 44, (10)pp. 22 full-page illus. 4to. Dec. boards. Edition limited to 610 copies. "This edition is further augmented by Three drawings Twenty Years After. The Misfortunes of the Immortals was first published in Paris in 1920, originally revealed in French by Paul Eluard and Max Ernst, and now translated into English by Hugh Chisholm. This edition has been designed and published by Caresse Crosby, handset in Spartan type twelve point and printed at the Gemor Press in ... more information

Paris ([Éditions Jeanne Bucher]), 1926.. (8)pp., 34 collotype plates. Contents loose, as issued. Folio. Publisher’s original portfolio (blue and black printed boards with supralibros, 1/4 cloth; ties). One of 250 hand-numbered copies on vélin, signed in pen by Ernst in the justification, from the limited edition of 300 in all.  We quote at length from Robert Rainwater: "The first frottages of 1925 were the results of Ernst's running a pencil over a sheet of paper under whi... more information

New York (Pantheon), 1952.. xxi, (3), 355pp., 165 plates. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. Photographs by Walker Evans. First edition. ... more information

New York (The Eakins Press), 1966.. (6)pp., 12 sheet-fed photogravure plates. Tissue guards. Sm. sq. folio. Orig. cloth with title label. Among the finest and most influential photographic books of the 1960s. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walker Evans “To Jimmy and Tania [Stern]/ a message indeed (what a)/ Walker.” Subsequently inscribed “and with much love/ from Tania + Jimmy.” The Sterns were close friends of Evans and his wife Isabelle Storey, from whose library this copy derives. ... more information

New York (The Museum of Modern Art), [1960].. 195, (1)pp. 87 plates. Sm. sq. 4to. Cloth. D.j. (very slightly nicked at head of spine). Re-issue of the 1938 edition, with a foreword by Monroe Wheeler. Presentation copy, inscribed by Walker Evans “To Hermann and Esther B./ with best regards/ Walker.” The recipients were the parents of Isabelle Storey, Evans’ wife from 1960 to 1970, from whose library this copy derives. ... more information

London (A. Brown and Sons), [1915].. xlvi, 240, (2)pp., 10 color plates. Over 270 illus. Sm. folio. Cloth. Printed on fine laid paper. Uncut. ... more information

New York (André Emmerich), 1968.. 103pp. 68 plates (partly in color). Sm. 4to. Wraps. ... more information