BRASSAI and Paris
Paris in the 1920's and 1930's was the city, more than any other in Europe, where the modern cosmopolitan world was starting to show its alluring face. It had fine shops, leafy boulevards, theatres and variety palaces. It was also a place of refuge for artistic exiles. Somerset Maugham, James Joyce and Wyndham Lewis had settled there. Giacometti, Picasso, Dali and many others had chosen Paris in which to develop their ideas. Among them was a 25-year-old Romanian journalist named Gyula Halasz who had arrived in Paris in 1924. Within a few years he had taken up photography and developed his own aesthetic, entirely self-taught, capturing in an extraordinary visual catalogue the fruits of this labyrinthine city. In 1932 he adopted the pseudonym Brassai and published his first book, Paris de Nuit, a collection of photographs shot during his long nocturnal explorations of the city. If you are interested in any of the items in this catalogue contact us on 020 7 701 1839 or via eMail at post@cambooks.demon.co.uk or hit this link to obtain our details. We are currently offering for sale the following items: Ordering an item could not be simpler : highlight your choice, copy to your clip board, click on our email address above, paste in the item and just hit send.
BRASSAI. Paris by Night with an introduction by Paul Morand translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. 1st ed. New York:Pantheon,1987., 4to. 86 pp. illus in b&w. Orig cloth with DW. The originial edition of Paris by Night was published in Paris in 1933 under the title Paris de nuit. It contained 64 reproductions of photographs by Bras sai, printed in heliogravure. The current edition has been printed in heliogravure using Brassai's original plates, with the exception of 7 photographs for which the plates had disappeared, and which have been reproduced from the 1933 edition. This stunning book of photographs is for lovers of Paris and admirers of Brassai. F £60.00 RUSSELL, John. Paris - with photographs by Brassai. 1st ed.London:B. T. Batsford,1960., 8vo. 264 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering. VG £25.00 GENTLEMAN, David. David Gentleman's Paris. 1st ed. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1991., Lge 4to. 192 pp. illus in col. Orig cloth with DW and decorative endpapers. This is David Gentleman's portrait of Paris, brilliantly evoking the architecture and spirit a city he has loved and constan tly visited since childhood, through his marvellously fresh watercolours. VG £22.00 CHAMPOLLION, Herve et LAURENT, Jacques. Vivre Paris photographs de Herve Champollion texte de Jacques Laurent de l'academie Francaise Legendes de Jean-Paul Caracalla (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Menges,1987., 4to. unpagenated 193 illus in col. Orig cloth with DW in matching slipcase. A photographic survey of Paris by one of the most talented French photographers. F £30.00 CHERONNET, Louis et FERRAND, Louis. Paris Mon Coeur (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Pierre Tisne,1952., 4to. 145 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig printed paper covered boards with printed endpapers. Inscription to previous owner on sfep. Ce volume realise avec la collaboration de Louis Cheronnet et de Lo uis Ferrand a ete imprime pour la premiere fois au lendemain de la liberation de Paris. VG £35.00 ROY, Claude et CRISPINI, Nicolas. Paris Passe et Present sous le meme angle (text in French). 1st ed. Geneve:Slatkine,1991., 4to. 142 pp. illus in b&w. Orig printed paper covered boards. A stunning book of black and white photographs of views from the mid nineteenth century onwards juxtaposed with current photographs. F £35.00 du COLOMBIER, Pierre. Notre-Dame de Paris Memorial de la France (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Plon,1966., Sm. 4to. 261 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW (has a stain inside the DW where the cloth has leached onto the paper not visable from the outside). The history, architecture and decoration of one of the finest churches in France. VG £18.00 COURTHION, Pierre. Montmarte - Le Gout de Notre Temps series - Villes et lieux celebres vus par les peintres (text in French). 1st ed. Geneve:Skira,1956., Sm. 8vo. 144 pp illus with 64 planches en couleurs (tipped in). Orig cloth with DW (some wear) VG £10.00 de MAUPASSANT, Guy. Les Dimanches d'un Bourgeois de Paris - dessins de Georges Dupuis Gravures sur bois de G. Lemoine (Societe d'editions Litteraires et Artistiques - Oeuvres Completes Illustrees de Guy de Maupassant) (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Paul Ollendorff,1901., Sm. 8vo. 188 pp illus. in b&w. Orig paper covered boards with tipped on col. illustration. VG £25.00 PRICE, Julius M.. My Bohemian Days in Paris - illustrated by the author and with a frontispiece portrait from a painting by Solomon J. Solomon. 1st ed. London:T. Werner Laurie,1913., 8vo. 263 pp illus. in b&w. Orig cloth with gilt lettering and decorated cover. (top & foot of spine worn, cover stained, some foxing on foredge) G £15.00 Millier, Jean (ed.). Paris-Moscou 1900-1930 Catalogue of an exhibition at the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris 31 May to 5 November 1979 (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Georges Pompidou Centre,1979., 4to. 580 pp illus. in b&w and col. Orig soft covers. VG £60.00 TOPOLSKI, Feliks. Paris Lost - A Sketchbook of the Thirties - introduction by Jonathan Stone. 1st ed. London:Hutchinson,1973., 4to. 15 pp plus 96 illus. in b&w with col. wash. Orig cloth. F £48.00 BOYER, Marie-France. Paris Style - the private apartments of Paris Photographs by Philippe Girardeau (Habiter Paris). 1st UK ed. London:Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1989., 4to. 186 pp. illus. in col. Orig. cloth with DW. A varied but distinguished array of decorators, artists, writers, photographers, art dealers, publishers, actors and politicians have opened their door s to Marie-France Boyer, who with the help of some superb photography captures not only the quality of the interiors, but also the intriguing personalities of their owners and creators. VG £40.00 FARGUE, Leon-Paul. Dans Les Rues de Paris au temps des Fiacres (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Editions du Chene,1971., 4to. 183 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig glossy paper covered boards. Cet ouvrage a ete concu et realise par Rene Coursaget et Guiton Chabance. Le texte est de Leon-Paul Fargue. L'etude historique es t de Georges Pillement. Les notes et les legendes sont de Georges Pillement et Rene Coursaget. VG £34.00 MERIAN (Das Monatsheft der Stadte und Landschaften) Volume 9 Number 22 September 1969 (text in German) Paris. 1st ed. Hamburg:Merian,1969., Sm. 4to. 117 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig soft covers with cloth covered spine. Issue of the German periodical devoted to Paris. F £10.00 VITOUX, Frederic. Au large de Paris, L'Ile Saint Louis (text in French and English). 1st ed. Paris:ACD Productions,1980., Sm. 4to. 6 pp. plus 37 illus. in col. Orig glossy paper covered boards. English text on inserted double fold. A. C. Domenech a imagine et realise ce livre sur l'ile Saint-Louis Surprise (a toute heure ) par le photographe Jean-Claude Ponchel, et exprimee avec tendresse par Frederic Vitoux Experienced by A. Claude Domenech who has the idea for and brought this book into being. Expressed with tendern ess by Frederic Vitoux and taken by surprise (at all times of the day and night) by the photographer Jean-Claude Ponchet. VG £15.00 MATHEY, Francois. Au Bonheur des Rues (text in French) Photographies Berrtrand Bouet-Willaumez, Andre Martin, Jean Nau, Deidi von Schaewen et Raymond de Seynes. 1st ed. Paris:Sous le Vent,1982., 4to. 6 pp plus 148 illus. in col. and b&w. Orig cloth with DW. F £25.00 CHERONNET, Louis. A Paris ... Vers 1900 (Decouverts du Monde) (text in French and English). 1st ed. Paris:Chroniques du Jour,1932., 4to. 90 pp illus. in b&w. Orig soft covers (spine torn, sewi ng loose) Previous owners name on ffep. G £55.00 DESLANDRES, Yvonne. Voir Paris (text in French). 1st ed. Paris:Realites Hachette,1973., Sm. 4to. 156 pp. illus. in col. Orig cloth in printed paper covered card slipcase. VG £23.00 Arts Council of Great Britain. Paintings from Paris - Early 20th century paintings and sculptures from the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - catalogue of a touring exhibition 2 July to 31 December 1978 Oxford, Norwich, Manchester and Coventry. 1st ed. London:Arts Council,1978., 8vo. 48 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Orig. soft covers (shelf worn) VG £5.00 GAVARNI et BERTALL. Bertall et Gavarni dans le Diable a Paris. Geneve:Les Editions de l'Agora,1985., Sm. 4to. 70 pp. illus in monochrome. Orig glossy printed paper covered boards. Hippolyte-Guillaume-Sulpice Chevalier dit Paul Gavarni and Albert d'Arnoux dit Bertall. VG £12.00 de GRECE, Michel. Henri Comte de Paris Mon Album de Famille. 1st ed. Paris:Perrin,1996., Lge. 4to. 200 pp. illus. in b&w. Orig cloth with gilt decoration and DW, family tree as endpapers. F £65.00 SHAW, Irwin and Ronald Searle. Paris! Paris!.. New York, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1st US ed 1977., 211 pp. 8vo. Orig Cloth. DW. VG. £7.00
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