332

VORONCA, ILARIE

Invitatie la Bal. 1924-1925. 12mo. Pale green wraps. (slightly shaken). Edition limited to 100 hand-numbered copies hors commerce. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author (to Dr. Rudi Brauner, whom Ilk notes is the brother of Victor). Very rare.

Bucuresti (Editura UNU), 1931. $1,800.00

Ilk K523, illus. p. 94

333

VORONCA, ILARIE

Patmos. Si alte sase poeme. 140, (2)pp. Wraps. (neatly loosening from wrapper). Edition limited to 400 hand-numbered copies. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed on the half-title by Voronca to Barbu Lázáreanu.

[Bucarest] (Editura "Vremea"), 1933. $300.00

Ilk K527; Biro/Passeron 3046

334

VORONCA, ILARIE

Petre Schlemihl. Cu ilustratii de Michonze, Victor Brauner, S. Perahim. 91, (3)pp., 4 plates. Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. Edition limited to 230 hand-numbered copies. The Brauner illustration is a surrealist portrait of the author, one of the most influential poets, critics and littérateurs of the Rumanian avant-garde. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by the author (‘Edi,’ for Eduard Marcus, his real name).

Bucarest (Tipografia "Bucovina"), 1932. $1,200.00

Ilk K525, illus. p. 95; Biro/Passeron 3048

335

VORONCA, ILARIE

Ulise. Cu un portret de Marc Chagall. (36)pp., 1 full-page drawing by Chagall. Sm. folio. Wraps. (rather worn). One of 200 hand-numbered copies on vélin, from the limited edition of 206 in all. The whimsical Chagall "portrait" depicts Voronca as the Eiffel Tower. This is the second book published in the Colectia Integral series. A few light inscriptions (on title-page and interior) in red pencil. Very rare.

Paris (Colectia Integral), 1928. $3,000.00

Ilk K518, illus. p. 84

336

VORONCA, ILARIE

Ulysse dans la cité. Traduit du roumain par Roger Vailland. Avec une préface de Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes et un dessin par Marc Chagall. 68, (2)pp. Frontis. Wraps. One of 500 numbered copies on vélin, from the limited edition of 515. The French-language edition of "Ulise," published in Paris, in Rumanian, in 1928 (Ilk K518).

Paris (Éditions du Sagittaire), 1933. $850.00

Ilk K528

337

WALKOWITZ, ABRAHAM

Improvisations of New York. A symphony in lines. Prefatory comments by Carl Van Vechten and Konrad Bercovici. (32)pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. Presentation inscription by Walkowitz at the head of the title-page, dated 1948; also signed by him on the front cover and above the copyright statement.

Girard (Haldeman-Julius Publications), 1948. $200.00

338

WALKOWITZ, ABRAHAM

Isadora Duncan in Her Dances. With introductions by Maria-Theresa, Carl Van Vechten, Mary Fanton Roberts, Shaemas O’Sheel, and Arnold Genthe. Included are dance sequence drawings of ballet, Agna Enters, Martha Graham, a group of pupils of Isadora, and Drawings Against War and Fascism by Walkowitz, with an introduction by Konrad Bercovici. 12, (20)pp. 19 plates in text, reproducing hundreds of drawings. Lrg. 4to. Self-wraps. Presentation copy, inscribed on the title-page by Walkowitz.

Girard (Haldeman-Julius Publications), 1945. $175.00

339

DIE WIENER WERKSTÄTTE 1903-1928

Modernes Kunstgewerbe und sein Weg. (144)pp. 173 illus. (9 color), set against background panels of orange, black, silver and gold. Sq. 4to. Remarkable publisher’s binding designed by Vally Wieselthier and Gudrun Baudisch, of paper boards molded in extremely high relief in figurative designs, colored in orange and black. Dec. endpapers, printed in orange. A commemorative album published on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Wiener Werkstätte, documenting all facets of the Werkstätte’s production in the decorative arts: silver, textiles, lighting, porcelain, glass, and all manner of incidental objets d’art. Particular emphasis is given to the work of Josef Hoffman, who is credited as the guiding genius behind the book (some of Hoffmann’s architectural projects are illustrated as well), in addition to work by Dagobert Peche, Koloman Moser, Vally Wieselthier and Kitty Rix, among others. Editorial/production credit for the volume is given to Mathilde Flögel. The remarkable stylishness and originality of the mise-en-page mark this as one of the landmarks of twentieth century book design. As usual, some minor rubbing to the extremities and points of highest relief of the covers, with some chipping at hinges and a little intermittent internal wear. This copy is noteworthy for the presence of the rare publisher’s prospectus, designed to match the format of the book, with promotional remarks on the Werkstätte by Peter Behrens and Le Corbusier (loosely inserted).

Wien (Krystall-Verlag), 1929. $5,000.00

340

(WOLS) Sartre, Jean-Paul

Visages, précédé de Portraits officiels. Avec 4 pointes-sèches de Wols. 41, (5)pp. 4 full-page original etchings by Wols (Grohmann XLVI-IL). Printed wraps. (light wear). One of 900 numbered copies on Crèvecoeur du Marais, from the limited edition of 926 in all. "The small drawings the German artist executed while in hiding in unoccupied France during the years of World War II anticipated in scale and intensity his portraits in this book. In Paris after the war, Wols was befriended by Sartre and illustrated two of his books in the informal tachiste manner, which concentrated into visible form the author’s Existentialist philosophy" (Castleman).

Paris (Pierre Seghers), 1948. $3,850.00

Castleman p. 188; Manet to Hockney 118; Bibliothèque Nationale: 50 livres illustrés depuis 1947, no. 3; Bareiss 84; Villa Stuck 94; Stuttgart 192; Zürich p. 376

341

WRIGHT, FRANK LLOYD

Wedding announcement of Frank Lloyd Wright and Olgivanna Wright, at Rancho Santa Fe, California, 25 August 1928. Offset lithograph, designed and calligraphed by Wright, in brown on buff-colored card stock, reproducing a portrait of their daughter Iovanna Wright at upper left; one portion hand-colored in red. 142 x 115 mm. (5 5/16 x 4 1/2 inches). The ceremony was held in La Jolla a year to the day after Wright’s messy divorce from Miriam Noel Wright, and almost three years after his and Olgivanna’s daughter (shown here in a sweet hexagonal portrait) was born out of wedlock.

Taliesin (Wisconsin), 1928. $2,000.00

342

(WRIGHT) Badovici, Jean

Frank Lloyd Wright, architecte américain. (Extrait de "L’Architecture Vivante.") 32pp., 25 plates with numerous collotype illus. Plans, elevations and other drawings of 15 projects in the text (occupying 23 full pages). 4to. Portfolio (printed boards, 1/4 cloth). All contents loose, as issued.

[Paris] (Albert Morancé), [1932]. $900.00

Sweeney 301

343

(WRIGHT) Fries, H. de.

Frank Lloyd Wright. Aus dem Lebenswerk eines Architekten. 80pp., 8 color plates. More than 100 illus. 4to. Dec. boards, 1/4 cloth (slightly worn). Scarce.

Berlin (Ernst Pollak), 1926. $550.00

Sweeney 172

344

ZAREMBA, A.

Deschidere. Cu un portret al autorului de S. Perahim. 37, (3)pp. 2 illus. (1 full-page line drawing in text). Lrg. 8vo. Wraps. (light wear). One of 150 numbered copies, from the limited edition of 151 in all. Very rare.

Bucuresti (Editura "UNU"), 1933. $1,800.00

Ilk K530

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