Paul F. Walter (American, 1935 – 2017) – "Collector. Following studies in history and history of art Oberlin College, Ohio, and Columbia University, he began to collect in the1960s, starting with prints by Whistler and moving on to the Aesthetic Movement and the Arts & Crafts in Britain, as well as the arts of the Indian subcontinent and modern American painting. He was Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art from 1992-2006, and a benefactor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, the Morgan Library and Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art."
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Christie's Auction Catalog; Sale WALTER-15785; New York, September 26-27, 2017; Publisher's pictorial wrappers, front cover: THE COLLECTION OF | PAUL F. WALTER | NEW YORK 26–27 SEPTEMBER 2917 | {profile chest portrait of Paul F. Walter} | CHRISTIE'S || 26.8 x 21.2 x 3 cm; 662 lots, illustrations in colour and b/w, pictorial dust jacket; pp: [2] 3-462. -
Publisher’s pictorial wrappers: CHRISTIE'S | NEW YORK | {three book covers} | Masterpieces of Modern Literature: | The Library of Roger Rechler | FRIDAY 11 OCTOBER 2002 || Red spine with white lettering from top to bottom, multiple illustrations in colour, 26.8 x 21 x 3 cm. Pagination: [1-4] 5-451 [452]. 375 lots, prices realized handwritten next to each lot and on 6 loose leaves inserted. -
Title page: MODERN | FILM | SCRIPTS | THE THIRD MAN | a film by | Graham Greene | and Carol Reed | Simon and Schuster, New York. Pagination: [1-4] 5-134 [2] blank. Binding: publisher’s pictorial wrappers with the film still and lettering in blue and black to front, back, and spine. Size: 20.2 x 14 cm. The Third Man is a 1949 British film directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Carol Reed (British, 1906 – 1976) – film director. Simon & Schuster (NY) – publisher. Villiers Publications, Ltd. (London) – printer. -
Title page: Title page: MODERN | FILM | SCRIPTS | THE THIRD MAN | a film by | Graham Greene | and Carol Reed | Lorrimer, London. Pagination: [1-4] 5-134 [2] blank; pasted into the last page: The film The Third Man is owned and distributed by British | Lion Films Ltd. Binding: publisher’s pictorial wrappers with the film still and lettering in white to front, and in black to back, and spine. Size: 20.2 x 14 cm. The Third Man is a 1949 British film directed by Carol Reed, written by Graham Greene and starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, and Trevor Howard. Contributors: Graham Greene (British, 1904 – 1991) – author. Carol Reed (British, 1906 – 1976) – film director. Lorrimer Publishing Limited (London) – publisher. Villiers Publications, Ltd. (London) – printer. -
Publisher’s grey pictorial wrappers with lettering in red: PARIS | Bibliothèque érotique | Gérard Nordmann | Seconde partie | Jeudy 14 et vendredi 15 décembre 2006 | CHRISTIE'S || Red spine with white lettering from top to bottom, multiple illustrations in colour, 27 x 21 cm. Pagination: [1-3] 4-305, 567 lots. The 2nd part of the auction of the library of Gérard Nordmann (Swiss, 1930 – 1992), held by Christie's in Paris on the 14th and 15th of December 2006. The 1st part took place on the 27th of April 2006, see [LIB-2828.2021]. -
Publisher’s yellow pictorial wrappers with lettering: PARIS | Bibliothèque érotique | Gérard Nordmann | Première partie | Jeudy 27 avril 2006 | CHRISTIE'S || Red spine with white lettering from top to bottom, multiple illustrations in colour, 27 x 21 cm. Pagination: [1-3] 4-295, 431 lots. Loose inset of 4 pages with prices realized. The 1st part of the auction of the library of Gérard Nordmann (Swiss, 1930 – 1992), held by Christie's in Paris on the 27th of April 2006. The 2nd part took place on the 14th and 15th of December 2006, see [LIB-2810.2021]. -
Front cover: LONDON | Highlights from | the Erotica Library | of Tony Fekete | Tuesday 18 November 2014 | {vignette in colour} | CHRISTIE'S || Pagination: [2] 3-134 [2], total 136 pages, 221 lot. Binding: 16.7 x 21 cm, publisher’s pictorial wrappers, red spine with white lettering. -
![Romeyn De Hooghe: Virtuoso Etcher / Joseph B. Dallett [Introduction]; Andrew C. Weislogel [Preface]; Andrew C. Weislogel [Editor]; Tatyana Petukhova LaVine [Contributor]. – Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 2009. – pp.: [1-5] 6-96, ill.](https://varshavskycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LIB-2521.2020-a-500x500.jpeg)
Title page: ROMEYN DE HOOGHE | VIRTUOSO ETCHER | JOSEPH B. DALLETT | with | Tatyana Petukhova LaVine | edited by | Andrew C. Weislogel | HERBERT F. JOHNSON MUSEUM OF ART | CORNELL UNIVERSITY || Pagination: [1-5] 6-96; 57 entries, bibliography. Binding: 28 x 21.7 cm, publisher’s pictorial wrappers. Contributors: Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645 – 1708) Joseph B. Dallett – author/introduction. Andrew C. Weislogel – editor. Tatyana Petukhova LaVine – contributor. -
Exhibition held December 4, 2007, to March 2, 2008, at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Title: L'enfer de la Bibliothèque | ÉROS AU SECRET | Sous la direction | de Marie-Françoise Quignard | et Raymond-Josué Seckel | [spase] | {BnF | Bibliothèque nationale de France || Description: 23 x 16 cm, publisher’s lettered wrappers and pictorial dust jacket, [1-17] 18-460 [4], ils.; 257 entries, 8 pp. bibliography, 10 pp. index. -
Printed on-demand, pictorial softcover, 22.9 x 15.2 cm, front: MARTIN | VAN MAELE |{fac-simile il.}| AN ILLUSTRATED | BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CHECKLIST | S. A. PERRY ||, blurb to back, lettering to spine, pp.: [12] [1] 2-207 [3] (total 222 pages), 107 reproductions of van Maele illustrations, 94 items bibliographical description. Title-page: S. A. PERRY. | Martin Van Maele | An Illustrated Bibliographical Checklist | 2015 || in a double-fillet frame. Colophon: Made in the USA | Las Vegas, NV | 26 December 2021. Maurice François Alfred Martin van Maële [Martin van Maële] (French, 1863 – 1926). -
Description: Pictorial wrappers, black and grey with black and red lettering, blurb on the back. Title-page: Власть и право | МОРИС ЖОЛИ | Разговор | в аду | между | МАКИАВЕЛЛИ | и МОНТЕСКЬЕ | Санкт-Петербург | 2004 ||, front wrapper: same but without place and year. Pagination: [1-3] 4-231 [8 blank] [1 colophon], total 120 leaves. See original edition: LIB-1034.2016, LIB-2913.2021 and LIB-0460.2015. Other related objects: SVVP-0062.2021. This translation is made out of the German translation of the French original. The name of the translator is unknown. Contributors: Maurice Joly (French, 1829 – 1878) -
Description: Bound in brown ¾ morocco over marbled boards by R. et R. Mativet (ink stamp to ffep verso), collated 4to, 26.4 x 20.7 cm, raised bands, gilt arabesque and lettering to spine, original glossy pink pictorial wrappers preserved, marbled endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown “ML”, to front fep “EX-LIBRIS | Jacques | Crépineau”; A.L.s. of Marcel Vertès pasted to one of the feps: "Biblis [6] rue Jacques Callot. Cher Monsieur Le Bodo, Voudriez-vous avoir l’amabilité et de céder un exemplaire de « Dimanche » à M. Risler à un prix très réduit? Merci d’avance. Bien à vous, Vertès". Jean Le Bodo – abord gérant de la Librairie Biblis (20, rue du Vieux-Colombier, Paris 6e), et en 1946, libraire au Livre de France, Paris 16e; Risler – probablement Jean-François Risler (1910-1952), fils d’un pianiste Joseph-Édouard Risler (1873 – 1929). Title-page: DAISY FELLOWES | Les | Dimanches | de la | Csse de Narbonne | ILLUSTRATIONS | DE | VERTÈS | ÉDITIONS DE France | 20, AVENUE RAPP, PARIS || Collation: 1 blank, front wrapper, π4 (2 blanks with A.L.s. pasted to the 2nd, h.t., t.p.), 1-244 χ4 (table, colophon, 2 blanks) back wrapper, 1 blank; total 104 leaves within the wrappers, numerous in-text and 7 full-page prints after drawings by Marcel Vertès, within collation. Pagination: [8] [1-2] 3-191 [192] [8], total 208 pages, ils. Limitation: printed on June 25, 1935 by Coulouma (Argenteuil) under the direction of H. Barthélemy, 20 copies (№1-20) on Japon blanc super-nacré + two suites, 80 copies on Japon a la forme (№21-100) + one suite, 900 (№101-1000) on Vélin blanc. This is copy № 598. Catalogue raisonné: Vokaer (Vertès) № 34, p. 15. Provenance: Jacques Crepineau (French, 1932 – 2017). Contributors: Daisy Fellowes [Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksberg] (French, 1890 – 1962) – author Marcel Vertès [Marcell Vértes] (Jewish-Hungarian-French, 1895 – 1961) – artist. -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28 x 22 cm, 67 items, with colour illustrations, some folding. Catalogue of the sales exhibition on March 14-20, 2020 in NY; pagination: [1-3] 4-120 [8], ils. 6 fan prints. Contributor: Sebastian Izzard -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28 x 21.8 cm, 18 entries, with colour illustrations, some folding. Catalogue of the sales exhibition on September 15-18, 1998 in NY; pagination: [2] 3-43 [1], ils. Contributor: Sebastian Izzard -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28.1 x 21.7 cm, 63 entries, with colour illustrations, some folding. Catalogue of the sales exhibition on March 17-29, 2018 in NY; pagination: [1-3] 4-133 [134] [2 blank], ils.; insert: printed invitation. Contributors: Sebastian Izzard; Henry Steiner (Austrian-Jewish, b. 1934) – art collector. -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28 x 21.8 cm, 37 entries, with colour illustrations. Catalogue of the sales exhibition on March 3 - April 5, 2008 in NY; pagination: [1-3] 4-102 [2], ils. Contributor: Sebastian Izzard -
Softcover, in pictorial wrappers, 28 x 21.7 cm, 25 entries, with colour illustrations, some folding. Catalogue of the sales exhibition on March 28 -April 7, 2006, in NY; pagination: [2] 3-61 [62 blank [2], ils. Contributor: Sebastian Izzard -
Description: Softcover volume in publisher’s pictorial wrappers, with a b/w medallion portrait and lettering in a frame over geometrical pattern in blue to front; 23 x 16.3 cm, collated 8vo. Title-page: РУССКАЯ ЖЕНЩИНА | ВЪ | ГРАВЮРАХЪ И ЛИТОГРАФIЯХЪ | – | ВЫСТАВКА ПОРТРЕТОВЪ | – | КРУЖОКЪ ЛЮБИТЕЛЕЙ | РУССКИХЪ ИЗЯЩНЫХЪ ИЗДАНIЙ | 1911 || Collation: 1-48, last blank, total 32 leaves plus 15 plates (collotype reproductions) with tissue guards, incl. frontispiece, and a few headpieces; catalogue with 180 entries. Pagination: [1-6] 7-63 [64] [2], total 64 pages, ils. Incl. article "Русская женщина в искусстве" барона Н. Н. Врангеля. Барон Николай Николаевич Врангель (Russian, 1880 – 1915)
