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Book title: Kabuki fan-prints from Edo: Genroku to Enkyō periods (1688-1748) [江戸歌舞伎団扇絵] (Edo kabuki uchiwa-e: Genroku - Enkyō hen). Author: Shigeo Miyao [宮尾しげを] (Japanese, 1902 – 1982). Comments by: Sutezō Kimura [木村仙集] (Japanese, 20th century). Publisher: Inoue Shobō [井上書房] (Tokyo). Oblong volume bound in black washi paper with silver kabuki face design to front and silver lettering to spine and silver publisher’s name to back; three-colour title, folding frontispiece, second frontispiece, pp.: [6] foreword, contents, [2] f.t.p./blank, 3-134 [2], 43 full-page black & white illustrations, colophon slip pasted, bookstore label to back pastedown, in a pink slipcase with black lettering. Primitive fan prints from the Kaga collection, from 1691 to 1747. Edition: 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. -
Сборник. Редактор Г. Н. Павлов, оформление И. З. Копеляна. Description: 8vo, 23 x 18 cm, grey cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Inscription to front pastedown: “Дорогой | Броне Ароновне | от финансистов. | 31 октября 1961 г. | г. Ленинград.” Collation: 8vo; [1]-238 246; total 190 leaves with numerous b/w in-text illustrations plus 11 colour plates extraneous to collation. Pagination: [1-4] 5-378 [2]; total 380 pages. Print run: 25,000 copies. Articles by Sergei Varshavsky: Ф. А. Васильев. «Оттепель»; А. И. Куинджи. «Лунная ночь на Днепре»; В. Е. Маковский. «На бульваре»; И. И. Левитан. «Свежий ветер. Волга». Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980) -
Description: Softcover, 8vo, 22 x 14.5 cm, tan wrappers, lettered in terra-cotta to spine and front wrapper: “Cергей Варшавский | УПАДОЧНОЕ | ИСКУССТВО ЗАПАДА | ПЕРЕД СУДОМ РУССКИХ | ХУДОЖНИКОВ- | РЕАЛИСТОВ | Искусство”, title in brown in a frame, blue ink autograph inscription: “Дорогому Толе | на память и на рецензию | с нежностью и любовью | 25.XII. 49. Сергей” (probably to his son Anatoly). Collation: 8vo, [1]-98 105; pp.: [2] 3-151 [3], total 154 pages, plus 4 plates extraneous to collation. Title-page: Cергей Варшавский | УПАДОЧНОЕ | ИСКУССТВО ЗАПАДА | ПЕРЕД СУДОМ | РУССКИХ ХУДОЖНИКОВ- | РЕАЛИСТОВ | Государственное издательство | «ИСКУССТВО» | Ленинград 1949 • Москва || T.p. verso: ОБЩАЯ РЕДАКЦИЯ | В. Я. БРОДСКОГО || Colophon: Редактор Н. Р. Мервольф, Художник И. С. Серов, и т.д. Тираж 10 000. Типография имени Володарского. Print run: 10,000 copies. Comment: the book was written and published to survive during the so-called “Anti-cosmopolitan campaign (Борьба с космополитизмом, Bor'ba s kosmopolitizmom) in 1948-53 in USSR during the Stalin’s rule. The author was later ashamed of writing it and never mentioned this book in his list of works. Contributors: Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). -
A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg; hardcover, 22 x 17 cm, collated 8vo, cream buckram blind stamped and lettered in gilt to front cover and design elements and lettering to spine, profusely illustrated. Title-page (in brown rules): С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ • Б. РЕСТ | ЭРМИТАЖ | 1764 – 1939 | ОЧЕРКИ ИЗ ИСТОРИИ | ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО ЭРМИТАЖА | под редакцией | академика | И. А. Орбели | {fleuron} || Collation: π2 [1]-158 166; total 128 leaves. Pagination: [2] [2] i-ii [1-4] 5-250 [2], total 256 pages, in-text b/w illustrations. Print run: 5,000 copies. Joseph Orbeli [Иосиф Абгарович Орбели] (Russian-Armenian, 1887 – 1961) – editor. Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). -
A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during World War II; hardcover, 22.5 x 18 cm, in-8vo, grey cloth lettered black and red to front and spine, in pictorial dust jacket. Two similar copies of the 1st edition: LIB-3035.2022(1) and LIB-3035.2022(2). Title-page: (vertical black) С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ, Б. РЕСТ | (horizontal in red): ПОДВИГ | ЭРМИТАЖА || Opposite to t.p. (red on black): ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫЙ | ЭРМИТАЖ | В ГОДЫ | ВЕЛИКОЙ | ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОЙ | ВОЙНЫ || Pagination: [1-4] 5-190 [6], total 196 pages, multiple in-text b/w illustrations. Print run: 30,000 copies. Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). -
A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during the October revolution of 1917. Paperback, 20 x 12.5 cm, 16mo, serial pictorial wrappers, blurb to rear; [1]-716 88( plates, not paginated) 9-1016; pp.: [2] 3-260 [4]: 264 pages + 16 pages of plates, not paginated, 152 leaves, incl. plates. Library pocket and card to front wrapper verso. Ink stamp of the Hermitage museum library. Title-page: «БМР» device // библиотека | молодого | рабочего | — | С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ | Б. РЕСТ | БИЛЕТ | НА ВСЮ | ВЕЧНОСТЬ | ПОВЕСТЬ ОБ ЭРМИТАЖЕ | В ТРЕХ ЧАСТЯХ | ЧАСТИ ПЕРВАЯ И ВТОРАЯ | ЛЕНИЗДАТ • 1986 || Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). Preface: Boris Piotrovsky [Борис Борисович Пиотровский] (Russian, 1908 – 1990). -
A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during the October revolution of 1917. Paperback, 20 x 12.5 cm, 16mo, serial pictorial wrappers, blurb to rear; [1]-516 68( plates, not paginated) 7-816; pp.: [2] 3-204 [4]: 208 pages + 16 pages of plates, not paginated, 120 leaves, incl. plates. Title-page: «БМР» device // библиотека | молодого | рабочего | — | С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ | Б. РЕСТ | БИЛЕТ | НА ВСЮ | ВЕЧНОСТЬ | ПОВЕСТЬ ОБ ЭРМИТАЖЕ | В ТРЕХ ЧАСТЯХ | ЧАСТЬ ТРЕТЬЯ | ЛЕНИЗДАТ • 1986 || Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). -
A book about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during the October revolution of 1917. Hardcover, collated 16mo, 20,7 x 13.5 cm, grey cloth, black and blue lettering to front, blue lettering to spine, blue endpapers; collation: [1]8 2-1616 (total 248 leaves); pp.: [2] 3-493 [3] (total 496 pages) plus frontispiece. 1st edition (lifetime). Title-page: С. ВАРШАВСКИЙ | Б. РЕСТ | БИЛЕТ | НА ВСЮ | ВЕЧНОСТЬ | ПОВЕСТЬ | ОБ ЭРМИТАЖЕ | ЛЕНИЗДАТ • 1978 || Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980). B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). Борис Борисович Пиотровский (Russian, 1908 – 1990). -
© Aurora Art Publishers: ISBN 0-8109-1406-9. Printed and bound in Finland. A pictorial album about the history and collections of The Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg during World War II. Title-page: in frame: THE ORDEAL | OF THE | THE SIEGE OF | LENINGRAD• | 1941 – 1944 | HERMITAGE; under the frame: Text by Sergei Varshavsky and Boris Rest | — | AURORA ART PUBLISHERS, LENINGRAD• | HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC., PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK || Description: Illustrated album in hardcover, 33 x 25 cm, bound in black cloth with gilt and purple lettering to spine, brown endpapers, pictorial dust jacket; pp.: [1-6] 7-270 [34], total 304 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. Text: Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980); B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). Preface: Boris Piotrovsky [Борис Борисович Пиотровский] (Russian, 1908 – 1990). Translated by Arthur Shkarovsky-Rafeé. Layout by Liubov Rakhmilevich. Photography by Viktor Savik and Leonid Bogdanov. A twin edition to [LIB-3043.2022] S. Varshavsky, B. Rest. Saved for humanity: the Hermitage during the siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944. — Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985 and the Russian edition [LIB-3044.2022] C. Варшавский, Б. Рест. Подвиг Эрмитажа, 1941-1944 / Альбом. — Ленинград: Издательство «Аврора», 1987. The text extracted from [LIB-3035.2022] С. Варшавский, Б. Рест. Подвиг Эрмитажа: Государственный Эрмитаж в годы Великой отечественной войны. — М.-Л.: Советский художник, 1965. -
© Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1985. Printed and bound in Finland. Title-page (in red on the pictorial background): SAVED FOR | HUMANITY | THE HERMITAGE DURING | THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD | 1941-1944 | AURORA ART PUBLISHERS • LENINGRAD || Illustrated album in hardcover, 33 x 25 cm, bound in black cloth with gilt and red to front cover and spine, brown endpapers, pictorial dust jacket; pp.: [1-6] 7-270 [34], total 304 pages with 388 b/w and colour illustrations. Text: Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980); B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). Preface: Boris Piotrovsky [Борис Борисович Пиотровский] (Russian, 1908 – 1990). Translated by Arthur Shkarovsky-Rafeé. Layout by Liubov Rakhmilevich. Photography by Viktor Savik and Leonid Bogdanov. Design by Valery Ivanov. A twin edition to [LIB-3042.2022] S. Varshavsky, B. Rest. The ordeal of the Hermitage: The siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 — Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985 and the Russian edition [LIB-3044.2022] C. Варшавский, Б. Рест. Подвиг Эрмитажа, 1941-1944 / Альбом. — Ленинград: Издательство «Аврора», 1987. The text extracted from [LIB-3035.2022] С. Варшавский, Б. Рест. Подвиг Эрмитажа: Государственный Эрмитаж в годы Великой отечественной войны. — М.-Л.: Советский художник, 1965. -
Title-page (in red on pictorial background): ПОДВИГ | ЭРМИТАЖА | ИЗДАТЕЛЬСТВО «АВРОРА» • ЛЕНИНГРАД || Illustrated album in hardcover, 33 x 25 cm, bound in black cloth with gilt and red to front cover and spine, brown endpapers, pictorial dust jacket; pp.: [1-6] 7-273 [274] [30], total 304 pages with 388 b/w and colour illustrations. Text: Sergei Petrovich Varshavsky [Сергей Петрович Варшавский] (Jewish-Russian, 1906 – 1980); B. Rest [Б. Рест; Юлий Исаакович Шапиро] (Jewish-Russian, fl. 1940 – 1980). Preface: Boris Piotrovsky [Борис Борисович Пиотровский] (Russian, 1908 – 1990). Layout by Liubov Rakhmilevich [Л. Рахмилевич]. Photography by Viktor Savik [В. Савик] and Leonid Bogdanov [Л. Богданов]. Design by Valery Ivanov [В. Иванов]. Russian twin edition to [LIB-3043.2022] S. Varshavsky, B. Rest. Saved for humanity: the Hermitage during the siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944. — Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985 and [LIB-3042.2022] The ordeal of the Hermitage: The siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 — Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985. The text extracted from [LIB-3035.2022] С. Варшавский, Б. Рест. Подвиг Эрмитажа: Государственный Эрмитаж в годы Великой отечественной войны. — М.-Л.: Советский художник, 1965. -
Hardcover, 24 x 16 cm, bound in quarter black calf over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt lettering to spine, printed on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper with wide margins, bottom and fore edge untrimmed, pp. [i-viii] ix-xiv, [2] 3-89 [90], total 104 pages, two flyleaves, frontispiece in colour with captioned tissue guard, and 28 b/w plates; total 83 leaves. Title-page: A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE | OF AN EXHIBITION OF | JAPANESE | FIGURE PRINTS | FROM | MORONOBU TO TOYOKUNI | BY | LOUIS V. LEDOUX | {publisher’s device} | NEW YORK | THE GROLIER CLUB | 1924 || Edition: 1st edition limited to 300 copies on Van Gelder Zonen paper in April, 2024. Exhibition from January 25 to March 3, 1923, at the Grolier club. Library of Congress Control Number: 23009175 OCLC Number: 2583847 Louis Vernon Ledoux (American, 1880 – 1948) -
Paperback, 25.3 x 17.3 cm, burgundy flapped wrappers, pp.: [i-vii] viii-x, [2] [1] 2-356. Front wrapper: Picasso's | {vignette} | Brothel | Les Demoiselles d'Avignon | Wayne Andersen || Title-page: PICASSO'S BROTHEL | LES DEMOISELLES D'AVIGNON | — | WAYNE ANDERSEN | {publisher’s device} | Other Press | New York || Wayne Andersen (American, 1928 – 2014) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 – 1973) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon -
Hardcover volume, 24.5 x 17.5 cm, pictorial boards and endpapers, pp. [2] 3-167 [168]; 2 t.p., 129 pp. of plates, 33 pp. of text, 4 pp. of thumbnails, 1 colophon. Front cover (grey vignette, blue lettering): Das Leningrader Album | We are on | our way to school | singing songs | hip and cool | Вместе в школу | мы идём | песни модные | поём. | von | Evgenij | Kozlov | konkursbuch Verlag | Claudia Gehrke || ISBN: 3-88769-315-9. Evgenij Kozlov (Russian-German, b. 1955) – artist. -
Paperback, 23 x 15.5 cm, pictorial wrappers, pp. [i-xxi] [3] [1] 2-311 [312 blank], total 336 pages. Title-page: Japan | and the | Culture | of the | Four Seasons | Nature, Literature, and the Arts | HARUO SHIRANE | Columbia University Press New York || -
Hardcover volume, 28.5 x 25.5 cm, green lettered boards, pictorial dust jacket, pp.: [1-13] 14-143 [144], ils., inset: double-sheet 29.7 x 21 cm, “Exposition du 4 novembre 2006 au 4 février 2007”. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gabriel Laurin d'Aix (1901-1973)" held at the Musée Ziem, Martigues, Nov. 3, 2006 — Feb. 4, 2007. Title-page: GABRIEL LAURIN | un monde en couleurs | 1901-1973 | Sous la direction de Gérard Fabre | Texte de Jeanine Warnod | {publishers devices} || Contributors: Gabriel Laurin (French, 1901 – 1973) Jeanine Warnod (French, b. 1921) Gérard Fabre (French, b. 1963) -
Paperback, 32 x 29 cm, with signed manuscript gift autograph to t.p., pp.: [1-9] 10-159 [5]. The photographic pictorial album, published on the occasion of the exhibition at Madrid, Circulo de Bellas Artes, Sala Antonio Palacios, from December 12th, 2006 to January 7th, 2007. Valery Katsuba (Belarusian, b. 1965) – artist. -
Description: Hardcover 26.5 x 19 cm, grey cloth, red lettering in kanji over black stripe to front, lettering to spine, tan endpapers, pictorial slipcase 27 x 19.5 cm; pp.: [1-6] 7-95 [96], pasted frontispiece and 79 colour illustrations with captions, within a collation. Series Masterworks of ukiyo-e, №8. ISBN: 9780870110986; 0870110985. Ref.: Worldcat Title-page (in frame): MASTERWORKS OF UKIYO-E | "THE DECADENTS” | by Jūzō Suzuki and Isaburō Oka | translation by John Bester | {publisher’s device} | KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD. | Tokyo, Japan & Palo-Alto, Calif., U.S.A. || (Vertical text in kanji to the right, between rules). Artists: Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese [歌川 国貞], 1786 – 1865); Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese [歌川 国芳], 1798 – 1861); Keisai Eisen [Japanese [渓斎 英泉], 1790 – 1848). Contributors: Jūzō Suzuki [鈴木重三] (Japanese, 1919 – 2010) – author. Isaburō Oka [岡畏三郎] (Japanese, 1914 –2010) – author. John Bester (British, 1927 – 2010) – translator Kunisada's fan print in this collection (exactly the same copy) [SVJP-0380.2022]:
