Recent Arrivals from Canon & Rare Booksellers

DEGAS, Edgar Limited edition, numbered lithograph of 'Dance Lesson ' (1874). Published for La Femme Dans La Peinture in 1938. Description Numbered 926 from a limited run of 3000. This one being of the 401 in 3000 suite, printed on vellum paper. Image size, 24x16cm; external, 35x24cm. Presented in its complementing frame, crown stamped by Parsonage Studio to verso. Near fine or better condition, bright clean… Read more about this item

MATISSE, Henri A collection of an original limited edition lithograph of Danseuse Assise Sue Une Table, the signature of Henri Matisse and select postcards of his other works. Aluminium plate lithograph. Lithograph Print Lithograph print of his 1942 Danseuse Assise Sur Une Table. It is one of the first 1000 in this limited edition series. Published for Les Editions Du Chene, Paris, in 1946. Housed… Read more about this item

LEGER, Fernand Face & Hands. An original offset lithograph of 1952. Description Attractively presented in complementing frame and mount. Contemporary. Framed and glazed. Near fine condition throughout. The lithograph also; no toning or creasing. Bright and colours (black white only) perfectly retained. No foxing, clean throughout. A desirable piece. The work demonstrates Leger's emphasis representational experiments with proportion and so also represented motion. ABOUT CANON & RARE… Read more about this item

LEGER, Fernand La Ville / The City (1919). An original offset lithograph of 1948. Description Attractively presented in complementing frame and mount. Contemporary. Framed and glazed. Near fine condition throughout. The lithograph also; no toning or creasing. Bright and colours perfectly retained. No foxing, clean throughout. A desirable piece. The work demonstrates Leger's huge advances in the earlier cubist style. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012,… Read more about this item

RACKHAM, Arthur Dancing With the Fairies, published by William Heinemann, 1912. Description Original offset lithograph by Arthur Rackham. Paste tipped and mounted, framed and glazed in custom frame. Crown stamped to verso, worked on by Parsonage Studio thus. Near fine condition, no visible folds of creasing. Colours perfect and without fading. No foxing. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a… Read more about this item

RACKHAM, Arthur 'An unusually large saucepan flew close by it, and very nearly carried it off' offset lithograph reproduction, published by Heinemann. Framed and mounted. Description In near fine condition housed in a gilt wood frame. Soft white mount. Some patina to the extremities of frame, otherwise immaculate. The lithographic print has no age-toning or foxing. Bright; colours retained exceptionally well. Rackham's interpretation of… Read more about this item

MIRO, Joan A first edition, original lithograph reproduction of The Harlequin's Carnival (1924-1925). This offset lithograph was published in 1941. Limited edition of 8000; unnumbered. First edition. The work is framed and glazed. Hardwood frame, of period; bearing the Parsonage Studio crown stamp. Description The original work was finished in 1925. This edition of 8000 was compiled in the run up to Miro's 1948 exhibition.… Read more about this item

KLEE, Paul Trio of original Holbein lithographs, 1948 Description Rare and desirable all three are from the limited Editions Les Holbein, published in 1948. Near fine condition, though some wear and bumping to the polished aluminium surface of the frames, otherwise excellent. Framed and glazed with mount. All three external measurement, 61x51cm. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run… Read more about this item

CHAGALL, Marc Study of a Violinist, offset lithograph published for Miroir by Maeght, 1950. Description The original needlepoint etching portrayed this favourite motif of Chagall's and was compiled for the 1950 Derriere la Miroir collection. Pressed in unnumbered limited edition, the publication was distributed mostly to galleries. Near fine condition without foxing of toning of the paper. One of a kind piece presented in… Read more about this item

CHAGALL, Marc Le Fleuve Vert 1974 Description This original colour lithograph with centre fold, is in very good condition. The piece is mounted, framed and glazed. Lithograph measurement - 28.5 x 55cm. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run business. Our speciality is in the discovery of the truly interesting, sometimes unique pieces. And it… Read more about this item

Description Fine condition, in protective jacket. Original red cloth binding. Numbered 48, signed, Graham Greene. Gilt lettering to front and spine, excellent also. The Great Jowett was a BBC radio play. First broadcast on Saturday 6 May 1939, it was produced and narrated by Stephen Potter. The play chronicles the life of an Oxford don, Benjamin Jowett during the 19th century and… Read more about this item

PICASSO Pablo Nature Morte au Miroir, 1945. Published for the esteemed Editions du Chene in 1948. Description Housed in its heavy, period gilt wood (hardwood) frame. Has had work at Parsonage Studios, bearing their crown stamp to verso thus. Framed glazed with lux. white matte. The piece is a one of a kind and measures 73x60cm externally. Inside is the desirable du Chene lithograph… Read more about this item

CHAGALL, Marc 'Reverie' an original lithograph, unnumbered of the limited edition of Derriere La Miroir. Nr. 182 published by Mourlot in 1969. Description Internal measurement, 41x31cm. External, 55x40cm. Frame and lithograph in excellent condition. Black and gilt wood frame, minor wear to the extremities. Glazed also. The Chagall inside is double mounted. The lithograph colours retained perfectly. Only minor toning of paper inner edge… Read more about this item

MIRO, Joan A first edition, original lithograph reproduction of a study drawing, pencil on felt paper, made in 1928. This offset lithograph was published in 1941. Only 8000 copies were ever printed for the collection put together by Sweeney, a then leading authority in modern art, for MoMA. The work is framed and glazed. Softwood frame, bearing the Parsonage Studio crown stamp. Description The original… Read more about this item

BRAQUE, Georges Les Deux Oiseaux, published by Verve, Paris and New York in 1955. Description Professionally framed and glazed in 1981, London. Unchanged since. The piece is in very good or better condition. Only minor wear to frame's extremities, gilt hardwood. The lithograph itself has four tiny pin holes at each corner. Otherwise excellent throughout, no foxing or toning. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in… Read more about this item

KLEE, Paul Ach, Aber, Ach! This is a 1952 first edition German lithograph. Published by Zweigstelle Wiesbaden, Frankfurt. Description Framed and glazed. Attractively mounted. Period frame, bearing the crown stamp of Parsonage Studio. Frame size, 31 x 24cm. Fine condition. No toning or creases. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run business. Our speciality is in the discovery of the truly… Read more about this item

MUNCH, Edvard Im Hirn des Mannes, original lithograph reproduction of the 1897 woodcut. (In the Human Brain.) First edition from the 1954 Sommernacht Collection, Berlin. Published, Feldafing OBB. Description Framed and glazed by Parsonage, late nineteenth century wooden frame bearing the Parsonage Studio Crown. It is a work of art in itself. The lithograph is double mounted on black, appears also period, with artistic… Read more about this item

All of the issue numbers in this collection are listed below. And the condition, overall, can only be described as very good indeed. It is as seen in the photographs. All of the magazines are bound with covers still attached. A small number have had repairs to keep the covers attached. But this really is no greater than a handful.… Read more about this item

First edition, Hardback. Original hard cover, original dust jacket. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — a near-set of the Complete Stories. All of these are later impressions of the first John Murray editions. And now quite unusual to see so many together in their attractive, original jackets. More commonly these firsts are found without their jackets. The condition also is very good. Overall, very… Read more about this item

Oil on canvas - 37 x 30cm. Morgan Alfred Thornley was born in Cardiff in 1897, passed in 1965. An artist who painted in oils and watercolours. This village scene is oil on canvas, reverse of the canvas is a stamp from Stanley Studios. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run business. Our… Read more about this item