Search Results: Titles starting with U from Priscilla Juvelis

Paris: Rene Juilliard, 1956. First Edition, Inscribed by the author on the half-title, "A Madame Germaine / Beaumont / en respcteux homage / Francoise Sagan". 8vo; 189pp; original wrappers printed in black with green lined border, corner of last page missing about 1/8 x 2", a bit browned else fine. Germaine Beaumont, the recipient of this book, was a novelist. Francoise Sagan (1935-), wrote BONJOUR TRISTESSE, her first novel when she was just nineteen. Her second novel, UN CERTAIN SOURIRE appeared in 1956 and further added to fame. Sagan's private life, with her addiction to painkillers and alcohol, her penchant for fast cars and fast driving resulting in a near fatal crash in 1957, has fascinated the French public. Her youth combined with the sophistication of the novels' subject matter and language caused the books to become an international literary event. Her work as an author, playwright and filmmaker have won her a quiet respect among her peers. In particular, her first two novels, with their… Read More

[Milwaukee, WI], 1992. One of 10 copies, all on one-ply Strathmore, signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon page. Page size: 7-3/8 x 5-3/8 inches, 30pp; with a small book on botany bound in: 5-1/2 x 4 inches,10pp. Bound by the artist: covers are handmade French paper in pale green; front cover has a fig leaf, copied, cutout and collaged onto French handmade paper and attached at stem only. The fig leaf lifts up to reveal the title hand-written underneath. Wrappers attached with dark green grosgrain ribbon. Bookmark of dark green grosgrain ribbon with carved wooden apple (already eaten so that only core remains) at end. Hand-lettered with quotes from various texts - "Adam whilst he spake not, had paradise at will." William Langland, The Vision of Piers Plowman; "And Adam was a gardener..." Shakespeare, Henry IV; "The serpent deceived me and I ate." Genesis 3:13. Hand collaged with color copies of various paintings, cuts, postage stamps, and botany. The smaller inserted book contains eight… Read More

New York: Vincent FitzGerald &Company, 1986. Artist's book, one of 40 copies on Arches. Illustrated with 11 single page linocuts and six double-page linocuts containing 41 different prints on 52 different pieces of paper. Each linocut is a collage with extensive handwork by Zahra Partovi and Vincent FitzGerald. This continuation of Mark Beard's autobiography, and sequel to MANHATTAN THIRD YEAR READER, is a beautiful book, each page an astonishment and delight (the way a true artist's book always is). The linocuts were pulled by Mark Beard and Marjorie Van Dyke at Bob Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop; the prints were hand drawn by Mark Beard, who signed each copy of the book on the colophon. Page size: 11-1/4 x 15 inches. Bound by Gerard Charriere: full turquoise stamped silk with endpapers by Richard DeBas. Mark Beard (1956-) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is now residing in New York. His work has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Yale University, Harvard… Read More