Published by Editions Verve, Paris, France, 1940
Seller: Bookworks, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Verve, Volume Two, Number 8, September - November 1940. English/French text. Tightly bound hardback with Matisse illustrated paper wrapper covers. The boards show light damage to corners and rubbing at folds, otherwise design remains bright. The contents include the two page lithograph by Bonnard in very close to Fine condition. There is an extremely slight bump to the upper right corner of the pages and some very slight margin spots. International shipping may require added postage charges.
Published by Verve, Paris, 1940
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Volume Two Number Eight. Text in English with contributions by Julian Cain, Paul Valery, Pierre Reverdy, Adrienne Monnier, and others. Includes illustrations of works by Georges Rouault, Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Andre Derain, Pablo Picasso. Includes a color lithograph of "Sunset Over the Mediterranean" by Pierre Bonnard. An about very good copy in wrappers with an illustration by Henri Matisse and with a chip to the top of the spine and front cover copy and some other light wear. Internally a clean copy. Internally a clean copy.
Published by Verve, Paris, 1937
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Volume One Number Three. Text in English with contributions by Rabindranath Tagore, Paul Valery, Henri Michaux, Andre Malraux and others. Includes color illustrations of works by Pierre Bonard and numerous other color and black and white illustrations. Also features "The Four Seasons" series with original color lithographs by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Abraham Rattner, and Paul Klee. A bright near fine copy in Pierre Bonnard illustrated wrappers with some soft creasing to the top right corner, some other very minor wear and the former owner blindstamp of art critic John Arthur to the title page. A pleasing copy with an interesting provenance.
Published by Paris: Verve / Teriade, 1939
Seller: Center Line Books, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Three issues bound in one volume by the publisher, as issued. Text in the English language. Number 2 (Spring 1938) includes four color lithographs (The Heavenly Bodies) by Kandinsky and Andre Masson. Number 3 (October-December 1938) includes four color lithographs (The Four Seasons) by Chagall, Miro, Rattner, and Klee. Number 4 (January-March 1939) includes color lithographs (including The Dance) by Matisse. The sturdy binding is sound. Some foxing to endpapers. Bottom corner bumped.
Published by Verve, Rue Ferou, Paris, 1939
Seller: Rare Illustrated Books, Centennial Park, NSW, Australia
First Edition
First Edition. This issue includes lithograph images of 'The Dance' by Henri Matisse and 'The Garden of Allah' by Andre Derain. This copy is in a remarkable hardcover leather binding with inlaid green and yellow leather spelling 'Verve' on the front board. The back board features the same design in relief with the lettering and pattern laid under the outer black leather cover. The original colour lithograph wrappers have been retained and now form the paste-down endpapers of the book. The previous owner and binder, one Richard Griffin of Sydney New South Wales, has written an honest and endearing explanation of his project on the rear blank free endpaper: 'This is the first leather binding I ever attempted. Having to give up the grog left me with long lucid evenings to be filled instead." A unique and remarkable binding production. Large quarto, lithograph and heliotype plates throughout, black leather binding with fitted slipcase, this copy is in very good condition.
Published by Paris, France, 1938
Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. English Language Edition. This is not a reissue, but a crisp fresh copy that looks like it was printed yesterday, folio size Parisian art magazine. Volume 1, numbers 2, 3 & 4, 1938. bound in red coth binding with silver stamping on the cover & spine. . Colorful display of the Paris art scene of the 30's. Particularly nice are the 4 seasons lithographs by Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Rattner, & Paul Klee. and Lithographed covers by Braque, Bonnard & Rouault. MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY. Special arrangement required for airmail shipping.
Published by 4 Rue Ferou December 1937, Paris, 1937
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. Fernand Leger, Joan Miro, Abraham Rattner, Francisco Bores (illustrator). First Edition. Contains four original lithographs by Leger, Miro, Rattner, and Bores. Photographs printed as heliogravures. Artists included : Brassai, Man Ray, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Erwin Blumenfeld, Picasso, Louis Guichard, Henri Matisse, and more. Writers include: Andre Gide, Henri Matisse, Paul Cezanne, Rene Huyghe, Andre Malraux, & Vollard. Stiff paper wraps with Esquire-Coronet gold seal on title page. Minor wear to head and tail with slight staining to cover edge (see image). No previous owners' names or other defacements. 10.5 x 14 in.