Claude Cahun

Le Coeur de Pic.

1937

ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel. 176 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 79 collages by Max Ernst. 8vo., 265 x 200 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, slightly faded in a new light blue cloth folding box, gilt black leather spine label. Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1930. Ernst's rare second collage novel about an adolescent girl who loses her virginity on the day of her first communion and so commits herself to a religious vocation as a Carmelite nun. Ernst includes a line of ironically pretentious text with each image. This is number 232 of the edition of 1000 copies on Velin, inscribed by Paul...

VREELAND, DIANA. Allure. 208 pp. contain approx. 200 b&w reproductions of the photographs of Horst, Avedon, Beaton and Penn among others with comm...

DIEBENKORN, Richard. Poems of W.B. Yeats. Selected and introduced by Helen Vendler. xxv, [3], 171, [2] pp. 4to, 260 x 205 mm, bound in half red morocco over green cloth, in a gre...

BRANCUSI, Constantin. Tales Told of Shem and Shaun. Preface by C. K. Ogden. [6], xv, 55, [3] pp. Illustrated with an original portrait frontispiece etching by Brancusi. 8vo., 210 x 165 mm, bound in original publisher's wrappers and gold covered cardboard slipcase. In a new yellow cloth folding box. Paris: Black Sun Press, 1929. First Edition of these three Joycean fragments which were later included in Finnegans Wake. This handsome book was printed by Harry and Caresse Crosby in a limited edition of 500 copies on Holland van Gelder paper. The original Brancusi portrait...

Engraving of Veduta della Piazza, verso la Chiesa di S Marco by Pierre van der Aa. Printed in 1722. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size, 13.5"L x 10.5"H. Has the original center crease an...

Bloch, Marcus Elieser. Ichthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particulaire. Avec des Figures Enluminées, Dessinées d'apres Nature. Cyprinus Tinga Auratus. Berlin, the auth...

Seated at a small, weathered table in front of her circus tent, the Gypsy woman gazes into the depths of her crystal ball, a tool of divination that promises glimpses into the future...

Bingo the circus elephant This image reveals a majestic and mature circus elephant, named Bingo. The elephant is a living testament to the grandeur of the circus world. This magnif...

Head clown In this image the head circus clown emerges as a whimsical and colorful character against the backdrop of a bustling circus scene. His appearance is a riot of playful e...

Bear Handler In the colorful and eccentric world of the circus during the 1880s, there existed a character who defied convention and captured the imagination of all who crossed his...

Trapeze Sisters Under the expansive canvas of the big top tent, where the air crackles with excitement and the smell of popcorn wafts through the crowd, there are two trapeze artis...

Bed of Nails In the dimly lit tent of the circus sideshow, amidst a hushed anticipation, there lies a remarkable sight that defies all logic and leaves the audience in disbelief. O...