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Price: US$2887.35 + shipping
Description: 4to. pp. 59. 20 in-text colour pochoir illustrations. Original publisher's printed wrappers with typographic design. Fernand Léger's 'La Fin du Monde.' From the edition limited to 1,225 copies, with this one of 1,200 on Registre vélin Lafuma. Cendrar's twentieth-century satire La Fin du Monde (The End of the World) is organized like a movie script and given a dizzying pictorial environment by Léger. Compressing space in the Cubist manner, Léger invokes a sense of simultaneity with overlapping and repetitive geometric and alphabetic forms.' (Riva Castleman, A Century of Artist's Books). [Castleman 170 - 171].
Seller: Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Cubist tour-de-force, and an exemplary creation of the close collaboration between poet Cendrars and the artist. No. 49 of 1,225 copies, this copy on Papier Registre Velin Lafuma. 4to. 31.5 by 25 cm. Unpaginated, 29 leaves with content. At least four single page color plates, and two double paged color plates by Leger, and arguably a third one, with some text on one of the pages -- the first page of text. Leger artwork and designs, though, appear on many other pages, and this includes his original, and striking, typography, which is also manifest in the illustrations which have a collage-like arrangement. Light wear.
Seller: White Fox Rare Books, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Blaise Cendrars - Fernand Leger. La fin du monde filmée par l'Ange N.-D.. La Sirène, Paris, 1919.
Price: US$3857.23 + shipping
Description: Pleine reliure de maroquin marron, dos lisse, chemise et étui. Couverture illustrée conservée. Edition originale illustrée de 22 compositions dont 20 coloriées au pochoir dans les ateliers de Richard. Tirage limité à 1.225 exemplaires, un des 1.200 exemplaires sur papier registre vélin Lafuma. Couverture doublée frottée, quelques légères épidermures.
Seller: La Basse Fontaine, VENCE, France
Price: US$4000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Paris, Éditions de la Sirène, 1919. This very rare, innovative book is a collaborative work between artist Ferand Leger and writer Blaise Cendrars. It was originally intended to be a screenplay, but due to financial constraints and technical limitations it was published as a novel instead. The book combines Leger's bold and dynamic visual style with Cendrars' poetic and evocative prose, creating a rich and immersive reading experience. Léger illustrated Cendrars' novel with 20 pochoirs in color, plus two pochoirs for the cover in black. The narrative explores themes of destruction, rebirth, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of catastrophe. It is considered an important work in the history of avant-garde cinema and literature, reflecting the innovative spirit of the early 20th century. The collaboration between Leger and Cendrars brings together the visual and literary arts in a unique and visionary way, offering a glimpse into the creative minds of two influential figures in modernist culture. This very fragile book is in good condition, complete in the original tan cover. It is limited edition, one of 1,200 numbered copies in Velin LaFuma
Seller: Marninart, Inc (ABAA - ILAB), Reston, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$4955.45 + shipping
Description: Broché 32 x 26, couverture illustrée. Édition originale, L'un des 1'200 exemplaires numérotés sur Registre vélin Lafuma, après 25 Rives à la forme. 22 compositions couleur de Fernand Léger, coloriées au pochoir. Quand on a la chance de tenir entre les mains cet ouvrage vraiment extra-ordinaire, on comprend la formule du "livre mythique novateur" : il en fallait du culot pour illustrer en partie en chiffres et en typographie ce texte admirable. Pour vous allécher : "Dieu le Père est à son bureau américain. Il signe hâtivement d'innombrables papiers. Il est en bras de chemise et a un abat-jour vert sur les yeux. Il se lève, allume un gros cigare, consulte sa montre, marche nerveusement dans son cabinet, va et vient."Exemplaire bien frais de ce grand livre fragile. > En cas de problème de commande, veuillez nous contacter par notre page d'accueil / If you have any problems with your order please contact us via our homepage <
Seller: OH 7e CIEL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Blaise Cendrars. La Fin du Monde. L'Ange N-Dame, 1919.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Beautifully bound copy of this masterpiece. See images. No. 697/1200 I an custom made slipcase.Leather Spine. Interior is Fine
Seller: Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art, New York, NY, U.S.A.
CENDRARS (Blaise). La Fin du Monde filmée par L' Ange N.D.. Éditions de la Sirène, Paris, 1919.
Price: US$6171.58 + shipping
Description: 1 volume. In-4. 60 pp. Sous étui bordé. Reliure à dos de maroquin noir et plats de plexiglas transparent laissant voir la couverture décoré. 22 compositions en couleurs au pochoir de Fernand LÉGER, dont 2 sur la couverture et 20 pochoirs en couleurs dans l'ouvrage dont 3 en double page. Reliure signée MERCHER.Cet album retrace l'apocalypse du monde moderne, imaginée comme un scénario de film et magistralement illustrée par le jeu des formes de Fernand Léger qui fait preuve d'une grande modernité en mêlant illustrations cubistes et savants jeux typographiques. Bel état. ÉDITION ORIGINALE LIMITÉE à 1 225 exemplaires numérotés. Celui-ci un des 1 200 exemplaires sur papier registre vélin Lafuma.
Seller: Librairie KOEGUI, BAYONNE, France
Cendrars, Blaise; FERNAND LEGER. La Fin du Monde.. , 1919.
Price: US$8500.00 + shipping
Description: LEGÉR, Fernand. La Fin du Monde filmée par l'Ange N.-D. By Blaise Cendrars. [30 ff.], including 22 pochoirs and 6 line block reproductions. Folio, 315 x 250 mm., original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Editions de la Sirene, 1919. A very good copy of one of the outstanding illustrated books of this century. A dazzling symphony of shapes and colors, boldly placed on the page in the manner of Russian books of the same period. While 1200 copies were printed, very few copies have survived in acceptable condition. Pencil mark on cover, some wear to spine and corners. A Century of Artists Books 120. Cubist Prints/Cubist Books 64. Johnson, Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, No26.
Seller: Ursus Rare Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.