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Ernst, Max / Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. La Ballade du Soldat. Pierre Chave, Vence, 1972.
Price: US$1826.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Loose sheets in illustrated wrappers. In light blue cloth chemise with dark blue cover illustration and spine lettering. Lacking the slipcase. Illustrated with 34 original lithographs and two vignettes by Max Ernst. HC copy of the regular French edition of 217 copies (there were also 98 copies with an extra suite). Printed on Velin d'Arches. Singed in pencil by Max Erst and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes. 95 (i) pp., 39 x 29 cm. Light stain on frontcover chemise, occasional light offsetting to text pages. Lithographs in very fine condition.
Seller: Concept Books, Veldhoven, Netherlands
Price: US$1931.46 + shipping
Description: Folio. (396 x 288 mm). [27 bifolia: 54 leaves; pp. 95, (i)]. Leaf with half-title and justification verso, leaf with original colour lithograph verso as frontispiece, printed title and Ribemont-Dessaigne's verse illustrated with 34 original colour lithographs (frontispiece and 24 full-page, 9 as head- or tail-pieces) and 2 original vignettes by Max Ernst, 'Table of Lithographs', final leaf with colophon recto and copyright verso. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with vignette by Ernst to front cover, blue cloth chemise with purple vignette (a reduced version of that for the wrapper) and title to spine in purple, matching slipcase. From the edition limited to 714 numbered copies, with this one of 217 copies on Vélin d'Arches in English, signed by the author and artist.
Seller: Sims Reed Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$2060.22 + shipping
Description: pp. 95, (i). Illustrated with 34 original colour lithographs (frontispiece and 24 full-page, 9 as head- or tail-pieces) and 2 original vignettes by Max Ernst. From the edition limited to 714 numbered copies, with this one of 217 copies on Vlin d'Arches in English, signed by the author and artist. The lithographs for all the variant language editions were printed at Atelier Chave in 1972, contemporary with the preparation and publication of the edition of the French text (a total of 315 copies). A German language edition (also consisting of 199 copies plus 18 h.c.) was published. This English translation, prepared in 1972 by Nicolette Bernard, Peter Leslie and George Kimball, was not actually printed until 1989 (also at Atelier Chave). Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers with vignette by Ernst to front cover, blue cloth chemise with purple vignette (a reduced version of that for the wrapper) and title to spine in purple, matching slipcase.
Seller: Tim Byers Art Books, Richmond, United Kingdom
Price: US$2660.95 + shipping
Description: Exemplaire 73/79. Signed by Dessaignesa and Ernst at limitation. Loose gatherings contained in pictorial wrappers within a protective wrapper and blue slipcase (which repeats design on front cover). Internally in fine condition. Slight wear to outer slipcase.
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Price: US$4429.07 + shipping
Description: Grand in-4 monté sur onglets, bradel, premier plat en plexiglas transparent doublé à l'intérieur d'un large encadrement en papier bleu nuit souligné par un listel de papier crème, laissant apparaître la couverture illustrée de l'ouvrage, second plat en plexiglas entièrement doublé de papier bleu nuit, dos en maroquin noir portant le titre de l'ouvrage en capitales poussées au palladium, tête lisse, non rogné, couverture illustrée. Boîte-étui en box gris (Bichon).Edition originale, illustrée par Max Ernst de 34 lithographies originales en couleurs dont un frontispice, 24 hors-texte et 9 in-texte, et de 2 vignettes originales. Tirage limité à 315 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin d'Arches. Exemplaire ordinaire hors commerce, signé par l'auteur et l'artiste.
Seller: Librairie Blaizot, Paris, France