Curate a selection of publications that enrich your mind – and your book shelf. This collection of books range a variety of disciplines, from art and photography, to modern literature.

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Series

Harry Potter

Biggles

Lord of the Rings

Artist

Banksy (1974)

Thomas Ruff (1958)

Shepard Fairey (OBEY) (1970)

Ai Weiwei (1957)

Creator

Philippe Starck

Office of the Madonna - Codex Vat. lat. 10293 – Limited Edition Facsimile, Fine Silver Binding.
Bruges (Belgium) — Early 16th century - A luxury work for the nobility, today kept in the Vatican Library: Flemish illumination with gold accents and a magnificent silver binding.

Bibles - Quantity: 2 - Slipcase - Book

Master of David - Office of the Madonna - Codex Vat. lat. 10293 – Limited Edition Facsimile, Fine Silver Binding - 1999

PHILIPPE STARCK.
Lot of 5 books by Philippe Starck.
For auction, an interesting collection of 5 monographs on the renowned French designer of “design for everyone” Philippe Starck:

1. Starck P.; Starck. Hardcover, dust jacket, 25 x 32 cm, 334 pages, multilingual; Colonia,

Applied art, Interior design - Quantity: 5 - Dust jacket - Book

Philippe Starck - Lot with 5 books by STARCK - 1996-2011

Collection of 2 books by the author Jane Cutler.

Both first editions are personally signed and have their original cloth dust jackets.

Dimensions of The Cello of Mr. O are 28 by 22 cm.
Dimensions of Mr. Careys Garden are 26 by 22 cm.

Both books are in excellent condition.


Children's books - Quantity: 2 - Signed by author, Inscribed by author, Dust jacket - Book

Jane Cutler / Greg Couch & G. Brian Karas - Signed: The Cello of Mr. O / Mr. Carey's Garden - 1996-1999

Fascinating illustrated set with a superb Picasso frontispiece from this monumental edition that pairs one of the greatest novels of the 19th century, Tolstoy’s historical and philosophical fresco, with Picasso’s modern art -

The text, split into three volumes, lays out the wide

Literature, History, Philosophy, Reference, Sociology - Quantity: 3 - Book

Léon Tolstoï / Picasso - La Guerre et la Paix - 1956

Benedictine Psalter - MS W.34.
Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, USA)

Copy number: 183.
Binding in velvet.
Decorated with precious stones: jade, carnelian, lapis lazuli.
The Benedictine Psalter MS W.34 is an exceptional example of English Gothic manuscript illumination. It is

Religion, Fine Bindings, Illustrated - Quantity: 1 - Slipcase - Book

Monache nere - Imago Editore - Salterio benedettino (anno 1250): edizione facsimile - 2023

Portfolio consisting of 12 photomontages printed using offset printing.
rare

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Book

KERCHINE & TARASSOVA - Tout au nom du peuple, tout pour le bien être du peuple - 1978

Two great titles from the famous Swiss MAGNUM photographer René Burri.

Berner Blitz:

Berner Blitz is a well-known, limited photography book by the renowned Swiss photographer René Burri (1933–2014), published in 2002 by Edition Dino Simonett. The book departs from Burri’s

Photography - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

René Burri - 2 lots: Berner Blitz; I Grandi Fotografi - 1983-2002

Revue mensuelle illustrée, 11 numéros de l'année 1955 (manque seulement le n°11)

Photography - Quantity: 11 - Book

L'union soviétique - 11 numéros - 1954

This book is a reconstruction of “Nippon Gekijo Shashincho”, one of the key works by Daido Moriyama, one of the most influential photographers in post-war Japanese photography.
Originally connected to Moriyama’s groundbreaking 1968 work Nippon Gekijo, this volume reinterprets and

Japan, Photography, Art - Quantity: 1 - Photo book

Daido Moriyama (Photographer) Shuji Terayama (Text) - Daido Moriyama – Nippon Gekijo Shashincho – First Edition (2018) – With Obi – Japanese Photography - 2018

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