Sale 2530 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, February 20, 2020

412 c   VERTÈS, MARCEL. Vertès. One original etching and numerous reproductions. Folio, original pictorial wrappers, near fine. One of 200 copies with the etching (this copy out-of-series).This copy I nscribed and S igned by V ertès to the great magician , J oseph D unninger , with a sketch of him mesmerizing a nude woman, on half-title, dated 1948. NewYork:Atheneum, 1946 [400/600] 412 413 414 413 c   WESTERN ART / EDWARD BOREIN. Small archive including 2 small drawings, two etchings, and related material. Ink and graphite drawing of a horse’s rear quarters on paper, 95x50 mm; 3¾x2 inches, signed in pencil and dated 1896, lower right. Tipped to window matte; small ink drawing of a mounted cowboy roping a steer, roughly 1½x2 inches, on paper, accompanied by a letter of authenticity by appraiser Harold G. Davidson; illustration of cowboy on horseback (first printed by Gallery West, Inc., 1972), 5x5½ inches, cardboard backing from previous frame with inscription from Otey Johnson gifting it to Jimmy Swinnerton stating that he owns the original (unfinished) plate; the image was eventually used on the cover of a catalogue titled “Prospectives in Western Art.” Two etchings of cowboys on horseback, signed in the plate, 11x8 inches, sheets; photograph of Borein with two unidentified gentleman. Vp, vd [600/900] 414 c   WOLF, ARNE. The First Joke of Willingdone from FinnegansWake Set in the form of an Inventory of the Metal and Wood Typefaces from the printing Studio of Arne Wolf. 26 pages with a variety of letterpress,photocopy,translucent acetate,and laser printing on Wasau Exact Index paper. 4to, contents loose as issued in box by John Demerritt of red cloth with printed paper covers. number 5 of only 34 copies . (SA) [Berkeley], 1999 [500/750] END OF SALE