MARILYN BRAITERMAN

Marilyn Braiterman
6
with five pochoir fashion illustration by Drésa, Georges
Bonfils, Louis Süe, J.-E. Labourer and Garcia Benito. Wood
engraved vignettes in green by Labourer and two color wood
engravings of flowers on first page. A celebration of the end
of World War I. Scarce and very pretty. $900
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32. (COSTUME AND FASHION) Établissements Cain et
Rheims. Catalogue Été 1928. Folio, sumptuous portfolio of
taupe sueded boards with large incised Art Deco design in
silver on front cover of a tropical scene with sun setting in the
sea and exotic flora with a serpent curling around a banana
tree. Spectacular endpapers and internal wrapper in red with
similar design and information about the company printed in
silver. Cain et Rheims were manufacturers of dresses, coats and
tailored costumes for women and girls with a retail shop at 62,
rue du Louvre.
Laid in are a decorated folded leaf describing the plates and
eight plates in pochoir color mounted on silver card stock.
Each plate shows several women wearing sportswear, daytime
ensembles and evening wear in backgrounds of the social scene
for which they are dressed. The illustrations are attributed to
Albert Jarach. Pages d’Or de l’Édition Publicitaire, 2. $3000
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33. (COSTUME AND FASHION) Revillon Frères.
(Paris 1928-1929). Narrow folio, cream and gilt portfolio with
central motif of minks,
containing printed paper
wrappers in which are
laid six mounted plates of
elegant women in the most
luxurious fur coats. The
plates are printed by Draeger
from drawings by Reynaldo
Luza in luminous silver and
black or gilt/bronze/black.
The elongated figures of the
models are presented against
backgrounds of sharp
angles on the same plane,
suggesting abstract space.
Pages d’Or de l’Edition
Publicitaire, 26: “On ne
peut qu’admirer le jeu très
décoratif des lignes et
des surfaces colorées qui
s’opposent presque systématiquement entre elles mais qui
cependant unifient le modèle et le décor au point de presque les
confondre. $2500
ART DECO DRINKS BOOK
34. CRADDOCK, HARRY. Savoy Cocktail Book. Compiled by
Harry Craddock of Savoy Hotel, London.
New York: Richard R. Smith Co., 1930. 8vo, glossy pictorial
boards with bold, jazzy design in gold, green and black. Minor
edge wear; an excellent copy.
A collection of cocktail recipes profusely illustrated with vivid
drawings and borders in color by Gilbert Rumbold. An icon
of Art Deco design; a copy of the book is in the 1920s - 1930s
period room at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. $575
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35. (CRANE, WALTER) CRANE, BEATRICE.
The Procession of the Months. Wisbeach: R. H. Bath (1906).
Slim tall 4to, later full dark green niger morocco by Sangorski
& Sutcliffe, gilt lettered spine and thin rules. Original graygreen
printed wrappers
bound in; early engraved
armorial bookplate on verso
of front wrapper.
Verses by Crane’s daughter,
Beatrice, which she wrote
as a child, and designs by
Walter Crane. Decorated
title page, prefatory leaf
and twelve leaves each
with printed monthly
calendar, preceded by a
leaf with large printed
allegorical figure for each
month and hand-lettered
text, all printed on rectos
only in green ink. Pre-Raphaelite women and cherubs and
naturalistic motifs in a sinuous, asymmetric line; an inspiration
for Art Nouveau (despite Crane’s criticism of the movement).
Not in Massie and extremely rare with OCLC listing only
two holdings and establishing the date of 1906 with a 1907
calendar. $1750
36. CUMMINGS, M. F. AND C. C. MILLER. Architecture:
Designs for Street Fronts, Suburban Houses and Cottages,
Including Details, for Both Exterior and Interior, of the Above
Classes of Buildings. Also, a Great Variety of Details Not
Included in the Designs, Illustrated by Elevations. Comprising in
All 382 Designs and 714 Illustrations. Troy: By the Authors, A.
J. Bicknell, General Agent...
1867. Third Edition. 4to,
modern brown buckram,
gilt-lettered spine. Binding
clean; minor foxing and
finger smudges internally.
Title page, introduction
and 52 full page lithograph
plates with multiple images.
Four pages of illustrated
advertisements. Marcus
Fayette Cummings was
an architect in Toledo,
OH and Charles Crosby
Miller worked in Troy, NY.
American and Canadian
street front architecture: stores, banks, row houses and country
villas. Details of various features: cornices, facades, bay window,