ESTATE SALE: Actor's Fine Art Books
HarrisonSC
The Estate of the late actor Gilbert Roland is offering for sale the
following fine art books acquired new by him. Books will be sold to those
submitting the best offers by June 15, 1995. Thank you for your interest.
(This list was posted once last week, however without the above
explanation and new titles have been added).
Adams, Ansel. YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT. New York Graphic Society,
Boston, 1979. Signed. Fine, in a dustjacket slightly chipped at the bottom
of the spine.
AFRICA. Photographs by Dieter Blum. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1976. 208
pp. Fine in a deluxe folding box.
THE INTIMATE SKETCHBOOKS OF G. BRAQUE. Text by Will Grohmann & Antoine
Tudal with an appreciation by Rebecca West. Harcourt Brace & Co., New
York, 1955. Printed in France. Fine in a slightly chipped dustjacket.
MARC CHAGALL. GOUACHES. Limited Edition in Facsimile. Introduction and
Selection by Georg Schmidt. Harry Abrams, New York, 1961. 10 plates. Color
collotypes printed by Max Jaffe in Austria; Text printed in Switzerland.
Cover very slightly soiled, otherwise fine.
THE WORLD OF SALVIDOR DALI. Text by Robert Descharnes. Harper & Row, New
York, 1962. 228 pp. First Edition, signed and dated by Dali in 1963. Fine.
DEGAS. Text by Julius Maier-Graefe rendered into English by J.
Holroyd-Reece. Alfred Knopf, New York, 1923. Over 100 plates. Uncut,
T.E.G., nearly fine. Edition limited to 1000 copies. With the bookplate of
the actor Gilbert Roland inside the front cover.
DEGAS. PASTELS ET DESSINS. Reproduits par Daniel Jacomet. Presentation de
Claude Roger-Marx. New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, 1957. Edition
limited to 600. Printed in Paris. Near fine, with only some slight
discoloration to the cover.
PAUL KLEE. Text by Wil Grohmann. New York Graphic Society, 1958. Limited
Edition, printed in Italy. 20 color plates. Fine.
LITHOGRAPHOS Y GRAB ADORES MEXICANOS CONTEMPORANEOS. Editorial Delfin,
Mexico, 1944. 30 PLATES. Folio case slightly worn and discolored, but
internally fine.
MATISSE PORTRAITS. Andre' Sauret Editions Du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1954.
Edition Limited to 2850. Fine in the original box.
THE LAST WORKS OF HENRY MATISSE. Harcourt Brace & Co., New York, 1958.
183pp. Minor chips at the top of the spine, otherwise fine.
MODIGLIANI. 45 Drawings by Modigliani Selected and with an Introduction by
Lamberto Vitali. Grove Press, New York, 1959. This edition limited to 250.
Corners of box split and slightly damaged at bottom of spine, but
internally fine.
MONTENEGRO. 20 DIBUJOS. Mexico, n.d. 20 plates in a large folio. Fine.
HEADS, FIGURES & IDEAS. HENRY MOORE. New York Graphic Society, 1958.
Printed at the Curwen Press in England. Fine in a slightly worn and
chipped dustjacket.
LA PEINTURE MODERNE ET L'ART DU TISSUE IMPRIME. (Rapport des coloures).
Edition limited to 250. Fine in a slightly chipped slipcase.
PABLO PICASSO DRAWINGS. Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1959. 151 Plates Fine,
but in a slightly torn and repaired dustjacket.
PICASSO. Venti Pochoirs Originali. "Silvana" Editoriale D'Arte, Milano,
1955. Nearly fine with some minor wear to the cover.
FREDERICK REMINGTON, THE ART OF THE WEST. Volair Limited, Kent,Ohio, 1978.
330 plates. First Edition limited to 10,000 copies. Fine in the clamshell
box.
THE ART OF REVOLUTION. CASTRO'S CUBA 1959-1970. Text by Dugald Stermer.
Introductory essay by Susan Sontag. 96 poster reproductions. Oversized
paperback inscribed by Che' Guevarra "in exile, 1962." Binding taped at
the top, otherwise very good.
LES AFFICHE DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. Andre Sauret Editions du Livre, Monte
Carlo, 1950. 32 plates. Fine, in the original glassine jacket.
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. AU CIRQUE. Trente-Neuf Dessins au Crayon de Couleurs.
Andre Sauret, Editions du Livre, Monte Carlo, 1952. 39 plates. Edition
limited to 1500. Slight chip at the top of spine, otherwise fine in the
original glassine wrapper and in the slipcase.
JACQUES VILLON. Cent Croquis 1894-1904. Pierre Beres, Paris, 1959. 100
plates. Fine in the original slipcase.
VLAMINCK. Text by Pierre Mac Orlan, translated by J. B. Sedgwick. Andre
Sauret, Monte Carlo; Universe Books, New York, 1958. 42 plates. Signed by
the artist. Fine in the original slipcase.
ANDREW WYETH. Text by Richard Meryman. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston,
1968. First Printing. 165 Plates. Fine, with two dustjackets!
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Will consider individual purchases or one price for the lot.
Thanks again for your interest.
Please respond to:
Scott C. Harrison
Executor of the Estate of Gilbert Roland
E-Mail: Harri...@aol.com
Telephone (213) 461-1353
Bernachs
Roland's executor, I would be interested in knowing what film material may
exist, if any, especially scripts of films he was in. ???