ROMBAUT (Marcelle). Nous irons à Valparaiso. French board so - Lot 744

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ROMBAUT (Marcelle). Nous irons à Valparaiso. French board so - Lot 744
ROMBAUT (Marcelle). Nous irons à Valparaiso. French board song illustrated by Marcelle Rombaut. [Brux], presses de l'ENSAAD [La Cambre], April 1948, in-12 square, leaves, original color cover (damp smell). Original edition of only 3 copies (no. 3). Book entirely hand-drawn in charcoal and watercolor by Marcelle Rombaut. Also includes 4 pages of notated music / IDEM. Swiss folk song. Lisa s'en va joyeuse. [Brux], Éditions Kangourou (on ENSAAD presses), June 1948, in-12 square, 8-leaf leporello, entirely hand-painted by Marcelle Rombaut (damp smell) / [ROMBAUT]. Ten Little Niggers. Nursery Rhymes. [Brux], presses de l'ENSAAD [La Cambre], March 1948, 8°, leaves, illustrated cover (damp smell). First edition. Copy no. 1 of an unspecified edition. Book entirely drawn in graphite by Marcelle Rombaut / KIPLING (Rudyard). The First Letter. From "Histoires comme ça". Illustrated by Marcelle Rombaut. Original model drawn entirely in graphite by Marcelle Rombaut (cover and title pitted, damp smell). Attached is a copy printed on the presses of ENSAAD [La Cambre] in April 1948, also entirely drawn in graphite by Marcelle Rombaut (cover pitted)./ POTTER (Beatrix). Story of Jeannot the rabbit illustrated by Marcelle Rombaut. [Brux], Éditions Kangourou ENSAAD, May 1948, 8° square, leaves, illustrated cover (damp stain). First edition limited to a few copies (print run not specified). Entirely hand-drawn in charcoal and watercolor by Marcelle Rombaut / [ROMBAUT]. Old Josiah. Negroe Spiritual. [Brux], sur les presses de l'ENSAAD, March 1948, 8° square, leporello of 4 leaves, entirely drawn in graphite and watercolor by Marcelle Rombaut (damp smell) / ROMBAUT (Marcelle). Zoo. Linos by Marcelle Rombaut. [Brux], sur les presses de l'École nationale supérieure d'Architecture et des Arts décoratifs à Bruxelles, noël 1948, 4° oblong, white half cloth, boards illustrated with 2 full-page linocuts (cover slightly spotted, damp smell). First edition illustrated with 10 zoo residents printed in monochrome lino. Each animal (lion, polar bear, seal, etc.) is behind bars hand-cut by the artist / CARROLL (Lewis). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrations by M. Rombaut. File including some fifty drawings and sketches by Marcelle Rombaut used to illustrate Alice in Wonderland: charcoal and watercolor on tracing paper or wove paper, plus a color chart of reds by the artist (scattered spotting, damp smell). Attached is a printed copy drawn entirely in graphite and watercolor (covers, edges, head and end of vol. heavily pitted) / [ROMBAUT]. "The Wizard of Oz". Reunion of 4 cover designs in India ink and watercolor, by Marcelle Rombaut. Projects for Kangourou Editions, Brussels (ca. 1950). Size: (4 x) 26 x 24 cm / [ROMBAUT]. Reunion of 4 books illustrated with woodcuts and linos by Marcelle Rombaut, some enhanced with watercolor colors, published in 1949 and 1950 by Editions Kangourou in Brussels. Includes: GIONO (Jean). Regain (printed in 10 copies); Het Uiltjen (leporello of 8 watercolored leaves printed in 10 copies); Rijmkes en liedjes uit kinderspelen te Turnhout verzameld (printed in 10 copies); "La Perdriole. Chanson canadienne" (Agenda 1950, signed by the artist, cover stitched, damp smell) / [ROMBAUT]. "Graphisme 50". N° 1. Wood and linoleum - No. 2. Tekeningen. Drawings Brux, Maison Onzea et Co ; Brux.-Anvers, Éditions du lion assis, 1950, 2 vols. 4°, br. (covers slightly spotted, damp smell). First edition. Complete with subscription form and flyers. Lode Opdebeek (1924-1996), a typography student at Ter Kameren, founded this magazine in 1950 with the intention of bringing together graphic designers trained by Joris Minne and developing the art of engraving together. Some of the woodcuts are hand-colored. The illustrators are : Pierre Alechinsky, Serge Creuz, Corneille Hannoset, Chantal de Hemptinne, Michel Olyff, Lode Opdebeek, Ludo Onzea, Chantal Rombaut, and many others. Uncommon. A very fine set.
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