Benes Memoirs
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BENES, Eduard. My War Memoirs. 1928
Hardback 512pp 1928. *HEC 867: The most comprehensive and authoritative account of the work of the Czechoslovak liberation movement abroad during the First World War. Benes was Thomas Masaryk's main collaborator and subsequently became Czechoslovakia's foreign minister and Masaryk's successor in the presidency. Covers sl. mkd., else VG in DW
TIFFANY, Louis Comfort; [and Charles DE KAY]: The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany,
Garden City and New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1914. 4to. (12 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches). Half-title. 62 plates (20 printed in colour and tipped onto mounts, 42 photogravures). Original embossed and gilt over red ground papier-mache covers, designed by Tiffany. One of 492 copies on Japan paper of Tiffany's beautifully printed and lavishly illustrated autobiography: this a presentation copy inscribed by Tiffany to a noted architect. In 1913, having reached the age of retirement, Louis Comfort Tiffany commissioned Charles De Kay, a well-known art historian and former New York Times art critic, to co-author his memoirs. Tiffany explains in the Foreward to the work that the autobiography was written for the benefit and upon the request of his children, to whom he dedicates the book: "Much concerning their own father which may be known to his fellow artists or to workers in various fields of art ... is unknown to them. No reason for surprise in this: it is the commonest thing in the world to find that the last persons to be informed of what a professional man has achieved in his life work are his children." The privately-printed and beautifully-produced book, lavishly illustrated with numerous plates, celebrates the range of Tiffany's artistic career: his glass work, paintings, interior and architectural design, jewelry, etc...The highly decorative binding of the book was designed by Tiffany himself. Tiffany underwrote the costs of the expensive production and presented the book to wealthy clients and friends. The work was issued in two limitations: a regular edition on Japan paper limited to 492 copies, and a very rare deluxe edition printed entirely on vellum and limited to but ten copies for himself and his family. This copy is inscribed by Tiffany (with the text of the inscription in a secretary's hand, but signed and dated 28 March 1918 by Tiffany) to noted architect W. Dominick Benes, as follows: "It gives me great pleasure to give you my book as you are one of the few who understand the use of color in architecture." Tiffany and Benes had worked closely together in the 1901 design and construction of the Wade Memorial Chapel at Lakeview Cemetery, whose interior features Tiffany's window "The Flight of Souls."
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Benes, Eduard: My War Memoirs, 1928 New York Houghton Mifflin
Hardback Good Cover Soiled and Worn, Ex Libris, Bookplate. Inv. # J023491I
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