HASSELWANDER, Albert. Ein Anatomischer Totentanz. 27, [1] pp. Illustrated with 50 photographic plates. Small 4to., 220 x 175 mm, bound in original publisher's half vellum over brown boards. Munich: J.F. Bergmann, 1926.
Only Edition of this photographic anomaly, offering an "Anatomical Dance of Death," prepared for the use of artists, with.....
Item nr. 172071
Price: $8,500.00
HUSZAR, Vilmos. Bruynzeel's Fabrieken, Zaandam. 72 pp., profusely illustrated with photomontages. Oblong 4to, 245 x 320 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Zaandam, Netherlands: [C. Bruynzeel & Zonen], 1930.
A fine copy of Huszar's magnum opus as a book designer, and a book which prefigured the.....
Item nr. 171287
Price: $3,500.00
MORGAGNI, Manlio. Viva il Duce! 23 Marzo 1919. 226 ff., photographically illustrated throughout. Folio, 380 x 315 mm., bound in publisher's boards, in a new cloth folding box. Milano: Alfieri & Lacroix, 1939.
This splendid Fascist photobook is a massive hagiography of Mussolini, redeemed by its imaginative book design, which is.....
Item nr. 171216
Price: $3,500.00
KANDINSKY, Wassily. Über das Geistige in der Kunst. Insbesondere in der Malerei. 104 pp., illustrated with 10 original woodcuts by Kandinsky. 4to, 203 x 175 mm., bound in original wrappers with an original woodcut by Kandinsky, in a new cloth folding box. Munich: R. Piper & Co. 1912.
First edition, first.....
Item nr. 171165
Price: $3,850.00
FASCIST BOOK DESIGN. Italia Imperiale. [534] pp., illustrated throughout with photographs by Frederico Patellani, Stefano Bricarelli, Lucio Ridenti, and Bruno Stefani, and illustrations by Marcello Nizzoli, Mario Sironi, Bramante Buffoni, Ruggero Micaelles, Erberto Carboni, and Paolo Garretto. Folio, 450 x 380 mm., bound in publisher's gray and black decorated glossy.....
Item nr. 171147
Price: $5,500.00
BRETON, Andre. Cycle systématique de conférences sur les plus récentes positions du surréalisme. Paris: 1935.
4 leaves reproducing Breton's writing surrounded by drawings by Salvador Dali, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Oscar Dominguez, Valentine Hugo, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Marcel Jean and Yves Tanguy. This relates to a series of.....
Item nr. 171133
Price: $1,250.00
MUNARI, Bruno and Carlo MANZONI. Almanacco letterario Bompiani 1933. [42], 384 pp., illustrated throughout including photomontage and typographical elements. 8vo, 205 x 155 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. [Milan: Coi Tipi Dell'Unione Tipografic, 1932].
This volume of the Bompiani Almanac features a little-known aspect of Munari's creative output in the.....
Item nr. 171085
Price: $2,850.00
POLAND. Die durchfuhrung des dreijahrplans des wiederaufbaus der wirtschaft in Polen. 62 pp., illustrated throughout with isotype diagrams, charts and photographs. Small oblong folio, 215 x 300 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Warszawa: Ksiazka i Wiedza, 1950.
An unusual example of avant-garde book design from Communist Poland. The publication was.....
Item nr. 170981
Price: $2,500.00
CHERNIKHOV, Y.G. Iskusstvo nachertania [The Art of Graphic Representation]. 77, [3] pp., with black & white illustration throughout. 8vo, 170 x 130 mm., bound in publisher's white wrappers, in a new green cloth folding box. [Leningrad]: Knigoizdate'stvo Akademii khudozhetsv, [1927].
First edition of Yakov Chernikhov's extremely rare first book. Chernikhov (1889-1951).....
Item nr. 170735
Price: $4,750.00
MAN RAY. Les Mains Libres. By Paul Eluard. 208 pp., with 66 reproductions of drawings by Man Ray. 4to, 280 x 225 mm., bound in the original illustrated wrappers, in a new slipcase with morocco backed chemise. Paris: Editions Jeanne Bucher, 1937.
A pristine copy of this celebrated collaboration between Man.....
Item nr. 170452
Price: $7,500.00
CAHUN, Claude. Le Coeur de Pic. By Lise DeHarme. With a preface by Paul Eluard. [57] pp., illustrated with 20 photographs by Claude Cahun. Small folio, 270 x 200 mm., bound in publisher's grey cloth over red boards with colour photographs on front and back cover by Cahun, preserved in.....
Item nr. 170440
Price: $8,500.00
ITAGAKI, Takao & Sutemi HORIGUCHI. Kenchiku Yoshiki Ronso. 707, [5] pp., illustrated throughout with architectural diagrams and photographs. Small 4to, 200 x 180 mm., bound in publisher's tan cloth within original printed card slipcase. Tokyo: Rokumonkan, 1932.
First edition. An expansive collection of writings on style in architecture curates by Itagaki.....
Item nr. 170072
Price: $2,500.00
STRAKHOV, Adolf Iosifovich. Prohrama Mizhnarodn'oho konkursu na proiekt Derzhavnoho ukrai¨ns'koho teatru masovoho muzychnoho diistva na 4.000 cholovika, v m. Kharkovi. Unpaginated, illustrated with photogravure plates and fold-out map. 4to, 254 x 180 mm., bound in publisher's two-colour Constructivist tan wrappers designed by A. Strakhov, in a new cloth folding box.....
Item nr. 169841
Price: $3,750.00
ZWART, Piet. Koninklijke Begeer: Catalogus van Medailles, Plaquettes, Sportprijzen. 44 pp., illustrated with photomontage throughout. Small 4to, bound in original silver wrappers, in a new matching cloth folding box. Voorschoten: Koninklijke Begeer, 1935.
A little-known example of Piet Zwart's work as a book designer, here devoted to the catalogue of the.....
Item nr. 169767
Price: $4,750.00
TELINGATER, Solomon. O Lenine. O komsomole. [On Lenin. On the Komsomol]. 7 volumes. 8vo, 190 x 130 mm., each volume bound in publisher's photographically illustrated wrappers, preserved in publisher's red slip case with photograph of Lenin, designed by Telingater, preserved in a new cloth box. Moscow: Molodaia gvardiia, 1932.
A classic.....
Item nr. 169404
Price: $6,500.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Und Sie Bewegt Sich Doch. Edited by Oskar Kokoschka. 64 pp. 8vo, 185 x 120 mm., bound in original publisher's wrappers with illustrated cover after John Heartfield, and dust wrapper, in a new cloth folding box. London: Verlag "Freie Deutsche Jugend," 1943.
A fine copy of this scarce and.....
Item nr. 169230
Price: $2,850.00
KRULL, Germain. Confort. Text by G. Lenotre, Paul Reboux, Marcel Prevost & Pierre Mac-Orlan. Illustrated with 30 black-&-white photographic plates attributed to Germaine Krull. 4to, publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Soc, pour la Société générale de fonderie, 1931.
A fine copy of this rare and stunning trade.....
Item nr. 168980
Price: $1,500.00
MARINETTI, F.T. et al. Azione Imperiale. Rassegna della Creazione Fascista. Volumes 1 and 2 (all published). 72 and 68 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs. Small folio, 328 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers, in new cloth folding boxes. Rome: G. Luzzati, 1936.
A classic example of fascist propaganda, edited.....
Item nr. 168925
Price: $2,250.00
TANGUY, Yves. Dormir, Dormir, dans les Pierres. By Benjamin Peret. [31] pp., illustrated with three full-page plates printed recto only, and 10 vignette head- and tail-pieces after drawings by Tanguy. 8vo, 227 x 178 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Editions Surréalistes.....
Item nr. 166306
Price: $4,850.00
ITTEN, Johannes. Tagebuch. Beiträge zu einem Kontrapunkt der Bildenden Kunst. 114 pp., illustrated throughout by Itten, including several colour pochoir plates and numerous tipped-in photographs. Oblong folio, 390 x 525 mm., bound in publisher's blue cloth and matching slipcase. Berlin: Verlag der Itten-Schule, 1930.
A legendary rarity, as the bulk of.....
Item nr. 165159
Price: $4,750.00
ERNST, Max. Mr. Knife and Miss Fork. Text by René Crevel, translated by Kay Boyle. With 19 photograms of frottages by Max Ernst. 8vo., bound in the original full black cloth, elaborately gilt and embossed designed by Ernst on covers with additional hand-painting. In an elegant half morocco box by.....
Item nr. 171874
Price: $27,500.00
EL LISSITZKY. Raboche-Krest'ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia [Red Army of Workers and Peasants]. Edited by F.E. Rodionov. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontages including a large four page fold-out montage by El Lissitzky. Oblong folio, 300 x 350 mm, bound in publisher's black cloth with a blindstamped tank on the front cover, and.....
Item nr. 171836
Price: $22,500.00
DEPERO, Fortunato. 96 Tavole a Colori per 'I Dopolavoro Aziendali in Italia'. [97 leaves]. Leaf with calligraphic title (repeat of the front board of the binding) in pink, copy number and signature verso, leaf with explanatory text recto and 95 colour plates, each with guard leaf, recto only. Small folio.....
Item nr. 167349
Price: $22,500.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. Five Original Duchamp Screen-Print Posters: Self Portrait in Profile. Original serigraphs printed in blue or red on black Montgolfier paper. Each with printed signature at lower right: "Marcel dechiravit." Size: 650 x 500 mm (25 9/16 x 19 11/6 inches). Professionally framed. Paris: La Hune, 1959.
A complete collection.....
Item nr. 153801
Price: $85,000.00
KIRK, Hans. Jorgens Hjul. Unpaginated [8 ff]. Illustrated throughout many pages with photomontage by Arne Ungermann. Small 4to., bound in original illustrated boards, preserved in a new blue cloth folding box. Copenhagen: Mondes Forlag a/s, 1932.
A classic avant-garde children's book, which was almost certainly influenced by the work of such.....
Item nr. 168914
Price: $3,500.00