RUECKERT, Otto. Die Kunsthandwerkliche Förderung des Baumalers. 63, [1] pp. Illustrated with 42 colour halftone plates, and a few small diagrams in the text. 4to., 229 x 178 mm, bound in publisher's printed cloth-backed boards. Dresden: Verlag des Verbandes Sächsischer Vereinigungen selbständiger Maler und Lackierer, 1929.
First Edition of this most.....
Item nr. 165157
Price: $1,500.00
LE CORBUSIER. Des Canons, des Munitions? Merci! Des Logis... s.v.p. Oblong 4to., 283 x 230 mm, bound in original illustrated boards, in a new red cloth folding box. Paris: Editions de l'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, [1938].
First Edition of one of the scarcest and most sought-after books by Le Corbusier. This profusely illustrated.....
Item nr. 167448
Price: $3,500.00
ERNST, Max. Max Ernst. By Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie. Illustrated with 2 original signed lithographs by Max Ernst. 4to., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Rene Drouin, 1950.
This rare book is comprised of the two signed lithographs, a text by Bousquet entitled A.....
Item nr. 129995
Price: $5,750.00 save 30% $4,025.00
WADA, Senzo. Shikisai Haigo-ban. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards which open to three panels with some explanatory text; a framed panel with eight colour strips which holds eight separate coloured cellophane filters in card frames; and a rotating volvelle with cellophane colour filters. In.....
Item nr. 165377
Price: $1,500.00
ARP, Hans. Vingt-cinq Poemes. By Tristan Tzara. Illustrated with 10 woodcuts by Arp. 8vo., 205 x 145 mm, bound in original printed boards with a design by Arp. In a new slipcase. Zurich: Heuberger, 1918.
First Edition. A superb association copy of this rare and important early Dada work, inscribed by.....
Item nr. 168746
Price: $12,500.00
LISSITZKY, El. USSR im Bau. Das sechzehnte Jahr der Revolution. Nr. 9. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new blue cloth folding box. Moscow: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, 1934.
A copy of one of many monographic issues of this landmark periodical, devoted to Dnieprostroi. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS.....
Item nr. 167438
Price: $2,500.00
RUSSIAN TOY CATALOGUE. Sat'amashoebis laboratoriis ek'sponatebis albomi. [Album of Toy Laboratory Exhibits]. 80 pp., illustrated with photographs and coloured diagrams. 180 x 276 mm., bound in original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front cover. Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941.
This album showcases toys and educational materials for kindergarten children produced.....
Item nr. 165322
Price: $2,500.00 save 30% $1,750.00
MOSCOW. "Souvenir de Moscou". The prints measuring 162 x 222 mm. Oblong folio, 240 x 340 mm, bound in contemporary three-quarter morocco. NP, ND. [Moscow,1904?]
$ 3500.00
The 24 plates depict the major sights along the Moscva River, Red Square, the Kremlin, St. Basils Cathedral, etc. in early colour photography. The album.....
Item nr. 162671
Price: $2,250.00
HÜMMER, Waldemar. Ohne Mode. 20 weibliche Akstudien nach der Natur. Fur Künstler und Künstfreunde. Half-title, title-page. Illustrated with 20 photographic plates. Folio, 320 x 220, loose in original illustrated polychrome green chemise. Leipzig: A. Schumann's Verlag, ND [1902].
A fine copy of this fin-de-siècle study of female nudes, elegantly posed and.....
Item nr. 145858
Price: $850.00
MUSSOLINI. Armi d'Italia: le rassegne del Duce alle truppe dell'armata del Po, della seconda e ottava armata. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small folio, 310 x 230 mm, bound in publisher's photographic wrappers, preserved in a new green cloth folding box. Rome: 1940.
$1,500.00
A fine copy of this typical.....
Item nr. 167219
Price: $1,500.00
FASCISM. La Pubblicità d'Italia. Numbers 43-46. 467 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio, 318 x 230 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Milan: Sindicato Nazionale Fascista, 1941.
A massive survey of Italian advertising at the begining of the war, published with text in Italian and German as.....
Item nr. 167163
Price: $2,500.00
El LISSITZKY. URSS en Construction. Number devoted to the Soviet Navy. Year 20, No. 1. 44 pp. Folio, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1937.
Apart from the wear to the top of the front wrapper, a fine copy of a typical issue of this landmark periodical, this.....
Item nr. 128754
Price: $1,750.00
[FUTURISM]. BERNHEIM-JEUNE & Cie. Les Peintres Futuristes Italiens: Boccioni, Carra, Russolo, Balla, Severini. 32 pp Illustrated with black-&-white plates. 8vo, bound in publisher's orange wrappers. Paris, Chez Mm. Bernheim - Jeune & Cie. (1912).
The first major exhibition of the major artists of the Futurist movement outside Italy. The wrappers are.....
Item nr. 144043
Price: $375.00
BELOUSOV, G.N. Teoriya I praktika primeneniya probnih stekol [i.e. The theory and practice of the usage of test glasses]. 19 pp. Illustrated with 18 colour plates. 8vo., bound in original light blue wrappers, preserved in a new grey cloth folding box. Moscow: GIZ Legkoi promyshlennosti, 1933.
In this work, dedicated to.....
Item nr. 167405
Price: $3,750.00
SHESTAKOV, F.K. Soglasovanie tsvetov dlia koloristov, khudozhnikov, khudozhnikov-prikladistov i dlia studentov i uchashchikhsya spetsial'nykhuchebnykh zavedenii. [Colour matching for Colourists, Artists, Applied Artists and for Students of Special Educational Institutions]. 79 pp., illustrated throughout with diagrams. Tall 8vo, bound in publisher's green and blue printed wrappers in new green cloth folding.....
Item nr. 166628
Price: $1,500.00
TOLMER. Animaux a Fourrure. 4 pp. Illustrated with 24 black-&-white plates by Ray Bret Koch. Oblong 4to., loose as issued in the publisher's decorated boards. Paris: Tolmer, 1931.
A disconcerting advertising piece for the fur coat firm of Jungmann.
Item nr. 165818
Price: $1,250.00
IBB. Ingenieurs-Bureau voor Bouwnijverheid, Oegstgeest, 1925-1950. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, bound in publisher's green cloth. 1951.
A wonderful example of Zwart's brilliance as a book designer. Slight wear to the cloth, but a sound example of a scarce book.
Item nr. 164658
Price: $750.00
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DUCHAMP, Marcel. Not Seen and/or Less Seen of/by Marcel Duchamp/Rrose Selavy 1904-64. Mary Sisler Collection. With a foreword and catalogue texts by Richard Hamilton. Unpaginated, thoroughly illustrated in black and white, and with 3 tipped-in colour plates. 4to., bound in original wrappers designed by Duchamp, with original glassine.....
Item nr. 168504
Price: $17,500.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. Yves Tanguy. With text by Andre Breton. Text in French & English. 94 pp. Illustrated with 1 tipped-in color plate and numerous black and white illustrations. Folio, bound in publisher's boards in a new blue cloth folding box. New York: Pierre Matisse Editions, 1946.
Duchamp designed this handsome monograph.....
Item nr. 157064
Price: $1,250.00
TOKYO. NICHINICHI SHINBUNSHA. Teikoku kaigun no iyo. 36 ff. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Oblong 4to., 255 x 350 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth stamped in silver and original printed cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: Tokyo Nichinichi Shinbunsha, 1942.
A spectacular photobook on the Japanese Navy in World War II. It is.....
Item nr. 167209
Price: $3,750.00
OZE, Keishi. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. [8], 155, [5] pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo., bound in original illustrated boards and matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Preserved in a dark grey folding box. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 5 [1930].
"Views of the New Russia" is an exploration of.....
Item nr. 165562
Price: $1,750.00
HATSUSABURO, Yoshida. Chugai Sangyo Hakurankai. Colour illustrated card cover 190 x 120 mm with a 750 mm long folding colour birds-eye view by Hatsusubaro on one side and text and photo illustrations on the other. Cover also by Hatsusubaro. Kyoto(?): 1928 [Showa 3].
An attractive panorama of, and brief guide, to.....
Item nr. 164387
Price: $850.00
GRIGORIEW, Boris. Intimite. 88 pp. Illustrated with mounted colour frontispiece and numerous full-page and in text illustrations. Small folio, 295 x 230 mm, bound in contemporary patterned silk over boards. St. Petersburg, Edition de V. M. Yasny, 1918.
A rare illustrated book illustrated with pictures from Grigoriew's Intimité series, which was.....
Item nr. 168420
Price: $3,500.00
CORNELL, Joseph. Maria. 6 unpaginated leaves with printed text, with one decorative headpiece. Small 8vo., bound in original printed wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. New York: Salamander Editions, 1954.
An immaculate copy of this rare artist's book which was privately printed by Cornell, and given away to his friends.....
Item nr. 167348
Price: $4,850.00
HARDOUIN di BELMONTE, F. Una Favola Vera. La vita prodigiosa del Duci illustrata et raccontata ai bimbi. 30 pp., with colour illustrations throughout. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1933. WITH:
HARDOUIN di BELMONTE, F. Una Favola Vera. La vita prodigiosa del Duci illustrata et raccontata ai bimbi.....
Item nr. 166848
Price: $3,750.00