BUFFON, Federigo (editor). Distruggiamo il Bolscevismo. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with photographs, photomontage, political cartoons etc. Folio, 326 x 265 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards. [Milan?]: Sindacato interprovinciale dei giornalisti Lombardi, 1942.
A fine example of fascist book-illustration. This is a fierce piece of anti-communist propaganda issued by the Journalists Association.....
Item nr. 165417
Price: $1,250.00
LEBEDEV, W. Kak rubanok sdelal rubanok. By Samuel Marschak. 12 pp., illustrated throughout by Lebedev. Folio, 280 x 215 mm., bound in original illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Leningrad: Raduga, 1927.
First edition of this classic Russian children's book with illustrations by Lebedev. In this anthropomorphic poem.....
Item nr. 165366
Price: $1,500.00
MATSUGI, Fujio. Kaigun Heigakko. Hodo Shashinshu. 134 pp., illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 257 x 179 mm., bound in cloth in publisher's dust wrapper and illustrated slipcase. Tokyo: Bancho Shobo, 1943.
A typical example of one of the photobooks produced by Matsugi, who was a prominent photographer in prewar Japan. This.....
Item nr. 165013
Price: $875.00
ONCHI. Shin Rosia Gakan/Siluet Novoi Rossii. By Keishi Oze. [8], 155, [5] pp., profusely illustrated with photographs and reproduced drawings throughout. 8vo, 185 x 165 mm., bound in original illustrated boards and matching illustrated cardboard slipcase. Tokyo: ARS, Shôwa 5 [1930].
"Views of the New Russia" is an exploration of the.....
Item nr. 164840
Price: $1,500.00
ARNTZ, Gerd. (Isotype) Statistisch Zakboek. 23 Volumes. 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 1940 - 1966.
This is a complete run of the volumes containing Arntz's contributions. In 1940 Arntz was put in charge of graphic design at the Nederlandsche Stichting voor Statistiek, and he.....
Item nr. 164825
Price: $3,500.00
SAKAE, Okano. Shogakusei zenshu; Sanjutsu no Hanashi. Illustrated with one colour plate and numerous black-and-white illustrations and diagrams through the text. 8vo, 222 x 133 mm., bound in cloth backed publisher's illustrated card wrapper; illustrated title in red. Tokyo: Kobunsha, 1928.
This is an arithmetic text book, which forms part of.....
Item nr. 164386
Price: $575.00
MATSUYAMA, Shisui. Fune to zosensho no hanashi. 12, 244 pp., illustrated title, three photo plates, two folding plans, illustrations and photos through the text. 8vo, 181 x 123 mm., bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards and slightly rubbed slipcase. Tokyo: Kinto-sha, 1932 [Showa 7].
A spectacular piece of Japanese modernist book.....
Item nr. 164383
Price: $1,250.00
GUTSCHOW, Konstanty. Elbufergestaltung Hamburg. Architekt Konstanty Gutschow. 6 pp. text leaves and 17 leaves with mounted photographs showing models, plans, and architectural details, together with an otherwise unknown large architectural map of the area from Gutschow's office. 4to., 310 x 280 mm, bound in contemporary brown half cloth, inner cover.....
Item nr. 163832
Price: $7,500.00
COUDER, M -L. Tout au Carreau. Suite documentaire pour l'Enseignement du Dessin dans les Classes élémentaires et la Direction des Loisirs. 4 pp. text. Illustrated with 32 colour plates. Small folio, bound in publisher's decorated wrappers. Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1939].
A charming drawing book for children, remarkable for the exquisite colouring.....
Item nr. 163809
Price: $850.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. Obligations pour la roulette de Monte-Carlo in XXe Siecle, No.4. Christmas 1938. Offset lithograph. Folio, bound in original wrappers, preserved in a new yellow cloth folding box, gilt black leather spine label. Paris: Chroniques du Jour, 1938.
This image, Obligations pour la roulette de Monte-Carlo, was first created by.....
Item nr. 156750
Price: $3,500.00
JESPERS, Floris. Kinderlust. 12 verses by Jan Peeters, each illustrated by a linoleum block colour print by Floris Jespers. Oblong 4to., 228 x 300 mm, bound in original pictorial wrappers, front and rear wrapper with a different colour lithographed illustration. Preserved in a new cloth folding box. Antwerp: J.F. Bogaerts.....
Item nr. 154355
Price: $8,500.00
GOVONI, Corrado. Rarefazioni e Parole in Libertà. 50, [4] pp., illustrated throughout with various typographical elements and drawing reproductions. Folio, 320 x 245 mm., bound in publisher's printed wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Milan: [Edizione Futuriste di "Poesia"], 1915.
First edition. One of the rarer and more unusual.....
Item nr. 150039
Price: $2,750.00
COHEN, Fré. [Packaging for Inventum-Bilthoven]. Original cardboard box / packaging printed in blue, black, gold, and red, marked "frécohen" on rear side panel, and "N.V. Inventum-Bildhoven" on two sides, original stapled panels. [Netherlands, ca. 1935].
Original package design by Jewish female graphic artist Fré Cohen for Inventum, a Dutch company founded.....
Item nr. 148931
Price: $2,500.00
RETCLIFFE, John. Die Geheimnisse des Judenfriedhofes in Prag. 43 pp. Illustrated with 28 photographic plates. 8vo., 209 x 153 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. Prague: Orbis, 1942.
John Retcliffe was a nineteenth-century German anti-semite whose real name was Hermann Ottomar Friedrich Goedsche. This.....
Item nr. 148219
Price: $750.00
AYAO, Yamano. Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshu. 48 pp., illustrated throughout with colour and black-and-white illustrations and some photomontage. Folio, 300 x 225 mm., bound in publisher's boards in the original cardboard portfolio. Tokyo: Seibundo, 1930.
A collection of designs by the important twentieth-century Japanese decorator/designer Yamana Ayao (1897-1980), the originator.....
Item nr. 147596
Price: $2,750.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Ein Sechstell der Erde unser! 48 pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and photomontage. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers designed by John Heartfield. Berlin: Verlag Die Einheit, 1928.
A typical example of printed Soviet propaganda between the wars, full of pictures of a happy and prosperous Russia. A very.....
Item nr. 146549
Price: $750.00
TROSHIN, N. USSR im Bau. Seventeenth Year of the Revolution. No. 3. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers. 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 en Construction employed the best Soviet.....
Item nr. 146547
Price: $1,500.00
TROSHIN, N. USSR in Construction. Sixteenth Year of the Revolution. No. 1. Folio, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: State Publishing Union of the RSFR, 1933.
A fine copy of one of many monographic issues of this landmark periodical, devoted to the Soviet automobile industry. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS.....
Item nr. 146546
Price: $1,500.00
PIATAKOV,G (Editor). URSS en Construction. 15th Year Number 8. [32] pp. Illustrated with a plethora of Russian photomontage images throughout. Folio, 415 x 300 mm, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1932.
A fine copy of one of a typical issue of this landmark periodical, this one devoted.....
Item nr. 144562
Price: $850.00
WENDINGEN. Willem van Konijnenburg. With an introduction by Albert Plasschaert. 42pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original Wrappers illustrated with a lithograph by Willem van Konijnenburg. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921.
Issue devoted to the work of the Dutch artist Willem van Konijnenburg.
Item nr. 144559
Price: $85.00
WENDINGEN. East-Asian Art. The Petrucci Collection. 36pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original Wrappers illustrated with a lithograph by M. de Klerk. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921.
With texts on Asian Art by Henri Borel, Hermann Keyserling, Karl With and A. Vecht.
Item nr. 144558
Price: $100.00
WENDINGEN. Vorkink and Wormser, Country House at Oostvoorne. With introductory text by J.F.Staal. 26 pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original wrappers illustrated with lithographs by Jaap Gidding. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921.
Fifteen images of the country house of Mr. Hudig at Oostvoorne, built by the Amsterdam architects Vorkink and.....
Item nr. 144556
Price: $100.00
WENDINGEN. Work by Representative Members of A et A. 40pp. Profusely illustrated. Square Folio. Original wrappers illustrated with lithographs by Roland Holst. Amsterdam: Uitgevers-maatschappij de Hooge Brug, 1921.
A monographic issue on the Dutch architects' society Architectura et Amicitia . Established by members of the Amsterdam School in 1855 this society.....
Item nr. 144555
Price: $100.00
WIJDEVELD, H. Th. (Ed.) Wendingen. Volume 4, Numbers 9/10. International Exhibition of Theatre. Square folio, 330 x 330 mm. Bound in original wrappers illustrated after a drawing by Frits Lensvelt. Amsterdam: 1921.
Published to coincide with the International Exhibition of Theater Art in Amsterdam in January and February 1922. Articles in.....
Item nr. 143528
Price: $125.00
WEISKOPF, F.C. Do XXI Stoleti Prestoupit. 113 pp. 8vo., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. In a new cloth folding box. Prague: Odeon, 1928.
$750.00
A handsome example of Czech avant garde book design with a stunning photomontage cover.
Item nr. 143526
Price: $750.00