SOVIET CINEMA. A Collection of 39 Monographs. Varying sizes, bound in original photomontage wrappers, in a new green cloth folding box with a red label. Moscow and Leningrad: Kynopechat and Tea-Kino-Pechat, 1926-1929.
A wonderful collection of dynamic pamphlets on film and film stars. It includes not only Soviet, but also foreign.....
Item nr. 169820
Price: $2,500.00
ONCHI, Koshiro. Umi No Dowa. Unpaginated, 8ff. Illustrated with 6 polychrome woodcuts. Small 4to., 285 x 215 mm, bound in publisher's printed wrappers, in a new grey cloth box with a blue label. Tokyo: Hanga-So, Showa 9 [1934].
A superb example of Onchi's skill as a bookmaker, which earn a place.....
Item nr. 169967
Price: $8,500.00
GROSZ, George. Ecce Homo. With 100 plates of which 16 are in colour. Folio, 347 x 250 mm, bound in the original illustrated wrappers, in a new linen cloth folding box. Berlin: Malik Verlag, 1923.
An unusually fine copy of this classic work, rarely found thus. A brilliant collection of Grosz's.....
Item nr. 169283
Price: $6,500.00
WOMEN. Soviet Women. Unpaginated. Illustrated with photographs throughout. 4to, bound in publisher's embossed yellow cloth, in publisher's cardboard slipcase. Moscow: State Art Publishers, 1939.
A photographic homage to the role of women in Soviet Russia. Unlike so many of the Soviet propaganda books, where the reality is far removed from that.....
Item nr. 170930
Price: $3,500.00
MAN RAY. Facile. With poetry by Paul Eluard. Illustrated with photographs by Man Ray. 8vo., 245 x 182 mm, bound in original printed wrappers in a new grey slipcase, with black morocco backed chemise. Paris: Edition G.L.M., 1935.
A pristine copy one of Man Ray and Eluard's most successful collaborations, rarely.....
Item nr. 170451
Price: $8,500.00
TELINGATER, Solomon. Podshipniki: sharikovye: rolikovye. [Bearings: Roller Ball]. 239 pp. Profusely illustrated. 8vo, 245 x 170 mm., publisher's green cloth binding with silver embossed cover. Moscow: Soiuzpodshipniktrest, n.d. [1930s].
Perhaps nothing demonstrates the surreal nature of books published in Russia between the Wars than this stunning trade catalogue of the Soyuzpodshipniksbyt.....
Item nr. 170434
Price: $17,500.00
BONNARD, Pierre. Almanach illustré du Père Ubu (XXe Siècle). En Vente Partout. Text by Alfred Jarry. 56 pp., illustrated with 79 pen and ink drawings by Bonnard, executed in lithograph and printed in red and blue. Folio, 287 x 203 mm., uncut and unopened. Loose in original wrappers as issued.....
Item nr. 170381
Price: $9,750.00
TELINGATER, Solomon. Slovo Predostaviliaetsia Kirsanovu. By Semen Kirsanov. Small 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new gold cloth folding box with a black label. Moscow: Goslitizdat, 1930.
A fine copy of this rare and spectacular example of avant-garde book design from the complex cover, which combines collage and typography.....
Item nr. 170363
Price: $4,950.00
SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME. International Exhibition of Modern Art. Arranged for the Société Anonyme for the Brooklyn Museum. Assembled by the Société Anonyme. November December 1926. Text by Katherine S. Dreier. Composed by Katherine S. Dreier and Constantin Aladjalov. [10], 117, [7] pp. Illustrated with photographs and typographical elements. 8vo, bound in.....
Item nr. 170154
Price: $9,750.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Scultura da Viaggio. 390 x 100 mm when folded, preserved in the original envelope. Milano: Giorgio Lucini, 1971. WITH:
MUNARI, Bruno. Scultura da Viaggio. Small yellow printed portfolio containing a black square base and a foldable black sculpture, 150 x 150 mm when folded. [Lugo]: Exit Edizioni, 1991.
These magical.....
Item nr. 169981
Price: $3,500.00
ONCHI, Koshiro. Chu. Gyo. Kai. [Insects, Fish, Shells]. Unpaginated, 14 ff. Illustrated with 10 prints done with a mix of techniques including pochoir and woodcut. 4to., 265 x 210, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Tokyo: Aoi Shobo, Showa 18 [1943].
Onchi was an extremely prolific and gifted artist whose work with.....
Item nr. 169968
Price: $7,500.00
ILIAZD. A. Kruchenykh Grandiozar. 16 pp. Small 4to., bound in original wrappers, in a new linen cloth folding box with an orange label. Tiflis: 41°, 1919.
$ 7500.00
An immaculate copy of this rare publication of the 41° group in Tiflis, created by a "duo of three idiots" - Kruchenykh, Terentev and.....
Item nr. 169840
Price: $7,500.00
MAN RAY. Revolving Doors. Comprised of 10 pochoir plates. Folio, loose in original publisher's black portfolio with ties. Laid into a new folding box. Paris: Editions Surréalistes, 1926.
A fine copy of this legendary surrealist publication. Between 1916 and 1917, the artist and photographer Man Ray created a series of collages.....
Item nr. 169684
Price: $85,000.00
LE CORBUSIER. La Charte d'Athenes, avec un Discours liminaire de Jean Giraudoux. 212 pp. 8vo., 145 x 135 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Plon, 1943.
First Edition of the Athens Charter inscribed by Le Corbusier to the legendary publisher, Christian Zervos. The Athens.....
Item nr. 169426
Price: $3,750.00
PICASSO, Pablo with André VILLERS. Diurnes. Decoupages et Photographies. By Jacques Prévert. 18 pages text accompanied by 30 loose-leaf collotypes. Folio, in original wrappers in publisher's box with decorative colour design by Picasso. Paris: Berggruen, 1962.
"Picasso made some cut-outs of heads and silhouettes of men, women and animals. Villers mounted.....
Item nr. 169401
Price: $7,500.00
MAZZOCCHI-ALEMANNI, Nallo. Assalto al Latifondo Siciliano; La colonizzazione del Latifondo Siciliano. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Large 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers and photographic dust-jacket in a new light blue cloth box. [Sicily], Ministero dell'Agricoltura E delle Foreste, 1940.
A fine copy of this rare and important fascist photobook. Unlike most of.....
Item nr. 169120
Price: $3,500.00
EDEL, Nico. Una visita a Cinzano. 44 pp. Illustrated throughout. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers in a new blue cloth folding box. [Milano, Alfieri & Lacroix], n.d. [1934 or 1936].
A spectacular and rare piece of Italian book design under fascism, but without the usual heavy hand of Mussolini, presumably.....
Item nr. 168738
Price: $3,500.00
KLEIN, Yves. Dimanche: Le Journal d'un Seul Jour. 4 page 'newspaper', 558 x 762 mm when flat. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Issued for one day, November 27, 1960.
Yves Klein published this journal upon the occasion of the Festival d'Art d'Avant-Garde in Paris where it was displayed on newsstands.....
Item nr. 170492
Price: $5,000.00
HELLE, Andre. La Boîte à Joujoux, texte et dessins de André Hellé. 32 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Paris: A. Tolmer, 1928.
A delightful and rare version of Helle's story, which had originally been published in 1919 as a collaboration between Helle and the composer Claude Debussy.....
Item nr. 171060
Price: $2,500.00
ARMENIA. Hayeri verabnakets'umy HSSH-its' durs. viii, 112 pp. Illustrated with 97 full page maps and charts. Large 4to., bound in publisher's maroon cloth. Erevan: Haykakan SSRò Gitut'yunneri Akademia, 1961.
This atlas presents an unusual and stunning example of avant-garde book design from what what was then Soviet Armenia.
Some marginal waterstaining, heavier.....
Item nr. 170979
Price: $2,500.00
NEURATH, Otto. Modern Man in the Making. 159, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout with charts and diagrams. Small 4to., 265 x 205 mm, bound in publisher's blue cloth with title in silver on spine and front cover. New York: Knopf, 1939.
In the 1920s, Neurath developed the "Museum of Society and Economy".....
Item nr. 170990
Price: $2,500.00
USHAKOV, G.A. Geroicheskiy poked Chlyuskina. [The heroic crusade of Chelyuskin]. 24 photographs measuring 225 x 285 mm, number 1-23, plus one of map that is unnumered laid into the publisher's red chemise with title printed in white on the cover. Moscow: 1934.
A celebration of one of the legendary events of.....
Item nr. 168482
Price: $12,500.00
PONTI, Gio. 36 Progetti di Ville di Architetti Italiani. A cura dell' Esposizione Triennale Internazionale delle Arti Decorative Industriali Moderne alla villa Reale di Monza. 256 pp. Illustrated with 31 colour plates and 288 illustrations in black-and-white. 4to., bound in publisher's salmon-coloured cloth with gilt stripes, stamped in gilt. Milano.....
Item nr. 169183
Price: $975.00
KNICKERBOCKER, H.R. Rudy obchod hrozi [Fighting the Red Trade Menace] & Rudy obchod laka [Soviet Trade and World Depression]. 158; 172 pp. 8vo, bound in publisher's wrappers wirh photomontages designed by Josef Hesoun. Prague: Ceska graficka Unie, 1932.
Superb examples of two of the Czech architect Josef Hesoun's dramatic cover designs.....
Item nr. 169050
Price: $750.00
HALEIZOVU. Barva vladne svetem. 216 pp. Illustrated with 6 full page plates, 5 of which are in colour. 8vo., bound in publisher's colourfully designed wrappers. Prague: Zmatlik a Palicka, 1928.
A scarce little book on the basics of spectrology and the effects of colour on human life. A rare book, with.....
Item nr. 169049
Price: $875.00