LISSITZKY, El. Dlya Golosa. [For Reading Out Loud]. By Vladimir Mayakovsky. 61, [3] pp. Illustrated throughout by Lizzitzky. 8vo., 187 x 132 mm, bound in original publisher's thick orange wrappers designed by Lissitzky, housed in a new folding red cloth box . Berlin: Gosizdat, 1923.
An unusually fine copy of one.....
Item nr. 169190
Price: $17,500.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Arte Concreta 1950/1951. 55 leaves made of various paper stocks in different colours. Illustrated throughout including a 'libro illeggibile' by Munari consisting of 5 sheets of different coloured tissue paper connected with three threads. Oblong 8vo., 110 x 210 mm, bound in publisher's yellow wrappers with red type.....
Item nr. 169176
Price: $2,750.00
JESPERS, Oscar. Bezette Stad. By Paul van Ostayen. [76] ff. Illustrated with woodcuts by Oscar Jespers. 4to., 285 x 220 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth box. Antwerp: Uitgave van het Sienjaal, 1921.
Dutch/Flemish avant-garde bookmaking at its best. The innovative use of typography, combined with dramatic.....
Item nr. 169131
Price: $7,500.00
LÖNBERG-HOLM, Knud and Ladislav SUTNAR. Catalog Design. 72 pp. Illustrated throughout. 8vo., bound in publisher's spiral; bound boards, in a new light blue cloth folding box, New York: Sweet's Catalog Service, a division of F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1944.
An immaculate copy of a fragile work rarely found thus. This is.....
Item nr. 168823
Price: $2,500.00
BLOCK, L.A. Soviet Travel No. 5. Folio. Publisher's illustrated Wrappers. Moscow: United Magazines and Newspapers, 1933.
A fine copy of an issue of this rare Soviet exercise in propaganda devoted to the Ukraine. Profusely illustrated with photographs.
Item nr. 145675
Price: $375.00
MAZING, B and N.P.AKIMOVA. Akter Germanskogo Kino. 50 pp. With black-&-white illustrations throughout. 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers. Leningrad: Academia, 1926.
An early Russian work on German film with a dramatic contructivist cover. A fine copy of this fragile pamphlet. Very rare. OCLC lists only 2 copies, in the British.....
Item nr. 145634
Price: $495.00
CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY. Severnaia Manchzhuriia i Kitaiskaia Vostochnaia Zheleznaia Doroga [Northern Manchuria and the Chinese Eastern Railway]. IX, 692, XXIII, III [2] pp. With photo-Illustrations, maps, charts and graphs throughout. 4to, bound in publisher's blue cloth. Harbin: Tipografiia Kitaiskoi Vostochnoi Zheleznoi Dorogi, 1922.
A splendid account of this railway whose interest.....
Item nr. 168904
Price: $5,750.00
LUPA. Manifestazioni Agricole del Decennale. 426 pp. Photographically illustrated throughout. Folio, bound in publisher's silver decorated wrappers, in a new grey cloth folding box. Rome: 1932.
A superb example of the disconnect often present in books published by the totalitarian countries before the War, with the painstaking and splendid design at.....
Item nr. 165416
Price: $2,500.00
LISSITZKY, El. Ispania & No Pasaran. By Ilya Ehrenburg. Ispania designed Evgenii Goliakhovskii, and No pasaran by El Lisstizky. 2 Volumes. 102, [2]; 152 pp. Illustrated with photographs throughout. Folio, 300 x 225 mm, bound in publisher's grey cloth. Moscow & Leningrad: OGIZ, 1936-1937.
A fine set of these classic photobooks.....
Item nr. 168991
Price: $5,750.00
NOVLIANSKII, N. Iskusstvo grima: Nagliadnoe posobie dlia kruzhkovtsev. [i.e. Art of Makeup. A Visual Handbook for Membersof Art Sections, Drama Schools and Professional Stage Actors]. 24 leaves. Illustrated throughout with colour plates and photographs. Oblong folio, 255 x 360 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new green.....
Item nr. 168898
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 rare work of which celebrates one of the.....
Item nr. 168482
Price: $12,500.00
EL LISSITZKY. Erste Russische Kunstausstellung Berlin. 32 pp. Illustrated with 52 black-&-white reproductions of paintings. 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers illustrated by El Lissitzky, preserved in a new grey cloth folding box. Berlin: Galerie Van Diemen, 1922.
An unusually fine copy of the catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Russian art.....
Item nr. 169047
Price: $4,950.00
MASSON, André. Soleils Bas. By Georges Limbour. With 4 etchings by Masson, one of which is on the front wrapper. 4to., bound in original wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Editions de la Galerie Simon [Daniel Henry Kahnweiler], 1924.
A fine copy of Masson's rare first book, which.....
Item nr. 169030
Price: $7,500.00
STEIGER, Rudolf, Georg SCHMIDT and Wilhelm HESS. Historical Table for 'The Functional City'. Large folded table, 1790 x 570 mm, mounted on original linen. Amsterdam, 1935.
A major document of the Congress Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM). This is a reduced version of the legendary "Historical Table" designed by Rudolf Steiger, Wilhelm.....
Item nr. 168972
Price: $17,500.00
PALANTI, Mario. "Auditorium" Progetti Roma Anno XIII. 34, [2], [6] pp. Illustrated with 42 full page black-&-white plates. Folio, bound in publisher's red cloth stamped in silver on the cover, preserved in a new matching cloth folding box. [Milan: Rizzoli & Co., 1935].
Handsomely printed documentation for a planned work in.....
Item nr. 168923
Price: $2,750.00
MASSON, André. C'est les bottes de 7 lieues Cette phrase "Je me vois". By Robert Desnos. [13 ff]. Illustrated with 4 etchings by Masson. Folio, bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Galerie Simon [Henri Kahnweiler], 1926.
A fine copy of the most beautiful of the books.....
Item nr. 168915
Price: $8,750.00
LISSITZKY, El. Wendingen. Volume 4, Number 11. Edited by Th. Wijdeveld. Introduction by Dr. H.P. Berlage. 38 pp. Illustrated with 22 images of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings. Square folio, 330 x 330 mm, bound in colour-printed wrappers, with the original Lissitzky lithographic design on both covers, preserved in a linen.....
Item nr. 168905
Price: $7,500.00
MAN RAY. Man Ray: Photographs 1920-1934. By Andre Breton and others. Paris. Illustrations after photographs by Man Ray throughout. 4to., original wrappers, spiral bound, preserved in a recent linen cloth box. Hartford: James Thrall Soby, n.d.
First Edition (stated second edition on title-page, but only one edition was in fact published).....
Item nr. 168896
Price: $8,500.00
FRASCHETTI, Vincenzo and Carlo TESTI. Italia dall' A alla Z. 88 unnumbered pages. Illustrated throughout. Small 4to., 250 x 230 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. In a new red cloth folding box. Novarra: Officine dell'Istituto Geografico de Agostini, 1936.
A stunning example of fascist book design. Published by the Italian.....
Item nr. 168884
Price: $8,500.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. L'Opposition et les Cases Conjugées sont réconciliées par... By Vitaly Halberstadt. [4], 91 pp. (i.e., 180), eight plates with guards paginated 93-107, pp. 108-112 (i.e., 11 pp.), [1] f. advertisement, errata leaf inserted at front and another mounted on rear inner wrapper. Illustrated by Duchamp with 254 diagrams.....
Item nr. 168868
Price: $3,750.00
MOHOLY-NAGY, L. Malerei, Photografie, Film. 140 pp. include over 100 b&w illustrations. 4to, publisher's cloth, dust-jacket and glassine, in a new cloth folding box. Munich, Albert Langen Verlag, 1925.
Rare First Edition of this landmark work with typography, dust jacket, and design all by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Among the many illustrations are.....
Item nr. 165685
Price: $3,500.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. International DADA Exhibition 1916-1923. Large Poster printed in black and orange, designed by Duchamp. Single sheet, 965 x 635 mm, (38" x 25"), folded. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1953.
A fine copy of this extremely rare Duchamp poster, which was also the catalogue for the famous Dada exhibition.....
Item nr. 164557
Price: $9,500.00
BAUMANN, Paul. Baumanns neue Farbentonkarte: System Prase (DRGM 460 993); 1359 systemat. abgestufte Farbentöne nebst Analyse über Mischverhältnisse und Mitteilungen über Art und Verwendbarkeit der gebräuchlichsten Farbstoffe. 16 pp. text and 47 plates (1 folding), with accompanying text. 8vo. bound in original boards and cloth slipcase, in a new cloth.....
Item nr. 168822
Price: $4,950.00
PASPA, Karel. ABECEDA. By Vitezslav Nezval. Designed by Karel Teige. Illustrated with 25 black and white photomontages by Teige from Paspa's photographs. 4to., bound in contemporary blue cloth boards with original printed front wrapper bound in. Prague: J. Otto, 1926.
An important landmark of the Czech avant garde and at the.....
Item nr. 168961
Price: $5,850.00
ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT DER VIER. Der Weg zur Farbe. 138 pp. Illustrated with 25 colour plates. 8vo., bound in publisher's decorated cloth. Hamburg: Verlag Fachblatt der Maler, ND. [ca 1930].
A rare, handsomely illustrated Bauhaus work on colour theory. Part one with chapters on Tobias Mayer, Lambert, Goethe, Runge, Chevreul, and others. Some.....
Item nr. 168778
Price: $2,500.00