STEINER, S.E. Wiener Werkstaette Fabrics. 42 Textile Samples. Oblong 4to., bound in publisher's green cloth in a new green cloth folding box. [Vienna: Steiner & Co., ND]
A rare catalogue from S.E. Steiner & Co, which had been producing fabrics for the Wiener Werkstätte before they founded their own textile department.....
Item nr. 165736
Price: $15,000.00
MUNARI, Bruno. Nella notte buia. 18 pp. Using black paper and 16 pp printed on acetate and 16 pp. on grey paper, mostly with die-cut images, and 8 partial pages on acetate. 8vo., bound in publisher's illustrated black boards, in a new blue cloth folding box. Milan: Giuseppe Muggiani, 1956.
First.....
Item nr. 164447
Price: $1,250.00
ZHITOMIRSKY, Alexander. Five political photomontage pamphlets designed by A. Zhitomirsky. 8vo. Original wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Moscow: Gos. izdat. politicheskoi literatury, 1962.
A complete set of these rare pamphlets with their drammatic covers designed by Alexander Zhitomirsky. Zhitomirsky who somehow managed to survive from 1907 to 1003 was.....
Item nr. 168818
Price: $4,750.00
DEPERO, Fortunato. I Dopolavoro Aziendali in Italia. 1410 pp. Illustrated with 96 colour plates and 1 folding map and photomontages throughout. Small folio, 296 x 274, bound in publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt. Novara: istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1938.
A fine copy of a virtually unknown work. Fortunato Depero (1892.....
Item nr. 168790
Price: $27,500.00
ROTH, Dieter. Kinderbuch. 28 pp. With colour illustrations throughout. 4to., 320 x 320 mm, in publisher's ring-bound illustrated boards, in a new cloth folding box. Reykjavik, Iceland: Forlag Ed, 1957
Dieter Roth's first book, Kinderbuch [Children's Book], which he designed himself, was initially produced as a unique work, made in 1954.....
Item nr. 167932
Price: $12,500.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Revolution und Konterrevolution in China. Übersetzung aus dem englischen Manuskript von Paul Frölich. By Manabendra Nath Roy. 478 pp. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth and dust-wrapper designed by John Heartfield. Berlin: Soziologische Verlagsanstalt, 1930.
One of Heartfield's most striking and gruesome designs. Minor wear.
Not in Siepmann...
Item nr. 140576
Price: $975.00
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: $4,500.00
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
RODCHENKO, Aleksandr and Varvara STEPANOVA. Soviet Aviation. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, bound in publisher's grey pictorial boards. Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers, 1939. WITH:
The Red Army and Navy. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, bound in publisher's red pictorial boards. Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers, 1939.
Published.....
Item nr. 167289
Price: $3,500.00
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.....
Item nr. 165322
Price: $2,500.00
[JAPANESE MATCHBOX COVERS]. Album containing over 950 Japanese Matchbox covers mounted on 59 leaves. Small folio 4to., bound in original boards in a new blue cloth folding box with a red leather label. Japan: 1920s and 30s.
This collection provides a unique view of Japanese pre-war design. Many of the labels.....
Item nr. 162577
Price: $2,500.00
FREYTAG, Gustav. Export-Atlas für Welthandel und Industrie. 6 pp text. Illustrated with one folding map of the world, 20 maps and 8 charts all done in chromolithography. Oblong folio, 265 x 395 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth. Vienna: G. Freytag & Berndt, ND [1901].
An imaginative example of early.....
Item nr. 143521
Price: $3,500.00
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, an inscribed copy, of this photographic anomaly, offering an "Anatomical Dance of Death," prepared for the use.....
Item nr. 164781
Price: $8,500.00
BOOM, Irma and Johan PIJNAPPEL. SHV 1896-1996. [Centennial Album / Jubileumboek]. AKA Thinkbook. 2136 pp. Thick 8vo., 230 x 180 x 120 mm, bound in publisher's boards and cardboard box. Utrecht: SHV Holdings, 1996.
An immaculate copy of the chef d'oeuvre of the Dutch designer Irma Boom. Commissioned to commemorate the.....
Item nr. 166812
Price: $7,500.00
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
TESTI, C.V. Les Routes de l'Italie. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. 8vo., publisher's illustrated wrappers. (Rome): ENIT, 1933. WITH:
TESTI, C.V. When will you come to Italy. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout. 8vo., publisher's illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. (Rome): E.N.I.T, 1936.
Two wonderful examples of Fascist book design, both in fine conditon.....
Item nr. 168265
Price: $1,250.00
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 begiining of the war, published with text in Italian and German as.....
Item nr. 167163
Price: $2,500.00
LABO, Mario and Attilio PODESTA. Colonie Marine, Montane, Elioterapiche. 79 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and architectural diagrams. Folio, bound in publisher's boards, and illustrated dust-jacket. Milan: Ed. Domus, 1942.
$975.00
A fine example of this wartime study of the architecture of holiday camps, something which would seem to be a strange.....
Item nr. 166852
Price: $975.00
MORGAGNI, Manlio. Viva il Duce! 23 Marzo 1919. 226 leaves. Photographically illustrated throughout. Folio, bound in publisher's boards, in a new linen cloth folding box. Milano: Alfieri & Lacroix, 1939.
This splendid Fascist photobook is massive hagiography of Mussolini, redeemed by its imaginative book design, which is in complete contrast to.....
Item nr. 166851
Price: $3,500.00
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
ERNST, Max. Mr. Knife and Mrs. 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, in a sleeve and slipcase by Leroux. Paris: The Black.....
Item nr. 168623
Price: $20,000.00
BUEHRMANN'S, G.H. De Papiermolen; Tijdschrift voor de grafische Vakken. Vol. 11. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with tipped in paper samples. Small folio, 300 x 240 mm, in spiral bound publisher's paper wrappers. Amsterdam: Bührmann's, G.H., papiergroothandel n.v., ND.
A fine copy of one of the volumes of this splendidly designed volume.....
Item nr. 159721
Price: $750.00