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KIRSANOV, Semen Isaakovich. Poslednii sovremennik [The Last Contemporary]. 95 pp. 8vo., 180 x 130 mm, bound in publisher's two-color Constructivist wrappers designed by Aleksander Rodchenko, in a new red cloth folding box with a black label. Moscow: Federatsiya,1930.
A fine copy of this typical example of Rodchenko's work as a book.....
Item nr. 169839
Price: $1,750.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Govorit Moskva [Moscow Speaks]. No. 36 (104), 1931. 18 pp. Folio, bound in publisher's colour peek-a-boo Constructivist die-cut wrappers designed by Rodchenko. Moscow: Vsesoiuznyi kom-t po radioveshchaniiu, 1931.
One of the rare issues of Moscow Speaks with the stunning lithographed decorative spirals on the cover by Rodchenko. It includes.....
Item nr. 169789
Price: $2,500.00
RODCHENKO, A.M. Rechevik:stikhi. [The Orator]. By S.M. Tretiakov. 191 pp. 8vo. 180 x 130 mm, bound in original two-color Constructivist letterpress wrappers designed by Rodchenko. Moscow and Leningrad: Giz, 1929.
A fresh copy of this pamphlet with the stunning vibrant wrappers designed by Rodchenko. The poetical text by the very important.....
Item nr. 169709
Price: $2,500.00
EL LISSITZKY. USSR im Bau. der Nordost-Seeweg ist offen. 1933 No. 9. [28] pp. Illustrated with a plethora of Russian photomontage images throughout and a concertina foldout plate. Folio, 415 x 300 mm, bound in original wrappers, preserved in a recent cloth box. Moscow: Isogix, 1933.
A fine copy of one.....
Item nr. 169671
Price: $1,750.00
BEZBORODOV, S. Bolsheviki otkryli Sibir [The Bolsheviks discovered Siberia]. 170, [6] pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small 4to., 225 x 180 mm, bound in publisher's decorated dark blue cloth. Moscow; Leningrad: Co-operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R., OGIZ, 1932.
First Edition. A wonderfully designed children's book.....
Item nr. 169360
Price: $1,750.00
ALFIERI, Dino and Luigi FREDDI. Mostra della Rivoluzione Fascista. 263 pp. With hundreds of illustrations, including some color plates and a fac-simile reproduction of an inscription by Mussolini as a frontispiece. 4to, bound in original cloth-backed illustrated boards. Rome: Partito Nazionale Fascista, 1933
The book commemorates the tenth anniversary of the.....
Item nr. 169182
Price: $975.00
VILLALOBOS-DOMINGUEZ, C. and Julio VILLALOBOS. Atlas de los Colores. (Colour Atlas). With 7,279 illustrations on 38 colour plates. Oblong 4to., bound in publisher's cloth. Buenos Aires: El Ateneo, 1947.
This is one of the most extensive colour atlases. This massive and elaborate work was an attempt to create a complete colour.....
Item nr. 169129
Price: $2,500.00
FASCISM. La lotta contro tubercolosi in Italia. 114 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams. Small folio, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers. Rome Federazione italiana nazionale fascista per la lotta contro la tuberculosi, 1934.
A fine copy of a book where the imaginative design is in dramatic contrast to the dreary.....
Item nr. 169121
Price: $850.00
COLOUR THEORY. Guide to Colour Standard. 20 pp. Illustrated with 13 colour diagrams, composed of cut out and pasted on pieces of paper with printed tissue overlays. Oblong Folio, bound in publisher's black cloth over boards stamped in silver in original cardboard slipcase. [Japan], Nihon shikisai kenyûjo, 1951.
A rare and.....
Item nr. 169063
Price: $2,500.00
LE CORBUSIER (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret). Poème de l'Angle Droit. 150, [8] pp. Illustrated throughout with lithograph text in the artist's hand, interspersed with numerous lithographs printed in black and colour. Folio, 430 x 330 mm, bound in original publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Tériade, [1955].
A superb copy of this icon.....
Item nr. 169573
Price: $38,500.00
HENNINGSEN, Poul. Kritisk Revy. Numbers 1-11, all published. Each bound in original printed wrappers, preserverd in a new linen cloth folding box. Charlottenlund: 1926-1928.
A complete set of this important Danish architecture magazine, which played a significant role in developing avant-garde culture in Scandinavia between the Wars. It is also the.....
Item nr. 169086
Price: $2,500.00
ITAGAKI, Takao & Sutemi HORIGUCHI. Kenchiku Yoshiki Ronso. 707, [5] pp. Illustrated throughout with architectural diagrams and photographs. Small 4to., 200 x 180 mm, bound in publisher's tan cloth within original printed card slipcase. Tokyo: Rokumonkan, 1932.
First Edition. An expansive collection of writings on style in architecture curated by Itagaki.....
Item nr. 170072
Price: $2,500.00
WREN, Sir Christopher. Memoirs of the life and works of Sir Christopher Wren with a brief view of the progress of architecture in England, from the beginning of the reign of Charles the First to the end of the seventeenth century; and an appendix of authentic documents. By James Elmes.....
Item nr. 169768
Price: $3,500.00
OGAWA KAZUMA. A Model Japanese Villa. 4 pp. Illustrated with 14 hand-coloured collotype plates. Oblong folio, 265 x 375 mm, bound in publisher's silk-covered boards, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Ogawa, 1899.
Splendid Japanese photo album depicting Meiji style gardens surrounding a model country villa. This appealing work in.....
Item nr. 123383
Price: $1,750.00
MOTHERWELL, Robert. Ulysses. By James Joyce. 838 pp. With 40 etchings by Robert Motherwell, of which 20 are in colour. Thick folio, bound in original publisher's white half-pigskin over blue patterned silk over boards, in original blue patterned silk box. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988.
A fine copy of one of.....
Item nr. 169208
Price: $22,500.00
TUTTLE, Richard. Early Auden. By W.H. Auden. Illustrated title-page and 10 accordion-folded panels of translucent paper wrapped around white bristol paper containing colour aquatints by Richard Tuttle. Folio, 350 x 215 mm, bound in smooth white vellum-covered boards, tan reversed calf spine in paper slipcase. San Francisco: Hine Editions, 1991.
A.....
Item nr. 159072
Price: $11,000.00
WARHOL, Andy. The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (From A to B and Back Again). 241 pp. 8vo., bound in original cloth, in dust jacket illustrated with a photograph by Philippe Halsmann. In a new black cloth folding box. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
A unique copy of the first edition.....
Item nr. 168170
Price: $5,000.00
WARHOL, Andy. Dossier No. 2357. [Exhibition catalogue for Thirteen Most Wanted Men]. [6] ff. Illustrated with one full-page black and white "mug-shot" from the New York Police Department's "Thirteen Most Wanted" list. 4to., 260 x 175 mm, bound in original stapled printed wrappers in a new red cloth box. Paris.....
Item nr. 153236
Price: $2,750.00
WARHOL AS BOOK ARTIST
WARHOL, Andy. A Collection of Warhol's Early Work in Books and Magazines. Comprised of 50 books and 10 magazines. Various formats, sizes and bindings, each as originally issued. Each item preserved in new cloth folding box. Various Places: 1951-2004.
A nearly complete collection of Warhol's work as an.....
Item nr. 150212
Price: $47,500.00
WARHOL, Andy. Warhol. Texts by Jean-Jacques Lebel, Alain Jouffroy, and John Ashbery. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 6 black-&-white plates and a foldout of Blue Electric Chair. 4to., bound in original stapled wrappers in new cloth box. Paris: Ileana Sonnabend Gallery, 1964.
A fine copy of the rare and important catalogue for Warhol's.....
Item nr. 113195
Price: $1,750.00
DECKER, Paul. Chinese Architecture Civil and Ornamental. Title-page + 24 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Chinese Architecture. Part the Second. Title-page + 12 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Gothic Architecture Decorated. Title-page + 12 plates. London: For the Author, 1759. BOUND WITH:
-----. Gothic Architecture.....
Item nr. 170368
Price: $22,500.00
ALLOM, Thomas. Original Drawing- Pencil and pen with sepia wash and white highlights. The Imperial Travelling Palace at the Hoo-Kew-Shan, or Tiger Mound, Henan Province.128 x 194 mm. Matted and framed. London, ca. 1840.
The subject of the palace at Huo-kew-shan in the Henan Province was famous throughout China for its.....
Item nr. 170153
Price: $7,500.00
PELLE, Clement and Thomas ALLOM. L'Empire Chinois, illustre d'apres des Dessins pris sur les Lieux. 4 Volumes. [4], 68, 26; 76; 74 pp. Illustrated with 4 engraved added title-pages and 124 full page steel engraved plates. 4to., bound in publisher's elaborately decorated red cloth. Paris: Fisher, 1845.
First Edition in French.....
Item nr. 170092
Price: $8,500.00
HELMAN, Isidore Stanislas. Suite des seize estampes repreìsentant les Conque?tes de l'empereur de la Chine:avec leur explication. Engraved description of the plates followed by 24 full page engraved plates of which three are joined together for one large folding plate. [Paris], 1783-1788. WITH:
Abrege historique des principaux traits de la vie.....
Item nr. 169163
Price: $50,000.00
GUIGNES, Chretien-Louis-Joseph de. Dictionnaire chinois, français et latin. Publié d'après l'ordre de sa majesté L'Emperuer et Roi Napoléon le Grand par M. de Guignes, résident de France à La Chine, Attaché au Ministère des Relations Extérieures, Correspondant de la Première et de la Troisieme Classe de L'Institut. [8], lvi, 1112.....
Item nr. 130234
Price: $15,000.00