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
GLEIZES, Albert. Au Pays du Mufle. By Laurent Tailhade. 162 pp. Includes a frontispiece and 10 woodcuts plus a suite of the 11 woodcuts printed in red on Japon bound at the end. Small 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers in a new linen cloth folding box. Paris: Edouard-Joseph, 1920.
A.....
Item nr. 169025
Price: $2,750.00
DO AMARAL, Tarsila. Feuilles de route I. Le Formose. By Blaise Cendrars. 80 pp. With 8 illustrations by Tarsila do Amaral (cover illustration repeated on title-page). 8vo., 165 x 120 mm, bound in contemporary cloth over marbled boards, original wrappers bound in. Uncut, partially unopened. Preserved in a new blue.....
Item nr. 168982
Price: $3,850.00
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
NEURATH, Otto and Gerd ARNTZ. Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft: bildstatistisches Elementarwerk. das Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum in Wien zeigt in 100 Farbigen Bildtafeln Produktionsformen, Gesellschaftsordnungen, Kulturstufen, Lebenshaltungen. Contents includes title-page, 100 plates and 30 text pages. Oblong Folio, loose as issued in the original cloth portfolio. In a new linen cloth folding.....
Item nr. 168897
Price: $25,000.00
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
"A PROSE-POEM AND A MASTERPIECE"
JIMÉNEZ, Juan Ramon. Platero y yo, elegia andaluza... [3]-142 pp. (plus advertisement leaf). Illustrated throughout in colour by Fernando Marco. 8vo., 169 x 100 mm, bound in publisher's tan cloth covered boards, in a new purple cloth folding box. Madrid: Ediciones de "La Lectura," 1914.
First Edition.....
Item nr. 168882
Price: $5,750.00
MILAN. La Stazione Centrale di Milano inaugurata l'anno IX E.F. 396, [8] pp. Illustrated with six large foldout plans, six drawings by Giulio Cisari, and numerous photographs throughout the text, including full-page portraits of Vittorio Emmanuele II and Mussolini. Folio, 338 x 260 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated cloth. Milan.....
Item nr. 168940
Price: $3,500.00
CAPA, Robert. Madrid. [96] pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs by Robert Capa, Gerda Taro and Chim with photomontage by Josep Sala. 4to., 300 x 235 mm, bound in original photomontage illustrated wrappers with an added period plain blue dust-wrapper, in a new blue cloth folding box. Barcelona: Industries Grafiques Seix.....
Item nr. 168877
Price: $3,750.00
LALANNE, François-Xavier. Quelques Fables de La Fontaine. Illustrated with 19 etchings by François-Xavier Lalanne. Folio. 380 x 285 mm, loose as issued in publisher's wrappers and slipcase. Paris: Les Presses de Serendip, 2002.
A pristine copy of this wonderful collection of some of La Fontaine's lesser know fables, including 'La Chatte.....
Item nr. 169095
Price: $7,500.00
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
LAPTEV, A.M. Piatiletka [5 Year Plan]. Elaborate folding panorama, fully illustrated including maps & isotypes. 4to, preserved in original illustrated wrappers in a new tan cloth folding box. Moscow: GIZ, 1930.
A fine copy of this rare complex Constructivist panorama produced by A.M. Laptev, a gifted Soviet avant-garde graphic artist and.....
Item nr. 169055
Price: $12,500.00
BIROT, Pierre-Albert. La Triloterie. 60, [2] pp. Illustrated with an engraving by Leopold Survage and a pochoir in two colours by 'F.T.' [F. Torowai, aka Albert-Birot]. 12mo., bound in publisher's printed wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Editions "SIC, [1920].
An immaculate copy of this scarce and delightful little.....
Item nr. 169012
Price: $2,500.00
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
MUSSOLINI, Benito. Le Giornate del Duce a Genova: 14-15-16 maggio XVI. 108 pp. Illustrated throughout with photomontage and reproduced full page etchings by Ettore Mazzini. Folio, bound in original embossed boards. Genova: Partito nazionale fascista, 1938.
A spectacular piece of Fascist book design in the form of a twentieth century Fete.....
Item nr. 168739
Price: $2,850.00
KIRK, Hans. Jorgens Hjul. Unpaginated [8 ff]. Illustrated throughout many pages with photomontage by Arne Ungermann. Small 4to., bound in original illustrated boards, preserved in a new blue cloth folding box. Copenhagen: Mondes Forlag a/s, 1932.
A classic avant-garde children's book, which was almost certainly influenced by the work of such.....
Item nr. 168914
Price: $3,500.00