ITAGAKI, Takao. Atarashiki Geijutsu no Kakutoku. 246 pp. Profusely illustrated. 8vo., bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers preserved in a new black cloth box. Tokyo: Tenjinsha 1930.
First edition of this essay on the machine and new architecture and design, by the champion of modernism in Japan. OCLC lists only 2 copies...
Item nr. 167410
Price: $1,500.00
GAZAN, Henri. Marie-Anne et son oncle sam. Unpaginated, 18 ff. Illustrated throughout with pochoirs. Oblong folio, 277 x 380 mm, bound in publisher's raspberry paper boards with pochoir illustrated label on the front cover. Paris: G. Boutitie, [1919].
First and only edition, one of 500 copies. A striking allegorical work illustrating...
Item nr. 167371
Price: $5,500.00
PORTUGALOV, P.A. Parki kul'tury i otdykha Moskvy: Putevoditel'... [Parks of
Culture and Recreation: Guidebook]. 113, [11] pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and plans. 8vo., 190 x 135 mm, bound in publisher's decorated wrappers and dust-wrapper by Buev and Iordansky. Preserved in a new light blue cloth folding box. Moscow: Moskovsky rabochii...
Item nr. 166612
Price: $1,500.00
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KOOLHAAS, Rem. S, M, L, XL. [Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large] 1,344 pp. with roughly 1,250 illustrations, 350 in colour. 4to., bound in original boards, in a new cloth grey folding box. New York: Monacelli Press, 1995.
First Edition with yellow lettering on spine. Signed, initialed and dated by Koolhas. A publication...
Item nr. 166655
Price: $1,500.00
TYML, Jan. Domovem jdem, v svet se berem vlakem, lodí, autem, aerem. 4 parts, each with 8 leaves illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo., loose in original illustrated wrappers in a new light blue cloth folding box. Praha: Cs. grafická Unie, 1936.
A beautifully designed childrens' book showing various modes of transport on...
Item nr. 166048
Price: $1,750.00
MIRÓ, Joan. Parler Seul. By Tristan Tzara. Illustrated with 72 lithographs by Miró. Folio, 377 x 285 mm, loose as issued in original publisher's wrappers and illustrated cover and slipcase. [Paris]: Maeght, 1948-1950.
A fine copy of one of the outstanding examples of modern book illustration. Parler Seul is unreservedly accepted...
Item nr. 167224
Price: $30,000.00
NEW YORK ART SCENE. New York: The New Art Scene. Text by Alan Solomon. 341 pp. Illustrated with ca. 500 photogravure plates by Ugo Mulas. Folio, bound in publisher's tan cloth, with photographically illustrated dust jacket. New York:, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1967.
Ugo Mulas' homage to Manhattan's art world of the...
Item nr. 165671
Price: $2,750.00
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. [Wendingen]. The Life-Work of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. 7 Numbers. Illustrated with black and white photographs, floor plans and drawings. Square folio, bound in the original decorated wrappers. In a new red cloth folding box. Santpoort, CA: Mees, 1925.
A spectacular copy of this legendary monograph...
Item nr. 165610
Price: $4,750.00
[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
L'HUMANITE. L'Humanite 20 Ans. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, bound in original staple-bound wrappers, preserved in a new red cloth box. Paris: Organe Central Du Parti Communiste, August 1934.
A fine copy of this fragile issue of the celebrated Communist paper L'Humanite published to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the outbreak...
Item nr. 141258
Price: $975.00
![XXeme Siecle. [Vingtieme Siecle]. Paris: Editions des Chronique du Jour, Vingtieme Siecle](/pictures/thumb/38146.jpg?v=1561174278)
VINGTIEME SIECLE. XXeme Siecle. Serie II: nos. 1-59 (last published), together with all 14 of the special numbers. Illustrated throughout with 163 original graphics. Folio, in wrappers and boards as issued, some wrappers slightly bumped, but overall a fine set. Paris, 1951-1985.
A complete set of the second series of one...
Item nr. 38146
Price: $17,500.00
DEPERO, Fortunato. 96 Tavole a Colori per 'I Dopolavoro Aziendali in Italia'. [97 leaves]. Leaf with calligraphic title (repeat of the front board of the binding) in pink, copy number and signature verso, leaf with explanatory text recto and 95 colour plates, each with guard leaf, recto only. Small folio...
Item nr. 167349
Price: $22,500.00
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SHIMOMURA, Shotaro. Chudo-Ken. Views Within and Outside. Chewdoh-Ken (Tudor House). One leaf of text and 31 mounted gelatin silver prints, each with printed tissue guard. Oblong 4to., 218 x 278 mm, bound in contemporary decorative morocco by Matsuzaki & Co. Kyoto: [ca. 1930].
Only Edition of this eccentric Japanese book, published...
Item nr. 126157
Price: $5,000.00
BRAQUE, Georges. L'Ordre des Oiseaux. By Saint-John Perse. 54 pp. Illustrated with 12 original colour aquatints by Georges Braque. Oblong folio, bound in black morocco-backed moiré silk-covered boards by Jean Duval, upper board with onlaid paper collage bird design after Braque, in a new cloth slip case. Paris: Au Vent...
Item nr. 165076
Price: $27,500.00
MIRÓ, Joan. Almario. By José-Miguel Ullán. Illustrated with 5 drypoints and an etching with aquatint printed in colours. Folio, loose as issued in the original wrappers and cloth slipcase. Paris: R.L.D. [Robert Lydie Dutrou], 1985.
An imaginative piece of book-making. Printed on beautiful Auvergne paper, this represents one of the rare.....
Item nr. 129079
Price: $9,750.00
MATISSE, Henri. Poesies Antillaises. By John-Antoine Nau. 90 ff. Illustrated with 28 full-page portrait lithographs and a further 27 hors-texte ornaments by Matisse. Folio, 383 x 292 mm, loose as issued in the publisher's wrappers and cardboard slipcase. Paris: Mourlot, 1972.
Matisse conceived of this work as an homage to his...
Item nr. 120562
Price: $17,500.00
HOCKNEY, David. Hockney's Alphabet. Folio, bound in quarter vellum with handmade Fabriano Roma paper sides, housed in matching box. London: Faber & Faber, 1991.
Limited Edition of 250 numbered copies for sale. Illustrated by David Hockney and SIGNED by the following contributors: Douglas Adams, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, William Boyd, Margaret...
Item nr. 52761
Price: $1,975.00
PURYEAR, Martin. Cane. By Jean Toomer. 141, [3] pp. Illustrated with 10 woodcuts by Martin Puryear, and an afterword by Leon LF. Litwack. Oblong folio, bound in original tan cloth. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2000.
An immaculate copy of this important book, first published in 1923, which has long been...
Item nr. 164471
Price: $4,250.00
FLAVIN, Dan. Pink and Gold. 16 sheets of continuous form paper. 4to, in an new cloth folding box. Chicago: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1967.
The rare catalogue for Flavin's first solo museum exhibition. As part of the exhibition, visitors were invited to feed pre-punched paper cards containing data through a rented...
Item nr. 167355
Price: $3,500.00
MIRÓ, Joan. À Toute Épreuve. By Paul Eluard. 46 ff. Illustrated with 79 woodcuts by Miró printed in colour. 4to., 320 x 250 mm, loose as issued in original colour printed wrappers illustrated by Joan Miró. In original chemise and bamboo slipcase. Preserved in a new red cloth folding box...
Item nr. 167302
Price: $95,000.00
CASSANDRE, A.M. Le Spectacle dans la Rue. By Blaise Cendrars. 4to., stiff white wrappers, spiral bound, with part of the cover title printed in raised letters and the remainder in giant letters in red, black and green. In a cloth folding box. Paris: Draeger Freres, 1935.
This brilliant example of modernist.....
Item nr. 128480
Price: $1,500.00
KELLY, Ellsworth. Un Coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard. By Stéphane Mallarmé. 54 ff. Illustrated with 11 lithographs, in black, on ivory wove Rives BKF paper, by Kelly. Folio, 394 x 315 mm, bound in original black morocco, in black solander box. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1992.
Kelly's first...
Item nr. 167386
Price: $5,750.00
ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel. 176 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 79 collages by Max Ernst. 8vo., 265 x 200 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, slightly faded in a new linen cloth folding box, gilt black leather spine label. Paris: Éditions du Carrefour...
Item nr. 166300
Price: $8,500.00
LANDELLE, Gabriel, de la. Pigeon Vole. Aventures en l'Air. 414 pp. Profusely illustrated. 8vo., bound in contemporary brown morocco over matching pebbled boards. Paris: P. Brunet, 1868.
A fine copy of a scarce little jewel of a book, which anticipates the books created by artists such as Max Ernst and Joseph...
Item nr. 128078
Price: $3,850.00
GARATTI, Celso Maria. Italiani di Mussolini in A.O. 569 pp. Profusely illustrated. Large folio, bound in publisher's cloth with spine made from copper tubes, and onlaid metal axe on the front cover. Bologna: L. Cappelli, 1937.
A stupendous object, in a binding that is completely over the top. Fascist bombast at...
Item nr. 167196
Price: $8,500.00