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
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
AVEDON, Richard. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. By John Ashbery. Containing an original signed photograph by Richard Avedon, and seven original, signed prints by: Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Jim Dine, Jane Freilicher, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj and Larry Rivers. With a recording of Ashbery reading his poem. Prints.....
Item nr. 168518
Price: $17,500.00
El LISSITZKY. SSSR Stroit Sotzializm. (USSR Builds The Socialism). xxvi, 282, [4] pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folio, bound in publisher's cloth-backed boards, preserved in a new red cloth folding box. Moscow: Izozis, 1933.
A spectacular example of Lissitzky's skill as a bookmaker, and one of the finest examples of the.....
Item nr. 167434
Price: $12,500.00
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
TOLMER, A. Mise En Page. The Theory and Practice of Lay-Out. [117] pp. With 16 full-page photomontages and illustrations. 4to., 264 x 212 mm, bound in original decorated boards, in a new yellow cloth folding box with a black leather label. London: The Studio, 1931.
A fine copy of this brilliant.....
Item nr. 165681
Price: $2,250.00
[JAPANESE MATCHBOX COVERS]. Album comprising 112 pages containing approximately 1600 Japanese Matchbox covers. Oblong 4to., bound in original boards. Japan: 1930s up to mid 1940s.
A colourful collection of pre-war Japanese Matchbox covers. This collection provides a unique view of Japanese pre-war design. Many of the labels show the strong influence.....
Item nr. 143517
Price: $2,500.00
BEAUDENEAU, Julie. Cercle Chromatique servant à trouver complémentaires et triades. Diagram on thick board measuring 360 x 320 mm, with 54 tipped on colour samples and four sided metal pointer, accompanied by 12 matted sheets each containing 36 coulor samples. Preserved in a new orange cloth folding box with blue.....
Item nr. 164778
Price: $3,500.00
D'UDINE, Jean. L'Orchestration des Couleurs. Analyse, Classification et Synthese mathmatiques des Sensations colorees. 216 pp. Illustrated with 50 text illustrations and 10 loose chromolithographic plates. 8vo., bound in original printed cloth. Paris: A. Joanin, 1903.
First Edition. Jean d'Udine is a pseudonym; the author's real name was Albert Cozanet, a musican.....
Item nr. 164568
Price: $1,500.00
GONFREVILLE, M.D. Art de la Teinture des Laines en Toison, en Fil et en Tissu. 700 pp., followed by 16 pp. of formulas and instructions for dyeing and laundering wool. Illustrated with 8 pp. containing 128 corresponding wool swatches in diverse colours and patterns. 8vo., 207 x 130 mm, bound.....
Item nr. 143974
Price: $550.00
FER, Édouard. Solfège de la Couleur. Preface by Yves Le Grand. [viii], 28 pp. Illustrated with 15 plates of which one is double-page and all but one are coloured, plus two final leaves of coloured ads, and a "Tableau de Mélanges de Couleurs" by LeFranc inserted at front. 4to., 272.....
Item nr. 142540
Price: $375.00
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
LEBEDEV, V.V. Russian Placards / Placard Russe, 1917-1922. [8] pp., XXIII colour lithographs after posters by Lebedev, each protected by a tissue guard with printed text. Small 4to., 189 x 214 mm, bound in original orange wrappers with mounted illustration, preserved in a new red cloth folding box, title in.....
Item nr. 143512
Price: $4,750.00
CENDRARS, Blaise. Dix-Neuf Poèmes Élastiques. [30] ff. Illustrated with a portrait of the author by Amedeo Modigliani. 16mo., 195 x 125 mm, bound by S. Jacques in three-quarter crushed burgundy morocco over matching paper boards, author and title gilt on spine, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., with original printed wrappers bound in......
Item nr. 34489
Price: $2,500.00
SUTHERLAND, Graham. Cakes and Ale or The Skeleton in the Cupboard By. W. Somerset Maugham. Illustrated with an original lithographic frontispiece by Graham Sutherland. 8vo., bound in publisher's half cream-colored calf in original slipcase. London: William Heinemann, [ca. 1954].
Published in a limited edition of 1000 copies, signed by the.....
Item nr. 30346
Price: $875.00
SCHWITTERS, Kurt. Die Kathedrale. Text by Kurt Schwitters. Illustrated with 7 lithographs by Schwitters. 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers and label, preserved in half morocco sleeve and matching slipcase. Hannover: Paul Steegemann, 1920.
A superb copy of this rare, important and fragile Dada pamphlet, issued in an unspecified edition, issued.....
Item nr. 168624
Price: $17,500.00
WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol. Stable Gallery Exhibition Announcement. Red-ink stamped photostat, 11 pp., each 216 x 280 mm (8.5 x 11 inches), folded vertically as issued. In a new black cloth folding box. New York: Stable Gallery, 1962.
This is legendary announcement of Warhol's second one-man gallery exhibition, and his first.....
Item nr. 167375
Price: $12,500.00
ANDERSEN, Hendrik Christian. Creation d'un Centre mondial de Communication. Two parts in one volume. [6], xv, 128, 102 pp. Recto of dedication leaf in heliogravure. 25 heliogravure plates (9 double-page and 5 double-page and folding), including the plate 'A World Centre' at the beginning of part I not called for.....
Item nr. 167123
Price: $7,500.00
KORZHEV, M.P. & M.I. PROKHOROVA. Arkhitektura parkov SSSR. [Architecture of Parks of the USSR]. 140 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and plans. 4to., 265 x 200 mm, bound in publisher's grey cloth. [Moscow]: Izd-vo Akademii arkhitektury SSSR, 1940.
First edition. One of 4000 copies. A rare photographic survey of parks across.....
Item nr. 166616
Price: $1,500.00
TAUT, Bruno. Ein Wohn Haus. [iv], 118, [2] pp. Illustrated with 104 photos, 72 architectural plans, 1 colour plate, and 1 folding "keyboard" colour chart. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth and dust-wrapper. Stuttgart: W. Keller & Co 1927.
First edition, later issue. In the series "Kosmos-Haus-Bücher," with typography (including binding) by.....
Item nr. 112070
Price: $1,500.00
FASCISM. L'Italia all'Esposizione Internationale di Parigi. Unpaginated. Illustrated with tipped in photographs throughout. Folio, 300 x 240, bound in publisher's spiral bound gilt wrappers, preserved in a new red cloth folding box. Paris: Jacques Makowsky, [1938].
First Edition. A fine copy of this elaborate publication documenting the Italian Pavilion at the.....
Item nr. 168405
Price: $2,500.00
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