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
![S, M, L, XL. [Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large]. Rem Koolhaas](/pictures/thumb/166655.jpg?v=1563592583)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
![Kikai to Geijutsu to no Koryu (The Correspondance[or Cultural Exchange] between Machine and Art....](/pictures/thumb/166636.jpg?v=1556853575)
ITAGAKI, Takao. Kikai to Geijutsu to no Koryu [The Correspondance or Cultural Exchange between Machine and Art]. Illustrated throughout with photographs. 8vo., publisher's decorated linen over boards, with two mounted photographs, and cardboard slipcase, in a new cloth folding box. Tokyo: Iwanami, Shoten, 1929.
An unusually fine copy of this important...
Item nr. 166636
Price: $3,750.00
TSCHICHOLD, Jan. Die neue Typographie Ein Handbuch für zeitgemäss Schaffende. 240 pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs and typographical samples. 8vo., bound in publisher's black cloth. Berlin: Verlag d. Bildungsverbandes der deutschen Buchdrucker, 1928.
A wonderful association copy of Tschichold's classic manifesto on modern typography, inscribed by Tschichold to the American typographer.....
Item nr. 165667
Price: $850.00
BUFFON, Federigo (editor). Distruggiamo il Boscevismo. Unpaginated. Illustrated thoughout with photographs, photomontage, political cartooons etc. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. [??] 1942.
A fine example of fascist book-illustration. This is a fierce piece of anti-communist propaganda issued by the Journalists Association of Lombardy. Among the contributors are Marinetti ("Futurismo Antibolscevico")...
Item nr. 165417
Price: $1,250.00
DUCHAMP, Marcel. L'Opposition et les Cases Conjugées sont réconciliées par... By Vitaly Halberstadt. [4], 91 pp. (i.e., 180), eight plates with guards paginated 93-107, pp. 108-112 (i.e., 11 pp.), [1] f. advertisement, errata leaf inserted at front and another mounted on rear inner wrapper. Illustrated by Duchamp with 254 diagrams...
Item nr. 149589
Price: $3,750.00
WARHOL, Andy. Andy Warhol. Organized by John Coplans with essays by Alfred Pacquement and John Brownstone. 12 pp. 4to., accordion folded with self-wrappers in a new purple cloth box. Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne, 1970.
Checklist of the 120 works exhibited with dimensions and owners.
Item nr. 136000
Price: $975.00
ALLOWAY, Lawrence. Artists and Photographs. Folio, as issued in the original illustrated cardboard box designed by Dan Graham, housed in a new linen cloth box. New York: Multiples, Inc., 1970.
An immaculate copy of this legendary pop art box, which contains editions by 19 artists and a softcover brochure. This copy...
Item nr. 165676
Price: $19,750.00
HEARTFIELD, John. The Soviet Financial System. By M.I. Bogolepov. 64 pp. Small 8vo., bound in wrappers designed by John Heartfield. Preserved in a new cloth folding box. London: Lindsay Drummond, 1945.
A fine copy of this scarce little pamphlet, which is one of several items that Heartfield designed for the English...
Item nr. 140623
Price: $675.00
JARRY, Alfred. Les Minutes de Sable, Memorial. [6], X, 5-210, [4] pp. Illustrated with 9 coloured (blue and maroon) woodcuts by Alfred Jarry. Small 8vo., 139 x 115 pp, bound in later binding using old paper over boards, preserving the original glossy black wrappers, Paris: Mercure de France, 1894.
First Edition...
Item nr. 167222
Price: $12,500.00
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 cloth folding box. Zurich: Heuberger, 1918.
First Edition. A superb association copy of this rare and important early Dada work...
Item nr. 167207
Price: $15,000.00
ARP, Hans. Der Pyramidenrock. 70 pp. Illustrated with a portrait of Arp by Amadeo Modigliani. Small 4to., bound in original printed boards, in a dark blue cloth box. Zurich & Munich: Eugen Rentsch Verlag, [1924].
A fine copy of this key Dada book, in the rare hard-bound version, and bearing the...
Item nr. 167119
Price: $4,750.00
ERNST, Max. La Femme 100 Têtes. With 147 illustrations by Max Ernst. With an introduction by André Breton. 8vo., bound in original wrappers, in a new grey cloth box. Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1929.
An unusually fine copy of La Femme 100 Têtes, Ernst's first collage novel, which was also the...
Item nr. 167104
Price: $5,850.00
CHERNYKOV, Iakov. Arkhitekturniie Fantazii [Architectural Fictions]. 102 pp. Illustrated with numerous textual illustrations and 101 colour plates. Small folio, 300 x 200 mm, bound in original blue embossed cloth. Leningrad: "Meshdunarodnaja Kniga" (Leningrad Section), 1933.
First Edition of this landmark work of Soviet architectural fantasies, lavishly illustrated with dramatic designs of...
Item nr. 166889
Price: $12,500.00
CAHUN, Claude. Le Coeur de Pic. By Lise DeHarme. With a preface by Paul Eluard. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 20 photographs by Claude Cahun. Small folio, 270 x 200 mm, bound in publisher's grey cloth over red boards with colour photographs on front and back cover by Cahun, preserved in a....
Item nr. 166567
Price: $12,500.00
TANGUY, Yves. Dormir, Dormir, dans les Pierres. By Benjamin Peret. Illustrated with three full-page plates printed recto only, and 10 vignette head- and tail-pieces after drawings by Tanguy. 8vo., 227 x 178 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, preserved in a new tan cloth folding box. Paris: Editions Surréalistes, 1927.
In...
Item nr. 166306
Price: $4,850.00