HEARTFIELD, John. Revolution und Konterrevolution in China. Übersetzung aus dem englischen Manuskript von Paul Frölich. By Manabendra Nath Roy. 478 pp. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth and dust-wrapper designed by John Heartfield. Berlin: Soziologische Verlagsanstalt, 1930.
One of Heartfield's most striking and gruesome designs. Minor wear.
Not in Siepmann...
Item nr. 140576
Price: $975.00
ERNST, Max. Max Ernst. By Joe Bousquet and Michel Tapie. Illustrated with 2 original signed lithographs by Max Ernst. 4to., bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Rene Drouin, 1950.
This rare book is comprised of the two signed lithographs, a text by Bousquet entitled A.....
Item nr. 129995
Price: $7,500.00
WADA, Senzo. Shikisai Haigo-ban. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards which open to three panels with some explanatory text; a framed panel with eight colour strips which holds eight separate coloured cellophane filters in card frames; and a rotating volvelle with cellophane colour filters. In.....
Item nr. 165377
Price: $1,500.00
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 slipcase. Zurich: Heuberger, 1918.
First Edition. A superb association copy of this rare and important early Dada work, inscribed by.....
Item nr. 168746
Price: $12,500.00
BRANCUSI. An Exhibition of Sculpture by Brancusi, November 17 1926 -December 15 1926 at The Brummer Gallery. With introduction by Paul Morand, and texts by Brancusi, Carl Sandburg, Ezra Pound, Andre Salmon and others. [9] pp. Illustrated with 32 photographic plates. Folio, bound in original wrappers in a new linen.....
Item nr. 168499
Price: $3,750.00
LISSITZKY, El. USSR im Bau. Das sechzehnte Jahr der Revolution. Nr. 9. Folio, bound in original illustrated wrappers, in a new blue cloth folding box. Moscow: Staatlicher Kunstverlag, 1934.
A copy of one of many monographic issues of this landmark periodical, devoted to Dnieprostroi. As Martin Parr says "from 1930-1940 URSS.....
Item nr. 167438
Price: $2,500.00
RODCHENKO, Aleksandr and Varvara STEPANOVA. Soviet Aviation. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, bound in publisher's grey pictorial boards. Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers, 1939. WITH:
The Red Army and Navy. Unpaginated. Illustrated throughout with photomontages. Folio, bound in publisher's red pictorial boards. Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers, 1939.
Published.....
Item nr. 167289
Price: $3,500.00
AROSSEV, A. [ed.]. Soviet Cinema. 312 pp. Profusely illustrated, plus 14 pp of advertisements. 8vo., bound in publisher's cloth-backed illustrated boards. Moscow: Voks, 1936.
A nice copy of this rare and fragile history of Soviet film with photomontages by Rodchenko and Stepanova. Published at the high watermark of state-controlled Soviet cinema.....
Item nr. 164983
Price: $2,500.00
HUSZAR, Vilmos. Bruynzeel's Fabrieken, Zaandam. 72 pp. Profusely illustrated with photomontages. Oblong 4to., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new dark blue cloth folding box. Zaandam, Netherlands: [C. Bruynzeel & Zonen], 1930.
A fine copy of Huszar's magnum opus as a book designer, and a book which prefigured the work of.....
Item nr. 164776
Price: $3,500.00
HEARTFIELD, John. Lerne lachen ohne zu weinen. By Kurt Tucholsky. 426 pp. 8vo., bound in publisher's boards and dustjacket designed by Heartfield, in a new black cloth folding box. Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt, 1931.
A scarce book with the its splendid Heartfield cover. While there is a small piece missing and some.....
Item nr. 164651
Price: $1,250.00
MEXICO. Seis anos de gobierno al Servicio de Mexico, 1934-1940. From the Gabinete Presdencial. xxv, 459 pp. Illustrations throughout. Small folio, bound in publisher's brown gilt-stamped cloth. [México]: [La Nacional Impressora], 1940.
A massive and seemingly little-know work, which is illustrated with Isotypes on almost every page. The use of the.....
Item nr. 167437
Price: $4,750.00
RUSSIAN TOY CATALOGUE. Sat'amashoebis laboratoriis ek'sponatebis albomi. [Album of Toy Laboratory Exhibits] . 80 pp. Illustrated with photographs and coloured diagrams. 180 x 276 mm, bound in original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front cover. Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941.
This album showcases toys and educational materials for kindergarten children.....
Item nr. 165322
Price: $2,500.00
[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
FREYTAG, Gustav. Export-Atlas für Welthandel und Industrie. 6 pp text. Illustrated with one folding map of the world, 20 maps and 8 charts all done in chromolithography. Oblong folio, 265 x 395 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated blue cloth. Vienna: G. Freytag & Berndt, ND [1901].
An imaginative example of early.....
Item nr. 143521
Price: $3,500.00
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
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
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
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
MORGAGNI, Manlio. Viva il Duce! 23 Marzo 1919. 226 leaves. Photographically illustrated throughout. Folio, bound in publisher's boards, in a new linen cloth folding box. Milano: Alfieri & Lacroix, 1939.
This splendid Fascist photobook is massive hagiography of Mussolini, redeemed by its imaginative book design, which is in complete contrast to.....
Item nr. 166851
Price: $3,500.00
HUGNET, Georges. L'Aventure Dada (1916-1922). With an introduction by Tristan Tzara. 101 pp. Illustrated with 33 photographic plates. 8vo., bound in original illustrated wrappers after a design by Marcel Duchamp, in a new black cloth box with black leather spine label gilt. Paris: Galerie de l'Institut, 1957.
Duchamp created his Project.....
Item nr. 154685
Price: $675.00
El LISSITZKY. URSS en Construction. Number devoted to the Soviet Navy. Year 20, No. 1. 44 pp. Folio, bound in original wrappers. Moscow: Editions d'Etat des Beaux-Arts, 1937.
Apart from the wear to the top of the front wrapper, a fine copy of a typical issue of this landmark periodical, this.....
Item nr. 128754
Price: $1,750.00