A complete run of 20 issues in 11 fascicules comprising the first and second series of the short-lived Dutch humanitarian-expressionist literary magazine, continously paginated, the first series 140 pp. total, the second series 111 pp., founded by Eugeen De Bock and under the editorial direction of Paul van Ostaijen, showcasing..... More
A complete run in 6 unpaginated issues of the journal put out by the eponymous socialist Danish artist's and musician's collective, forming a sort of catalogue of the group's activities through comics, photos of happenings and concerts, reproductions of posters, songs, and other works. 8vo. Original saddle-stapled cardstock wrpps., each..... More
A complete run of 11 issues in 10 fascicules of the Argentinian cultural journal, under the editorial direction of Joaquin Bustamante, covering topics such as science, literature, and art, including articles on national and regional history, law and culture in Río Cuarto, book reviews, poetry, and other relevant issues. Scattered..... More
A complete run of the Scandinavian avant-garde art and literature journal, housed together in continuously paginated 128 pp. volume, (each issue approx. 16 pp.), published in both Finnish and Swedish, under the editorial direction of Lauri Haarla, Haggar Olsson, and Raoul af Hällström, containing essays on literature, music, theater, and..... More
2 vols., 336, 326 pp. detailed scholarly catalogue of woodblock prints created in Girona, Spain, dating from the 17th through the 19th centuries, collected and used by, among others, the printing company Carreras, 880 illus. (some in color) throughout the text, incl. initials, motifs, symbols, borders, and vignettes, often of..... More
(lii), 186 pp. architectural treatise on the three Greek orders and other basic architectural and construction details such as windows and doors couched in a self-promotional work intended to present Antoine as an original architectural theorist, illustrating his treatise with the designs of his own projects, including the façade of..... More
43 pp. volume of poetry, index, illustrated with four original engravings, each hand-numbered and initialed "L.B." in pencil. Large 8vo. Cloth boards, housed in original illustrated and hand-numbered paper slipcase. Some minor soiling and small tears to slipcase. Ancona (Bucciarelli) 1960. Limited edition no. 139 of 150 copies. Luigi Bartolini..... More
Large atlas of Versailles and the surrounding towns, with twelve maps total including one map depicting the overall area covered in the atlas, and eleven more detailed maps covering the towns and immediate surroundings of Mantes, Poissy, St. Denis, Crépieres, Versailles, Paris, Montfor l'Amaury, Chevreuse, Sceaux, Rambouillet, Arpajon, and Corbeil..... More
Portfolio of 10 colored lithographs, consisting of the following: 5 double-page lithos depicting sketches for the artist's frescoes at La Chapelle Saint-Pierre, each ca. 25 3/4" x 20 1/8", and 5 single-page examples, each ca. 12 7/8" x 20 1/8", including the front and rear wrpps., a frontispiece, an image..... More
![e. g. Zhorzh Gross [George Grosz]. Karo Halabian, George Grosz](/pictures/thumb/50102_1.jpeg?v=1565883530)
Moscow: ASSR "Pethrat,” 1924. Octavo (21.8 × 16.8 cm). Paper wrappers; tipped-in frontis plate, 11 pp. of text and [16] leaves of full-page illustrations with captions in Armenian. Signed and inscribed by the author in 1925. Good; spine rebacked; possibly later paper wrappers (with part of original front wrapper affixed..... More
Unpag. volume on Lettrist photography containing an 8 page introduction by Isou followed by 20 original silver photographs by 20 different artists tipped to hard paper mounts, each signed: 10 photographs by Jean-Bernard Arkitu, Pierre Battini, Gérard Philippe Broutin, Françoise Canal, Carole Courteau, Maurice Lemaître, Roland Sabatier, Jean-Louis Sarthou, Dany..... More
Leipzig: Galerie Eigen+Art, 1985–1987. Text volumes quartos, portfolios folio-size and measuring ca. 55 × 41.5 × 5 cm. Text volumes cloth boards, portfolios in black and white linen cassettes, artworks loose as issued. One image with partial adhesions from tissue paper overlay, some very minor soiling and rubbing to portfolios..... More
6 vols., with approx. 390 superb plates (30 in color, the others in photogravure on fine paper) accompanied by interleaved commentary on the objects, documenting the major collection of mostly Japanese, with some Chinese, art including paintings, lacquerwork, sculpture, ceramics, etc. Large folio. Silk-covered boards, elaborately tie-bound in the Japanese..... More
Le Corbusier. Unpaginated sample book of wall paper designed by Le Corbusier for the Salubra wall paper factory, introduction by Le Corbusier on how to use the color scheme including his sketches for application in interior design, 28 marbled color wall paper samples, 20 monochrome samples (in dense colors), 2..... More
1935. Facing title page: Soyuz Sovetskikh Arkhitektorov. 208 pp. compendium of essays on historical and contemporary architectural issues, including city planning, recent developments in the Soviet era, international modernism, the design of the Moscow-Donbass highway, housing problems, and the architectural reconstruction of Moscow, by Nikolai Brunov, Mikhail Alpatov, Vladimir Semenov..... More
Two parts in one volume, xxxii, 428 pp. volume in Latin on St. Clement of Rome (Pope Clement I) and the medieval Basilica di San Clemente in Rome, including information on the life of the saint, a controversy surrounding the whereabouts of his remains, and the history and architecture of..... More
Unpaginated set of texts (printed recto only on 27 loose-leaf sheets of monogrammed "Fluxus" cardstock) providing a chronological overview of events in Holland from 1960 to 1969 directly linked to George Macunias and the Fluxus organization in New York, housed together with 24 related items, including facsimile reproductions of historical..... More
36 original large format gelatin prints backed with linen of the Swedish American cruise ship the MS Kungsholm, all but one depicting interior views with tabs delineating the first, second, and third class sections of the ship, including the first class promenade garden lounge, aviary, foyer and staircase, smoking salon..... More
Prague: Odeon, 1927-1931. Octavos (ca. 21.8 × 17.3 cm). Later full calf with titles to spines; in cloth-covered card slipcase; preserving all front and rear wrappers; approx. 32–40 pp. per issue. Numerous photographs and illustrations per issue. Wrappers resized with very slight loss to right and lower margin of wrappers..... More
![Archipenko. Publikace Devětsilu č. 2 [Devětsil publication no. 2]. Karel Teige](/pictures/thumb/P6693_1.jpg?v=1574291707)
Prague: Devětsil, 1923. Small octavo (18 × 13 cm). Publisher’s printed wrappers; 13, [3] pp. of text, 8 full-page black-and-white reproductions of Archipenko's works on better stock, all loosely inserted into the fragile green wrappers, as issued. Inscribed by Teige to the French Futurist poet Nicholas Beauduin, and with his..... More
1686. (24), 456, (36) pp. detailed text on artworks in hundreds of Roman churches and palazzi, each building getting its own entry ranging from a paragraph or two to several pages, and including works by Caracci, Mantegna, Gozzoli, Carlo Fontana, Cortese, Domenichino, Borromini, Guido Reni, da Vinci, Lorenzo Lotti, Michelangelo..... More
![T ky kangy hakurankai jimu h koku j kan [Tokyo Industrial Exposition Report, Vol. 1]. Tokyo...](/pictures/thumb/50219_001.jpg?v=1569594528)
331 pp. volume representing the first part of a two-part govermental report on the 1907 Tokyo Industrial Exposition, covering the overall operations and organization of the exposition including maps and plans for the arrangement of the pavilions within Ueno Park, and interior plans describing the use of the pavilions and..... More
![Zhiv Kruchenykh! [Kruchenykh Lives!]. Sergei Tret’iakov, Boris Pasternak, Sergei...](/pictures/thumb/48990_001.jpg?v=1559208935)
Small 48 pp. booklet compiling essays in honor of Aleksei Kruchenykh, from contributors including Boris Pasternak, Sergei Tret'iakov, David Burliuk, Tat'iana Tolstaia, and Sergei Rafalovich. Three linocut illustrations by Gustav Klutsis. Light and even toning, some minor edge wear. 8vo. Original illustrated wrpps. with covers designed by Klutsis, some small..... More
![Pastora ki [Pastorals]. Drzeworyty Tadeusza Makowskiego [Woodcuts by Tadeusz Makowski]. Tytus Czy...](/pictures/thumb/50136_1.jpg?v=1571237739)
Paris: Polskie Towarzystwo Przyjació Ksi ki, 1925. Quarto (26 × 21 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with a woodcut by Makowski; twelve woodcuts, of which six full- page; 34, [3] pp. Wrappers and first blank leaf with professional paper restoration; occasional foxing; else very good. Considered one of the most beautiful..... More
7 vols. bound in 15 parts, comprising a complete set of the monumental catalogue of manuscripts in the Austrian National Library, copiously annotated, with bibliographic references throughout, each volume containing its own registers and indexes, profusely illustrated with collotype reproductions of manuscript texts and illuminations, some in color. Large 4to..... More
