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1961réf. 014312Jens Risom Design Inc. New York 1961. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo standard book size. Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation underlining and highlighting. Complete with extensively illustrated catalogues numbered I-IV and separate price guide. Right edges of wraps have light sunning top corners lightly creased overall very good. Housed in original slipcase that is bumped at corners has light wear at opening rubbing to sides. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5 lbs 0 oz. Category: Furniture Catalogue; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 014312. . Jens Risom Design Inc. paperback
1930réf. 6434Garden City NY: Doubleday Doran & Company Inc 1930. First American Edition. An early popular work by the English novelist and playwright a sequel to her wildly popular 1924 novel The Constant Nymph. Kennedy adapted the novel into a play in 1934 called Escape Me Never which in turn was adapted for the screen twice: first in 1935 by Paul Czinner and again by Peter Godfrey in 1947 starring Errol Flynn Ida Lupino and Eleanor Parker. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; pinkish-brown cloth with titling and decorative elements stamped in black on spine and front cover; sandy brown topstain; pictorial endpapers; dustjacket; x3371pp. A bit of softening to spine ends lower corners gently tapped though still sharp with a thin strip of fading along the lower board edges; contents fresh; Near Fine. In a supplied dustjacket designed by Rockwell Kent; unclipped priced $2.00 with some trivial dust-soil to rear panel else a bright Fine example. Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc unknown
1977réf. 065335Switzerland: Gruener Janura AG/Glarus 1977. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Includes wooden box. MISSING the original color woodblock. Cloth covered book. Hand-made volume edited in New York Venice London Vienna Tokyo Kurashiki and Kyoto by David Kung during the 5 years between 1972-1977. Total edition of 999 numbered and signed by Hundertwasser. This is copy 356. Printed by Matashiro Uchikawa Surishi Tokyo. Minor shelfwear. Volume is in Very Good condition. Gruener Janura AG/Glarus Hardcover
1936réf. 55919New York: The Black Sun Press 1936. Limited first edition. Hardcover. poor to vg. 1/1500. Quarto. 191 1pp. Illustrated dust jacket with purple text on the front cover. Illustrated paper boards exactly matching the design of the dust jacket. One of 1500 copies of this limited first edition as stated on the colophon at rear. Cover and jacket design by American avant-garde visual artist and filmmaker Joseph Cornell 1903-1972. Includes some pages throughout printed on green yellow and pink paper. An early English-language monograph on Surrealism in all types of media and contexts. Includes quotes texts and short essays from various noted Surrealist figures as well as discussions of the moment as it relates to the fine arts photography film poetry literature psychology terminology and the human experience. Includes b/w photographic reproductions of artwork throughout. Also notable is the inclusion of English translations of the scenarios for the seminal Surrealist films Un Chien Andalou An Andalusian Dog 1929 and L'Age d'Or The Golden Age 1930 by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. Scarce dust jacket with spine missing. Additional light stains as well as chipping and tears to the covers of the jacket with minimal loss of image. Small piece of masking tape stuck to the back cover of the jacket. Binding with sunning to the spine as well as the covers with additional light smudges and stains. Book block tight. Interior quite clean save for some light stains to the first few pages and at the very edges of the pages in the last sections. Jacket in poor binding in very good- interior in very good condition overall. Protected in modern mylar. Julian Levy 1906-1981 was an American art dealer and writer who was a prominent champion of the Surrealist art movement. His gallery in New York City served as an important location to showcase surrealist art avant-garde artists and American photographers in the 1930s and 1940s. The Black Sun Press hardcover
1945réf. 306378WASHINGTON DC: THE BLACK SUN PRESS. Very Good. 1945. First Edition. Complete set of the broadsides which comprise the first installment of Portfolio including Henry Miller's great essay "The Staff of Life" which is INSCRIBED & dated in 1976 by Henry Miller to his longtime friend Kenny Du Main. Also pieces by Kay Boyle Gwendolyn Brooks Rene Crevel & several others. A very good copy in somewhat rubbed folio-size card covers which are string-tied. The binding on the covers has been neatly strengthened with black archival tape. A few edge tears in some leaves but not the Henry Miller piece.; Signed by Authors . THE BLACK SUN PRESS. unknown
1927réf. 45649Berlin: Rudolf Kaemmerer 1927. First edition. Softcover. g. Octavo. 103 1pp. B/w cover with photomontage and yellow lettering. Singed and inscribed by the authors "Mit schönsten Grüßen von Schaeffers und Nikolaus VIII. 27" on the title page. Collection of sketches stage arrangements and letters by two "conferenciers sociopolitical commentators" of the 1920s Berlin Cabaret scene. Both know for their appearances in the Kadeko Kabarett der Komiker which the Nazi's kept a watchful eye on eventually moved against to turn it into a venue sympathetic to the Nazi regime. Printed page dedicating the publication to a large number of colleagues incl. Emil Jannings Zille Tucholsky Ernst Rowohlt Valesca Gert Trude Hesterberg Thomas Heinrich and Klaus Mann Max Brod Fritz Lang among many others. Striking b/w photomontage on the cover featuring notable imagery and prominent cultural figures from Weimar-era culture including Bertolt Brecht and Conrad Veidt among others by Berlin designer Franz A. Flachslander. Text in German. Light wear to wraps and rubbed. Wraps and interior in overall good condition. Extremely scarce. Protected by modern mylar. Rudolf Kaemmerer unknown
1937réf. 005398Milano: G. Ricordi & C. Editori 1937. First edition. Wraps. Very Good. Scarce libretto of a strange Futurist one act opera with talking a tree Euphobia shrubs and airplanes among the characters some of which are actually human --aviators soldiers and natives -- even if they intone like actors in a Greek tragedy. This oddball propagandistic work more an oratorio than opera celebrates war "sweet war" aviation and territorial conquest -- the things that cast a spell on so many Futurists and which were the essence of Fascism. Three copies located on OCLC of this libretto brochure at Berkeley Harvard and one in Italy. There are copies of the printed music elsewhere. The work was first performed at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1937. 8vo. 20 by 13 cm. 23 pp. Dedicated to Mussolini. Pavolini like many adherents of the Futurist Movement came to embrace Fascism. In his case he had a brother who was a prominent member of the Fascist heirarchy. After the war Pavolini found success as a screenwriter. Age toning to the leaves. G. Ricordi & C. Editori unknown
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1932réf. 42043Moscow: The State Publishing Union of RSFSR 1932. First Edition. Folio 42cm; printed wrappers saddle-stitched; 44pp; illus.; text is entirely in English. Some wear mild toning and handling to wrappers with a few faint creases to same and a few faint damp marks at margins; 8-panel centerfold spread is detached from staples but present; just Very Good. Well-preserved issue of this landmark Soviet art magazine issued from 1930 to 1941 to celebrate the achievements of the first two Five Year Plans and through various foreign-language editions to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy during this period and the stagnation of Western economies under capitalism. "All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks designed by Lissitsky Rodchenko and others.were developed in USSR in Construction one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century" Parr-Badger The Photobook I:148. The present issue is entirely devoted to the 10th anniversary of the Transcaucasian Federation detailing the customs and contributions of its people in text and photos. The State Publishing Union of RSFSR unknown
1918réf. ABE-1693603570673Dill & Collins 1918 Original pictorial paper boards newly rebacked with matching paper. Illustrations throughout featuring the work of 30 graphic designers ranging from decorative initials and ornaments to reproductions of posters and magazine covers many of them full-page one double-page mostly in color. Printed on specimens of 30 different types of paper made by Dill & Collins seven of the leaves with multiple paper. Owner's signature of Jeanette E. Samuelson of the N.Y Herald Tribune dated 1933 on front fly leaf with her gift inscription. Rear paste-down with the bookplate/shelf label of Will Ransom. Corners and portions of edges of the paper boards somewhat worn two-inch tape repair to rear in one leaf crossing a very small portion of a border without loss first few leaves a bit spotted around margins many leaves slightly darkened a few additional trivial spots otherwise an excellent copy generally quite clean. Rare. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Dill & Collins hardcover
1969réf. 3115652NP: SELF-PUBLISHED. Fine with no dust jacket. 1969. First Edition; First Printing. Plastic comb binding. First edition. Fine in plain white card stock with white coil binding. 6 1/4" X 8 " Artist's book featuring 23 photographs. Produced circa 1969. L. A. Conceptual Photo Art. ; 6 1/4" x 8" . SELF-PUBLISHED unknown
2000réf. 27747New York: Aperture 2000. First English Language Edition. Folio 33.5cm.; original cloth in black photo-illustrated dust jacket; 431pp.; chiefly photographic illustrations. Text pamphlet laid into clear plastic chemise mounted to rear pastedown. Very Near Fine. Photographic documentation of mass-migration covering six years in 40 countries in Eastern Europe the Middle East Africa Latin America and Asia. Aperture unknown
1978réf. 54356E-153: Herman Miller Inc. Very Good. 1978. Paperback. Trade PB. 4to. Herman Miller Inc. Zeeland MI. 1978. 4 Volumes. Unpaginated. Issued in stapled wraps and printed on faux notebook paper. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. One of four publications created for Herman Miller Incorporated in very limited quantities by the great design thinker Ralph Caplan published by and for Herman Miller of Zeeland Michigan and beautifully designed by the great John Massey. All four began with the words." some incomplete thoughts with room for improvement by Ralph Caplan." The others in the series begin with: ATTENTION. TENSION. And OMISSION. They are Caplan's musings on industrial design relative to CONNECTION. ATTENTION. TENSION. And OMISSION. E-153; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Herman Miller, Inc paperback
1960réf. 8584San Francisco: The Auerhahn Press 1960. First Edition. First Printing wrappered issue one of 1250 copies. Quarto 28cm; original pictorial card wrappers; x495pp. Inscribed by Whalen on the title page to Sherry Vetter a girlfriend of Richard Brautigan's: "30/31:I:72 Bolinas / For Sherry at Richard's / All best / Philip." Hint of sunning to spine faint finger-soil to covers with light wear to extremities and a faint vertical crease toward left edge of front wrapper; some transfer from the ink inscription onto the opposing page; Very Good. An attractive collection of Whalen's poems several of them originally published in the pages of Yugen Foot Combustion Galley Sail and Jabberwock produced by Dave Haselwood's Auerhahn Press. Brautigan met Sherry Vetter at an Irish pub in North Beach early in 1970. He was instantly smitten and began a two-week courtship by phone. "Richard for his part tutored Sherry in his literary preferences trying to influence her reading tastes. He introduced her to the work of McClure Snyder and Creeley and to classic writers "he thought were really great like Baudelaire and Sappho." He recited poetry to her. Vetter recalled Phil Whalen's poem "Three Variations All About Love" a personal favorite" Hjortsberg Jubilee Hitchhiker p.420. Vetter would eventually grace the cover of Brautigan's 1971 book Revenge of the Lawn in black and white. Auerhahn 6; Lepper p.419. 8584. The Auerhahn Press unknown
réf. 15-11123San Francisco CA: Zimmerman Crowe Design ca. 1992. Fabric swatches and design elements mounted to board 32 x 33 cm.; Black and white design oblong mounted to folded board 38 x 51 cm. covered with tracing paper; Fabric swatches and design elements mounted to tri-fold board each panel 38 x 51 cm.; Black and white designs mounted to single board 38 x 51 cm.; Logo Design Mock-Up ink on board with overlaid tracing paper both with inked notes 38 x 51 cm.;Color Design Mounted Inside Folded Board 38 x 51 cm. for videogame Skatin Hitchin'; Zimmerman Crowe Design promotional brochure color plates in 6 page ring binder; 9 Photo Slides documenting ZDC designs; 26 Color Photographs taped to manilla folder of gray building exterior walls; four transparencies with the phrase "Something Unexpected" in a specially-designed font. Very Good. San Francisco, CA: Zimmerman Crowe Design, [ca. 1992]. unknown
1956réf. 193624Washington DC: US Government Printing Office 1956. Created in 1956 Federal Standard 595 was the first standardized system promulgated by the US government for describing colour. Its origins lie in the Second World War when procurement officials needed to communicate colour requirements to contractors. Together 14 printed sheets and 10 glassine guards 215 x 270 mm each backed with linen along left edge and with punch holes hundreds of mounted rectangular colour chips. Housed in original manila envelope printed in black. Contemporary ink annotation on envelope. Light creasing envelope showing signs of handling: very good. unknown
réf. P5041Prague: Václav Petr 1941. Octavo 24 × 16 cm. Original decorative card wrappers with the publisher's original printed wrap-around band; 120 2 pp. Very good. Wrappers by the painter Karel Černý. First edition of this work by Czech psychoanalyst philosopher art theoretician and writer Bohuslav Brouk one of the first promoters of Freud's work in Czechoslovakia. He was a close friend of Karel Teige and a co-founder of the Czech Surrealist Group in 1934. Considered one of the most original minds of the Czech avant-garde he was also seen as its enfant terrible. Brouk's postscript for Štyrský's "Emily Comes to Me in a Dream" 1933 a defense of erotic literature revealed his great interest in sexual freedom individual creativity and modern artistic tendencies. His research in the early 1930s focused on topics such as masturbation sexology and fetishes and his works were often censored. With a trenchant wit and rhetorical talent he set out to destroy what he saw as everyday myths that make a meaningless existence bearable: ethics work sport and marriage among others. After the war he was an outstanding public critic of communist ideology and fled the country after the 1948 coup. unknown
réf. P5979Moscow: Uchgiz Staatsverlag 1932. Octavo 25 × 17 cm. Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 57-98 6 pp. With a 20-pp. dictionary supplement folded and laid in as issued. Illustrations throughout. Light soil to wrappers; chip to lower corner of front wrapper and last pages; still good or better. With attractive photomontage wrappers designed by the graphic artist Paul Urban this German language publication for Soviet youth focused on the promotion of world revolution reflecting the Soviet foreign policy of its day. Written in simple German the magazine was intended for students with at least two years of German instruction. A call to political agitation at the head of the glossary reads: "Comrades students and teachers of the German language - You have already read the first two issues of our journal. The task before you is to use what you have gleaned from the journal for your practical work. Strengthen the international education! Connect with the German workers at your factory collective and state farm in order to share your experience and learn from theirs. 10000 German workers and specialists are currently working in the Soviet Union. It is up to you to agitate among these comrades who came to help us in our Socialist building." The magazine was a continuation of "Die Junge Garde" 1930-1931 which changed its title to "Zwei Welten" starting in 1932. The German communist politician and member of KPD Paul Dietrich 1889-1937 edited the journal with Béla Illés 1895-1974 a Hungarian communist writer. The magazine included articles by the German communist elite most of whom were living in Moscow at the time such as Berta Lask Karl Richter and Frieda Rubiner. Many of the German communists working for Moscow such as Paul Dietrich were later repressed while others such as Frieda Rubiner went on to hold positions of power in the GDR with this publication documenting a specific moment in international communism especially the relationship between German and Russian communist parties. The photomontage wrappers were designed by the German graphic artist Paul Urban 1901-1937. A graduate of the Munich School of Applied Arts Urban likely studied at the Dessau Bauhaus under Herbert Bayer and Joost Schmidt . In Berlin he was close to John Heartfield and often worked with photomontage among others for Büchergilde Gutenberg and Kiepenhauer. After a period in Amsterdam he moved to the Soviet Union in 1936. He disappeared shortly thereafter possibly at the hands of NKVD. As of January 2024 no copies located in North America. unknown
2009réf. BN424800Amsterdam : Ideas on Paper 2009. 2009. Hardcover. Memory Traces Memory Traces Markerink Cary & Irma Boom typography and book design Amsterdam : Ideas on Paper hardcover
1980réf. 2080502106910488Not Available 1980. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Not Available paperback
1998réf. ABE-1674130252026Julian Jordanov 1998 A wonderful etching number 25 of only 30 copies issued. The image has been enhanced by hand coloured tints. The image is of an ADULT nature. This also has the official blind stamp of the artist as well as his signature. This is simply and elegantly framed and glazed. The frame measures 26x 21 c. The image is 10 x 07 c. Signature is in pencil. A great artist within and beyond the book plate world. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. No Binding. As New/No Jacket. Julian Jordanov unknown
1996réf. ABE-1674131238474Julian Jordanov 1996 A wonderful etching number 10 of only 30 copies issued. It is extraordinarily detailed and features an ADULT content. This also has the official blind stamp of the artist as well as his signature. This is simply and elegantly framed and glazed. The frame measures 26x 21 c. The image is 10 x 07 c. Signature is in pencil. A great artist within and beyond the book plate world. Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. No Binding. As New. Julian Jordanov unknown
1988réf. 2090202118101151Gyosei 1988. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Gyosei paperback
1913réf. 2090202120415991Kaneobun'endo 1913. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kaneobun'endo paperback
1931réf. 100188AB1931. London Blackfriars Press 1931 - 1934. Folio 25 cm x 34 cm. c. 450 pages of essays including a multitude of vintage advertising on design interior furniture bathrooms Tiles Modern Stairways Reform Glazing Hand Made Sandfaced Tiles Trent Vale Brick & Tile / Circular Staircases / Art Deco Kitchen Design / Aga Cooker / etc. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor tears to some of the original wrappers. Rare ! Includes for example the following essays: J.J. McShane - Architects Registration Bill / The Case for the Critics and The Case for Architectural Education / Frederic Towndrow - Holidays for Architects / Personalia : Sir Reginald Blomfield / H.C.T.: Refrigerators and Refrigeration / Reginald A. Rix - Adjuncts to Country House Work Series: Model Sewage Disposal Schemes / Archi Volta: The Confessions of an Architect / Sion Stylites: New Catholic Church at Rye / Beverley Nichols: The House I Want / J. Millar - Terra Cotta and Faience / Personalia: Alan Sims / Clifford's Inn - A Drawing by R. Myerscough-Walker / Stephen Hubbard - Noises / The Contemporary Public House in all its Phases - Public House Surgery / Public House Equipment / The Public House Bar / William Saunders - A City Architect visits his provincial brother / W. Summerfield - The Architect and the Law / Silas Mann - Up with those Skylines / Charles Sykes - The Design of Buildings in Relation to their Natural Surroundings / I.M.Parsons - Chelsea Hospital / A. Edward Hammond - Advertising on Buildings / Hollow Tiles / Modern Furnishing and Decoration / A.E.Hammond - Artificial Daylight / J.R.Leathart - Lesser-Known London Antiquities / Horace Shipp - An Architect Re-Plans London / Baseden Butt - A Modernised House / 'A Corner in Bloomsbury' - From a Drawing by Randolph Schwabe / I.M.Parsons - Landmarks in the Layman's London - The Horse Guards Parade / Architect E. Berry Webber - The Law Courts Southampton etc. paperback
