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1934Best.-Nr. 11343France: Le Comite de l'Aasociation Abstraction Creation 1934. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Third issue of four of this magazine devoted to abstract art. Text in French. Soiling to covers and wear to lower spine area. A very good copy of one of the scarcer issues of this magazine. Containing a who's who of the major players in the field. Le Comite de l'Aasociation Abstraction Creation paperback books
1930Best.-Nr. 3047Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann 1930. Small quarto-sized in wrappers 11 pages text 60 photographic plates. First edition. Introduction by Franz Roh. Designed by Jan Tschichold. Text in German English and French. Thin quarto. Photographically illustrated wrappers. Slight erosion at the paper spine slight soiling else a near fine copy. The first study to concentrate on the important Bauhaus artist's photography. Klinkhardt & Biermann unknown books
1930Best.-Nr. 3314Budapest: Epitök könyvtára 1930 Quarto wrappers 64pp. Cover design by Farkas Molnár. The author 1883-1954 was an outlier by birth achieving fame for his short stories and novellas. Later recognition was had from his socio-political writings and he initially had a strong influence in early postwar Hungary. The present work is experimental and was produced as he explored new avenues of expression. Cover artist Farkas Molnar renowned for his architecture and design work was a critical component in the Hungarian interwar avant-garde. Rare with one North American library holding. Budapest: Epitök könyvtára paperback
1940Best.-Nr. 311Budapest: Cserépfalvi 1940. First edition. In original half cloth. With the rare photographically illustrated dust jacket. The book is in fine condition./Dust jacket chipped on front at upper edges and teared on the rear otherwise fine. Photographs and typography by Lajos Lengyel. Photographs and typography by Lajos Lengyel. First edition. In original half cloth. With the rare photographically illustrated dust jacket. 60 6 p. 9 plates 16 photographs. Contains four essays and two poems about the recently died dancer and three theoretical writings of her. Etel Nagy 1907–1939 was a pioneer of modern dance in Hungary. She was Lajos Kassák’s adopted daughter. Studied at Gertrud Kraus’ school in Vienna. Later she opened her own school in Budapest. Lajos Lengyel 1904–1978 graphic artist typographer and photographer. In his early years he was involved in the modernist movements member of Kassák’s Munka-Circle. As typographer he won the Gutenberg-prize in 1965. . Cserépfalvi unknown
1947Best.-Nr. 2062Budapest: Kossuth Irodalmi és Konyvkiadóvállalat 1947. First edition. In publisher’s half cloth lettered in gilt on front panel and spine. With scarce photographic dust jacket. Dust jacket somewhat chipped at extremities. Tanned. Otherwise in fine condition. First edition. In publisher’s half cloth lettered in gilt on front panel and spine. With scarce photographic dust jacket. 422 2 p. and 12 plates with photographs some double-page. Scarce account on the Holocaust with 44 photographic illustrations showing the horror of the concentration camps. The book includes several personal accounts by survivors and photographs taken in Belsen Buchenwald Nordhausen Dachau Mittel Glattbach Gotha Ohrdruf and Schwabmünchen Hurlach Kaufering IV as well as photographs of the execution of László Endre and Ferenc Szálasi the leader of the National Socialist Arrow Cross Party the Hungarian Nazi Party and a 280-page list of the known victims of the Hungarian Holocaust. . Kossuth Irodalmi és Konyvkiadóvállalat unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 54711Dessau: Bauhaus Dessau 1926. First edition. Softcover. Good condition. Folio 16 1/2 x 11 5/8". 6pp. Original illustrated glossy newsprint in black lettering. Pressious document providing insight into the first move of the Bauhaus in 1925/26. Contains a Gropius statement instead of a preface in the true style of change the Bauhaus stood for. "statt einer vorrede: walter gropius; bauhaus-chronik 1925/26 weihnachten 1924 auflösungserklärung des staatlichen bauhauses weimar durch die meister des bauhauses. april 1925 die stadt dessau ein zentrum des mitteldeutschen braunkohlereviers mit aufsteigender wirtschaftlicher entwicklung fat den beschluß geleitet von dem kulturellen weitblick seiner stadtverwaltung das bauhaus zu übernehmen. alle bisherigen meister - feininger gropius kandisnky klee moholy mucheschlemmer – verbleiben am bauhaus mit ausnahme von marcks der – da die keramische abteilung die er leitet aus räumlichen gründen nicht mit übernommen werden kann – eine berufung nach halle annimmt. 5 ehemalige bauhaus-studierende – albers bayer breuer scheper schmidt – werden als meister an das bauhaus berufen." With detailed Gropius report on new Bauhaus building and its phases of construction and completion. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs and architectural plans contributions by Schlemmer on the Bauhaus stage the Bauhaus film "Five Years" Kandinsky on theoretical instructions in lectures on painting as well as contributions by Moholy-Nagy Georg Muche on "art and industrial form" Bauhaus workshop products internal Bauhaus info including list of 10 Bauhaus books and a photo-illustrated Herbert Bayer advertisement of the "bauhaus gmbh" at rear. Text in German. Front page separated from others with tape residue and offsetting some light fraying content though intact and good shape. Bauhaus Dessau unknown
Best.-Nr. 017895Munich 1927: Albert Langen. Octavo. Second edition. Inscribed by Moholy-Nagy to Galka Scheyer; fürfrau Scheyer/ Moholy-Nagy soon became known as one of the most important artists of Constructivism. His varied works ranges from painting photography film design and stage design to experiments with photograms which considerably influenced the development of light art and kinetic art. He joined the Bauhaus" in 1923 and contributed heavily to the design and production of the 14-book Bauhausbucher series which documented the school's work and aims. The present copy is #8 of that series. In 1927 the Henry Art Gallery presented its first modern art exhibition presenting The Blue Four. Acquainted through various artist affiliations and the Bauhaus School in Weimar Germany the four artists and most likely Moholy-Nagy were introduced at that time to Galka Scheyer. Galka Scheyer whose continuous efforts to promote the Blue Four which included Lyonel Feininger Wassily Kandinsky Paul Klee and Alexej Jawlensky widened the influence of European modernism in the United States. The Pasadena Art Institute and The Pasadena art museum hold several works by Galka Sheyer and Moholy-Nagy. 140pp. text in German photographic illustrations bound in original wraps with dust jacket printed in red and whitelacking rear panel with flap ends mounted to wrapper but replaced rear panel with facsimile. Some restoration to spine two corners chipped. An uncommon item with an important provenance.Housed within a custom clamshell case. Albert Langen unknown books
Best.-Nr. ANAIS-0314287698West Academic Publishing 2016-06-24. 1. paperback. Good. 18.7x2x12.6. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. West Academic Publishing paperback
1929Best.-Nr. 309977Munich: Albert Langen Verlag 1929. First edition. Illustrated with b/w photo reproductions throughout. 241 1 pp. with broadsheet advertisement for Klubsessel mit Stoffbespannung laid-in. 4to. Publisher's decorated yellow cloth stamped in red. Small tear to cloth at head of joints else fine. Small bookseller's ticket. First edition. Illustrated with b/w photo reproductions throughout. 241 1 pp. with broadsheet advertisement for Klubsessel mit Stoffbespannung laid-in. 4to. No. 14 in the Bauhausbücher series edited by Walter Gropius and Moholy-Nagy. Save for a small snag at the head of the spine a pristine copy. Albert Langen Verlag unknown books
Best.-Nr. Z1-I-032-02357Official Publications of the European Communities. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Official Publications of the European Communities unknown
1932Best.-Nr. 279095New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam 1932. First. hardcover. very good. Moholoy-Nagy. Translated by Daphne M. Hoffmann. Illustrated with 170 black & white images. 191 pages. Short slim 4to red-lettered gray cloth; spine sunned and with some light wear at ends; light foxing throughout heavier on first and last several pages. New York: Brewer Warren & Putnam Inc. 1932. First edition. A very good copy of this exceedingly scarce book. Printed in Berlin by Felgentreff & Co. with cuts by C. Dunnhaupt Dessau -- Freitag 6626. Brewer, Warren & Putnam unknown books
1670Best.-Nr. 610651670. Seventeenth-Century Hungarian Manuscript Compiled by a Law Student Preparing for His Final Examination Manuscript. De Nagy Nicholaum Appony Compiler. Pia Mentins Exercetia. Probably Hungary c. 1670. 479 pp. Quarto 8" x 6-1/4". Contemporary vellum cut from an antiphonal fragments of thong ties. Some soiling and edgewear boards slightly bowed crack to center of spine near foot vellum beginning to crack through rear pastedown front hinge starting rear hinge partially cracked. Light toning to interior early inscriptions and signature to front pastedown text in Latin written in a fine secretarial hand. $2000. Probably compiled in Hungary this is a reference work for Hungarian law students during the patvaria or patvaristak a two-year training period for that preceded final examinations and admission to practice. It has a number of additional annotations to the endleaves and text. The pastedown is inscribed with an early owner's name "Ioannes" above the Latin motto "Sors Bona Nil Aliud" Good Luck Nothing Else. The rear pastedown has the motto "dat Galenus opes dat Justinianus honores solus Aristoteles cogitur ire pedes" which is based on the quote by Robert Burton 1577-1640: "Galen gives wealth Justinian honors but Moses must go on foot with a beggar's wallet." Our scribe who seems to have been familiar with Burton substitutes Aristotle for Moses. Nicholaas Appony de Nagy was a member of a noble Hungarian family. unknown books
2007Best.-Nr. 89284Museum. New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- 124 pp. ; 104 ills. -- with a bonus offer--; Continuity and Change: Three Generations of Ethiopian Artists tells the story of modern and contemporary art in Ethiopia from the 1940s to the present and explores the role Emperor Haile Selassie plays to support artists as part of a purposeful strategy for the modernization of Ethiopia. It also examines the influence of the Addis Ababa Fine Arts School one of the leading art academies in Africa. In particular Continuity and Change focuses on those artists who were and are active in Addis Ababa within the context of the political and social upheavals of 20th-century Ethiopia. Artists active in Addis Ababa are still largely unknown outside Ethiopia and a narrow circle of international curators and collectors. Continuity and Change introduces a number of these artists to U.S. audiences for the first time. The catalogue accompanied an exhibition of the same name which was on display at the Harn Museum of Art from January 23 to April 29 2007. The exhibition was organized by Harn Museum of Art Director Rebecca Martin Nagy and North Carolina Central University Professor Achamyeleh Debela. This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue includes essays by Achamyeleh Debela Heran Sereke-Brhan Shiferaw Bekele Geta Mekonnen and Lean Niederstadt and catalogue entries by Rebecca Martin Nagy with the assistance of Jaime Baird and Nicholas Frech. . 2007. 0976255235 . Museum paperback
1924Best.-Nr. 105142Berlin Der Sturm 1924 253x192mm Berlin, Der Sturm, décembre 1924, 253x192mm, 60p. numérotées de 177 à 233, , cousu sous couverture illustré d'un bois de Moholy Nagy. (105142)
1925Best.-Nr. 1656851925. MOHOLY-NAGY L. Malerei Photografie Film. 140 pp. include over 100 b&w illustrations. 4to publisher's cloth dust-jacket and glassine in a new cloth folding box. Munich Albert Langen Verlag 1925. Rare First Edition of this landmark work with typography dust jacket and design all by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Among the many illustrations are work by by Alfred Stieglitz F. M. Duncan Charlotte Rudolf Renger-Patzsch Moholy-Nagy Grünewald Consemüller J. B. Polak Man Ray Eckner Lohöfener Dr. Mabuse Muche Citroen Hannah Höch. This is Volume 8 of the series Bauhaus Bucher edited by Gropius and Moholy-Nagy. Some slight damage to the dust jacket which is also a later issue with Photographie spelled Fotografie. Nevertheless an exceptional copy. Wingler 563 8 - Heidtmann 5507 - Fleischmann 22 Bolliger VI 54. Andel Avant Garde Page Design 341-343. Fundacion Juan March The Avant-Garde Applied 1890-1950. No. L376 hardcover books
1936Best.-Nr. 51380Brno: Telehor 1936. First edition. Moholy-Nagy. 4to. 138 pp. color and b&w plates from paintings photographs photograms graphics and filmstrips. Metal spiral bound printed wrappers with original glassine over-wrapper and the plain tan paper outer wrapper which is chipped. There is a tiny bit of rubbing to the lower edge less than one sixteenth of an inch wide on the front wrapper; else fine near new including the plain black card that was issued to protect the rear wrapper. This is the rare variant issue with black wrappers and the artist's name on the front wrapper. Housed in a new clamshell box of cloth with a morocco foredge. This multilingual French English German and Czech international review published only this single combined volume. The entire issue is devoted to the work of Lazslo Moholy-Nagy his paintings photographs and graphics. Edited by Frantisek Kalivoda with texts by Moholy-Nagy including "From Pigment to light" "A new instrument of vision" "Problems of the modern film" and "Once a chicken always a chicken." The introduction is by Sigfried Giedion and a short a text by Frantisek Kalivoda. The first illustration shows the glassine over-wrapper. Telehor hardcover books