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1957réf. 9013974New York: Horizon Press 1957. 1st. Hardcover. Very good/very good. With 126 photographs and drawings. Bound in publisher's original quarter red and black cloth with the spine stamped in gilt. the dust jacket has minor chips and closed tears to the extremities. Horizon Press hardcover books
1995réf. 14853Budapest: Kormendi Galeria 1995. Hardcover. Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY GEZA NEMETH on the title page. An immaculate copy to boot of the impressive 1995 monograph on this important Hungarian artist. Tight and Fine in its pictorial laminate boards. Quarto lovely color reproductions thruout. Kormendi Galeria hardcover books
1969réf. 10712Budapest: Akademiai Kiado 1969. 1st. Decorative Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. An impressive copy of the 1969 true 1st edition in its original Hungarian. Clean and Near Fine in a bright Near Fine dustjacket. Octavo 32 pgs. of text plus 53 crisp black-and-white plates at the rear. Akademiai Kiado hardcover books
2009réf. 014917rosU.S.A.: University of Utah Press. New in New dust jacket. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. 0874809541 . New and in still in publisher's shrink wrap. Produced to accompany the exhibition at University of Utah Splendid Heritage-Perspectives on American Indian Art. Beautiful color plates. ; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall; 223 pp; Price dropped 1-14-19 . University of Utah Press hardcover books
réf. 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
1929réf. 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
réf. 7411MOHOLY-NAGY Laszlo. THE NEW VISION. New York: Wittenborn Schultz 1947. 4to. Wrappers. 92 3 pages. Second English language edition. Arntzen I-239. Written by one of the developers of the Bauhaus this work became the standar grammar of modern design. It was intended to inform laymen and artists about the basic elements of Bauhaus education and the merging of theory and design. This work was included in Documents of Modern Art as one of fourteen key book on modern art. Bookplate. Very good. unknown books
réf. 17361MOHOLY-NAGY Sibyl. NATIVE GENIUS IN ANONYMOUS ARCHITECTURE. New York: Horizon Press 1957. 4to. Cloth dust jacket. 223 pages. First edition. Moholy-Nagy takes a look at the anonymous architecture of indigenous peoples how they adapted their architecture to the world around them. With 126 photographs and drawings. Dust jacket worn some browning to edges else ver good. unknown books
réf. 22179MOHOLY-NAGY Laszlo. THE NEW VISION.AND ABSTRACT OF AN ARTIST. New York: Wittenborn Schultz 1947. 4to. Wrappers. 92 3 pages. Second English language edition. Arntzen I-239. Written by one of the developers of the Bauhaus this work became the standar grammar of modern design. It was intended to inform laymen and artists about the basic elements of Bauhaus education and the merging of theory and design. There is a preface and obituary by Walter Gropius. This work was also one of series of fourteen key books on modern art entitled Documents of Modern Art edited by Robert Motherwell. Light cover wear. unknown books
réf. qms1317The Editorial Board Claudel Studies 1988. Octavo paperbound stiff light blue wrappers 100 pp. Very Good with light sunning to spine. Articles: Moses M. Nagy: Christopher Columbus in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century French Drama; The Birth of a Biography: The Life and Voyages of Christopher Colubus by Washington Irving; The Concept of History in The Book of Christopher Columbus by Paul Claudel; Jacques Houriez: Inscription scripturaire et ecriture dramatique dans Le Livre de Christophe Colomb; Antonio Linage: Christopher Columbus in Le Soulier de Satin; Theodore J. Catchey Jr.: The Earliest Literary Response of Renaissance Italy to the New World Encounter; Michel Brethenoux: Camille Claudel Compte-rendu; Mitchell Shackleton: Paul Claudel ou l’Enfer du Genie de Gerald Antoine A Review Article. unknown books
1954réf. 1670Hungary 1954. Poster. Original hand painted tempera on paper. Very good. 84 x 58 cm. Large propaganda poster urging Hungarians to make every effort to "contribute" to government loans; part of the postwar reconstruction plan. Some small tears to edges with 1 cm. loss at top corner. Fold mark at center. unknown books
1970réf. 25853New York: Praeger 1970. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Thick trade paperbound edition. 238 pp. Illustrated mostly in black and white. A monograph on Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Very good condition with some light handling wear. Faint printed code stamp to front endpaper. Praeger paperback books
1957réf. 26657New York: Horizon Press 1957. FIRST EDITION. Upper corners bumped else a near fine book in a very good to near fine dust jacket with several closed tears and with some foxing to rear panel. With 126 photographs and drawings. Horizon Press unknown books
1934réf. 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
1996réf. 44681Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art 1996. Paperback. Very Good. 240pp. Very good in publisher's wraps. exc s North Carolina Museum of Art paperback books
1947réf. 185290New York: Wittenborn Schultz 1947. Softcover. VG/G- covers show wear soiling has tear along bottom and peeling. Pages are clean and tight. Foxing on text block edge. Illustrated wraps. 92 pages : illustrations portrait. Series: Documents of modern art Contents: Preface / by Walter Gropius -- Biographical chronology ; Bibliography of L. Moholy-Nagy ; Books on the Bauhaus -- The new vision. Forewords to the second and third English editions ; Introduction ; Preliminaries ; Ther material surface treatment painting ; Volume sculpture ; Space architecture -- Abstract of an idea -- Obituary note / by Walter Gropius. "The new vision 1928" is a translation of D.M. Hoffman of Von Material zu Architektur./ Includes bibliographical references page 8. Wittenborn, Schultz unknown books
1980réf. 707030Iowa City IA: University of Iowa. 1980. First Edition in wrappers only. Inscribed to the poet Ai by the translator Bruce Berland. Very Good. Unless otherwise noted our first editions are first printings. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. University of Iowa paperback books
1950réf. 16320Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California Berkeley 1950. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Spring 1950 issue of Cal Berkeley's literary magazine. Edited by Dale Joe. This issue featuring numerous writings on jazz by Brubeck Kid Ory Turk Murphy and others plus Patchen Miller and more. A very good copy in stapled printed wrappers. Decidedly uncommon issue. Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley paperback books
1950réf. 2262789The Bards 1950. Stapled Binding. Very Good. Edges lightly rubbed. 1950 Stapled Binding. 92 pp. Stapled binding. Ads precede and follow text. A mid-twentieth century collection of stories including an early appearance by Ray Bradbury: he published stories in various magazines and journals beginning in 1938; but Fahrenheit 451 his first book not compiled from previously published stories was not released until 1953 The Martian Chronicles was a fix-up novel cobbled together from earlier stories while Fahrenheit 451 was an expansion upon one story The Fireman. Includes: Raison d'etre; The Disenchanted; The American Screenwriter by a Member of the Screenwriters Guild; Moby Dick with a Galactic Overdrive by Ken Crossen; The Making of a Constructivist by Sybil Moholy-Nagy; The Handler by Ray Bradbury; My Brother Stopped Whistling by Louis Alan; End of the Line by Peter Siry; The Yellow Basket by Cleve Boutell; Dissonance by Steve Toron; With the Girl I Left Behind Me by Ernest Rider; The Highway by Leonard Spaulding; Mars in the Ivory Bed by Stephen Longstreet; Short Story. The Bards unknown books
1957réf. D4151New York: Horizon Press 1957. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Cloth-backed paper over boards; pictorial dust jacket; 4to; pp. 223 illustrated in b/w throughout. Spine tips and corners very gently rubbed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket a little sunned along spine; rubbed on rear panel. Horizon Press hardcover books
1969réf. D4194New York et al: Frederick A. Praeger 1969. Third printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Grey cloth stamped in silver; illustrated dust jacket; 4to; pp. 317 illustrated in b/w throughout. Abstract Expressionist painter Alfonso Ossorio's personal copy signed on the half-title page in red and black ink in a decorative script style. Page 241 bound-in with small crease publisher's error otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket faintly dust-soiled; a little wrinkled along the edges; neatly reinforced with tape on the verso. The author of this book Sibyl Moholy-Nagy was the daughter of Werkbund architect Martin Pietzsch and an art and architecture historian. Originally a German citizen she became the second wife of the Hungarian Bauhaus artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and accompanied him in his move to the United States. Frederick A. Praeger hardcover books
1973réf. 140892Cambridge Massachusetts: MIT Press 1973. First MIT Press paperback edition. Hardcover. VG- Light wear and scuffing to wraps; An error in the bookmaking process led to four pages with extra paper at the bottom outer corner which is a bit tattered. BW illus. wraps; 150 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. First English paperback edition of "Malerei Fotografie Film" which was originally published in 1925 and the second edition of 1927 was reissued in facsimilie in 1967. This translation is based on the German facsimilie edition. Extensive text. MIT Press hardcover books
1950réf. 42099New York: Harper & Bros. 1950. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. New York: Harper & Bros. 1950. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Numerous b/w illustrations. 253 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Gray cloth. Edges lightly foxed; preliminary pages very slightly foxed else a clean copy. Very good/No dust jacket. Harper & Bros. hardcover books
1961réf. 292452Middletown: Wesleyan 1961. First. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrations in black & white with 1 colored folding plate. Small slim 4to black & pink cloth top of spine worn pictorial d.w. rubbed & chipped but largely intact. Middletown: Wesleyan 1961. First Edition. Overall a very good copy. Wesleyan unknown books
1969réf. 270977Cambridge: M.I.T. 1969. Second. hardcover. fine. Many black & white illustrations. 8vo silver cloth. Cambridge: M.I.T. Press 1969. Second Edition. Fine. Presentation from Sybil to Nan Piene. M.I.T. unknown books
