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P6865Prague: Melantrich 1948. Octavo 22.5 à 15 cm. Original cloth-backed decorative boards; pictorial dust-jacket; 116 4 pp. Very good; dust jacket very lightly discolored and age-toned to verso; in protective mylar. Second printing 2000-3000 the hardcover version of the Czech translation of "La grande épreuve des démocraties. Essai sur les principes démocratiques : leur nature leur histoire leur valeur philosophique" by the French philosopher Julien Benda. Teige was a formative member of the avant- garde movement "DevÄtsil" and served as a key conduit for West European avant-garde and surrealist tendencies to the Czech Republic in the interwar period in addition to his own prolific work as an editor graphic designer and theoretician. Pictured as no. 524 p. 208 in Karel Teige a typografie. hardcover books
196537919Pasadena CA: Pasadena Art Museum 1965. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Pasadena CA: Pasadena Art Museum 1965. Copious b/w and full color illustrations. 144 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Off white illustrative paper covered boards. Head heel and corners bumped and moderately worn; former ownerÕs name to front free endpaper. Interior clean and sound. Very good/No dust jacket. Pasadena Art Museum hardcover books
1989010136New York: Hudson Hills Press 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No. Fine first edition in thick bound wrappers. Superb monograph of this popular furniture designer. 152 pp. <br/><br/> Hudson Hills Press paperback books
197220674Garden City: Doubleday 1972. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/good. Small clothbound quarto. 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A book that advocates for using the principles of adhocism to help solve problems and design new ways for living and enjoying life. Remainder spray to lower edge else a clean very good clothbound copy in good price-intact dustwrapper with numerous chips and small tears at spine ends and along the edges of the wrapper. A distinctly uncommon dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
200418820United Kingdom: Urbis 2004. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Packet of eight illustrated postcards held together with printed obi. Cards measure 8 1/4 x 4" tall. Fine condition. Obi is slightly worn. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of the designer's work at URBIS Gallery. Uncommon Saville ephemera. <br/><br/> Urbis unknown books
1931WRCLIT78092London & New York: The Studio Limited 1931. xii124xpp. Small folio. Decorated wrapper. Heavily illustrated. First edition. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry" mixing attractive doses of Modernism with more traditional fare. Wrapper chipped and partially mended along joints internally very good or better. The Studio Limited unknown books
1934WRCLIT78091London & New York: The Studio Limited 1934. xii124xpp. Small folio. Glazed red cloth printed in white. Heavily illustrated including color tip-ins. First edition. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry" mixing attractive doses of Modernism with more traditional fare. Bookplate some rubbing to extremities of boards but very good without dust jacket. The Studio Limited hardcover books
19501001713Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper signed in the print by "Letizia Cerio" more often spelled "Laetitia" Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalà and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Amsterdam" paper dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Color pictorial wallpaper sample measuring 15.5 x 18.5 inches printed in gold and ivory. Stamped on verso: "RASCH WATERFAST / Amsterdam WT 10 / R 2076 / $3.95 PER SINGLE ROLL.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
19501002760Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper by Laetitia Cerio Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalà and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Spain" paper featuring delicately tinted views of a Spanish fishing village dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Pictorial wallpaper sample printed in muted colors on an ivory ground measuring 18 x 15.5 inches. Stamped on verso: "Rasch Waterfast Spain 1 R 2012 $4.50 single roll.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
192745253Berlin: Malik Verlag 1927. First German Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's stiff card wrappers mounted inside photo-illustrated dust jacket; 443pp. Some light chipping to jacket extremities spine creased light foxing to textblock fore-edge else Very Good and sound. Translation of the Russian author's first novel "Goroda i Gody" 1924 set during the October Revolution and later translated into English as "Cities and Years." Upper cover designed by John Hirschfield features a photographic portrait of the author. See "Der Malik-Verlag 1916-1947" p. 247. Malik Verlag unknown books
1969WRCLIT76581Zurich: Castella Albeuve and Flamberg 1969. Small quarto 26 x 25.5 cm. Decorated wrappers. Illustrations including color. Trace of foxing along fore-edge otherwise fine in glassine and lightly edgeworn and soiled plain card slipcase. First edition. One of 400 copies. An approach to a parallel presentation of selections from Genesis in German French English and Hebrew counterpointed by illustrations by Frutiger involving gatefolds with typography by his associate Bruno Pfäffli. Laid in is the publisher's printed notice of how to properly view the arrangement. Castella, Albeuve and Flamberg unknown books
193040278Praha: Plejada 1930. First Trade Edition. Slim octavo 20cm.; publisher's cream decorative card wrappers printed in tan and black; 55pp.; frontispiece. Light wear and toning to wrapper extremities one signature disbound at time of publication else Very Good or better. Czech poetry collection attractive cover graphic designed by the architect and typographer VÃt Orbtel. Plejada unknown books
39996Portland OR / San Francisco CA: Norman & Stanich Architects / Hagen International Fabrics / Inn DG Group n. d. All housed in a light brown publishers folder stamped in blind. "Design Group Incorporated" printed to spine of folder. Modest wear rubbing and sunning to publishers folder Norman & Stanich stamp to front of folder. Age-toning to paper edges. In all a VG set. Two loose fabric sample sheets two photographic pamphlets 28 loose stiff-stock sheets 2 price lists 1 photograph of library furniture & schematic of a study carrel. Many b/w photographic images throughout sheets. 11-1/2" x 9" <br/><br/>This folder is addressed to a: Mr. Harry Weitzer Library Design Furniture Group 4525 S. W. Lee Street / Portland Oregon 97221. Written on this note is "Hood River #56 Russet - Material Sample per your Request" - indicating that Mr. Weitzer should pay special attention to one of the 35 fabric samples 30 at 1" x 1-1/2"; 4 at 3" x 1/2"; 1 at 2" x 4" included in the folder. Loose sheets include images and illustrations of designs for items such as: Reading Tables Study Carrels Atlas & Map Cases Encyclopedia Cases Benches/ Childrens Seating Lecturns & Newspaper Cases. Price list included for all items as well as fabrics though designed by different companies. Norman & Stanich Architects / Hagen International Fabrics / Inn DG Group unknown books
197845732New York: Mobilization for Survival 1978. First Edition. Original poster 55.5x41cm. printed offset in red yellow and silver foil on white stock. Minor wrinkling small closed tear mid-poster slightly touching text else a Very Good vibrant copy. Poster announcing a sit-in to be held during the U.N.'s special assembly on disarmament June 12 1978 at Bryant Park in New York City with orientation and non-violent training the day before. Additional activities noted include a legal rally on May 27 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Text in yellow and white on a red background a string of men and women running along the bottom edge as two silver nukes come straight towards them. U. Michigan only in OCLC as of September 2019. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
193220354London: Jonathan Cape 1932. First U.K. Edition. First Impression second state with copyright date of 1932. Octavo; rust-colored cloth with titling and decorations stamped in bright green on spine and front panel; dustjacket designed by Theyre Lee-Elliott; 326pp 1 ad leaf. Touch of dustiness to top edge else a tight Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s. 6d. net lightly spine-sunned with a few small chips and tears none affecting titles and two stray marks to rear panel; Very Good or better. O'Flaherty's ninth novel a story involving murder sex and Christian fanaticism. Jonathan Cape unknown books
197843524New York: Mobilization for Survival 1978. Original illustrated poster offset printed in four colors on white stock measuring 40.5cm x 55.5cm 16" x 22". Mild handling to extremities faint corner crease and a tiny tear to upper edge with a staple hole toward upper margin; Near Fine. Poster produced by Mobilization for Survival a national coalition of peace and justice groups based in Philadelphia who advocated for denuclearization and an end to the arms race. Planet Earth prominently featured at center swallowed by a large mushroom cloud in the background. Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
1953WRCLIT79158New York: New Directions 1953. xvi299pp. Cloth. About fine in faintly foxed dust jacket with a few nicks tiny creased edge tears and small sliver loss at the top fore- tip. First US issue one of 2650 copies printed photo-offset from the 1953 UK edition. Introduction by A. J. A. Symons foreword by W. H. Auden. Dust jacket design by Andy Warhol. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p.35. WOOLF A10c. New Directions hardcover books
1949011130London: Grey Walls Press 1949. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/VGF. Warmly inscribed at Chritsmas 1949 by Treece. Dustjacket slightly toned as are leaves else near fine. Grey Walls Press hardcover books
192920233New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First Edition. First Printings. 2 octavo volumes; mint green cloth titled and blocked in black and yellow on spines and front panels; black topstains; dustjackets; 356 426pp. 8pp publisher's catalog for Fall 1929 laid in. Minute wear at crowns trifle rubbing to front panel of vol.2 else Fine. Jackets are lightly sunned at spines with some minor edgewear a few short tears and a small nick at the crown of vol.2; small triangular snag to rear panel of vol.1; Very Good overall nicely preserving the attractive cover art by Paul Wenck. Lacking the publisher's original slipcase. One of the last of the German dramatist's novels translated into English by Eden and Cedar Paul and published by Horace Liveright the year after his death. "Sudermann portrays the conflict between a man's craving for unlimited freedom and the longing for a soul-mate and the cheerful anchorage of a home. Horace Liveright unknown books
1952133066New York: Pellegrina & Cudahy 1952. First edition. Oblong hardcover. An important book on advertising and design that includes numerous black and white illustrations. An about very good copy with a some other minor wear to the edges and corners but internally a clean copy. Lacking the dust jacket with a portion of the rear panel and the entire rear flap laid in. A nice copy of this classic which still feels very relevant today. Pellegrina & Cudahy unknown books
38052n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. early 1980s. Some edgewear and light rolling wear evident. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 30" x 20-1/2" of turbulent waves crashing against a rocky beach covered in lush greenery and palm trees. Image sits on a white background with title printed in black. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
1930877891930. INTERIOR DESIGN KONDÔ Sei-ichi. SHITSUNAI SÔSHOKU. Tokyo & Osaka Showa 5 1930. Small 8vo. 365pp. Ads. Preliminary section of photo illustrations. Exhaustive study of "transitional" decorative techniques which embrace Western elements such as chairs and tables and integrate them with a more traditional decorative sensibility. The book itself is about in a very good slipcase. Complete. unknown books
1937872251937. DESIGN MAGAZINE. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11 #12. Tokyo Showa 12 1937. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design. furniture fashion kitchenware graphics etc. etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. unknown books
1971823Verona: Stamperia Valdonega 1971. Hardcover. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies designed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Bound in blue half leather and blue cloth boards. Slipcase. Slight sunning to spine else fine condition. <br/><br/> Stamperia Valdonega hardcover books
2068<p>London: T. Fisher Unwin 1904. An octavo of 267 pages bound in the original pictorial cloth of a gardener in a white shirt and hat tending a garden bed with his rake. The spine features a large bay standard with twisted twin trunks set in a large pot. This exceptional publisher's trade binding is executed in white olive and chartreuse green set against navy blue. Colored frontispiece of sweet peas. Written by the author of Recipe For The Million it contains a wealth of practical information for garden lovers. The text can be readily had in various internet formats and reproductions.but the satisfaction of the boldly handsome binding representing the best elements of the Arts and Crafts period of design cannot be captured in modern commercial endeavors. A bit of light foxing and rubbing as well as a little wear to the spine extremities. Overall a very good copy indeed of this scarce title in its original binding.</p> hardcover books
