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193730789Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1937. Folio 41.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 36pp; illus; text is in English. Minor wear and a few creases to spine fold and extremities with dustiness to rear wrapper; occasional thumbing to margins; 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.<br/><br/>The theme of the present issue is dedicated entirely to the production of Gold in the USSR detailing the rise of production from pre-revolutionary Russia 1910 through 1937 when Russia ranked second in the world due to their industrial machinery superior engineering and large working populace. Front wrapper features a metallic cover photo of a large tower of neatly-stacked gold bars. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
1977065335Switzerland: 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
1945306378WASHINGTON 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
192745649Berlin: 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
1937005398Milano: 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. <br/><br/> G. Ricordi & C. Editori paperback books
1937005398Milano: 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
193542024Moscow: The State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1935. First Edition. Folio 42cm; printed wrappers saddle-stitched; 40pp; illus.; text is entirely in English. Mild wear along spine-fold some pinpoint wear and a few creases to wrapper extremities else clean internally; Near Fine. 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.<br/><br/>The present issue is entirely devoted to the children of the Soviet Union. "We must produce a new generation of healthy and buoyant workers capable of increasing the power of the Soviet Union" Stalin from inner wrapper. The State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
193242043Moscow: 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.<br/><br/>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 books
193042026Moscow: State Publishing House of the RSFSR 1930. First Edition. Folio 42cm; printed wrappers saddle-stitched; 48pp; illus.; text is entirely in English. Light wear along spine-fold and wrapper extremities with a few short tears to same with two clear tape mends on verso; shallow loss to upper left corner of rear wrapper; 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.<br/><br/>The present issue is entirely devoted to the capitals of the Soviet Union: Moscow Harkov Minsk Tiflis Stalingrad Ashkabad and Samarqand. State Publishing House of the RSFSR unknown books
193242043Moscow: 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.<br /> <br /> 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
1918ABE-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
19693115652NP: 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
200027747New 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 books
200027747New 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
1932WRCLIT76601Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1932. Folio 41.5 x 30cm. Typographic wrappers. Heavily illustrated with photographs. Corners a bit bumped some wear along spine with split below lower staple otherwise very good. Founded by Maxim Gorky and published in the Soviet Union from 1930 to 1941 and 1949 under the general editorship of G. Piatakov. An issue of this innovative periodical devoted to Soviet Civil Aviation. This is the French language edition translator not identified. "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. Versions were also published in Russian German and English. PARR-BADGER I:148. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
197854356E-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
1953012375NY: Simon & Schuster 1953. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition inscribed Merry Christmas in 1953 year of publication by Thurber for himself and wife Helen in blue ink in Thurber's exuberant hand on the ffe to married couple friends of him and his wife Helen in Cornwall CT where the Thurbers had a country house for decades. The dustjacket design by Paul Bacon which cleverly integrates Thurber sketches mostly dogs and people some local landmarks into a map of the Housatonic River whicj t forms the western border of Cornwall CT and runs through Litchfield Couny . Unclipped dustjacket has shallow chipping at spine ends a short closed tear at front fold and about an inch chip bottom edge rear panel. Still quite presentable. Simon & Schuster hardcover books
19608584San 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. <br /> <br /> 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
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
Fratelli Palombi Editori, dicembre 1994. Brossura con bandelle. Prima edizione. Spedizioni tracciabili con raccomandata entro 24 ore dall'ordine. First edition. Soft cover in fine conditions, no inscriptions or markings inside. Worldwide delivery.
2 parti in un gr. vol. in-4, pp. (14), (20), + tavv., leg. t. tela edit. Con 5000 ill. di mobili, particolari degli stessi, cornici, orologi a colonna, sedie, poltrone, oggetti in ferro, specchiere, caminetti, maniglie, battacchi, attrezzi per la casa, oggetti di design, etc...: tutti arredi originali americani, con numerosi esempi di produzioni straniere in America. Il più imp. repertorio ampiamente illustrato sull’arredo americano. Perfetto esempl.
La rivista britannica abbraccia il clima controculturale dell’epoca, sia nei contenuti che nella grafica innovativa. Articoli sull’energia solare, il “garbage housing� (come costruire un edificio con materiali di scarto), sulle occupazioni… che rivelano lo sguardo profondamente coinvolto nei sussulti sociali e la distanza dall’architettura modernista: più osmosi alle avanguardie e meno ossequi al Gotha dell’architettura. 12 fascicoli in brossura con punti metallici, lievi segni d’uso ai dorsi.
20012546Miami FL: Adhil Publishing Miami Design Preservation League 2001. First Edition First Printing. Original wraps. Very Good . 8 1/2 X 11 Inches. Archive of 13 original Miami Art Deco Weekend Programs dating from 1986 to 2001. The Miami Art Deco Weekend was created by the Miami Design Preservation League MDPL in 1976. Since the festivals founding the guiding principle has been to showcase and preserve the historic architecture of Ocean Drive in Miami FL. This archive of original programs most between 24 and 28 pages shed light on the development of events as well as provide a record of the officers board members and trustees of the MDPL. Loaded with original advertisements and each issue contains the schedule of events for the corresponding year. OCLC locates "1" copy of the 1993 program. The other programs in this archive are unrepresented on OCLC. Original staple binding. Hint of wear to edges and spines. One name in ink located in the 1986 issue. A very appealing lot overall. Adhil Publishing (Miami Design Preservation League) unknown
1999070584Mumbai India: India Book House Ltd. 1999. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Black and burgundy paper-covered boards lettered in gold. As issued. Dust jacket as issued now in mylar. Fwd. mounted on front flyleaf original to issue. India Book House Ltd. Hardcover
1985705120Innsbruck: Eigenverlag Weidinger. 1985. ca. 100 Seiten. 30x21cm. Zustand: Sehr Gut, ungelesen; Vorsatzblatt mit Widmung/Exlibris des Besitzers; Ex.-Nr. 137 von 500 mit notarieller Beglaubigung; GOLD-Komplettschnitt; Mit Signatur des Autors auf Vorsatz; Kunstleder (Grün)
