1935. 272 pp. compendium of many hundreds of illustrations after photographs, plans, elevations, drawings, models, etc., documenting work by Soviet architects during the early 1930's, index in French and Russian, captions in Russian. Minor browning and scattered losses to endpapers, spine slightly shaken. 4to. Embossed decorative cloth, some minor soiling..... More
Altogether 8 volumes, including 2 vols. of text, 2 vols. of printed plates, and 4 vols. of mounted photographs; I,II: 532, 425 pp. detailed text by the building's architect on the artistic sources, theory behind the structure, and the design, construction and decoration of Le Théatre de l'Opera in Paris..... More
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Moscow: ASSR "Pethrat,” 1924. Octavo (21.8 × 16.8 cm). Paper wrappers; tipped-in frontis plate, 11 pp. of text and [16] leaves of full-page illustrations with captions in Armenian. Signed and inscribed by the author in 1925. Good; spine rebacked; possibly later paper wrappers (with part of original front wrapper affixed..... More
Ambitious building project for a hospital in the planned Third Reich city of Salzgitter, Germany, comprised of 123 hand-numbered typewritten leaves, of which 10 are folding plans and maps of the building and another 19 are folding architectural drawings, floor plans, and elevations of the main buildings of the hospital..... More
2 vols., 245 pp. text, extensive notes with bibliographical material, lists of vases, numerous indices, concordances, and 149 fine photographic plates, many with multiple images. Large 4to. Orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and sunned. Berlin (Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt) 1927. The scarce basic work on floral and other abstract designs on Greek vases..... More
1928. Leningrad: Izdanie Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Muzeia, 1928. Octavo (17.5 × 13.2 cm). Original decorative wrappers with a constructivist design by M. S. Brodsky; 72 pp. and 14 illustrations in the text, some full-page. Very light soil to wrappers; overall a very good copy. First and only edition of this work..... More
5 vols.: One vol. text (207 pp.), including detailed analytical essay, ext. notes with bibliographic material, indices, and 4 vols. containing 810 excellent plates (3 in colors and gold) reproducing all the illuminations. Large 4to and folio. Uniform boards portfolios. Paris 1911-1927. Privately printed for Société Française de Reproductions de..... More
Le Corbusier. Unpaginated sample book of wall paper designed by Le Corbusier for the Salubra wall paper factory, introduction by Le Corbusier on how to use the color scheme including his sketches for application in interior design, 28 marbled color wall paper samples, 20 monochrome samples (in dense colors), 2..... More
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Tbilisi: Zakkniga, 1926. Octavo (17.5 × 12.8 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers (front and back); 15, [1] pp. Two full-page photomontage illustrations by Rodchenko. Faint crease to wrappers, but still very good; overall a rather well-preserved copy. First printing of Mayakovsky’s poem on the death by suicide of Sergei Esenin..... More
Unpaginated volume containing 8 cardstock leaves depicting members of the circus to be cut out and assembled with small paper fasteners such as brads, one side of the cardstock page in chromolithograph, the reverse in black and white with indications as to where to fold and attach the various pieces..... More
A complete collection of 4 volumes comprising this set by Moussinac, which provides an important documentation of furniture and interiors by notable French Art Deco designers, each volume with an introduction by Moussinac followed by a large number of plates (58, 52, 53, and 50), many of which are done..... More
A monumental work on Dutch and Flemish woodcuts from the first half of the 16th century, in 4 volumes, comprised of 2 volumes of text describing the content and context of each of the plates (175 pp. total, continuously paginated), together with 2 large portfolios housing a total of 402..... More
31 pp. text including the details of the architectural competition sponsored by the Conseil Municipal de Paris and the Département de la Seine, the report from the jury, and the specifics of the main projects entered for the contest to develop along the route from Place de l'Étoile (now Place..... More
Unpaginated (ca. 116 pp.) artist's book pairing enigmatic prose poems with the author's translations of the same into highly imaginative rebus-like compositions incorporating mathematical symbols, the Hebrew alphabet, musical notation, erotic doodles, sign language and other figurative and non-figurative characters. Paper a bit browned, some minor scattered soiling. 4to. Illustrated..... More
Portfolio of 12 full-paged plates from original photographs of members of the native Maori community, with a thirteenth image affixed to the front cover, each image with brief caption such as "Mairie The Arawa Beauty", "A Tribal Belle", "Poi Dancer, Whakarewarewa", and "Maori Woman Weaving Taniko". Images mounted along top..... More
Two parts in one volume, xxiv, 264, xxiv, 166 pp. volume in Latin on the ancient Roman Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo al Celio and the Casamari Abbey, including the history and architecture of the buildings, indices. Illustrated with two engraved folding plates in Part I, including the façade..... More
Unpaginated (81 plastic sleeves, some filled both recto and verso and some filled recto only, some with several items per sleeve) presentation of letters, drawings, photographs, chronologies, newspaper clippings, flyers, and other ephemeral materials, printed on various types of paper stock so as to best capture the feel of the..... More
Unpaginated set of texts (printed recto only on 27 loose-leaf sheets of monogrammed "Fluxus" cardstock) providing a chronological overview of events in Holland from 1960 to 1969 directly linked to George Macunias and the Fluxus organization in New York, housed together with 24 related items, including facsimile reproductions of historical..... More
Berlin: self-published, 1977. A4, one leaf of typescript to recto and 14 (1 partly colored xeroxed sheets of film stills from a performance video. Signed and inscribed to first film still, to Gerda Kropp. Stapled to upper left corner. First and last leaf detached but present; else very good. Documentation..... More
10 original albumen photographs, each 10 x 13 in., joined to form a foldout view of the old city of Constantinople and of the Golden Horn inlet of the Bosporus, seen from a tower on the Asian side. Some scattered foxing, staining, and soiling. Oblong folio. Orig. textured boards with..... More
5 volume study and presentation (in English) of the history of Ukiyoye painting and woodblock printmaking, defined in the preface as genre pictures and popular works depicting manners and customs of the time as opposed to classical works, including an altogether 211 pp. text distributed throughout the volumes, 156 fine..... More
1914. Presentation album promoting the work of the pioneering printing firm, including unpaginated (16 pp.) introductory text printed in blue, black, silver and white within elaborately ornamented borders, and 12 mounted samples of work by the firm, including publicity brochures, advertisements, pamphlets, stationery, and other items, most in striking colors..... More
Wuppertal: Verlag der Kalender, 1961. Large square octavo (29.3 × 30.5 cm). Original stiff printed wrappers; Chinese-style folded leaves; ca. 64 pp. A few stains and light toning to wrappers; internally very good. Collaborative bookwork by Vostell, a leading exponent of Décollage, and Dufrêne, a leading Nouveau Réaliste artist and..... More
Supplements nos. 2, 5, and 6 (of 6 total) published by "Der Architekt" between 1895 and 1900 (20, 20, and 44 pp.), supplement no. 6 edited by Paul Roller, each volume profusely illustrated with black-and-white, tinted, and full-color plates depicting designs by architects working in the Wagnerschule including Alois Hackl..... More
2 continuously paginated vols., 359 pp., providing an annotated scholarly account of the political career of John III, "the Pitiless," bishop of Liège from 1389 to 1418 and duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut from 1418 until his assassination by poisoning in 1425, including bibliographic notes, an..... More