1957. 4 vols.: Venetian School. 2 vols., XIV, 206 pp. text, 46 pp. topographical index, 1336 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color); and Florentine School. 2 vols., XIV, 222 pp. text, 39 pp. topographical index, 1480 illustrations on plates (2 plates in color). Small 4to. Cloth. London/New York (Phaidon)..... More

Prague: Knihy dobrých autoru, 1929. Octavo (22.5 × 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 101, [1] pp. A very good copy; from the limited print run on better paper stock; with the usual light wear to overlapping wrapper edges; the gatherings are unstapled, as issued. Rare first Czech edition of this..... More

Portfolio of 10 colored lithographs, consisting of the following: 5 double-page lithos depicting sketches for the artist's frescoes at La Chapelle Saint-Pierre, each ca. 25 3/4" x 20 1/8", and 5 single-page examples, each ca. 12 7/8" x 20 1/8", including the front and rear wrpps., a frontispiece, an image..... More

[1928]. Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, [1928]. Quarto (28.5 × 22 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 16 pp. With seventeen large chromolithograph illustrations throughout. Small oval stamp of Marcel Bekus (“Ex-libris Marcel Bekus”). Light rust to staples, else very good or better. Second edition (first published in 1927). Striking illustrations and simple..... More

A rare poster announcing the Happening to take place on December 18, 1959 at 3:11 in the afternoon, at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts, organized by Hundertwasser, Brock, and Schuldt, during which a spiral line was proposed to be drawn continuously around Hundertwasser's classroom at the University where he..... More

Prague: F. Svoboda, 1921–1922. Small quartos (28 × 18.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 144 pp (consecutive pagination). Numerous illustrations, some full-page. Overall very good; a few nicks to the fragile wrappers of issue one; only the special issue with some fraying and tears to wrappers. Rare Czech modernist and avant-garde..... More

Vršovice (Prague): self-published, 1922. Small quarto (26 × 21 cm). Original pictorial wrappers on blue wove paper; [4], 18, [8] pp. Fifteen linocut prints; printed on thick laid paper. Title signed by Macková. Very good. A striking sampling of Macková’s work, this children’s book was printed in only thirteen copies..... 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

Wien und Leipzig: Gerlach & Co., [1900–1902]. Quarto (25.5 × 30 cm). Oblong portfolio housing thirty chromolithographed plates, including title, with monochrome design to versos. The portfolio (often damaged or lacking entirely) only with the most minor wear and scratches; the plates very good or better. One of the most..... More

Brno: Rolnická tiskárna, 1928. Small octavos (17.3 × 12.3 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers by Rossmann; 11, [1] and 13, [1] pp. each. About fine. Two scarce booklets introducing the famous 1928 Exhibition of Contemporary Culture, an important display of progress made in all the arts in ten years of..... 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

Unpaginated (54 typed leaves printed recto only) original typed research report by Williams, a veterinarian, and Stone, a chemist, documenting their attempts to effectively perform saliva and urine tests on thoroughbred racing horses to detect the existence of performance-enhancing drugs and stimulants, including information on the collection of fluids, a...... More

Unpag. publication including pictorial frontispiece, decorative title, index leaf, and (2) pp. "Memoria", followed by 60 engraved plates depicting the lively street life of Venice in the mid-eighteenth century, with various craftsmen, merchants, artisans, laborers, and street entertainments, each plate with a rhyming verse in the Venetian dialect identifying the..... More