1987. 2 vols. I.: 213 pp. critical and descriptive text (in Italian and English) on the Byzantine codex considered to be the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, notes, lists, bibl., index, 43 plates showing leaves; II.: 376 pp. excellent facsimile reproduction of the mss. with metallic accents highlighting..... More
Unpaginated (54 pp.) volume produced in conjunction with the 1949 French film festival, organized by the film club "Objectif 49", under the presidency of Jean Cocteau, with the help of of Cinematheque Française, with a jury composed of Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Grémillon, Raymong Queneau, Alexandre Astruc, and Claude Mauriac..... More
Letterpress poster (38" x 25"), designed by Duchamp, printed in black and orange on white ground, acting as both notice for and as a catalogue of works shown at the landmark DADA exhibition at the Sidney Janis Gallery in New York, April 15 to May 9, 1953, with the texts..... More
Unpaginated (ca. 105 pp.) collection of documents originally issued as Oberbaum Blätter, an irregular weekly series of left-radical underground press broadsides and handbills, including contributions by Rudi Dutschke, Rolf Dieter Brinkmann, Peter Handke, Peter O. Chotjewitz, the members of Kommune 1, and others, executed throughout with an experimental graphic style..... More
![Doloi negramotnost’: bukvar’ dlia vzroslykh [Down with illiteracy: a primer for adults]....](/pictures/thumb/50116_1.jpg?v=1580326928)
Nizhnii-Novgorod: Izd. Vserossiiskoi chrezvychainoi komissii po likvidatsii bezgramotnosti, 1921. Large octavo (single folded sheet); 32 pp. A fine copy. Early provincial edition, and a fine copy, of the first mass-produced Soviet primer for illiterate adults, published by the newly formed All-Russian Emergency Commission for the Elimination of Illiteracy (Vserossiiskaia chrezvychainaia..... More
A compendium of original works by Finkelstein including one 8-minute video cassette, one photo screened canvas (27 cm x 27 cm), nine black and white photographic prints 30 cm x 40 cm each, one b&w print 15 cm x 22 cm, and a photo-grid consisting of ten identical photographic prints..... More
(v), 364 pp. volume comprising two parts in one volume, the first part containing brief descriptions of the churches of Rome, many accompanied by a small woodcut illustration of the church façade, with seven highlighted as the most important, a list of stations held at the churches throughout the year..... More
![Prazdnik [The holiday]. Olga Gur'ian, Kazimirovna Borovskaia, nna](/pictures/thumb/P6045_1.jpg?v=1580327096)
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 verse..... 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
Title page, 4 pp. of text including table of contents, and 12 plates, including two in full color, depicting floor plans, elevations, and details from the establishment of a working-class public bath on rue des Tanneurs in Brussels and projects for future buildings. Some light scattered foxing and edgewear. Folio..... 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
![Volné sebrání [Free gathering], vol. 3. Portfolio containing twenty-four works of art...](/pictures/thumb/P6249_1.jpg?v=1585162024)
[Kunstat, near Brno]: 1974. Black portfolio, gilt title to spine, measuring 32 × 22.2 cm, with contents printed on leaves A4-sized. Carbon copy typescript. Light wear and small tear to portfolio; contents very good. Unique compilation of twenty-four leaves featuring poetic texts or original artwork, all signed, limited, or entirely..... More
Petrograd: Zhizn' i znanie, 1917. First Edition. Octavo (21.2 × 14.6 cm). Original printed wrappers; 104 pp. Signature of Sigizmund Valk to title (and his annotation in pencil to front wrapper?); a very good, uncut and unopened copy; tiny Soviet bookstore mark inside rear wrapper. First edition of Lenin's in..... More
(12) pp. introductory material including illustrated title, preface, and list of plates with historical notes by Enrique Ramirez y Ramirez and Alberto Morales Jimenez, 144 plates with original full-page prints (many printed in color, most on colored paper stock) that reflect the independent and revolutionary spirit of the Mexican people..... More
![Gruppirovki Sovetskoi arkhitektury [Soviet Architectural Organisatons]. Mikhailov, leksei](/pictures/thumb/50419_002.jpg?v=1594150809)
Moscow-Leningrad: OGIZ-IZOGIZ, 1932. Octavo (21 × 15 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 133, [2] pp with 11 photo-illustrations. Light discoloration to wrapper edges and chipping to spine; internally very good. Published at a critical moment in Soviet architecture, shortly after the project for the “Socialist reconstruction of Moscow” was announced by..... More
A beautiful and rare album comprising title page, a map showing the location of the naval battle of Kil-Bouroun (Kinburn), and 15 chromolithographic plates depicting mostly maritime scenes after the battle along the ice-bound Dnieper River, including inside the fort, disembarking onto the ice, and ruined fortifications, lithographed and colored..... More
Two parts in one volume, xxxii, 428 pp. volume in Latin on St. Clement of Rome (Pope Clement I) and the medieval Basilica di San Clemente in Rome, including information on the life of the saint, a controversy surrounding the whereabouts of his remains, and the history and architecture of..... 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
Exquisite unpag. example of Art Deco book design, detailing a 3-month journey the artist undertook with Jean Dunand aboard the schooner Peau-Brune, sailing from St. Nazaire in Brittany, around the Iberian Peninsula and through the Strait of Gibraltar, to the town of La Ciotat on the coast of Provence, fashioned..... More
![Devětsil: revoluční sborník [The nine powers: a revolutionary anthology]. Jaroslav Seifert,...](/pictures/thumb/P5531_1.jpg?v=1580761623)
Prague: Večernice, 1922. Large octavo (24 × 16 cm). Original decorative wrappers on dark green paper stock; 202, [6] pp. Numerous leaves of plates and reproductions in the text. A very good, entirely unrestored copy; light fading to left edge and tiny chip to lower right corner. A particularly handsome..... More
1686. (24), 456, (36) pp. detailed text on artworks in hundreds of Roman churches and palazzi, each building getting its own entry ranging from a paragraph or two to several pages, and including works by Caracci, Mantegna, Gozzoli, Carlo Fontana, Cortese, Domenichino, Borromini, Guido Reni, da Vinci, Lorenzo Lotti, Michelangelo..... More
![Tōkyō kangyō hakurankai jimu hōkoku jōkan [Tokyo Industrial Exposition Report, Vol. 1]....](/pictures/thumb/50219_001.jpg?v=1580326967)
331 pp. volume representing the first part of a two-part govermental report on the 1907 Tokyo Industrial Exposition, covering the overall operations and organization of the exposition including maps and plans for the arrangement of the pavilions within Ueno Park, and interior plans describing the use of the pavilions and..... More
![Lebedinyi stan: stikhi 1917-1921 g.g. [The encampment of the swans: poems 1917-1921]. Marina...](/pictures/thumb/50599_1.jpeg?v=1584716709)
Munich, 1957. Octavo (20.8 × 14.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 62, [2] pp. A fine copy. First appearance in print of Marina Tsvetaeva's epic poetic cycle about the October Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War, which the poet experienced first-hand in Moscow before emigrating in 1922. The poems were..... More
Unpaginated (75 double-sided leaves) Art Deco paint sample display catalog from the Fuller Paint Company of San Francisco, containing within a catalog of 99 paint samples, along with design recommendations for how best to use the Fuller paint colors in exterior and interior applications in various types of homes, including..... More
1841-1846. Other titles: Narrhalla. Mainzer Carnevalszeitung, and: Narrhalla. Mainzer Carnevals-Zeitung. Ein Organ für die Mainzer Karnevalsbestrebungen [Mainz carnival paper: an organ for the Mainz carneval effort]. Vols. I–VI (of VII published), bound in two volumes. Mainz: Wirth, 1841–1846. Octavos (22.5 × 16 cm). Later brown calf over four raised bands;..... More