24 pp. foreword and catalogue of works, 100 plates displaying samples of Danish printers' works, including typefaces, initial letters, illustrations, title pages, colophons and other distinctive creations, some in red ink. Folio. Half vellum and boards, small stains on boards. Copenhagen (Nordisk Forlag) 1934. A finely printed work on Danish..... More
Moscow; Berlin: Mezhrabpom, 1924. Octavos (18 × 13 cm). Original printed wrappers; XVIII, 136 and 244 pp. respectively. About very good; some chipping to the bottom edge of each cover and minor toning; a handful of pages detached in volume II; light chipping to spines. First Russian translations. Two polemical..... More
![Biblioteka-chital’nia kooperativa [Reading rooms for co-operative societies]. N. A. Orlov](/pictures/thumb/P5197_1.jpg?v=1589471238)
Petrograd: Knigoizdatel’stvo kooperativnoi literatury Mysl’, 1918. Octavo (21 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 64 pp. Wrappers lightly stained; still a very good copy. Scarce guide on establishing and maintaining smaller libraries as part of local co-operative societies, which were popular through the Soviet Union in the 1910s and 1920s..... More
3 vols.: I. Livres anciens, Editions originales et Livres illustrés des XVe, XVIe et XVIIe Siècles, Très beaux Livres à figures du XVIIIe siècle. II. Livres de la Période Romantique, ...Très Riches Reliures Mosaiquées... III. Editions Originales... Très Beaux Livres Illustrés Modernes... 98, 203, 247 pp. descriptive auction catalogue of..... More
3 vols: I. Precieux Manuscrits a Miniatures, Livres à figures des XVIe, XVIIe et XVIIIe Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. II-III. Livres des XVe, XVIe, XVIIe, et XVIII Siècles, Riches Reliures Anciennes Armoriées. 120, 136, 166 pp. critical and descriptive auction catalogue of nearly 1,000 items, 124 nice plates showing..... More
Unpaginated (circa 36 pp.) promotional history of the French paper manufacturer who specialized in producing cigarette papers, with text in French, English, and Spanish, walking through the entire paper production process ,from the raw materials to pulp, all the way through to the finished product, with four-page double-fold at the..... More
2 vols. in 1, 365 pp. commentary on ten works from late 15th century France, including translations of some, bibliographies, index, text illustrations; 309 pp. facsimiles of the ten works, including Molinet, Temple de Mars, Pfettisheim, Guerres de Bourgogne, Traité d'Arras and De La Marche, Le Chevalier Délibéré, illustrations from..... 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
![Sprache und Schrift [Language and Writing]. Fundamente der Organisation, ed. Richard K. Hinz...](/pictures/thumb/51333_001.jpg?v=1623784803)
Berlin: Verlag des Vereins Deutscher Ingenieure, 1920. Quarto (29.5 × 23.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 108 pp. Laid in is a folded greeting card of Porstmann's firm, measuring 10.5 × 7.5 cm. About very good; light wear to title; a few pages with light spots. First and only edition of..... More
XV, 250 pp. list, arranged by location, of many hundreds of bookbinders active during the first part of the 19th century, references, introd. text, 16 nice plates. Sm. 4to. Cloth. London (The Author) 1954. One of 500 copies. More
Bratislava: Dav, 1933. Octavo (19 × 13.8 cm). Original photo-illustrated wrappers; 47, [1] pp. Light toning to wrapper edges; else very good. First and only edition of this Slovak translation of Viennese psychoanalist Annie Reich's 1932 book on children's sexual education, "Wenn dein Kind dich fragt..." With wrappers by Jozef..... More
36 pp. printer's salesman sample-type album of approximately 270 elaborate and gold-embossed cigar bands of varying dimensions, printed chiefly for the Spanish and French markets. Tall narrow 4to. Original publisher's cloth. Rheydt, Germany (Hermann Schött Actiengesellschaft) n.d. (circa 1900). A visually arresting collection of cigar bands. Based on the text..... More
Kampf. (IV) pp. introductory text and biographical material on the German artist who headed the School of Visual Arts in Berlin from 1915 to 1924, list of plates, and 20 fine etched plates showing scenes from Shakespeare plays. Large folio. 3/4 cloth and boards portfolio. Berlin (Wegweiser) n.d. (ca. 1925)..... More
134 pp. text describing 45 plates (4 fold-out, 4 color) showing reproductions of lithographs and engravings of scenes around the city, the works date from the 19th and 20th centuries, bibliography, index. Folio. Cloth, covers slightly stained. Trieste (Edizioni Lint) 1967. More
![Grdemli: ork'vireuli suratebiani zhurnali [The anvil: a bi-monthly illustrated journal], no. 7...](/pictures/thumb/50529_001.jpg?v=1598365863)
Tbilisi, 1923. Quarto (29.5 × 22.7 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Kirill Zdanevich, a lithograph printed in black and red; 32 pp. Numerous illustrations throughout. About very good. Final issue of this rare and important Georgian avant-garde journal of literature and the visual arts, edited by Pavle (Pavel) Sakvarelidze (1885-1937)..... More
Erevan: Editions de l’Academie des Sciences de la R.S.S. de l'Arménie, 1969. Large octavo. Original brown cloth with title to spine and front cover; 468, [4] pp. Hinges lightly shaken; else about very good. Extensive bibliographical reference of publications on Armenia in languages other than Armenian and Russian, including English..... More
41 pp. introduction and detailed descriptions of plates by the director of the library, notes with bibliographic material, 2 text illus., 100 superb plates (many in color or tint) showing bookbindings from 5 centuries in the library's collection. Folio. Gilt-decorated cloth, raised spine, d.j. Leipzig (Karl Hiersemann) 1921. A lavish..... More
24 pp. catalogue of the printing exhibitions at the 1931 International Colonial Exposition in Paris, comprised of a list of the organizational committee members, a brief essay on the history of printing, a detailed description of the exhibitors in the French section including photogravure and music, and a separate segregated..... More
Unpaginated collection (61 pp.) of 27 love poems by Simoni, each poem accompanied by a bright and colorful Futurist-inspired illustration by Futurist artist Bruno Munari, the volume as a whole published as a promotional book for the liqueur and aperitif producer, Campari. 4to. Original illustrated cardstock wrrps., metal spiral binding..... More
4 vols., catalogue by Isak Collijn of the incunabulae in the Royal Library, Stockholm, including 1122 entries, an essay on Johann Snell and a supplement covering 360 additions from 1915-1939, 150 plates of facsimiles of pages of the works. Texts: Sm. 4to. (vol.1, boards; vol. 2 and suppl. wrpps.); Plates..... More
![Novoročenky 1933 [New Year's Greeting Cards]. Ladislav Sutnar, illustrators Toyen, Josef...](/pictures/thumb/50327_001.jpg?v=1584466385)
Prague: Grafická edice A. Chvála, 1933. Octavo (22.2 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 106, [3] pp. Thirty plates, including fourteen original woodcut plates and two linocuts. With a tipped-in photo-montage design by Sutnar. Very good, only light sun-tanning and wear to spine; in protective mylar. Attractive volume reproducing a...... More
![Słońce na szynach: poezje [Sun on the tracks: poems]. Edward Szymanski, designer...](/pictures/thumb/50754_1.jpg?v=1595357643)
Warsaw: nakł. Związku Zawodowego Pracowników Kolejowych Rzplitej Polsk., 1937. Octavo (20.5 × 14.7 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; 32 pp. Very good. First and only edition of this volume of poems based on the life of Polish railwaymen, by the Polish proletarian socialist writer and political activist Edward Szymanski (1907–1943)..... 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
Portfolio with 8 original color woodcut prints (each approx. 15" x 22") by Vennekamp, in his own original Pop style with Surrealist undertones, showing erotic imagery in bold, densely colored and compositionally striking formats, including stylized abstractions of genitalia, playfully seductive vignettes, the integration of numbers and letters into the..... More