![Book ID: 51979 Iskusstvo i fizicheskaia kul'tura [Art and physical culture]. Mileev,...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51979_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1652890122)
Moscow: Fizkul'tura i turizm, 1931. Octavo (19 x 14 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 207, [1] pp. followed by unnumbered leaves of plates. 55 illustrations throughout. Wrappers somewhat toned; minor staining to lower right corner, affecting several pages; still about very good. A history of the “social function of the motif..... More
Sofia: Azbuka, [1932]. Small quarto (22.3 × 16 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Max Metzger; 109, [3] pp. Poor condition; wrappers worn and chipped; traces of four strips of clear tape across spine; possibly lacking title; in protective mylar. First and only edition of a Bulgarian anthology, containing sixteen essays..... More
![Book ID: 50842 Budha žije [Bouddha vivant; The Buddha lives]. Paul Morand, Jarmila...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/50842_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1593514446)
Prague: Aventinum, 1928. Octavo (19.5 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by František Muzika; 147 pp. A very good, uncut and unopened copy; very light wear to lower spine only. Although less well-known than Teige, Štyrský, and Sutnar, Muzika (1900-1074) was a key representative of the Czech avant-garde and a...... More
![Book ID: 52727 Naitō tachū sakuhin fu. [Tachū Naitō Works.]. Tachū Naitō](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52727.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698691461)
Tokyo: Jonan Shoin, 1944. Quarto (29.5 x 21.3 cm). Stamped cloth, with accompanying printed cardboard slipcase; 114 pp. Some browning to flyleaves, light toning to slipcase, overall very good. Tachū Naitō (1886-1970) was a Japanese architect, engineer, and professor. He was a pioneer in earthquake-proof design and built many broadcasting..... More
18 pp. text on the planning and construction of the trade museum, 3 text illustrations, 24 plates including architectural elevations, floor plans, interior and exterior photographs, etc. Folio. Plates loose as issued in 3/4 cloth and boards portfolio. Berlin (Verlag von Ernst Wasmuth) 1898. More
Milano: Stampa Archiepiscopale, 1661. Small folio (32.8 x 23 cm). Later paper boards backed with likely original vellum, later hand-lettering of title to spine; (xii), 406, (vi) pp. Very light scattered toning and foxing, original frontispiece and portrait missing and replaced with reproductions, overall very good. An original 17th century..... More
![Book ID: P003528 Svidetel' istorii [A Witness of History]. Mikhail Andreevich Osorgin,...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/P003528_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1591526222)
Paris: Knizh. mag. Moskva, 1932. Octavo (22 × 15 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Fedor Rozhankovsky; 269, [3] pp. A very good copy; wrappers very lightly dust-soiled and worn along spine extremities; spine a bit cocked; still unusually well-preserved. First edition of the Russian émigré writer's third novel to appear..... More
[Torino]: S.E.L.P./Studio Editoriale Librario Piemontese, 1931. Quarto (29 x 22 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 22 pp., profusely illustrated. Some light soiling and toning to covers, minor wear to extremities, very mild mildew staining to title page, slight rust to staples, overall very good. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This..... More
954 pp. volume on the "hidden treasures" of Rome, including a brief treatise on the 1600 Jubliee, its origins, and ceremonies, as well as chapters on the catacombs, the titles, deaconships, and bishoprics of cardinals, relics, and the stations, with a focus on the churches of Rome, indices. Not illustrated..... More
Tashkent: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo khudozhestvennoi literatury UzSSR, 1958. Quarto (26.7 × 21.3 cm). Publisher's embossed yellow buckram; 290, [2] pp. With 144 photographic reproductions, many of them full-page. Pinted on better paper stock. Lacks the original dust wrapper; else very good. Well-produced overview of rich heritage of Uzbek architectue, covering the..... More
Geneva: Verlag "Meister der Baukunst," 1931. Octavo (20.5 × 16.8 cm). Original decorative cloth; XX pp. of text, 46 pp. of plates on coated stock. Illustration, plans. Signed and inscribed (addressee illegible) by Málnai. Boards lightly rubbed and discolored; about very good. First and only edition of this illustrated monograph..... More
Prague: Linie, 1928. Octavo (19.2 × 14.2 cm). Original typographically designed wrappers (anonymous); 28, [1] pp. Spine extremities lightly chipped; text toned; still about very good. Scarce first publication of Edice Linie, with a striking avant-gardistic wrapper design (unattributed). Rozner (1905-1991) was a Czech poet, writer, and journalist from Liberec..... More
Sofia: Pechatnitsa "Doverie", 1932. Octavo (20 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (by the author?); 132 pp. Largely uncut and unopened copy; text toned; small repair to lower right corner; a few nicks to rear wrapper; overall about very good. First work by Rusev (1902-?), a Bulgarian psychologist who was..... More
![Book ID: 51922 Lidová učebnice Esperanta [A popular primer of Esperanto]....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51922_1.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646751067)
Brno: Nový lid, 1936. Octavo (20.7 × 14.9 cm). Original staple-stitched photo-illustrated wrappers; 31, [1] pp. Very good. First and only edition of this Czech primer of Esperanto, with a striking unattributed photo-montage cover design that seeks to capture the excitement, communicative potential, and globalist fervor of the artificial language's..... More
Tallinn: Alfred Offenbach; Eesti Noorsotsialistliku Liidu häälekandja, 1926–1933. Octavos (21 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers (not attributed); ca. 14–30 pp. per issue (continuous pagination). Disbound from bindings; light soil and staining to wrappers; some restoration to corners; still overall very good. Three issues of the scarce Estonian Marxist periodical..... More
Prague: Nakladatelstvi Šolc a Šimáček, 1927. Large octavo (24 × 18 cm). Original pictorial wrappers with a photo-montage possibly by Smrž; 79, [1] pp. With sixty-two illustrations. About very good; light wear and soil to wrappers, in protective mylar. An early Czech introduction to the technology and creation of motion..... More
[Paris?]: Baronne de Bondeli, 1969. Small folio (37 x 27 cm). Cream cardstock portfolio inside blue-grey portfolio-style slipcase, contents loose as issued; 90 pp. Some sunning to slipcase, excellent overall condition. Emilio Terry (Emilio Rene Terry y Sánchez, 1890-1969) was a Cuban-Irish architect, interior designer, and landscape designer. He created..... More
XXVI, 392 pp. text discussing the city from its origins until the beginning of 19th century, with special attention paid to the city's notable buildings, notes, transcription of documents, indices, 118 plates showing drawings and images from photographs of buildings, street scenes, artwork, architectural details, etc. 4to. Signatures loose as..... More
2 pp. introductory text by G. B. Milani, 66 fine plates showing beautiful architectural renderings and ground plans of expansive and occasionally opulent palazzi of refinement and elegance, most with observation towers, some with terraces and other outdoor spaces, a few incorporating some Art Nouveau details. Sm. folio. Orig. dec..... 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
Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1929-1930 (Showa 4 and 5). Large octavos (29 × 19.6 cm). Publisher’s cloth-backed boards with vignette to front board and gilt titles to spine; 381 and 115, 18, [1] pp. The first volume with 350 pp. of plans and drawings, a few in color; the second volume..... More
Prague: Orbis, 1949. Octavo (21 × 13.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers by Zdeněk Rossmann; 149, [3] pp. Very good; tiny nick to lower overlapping edge and two small stains; in protective mylar. A late, but striking design by Zdeněk Rossmann for this title on the Soviet banking system. The title..... More
![Book ID: 52386 Proizvodstvo papirosnoi bumagi [On the production of cigarette paper]. N....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52386_1.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1674311223)
Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Lesnoe Tekhnicheskoe Izdatel'stvo, 1933. Octavo (17 × 12.6 cm). Original staple-stitched decorative wrappers in the constructivist style by Solomon Telingater (Telingator); 55, [1] pp. With seventeen technical diagrams and drawings in the text. About very good. Evidently an occasional work for a highly specialized publisher, the wrappers are..... More
Vienna: Wagner, 1912. Tall thin 4to. (40.6 x 30.5 cm). Original self-wrappers; 12 pp. Slight dust-staining, minor browning to edges; overall very good. Otto Wagner was an Austrian architect, furniture designer, and urban planner, as well as a leader of the Vienna Secession and Art Nouveau movements. Through his architectural..... More
3 vols. IX, 226, 450, 153 pp. study of the architecture and ornamentation of medieval church doorways in Gniezno, Poland, incl. discussion of metal-work, Christian symbolism, and conservative analyses, with bibliographic notes, summaries in Russian and French, index, and over 500 illus. in text and on plates (1 fold-out). 4to..... More