The last volume published of a short series of yearbooks from the Society of Austrian Architects, with cover and title page design by Emil Hoppe, comprised of 126 pp. of text followed by 72 pp. of advertisements related to architecture, interior design, and home furnishing. Profusely illustrated throughout from photographs..... More
[Titles, subtitles and numbering vary: Nos. 1-18 subtitled "Notiziario de Cultura Contemporanea"; nos. 56-62 alternately numbered as 1-7; no. 64/65 entitled "Marcazero" with cover title "Marca 3"; no. 66/67 entitled "Marcauno" with cover title "Marca 3"] 66 issues (publisher's serialization lacks a no. 63) in 25 fascicules (many showing multiple..... More
![Graficheskie iskusstva i reproduktsiia [Graphic arts and reproduction techniques]. Vladimir...](/pictures/thumb/P004283_001.jpg?v=1580327085)
Moscow: Gosizdat, 1923. Octavo (22 × 17.5 cm). Original decorative wrappers; 171 pp, [15] leaves of plates, some tipped in. Wrappers dust-soiled; overlapping wrapper edges creased and with a few smaller tears; internally very good. Rare bibliophile publication which introduces readers to various forms of graphic reproduction and printing methods..... More
Leningrad: Nauchnoe knigoizdatel’stvo, 1925. Octavo (17.5 × 13 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; 154, [6] pp. With forty-nine smaller drawings in the text. Small nick to front wrapper; spine extremities very lightly frayed; text evenly toned; still about very good. First edition in Russian. This early film history, oriented toward industry..... More
36 pp. booklet on the clubhouse of the German coffee firm KaffeeHag based in Bremen, designed by architects and designers Alfred Runge and Eduard Scotland, containing an essay by Heymel on the benefits of exercise and sport, and two shorter essays on the Internatioal Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden and decaffeinated..... More
Warsaw: Impr. de W. Lazarski, [1923]. Octavo (23 × 18 cm). Original letterpress limp wrappers with protective paper cover; 79, [1] pp. printed on special-made Holland paper by the Mirkow Paper Mill. Twenty-seven illustra- tions, most full-page some color. Very good. Issued on the occasion of the congress of librarians..... 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
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
222 pp. study of the aesthetic, technique and history of inlaid parquet flooring in Russia, notes with bibliographic material, lists, 261 illustrations in the text and on plates showing photographs and measured drawings of elaborate and intricate examples, some with very complex patterns, in fine residences and public buildings. Large..... More
Soviet Union, 1944. Quarto (31 × 22 cm). Original gray buckram with gilt lettering to front board; 99 leaves of ink manuscript text and fifty-five watercolor images, all but three in full color, some full-page and behind translucent calque. Eighteen watercolor vignettes and initials, and five pencil portraits of the..... More
![Porcelánový soubor Ladislava Sutnara [Porcelain set by Ladislav Sutnar]. Second, expanded...](/pictures/thumb/P5664_1.jpg?v=1580755445)
Prague: Krásná jizba Družstevní práce, [1933?]. Single leaf measuring 51 × 23.5 cm, folded twice to create a brochure; [6] unnumbered pages. Printed in black, gray, and blue. Near fine. Advertisement and order form for the 1932 porcelain tableware set, designed by Ladislav Sutnar for the state-run Družstevní Práce [Cooperative..... 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
Olomouc: Nákladem R. Prombergra, ca. 1908. Small octavo (15 x 15 cm). Original pictorial red cloth; 78, [1] pp. Color illustrations. A very good copy, printed on coated paper stock, possibly part of a preferential print run. Signed and inscribed by Vysko il in 1908. Minka, or Minnie, Podhajská was..... More
1936. Olomouc: Index, 1936. Octavo (18.5 × 13.3 cm). Original printed wrappers; 34, [2] pp. About very good. Scarce work by this Silesian poet, who became famous for defending the rights of speakers of the so-called Lach dialects, a group of dialects situated between the Czech and Polish languages. Although..... More