Presentation of twenty-three 15 3/4" x 12" photographs showing images from various traditional and modern productions put on in the theater, including close-ups and long shots with views of the scenery, list of plays laid in. Photographs loose as issued in boards and wrpps. portfolio. N.p., n.d. (circa 1974). During..... More
Bremen: self-published, 1973. A4 (30.5 × 21.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; offset-printed and xeroxed text, photographs, and drawings on loosely inserted sheets; 10 pp. Very good. Single issue of this uncommonly seen German underground journal, inspired by the “Agit 883” periodical published in Berlin from 1969 to 1972. It was..... More
Hannover: self-published, April 1972–October 1972. A4 (30.5 × 21.5 cm). Original pictorial wrappers; offset-printed and xeroxed text, photographs, and drawings on loosely inserted sheets; 8 pp. Very good. Single issue of this uncommonly seen German underground journal, inspired by the “Agit 883” periodical published in Berlin from 1969 to 1972..... More
58 issues (of 88 total published), most 12 pp., of the well-known journal of the West Berlin neoanarchist student movement, becoming increasingly radical and militant during the period of its publication, advocating the strategic use of violence by urban guerilla groups (Rote Armee Fraktion) and armed resistance to conservative and..... More
96 pp. journal discussing German achievements in various sports, including golf, kayaking, swimming, fencing, bowling, archery, running, tennis, flying, rugby, sailing and equestrian events, heavily illustrated throughout. 8vo. Wrpps. Dresden (Atmos-Verlag) 1931. (Year 1, Vol. 2). As of April 2018, WorldCat does not locate any copies of this text in..... More
A fascinating and unique World War I German Red Cross hospital train photograph album, with an accordion-folded sheet the length of 10 pages, containing the title page, 8-leaf colored blueprint of the layout of the train, and 1-page description of the layout, followed by 11 original photographs, 9 of which..... More
Berlin: ad-hoc-Gruppe CDU-Parteitag, 1968. Three single leaves of DIN A4 (30 × 21.5 cm), offset print in brown ink to rectos and versos. Very good. Very uncommon set of three early flyers of the German student protest movement and the so-called APO, or extra-parliamentary opposition, which formed beginning in the..... More
Turn-of-the-century German Jugendstil tabletop game using elements of shuffleboard or billiards, the contents comprising two hinged pieces of wood which are connected to form the play area, a wooden cue with curved piece of wood for pushing at one end, and two sets of color-coded wooden disks with felt bottoms..... More
Small archive of 14 Communist propaganda pamphlets and single journal issues from the Weimar Republic, dating to the early 1930s, discussing controversial or divisive topics such as abortion, socialism, Marxism, and Adolf Hitler, ranging from 16 to 56 pages, not illustrated. 8vo., most approximately 21.5 x 15.2 cm. Original printed..... More
83 pp. text discussing the construction of the harbor, bridges, and other structures and buildings associated with the harbor, text illustrations, 7 excellent engraved photographic plates showing views of the harbor, 4 color maps (2 fold-out, 1 double page). Large 4to. Cloth, lightly rubbed. Dortmund n.d. (circa 1899)... More
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Nowoczesne, 1940. (Seria Warszawska.) Octavos. Original illustrated wrappers with striking covers. Each with scattered illustrations from drawings and/or photographs. About very good. A complete series of four propaganda titles in Polish, issued by the provisional government established in Poland during the German occupation to help justify the occupation..... More
Altogether 10 issues, ranging between 306 and 343 pp., of the first run of the literary serial examining 18th and 19th century German literature with a special emphasis on the works of Goethe, including unpublished works, text illustrations, a few fold-out facsimiles of documents. Tall 8vo. 1/2 cloth and boards..... More
Fischer. Collection of plans and photographs documenting the construction of the Naval Academy in Plön that was completed in 1937 and designed by the architect Rheinhold Fischer, consisting of two large-scale site plans (measuring 28 1/2" x 26 3/4" and 37 1/2" x 29 1/2"), 3 overheard views of the..... More
![Book ID: 51321 Nachrichten für die Truppe [News for the troops], nos. 12, 20, 34, 36, 43,...](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51321_002.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1682714404)
N.p. [London]: [Psychological Warfare Division of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force], 1944. First six issues in this collection single leaves, others folded sheets, quartos (measuring 33 x 23.2 cm). Original self-wrappers; 2-4 pp. of text and images. Some very light toning and chipping, overall about very good. Collection of..... More
Munich: Gäßler, 1959–1960. Slim quartos (29.8 × 10.5 cm). Original side-stapled photo-illustrated wrappers; issues 38–46 pp. each, scattered illustrations from photographs and drawings throughout. Very light toning; overall very good. A complete run in four issues of the scarce journal dedicated to international art and concrete poetry, edited by Gerhard..... More
[West Berlin?], ca. 1970. Square octavo (14 × 14 cm). Original staple-stitched blue printed wrappers; [24] pp. of text and image, combining reproduced typescript with ten full-page pornographic photographs. Very good. Scarce pamphlet containing an accessible introduction to questions of capitalism, alienated labor, and sexual repression, as well as criticism..... More
Unpaginated (approx. 200 pp.) first and only issue of the artist's book-style avant-garde German periodical on contemporary art and artists, edited by Thomas Niggl, Christian d'Orville, and Heimrad Prem, including some works produced specifically for this publication, which is arranged in an eclectic format with varied fonts, sizes and colors..... More
London: Union Deutscher Sozialistischer Organisationen in Großbritannien, [1945]. Octavo (20.4 × 16.6 cm). Five folded leaves, with mimeographed typescript to rectos and versos; unstapled as issued; 19 pp. Very light overall wear; very good. Scarce mimeographed publication, apparently issued shortly prior to the end of World War II, with the..... More
Altogether 23 issues, each circa 19 pp., of the rare postwar German film magazine documenting the lives and work of German and American film actors, each issue including profiles of actors such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Orson Wells, Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman, Marlon Brando, and Marilyn Monroe..... More
478 pp. compendium of 28 papers (in English, French, and German) by numerous noted scholars and edited by S. van der Woude, most on various aspects of 16th-century bibliography, culture, letters, and science, with some on 15th- and 17th-century topics, extensive notes, num. text illus., 72 fine plates. Sm. 4to..... More
Berlin: self-published, 1982. Octavo (21.5 × 15 cm). Staple-stitched yellow printed wrappers; [6] pp. Very good. A camouflage brochure listing all squats, or illegally occupied houses, in Kreuzberg, Berlin in 1981-82, along with the number of occupants or apartments filled, as well as the owners of the buildings. The book..... More
![Book ID: 52709 Uecker Zeitung [Uecker Paper]. Nos. 0–11 (all published](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/52709_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1685565547)
Düsseldorf and Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, 1968–2015. Folios (nos. 1–10: 48 × 32 cm, no. 0: 40 × 27.5 cm). Original printed self-wrappers; issues vary from 4–16 pp. each. Light stains to issue no. 6; very light scattered damp-staining; overall very good. A complete run in twelve issues of the rare..... More
Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft ZAAZ, 1966. Quartos (30 × 21.5 cm). Original staple-stitched pictorial wrappers; each 16 pp. (one issue 20 pp). Illustrated throughout. About very good; light wear and occasional rust to staples. Complete run (eight issues in seven fascicles) of this striking, yet short-lived Berlin Op Art and constructivist art..... More
![Book ID: 51239 Poster: “Abbildung der Wirklichkeit” [The depiction of reality]....](https://bernettpenka.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/51239_2.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1614718669)
[Germany, 1972]. Original silk-screened poster, partially painted, measuring 86 × 61 cm. Trace of glue to corners, else about very good. Satirical political poster issued to coincide with the documenta 5, held in 1972 in Kassel. The contemporary art fair's theme during the 1972 iteration revolved around the concepts of..... More
X, 102 pp. text on later Gothic sculpture and painting of the Rhinelands and Hessia, notes, index, 68 plates (2 in color). 4to. New cloth. Frankfurt (J. Baer) 1910. More