Helsingfors [Helsinki]: Centrallaget för Handelslagen i Finland m.b.t., [1936]. First edition. Text in Swedish. Pp. 3–79 with black and white photographs. In publisher’s photographically illustrated wrappers. 79 [1] p. Scarce publication on modern Finnish architecture with numerous black and white photographs. Published by a Finnish retailing cooperative, SOK (The..... More
Warsaw: 1930. Original wrappers. 199 p. Scarce second and last issue of the important Polish Avant-garde journal, published by the group Praesens. The journal was only published in two issues, in 1926 and 1930 by Praesens, a Polish group bringing together Avant-garde architects and artists supporting Constructivism and functionalism. Present..... More
![Frihings-toyt. Eynakter fun arbeter-leben. (Folks-Bibliyotek Idish. [No. 6.]). El Lissitzky,...](/pictures/thumb/2080.jpg?v=1617192446)
Kovno [Kaunas], Berlin: Farlag Idish, 1921. . Spine opened at bottom. Bookplate removed from inner front cover. Pages yellowed due to aging. Overall in very good condition. 22 p. First edition. In publisher’s ochre wrappers, with illustrated publisher's devices on the front cover and printed publisher's ads on the back..... More
Wilno [Vilnius]: Drukarnia A. Dworeca, 1925. First edition. Illustrated with two reproductions on Lichtenstein’s painting. Text in Yiddish. Illustrated exhibition guide to Isaac Lichtenstein’s 1925 exhibition in Vilnius, with his foreword in Yiddish, and the list of more than one hundred exhibited pieces grouped in three sections: oil paintings, watercolors..... More
![Likrat Medinah Ivrit, O Galut Yehuda? [Towards a Jewish State or Judean Exile?]. Avigdor Hameiri](/pictures/thumb/2075.jpg?v=1617183514)
Tel Aviv: HaMachar, [1938]. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover by Pesach Ir-Shay (István Irsai). Modernist layout. 32 p. Pesach Ir-Shay’s cover design on this scarce pamphlet, a collection of Avigdor Hameiri’s essays. The cover design is identical to the covers of Hameiri’s political and social magazine HaMachar..... More
![In Yiddish:] Ale Mames Zaynen Sheyn. Yudel Mark, Yudl](/pictures/thumb/2074.jpg?v=1617182245)
Nyu York [New York]: Kinderring bay dem Bildungs Komitet fun Arbeter-ring (Farlag Kinde Ring of the Educational Committee of the Worker’s Circle), [1939]. First edition. With four full-page illustrations and decorative initials. In publisher’s half cloth, with illustrated front panel. 48 p. Avant-garde cover; scarce book by, Yudel Mark, the..... More
![In Yiddish:] Tsu Shpet. A Eynakter. (Folsks-bibliyotek Idish. [no. 7.]) [Too Late. A One-Act...](/pictures/thumb/2073.jpg?v=1617181993)
Kovno [Kaunas], Berlin: Farlag Idish, 1921. In publisher’s ochre wrappers, with illustrated publisher's devices on the front cover and printed publisher's ads on the back cover. 10, (6) p. The cover features El Lissitsky’s publisher’s device at the bottom displaying the priestly hands, and at the top another device by..... More
![Periodical.]Aitta. Syyskuu 1927. [Aitta. September 1927](/pictures/thumb/2072.jpg?v=1617199161)
[Helsinki]: Otava, 1927. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 86 [2] p. Finnish cultural periodical including a 10-page article mentioning Metropolis, published the same year as Lang’s expressionist science-fiction drama was released. The article by Olavi Paavolainen includes a reproduction of the poster of Metropolis and a still from..... More
Praha: [1938]. First edition. Unbound, as published. [4] p. Exhibition catalogue of Štyrský and Toyen, with text by Karel Teige. The catalogue contains a three-page writing by Teige about Štyrský and Toyen and lists the artworks exhibited at the Topičův Salon in 1938. Both Jindřich Štyrský (1899–1942( and..... More
![Kruh Osudu. Novela. [The Circle of Fate.]. Josef Sekera](/pictures/thumb/2069.jpg?v=1616422801)
Bratislava: Krásna Kniha, 1932. First edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on colophon. Limited up to 200 copies, this one is unnumbered, the author’s copy. Frontispiece by Karel Štika. In original wrappers, designed by Karol Jaroň. [50] 2 p. Inscribed by the author to Miloslav Troup, with striking avant-garde..... More
![Ácsok a malomban. Versek. [Carpenters in the Mill. Poems.]. Ferenc Homoki](/pictures/thumb/2068.jpg?v=1616422308)
Budapest: Stádium Sajtóvállalat Részvénytársaság, [1930]. First edition. In publisher’s decorated wrappers. 79 [1] p. The only book published by the Hungarian poet, Ferenc Homoki (1903–1965), with striking avant-garde cover. More
Bucarest: Surrealisme, 1946. First edition. Limited, one of 520 numbered copies. With 7 photographic reproductions. In publisher’s blue wrappers. [44] p. A work by the Romanian surrealist artist and theorist, Dolfi Trost. Trost (1916–1966) published several theoretical essays, including one in collaboration with Gherasim Luca, titled Dialectique de la..... More
![Pameti Josefiny Bakerove. [Remembering Josefine Baker.]. Marcel Sauvage](/pictures/thumb/2066.jpg?v=1616421822)
Prague: Nakladatelé Kvasnička a Hampl, 1928. First edition. In publisher’s decorated wrappers. 96 [4] p. and 4 full-page, black and white photographs. Cover design and several illustrations by the avant-garde artist, Adolf Hoffmeister. The Czech poet, novelist, translator, editor and artist, Adolf Hoffmeister (1902–1973) was one of the founders..... More
![Cover Title:] Magyar Grafika. A grafikai iparok fejleszteset szolgalo szakfolyoirat. Megjelenik...](/pictures/thumb/2064.jpg?v=1615988952)
Budapest: Magyar Grafika, [1930]. First edition. With 4 colored, full-page, and several text illustrations. In publisher’s typographically illustrated wrappers, printed in color. 73–132 V–VIII p. and 4 inserted advertisements. Richly illustrated Hungarian Avant-Garde Periodical on Graphic Design. The magazine features a number of advertisement flyers with modernist layout..... More
![Merengők. Regény. [Dreamers.]. Ferenc Paál](/pictures/thumb/2053.jpg?v=1615300841)
Vienna: Verlag Julius Fischer, 1925. First edition. Inscribed by the author. In original, illustrated wrappers. 255 [1] p. Inscribed by the author to the Hungarian Avant-Garde poet, Tivadar Raith, cover design by František Reichentál. František Reichentál (1895–1971) was a Jewish Eastern-European modern artist. His expressionist works focused mainly on..... More
Poznan: Oswiata, 1921. First edition. Numbered, signed by the author. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 27 [5] p. Limited, signed copy of Zegadłovicz’s work, with cover design by the expressionist painter, and graphic artist Władysław Skotarek. Both Zegadłowicza and Skotarka were members of Zdorj at the time of the publication..... More
Poznan: Ksiȩgarnia J. Dippla, 1930. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 35 [5] p. Stunning Avant-Garde cover design by Jan Jerzy Wroniecki. Both Swinarski and Wroniecki were members of Zdroj. Bibl.: Rypson 31 p. More
![in Yiddish:] Hunger Tsu Der Zet. [Fed Up With Hunger. Collected Writings: Second Volume.]. Shmuel...](/pictures/thumb/2047.jpg?v=1615298017)
Buenos Aires: [S.n.], 1941. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Moshe Feigenblum. 167 [1] p. Moshe Feigenblum’s avant-garde cover; a scarce book by Shmuel Rozhanski, the Warsaw-born, Argentinian Yiddish writer. More
![in Yiddish:] Ba Der Ozere. A Eynakter. (Folsks-Bibliyotek Idish. [No. 8.]). El Lissitzky, Kalmen...](/pictures/thumb/2046.jpg?v=1615297414)
Kovno [Kaunas], Berlin: Farlag Idish, 1921. First edition. In publisher’s green wrappers, with illustrated publisher's devices on the front cover and printed publisher's ads on the back cover. [2] 5–20 [6] p. [Complete.]. The cover features El Lissitsky’s publisher’s device at the bottom featuring the priestly hands, and at the..... More
![In Yiddish:] Zoologishe Khrestomatye Dertseylungen mit Bilder. Shaye-Shloyme Hurvits-Zalke,...](/pictures/thumb/2045.jpg?v=1615297016)
Varshe [Warsaw]: Brider Levin-Epshteyn un shotfim, 1923. First edition. Illustrated throughout. In publisher’s half cloth. Front panel with uncredited avant-garde illustration. 123 [1] p. Avant-garde cover design; a scarce zoology book for children by Byelorussian-and Ukranian-born Yiddish educators. More
Vac: Orszagos Grafikai Muhely, 1988. First edition. In original black, printed portfolio. Limited edition, numbered, one of 230. Text in Hungarian and English. Seventy-six mostly xerox art artworks by the Xertox artist group, that existed between 1982 and 1992, exhibited - besides the Hungarian shows - in Paris (1986, Galerie..... More
Budapest: Általános Könyvkiadó Vállalat, 1928. First edition. Numbered (one of 200), but not signed. With several full-page illustrations. In original cloth, gilt title on spine. 152 p. Eighteen full page illustrations by the Hungarian-French abstract painter Árpád Szenes (1897–1985). More
[Prague-Ostrava]: Slezská literárni skupina, [1946]. First edition. In original wrappers. Loose, as issued. With 5 plates and 2 full-page illustrations. 32, 32 p., 5 plates. The only issue of Čislo, a Silesian, illustrated art periodical. Originally proposed as a bimonthly, but only the first issue of this post-war art..... More
1923–1925. A collection of 6 abstract drawings in pencil on 5 leaves. 4 partly watercolored. Signed and dated 1923–1925. Sizes approx. 115 × 170; 115 × 175; 140 × 216; 135 × 205; 135 x 220 mm. 6 unique, Avant-Garde drawings. These Russian Avant-Garde drawings were created by the..... More
![Leaves of the Book Dummy of:] [In Yiddish:] Di hun vos hot gevolt hoben a kam. [The Hen that...](/pictures/thumb/2020.jpg?v=1612779154)
Five text leaves of the original book dummy of The Hen that Wanted a Comb, with text bands mounted on the pages. Stamp (in Yiddish) of the "Idisher Folks Farlag, Kooperative Gezelshaft" and handwritten inscription (in Yiddish) "Lissitzky, Di hun vos hot gevolt hoben a kam" in ink on the..... More