Paris: Alliance Graphique; L. Danel [printer], 1935. Original, vintage poster. Colour lithograph. Size: ca. 100 cm × 62,5 cm. Cassandre’s iconic Art Deco poster. Normandie, Cassandre’s striking poster design of the Art Deco era, became of the most well-known posters of all time. Designed in 1935 as an..... More
![Vyber praci.] Výběr prací školy pro dekorativni architekturu v Praze v roku 1911–1921....](/pictures/thumb/1819.jpg?v=1593529764)
V Praze [Prague]: [s.n.], 1927. First edition. In publisher’s hardcover. Vellum-papered spine with green mounted vignette. Printed on Holland watermarked paper. With 150 plates, of which 14 with black-and-white photographic reproductions. [1] leaf [10] p. 150 leaves of plates [1] leaf. Scarce collection of architectural plans and designs created by..... More
[Tel-Aviv]: [Tel Aviv Municipality], [1952]. Original, vintage poster. Text in Hebrew. Color lithograph printed by A Kofman and Co. 625 × 468 mm. Original, vintage advertising poster of the Tel Aviv Municipality, designed by Pesach Irsai. István Irsai (Pesach Ir-Shay or Pesach Irsai; 1896–1968) was a Hungarian-born modernist graphic..... More
Stockholm: [n.p.], 1949. First edition. Unbound as published. Printed on yellow paper. Saddle-stitched. 12 p. and 2 plates with 4 full-page photographic reproductions. Scarce catalogue of post-war surrealist exhibition held at Expo Aleby in Stockholm. Organised by Wilhelm Freddie and Gösta Kriland, assisted by Ilmar Laaban, the exhibition featured..... More
![Bata Bankrot. [Bankrupt Bata.]. Kurt Stolp, Gustav Breitenfeld, Jan Zika](/pictures/thumb/1805.jpeg?v=1591186986)
Praha: Průmyslový svaz kožedělníků (Aldolf Novotný), 1932. With Kurt Stolp’s photomontage on cover. With several photographic text illustrations. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. 82, (2) p. Rare photomontage item about the Bata Shoe Company. Cover by the Bauhausler graphic artist Kurt Stolp. Kurt Stolp (1904– 1981) studied at..... More
Milan: Direction du Mouvement Futuriste, 1913. Designed by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. First edition. Original, vintage flyer. Apollinaire’s possessor’s stamp on the first page. Bifolio. 230 × 290 mm. Apollinaire’s copy of his famous manifesto, L’Antitradition Futuriste. In the 14th Futurist manifesto, dated to June 29, 1913, Apollinaire urges a...... More
![Pokouseni. Pokoušení.] Hra o deseti obrazech. [Temptation. Play in Ten Scenes.]. Vaclav Havel,...](/pictures/thumb/1794.jpg?v=1591176844)
[S.l.]: [S.V.M.], 1985. Samizdat edition. Carbon copy text with handprinted linocut illustrations and title leaf designed by Viktor Karlík. With a vintage, black-and-white photograph of the author mounted on the cover’s verso. In original cardboard cover with stamped title vignette on the front panel. Spine covered with cloth with the..... More
[Praha]: [S.V.U. Manes], [1914]. First edition. With an original price-list flyer. In publisher’s woodcut-illustrated wrappers by Oldřich Koníček. [28] p. Scarce catalogue of a 1914 international avant-garde exhibition in Prague, organised by the Czech artist association, S. V. U. Mánes. With original, inserted leaf of price list. The catalogue..... More
![Exhibition of Social Photography.] Výstava sociální fotografie. Praha I. Národní tř. palác...](/pictures/thumb/1792.jpg?v=1591176037)
Praha: Film-Foto Skupina Levé Fronty, 1933. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers, designed by Jiří Lehovec. Saddle-stitched. [32] p. Catalogue of the 1933 Prague Exhibition of Socialist Photography, organized by the Film and Photography Section of the Left Front. A scarce document of the leftist avant-garde movement in interwar Czechoslovakia..... More
![International Surrealism.] Mezinárodní Surrealismus. Baskine, Bellmer, Brauner, Bouvet, Donati,...](/pictures/thumb/1791.jpg?v=1591175467)
[Prague]: [Topicuv salon], [1947]. Graphic design by Zdeněk Seydl. First edition. With 10 full-page black-and-white reproductions. Together with an 8-page brochure of the list of exhibited works. In publisher’s typographically illustrated wrappers. Saddle-stitched. [44] p. Catalogue of the 1947 Prague exhibition, Mezinárodní Surrealismus that took place at Topičův salon, re-staging..... More
Praha: [S.V.U. Manes], 1923. First edition. Illustrated with 58 full-page black-and-white reproductions. In publisher’s typographically illustrated wrappers, designed by Jaroslav Benda. 64 [48] [12] p. Richly illustrated, scarce catalogue of the 1923 exhibition of 19th and 20th-century French art in Prague, organised by the Czech artist association, S. V. U...... More
Łódź: [Zwiazek Zawodowy Polskich Plastikow w Lodzi.] Związek Zawodowy Polskich Plastików w Łódzi. 1936. Illustrated with 24 black-and-white reproductions. 18 p. FORMA was a journal issued by the Association of Visual Artists and the Union of Polish Artists, both in Łódż, and edited by Karol Hiller for the first four..... More
Press clippings, exhibition flyers, invitations cards related to Breton’s visit to Prague, mounted into a contemporary sketchbook. From the collection of André Breton. (Please ask for further information.). More
![In Yiddish:] Himlen in Opgrunt. / Himłen in Opgrunt. Napisał Chaim Król. Komozycje Estery...](/pictures/thumb/1773.jpeg?v=1587735127)
[Lod] Łodz: Achrid [Drukarnia Z. Szaladajewskiego] (Drukarnia Z. Szaładajewskiego), 1921. Linocut text (9 full-page blocks) and illustrations throughout (10 full-page, 7 small blocks, title page, and cover), added watercolor on top of prints, by Esther Karp. First edition. Limited, numbered in hand, one of 200 copies. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers..... More
Berlin: Buch u. Kunstdruckerei Lutze und Vogt, 1923/1924 [1923]. Illustrated with 7 mounted reproductions of Ryback’s paintings. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. (14) p. Catalogue of Ryback’s exhibition, held in Berlin in 1923-1924. Isaacher Bar Ryback (1897–1935) was a Ukranian-French painter, one of the most prominent figures of..... More
Bruxelles: René Henriquez, 1934. First edition. René Magritte’s copy. Numbered, one of the 10 copies printed on orange paper for the friends of the publisher “Réservés aux amis de la Libraire René Henriquez”. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover illustration by Magritte. 32 p. Signed by the publisher and addressed to..... More
Bruxelles: René Henriquez, 1934. First edition. An association copy, inscribed by André Breton to Yves Tanguy. Numbered, one of the 20 copies printed on green paper. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers. Cover illustration by René Magritte. 32 p. Inscribed by Breton: C'est l'apparition d'Yves Tanguy coiffé du paradisier grand émeraude. More
Dresden: Galeria Neue Kunst Fides, 1929. First edition. In original paper with a reproduction of Klee’s painting on the cover and with illustrations inside. 12 unnumbered pages. An extremely scarce catalogue of the exhibition organized by the Galeria Neue Kunst Fides, to commemorate Klee’s 50th birthday. More