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
![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
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[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
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
[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
[Ca. 1928]. Promotional leaflet. Illustrated on verso. Text in German. 104 × 152 mm. Illustrated promotional leaflet for Hintergrund (Backdrop), a portfolio of17 prints by George Grosz. Consisting of 17 prints, the portfolio was based on Grosz’s designs for a staging of The Good Soldier Švejk at the Piscator-bühne..... More
![Leaflet with Press Reviews of Klimt’s Exhibition.] Ew. Hochwohlgeboren beehren wir uns einige...](/pictures/thumb/2031.jpg?v=1614185387)
Berlin: Keller & Reiner, 1907. First edition. 15 [1] p. Scarce publication of two articles on an exhibition of Klimt’s probably most debated work, the University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings. Originally published in Die Zeit and in the Wiener Allgemeine Zeitung, the two articles review an exhibition of the..... More
1956. A portrait in charcoal, signed and dated. 270 × 330mm. A signed portrait in charcoal by Boris Vian. The drawing depicts a middle-aged man, in a hat and with a cigarette in his mouth. Signed “Boris 56” on the left and the name “Carouzo” written on the right..... 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
![Book Dummy and Trial Proofs of Illustrations for:] [In Yiddish:] Der milner, di milnerin, un di...](/pictures/thumb/2019.jpg?v=1612371669)
Original book dummy and a collection of 34 trial proof illustrations by El Lissitzky for The Miller, his Wife and their Millstones. The trial proofs include all 12 illustrations of the book, in 2–4 different versions. Handwritten text band with an unpublished version of the Hebrew translation mounted on some..... More
Budapest: Légrády, 1912. First edition. With numerous black-and-white reproductions and a pencil drawing. In publisher’s wrappers. 31 [1] p. (eg. 10 plates). Richly illustrated exhibition catalog of the Hungarian avant-garde movement, The Eight. The exhibition was held between November–December 1912 in the National Salon. Works by Róbert Berényi, Vilmos..... More