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

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

[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

Buenos Aires: Amigos del Arte, 1931. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers. With 29 black and white photographic reproductions. [32] p. Scarce exhibition catalogue of important modernist artworks with 29 photographic reproductions. The catalogue was published for an exhibition held by Amigos del Arte in Buenos Aires. It includes the..... More

[Høvik]: Sonja Henies og Niels Onstads Stiefelser, 1971. First edition. Signed. In original printed wrappers. Text in Polish and English. With the stamp of the gallery where the book was exhibited. 31 leaves, and one plate of black-and-white photographic reproduction, with and one bound-in postcard and one insert. Documentation of..... More

[Câmpina]: [Urmuz], [1928]. Poster for the Romanian avant-garde magazine, Urmuz. Printed in red and black. Partly letterpressed, partly linocut. 1 p. Scarce poster for the Romanian avant-garde magazine, Urmuz. The magazine was published in five issues between January–July 1928. The current poster is promoting the third issue, published in..... More

Barcelona: [S.n.], 1934. First edition. With four graphic illustrations and three photographic reproductions. Only issue of the magazine. Text in Catalan. [4] p. Only issue of the scarce illustrated humoristic magazine, in Catalan. Collaborators used pseudonyms. Interview with French surrealist Camille Bryen on second page. More

[S.i.]: [S.n.], [ca. 1980]. First edition. Samizdat. In somewhat later cloth binding. Xeroxed. 173 [1] p. Extremely scarce samizdat on Marcel Duchamp by Chalupecký. The Czech art critic and art historian, Jindřich Chalupecký (1910–1990) was first introduced to Marcel Duchamp’s works in 1934 and later he published essays and..... More

Paris: [S.n.], 1946. First edition. Illustrated with 6 photographic reproductions. In publisher’s printed wrappers. (16) p. Exhibition catalogue of de Chirico’s infamous show at Galerie Allard in June 1946, where the vast majority of the 28 exhibited paintings were fakes, forged by Óscar Domínguez. More

[Lleida]: [Art], [1933–1934]. First edition. 5 issues of the Avant-Garde magazine. With numerous graphic illustrations and photographic reproductions in each issue. Text in Catalan. [8]; [8]; [8]; [8]; [24] p. Five issues of the extremely scarce, richly illustrated Avant-Garde journal, Art. The magazine was published in ten issues between..... More

Budapest: [Architectura], 1932. First edition. Richly illustrated with photographic reproductions and related advertisements. Text in Dutch and French. In publisher’s patterned cloth. 76 p. Scarce, richly illustrated anthology of modern Dutch architecture. The anthology includes two articles on the architecture of the Netherlands, written in Dutch and French by..... More

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

[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