[S.l.]: [Norta Tapetenhaus], [ca. 1930]. In original half cloth. With mounted colour illustration on the cover. Gilt embossed name and address of the Hungarian distributor on the front panel. With 8 reproductions of hand-drawn, colour, die cut interior designs, and 21 original wallpaper samples. 185 × 240 mm. Vintage Art..... More
Warszawa, Krakowskie [Warsaw, Krakow]: Dom, Osiedle, Mieszkanie, [1932]. With one full page and a text illustration. First edition. In publisher’s illustrated wrappers printed in black and blue. 46, (2) p. Architectural guide for private builders, with modernist, photographic montage on the cover. Cover design uncredited. [Ref.: Rypson, P...... More
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Verona: Gabinetto Lettario, Aristide Testori, 1832. First edition. Oblong. Text in Italian and French. In original paper wrappers. 16 p., and 12 aquatint plates. Twelve elaborate aquatints of antique and medieval monuments and views of Verona: Arena, Porta Borsari, Castelvecchio Bridge, Basilica of San Zeno, Portoni della Bra, San Fermo..... More
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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
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Budapest: Lampel R. Kk. (Wodianer F. és Fiai) R.T. Könyvkiadóvállalata, 1910. First Hungarian edition. With numerous text illustrations partly designed by the author. In contemporary half-cloth. (2), 255, (1) p. First Hungarian edition of Crane’s Line & Form, originally published in 1900. More
Baarn: A. G. van Agtmaal, [ca. 1940]. First edition. 12 postcards, housed in original folder. Twelve postcard, in original folder, the entire run, introducing the modern building of Utrecht’s city theater and the joint Café Restaurant Esplanade, the work of the Dutch modernist architect Willem Marinus Dudok. More
London: Architectural Association, 1983. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Goldfinger. First of the series of the Architectural Association “Works”. Richly illustrated. In publisher’s wrappers. 128 p. The book was published to coincide with the comprehensive exhibition, selected and designed also by James Dunnett and Dr Gavin Stamp at the..... More
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[Budapest]: Budapesti Magyar Királyi Állami Felsö Építö Ipariskola, [1927]. First edition. Text in Hungarian. With 43 single and 7 double plates of black and white reproductions. In publisher’s illustrated, yellow folder, printed in red. With a two-page insert of the publisher in German. [8] p., [2] p., and 43 plates..... More
Paris: Au Sans Pareil, [1921]. Illustrated with a black-and-white photographic reproduction of Max Ernst’s work. First edition. Sheet blue inside. 6 printed pages on one large, oblong sheet, folded twice. Scarce catalogue of Max Ernst’s the first solo exhibition, Exposition Dada. Max Ernst had his first solo exhibition..... More
Praha: Antonin Gubcevsky, Ca. 1930. Original, black and white photograph. 232 × 167 mm. Czech avant-garde architects, Josef Havlicek and Karel Honzik’s visual for their iconic modernist work, the building of the General Pension Institute in Prague. Josef Havlicek (1899–1961) and Karel Honzik (1900–1966) were representatives of functionalist..... More
Budapest: Király Magyar Egyetemi Nyomda, 1944. First edition. In publisher’s wrappers with original dust jacket, printed in red and black. 227, (1) p. This profusely illustrated architectural book is a compilation of scale drawings, architectural elevations, line drawings, and photographs of models made by the students of the Architect Faculty..... More
A Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1815. First edition. Association copy, dedicated twice. Inscribed to Louis Becquey by the author on the flyleaf. Inked-out inscription on the title page, supposedly addressed to Mathieu Molé. In contemporary red half Maroquin. Panels ruled with gilt ornamentation. Spine with gilt title and rules. iv..... More
[Köln (Cologne)]: [Komitee des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung Köln (M. Dumont Schauberg)], [1928]. Cover design, layout and the photographic illustration by El Lissitzky. First edition. In publisher’s red, illustrated wrappers. 111, (1) p. and a large folding plate of panoramic photomontage. The “Pressa Catalogue”, designed by El Lissitzky and..... More
![László Moholy-Nagy’s Hand-Drawn Postcard] New York [Palace Café, Budapest]....](/pictures/thumb/1707.jpg?v=1567519841)
[Budapest]: [1917]. On military-issue postcard. Titled in black pencil. Ca. 90 × 140 mm. László Moholy-Nagy’s (1895–1946) pencil drawing on the verso of an unused military-issue postcard, depicting a lady in a large hat, sitting at a café-table with two glasses, one of her elbows placed on the table, her..... More
Berlin: Ch. Claesen & Cie. Buchhandlung für Architektur und Kunstgewerbe, [1890?]. First edition. Text in German and Hungarian. In two volumes. In publisher’s half cloth folder, with printed front panel. 1 [title], 1 [foreword], 30 plates; 1 [title], 30 plates. [= 3 text and 60 photographic plates in 2 volumes.]..... More
Hradec Králové: (S.n.), (1938). With several photographic illustrations. First edition. Wrappers not numberred but intended to count into the pagination of the brochure. In original photographically illustrated wrappers. 3–54 p. with a 12 page price list. Richly illustrated brochure for the Czech furniture manufacturer company “Skuherský”. More
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Praha: Orbis, 1926. First Czech edition. In publisher’s modernist typographical wrappers, printed in red and black. Richly illustrated, with 77 drawings and photographic reproductions. 20, (8) p. Richly illustrated, first Czech edition of Die Neue Wohnung, die Frau als Schöpferin (The New Dwelling: The Woman as Creator) by Bruno Taut..... More
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Budapest: Táltos, 1916. First edition. Initials printed in red. In original illustrated hard paper. 29, (3) p. and 16 plates. In this work Toroczkai-Wigand gathers his knowledge on Transylvanian architecture and culture. Written in the dialect of Székely Land. He also formulates his own artistic ideas and identifies its sources..... More
Budapest: Egyetemi Nyomda, 1936. Plans of buildings, several images of interior design, furniture and stained glass designs. First edition. llustrated title page. Text in Hungarian and German. Initials printed in red and blue. Fine set of typography. Color portrait of Toroczkai Wigand (by Bertalan Karlovszky). In illustrated hard paper. 124..... More
Praha [Prague]: Jan Laichter, 1910. First Czech edition. With 18 partly photographic plates. In original wrappers, printed in two colors. XV, (1), 94, (2) p., and 18 (partly photographically) illustrated plates. First Czech edition of Otto Wagner’s book on modern architecture, illustrated with eighteen plates showing modern buildings... More