La Boîte à joujoux
by HELLE, Andre
1928. HELLE, Andre. La Boîte à Joujoux, texte et dessins de André Hellé. 32 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio, bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Paris: A. Tolmer, 1928. A delightful and rare version of Helle's story, which had originally been published in 1919 as a collaboration between Helle and the composer Claude Debussy. This version is completely different, and instead of Helle's illustrations complementing Debussy's score, they are here... Read More
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The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two Volumes.
by HERRICK,Robert
1935. HERRICK, Robert. The Poems of Robert Herrick. Two volumes. [8], 242; [8], 243-486 pp. 8vo., bound in recent three-quarter blue morocco over blue cloth, pages untrimmed. London: Humphrey Milford, 1935. Limited Edition of 500 copies. Herrick's only published collection of poetry, Hesperides and Noble Numbers, includes one of Herrick's earliest datable poems, A Country Life: To his Brother M. Tho: Herrick, written in 1610 as a farewell to his brother.... Read More
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Groszstadt Architektur.
by HILBERSHEIMER, Ludwig
1927. HILBERSHEIMER, Ludwig. Groszstadt Architektur. 108 pp., illustrated with 229 illustrations. 8vo, recent cloth with the original wrappers bound in. Stuttgart: J. Hoffmann, 1927. A landmark work by Hilbersheimer, a German Bauhaus architect famed for his work in urban planning. Forced to emigrate to the United States, he later became head of urban planning at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he worked on several projects with Mies van der Rohe. Wear to wrappers and... Read More
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Klein-Rainers Weltreise
by HILDEBRANDT, Lily
1918. HILDEBRANDT, Lily. Klein-Rainers Weltreise. 32 pp. Oblong 4to., 260 x 330 mm., with 14 colour lithographs. Original pictorial boards in a new morocco-backed sleeve and slipcase. Munich: Georg W. Dietrich, Hofverleger, 1918. First and only edition of this experimental children's book with clear modern and abstract art influences. Hildebrandt was a close associate of both Walter Gropius and Wassily Kandinsky. Rare with OCLC listing five copies in the U.S.
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Color Harmonies and Pigments
by HILER, Hilaire
1942. HILER, Hilaire. Color Harmonies and Pigments. [x], 61, [1] pp. Illustrated with one colour plate and an inserted colour wheel. Folio, 350 x 270 mm, bound in publisher's white linen printed in maroon on front cover and spine, in the worn original cardboard slipcase. Los Angeles: Research Publishing Company, 1942. First Edition of this artist's manual on colour by well-known American painter and scholar Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966). In his... Read More
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Shinkomon Gappon
by HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA
1934. HISATOMI, Jun and Gyokujo YOSHIDA. Shinkomon Gappon. 27 leaves, including 50 colour woodblock plates, on double leaves folded accordion style (orihon). Folio, 325 x 220 mm., bound in publisher's decorated paper silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Happodo, 1934. A typical collection of Japanese design plates, with each of the 50 plates having multiple images. Slight wear to the boards, but the plates are immaculate.
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Rondjes en vierkantjes plakken met Daan Hoeksema naar gegevens uit zijn oude plakschriften
by HOEKSEMA, Daan
1915. HOEKSEMA, Daan. Rondjes en vierkantjes plakken met Daan Hoeksema naar gegevens uit zijn oude plakschriften. 12 pp., illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo, 245 x 170 mm., bound in publisher's card covers. Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Gebr. Koster, ca. 1915. First edition of this Cubist activity book, designed to be completed by children by affixing colored stickers to black and white illustrations. Complete with an envelope of coloured stickers at the end of the volume. No copies listed on... Read More
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Systematische Farbenlehre Teil 1 und 2;
by HOFFMANN, Hermann
1892. HOFFMANN, Hermann. Systematische Farbenlehre Teil 1 und 2. Volume 1 with 115 pp. text and volume 2 with 41 plates. Folios, ca. 265 x 185 mm., cloth binding, plates loose as issued in cloth portfolio. Zwickau: Förster & Borries, 1892. An interesting and scarce work by the German printer Hermann Hoffmann, whose work was primarily concerned colour as it could be used by printing ink manufacturers. Tafel 1-2. 30 theiliges technisches Farben-System [Plates 1-2.... Read More
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From Cave Painting to Comic Strip.
by HOGBEN, LANCELOT; MARIE NEURATH
1949. HOGBEN, LANCELOT. From Cave Painting to Comic Strip. 288 pp., including 19 colour plates,4 pages of colour isotypes and over 200 b&w illustrations. 8vo, 230 x 170 mm., original cloth backed boards in mylar protected dustjacket. London, Max Parrish & Co. Ltd., 1949. Isotypes by Marie Neurath making this an imporant part of an Neurath collection. An unusually clean copy with a fine dustjacket.
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Hollands aeloude vryheid, buyten het stadhouderschap
by HOOGHE, Romeyn de
1706. HOOGHE, Romeyn de. Hollands aeloude vryheid, buyten het stadhouderschap. by deszelfs eerste vorm van staats-bestier : door de eedelen en steeden verdeedigd, tegen velerhande dwingelandyen : tot na de dood van Willem de Derde, koning van Groot Brittanie : verrykt met zin-tafreelen van Mr. Romyn de Hooge : met byvoeging der noodige bewys-stukken, en voornaamste staat- en oorlogs-gevallen ([16], 156, 413, [3], 153, [23] pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) . 4to., full contemporary vellum. T'Amsterdam : By... Read More
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MARCEL DUCHAMP: READY-MADES, ETC. (1913-1964)
by HOPPS, WALTER, ULF LINDE & ARTURO SCHWARZ; MARCEL
1964. DUCHAMP, Marcel. Marcel Duchamp: Ready-Mades, etc. (1913-1964). By Walter Hopps, Ulf Linde and Arturo Schwarz. 93 pp. Profusely illustrated. Folio, bound in publisher's decorated cloth and original dust jacket and slipcase. Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1964. Duchamp designed the dust wrapper for this monograph in collaboration with the author-publisher, Arturo Schwarz. The book was published to coincide with an exhibition of Duchamp's work at Schwarz's Milan art gallery. An... Read More
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Eidai setsuyo mujinzo : shinso ryoten
by HORI, Gennyusai; KAWABE Soyo; HORI, Genpo and Yasu
1831. HORI, Gennyusai; KAWABE Soyo; HORI, Genpo and Yasuyuki MORIKAWA. Eidai Setsuyo Mujinzo: shinso ryoten. Unpaginated, profusely illustrated in black and white and with 6 double-page and 1 single-page coloured woodcuts. 4to, 259 x 190 mm., contemporary cloth wrappers. [Tokyo]: Suharaya Mohe; Kyoto: Fugetsu Shozaemon, 1831. A fine copy of this fascinating, profusely illustrated, pre-Perry encyclopedia covering a variety of aspects of life in Japan including history, dress, currency, weapons, theatre, food, drink, mathematics, games and... Read More
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Shina Jihen Shashin Zenshu (China Incident Photograph Album)
by HOSHINO, Tatsuo
1937. HOSHINO, Tatsuo. (Editor). Shina Jihen Shashin Zenshu [China Incident Photograph Album]. 6 volumes, illustrated throughout with photographs and photomontage. Small folio, 330 x 255 mm., bound in publisher's decorated cloth in original decorated cardboard slipcases. Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1937-1940. A rare complete set of these important and extensive propaganda books published by the newspaper Asahi Shimbun recording Japanese actions in the second Sino-Japanese war. The books were beautifully designed and laid out by Kawabata Ryushi,... Read More
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British Fresh-Water Fishes.
by HOUGHTON, The Rev. W.
HOUGHTON, The Rev. W. British Fresh-Water Fishes. Two volumes. Illustrated with 41 chromoxylographed plates of fish engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after drawings by A.F. Lydon and numerous steel-engraved plates of angling locales. Folio, bound in decorative publisher's brick textured cloth over beveled boards with black-, gilt-, and blind-stamped piscatorial vignettes and motifs on boards and spines, a.e.g. London: William Mackenzie, [1879]. First Edition. "Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, aimed his book at... Read More
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Ohne Mode
by HUEMMER, Waldemar; HUMMER-MUNCHEN, W.
1902. HÜMMER, Waldemar. Ohne Mode. 20 weibliche Akstudien nach der Natur. Fur Künstler und Künstfreunde. Half-title, title-page. Illustrated with 20 photographic plates. Folio, 320 x 220, loose in original illustrated polychrome green chemise. Leipzig: A. Schumann's Verlag, ND [1902]. A fine copy of this fin-de-siècle study of female nudes, elegantly posed and artfully airbrushed. The title-page lists the photographer as W. Huemmer-Muenchen. However on OCLC he... Read More
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Four plaquettes, illustrated by Miro, Picasso, Duchamp, and Valentine Hugo
by HUGNET, Georges; JOAN MIRO; MARCEL DUCHAMP; PABLO
1940. HUGNET, Georges. Complete set of all four "butterfly books," each in original wrappers as issued; oblong 16mo., 95 x 145 mm, in a cloth folding box. Paris: [The Author], 1940-1941. Each of these four pamphlets was clandestinely printed at the beginning of the German occupation and distributed only among close friends of the artist and poet Georges Hugnet (1906-1974), an active figure in Dada and Surrealist circles. The first in this series, "Non vouloir,"... Read More
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Huit Jours a Trébaumec. Journal de Vacances Orné.
by HUGNET,Georges; GEORGES HUGNET
1947. HUGNET, Georges. Huit Jours a Trébaumec. Journal de Vacances Orné. 82 photo-collages by Hugnet. Folio, 390 x 180 mm., original illustrated wrappers in grey cloth slipcase. Paris: Mercher, 1969. Presented as a spoof of a Michelin Guide, this is a marvelous display of Hugnet's wit as a collagist. The book is a Surrealist masterpiece, published by Henri Mercher, the renowned bookbinder. The book appears as a Guide Rose Micheline, a parody of the Guide Michelin Rouge.... Read More
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Non Vouloir
by Hugnet, Georges
1942. HUGNET, Georges. Non Vouloir. With 4 zincographs by Picasso. 8vo. original wrappers in a cloth folding box. Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1942. This is the second version of Hugnet's Non Vouloir; the first contained only one poem and was illustrated with a reproduction of a drawing by Miro. The present edition contains additional poems, here illustrated by Picasso. This is one of the regular edition of 400 copies on Velin bouffant,... Read More
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1961
by Hugnet, Georges
1961. HUGNET, Georges. 1961. 60, [10] pp., illustrated with four photomontages hand-coloured by the author, plus an extra suite in black and white bound in at the end. 8vo, original paper wrappers in matching slipcase. Paris: Chez L'Auteur, 1961. The printer's copy of a book which showcases Hugnet's mastery of the art of photomontage. This is one of 3 copies on Auvergne printed for the author, the dedicatee and the printer, containing an original collage plus the... Read More
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Bruynzeel's Fabrieken, Zaandam :
by HUSZAR, Vilmos; ZWART, PIET
1930. HUSZAR, Vilmos. Bruynzeel's Fabrieken, Zaandam. 72 pp., profusely illustrated with photomontages. Oblong 4to, 245 x 320 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new cloth folding box. Zaandam, Netherlands: [C. Bruynzeel & Zonen], 1930. A fine copy of Huszar's magnum opus as a book designer, and a book which prefigured the work of Piet Zwart, who produced most of Bruynzeel's catalogues. The work makes use of photomontage and colour typography to create a visually stunning... Read More
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Gakko hitsuyo irozu mondo.
by IEHARA, Masanori and Kan'ichiro SHIOZU
1880. IEHARA, Masanori and Kan'ichiro SHIOZU. Gakko hitsuyo irozu mondo. [2], 40, [2] pp. on 22 double folded leaves, illustrated with two hand-coloured charts and small hand-coloured squares throughout the text. 8vo, 210 x 150 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers with title label. Kyoto: Wakabayashi Kisuke, 1876 [Meiji 9]. This is most probably the first textbook of Western colour theory printed in Japan for Japanese students. It is almost surely based on European models, but since it... Read More
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Die Bunten Farben in der Buckdruckerei und Insbesondere Deren Druck auf der Schnellpress. Ein Handbuch zur Practischen Erler un Forthilfe
by IHM, Bernhard A
1874. IHM, Bernhard A. Die Bunten Farben in der Buckdruckerei und Insbesondere Deren Druck auf der Schnellpress. Ein Handbuch zur Practischen Erler un Forthilfe. vi, 118, [2] pp., illustrated with 48 colour plates. 4to, 277 x 192 mm., printed paper-covered boards backed and cornered in cloth. Vienna and Leipzig: Verlag Von R.V. Waldheim, 1874. Second edition, expanded and greatly enlarged. An interesting piece of nineteenth-century colour printing, dealing with colour printing by the steam press. The... Read More
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De 80-jarige oorlog
by IJZERMAN, A.W.; Arntz, Gerd
1951. IJZERMAN, A.W. De 80-jarige oorlog. Publicatie van de Nederlandsche Stichting voor Statistiek. Vol. 1 56 pp. Vol. 2 54 pp., profusely illustrated with isotypes. 4to, 190 x 265 mm, bound in wrappers, in a new black cloth folding box. Leiden: H.E. Stenfert Kroese's, [1951]. A statistical study of the 80 Years War, also known as the Dutch War of Independance, illustrated by isotype creator Gerd Arntz. Filled with exceptionally clever isotypes and graphically striking graphs... Read More
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Color craft: a manual that helps you decide what color and how to use it
by WELLS & RICHARDSON COMPANY INC
1931. WELLS & RICHARDSON COMPANY INC. Color craft: a manual that helps you decide what color and how to use it. 61 pp., illustrated throughout. 8vo, 152 x 226 mm, publisher's illustrated wrappers. Burlington, Vt. Diamond Dyes, 1931. A delightful and rare American work on colour. OCLC lists Yale, Hagley and 1 in Canada
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Numbers
by INDIANA,Robert; Creeley; ROBERT INDIANA
1968. INDIANA, Robert. Numbers. Containing 10 screenprints by Robert Indiana. By Robert Creeley. Illustrated with 10 screenprints. Large Folio, bound in original tan printed wrappers. Stuttgart und Duesseldorf, Edition Domberger, 1968. The extremely rare large folio edition, which is not to be confused with the more commonly found 4to edition. One of 250 copies signed by Indiana and Creeley. The text is both in English and German and accompanies the 10 celebrated color screenprints by... Read More
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