Sat’amashoebis laboratoriis ek’sponatebis albomi.
by RUSSIAN TOY CATALOG
1941. RUSSIAN TOY CATALOGUE. Sat'amashoebis laboratoriis ek'sponatebis albomi. [Album of Toy Laboratory Exhibits]. 80 pp., illustrated with photographs and coloured diagrams. Oblong 4to, 180 x 276 mm., bound in original cloth with lettering and decoration on the front cover. Tbilisi: Zaria Vostoka, 1941. This album showcases toys and educational materials for kindergarten children produced by the Georgian scientific-research institute, and provides a unique insight into Soviet pedagogy. The work is particularly important as it promoted the toys... Read More
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Kolbasy i miasokopchenosti. Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie miasnoi promyshlennosti.3 Volumes
by SOVIET TRADE CATALOGUE
1936. SOVIET TRADE CATALOGUE. Kolbasy i myasokopchenosti. [Sausages and smoked meats]. Soviet Union. Glavnoe upravlenie miasnoi promyshlennosti. 3 volumes. 1: Livernyye i krovyanyye kolbasy. [Liverwurst and Blood Sausages.] 32 pp. 1936. 2: Kopchenyye kolbasy. [Smoked sausages.] 68 pp. 1937. 3. Zil'tsy i studni. [Brawns and Aspics.] 32 pp. 1937. Illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo, 146 x 214 mm., publisher's blind-stamped wrappers. Moscow; Leningrad: Pishchepromizdat, 1936 & 1937. These three surreal homages to the sausage are a... Read More
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Kraski. Trest ‘Poligraf’
by INK TRADE CATALOGUE
1939. INK TRADE CATALOGUE. Kraski. Trest 'Poligraf'. 173 unnumbered leaves of text and illustrations. Vertical 4to, 265 x 175 mm, publisher's cloth fastened with string. Moscow: Nauchno-issledovatel'skii institut poligraficheskoi i izdatel'skoi tekhniki, (1939). The State Trust of the All-Union Economic Council of National Economy "Poligraf" existed since 1924 and produced movable types. They also produced printing inks. In this sample book they are divided by the techniques they were intended for: movable-type printing, lithography, offset lithography,... Read More
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Societe Anonyme des Matieres Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis
by TRADE CATALOGUE
TRADE CATALOGUE. Societe Anonyme des Matieres Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis. Accordion of 6 leaves containing a total of 108 mounted thread samples. 8vo, 185 x 105 mm (folded), 185 x 656 mm (unfolded), publisher's boards. Paris, Societe Anonyme des Matieres Colorantes et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Denis, n.d. An attractive work on dyeing in accordion style, which adds to its appeal. It is rare with no listing on OCLC.
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Katalog masných výrobku a konserv.(Catalogue of meat products and conserves.)
by TRADE CATALOGUE
TRADE CATALOGUE. Katalog masných výrobku a konserv. [Catalogue of meat products and conserves]. 100 pp. Oblong 4to, publisher's cloth. [Prague] : Ministerstvo potravinárského prumyslu, 1953. A handsome and unusual Eastern European trade catalogue full of edible delights, which were probably available more in the imagination than reality in a year when most people's savings were wiped out. OCLC lists Wellesly, Stanford and the Tate.
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The View
by CELMINS, Vija; Milosz,Czeslaw; VIJA CELMINS
1985. CELMINS, Vija. The View. Poems by Czeslaw Milosz. Unpaginated. Illustrated with four mezzotints by Celmins. Tall 4to., 377 x 280 mm, bound in original publisher's black morocco spine, grey paper over boards in matching slipcase. Uncut. New York: Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985. Considered to be one of the most important artist's books published by the Whitney Library Fellows. Celmins, American painter, sculptor,... Read More
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Les Jardins Precieux
by CHARMAISON, Raymond
1919. CHARMAISON, Raymond. Les Jardins Précieux. Preface by Henri de Régnier. [vi], [8] pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page colour pochoir plates by Charmaison, plus coloured cover illustration and one black and white title illustration. Folio, 490 x 335 mm, bound in original publisher's printed paper folding chemise, preserved in new cloth folding box. Paris: Chez Meynial, 5 November 1919. First Edition. One of 8 copies accompanied by an... Read More
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Osnovy sovremennoj architektury
by CHERNIKOV, Yakov; CHERNIKHOV,Jacob; TCHERNIKOV, Ja
1931. CHERNIKHOV, Yakov. Osnovy sovremennoj architektury: eksperimental'no-issledovatel'skie raboty / J.G. Tchernikhov - Les bases de l'architecture contemporaine: essai de recherches expérimentales / J.G.Tschérnikhow - Die Grundlagen der modernen Architektur: erfahrungsmässige - experimentelle Forschungen / J.G. Tschernichow. 96 pp., illustrated with 46 photographically reproduced colour plates and numerous black and white designs. Folio, 304 x 206 mm., bound in original boards. Leningrad: Izdanie Leningradskogo Obscestva Architektorov, 1931. Second, enlarged edition (the first edition had only 5 plates). A... Read More
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Iskusstvo nachertania
by CHERNIKHOV, Y.G.; TCHERNIKHOV; JACOB CHERNIKHOV; J
1927. CHERNIKHOV, Y.G. Iskusstvo nachertania [The Art of Graphic Representation]. 77, [3] pp., with black & white illustration throughout. 8vo, 170 x 130 mm, bound in publisher's white wrappers, in a new green cloth folding box. [Leningrad]: Knigoizdate'stvo Akademii khudozhetsv, [1927]. First edition of Yakov Chernikhov's extremely rare first book. Chernikhov (1889-1951) was an artistic visionary, best known for his elaborate architectural fantasies in his later works. The present book is an instructional for neophyte art... Read More
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Le teinturier universel: echo des applications des Matières colorantes
by CHEVREUL. M.E. and M. JACOB, Editors.
1860. CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène and M. JACOB (editors). Le teinturier universel: echo des applications des Matières colorantes. 96 fascicles in four volumes. 192; 192; 192; 192 pp., together with 192 specimens of various dyes on paper, cotton, silk, rope and leather. Folio, 310 x 228 mm., bound in original printed wrappers, together in a new red cloth box. Paris: Teinturier Universel, 1860-1864. Complete set, containing every issue from [1 année], no. 1 (1 avril 1860) through 4 année,... Read More
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De la loi du Contraste Simultane des couleurs.
by CHEVREUL, M.E.
1839. CHEVREUL, Michel-Eugène. De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs, et de l'Assortiment des objets colorés. Two volumes. I: xv, [1], 735 pp., illustrated with two folding letterpress tables. II: [2], 2 pp. Illustrated with 40 engraved and lithographic plates on 22 ff., of which 13 folding; plates 2 and 3 printed in colour with fig. 12 on plate 2 hand-coloured; plate 4, the chromatic wheel, with over-slip; plates 5-31 and 34-39 stencil-coloured lithographs; plates 32-33 and 40... Read More
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First five-year plan for development of the national economy of the People's Republic of China in 1953-1957
by CHINA
1956. CHINA. First five-year plan for Development of the National Economy of the People's Republic of China in 1953-1957. Unpaginated (approximately 70 pp.), profusely illustrated. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. Peking: Foreign Languages Press, 1956. An astonishing example of modernist book design from communist China. The avant-garde layout combined with the use of photography and isotypes is strongly reminiscent of such works as Lissitzky's An Album Illustrating the State Organization and National Economy of the U.S.S.R. published... Read More
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Telefon
by CHUKOVSKY, Korney
1927. CHUKOVSKY, Korney. Telefon. 12 pp. Small folio, 275 x 220 mm., pictorial wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Leningrad: Raduga, 1927. A splendid edition of this oft-reprinted classic children's book, here with illustrations by Konstantin Rudakov. Wrappers slightly soiled, but in acceptable condition for such a book. Not listed on OCLC, although various much later editions and translations are listed.
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Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain. 1940-1941.
by Churchill, Winston
1941. CHURCHILL, Winston S. Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia and the United States. [6], 57, [2] pp., arms of Great Britain on half-title. Folio, 404 x 274 mm, bound in recent half morocco. San Francisco: Printed for Ransohoffs by the Grabhorn Press, 1941. This Fine Grabhorn Press Edition prints six important speeches of Winston Churchill delivered at the onset of World War II. The dates... Read More
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Cibacron-Farbstoffe in der Garnfaerberei. Les colorants Cibacrone dans la tinture du file. Cibacron dyes in yarn dyeing.
by CIBA-GEIGY A.G.
1957. CIBA-GEIGY A.G. Cibacron-Farbstoffe in der Garnfaerberei. Les colorants Cibacrone dans la tinture du file. Cibacron dyes in yarn dyeing. 26 pp. text and pages with 250 mounted fabric samples. 8vo, 240 x 170 mm, in publisher's cloth ring binder. Basle: Ciba-Geigy, 1957. A substantial work on dyeing with particularly attractive mounted samples. As with most of these works, it is rare, with OCLC listing 4 copies, all in Europe.
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Les Peintres Futuristes Italiens: BOCCIONO, CARRA, RUSSOLO, BALLA, SEV
by PARIS. BERNHEIM-JEUNE & Cie
1912. [FUTURISM]. BERNHEIM-JEUNE & Cie. Les Peintres Futuristes Italiens: Boccioni, Carra, Russolo, Balla, Severini. 32 pp Illustrated with black-&-white plates. 8vo, bound in publisher's orange wrappers. Paris, Chez Mm. Bernheim - Jeune & Cie. (1912). The first major exhibition of the major artists of the Futurist movement outside Italy. The wrappers are slightly soiled, but it is nevertheless a sound copy.
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Eve est Noir.
by Clancier, Georges-Emmanuel; LUCIEN CLERGUE
2000. CLERGUE, Lucien. Eve est Noir. By Georges-Emmanuel Clancier. Illustrated with colour photographs by Lucien Clergue. 28 Loose leaves each with a 4 x 6 in. colour photograph, plus 1 colour laser-print. Housed in a linen-covered clamshell box. Arles: privately printed, 2000. ... Read More
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A Practical Essay on the Art of Colouring and Painting Landscapes in Water Colours
by CLARK, J.H.
1812. CLARK, J[ohn]. H[eaviside]. A Practical Essay on the Art of Colouring and Painting Landscapes in Water Colours. [4], 28 pp. Illustrated with 10 aquatint engravings of which 7 are coloured by hand. Folio, 370 x 280 mm, contemporary Cambridge-style paneled calf, covers with Greek key border in gilt and floral roll and corner pieces in blind, spine (relaid) gilt in six compartments between raised bands, all edges marbled. London: Edward Orme, 1812. WITH: ... Read More
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A Series of Practical Instructions
by CLARK, John
1827. CLARK, John. A Series of Practical Instructions in Landscape Painting in water colours: containing directions for sketching from nature, and the application of perspective, progressive lessons in drawing from the tinted sketch to the finished subject, and examples of the introduction of figures, architectural subjects, particular effects, &c. as connected with landscape scenery. In 4 parts. [6], 24; [4], 35; [4], 26; [4], 25, [1] with [2] pp. of advertisements, illustrated with 56 aquatints including the additional aquatint... Read More
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The Departure of the Argonaut.
by CLEMENTE, Francesco; Savinio, Alberto; FRANCESCO C
1986. CLEMENTE, Francesco. The Departure of the Argonaut. By Alberto Savinio. [102] ff. With 49 photolithographs, 46 in color and 3 in black on cream paper. Elephant folio, loose in original wrappers and beige linen box designed by Rudolph Rieser. London: Petersburg Press, 1986. Clemente's images are extraordinary and elevate this work to one of monumental bookmaking in conception, design, and production. The artist's designs range from monochromatic and brooding... Read More
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The Departure of the Argonaut.
by CLEMENTE, Francesco; Savinio, Alberto; FRANCESCO C
1986. CLEMENTE, Francesco. The Departure of the Argonaut. By Alberto Savinio. [102] ff. With 49 photolithographs, 46 in color and 3 in black on cream paper. Elephant folio, bound in original wrappers and beige linen box designed by Rudolph Rieser. London: Petersburg Press, 1986. Clemente's images are extraordinary and elevate this work to one of monumental bookmaking in conception, design, and production. The artist's designs range from monochromatic and brooding... Read More
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Les Saltimbanques.
by Clergue, Lucien; LUCIEN CLERGUE
1980. CLERGUE, Lucien. Les Saltimbanques. Consisting of 8 pp. of illustrated text and 12 facsimile photographs by Lucien Clergue, plus 1 matted original photograph signed by Clergue on the photograph. Preserved in clamshell case within cloth slipcase. Marseille: Editions AGEP, 1980. An evocative selection of original photographs using of children dressed in costumes inspired by Picasso, to evoke the ephemeral and disappearing world of itinerant theatrical performers. Clergue states in the text... Read More
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Le Test des Vignes.
by Clergue, Lucien; LUCIEN CLERGUE
1960. CLERGUE, Lucien. Le Test des Vignes. 12 loose leaves, each with a 1 x 1 in. black and white photograph, set in folder in a cloth slipcase [3 x 6 in.]. Privately printed, 2000. A delightful little book which features twelve photographs of flooded vines in the Camargue taken in 1960. The title-page, colophon, and wrappers are written out by hand by Clergue, who also signed the rear cover. ... Read More
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Le Taureau.
by Clergue, Lucien; Char, Rene; LUCIEN CLERGUE
2000. CLERGUE, Lucien. Le Taureau. Poem by René Char, illustrated with photographs by Lucien Clergue. Loose as issued in the original wrappers and slipcase. Montpellier: Lucien Clergue, 2000. A handsomely produced, photographically illustrated livre d'artiste. Char's poem is reproduced in facsimile, and then printed in fragments, each one accompanied by a photograph, and then separately at the end. Clergue has contributed a colour photograph of Rene Char, and 5 black... Read More
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Traite theorique et pratique de peinture en voitures, a l'usage des peintres de voitures et des carrossiers
by COGNARD, Paul
1902. COGNARD, Paul. Traité théorique et pratique de peinture en voitures, a l'usage des Peintres de voitures et des Carrossiers. 96 pp. text in wrappers, with 24 plates, loose as issued. Folio, 315 x 220 mm., in the original cloth-backed boards, in a new cloth folding box. Paris: Mathiere, 1902. A manual for car painters, including advice for workshop arrangement, and safety practices for using certain materials. This is accompanied by 24 plates of colour samples. Although... Read More
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