81 224 Schwitters K and Lissitzky El ed

81 224 Schwitters K and Lissitzky El ed

- Vertical fold throughout; sl. worn and thumbed. Wrappers foxed and soiled; sm. tear in upper blank margin frontwr. and fore-edge margin backwr.; spine-ends split. Cut-out advert (on blue paper) for Nasci ("Sie können hier zum erste Male aus der Zukunft zurückblocken in unsere Gegenwart") and Hahnepeter mounted on inside frontwr.

= Rattemeyer/ Helms 19; Schmalenbach p.53; Global Avantgarde Germany 57; Le Fonds Paul Destribats 204; Bolliger I, 421; II, 524; Schwarz 91. Typography by EL LISSITZKY, with an introduction by the same and illustrations of works by Malewitsch, El Lissitzky, Mondriaan, Schwitters, Archipenko, Arp, Oud, Mies van der Rohe, Tatlin, Braque and Man Ray, each w. a short commentary in German and French. "Das Heft is ein Versuch, unter dem Motto "Natur von lat. NASCI" die "internationale Kunstproduktion der Gegenwart" aufzuzeigen und auf Analogien von natürlichen und geschaffenen Formen hinzuweisen." (Rattemeyer/ Helms).

81 225 Schwitters K

81 225 Schwitters K

81 225 Schwitters K

81 225 Schwitters K

81 225 Schwitters K

- Sl. yellowed as usual; annot. "G. Rietveld" on verso frontwr.; last 2 lvs. sl. dam. in inner blank margin from staples; 1 leaf loose; annot. on verso frontwr. Wrappers trifle (damp)soiled; frontwr. lacks sm. portion of lower right corner; spine sl. dam./ lacks sm. portion at foot.

= Helms p.27 and no.27c; Schmalenbach p.179; Hoek 749; Schwarz 91; Bolliger II, 71: "Neue Wege gehende Gestaltung eines Kinderbuches. Von Schwitters, Steinitz und Van Doesburg mit rein typografischen Mitteln illustriertes Märchen. Sehr reizvoll, besonders für "grosse Kinder" und sehr selten". This is one of 300 copies with "Märchen" on the frontwr. replaced by "Merz 14/15".

81 226 Schwitters K

81 226 Schwitters K

- Vertical middle fold throughout. Frontwr. sl. yellowed and browned along (worn and partly splitting) middle fold (first 2 lvs. also yellowed along middle fold).

= Rattemeyer/ Helms p.23 (full-p. ill.) and no.57; Le Fonds Paul Destribats 204; Schmalenbach p.187; Bolliger III, 191 and 193 and IV, 380. Contains i.a. the highly important programmatic text "Ich und meine Ziele".

81 227 Sel'vinsky I

81 227 Sel'vinsky I

- Spine-ends and top edge of covers sl. worn. = Global Avantgarde Russia 59; Rowell/ Wye 910.

81 228 Sel'vinsky I

81 228 Sel'vinsky I

- The fold. leaf stained and partly torn; bookplate and owner's entry (of poet and literary critic Konstantin Pozdnyaev) on upper pastedown/ first free endpaper. Wr. trifle worn along extremities.

= With the often lacking fold. supplemental leaf. Lissitzky-Küppers 121 and p.93; El Lissitzky, Retrospektive 217; Compton, Russian avant-garde books p.93; Rowell/ Wye 750 and p.215. For the frontcover Lissitzky used his photographic double-portrait of Hans Arp.

81 229 Šemerys S

81 229 Šemerys S

- Fine copy.

= Global Avantgarde Lithuania 4; Jankevičiūtė p.139. Publication of the Keturi Vëjai (Four Winds) futurist group.

81 231 Seuphor M

- Trifle age-toned. (Very) fine copy.

= Global Avantgarde Belgium 21; Henkels p.40. The first edition of the second publication by Seuphor (pseudonym of Fernand Louis Berckelaers).

81 232 Shats Anin M

- Retored spot in frontwr.; upper hinge weak.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 51; Fraser Y33 and p.260ff. Mark Shats-Anin was a prolific Jewish publisher and author in (Soviet) Latvia.

81 233 Shklovsky V

- Loose(ning); backstrip worn off; backwr. renewed. = Lissitzky-Küppers p.25.

81 234 Shlonsky A

81 234 Shlonsky A

- One plate torn and loosening; bookplates and tickets on pastedowns; blindstamp in orig. frontwr.

81/235 Signals Year 1 no 1

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 18; Fraser L297. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...). Zandersone's color linocut design for the first issue echoed the Czech Devětsil-style in its linocut typography - a commendable start toward introducing a fresh, although short-lived, design concept." (Fraser).

81/236 Signals Year 1 no 3

- Flattened out horizontal knack in frontwr.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 19; Fraser L296. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands, e.g., V. Leimanis (...)" (Fraser).

81/237 Signals Year 1 no 4

- Backstrip w. ruststains and sl. weak spots from staples.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 21; cf. Fraser L296-304. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...)" (Fraser).

81/238 Signals Year 2 no 2

- Small owner's entry on frontwrapper.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 23; cf. Fraser L296-304. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...). By February 1929 the 24-year-old Andrejs Grigelis began designing covers, bringing some degree of mainstream European vanguard style to these issues." (Fraser).

81/239 Signals Year 2 no 8

- Yellowed; first lvs. and frontwr. trifle waterst. in outer margin; frontwr. w. some strengthened/ restored spots.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 24; Fraser L300. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...). By February 1929 the 24-year-old Andrejs Grigelis began designing covers, bringing some degree of mainstream European vanguard style to these issues." (Fraser).

81/240 Signals Year 3 no 4/5

81/240 Signals Year 3 no 4/5

- Owner's entry on first leaf; occas. sl. waterst.; a few lvs. at the end trifle mouldy in lower corner. Frontwr. sl. fingersoiled.

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 27; Fraser L301. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...). By February 1929 the 24-year-old Andrejs Grigelis began designing covers, bringing some degree of mainstream European vanguard style to these issues." (Fraser).

81/241 Signals Year 3 no 6

= Global Avantgarde Latvia 28; cf. Fraser L296-304. Left-leaning periodical published between 1928-1930. "The first two years of Signāls were characterized by plodding content but out-of-the-ordinary covers by different hands (...). By February 1929 the 24-year-old Andrejs Grigelis began designing covers, bringing some degree of mainstream European vanguard style to these issues." (Fraser).

81 242 Silva Román E

81 242 Silva Román E

81 242 Silva Román E

- Yellowed and sl. brittle, due to the quality of the paper; owner's entry in pen on frontwr. and htitle; scribbling in red pencil on htitle (causing a sm. tear).

= Global Avantgarde Chile 5; Diagramming Modernity p.322. "(...) Huelén was associated with La Novela Nueva publishers between the years 1929 and 1930. This collaboration marked the beginning of a long career as a cover designer, during which he produced at least nine volumes. (...) The series of works opens with the attractive cover of Cap Polonio, by Joaquin Edwards Bello, followed by perhaps the most striking, that of El dueño de los astros, by Ernesto Silva Román (...). Indeed, a Futurist cover that included the silhouette of an airplane and skyscrapers, along with other elements that are combined with the titles, were followed by more advanced illustrations (...)" (Diagramming Modernity p.285f.).

81 243 Šimkus J

- Backstrip worn; frontwr. sl. chipped in lower corner at foot of spine.

= Global Avantgarde Lithuania 22; Futurisms in the World p.674: "[Šimkus] declared his love of Futurism and that he had a programme cast from steel. He wrote poems filled with revolutionary enthusiasm in which he tackled the urban theme and the setting of the modern world, like the ones collected in the volume Pasakos iš cemento."