1 - 329 GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950
- Formerly folded; some sl. occas. foxing; trifle frayed in right margin.
= Announcing a performance of the musical in 11 acts by the satirical theater company Ha-Matate (The Broom), established in 1928 in Tel Aviv, on June 26th 1934, with stage design by E. Emanueli, conference [Hebrew: Konferensiah] by E. Donath and music by M. Wilensky. Listing the program: It is not the sole that matters but the soul!; In our desolate cultural warehouses; Color, rainbow and brush (permission to speak to shoeshiners); The child prodigy - Misha Knobelman; A reward of 22½ cents for whoever finds the murderers!; The voice of the desert "The infidels growl over prey"; The daughter of the king of Baghdad and the cobbler; Penelope and her suitors; Why, why have you left me?!; [Arabic?] [...] Who are they?; Be strong, be strong, and we will strengthen each other. The Hymn, written by Emanuel Harussi is consideren to be the first musical in Palestine. Global Avantgarde Palestine | Israel 13 (w. diff. date).
- Formerly folded, but fine.
= Announcing a performance by the satirical theater company Ha-Matate (The Broom), established in 1928 in Tel Aviv, on March 19th 1930, with stage design by E. Luftglas (= Emanueli). Listing the program: Manifesto 13; Behind the scenes in Matate - secrets from the room; Forward, butchers!!! A serenade, a demonstration and... a ban; Havdala... musical scene; Sports knock-out in one round; Without yad [=hand], without hands!!! A tin army; Grandson of Karl Marx interest from Capital; The Balalaika choir - [Russian:] Cossack choir "Lekhu Naranana"; Conference.
= Rössler p.229; see the website of the Wenzel Hablik Museum, Itzehoe: https://wenzel-hablik.de/museum/kunstwerk-des-monats/
- Fine copy.
= Global Avantgarde Finland 6; Futurisms in the World p.314: "A pioneer of literary modernism in Finland, Aaro Hellaakoski became a teacher of geography, but published volumes of poems whose metrical structure differed from the norm. With the collection Jääpeili he reached the peak of his first poetic phase, in which he was influenced by the expressive and visual typography launched by F.T. Marinetti."
= Herzog and Tarsai was a firm specialized in used and new office machines and machine and office supplies.
AND 2 tourist booklets for Budapest, 1932 (German text) and n.d. (±1935, French text), photogr. ills., orig. not unif. pict. wr., both obl. sm.8vo.
- Backstrip a few sm. imperfections; frontwr. some unobtrusive shaved (thin) spots in blank parts. Good/ fine copy.
= Global Avantgarde Estonia 14; Geometrical Man p.80f: "Erni Hiir also resumed publishing poetry in 1924, with the avant-garde collections Arlekinaad (1924) and Meeri-Maria-Mari (1926). Here we find expressonistic scenes from the life of hookers and drinking orgies, which recall the caricaturist world of Georg Grosz".
- Dustwr. sl. yellowed, w. repaired/ restored spots.
Miller, D.C. (ed.). Americans 1942 - 18 Artists from 9 States. New York, Museum of Modern Art, 1942, 128p., photogr. ills., orig. dec. boards w. matching dustwr. by E. McKNIGHT KAUFFER, 4to.
- Owner's entry of first free endpaper. Boardedges sl. rubbed; dustwr. sl. dustsoiled and margins strengthened on verso.
AND 2 others: The Chapbook (A monthly miscellany), no.35 (London, 1923, orig. wr. by PAUL NASH); Poetry Scotland, no.3 (Glasgow, 1946, orig. cl. w. dustwr. des. by DONALD BAIN, large 8vo. Some sl. foxing; dustwr. worn/ soiled and partly strengthened on verso).
- Sl. soiled; spine pasted over w. paper strip.
ADDED: "Lampo Benzina Superiore" (very nice cut out advertisement leaf in Futurism style, signed "Negrin 27". Sl. yellowed; upper corner restored).
- Fine. = Ex/ Hoek p.129.
Idem. Miss Blanche. Bon 2 waardepunten (...). Voucher, 4x6,5 cm., Rott., The Vittoria Egyptina Cigarette Comp., n.d. (±1926), logo des. by VILMOS HUSZÁR, printed in green, recto and verso.
- Some vague creases and vertical middle fold. = Cf. Ex/ Hoek p.114.
- Fine copy.
Heller, F. Viskningar vid camemberten. Noveller. Ibid., Albert Bonniers, 1930, 248,(1)p., orig. wr. w. anonymous design.
- Lower corner of frontwr. some sm. vague folds; spine some folds from reading. Good copy.
- Spine sl. dam. at staples; wr. trifle yellowed; frontwr. w. sm. waterstain in upper blank margin..
= Global Avantgarde Netherlands 34; Le Fonds Paul Destribats 262; Bolliger IV, 362. Renowned Dutch avantgarde magazine, published between 1927 and 1929 in 22 issues. Its editorial board consisted of A. Müller Lehning, J.J.P. Oud, W. Pijper and L. Moholy-Nagy. This issue w. contributions by i.a. V. Huszar ("De reclame als beeldende kunst") and K. Schwitters ("Der Eine und der Andere").
- Tiny repaired tear in backpage.
= Rare brochure published to raise funds for the establishment of The Institute of Contemporary Arts.
- Backstrip lacks portion of 2 cm. at top and foot.
Chadourne, M. L'U.R.S.S. sans passion. Ibid., Librairie Plon, 1932, (8),XIV, 220,(5)p., photogr. plates, orig. wr. w. anonymous design.
- Fine, unopened copy. = One of 75 numb. copies on Lafuma paper.
- Frontwr. sl. affected by silverfsh.
= Tadeusz Gronowski is mostly known as the designer of the logo of LOT Polish airlines, still in use today.






























