1 - 329 GLOBAL AVANTGARDE - MODERNIST TYPOGRAPHY AND DESIGN 1915-1950
- Wrappers professionaly restored.
= Csaplár p.29 (ill.) and p.85 (cat. no. 27); Gergely/ Györgi/ Gábor p.161 (cat. no. 125). Extremely rare work of poetry by Lajos Kássak, editor of the periodical MA, printed in only 300 copies. The only copy we could trace is the one in the collection of the Kassák Museum, recorded by Csaplár and Gergely/ Györgi/ Gábor.
- Pinholes in corners; formerly folded.
= Poster for an exhibition of works by Lajos Kássak (1887-1967) at the Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Vienna and the Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, April-June 1971, w. use of the image of the frontdover of Kássak's 1M (Vienna, 1921), cf. Csaplár p.29 (ill.) and p.85 (cat. no. 27); Gergely/ Györgi/ Gábor p.161 (cat. no. 125).
- Some sl. foxing/ dustsoiling; last 2 lvs. w. (large) repair in lower and sm. repair in upper corner; first 5 lvs. w. sm. repaired tear in blank fore-edge margin; lower blank margin of first leaf restored. Wrappers some professionally restored spots; carefully rebacked w. matching paper.
= Global Avantgarde Austria 9; Csaplár p.36; Bolliger III, 8 and IV, 40; Lang p.158.. One of the major anthologies of contemp. modern art, containing illustrations of works by i.a. H. Arp, T. van Doesburg, M. Ernst, J. Gris, G. Grosz, F. Léger, El Lissitzky, L. Moholy-Nagy, P. Picasso and Man Ray. Rare.
- Very fine copy.
= Kellermann's famous novel about the construction of a transatlantic tunnel was published in 1913. For almost 20 years, the illustration by Hans Baluschek adorned the dustwr. In 1931, this was replaced by Salter's breathtakingly dynamic drawing, which extends pictorially across the entire dustwr. Holstein p.275: "The famous jacket by Georg Salter replaced Hans Baluschek's more old-fashioned jacket from 1913, and was first issued with the special edition (26-50.000). The design highlights machine age aesthetics in the same vein as John Heartfield's photomontages."
- Sl. yellowed and stained; first few lvs. trifle mouldy. Spine restored; wr. creased.
= Chepyzhov 22. The successor to Khelvnebis Drosha, "one of the most highly respected Georgian art magazines" (Chepyzhov) published in 1925-1926. This issue with Irakli Gamrekeli's cubist portrait of theatre director Kote Marjanishvili on the frontwrapper.
- Some sl. foxing.
Cerbella, G. Idee e pareri. Sugli studi africani e orientali e sui problemi scolastici coloniali in Italia. Tripoli, Plinio Maggi, 1933, XII,248,(1)p., orig. wr. w. design monogrammed "R.M."
- Yellowed. Frontwr. w. tiny dam. spot in upper right corner; backstrip dam.
- Fine. = Global Avantgarde Germany 97. Rare.
Harich, W. Letzte Ferien. Berlin, Gottfried Martin, 1928, 83,(3)p., orig. cl., typography, title-p. and binding des. by W.A. HABLIK.
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper. Frontcover two sm. vague stains and the vulnerable lettering w. some sm. imperfections. A good copy.
- Frontwr. sl. yellowed, w. some restorations/ closed tears in upper corner and cut sl. short at fore edge margin.
= Global Avantgarde Romania 33. Political and literary magazine. The first 4 issues of 1929 were designed by Lajos Kassák. Csaplár p.80: "Succumbing to the objections of readers and authors - notably those of Zoltán Fábry - the editors removed Kassák's composition made up of coloured squares from the cover of the journal, beginning with the May issue. Fábry had argued that it was a mistake to place an abstract geometric figure on the cover of a journal open to all questions and problems of society".
- First leaf lacks upper blank corner; frontwr. and first leaf torn in two and put together w. tape on verso (frontwr. w. retouches and first leaf w. loss of some letters). Backwr. w. flattened folds in corners.
= Global Avantgarde Latvia 32; cf. Fraser L262. Kreisā Fronte (Left Front) was one of the first Latvian-language socialist periodicals. "Olga Laicena and Jūlijs Ķipers recall a meeting in the Laicens' apartment, choosing the name of the journal and following the concept of Vladimir Mayakovsky's LEF (1923-1925). Although by the time that Kreisā Fronte began, it was more likely inspired by the design and content of Novyj LEF (The New LEF, 1927-1928)" (Fraser).
- Some pencil markings and underlining in text.
= Global Avantgarde Latvia 33; cf. Fraser L262. Kreisā Fronte (Left Front) was one of the first Latvian-language socialist periodicals. "Olga Laicena and Jūlijs Ķipers recall a meeting in the Laicens' apartment, choosing the name of the journal and following the concept of Vladimir Mayakovsky's LEF (1923-1925). Although by the time that Kreisā Fronte began, it was more likely inspired by the design and content of Novyj LEF (The New LEF, 1927-1928)" (Fraser).
- Some foxing (mainly removed from wrappers).
= Global Avantgarde Latvia 34; cf. Fraser L262. Kreisā Fronte (Left Front) was one of the first Latvian-language socialist periodicals. "Olga Laicena and Jūlijs Ķipers recall a meeting in the Laicens' apartment, choosing the name of the journal and following the concept of Vladimir Mayakovsky's LEF (1923-1925). Although by the time that Kreisā Fronte began, it was more likely inspired by the design and content of Novyj LEF (The New LEF, 1927-1928)" (Fraser).
- Small paper ticket on backwr.
= Global Avantgarde Bulgaria 34 (other issue). Periodical dealing with culture and politics. After 1944 it was denounced as "pro-fascist" and many copies were seized and destroyed.
- Stamps and small annots. on backwr. Otherwise fine.
= Global Avantgarde Latvia 14; Fraser L316. "This title suffered a confiscation fate like that of the publisher's other titles. No designer is given, although it has an "Ernests Kālis look"". (Fraser).
- Sl. yellowed; sm. owner's entry on title-p. Backstrp worn; flattened fold in backwr.
Suchockis, V. Gongo Dūžiai. Ibid., n.publ., 1940, 45,(3)p., orig. wr. des. by B. MACUTKEVIČIAUS.
- Backwr. w. some surface dam. spots.
AND 1 other: L. VITKAUSKAS, Spinduliai ir šešėliai (ibid., 1926, orig. wr. des. by J.J. STEPONAVIČIUS).
- Yellowed; title-p. a few sm. stains; bookplate on verso frontwr. Frontwr. some thin spots (silverfish?) and w. tiny dam. in lower blank margin and lacking sm. portion of upper blank corner; upper jont split at ends.
= Rare.
- Sl. yellowed and some foxing and wear. Three issues of year 2 w. owner's stamp (1x) or signature on frontwr.
= Rare esperanto periodical, published 1922-1949. The nice wrappers of the issues of both years printed in a different colour.





































