- Two lvs. loose. Some tiny stains on frontwr.; vague stamp on backwr. Otherwise a remarkably fine copy.
= Rowell/ Wye 410 and p.196; Compton, Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34, p52 and passim; Lissitzky-Küppers p.24: "At the beginning of 1922, Lissitzky collaborated with Ehrenburg in producing the first pro-Soviet periodical, Veshch ('Objet'), published by the Skythen-Verlag. Here Lissitzky could make his new typographical ideas become concrete facts - thanks to highly-developed printing techniques. (...) The pages of the journal were architectonically arranged, and all the resources of the type-case were employed to catch the reader's eye and to give emphasis to the contents. The striking effect made by the typographic composition of the cover (a floating Proun in red) is created by the colossal tension in which the letters are held counterpoised on the coloured background. Few cover designs produced since then bear comparison with these first fruits of Lissitzky's typographical genius." Bolliger III, 242: "Zeitschrift der russischen und europäischen avantgarde, die sich zur Aufgabe setzte: "Die in Russland Schaffenden mit der neuesten westeuropäischen Kunst bekanntzumachen und 2. Westeuropa über die russische Kunst und Literatur zu informieren"." Only 2 issues were published (no.1/2 and 3), although a fourth and a fifth were announced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Four sm. filing holes; lower corner frontwr. chipped.
- Covers foxed.
= No.1 of Sandberg's famous series "Experimenta Typografica". De Jong 258; Petersen/ Brattinga p.33, 35 and 198; Purvis p.186-187. The work was published w. 2 variant wrappers: of brown crêpe-paper with large woodtype cipher "1" printed in red on frontcover, and an edition with stereotype-stamped boards. With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED DEDICATION on first blank: "voor mr. b. kist - 17.5.48 sandberg". This copy marked "M", but without the fake signature ("v.d.Bosch") of Sandberg on the colophon page, as called for in the colophon for the 23 copies marked A to X.
- No.4 wr. loose(ning). = Rare socialist literary periodical. Maan p.68.
- No. 6 wr. sl. browned; backwr. and last leaf w. tear in upper margin.
= No.3 w. nice photomontage wrappers, no.6 w. nice typography. Maan '06, p.65: "The photo, taken from Joris Ivens' film De Hef, was made by Germaine Krull."; Maan '86, p.22; Lottner p.77; cf. Purvis p.113-114.
De 8 en Opbouw. 14-daagsch tijdschrift van de architectengroep "De 8" Amsterdam en "Opbouw" Rotterdam. Year 6, no.22. Amst., Van Holkema en Warendorf, 1935, p.233-244, ills., orig. photomontage wr. by P. SCHUITEMA, 4to.
- Wrappers foxed/ soiled and spine splitting,
= Cf. Maan '06, p.64. The leading periodical of the thirties on functional architecture and related subjects, published 1932-1943.
ADDED: an odd issue of i10 (no.5, 1927, orig. wr., 4to. Wrappers waterstained along spine).
- Fine copies.
= Not collated but apparently complete. All vols. from the "International (Parisian) edition".
- Bookblock loosening as often; a few plates loose(ning); top of spine sl. dam.
= International Parisian edition.
= Collection Pierre Lévy I.
- Mint condition.
= The artists' group SPUR was formed in 1957 and published 7 issues of their periodical. This is the only issue in colour. Disagreements over the content of this issue led to one of the longest lawsuits in the history of German publication law.
- Sm. owner's stamps on title and fore-edge. Covers trifle rubbed/ soiled; slipcase stained and discol.
= Facsimile reprint of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century. Contributions by i.a. Th. van Doesburg (I.K. Bonset, A. Camini), J.J.P. Oud, P. Mondriaan, G. Vantongerloo, Anthony Kok, T. Brugman, H. Arp, and reproductions of works by i.a. P. Mondriaan, A. Archipenko, J.J.P. Oud, G. Rietveld, Man Ray, Th. van Doesburg, C. Domela.
Jaffé, H.L.C. De Stijl. 1917-1931. The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art. Amst., J.M. Meulenhoff, 1956, VIII,293,(2)p., 48 plates, orig. cl., large 8vo.
- A few occas. markings/ annots. Covers sl. soiled; vol. 2 weak on hinges.
= Facsimile reprint of one of the most important and influential modernist periodicals of the 20th century. Contributions by i.a. Th. van Doesburg (I.K. Bonset, A. Camini), J.J.P. Oud, P. Mondriaan, G. Vantongerloo, Anthony Kok, T. Brugman, H. Arp, and reproductions of works by i.a. P. Mondriaan, A. Archipenko, J.J.P. Oud, G. Rietveld, Man Ray, Th. van Doesburg, C. Domela.
Jaffé, H.L.C. De Stijl. 1917-1931. The Dutch Contribution to Modern Art. Amst., J.M. Meulenhoff, 1956, VIII,293,(2)p., 48 plates, orig. cl. w. (sl. frayed) dustwr., large 8vo.
= Bi-annual magazine, focusing on the "New Art", an outgrowth of earlier movements such as Cubism, De Stijl, and Constructivism.
- Spine split (lvs. reattached w. tape); horizontal middle fold, splitting at ends; some sl. foxing/ soiling.
= Raabe 1.
ADDED 2 works w. a contribution by K. SCHWITTERS: a facs. reprint of DER STURM, Monatsschrift, Year 17 (1926), no.7, large 8vo (backwr. replaced; contains a contribution and 2 ills. by K. SCHWITTERS) and STURM-BÜHNE, Jahrbuch des Theater der Expressionisten, Achte Folge (1919), folio (badly browned, brittle w. tears and chips, partly torn/ broken on middle fold; contains "Die Merzbühne").
- The lot sold w.a.f.
- Yellowed; sm. waterstain in lower blank margin. Wrappers browned and brittle w. chips and damages in blank margins; backstrip dam. ("repaired" w. tape at the top).
= Raabe 1. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.
- Wr. trifle spotted. Otherwise fine.
Walden, H. (= G. Levin). Einblick in Kunst. Expressionismus, Futurismus, Kubismus. Ibid., Der Sturm, 1924, 175,(1)p., num. (col.) plates, orig. hcl., 4to.
- Sl. foxed; contents loosening.
- Spine of dustwr. sl. yellowed and sl. frayed at the top.
AND 3 others similar: E.M. GATTSCHALL, Typographic Communications Today (New York etc., 1989, num. (col.) ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., folio); G. KEPES, Language of Vision (Chicago, 1951, ills., orig. cl. w. (sl. dam.) dustwr., large 4to); B. MUNARI, Design e comunicaziona visiva. Contributo a una metodologia didattica (Bari, 1970, 3rd rev. ed., ills., orig. boards w. (sl. dam.) dustwr.).
= Vloemans 281/ 193/ 266/ 229; Primus, Tschechische Avantgarde 1922-1940 p.132: "Auf dem zweidimensionalen typographischen Umschlag, den auch die Anwendung der Fotografie nicht zur dritten Dimension erweitern kann, versucht vor allem Ladislav Sutnar, Anfang der dreißiger Jahre, mit Hilfe geometrischer Linien und unter Anwendung von perspektivistischen Mitteln, eine 'Quasi-Dreidimensionalität' zu erzeugen".
AND 2 others by the same, w. wrapper design by the same.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXIII.
- Lid of box and instruction leaf sl. foxed; lid split on corners (repaired) and vague traces on silverfish activity.
= Rare conceptual art object by the late antiquariatn bookseller André Swertz (1947-2021).
AND a second copy, without the orig. instruction leaflet (supplied in photostat) (similar defects as the above).