viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1920

SEGUY, E. A. (Emile Alain)
        FLORÉAL (Floreal); DESSINS & COLORIS NOUVEAUX
      Paris: Calavas, 1920. Paris:: Calavas,, 1920. First Edition. Near Fine. Near Fine folio containing 20 plates each with 3-5 pochoir images. Minor marginal soiling to some plates, not affecting images. Contents loose in paper folder with printed title "Floréal" on the front and title plus publishing information on recto of rear paper wrapper. The complete album of 20 plates, accompanying tissue guards and wrapper are laid into the original publisher's half striped cloth, board portfolio. The portfolio is intact but lacks ties. A beautiful presentation by this master French designer. Folio. 20 plates.

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Therese de Dillmont
        Encyclopedia of Needlework
      Alsace - Mulhouse, 1920. Alsace - Mulhouse, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An illustrated Encyclopedia of Needlework by Therese de Dillmont. New edition, revised and enlarged. The Encyclopedia of Needlework is published in English, French, German and Italian. Number of copies issued until now: 750,000. From the Preface: Careful workers will be able by its help to instruct themselves in every branch of plain and fancy needlework therein described. Condition: In a green cloth binding with decoration to the front board. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. Joints are starting but firm. Corners are slightly bumped. Spine is slightly cocked and discoloured. Internally, generally firmly bound. Both hinges are tender. Pages are generally bright and clean with some browning and age-toning. Overall: GOOD..

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Hanken, Willy ( Wilhelm ) ( *1866 Burhave, Oldenburg - 1953 Hamburg )
        Die Grander Mühle. Ölgemälde auf Pappe.
      . Bildmaß: 36,5 x 46,5 cm ( Höhe x Breite ), alt gerahmt ( Rahmenmaß: 50 x 60 cm. Links unten mit *Willy Hanken, Prof., Hbg. ( für Professor, Hamburg ) signiert, undatiert. Ca. um 1920 gemalt. Verso mit altem handgeschriebenem Aufkleber *Grander Mühle, gem(alt) v(on) Prof. Willy Hanken, Hamburg*. Das Gemälde stärker fleckig ( müsste gereinigt werden ), der Rahmen etwas berieben, gering bestoßen. ( Literatur: Rump: Hamburgisches Künstlerlexikon, Seite 174 ). ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ).

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Walter Hutchinson
        Hutchinson's Picturesque Europe
      London - Hutchinson and Co, 1920. London - Hutchinson and Co, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A stunning collection of paintings, drawings and illustrations of European cities and countries. Described by the editor as, 'A popular and illustrated tour into the fair countries of Europe amid scenes of natural beauty and grandeur and lands rich with historic memories. 'Illustrated throughout with paintings, drawings and photographs, many of which are in colour. Some of the places included are Algeciras, Segovia, Bremen and Bugojno. Complete in three volumes. Condition: In decorative cloth bindings with gilt detailing. Externally smart, with just some light rubbing in places and some bumping. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean, except with some foxing to the endpapers. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..

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H. N. Hutchinson, J. W. Gregory, R. Lydekker
        The Living Races of Mankind
      H. N. Hutchinson, J. W. Gregory, R. Lydekker, 1920. H. N. Hutchinson, J. W. Gregory, R. Lydekker, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather bound set with gilt titles to spine and cloth covered boards. A fascinating work on the races and cultures of mankind across the globe. The work iscomplete in two volumes and illustrated with colour frontispieces and black and white plates and illustrations throughout. Condition: The bindings are tight and firm and all covers are firmly attached. There is some mild wear to the extremities including some rubbing ot the edges and slight fading to the spine. Internally the books are generally clean and bright apart from some spotting tot he fore edges and some mild spots in the main text. There is the occasional handling mark. Overall the books are in very good condition indeed..

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Finkelstein, H, translator into Yiddish
        Haggadah shel Pesach mit ilustratzies un noten genoi iberzetzt in Yiddish durkh H. Finkelstein [Passover Haggada pesah hagada]
      Zaklad Graficzny STEREOTYP [Circa 1920s], Nowolipki 7. Warszawa, Warsaw, Poland - A bi-lingual edition of the Passover Haggadah, illustrated. 36 leaves, the last two of which are advertisements, in Yiddish, for Carmel wine. The third page from the end quotes at length Zeev Jabontinsky, Menachem Ussishkin and others' statements that one should buy the products of Eretz Israel. Pages somewhat yellowed with age. Additional scans available upon request. This edition seems to be somewhat similar to Yudlov 3241. A few very old book worm holes, not affecting text. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Huysmans, Joris-Karl
        À rebours
      Librairie des Amateurs/Ferroud 1920 Br. ed., cm16x25, pp (6) 218 (4); XVI + (2) incisioni fuori testo, tutte in doppio stato (totale 36); illustrazioni in nero nt; Bella edizione figurata del classico del decadentismo. Questo esemplare fa parte dei 100 numerati 101 - 200 su japon impérial o vélin d'Arches (ns 144, su japon) che hanno le acqueforti in doppio stato, di cui uno con remarque che riprende fuori margine il soggetto (esistono inoltre 30 es. sur japon con 4 stati di cui uno acquarellato, 70 con 3 stati sur japon, 1000 su carta con stato singolo e 20 su carta con stato doppio). Le acqueforti (non riproduzioni) protette da veline sono incise con bel tratto simbolista da Auguste Leroux (1871 - 1974), che firma anche le figure xilografiche nt. Apre il volume la prefazione al romanzo scritta dall'A. nel 1903, a più di vent'anni dalla sua prima edizione. Molto bello. Raro.

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Anatole France
        Les Opinions de M. Jerome Coignard
      Paris - Calmann-Levy, 1920. Paris - Calmann-Levy, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Ainsightful fictional piece byprolific French novelist Anatole France. Anatole Francewas a member of the Acadmie franaise, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in recognition of his literary achievements. His protagonists are said to embody France's own personality, and Les Opinions de M. Jerome Coignard was said to have captured the atmosphere of the fin de sicle, meaning the spirit of the the century. Condition: In a half morocco binding with marbled boards and gilt design to the spine. Externally, a trifle rubbed to the spine. Slight fading to the head of both boards. Internally, firmly bound with bright pages. Light marginal foxing and to the text block edge. Overall: VERY GOOD..

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Yvonne Ostroga
        Petites Filles de la Vieille France
      nbsp;Paris -Librairie Hachette, 1920. nbsp;Paris -Librairie Hachette, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Yvonne Ostroga's stories of the 'girls of old france'. Bound in cloth, with decorative patterns and an illustration. Illustrated by Henry Morin. With twelve colour plates. Ostroga tells the stories of twelve girls, each from a different area of France. Every story is like a fairy tale, the girls range from being a shepherdess to believing in fairies. Condition: The binding is tight and firm. There is mild wear to the extremities, including mild bumping. Internally the pages are clean with mild browning to the page edges and scattered background foxing on the first and last couple of pages and the occasional handling mark. There is an inscription on the front free endpaper. Overall the condition of the book is very good..

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Beatrix Potter
        Beatrix Potter Collection
      50 - London and New York - F. Warne and Co. Ltd., 1920. 50 - London and New York - F. Warne and Co. Ltd., 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A charmingly illustrated collection of children's fictionfromrenowned author, Beatrix Potter. Collection includes a copy of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny,The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin and The Tale of Pigling Bland all circa 1920 identified by there being no printer's code and Jonny Title mouse being one of the central characters on the illustrated endpapers. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse 1945, dated via printing code131. 645. Lastly a copy of The Story of Miss Moppet 1950, dated via printing code 242. 650. Each volume is beautifully illustrated in colour throughout, with coloured motifs to their front boards. Potters artistic and literary interests were deeply influenced by fairies, fairy tales and fantasy. She was a student of the classic fairy tales of Western Europe. As well as stories from the Old Testament, John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress and Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, she grew up with Aesops Fables, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies, the folk tales and mythology of Scotland, the German Romantics, Shakespeare, and the romances of Sir Walter Scott. Potters books continue to sell throughout the world, in multiple languages. Her stories have been retold in song, film, ballet and animation. Condition: All volumes are in there original pictorial paper covered binding. Externally, allvolumeshave some minor shelfwear, and four of the volumes have some damp staining. Tape repairs to the spine of The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, and fading to the other four. One front hinge is tender and with tape repairs. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound, although one has failed in places. Bright throughout and generally clean, aside from the odd handling mark and tide marks to one volume. Inkinscription to the end-paper of The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse dated 1946, as well as some ink illustrations. Overall: GOOD ONLY..

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Schurmeyer, Walter
        Heinrich Campendonk
      Frankfurt A.M., Germany : Verlag Zinglers Kabinett, 1920. Frankfurt A.M., Germany : Verlag Zinglers Kabinett, 1920. This is a very good softcover copy in the original stiff brown paper covers, with the illustration tipped-on the front cover. With 2 original woodcuts by Heinrich Campendonk. They are printed on slightly heavier paper than the text pages, with tissue guards and full margins. They are printed with a rich chocolate brown ink, and are both in very nice condition. There are 12 other illustrations in sepia tones on different paper stock + the illustration on the front cover. A little chipping to the edges of the covers, otherwise fine. Large 4to, 11" high X 9" wide, 7 pages of text + illustrations and original woodcuts. Call or e-mail for digital photographs. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

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Rudyard Kipling
        Letters of Travel (1892-1913)
      13), 1920. 13), 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. Two works by Rudyard Kipling, of travel writing and short stories. First editions. Rather uncommon in the original dustwrappers. Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and to date he remains its youngest recipient. Condition: In cloth covered bindings with original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, very smart with just slight bumping to head and tail of spines. Dustwrappers are generally smart with slight chipping and the odd small closed tear. One very small hole to the spine panel of one dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound, bright and clean. Overall: NEAR FINE in VERY GOOD INDEED dustwrappers.

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Charles Kingsley
        The Water Babies
      London - Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920. London - Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. A charmingly illustrated copy of this children's tale by Charles Kingsley. With numerous tipped-in coloured plates by A. E. Jackson. The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby is a children's novel by the Reverend Charles Kingsley. Written in 18621863 as a serial for Macmillan's Magazine, it was first published in its entirety in 1863. The book was extremely popular in England during its day, and was a mainstay of British children's literature for many decades. The protagonist is Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie and being chased out of her house. There he dies and is transformed into a water baby, as he is told by a caddisflyan insect that sheds its skinand begins his moral education. The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes. Condition: In a decorative cloth binding. Externally sound, though with some rubbing and bumping. Some marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. One front blank has been removed. Ink signature to verso of front free-endpaper. Pages are bright, though with the occasional spot. Overall: GOOD..

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Aldin, Cecil
        THE GREAT ADVENTURE
      Published by Humphrey Milford, 1920. Published by Humphrey Milford, 1920. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Good condition with no wrapper. A parody of Alice set in Bunnyborough. Large format. Grey cloth spine, pictorial paper boards with orange title to front. Pictorial endpapers. 17 colour plates including title page. Top edge of front cover stained. Edges of boards rubbed, corners worn. Spine browned and grubby. Joints broken, contents almost detached. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean, hinges pulled, last page detached. All plates present. A good copy of a scarce item. [S]

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott
        The Works. This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, The Vegetable The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men, Taps at Reveille, Tender is the Night
      New York: Charles Scribners, 1920-1935.. New York: Charles Scribners, 1920-1935. First edition, first printings of F. Scott Fitzgerald's works. Octavo, 8 volumes. Uniformly bound by Bayntun-Riviere Bindery in full dark green morocco. Titles to the spine in gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, twin rule to turn ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, except The Great Gatby which has the top edge gilt. F.Scott Fitzgerald signature on the front panel of each volume in gilt. Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, displayed a sophisticated cynicism masking keen psychological insight and sensitivity to the falseness of the ideals of the so-called "jazz era" in America, following World War 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald continued to write on this theme in two volumes of short stories, Flappers and Philosophers and Tales of the Jazz Age. With the publication of The Great Gatsby, the story of a gross and ostentatious man who gained immense material success but who destroyed himself and those around him in the process, F. Scott Fitzgerald's full powers as a novelist were revealed; he was ranked by many critics as one of the pre-eminent American writers. In his later writings, as exemplified by the short story collections All the Sad Young Men and Taps at Reveille, and the novel Tender is the Night, his central theme shifted to what he deemed the inevitable corruption of the individual by the blind crassness of modern society.

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N/a
        Prometheus
      Frankfurt - Kleukens-Presse, 1920. Frankfurt - Kleukens-Presse, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Scarce imprint of the Kleukens Presse, here in excellent condition. Beautiful Typography. Vellum bound volume with gilt title to the spine. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 22 March 1832) was a German writer and according to George Eliot, Germany's greatest man of letters and the last true polymath to walk the earth. Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism, and science. Goethe's magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Prometheus is a poem by Johann Wolfgang Goethe, in which the character of the mythic Prometheus addresses God (as Zeus) in misotheist accusation and defiance. Condition: The binding is tight and firm with both covers and all pages attached. There is some wear to the extremities including slight warping and some rubbing to the boards. Internally the pages are generally clean and bright with the occasional handling mark and isolated spot. Overall the volume is in very good condition..

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Dinah Maria Craik
        John Halifax, Gentleman
      London- Epworth Press, J. Alfred Sharp, 1920. London- Epworth Press, J. Alfred Sharp, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An illustrated edition of this popular Victorian novel in an attractive fine modern binding. With a colour frontispiece and several black-and-white plates. John Halifax, Gentleman (1856), is the archetypal story of a poor boy who makes good through honesty, initiative, and hard work. The events are precisely dated to provide an emblematic narrative of industrialization and the growing power of the middle classes. With appealing characters, the emotional attractions of love and pathos, and an overwhelming affirmation of its readers' values and beliefs, John Halifax, Gentleman became one of the nineteenth century's best-selling books -ODNB. Dinah Maria Craik, 1826-1887, was a popular Victorian writer. Condition: In a crushed morocco binding, with marbled paper and raised bands. Externally, FINE. Internally, firmly bound, with scattered spotting. There is a very small section missing from the fore-edge margin of page 363. Overall: VERY GOOD INDEED..

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BLANDIN Charles
        CUISINE ET CHASSE de Bourgogne et d?ailleurs Assaisonnées d?Humour et de Commentaires
      Société d?Editions artistiques de tourisme et de sport, Paris, 1920. Petit in / 4 broché, couverture imprimée et illustrée d?une petite vignette, gravures, eaux - fortes, vignettes contrecollées , illustrations in - texte, lettrines historiées, 337 p., 1ère édition. Envoi et courrier d?accompagnement de l?auteur. Un des 550 exemplaire sur vélin d?arches numéroté. Petites taches claires sur la couverture. Ouvrage dédié aux Femmes Françaises, aux Disciples de Saint Hubert, aux Touristes, aux Bibliophiles : nombreux sont donc les heureux lecteurs de ce bel ouvrage, alliant une illustration belle et variée aux savoureuses recettes et textes élaborés avec la collaboration de : Hugues Le Roux, Cunisset Carnot, Georges Tausend, ... Bien complet de son eau - forte sur la bécasse. broché Bon état

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Schulze, Hans Rudolf ( *1870-1951 )
        Hamburg: Die Trostbrücke. Gouache/Mischtechnik auf Papier, gerahmt.
      . Schöne halbrunde Hamburg-Ansicht des Fleets mit der Trostbrücke ( In der Brückenmitte stehen auf beiden Seiten Statuen des heiligen Ansgar und des Schauenburger Grafen Adolf III. zur Erinnerung an die Begründer der Alt- und Neustadt ). , rechts unten mit Hans-Rud. Schulze signiert, undatiert ( ca. 1920 ). Bildgröße: 28 x 28 cm, Rahmenmaß: 46,5 x 45,5 cm ). Der Rahmen gering bestoßen, ansonsten guter Zustand.( Bitte beachten: Hier kein Versand wegen Bruchgefahr - bitte Selbstabholung in meinem Ladengeschäft ). ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ).

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Joris-Karl Huysmans
        La Cathedrale
      Paris - Plon-Nourrit, 1920. Paris - Plon-Nourrit, 1920 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Huysman's novel examining the cathedral and its symbolism. Forty-fifth Edition. Binder's ink stamp of 'La Reuure Francaise' to verso of front free-endpaper. Charles-Marie-Georges Huysmans(February 5, 1848 May 12, 1907) was a French novelist who published his works as Joris-Karl Huysmans. His work is remarkable for its idiosyncratic use of the French language, extensive vocabulary, detailed and sensuous descriptions, and biting, satirical wit. It also displays an encyclopaedic erudition, ranging from the catalogue of decadent Latin authors in rebours to the discussion of the iconography of Christian architecture in La cathdrale. Condition: In a half mottledcalf binding with marbled boards. Externally very good with justa littleshelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Age toned but very clean throughout. Ink inscription to front blank. Overall: VERY GOOD..

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        Bibliothek der Philosophen. Geleitet von Fritz Mauthner. 15 Bände (alles Erschienene).
      München, Georg Müller, 1920,. Gr.-8vo. OHldr. m. Rückenvergoldung u. RSchild. Grünschnitt.. Briefwechsel von Immanuel Kant. 3 Bde. 1912-1913. (Bibliothek der Philosophen, Bde. I, VI und VII). Jacobis Spinozabüchlein nebst Replik und Duplik. 1912. (Bd. II). Schopenhauer. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung. 2 Bde. 1912. (Bde. III und X). Die Schriften zu J. G. Fichte's Atheismus-Streit. 1912. (Bd. IV). Agrippa von Nettesheim. Die Eitelkeit und Unsicherheit der Wissenschaften und die Verteidigungsschrift. 2 Bde. 1913. (Bde. V und VIII). Hebbel als Denker. 1913. (Bd. IX). Kierkegaard. Auswahl aus seinen Bekenntnissen und Gedanken. 1914. (Bd. XI). O. F. Gruppe. Philosophische Werke. I. Antäus. 1914. (Bd. XII). Mandevilles Bienenfabel. 1914. (Bd. XV). Nicolas Malebranche. Erforschung der Wahrheit I. 1920. (Bd. XVI). Kritik der reinen Vernunft von I. Kant. 1920 (Bd. XVIII). - Wenige Bände minimal berieben oder an den Ecken bestoßen, der letzte Band etw. stärker. Sehr schöne, wohlerhaltene Bände, in dieser Vollständigkeit und dem guten Erhaltungszustand von großer Seltenheit.

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FISHER, Irving
        Stabilizing the Dollar
      New York: The Macmillan Company, 1920. New York: The Macmillan Company,, 1920. A Plan to stabilize the general price level without fixing individual prices. Octavo (213 × 136mm). Publisher's blue cloth, spine ruled and lettered gilt. Author's presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, later ownership inscription to the front pastedown. With several charts and tables in the text. Spine ends lightly rubbed and corners a little bumped. Inner hinge to front board partly split and repaired. A very fine copy. First edition, presentation copy, inscribed "To William H. Taft with the compliments and esteem of Irving Fisher August 1920" on the front free endpaper. W.H. Taft (1857-1930) was 27th President of the United States and, from 1913, professor of law and legal history at Yale, and founder of the League to enforce peace. One of three works Fisher devoted to projects for monetary reform (Stamp Scrip and 100% Money being the others, "Stablizing the Dollar contained an ingenious scheme for stabilising the purchasing power of money under a convertible gold standard by varying the official price of gold inversely with an index of prices, a system which could be adopted by one country combined with a flexible exchange rate for its currency or by all countries operating with fixed exchange rates" (Blaug.)

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Cardozo, Benjamin N
        Photograph of Cardozo with Inscribed Studio Card.
      1920 - Handsomely Framed Image of Cardozo with Inscribed Card Cardozo, Benjamin N. [1870-1938]. [Photograph of Brandeis in Judicial Attire with Inscribed Studio Card]. Washington: The Clinedinst Studio, 1920. 8" x 10" portrait black-and-white photograph and 3" x 5" card inscribed and signed in bold hand above an engraved brass plaque. Handsomely matted and glazed. Small scrape to top section of frame, otherwise fine. * The card is dated November 5, 1932. Cardozo, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1932 to 1938, was one of the most influential American jurists of the twentieth century.

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        [Cover title]: Modern Searchlights. [Interior title]: Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Equipment
      Croydon: The London Electric Firm, [1920] Croydon: The London Electric Firm. [1920]. Oblong quarto. Measuring 10" x 12". [38]pp. Cord tied printed flexible card wrappers. Light stains on the wrappers, one leaf has pulled loose, else near fine. Trade catalog for nautical, ground, and aviation searchlights. On the rectos of each leaf is a large photograph in color of a searchlight (on a few pages two photographs appear; one photo is uncolored) with a printed description of the searchlight on the facing page. Colorful and engaging. Rare. OCLC locates a single copy at the Henry Ford Museum, that is almost certainly the same or similar to this with 19 pages (we assume they mean leaves) and attributes the date of 1920. Although this copy is undated that seems a reasonable guess. .

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[SONNENSCHEIN, Hugo].
        Die Legende vom weltverkommenen Sonka.
      Leipzig, Wien u. Zürich, E. P. Tal & Co. 1920.. Gr.-8°. 40(4) S. OPappbd. m. lithogr. Einbandzeichnung u. Vorsatzillustr. (von Artur Berger). Rücken erneuert, Einbd. gebräunt u. stellenw. (v.a. Deckelkanten) stärker berieben, Ecken bestoßen, Widm. auf Schmutztit., papierbed. gebräunt.. Raabe/Hannich-B. 282.7; Serke S. 466 und Abb. S. 354. Exemplar der Normalausgabe. Erste Ausgabe der Gedichtsammlung, mit der Hugo Sonnenschein sein Pseudonym 'Sonka' etablierte. - Der expressionistische Lyriker und Schriftsteller Hugo Sonnenschein (1890-1953) war Mitbegründer der tschechischen KP, wurde aber 1927 als Trotzkist wegen seiner kritischen Haltung gegenüber Stalin aus der Partei ausgeschlossen. 1945 aus dem Konzentrationslager Ausschwitz befreit, wurde er 1947 von den Stalinisten aufgrund gefälschter Beweise als angebl. Kollaborateur der Nationalsozialisten zu 20 Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt, in dem er 1953 starb.

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Steppes, Edmund (1873 Burghausen - Ulrichsberg (Deggendorf) 1968)
        Die Weide
      1920. Öl auf Holz, unten links signiert und datiert: "Edm. Steppes 1920.", verso auf Etikett bezeichnet: "Weide", 50 x 42 cm. Guter Zustand inkl. Rahmen. Geheimnisvoll tritt dem Betrachter diese Naturdarstellung entgegen. Aus verschlungen bewachsenem Unterholz winden sich nicht eindeutig identifizierbare Naturformen gen Himmel: Ist das wuchtige Objekt im Zentrum des Bildes eine Felskante oder ein knorriger Baumstumpf? Sieht man verhärtete Rinde oder Stratigraphie jahrmillionenalter, aufgebäumter Gesteinsschichten? Der Landschaft eignet etwas Ver-wunschenes und Beunruhigendes. Sie gehört zu einem zwischen 1917 und 1921 entstandenen Werk-komplex, dessen Eigenart schon Steppes' Zeitgenossen erkannten. "Die Bäume stehen groß und stumm wie Schatten; sie rauschen nicht und keine Vögel singen aus ihren Zweigen. Gespenstische Himmel hängen darüber. Wie brennende Fetzen jagen zuweilen abendliche Wolken zerfasert durch die Luft." Steppes thematisiert in diesen Bildern, vermutlich angeregt durch die Schriften des Biologen Erich Haeckel, Transformation und unaufhaltsame Formungsprozesse als Lebensgesetz. So zeugen die knorrigen alten Bäume von körperhaft-menschlicher Anmutung, die Wurzeln geraten zu nervösem Gewürm, Pflanzenteile zu bizarren Insekten. In ästhetischer Anverwandlung dient Steppes' Landschaft nicht als bukolisch-idyllischer oder realistischer Gegenpol zur entfremdeten Stadt, sondern als "eindrücklich geschilderte, einsame, eigenwertige Extremregion". Bemerkenswert bei dieser Werkgruppe ist ihre technische Beschaffenheit. Schon 1907 hatte Steppes in seiner Schrift Die Deutsche Malerei gefordert, die Naturerscheinungen nicht nur nachzuahmen, sondern den Naturvorgang gleichsam mit den Malmitteln mechanisch zu wiederholen. Die immerwährend sich trans-formierende Natur-Materie spiegelt sich in diesem Sinne in der fast schon plastischen Bearbeitung der Malmasse auf der Leinwand, die im Laufe des Werkprozesses, parallel zum Naturprozess in der Modu-lation zu unterschiedlichen Wesen gestaltet werden kann. Auf der Ebene des Naturstudiums zielte Steppes auf getreue Verbundenheit zum sichtbaren Objekt anstatt auf Abstraktion. Doch gerade in seiner durch Akribie und Feinstcharakterisierung geprägten Art, die Natur zu zeichnen und sie ins Gemälde zu überführen, erhalten die Dinge eine verfremdete Qualität, die seine Werke als Vorahnung auf Max Ernsts Wälder und Landschaften erscheinen lassen. So kategorial unter-schiedlich beide Künstler sind, verbindet sie doch die mehr oder weniger bewusste Bereitschaft zur Hin-gabe an die Prägung des Materials durch das Objekt: Denn wie auch im Prozess der Frottage das Material den abgepausten Untergrund detailgenau und isolierend aufnimmt, so lässt sich auch Steppes in seinen akribischen, sich versenkenden Zeichnungen auf seine Sujets ein. Dass Ernst freilich Zufall und Automatis-mus zum Komplizen machte wollte, wo Steppes eine intensivere Form der Mimesis verfolgte, ist evident - dass beide im Ergebnis zu vergleichbaren Werken finden, hinterlässt den Betrachter umso faszinierter.

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Richard Scheibe (1879 Chemnitz - Berlin 1964)
        Tierstudien
      . Rötel auf Papier, unten links in Bleistift signiert: "RScheibe", 26,9 x 20,8 cm. Richard Scheibes Bedeutung als Bildhauer verdeutlichen heute besonders seine menschlichen Figuren. Von expressionistisch beeinflussten Frühwerken bis hin zu den späten monumentalen Figuren in würdevoller Reinheit reicht sein Schaffen. Zeitlebens hoch geschätzt, hat aber sein Werk auch heute noch nicht jene Aufmerksamkeit, wie sie etwa die Werke seiner Freunde Georg Kolbe und Gerhard Marcks erhalten. 1920 wurde Scheibe zusammen mit Marcks durch Walter Gropius an das Bauhaus berufen, doch Scheibe lehnte ab. 1925 wurde er dann Lehrer an der Städtischen Kunstschule in Frankfurt, wo er ab 1927 als Professor arbeitete. 1935 ging er nach Berlin, um ein Meisteratelier zu leiten. Hier blieb er bis an sein Lebensende. Unsere Rötelzeichnung, die vermutlich in den 1910er Jahren entstanden ist, dokumentiert eine andere Seite von Scheibes Schaffen. Die Beschäftigung mit Tierplastiken markierte den Anfang seiner Bildhauerkarriere. 1909 wurde er erstmals in die Berliner Sezession eingeladen und war dort mit der kleinen Bronze eines Pavians vertreten und wurde beachtet. Spätestens seit August Gaul war die Tierskulptur gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wieder "salonfähig" geworden. Auch in den folgenden Jahren hat sich Scheibe immer wieder mit dem tierischen Gegenüber beschäftigt. Grundlegend für seine Skulpturen war neben dem regelmäßigen Zoobesuch auch das Sezieren von Tieren und damit das genaue Beobachten. Die Zeichnung verdeutlicht diese Analyse, wenn das Nilpferd dreifach gezeichnet wird, immer auf der Suche nach der idealen Modulation der Masse und dem adäquaten Ausdruck der Schwere.

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Der Schlern -
        Zeitschrift für Heimat- und Volkskunde. später: Monatszeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde. Jgg. 1 (1920) - 79 (2005). Register d. Jgg. 1920/1987, 1920/1978, 1979/1983 u. 1984/1997.
      Bozen: Tyrolia/Vogelweider/Athesia 1920 - 2005.. Band 1 schwarz gebunden, die Jgg. 1966 u. 1967 m. rotem Rückenschild, ansonsten einheitlich in beige gebunden. 8vo, Mit den oft fehlenden Originallinolschnitten in Jg. 1., und dem Heft 7/8 in Jg. 19 das unter dem Titel 'Der Scilar' erschien, und sehr oft fehlt., insg. 83 Bde.,. Der erste Band des Schlern erschien unter dem Titel: Bozner Halbmonatsschrift. Der Jg. 2 (1921) unter dem Titel:: Südtiroler Halbmonatsschrift für Heimatkunde u. Heimatpflege. Ab Jg. 4 (1923): Monatsschrift für Heimatkunde und Heimatpflege. Zeitschrift des Vereines für Heimatschutz in Südtirol. Ab Jg. 5: Zeitschrift des Vereines für Heimatschutz. Monatsschrift für Heimatkunde. Ab Jg. 8 (1927): Monatsschrift für Heimat- und Volkskunde. Ab Jg. 14 (1933) unter dem Titel: Illustrierte Monatsschrift für Heimat- u. Volkskunde. Ab Jg. 50 erscheint der Schlern dann unter dem heutigen Titel: Monatszeitschrift für Südtiroler Landeskunde. - Insgesamt ein ausgezeichnetes Exemplar, das so einheitlich gebunden u. in bestem Erhaltungszustand selten in den Antiquariatshandel kommt.

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        Blick über Wiesen auf die Pfarrkirche und die Benediktenwand, rechts und links je eine Gruppe von großen Bäumen.
      . Öl auf Malkarton von Ernst Liebermann, rechts unten signiert, um 1920, 58 x 68 cm.. Bruckmanns Lexikon Münchner Maler Bd. III, S. 52; Thieme-Becker Bd. XXIII, S. 198/99. - Der Künstler wurde 1869 in Langemüß geboren und starb 1960 in Beuerberg. Er erhielt seine Ausbildung an der Berliner Akademie. Zunächst arbeitete er als Illustrator und lithographierte Städte- und Landschaftsbilder. Erst spät wandte er sich der Malerei zu. Beliebt sind seine Landschaften aus der Voralpenregion um Wolfratshausen und Tölz. - In warmen herbstlichen Farben gehalten. Zeitgenössisch gerahmt.

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TUCHOLSKY Kurt / SZAFRANSKI Kurt (SIGNIERTES / NUMERIERTES Exemplar ***Exemplar Nr. 15 (von 20 Exemplaren***)
        RHEINSBERG ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte. Mit Kupfern von Kurt Szafranski(8 montierte Radierungen: Eine kleine Vortitel und eine Titel Radierung sowie 6 ganzseitige Radierungen mit Untertitelungen ***Im Impressum vom Autor und Künstler handsigniert (Tucholsky (blaue Tinte) / Szafranski (Bleistift) ***Exemplar Nr. 15 (mit schwarzer Tinte eingetragen) von 20 Exemplaren***
      / Berlin, Axel Juncker Vlg., ohne Jahresangabe (Vorwort: 25. Dezember 1920). / 15.5x21.5 cm / 101 S. / Roter Ganzleder Einband mit 5 Bünden, blind geprägter Deckel Vignette (K. Szafranski), gold geprägtem Rückentitel auf grünem Rückenschildchen (Ecken leicht bestossen, vordere obere Ecke (innen seitig) mit einer kleinen durchgeriebenen Stelle, obere Kante rückseitig etwas berieben (Einband sonst leichte/geringe Gebrauchsspuren), Vorsatzblatt aussenrandig Papier bedingt etwas angebräunt (Buchblock und Inhalt satt, sauber und sehr gut erhalten, nahezu ungebrauchtes Exemplar) ***Preis in SFR: 8500.-- ***. ***Das fünfzigste Tausend von "Rheinsberg" wurde als einmaliger Sonderdruck bei der Firma Dietsch & Brückner in Weimar in der Unger-Fraktur gedruckt. Dem Text wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Werkes zugrunde gelegt. Kurt Tucholsky schrieb eine Vorrede, Kurt Szafranski radierte die Kupfer. Jn (In) den Handel kommen 1000 Exemplare, jedes Exemplar ist numeriert und vom Autor und Künstler signiert. Die Exemplare I-XX wurden auf Bütten abgezogen und in Ganzleder gebunden. Diesen Exemplaren sind die Radierungen in signierten Abzügen von den unverstählten Platten lose beigegeben. Die Exemplare 21-250 wurden auf Bütten abgezogen und in Seide gebunden. Die Exemplare 251-1000 wurden auf Velin abgezogen und in Halbleder gebunden ***Dieses Exemplar trägt die Nummer 15******Zahlung auch per PAYPal möglich***

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Glas, Erich (1897-1973).
        Phädrus Augusti Libertus. Aesopische Fabeln. Acht mit Bleistift signierte Original-Holzschnitte von Erich Glas.
      [Berlin], [Amsler & Ruthardt], [1920],. Mappe mit dem gedruckten Verzeichnis der acht lose beiliegenden Grafiken. 27,5 x 21,5 cm (Mappe), Grafiken je ca. 16,5 x 15,5 cm. [Anmerkung: Das endgültige Werk erschien in 50 nummerierten Exemplaren mit insgesamt 8 Holzschnitten von Glas in einer Halbpergamentmappe.] - Hier alle acht signierten Holzschnitte auf hauchdünnem Japanpapier (fünf mit kleineren Eckknicken), der Original-Umschlag fleckig, oben links stärker lichtrandig, mit Titelaufdruck auf dem Vorderdeckel und mit den einzelnen Titelbeschreibungen.. Auf der Umschlaginnenseite vom Künstler eigenhändig als "Probedrucke" bezeichnet und nochmals zusätzlich signiert. Die gedruckte Zeile "Initial. Die hochmütige Dohle mit den Pfauenfedern" wurde hier durchgestrichen. - Folgende Holzschnitte sind in der Mappe mit den Texten versehen: I. Wie der Löwe mit Gewalt den Genossen seiner Jagd den versprochenen Anteil vorenthält. II. Wie der König eines Landes einen Schuster, der quacksalbernd leichtgläubige Leute narrte, durch Furcht zur Wahrheit zwingt. III. Wie ein Frosch des Glaubens ist, wenn er sich aufbläht, könne er die mächtige Größe eines Ochsen wohl erreichen und so zerplatzt. IV. Wie der Weih sich zum Könige der Tauben wählen läßt, nur um sie zu greifen. V. Wie ein Maultier, das leicht und stolz an einer Geldkassette trug, bei einem Ueberfall verwundet wird, kein Mensch sich aber um den schwerbeladenen Esel kümmert. VI. Wie die Schlange in der scharfe Feile beißt und den Kürzeren zieht. VII. Wie die Drohnen faul sich weigern, Honig zu tragen und fortgestochen werden. VIII. Wie ein Panther die Hirten schont, die Gutes ihm einst taten, die anderen aber niederschlägt.

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Philip, George & Son Ltd:
        Philips New Imperial Atlas, new and revised edition. A series of 95 maps illustrating the territorial changes effected, and the new States created by the Treaties of Peace
      London, George Philip &amp: Son Ltd. London, George Philip &amp: Son Ltd, [c. 1920]. Folio (55.5 x 37 cms). pp. [x], 95 maps on 92 lithographed colour printed map-sheets, 173, [iii]. Title creased, marginal paper repairs to a couple of preliminary and index leaves, maps clean. Publishers red half morocco, gilt, from the celebrated Wardington library of important atlases and geographies, with the Wardington bookplate on the lower pastedown. Map

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LOS ANGELES - WILSHIRE - NEW WINDSOR SQUARE)
        Map of Windsor Square North of Third Street. Not Yet Recorded Subject to Approval of City Council. City of Los Angeles, Ca. Scale 1" to 100'
      Los Angeles.: Engineering Service Co., Ca. 1920.. Los Angeles.: Engineering Service Co.. Ca. 1920.. Blueline plat map, 30 x 21 inches on sheet size 32 x 22 1/2 inches, 4 folds. Annotations (including anticipated prices for the lots) appear in pencil and red crayon, overall light wear, short edge tears and creasing. A preliminary plat map "not yet recorded; subject to approval of City Council" of the area which became known as New Windsor Square, bordered by Third Street (with streetcar line) to the south; Larchmont to the west; Temple Street (Beverly Boulevard) to the north. Information regarding Windsor Square is dealt with most helpfully at the web site of the Windsor Square-Hancock Park Historical Society. They write: "The older section of Windsor Square opened in 1913 and New Windsor Square opened in April 1920. The area north of Third Street was marketed by Tracy E. Shoults and Company....This tract was laid out on contour with meandering streets and irregular lots. This new idea residential community was labeled by the marketer as 'A subdivision without mistakes.'" Text on a later Shoults' map of New Windsor Square (circa 1922) states that Windsor Square is in "the heart of the Wilshire District and commands an unsurpassed view of the mountains and the sea." Annotations in red pencil indicate pricing for some of the lots, from $9,000 to $15,000; several lots are marked in pencil "sold"; a large undivided block at the upper right of the map outside the current development has the price of $100,000 penciled in; at lower left a penciled note indicates a change in "garage lines." The name of the developer "Shoults" is written in pencil in the upper right margin. The map is on a scale of 1 inch to 100 feet, and was produced by the Engineering Service Co. Engineers, Washington Bldg. Los Angeles. The map depicts one of the Wilshire District's early sub-divisions in its infancy; uncommon in this state as a working map with annotations relating to the development and marketing of the project. WorldCat shows a record for the map, but no actual library holdings. .

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LOS ANGELES - WILSHIRE - LARCHMONT HEIGHTS)
        Larchmont Heights. On the Sixth Street Car Line, Adjoining New Wilshire County Club Grounds, in the Beautiful Wilshire District
      Los Angeles.: Frank Meline Company., No date. Ca. 1920.. Los Angeles.: Frank Meline Company.. No date. Ca. 1920.. Black and white plat map, 19 x 12 inches, folding to 12 x 4 3/4 inches. Numerical ink notations to several plots, otherwise very good, clean condition. Text on the map states: "These beautiful lots are 50 feet front and have all the public utilities; city water, sewer, gas, electric light, curbing, walks and paved roadways and beautiful trees. They are protected against flats, lodging houses, or business houses, being restricted to residences and high-class bungalows." The properties are bordered by Melrose Avenue to the north and Rosewood Avenue to the south and are situated along Vine (North Arden Blvd), El Centro (North Lucerne Blvd), Larchmont and Gower Streets. The West Sixth Street Car Line runs north and south along Larchmont Boulevard. The depths of the lots vary: there are a number at approximately 112 feet but the bulk are 140 to 143 feet deep. Prices in pencil on many of the lots, ranging from $1800 to $2300. WorldCat lists only one library holding the map: Yale. Overall very good clean condition. .

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LOS ANGELES - WILSHIRE - NEW WINDSOR SQUARE)
        Rearrangement of Lots. Lots 1 to 23 inc. Blk. 11 and Lots 1 to 17 Blk. 12 are same as Record Map. all other numbers are for reference only. [New Windsor Square]
      , No date. Ca. 1920.. No date. Ca. 1920.. Blue line plat map, 17 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches on sheet size 19 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches. Red crayon and pen notations, two folds, very good condition. A map showing a portion of the New Windsor Square development, indicating the subdivision as a work in progress. The map shows properties along Plymouth Boulevard and Beachwood Drive between Temple Street (Beverly Boulevard) and First Street as being reduced in frontage size from the recorded map, with the object of creating three new building lots. Text at the top of the map indicates the size of properties along Larchmont, Gower and the West side of Beechwood are identical to the recorded plat map, whereas the changes along Plymouth and the east side of Beachwood await approval of Los Angeles City Council. Lots fronting onto Gower Street, Beachwood Drive and Plymouth Boulevard are marked in pen or pencil with price; many have been colored red. Prices range from $2750 (for a 52 foot width) to $7,000 for large irregularly sized lots along Beachwood Drive. An important revision of the map of New Windsor Square ("Copy of Map of Tract No. 3743") produced by the Tracy Shoults Company to advertise their new subdivision. No WorldCat listing. .

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Casavola, Franco.
        [Raccolta completa degli spartiti pubblicati per Ricordi nel 1920: Tankas - Gioielleria notturna - Muoio di sete... - Quatrain - Leïla].
      G. Ricordi & C. MCMXX [1920] Straordinario insieme dei sette spartiti musicali pubblicati dal musicista futurista barese nel 1920, con i numeri editoriali 118277 - 118283: ? «Tankas», l?opera completa dei suoi sei movimenti numerati pubblicati in tre fascicoli: il primo (1. En regardant la lune, 2. L?oreiller) di pp. 5 numerate (la quinta essendo la terza di copertina) pregiato da bella dedica autografa dell?autore «A Peppino Amoroso, compare d?armi e fratello nella vita affettuosamente Franco Casavola»; il secondo (3. l?oubli impossible, 4. l?inquiétude) di pp. 5 numerate (la quinta essendo la terza di copertina); il terzo (5. l?Attente, 6. Blancheurs. (Kai - Kai)) di pp. 4 numerate. ? «Gioielleria notturna», parole di [Nicola] Moscardelli, in due movimenti numerati (1. Sogno d?un tramonto d?autunno, 2. Amore), un fascicolo di pp. 3 numerate (la terza corrispondendo alla terza di copertina). ? «Muoio di sete... Da ?La tristezza delle rosee nudità?», parole del poeta armeno Hrand Nazariantz, un fascicolo di pp. 4 numerate. ? «Quatrain», paroles de Mehemed - Bey, un fascicolo di pp. 4 numerate. ? «Leïla», paroles d?Anonyme, ultimo spartito della serie, un fascicolo di pp. 9 numerate (la nona essendo la terza di copertina). Cfr. Cammarota, Futurismo, 92.1 - 6 (che però non registra «Leïla»); Lombardi, Nuova enciclopedia del futurismo musicale, p. 71: «In una lettera del 1 ottobre 1922, Marinetti scrisse a Casavola: ?Ho sentito al pianoforte Tankas, Quatrain, Gioielleria notturna, Laila e Muoio di sete. Mi hanno rivelato un forte originalissimo ingegno musicale. Saremmo lieti, noi futuristi, di averti con noi nella lotta contro il vecchiume?». Esemplari con restauro di rinforzo all?attaccatura dei fascicoli, per il resto in stato di conservazione molto buono. in 4° (260x345 mm)

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HANUSSEN-STEINSCHNEIDER, Erik Jan
        Das Gedankenlesen / Telepathie.
      Wien, Waldheim-Eberle, 1920.. Gr-8; Portrait-Frontispiz, 143 pp mit einigen Abb., 2 Taf.; unbeschnittene OBrosch. (etwas angeschmutzt und mit kl. Mängeln); Papier gebräunt und brüchig, einzelne Randläsuren, die letzten Seiten lose und im Falz beschädigt. - Ohne Garantie für die Komplettheit der Tafeln; es scheint auch Exemplare mit 9 Taf. zu geben.. Die seltene Erstausgabe. Hauptwerk des 1889 in Wien-Ottakring geborenen Trickkünstlers, der trotz seiner jüdischen Herkunft in engem Kontakt mit den Nationalsozialisten stand und 1933 von ihnen ermordet wurde.

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SEGUY, E. A. (Emile Alain).
        FLORÉAL (Floreal); DESSINS & COLORIS NOUVEAUX.
      Calavas, Paris 1920 - Near Fine folio containing 20 plates each with 3-5 pochoir images. Minor marginal soiling to some plates, not affecting images. Contents loose in paper folder with printed title "Floréal" on the front and title plus publishing information on recto of rear paper wrapper. The complete album of 20 plates, accompanying tissue guards and wrapper are laid into the original publisher's half striped cloth, board portfolio. The portfolio is intact but lacks ties. A beautiful presentation by this master French designer. Folio. 20 plates. Eugene Alain Seguy was one of the foremost French designers of the early 20th century. His work captures the essence of both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco Styles. He was a master of the pochoir (stencil) technique which allowed him to create images with dense and vibrant colors. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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