viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1937

Chrysler, Walter P.
        Life of an American Workman
      Private Printing, New York 1937 - Gus Neubert was likely the only person to ever fire Walter Percy Chrysler (1875-1940). Yet forty years later in his autobiography, Chrysler shares the details of that humiliation in 1895 when he was but 20 years old. Only a few days went by before he was returned to his apprenticeship in the Union Pacific shops in Ellis, Kansas, but he had learned a valuable lesson. Chrysler who went on to become one of the most successful and influential businessmen in U.S. history not only remembered Neubert in his book, but presented his old friend with number 177 of this limited edition of 500 copies. This copy inscribed to Neubert by Chrysler on January 28, of 1938. Deluxe pebbled leather binding with gilt stamped signature of Chrysler on top cover, and smoothed leather on spine with gilt stamped lettering. Top edge is gilded, and others remain un-cut. Leather is rubbed on edges, and spine. There is a one inch square of discoloration on top cover where a label appears to have been removed taking the black dye with it. Recipient has penciled notes on the blank front free end page, and a few in text. Volume remains tight and otherwise clean and intact. Inscription is bright and bold. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Lloyd Zimmer, Books and Maps]

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Flanagan, Hallie (director)
        Federal Theatre Bulletin / Magazine
      Federal Theatre Project / Works Progress Administration, New York, New York 1937 - Red cloth library binding; Approx. 200 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Seven bulletins of the Federal Theatre Project, a Works Progress Administration New Deal project designed to employ out-of-work artists, writers, and directors while providing art and entertainment for poor families; The FTP became most well known (and in some cases reviled) for their Living Newspaper plays--plays based on newspaper articles, often with a leftist bent; Includes articles about current projects and issues within the FTP, including creating plays, ballets, and the like, costuming, audience reactions, and more; A fascinating look at an early twentieth century government program. Includes several colored lithographs. Contained in this bound volume (labeled Vol. 1 NO. 1-6; Vol. 2 NO. 1-5 on the spine) are the following issues: Vol. 1 No. 1, third printing Feb. 25, 1936; Vol. 1 No. 2 Dec. 1935; Vol. 1 No. 3, no date cover broken off towards spine; Vol. 1 No.4 (beginning the larger format of this publication) March 1936; Vol. 1 No. 5 May 1936 (may be missing front cover if issued); Vol. 1 No. 6 [no date but eighth month, may also be missing front cover if issued). Vol. 2 No. 1 no date, may be missing a front cover if issued; Vol. 2 No. 2 no date but library stamp from Nov. 1936, may be missing front cover if issued; Vol. 2 No. 3 no date but appears to be circa January 1937; Vol. 2 No. 4 may be missing front cover if issued, no date, but library stamp of March 1937; Vol. 2 No.5, no date by library entered date of June 1937, may be missing front cover if issued. It is possible that each cover of these later issues was a colored ithograph, and thus removed by this particular library for archival purposes, but this seems unlikely. However, each of these issue does have a rear cover of thicker, sturdier paper which is usually matched with a similar type of cover material on the front cover, hence the statement that front covers *may be missing* from these issues. The first three issues of Volume 1 are very cheaply produced on what could be guessed to be a mimeograph machine, and the sheets are fragile and exhibit minor loss here and there.Though the masthead on the top of the front page says this is a Bulletin, the rear cover of the later issues state that this is a magazine available for sale at many listed locations. Good (Ex-lib., heavy markings; Some pages worn around edges; Cloth worn at extremities) [Attributes: Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB]

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DENISOV, Sviatoslav Varlamovich (editor)].
        White Russia].
      Izd. Gl. pravleniya Zarubezh. soyuza russkikh voennikh invalidov New York 1937 - Quarto, issue 1 (all published). 128 pp., with numerous photographic plates and maps. Fine example in the original printed and decorated wrappers. First edition of this fine portfolio containing a history of the White movement during the early years of the Civil War. Includes biographical information and a number of memoirs about the movement and its leaders, as well as a richly illustrated "Portrait Gallery of the Leaders of the White Movement of the 1st Period of the White Struggle", with biographies. Of unusually large size, this was clearly an expensive undertaking, fully printed on glossy paper. Although others may have been envisaged, this is the only volume that was produced. Denisov fought in the South of Russia during the Civil War, rising to become commander of the Don Cossack Army in 1918. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Zervous, Christian with Jean Cassou et al.
        Cahiers d'Art, 4-5 - Joan Miro "Aidez Espagne"
      Paris: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1937. Original. Softcover. Miro pochoir in MINT condition. The magazine is not: Covers are detached but present. Spine is missing, and signatures are separating. Pages themselves are, for the most part, clean but with light age toning to margins and light wear to some pages at top edge. One page of bw illustrations (front/back) has been removed and a section cut off, the rest laid back between pages.. Original color pochoir, red/yellow/blue/white/black, on Arches paper, with matching but blank facing page/cover, bound into the magazine. There is a caption, in black script, at the bottom of the plate. Magazine wraps are celery green/blue (front) and white (back), both with black lettering. 164 pp. with the color Miro, and otherwise, bw illustrations throughout. This particular issue is the 12th year of the periodical. This issue contains, Pablo Picasso: Guernica - Histoire d'un tableau de Picasso" by Christian Zervos and other articles about Picasso, Franco (Spanish Dictator), an article by Paul Eluard, and the fabulous Miro pochoir, along with relevant articles. The contents are full of bw images of Picasso's work. The Miro, however, is the pride and star of this issue. The vivid-color print was a statement opposing the rise of Facism in Spain. The work was created specifically for this periodical but originally meant to be th design for a French postage stamp to raise financial support for the Spanish Republic (thus the "1 FR" in the image). The stamp, however, never was created. The caption, in French, translates as: "In the present conflict I see the decrepit forces of the Facists, and on the other side the people, whose vast creative resources will give Spain a strength that will astonish the world." (paraphrased from the description of Galerie Michael, theirs derived from the art blog, Hyperallergic) A very scarce copy of this iconic and atypical work by Miro, especially in this condition.

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SAYERS, Dorothy L.
        The Zeal of Thy House.
      London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1937 - Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt. With the dust jacket. Edges lightly foxed; an excellent copy in the mildly toned jacket with waterstain to foot of First edition, first impression, of the author's play on 12th century architect William of Sens, which was first presented at the Canterbury Festival in 1937. From the publisher's archive, with their ink stamp to the title-page. [Attributes: First Edition]

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Theodor Wolff
        Die schwimmerin
      Zurich, Oprecht, 1937-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 325 pages 21 cm. Custom bound in later blue leather with onlay with tri-color leather spikes to front board. Gilt spine. Top edge gilt. In a cloth folding box in quarter blue leather backed marbled clip case. Name in gilt to tail corner of front board.<br> Theodor Wolff (1868-1943) was a noted German writers and journalist at Berlin's Tageblatt newspaper. After the Reichstag fire he fled to Switzerland, after being warned his name was on the SA death list. Wolff was removed from Tageblatt's editorship and his books were part of Nazi book burnings. Die Schwimmerin (The Swimmer) was his last novel, written in exile in Nice (the Swiss had denied him a residence permit.) He had intended to have a film produced of it, featuring Greta Garbo. After the fall of France, Wolff was arrested in 1940 by Italian Fascists and handed over to the Gestapo. Wolff was sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and died in 1943.

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Maximilian-Gesellschaft]
        25 Jahre Maximilian-Gesellschaft Berlin 1912 bis 1937.
      Berlin, Maximilian-Gesellschaft, 1937,. - 89(1) S., Original Ganzpergamenteinband mit vergoldeter Deckelvignette und Rückentitel. Kopf-Goldschnitt, Fadenheftung. Gedruckt bei Galadruck Steinkopf & Sohn, Berlin in 300 numerierten Exemplaren auf handgeschöpftem Zanders-Bütten. Dein Einband besorgte die 'Biblos' GmbH Buchbinderei in Berlin. Vorliegend Nr. 62. Der Pergamenteinband minimal fleckig und wie so oft leicht nach aussen gebogen. Sehr selten. Very rare. Gutes Exemplar. Die Abbildung zeigt den Einband. Limited and numbered. Good copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000 [Attributes: First Edition]

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LEAF, MUNRO and LUDWIG BEMELMANS.
        Noodle.
      Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1937 - Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of drawings by Ludwig Bemelmans. Contemporary (1937) previous ownership signature on front free endpaper, otherwise very good in original pictorial cloth, lacking the scarce dust jacket. Inscribed by Bemelmans with a drawing of Noodle and signed by Leaf with a smiling head. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Captain's Bookshelf, Inc., ABAA]

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Williams, Charles.
        DESCENT INTO HELL.
      London: Faber and Faber Limited, [1937] - Octavo, pp. [1-6] 7 [8] 9-305 [306-308: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold, bottom edge untrimmed. First edition. "Metaphysical fantasy in which the worlds of the dead and the living overlap as in ALL HALLOWS' EVE (1945) . Remarkable for its intensity, derived from strong convictions at which the author, by courtesy of the philosophical exploration conducted in his earlier novels, had at last arrived." - Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 5-323. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-374. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1716. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature I, pp. 366-73. Tymn (ed), Fantasy Literature, p. 178. Slight spine lean, a bright, nearly fine copy in about very good printed dust jacket with wear at edges, fraying at spine ends with shallow loss at bottom, narrow vertical red stain to front panel, and general dust soiling. A superior copy of an uncommon book, especially in dust jacket. (#148756) [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Bennett, Paul A.
        Left to Their Own Devices
      NY: Paul A. Bennett for The Typophiles, 1937. 12mo. xxvi, 327pp. One of 190 copies designed by John S. Fass and printed by 22 printers. This extraordinary little book is a collection of 156 proposed Typophile devices contributed to by 113 artists, designers, and printers of the day. Various ink colors are used, and Valenti Angelo's contribution is hand-illuminated in three colors and gold. Includes "A Salute to Typophiles Desipient" by Christopher Morley, an Introduction by Harry Miller Lydenberg, and "A Note on the Building of This Book" by Paul A. Bennett. Bound in blue cloth with gilt spine decorations designed by W. A. Dwiggins, original dust wrapper illustrated on the inside in color by George Salter, and original cloth slipcase with the title stenciled on the back and side. Spine of dust wrapper darkened and sides slightly discolored, small split starting at wrapper joint, else fine. (RathÃ© E).

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[Automotive Advertising Portfolio / Souvenir Book / Momento]
        EXHIBIT Of CHEVROLET ADVERTISING. May 25 26 27 28 1937
      Detroit: The Campbell - Ewald Company, 1937. Original thick red Strathmore Bay paper covers, hand-lettered title cover on silver lacquer paper stock mounted front cover, black comb-bound as issued, with unobtrusive Campbell-Ewald stamp at front cover upper left corner. Silver lacquered front flyleaf. 1st, and [presumed] only, edition. Modest wear to volume, with unobtrusive stain & nick to front cover onlay. 1st photo with lower corner detached, but present. Overall, VG - VG+. Unpaginated, though 22 pages of Warren's Lustre Gloss Ivory-coloured paper stock. First 3 pages with 119 original signatures in various color inks. 6 tipped-in typed sheets of documentary data follow photographs. Illustrated with 10 original glossy siver-gelatin captioned photographs [8-1/8" x 10"], mounted, one per page. Folio. 14" x 11" "You and members of your organization are cordially invited to view an Exhibition of Chevrolet Advertising on display in Room 4-113, General Motors Building, from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m., and from 4:00 to 6:00 p. m., on Tuesday, Wendesday, Thursday and Friday, May 25, 26, 27 and 28. The Campbell - Ewald Company" Campbell-Ewald held the advertising account for Chevrolet from 1919 to 2010, one of the longest advertising agency -- corporate client relationships in US business history. Here then is offered this [evidently] unique Chevrolet Advertising Exhibit guest book and photo album which documents the above announced exhibit, and which provides an invaluable historical record of the entire Chevrolet advertising campaign for 1937, with proposed slogans, images, dealer posters, and photos. The 119 guest signatures record the presence of a virtual whoâ€™s who of General Motors, Chevrolet Motor Division, and Campbell-Ewald at the day, including C.P. Fisken the Chevrolet Motors Advertising Head, Joseph H. Neebe, Head of Campbell-Ewald Company during the 1930s, and Marvin Coyle, the Chevrolet General Manager who steered the company through the worst years of the Great Depression. The 10 glossy photos capture & record all the print ads, magazine ads, dealer brochures, dealer announcements, promotional materials, and spectacular photographs showing the Chevrolet worker, dealer, customer & product. Such items include the dealer posters extolling the virtues of 85 Horsepower and peak economy, Knee-Action Chevrolet, and how Chevrolet was the Only Complete Car Priced so Low for the car-buying public. In addition, the promotional guest book includes all the vote tallies by attendees, showing those exhibits, newspapers, magazines, photographs, and outdoor advertising they felt was most compelling of those displayed. A fascinating glipse into the workings of the pre-MadMen world of automotive advertising.

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Marquand, John P
        The Late George Apley
      Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed. First edition, first printing, with "Lovely Pearl" on the first line of page 19. Very Good, lacking the dust jacket. Signed by John P. Marquand on the front free end paper, and again on the title page. Bump to top of boards and bottom of spine. Stain to top and edge of page block, affecting text on several pages. Occasional streaked browning to pages, which appears to be a common issue with this title on account of the acidic paper stock used. Hinge at title page lightly exposed. A satire of Boston's elite upper class, and winner of the 1938 Pulitzer Prize.

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        Die neue Linie. Januar 1937 bis Dezember 1937 (= 8. Jahrgang Heft 5 (Januar 1937) bis 9. Jahrgang Heft 4 (Dezember 1936)).
      Otto Beyer,, Leipzig u. Berlin, 1937 - Leipzig u. Berlin, Otto Beyer, 1937. Ca. 36,5 x 27 cm. Je Heft 54 bis 94 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen, teils farbigen Abbildungen. Halbleinenband der Zeit mit Rückenschild. Die farbigen Originalheftumschläge sind jeweils miteingebunden. Zwischen 1929 und 1943 erschien "die neue Linie" als die herausragende Lifestyle-Illustrierte ihrer Zeit "In dieser Zeitschrift spiegeln sich nicht nur die ästhetischen Ideale der Bauhaus-Moderne - sie gibt auch einen guten Einblick in die Befindlichkeiten ausgangs der Weimarer Republik und in den Alltag unter dem Nazi-Regime" (Patrick Rössler). Einband etwas berieben. Buchblock am Rücken vom Einband gelöst. Januarheft vom Buchblock in Einzelblätter gelöst. Vorsätze stockfleckig. Innen sauber und nur vereinzelt stockfleckig. Halbleinenband der Zeit mit Rückenschild. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Berque - Mary, André.
        Tristan.
      Philippe Gonin, Paris 1937 - Paris, Philippe Gonin, 1937. 34x26 cm. 176 S. Mit 21 farb. O.-Radierungen von Jean Berque. Leder-Bd. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, vierfacher Deckelfiletierung und Kopfgoldschnitt, O.-Br. eingebunden. In Schuber. Auflage: 150 numerierten Exemplaren auf Papier Maillol, von Mary handschriftlich signiert. Unser Exemplar ist eines der 10 ersten Exemplare mit einer Suite von 21 s/w. Originalradierungen und 1 (nicht erwähntem) Originalaquarell (in einer separaten Kassette). - Schönes Exemplar. Sprache: Französisch Leder-Bd. mit goldgepr. Rückentitel, vierfacher Deckelfiletierung und Kopfgoldschnitt, O.-Br. eingebunden. In Schuber. [Attributes: Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Biblion Antiquariat]

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Heiß, Friedrich
        Der grosse Auftrag. 4 Jahre deutscher Werkarbeit.
      Volk und Reich, Berlin 1937 - 94 Seiten, 1 Blatt. Mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen schwarz-weißen Abbildungen, fast ausschließlich von Dr. Paul Wolff. Ohln, 4° ( 32,5 x 31 cm ). Fotografisch dokumentiert wird die Aufbauleistung des Dritten Reiches in den ersten Jahren seines Bestehens hinsichtlich Industrieproduktion, Agrarproduktion, Bautätigkeit, Rohstofferzeugung, Konsumgüterherstellung aber auch Parteitagsgeschehen, Arbeitsfront usw. . Einband etwas fleckig, innen wenige Seiten gering fleckig, letzte Seite eselsohrig. Insgesamt guter Zustand. - selten - ( Gewicht 800 Gramm ) ( Pic erhältlich // webimage available ) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Friederichsen]

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Verve Quarterly; Editor-E. Teriade
        Verve: An Artistic and Literary Quarterly: Volume I, Number 1
      Verve, December 1937. First Edition. Softcover. Good. UNCOMMON, COLLECTIBLE COPY of the first-ever issue of the classic art quarterly, VERVE (Vol. 1, No. 10 published in 1937. This stunningly high-quality production, a compendium of contemporary trends in art, photography, and literature, features the work of numerous artists still regarded as legends today. This copy remains bright, striking and remarkably clean for a volume 8 decades old. This squarebound volume shows a loose sewn/glued binding, with cover delicately attached; all pages share the binding glue and remain present. Spine is faintly sunned and shows one thin horizontal scrape across lower spine; cover corners show minor bumping and faint creasing; minor handling wear and scratching also to the cover, which overall yet remains complete and bright. Table of contents reads like a who's-who of early modern art and art philosophy, including Picasso, Matisse, Miro, Klee, Leger, Maillol, Brassai, Man Ray, Guichard, Cartier, Andre Gide, John Dos Passos, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Andre Malraux, Georges Bataille, Henri Michaux and many others. This issue is an essential document in the history of 20th century art and photography, and in the modern philosophy of art. The introductory mission statement: "VERVE proposes to present art as intimately mingled with the life of each period and to furnish testimony of the participation by artists in the essential events of their time. It is devoted to artistic creation in all fields and in all forms. VERVE has adopted a traditional form. It will present documents as they are, without any arrangement which might detract from their naturalness. The value of its elements will depend on their character, the seletion of them that has been made and the significance they assume through their disposition in the magazine. That the illustrations may retain the import of the originals, VERVE will utilize the technical methods best suited to each reproduction. It will call on the best specialists of heliogravure in colors and in black and white, as well as of typography, and will not disdain to employ the forgotten process of lithography. The luxuriousness of VERVE will consist in the publication of documents as fully and as perfectly as possible.

      [Bookseller: Gadzooks Books]

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Zsigmond, Moricz & Boldizsar Ivan
        Tiborc
      Hungary: Cserepfalvi, 1937 This rare copy, written in Hungarian, has been rebound by Meadland Bindery. A book of black and white photographic portraits by Hungarian photographer, Kalman Kata. Tan-coloured cloth with gilt titling on red leather spine label, red and black titling on front on an off-white cloth label, four-page preface by Moricz Zsigmond, twenty-four full-page black and white portraits, a half-page description of each of the subjects by Boldizsar Ivan, three pages of advertising and a page of photo data at back, 49 pages. Cover is immaculate, text block edges foxed, foxing spots and/or smudges on many pages primarily at page edges, faint writing (one word/name) on title page, small brown stain at edge of page 7/8, most of the plates have light wrinkles/creases and a few have light scratches/pressure marks, one plate has a half-inch closed tear and another has a one-inch closed tear to page edges which appear to have been professionally repaired; tiny brown stains at hinge on a few pages. This is a very handsome book in nice condition. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Hard Cover. Very Good-. Illus. by Kata, Kalman. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall.

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KIPLING, Rudyard
        The Works.
      London: Macmillan and Company,, 1937. [Including Plain Tales from the Hills; The Phantom Rickshaw; The Light That Failed; Gunga Din; The Jungle Book; The Second Jungle Book; Captains Courageous; Kim; Just So Stories.] 35 volumes, large octavo. Original full tan niger morocco by James Burn & Co. for Macmillan, titles to spines gilt, raised bands, double line rule to boards gilt, top edges rough gilt, other edges uncut as issued, marbled endpapers, twin gilt and blind rules to turn-ins, printed on handmade paper, the first sheet of each signature bearing a Ganesha watermark. Volumes individually housed in orange paperboard slipcases as issued. A fine set with just a modicum of the usual entirely organic variation in colour; slipcases slightly worn and with the occasional dampstain or minor split. The Sussex Edition, the definitive edition of Kipling's works; number 221 of a limited edition of 525 numbered sets signed by the author on the limitation leaf. During the last years of his life, Kipling was engaged in a complete revision of his works, with a view to having them published in Britain (as here) and in America (the Burwash edition). In both cases, he signed sheets for the editions before his death and the editions appeared posthumously. Although 525 sets of sheets for the Sussex edition were prepared, far fewer were bound and many were lost to enemy action as they lay in the publisher's warehouse. Laid in in the first volume is the publisher's eight-page prospectus, which gives a detailed description of this superb edition. This is the first set we have handled to come complete with the original slipcases.

      [Bookseller: Peter Harrington]

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HEARTFIELD, John; JOHN HEARTFIELD
        VI. Die Volks-Illustrierte .
      1937. HEARTFIELD, John. VI. Die Volks-Illustrierte. 1937 No.11 With photomontage by John Heartfield. Folio, loose as issued. Berlin: Neuer Deutscher Verlag, 1937. |~||~||~||~||~| From 1930 to 1938 Heartfield provided photomontages that were published in the Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung, which was renamed Volks-Illustrierte from 1936 to 1938. Many of these astonishing images are masterpieces of the art of caricature, and resulted in Heartfield having to flee for his life. This issue has the photomontage depicting a nazi soldier inspecting a battery of guns with the captions "At a dead end", and "Making guns from butter, that worked... but now I'd like to know: how do you change guns back into butter?". A fine copy. David Evans. John Heartfield AIZ pp.440-441

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DE PLOEG.
        - JANUARI 1937. Met lino's, houtsneden en typo's.
      Gron., De Ploeg, 1937. Folio. 35.8 x 26.4 cm. 12 (van 16) p.*Druk en typografie H.N. Werkman. - Gedrukt op grauw papier. - Bevat: pag. 1, Titel + lino door J.G. Jordens; pag. 2, Mededelingen "De Ploeg"; pag. 3, Houtsnede door J. van der Zee; pag. 4, Tekst "Minerva en de luis" door J. Hansen; pag. 5, Houtsnede door E.A. Kleima; pag. 6, Gedicht "Atlantische Balladem (II)" door Hendrik de Vries; pag. 11, Lino door J. Jordens; pag. 12, Houtsnede door E.A. Kleima; pag. 13, tekst "Per 31 December 1936" door J. Hansen en gedicht "Crépuscule" door J. Jordens and extra typografie in paars en rood door H.N. Werkman; pag. 14, Tekst "K.K.K." door G. Martens, met kleine compositie met X in rood door H.N. Werkman; pag. 15, Lino in rood en zwart door B. Walrecht; pag. 16, Inhoudsopgave met gedrukte correcties in rood + Lino door J. Jordens. ONTBREKEN: pag. 7, Compositie met letters, vlakken en sjablonen in rood, blauw en zwart door H.N. Werkman; pag. 8, Gedicht "Het zodiakaallicht / Hij - zo, die al kaal ligt. ...." met kleine houtsnede door E.A. Kleima; pag. 9, Lino door J. van der Zee; pag. 10, Compositie met X sjablonen en lijnen in rood, groen en zwart door H.N. Werkman, maar ook zonder dit middenblad is deze uitgave zeer zeldzaam. Cat. Hot Printing 37-g1. - Bovenzijde pag. 3/4 en 13/14 wat gerafeld met wat papierverlies [hetgeen ook het geval was bij een ander ex. dat ik in het verleden had], maar verder een goed ex. van deze zeer zeldzame en nagenoeg onvindbare Ploeg-uitgave.

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Barrymore, Ethel) Van Vechten, Carl
        Portrait photograph of Ethel Barrymore
      New York 1937 - Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber. Bust portrait of the actress. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. (Approximately 14 x 11 inches). Fine. Atelier stamp on verso, and docketed by Van Vechten in ink, giving the subject of the photograph, the date, and the number of negative and print ("XXVII L 25") Bust portrait of the actress. 1 vols. 35.3 x 27.7 cm. (Approximately 14 x 11 inches) Published in PORTRAITS: the Photographs of Carl Van Vechten, (1978), edited by Saul Mauriber

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        Liniens Sammenslutning. Katalog. Efter-Expressionisme Abstrakt Kunst Neoplasticisme Surrealisme. Kandinsky - Paul Klee - Max Ernst - Yves Tanguy - S. H. Taeber-Arp - Mondrian - Hans Arp - Theo v. Doesburg - Joan Miro - John Ferren.
      Den frie Udstilling s Bygning,, [Kopenhagen, Copenhague], 1937 - 1.-13. September [1937] [Kopenhagen, Copenhague], Den frie Udstilling s Bygning, [1937], 20,4 x 13 cm, 22 schwarz-weiss Abbildungen, Original-Klammerheftung, leicht am Rücken lichtrandig, gutes Exemplar. Sprache: dänisch Original-Klammerheftung, leicht am Rücken lichtrandig,

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BROWN, Henry Collins
        The Lordly Hudson
      Scribner, NY 1937 - SIGNED first edition. Limited to 920 copies. Not numbered. Signed by author on limitation page. Brown was founder of the Museum of the City of New York. Published NY: Scribners, 1937. Large folio, 12 1/2" x 16 1/2", xiv+319pp., profusely illustrated with b/w and tipped-in color plates - most full page, (the 15 color plates are all present). Cream cloth with gilt titles in green block, deckle edges and top edge gilting. Mild soil to the cloth, bookplate on pastedown, else very good plus, clean, crisp, attactive copy. Size: Folio [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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POHARNOK, Z[oltan] and FARKAS, L[idia].
        A REAL BALATON STORY. Etchings by Z. Poharnok and L. Farkas. English by Pal Vajda.
      [14] leaves, each with a mounted hand-coloured etched leaf, the twelve that form the fairy tale, each signed in pencil by both of the author/illustrators. No imprint or date, but believed to issued by George Vajna & Cie., of Budapest, Hungary, circa 1937. Original cloth with string ties secured with decorative stone or ceramic piece. A small handcoloured title etching is mounted on the front panel. 19.8 x 17 cm. Some light browning to the balnk verso of one leaf and to blank borders of another; else an excellent copy of this charming children's fairy tale set around Lake Balaton in Hungary.

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        Führer durch die Ausstellung entartete »Kunst« Verantwortlich für den Inhalt: Fritz Kaiser.
      Berlin Verlag für Kultur- und Wirtschaftswerbung ohne Jahr [] 1937 - 8° (= 21,0 : 14,8 cm). 30 Seiten. Mit 59 Abbildungen. Orig.-Umschlag. Barron Seite 356ff. (nennt drei unterschiedliche Ausgaben). ? Erster Druck der ersten Ausgabe (Preisaufdruck »50 Pfennig« nicht überklebt und weitere Merkmale so z. B. S. 29 Åder Jude Haizmann«). ? Ausstellungsführer der berüchtigten Wanderausstelllung des NS-Propagandaministeriums. ? Ecken bestoßen, Vorderdeckel geknickt, Rückenfalz restauriert bzw. eingerissen. 400 g gr. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Halkyone]

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AIR MAIL ACROSS THE PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO TO HONG KONG.
        AIR MAIL ACROSS THE PACIFIC SAN FRANCISCO TO HONG KONG.
      San Francisco 1937, [G.P.O.]. A large poster on stiff board,. 33 x 48 cm., white with black ink, b.w. photo, and aircraft,. English & mostly Chinese text, time tables for departing air. craft and schedule. OBSCURE ITEM [LIMITED EDITION OF 500]. This lovely period poster was printed September 30, 1937 in a LIMITED EDITION OF 500 only copies, per the colophon at the bottom of the poster. * CONDITION: The poster is very clean, and obscure. There are 2 very tiny mended closed tears, in the right and lower margin, else this is a very clean nice copy of a rare item. There is almost no surface soil, and a small bump to lower right corner, again none of this invades the text at all and can be matted out in a frame. * The "CHINA CLIPPER" an early Pan-Am aircraft is shown flying over the city of San Francisco, just above Fisherman's Wharf, and other piers and North Beach, Russian Hill, the tower and downtown in the background. * The text informs the Chinese community about the new air mail service, drop off locations, times of pickup and the like. Nicely executed. * QUITE SCARCE * Color scans can be sent by email. Images displayed may not always be the exact photo of the copy in stock for sale at any given time. If you want to see the exact image of the book or edition in stock today, please request this by email. . Photos of most of our books are posted to our .

      [Bookseller: Rare Oriental Book Company, ABAA, ILAB -]

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Story & Pictures By Dr. Seuss ,[Theodore Seuss Geisel] Front Inner Flap DJ Price Reads "$1.25" & Has Tape Residue Edges,Blue & White Illustrated Endpapers Former Owner Name Date in Ink & Tape Residue Mark Du
        AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET IN Color BlueDUSTJACKET of Boy in Red Coat & Socks , Wearing Blue Shorts & Holding Red Book Standing, 1st Edition, 3RD PRINTING Stated, Dr. Seuss' First Book for Children. A Boy Imagines a Series o
      Vanguard PRESS NY, 1937. HBDJ, 1937, 1st Edition, Stated Third printing on Copyright pg. Pictorial Color papered Boards Hard Cover Duplicates DJ illustration with light wear Rub,. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD, AS-IS. Very good in good jacket. Inside covers and edge of jacket flaps have yellowed tape ghosts where jacket was once taped to book, some shelf rubbing to spine ends. Jacket is missing a 3/4" chip from spine foot which wraps around about 1" on bottom back, DJ Protected in clear mylar cover and looks Pretty nice. 8 X 11 in. UNPAGINATED, Back dJ light soil Fox & Small Triangular chips near bottom Spine DJ , Spine DJ ends small chips wear rub . A boy imagines a series of incredible sights on his way home from school so that he will have an interesting report to give his father, Marcos father wanted him to notice the Sights on the way home from School. Illustrated in B/W & Color, Author grew up in Springfield, Mass. & graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925. Back inner flap DJ tape residue edges has bio of author & mentions 500 hats, His 2nd bk. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

      [Bookseller: BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS]

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Knötel/Pietsch/Collas u.a.,
        Das Deutsche Heer - Friedensuniformen bei Ausbruch des Weltkrieges,
      - Textband 1. Teil: Generale. Generalstab und Kriegsministerium. Infanterie. Jäger und Schützen. Kavallerie. Textband 2. Teil: Artillerie. Ingenieur- und Pionierkorps. Verkehrstruppen usw. Sanitätspersonal usw. Kadetten usw. Leibgarden usw. Offiziere ausser Regimentsverband. Beamte. Marineinfanterie und Schutztruppen. Tafeln 1. Band: Generale. Generalstab und Kriegsministerium. Infanterie. Jäger und Schützen. Tafel 1 - 64. Tafeln 2. Band: Kavallerie. Tafel 65 - 122. Hamburg, Verlag v. Diepenbroick-Grüter & Schulz, 1937/1942/, Gebundene Ausgabe, Ganzleinen- und Halbleineneinband, Zustand 2-3 (T1488A) [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Helmut Weitze]

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LONGUS.
        Les Pastorales de Longus ou Daphnis & Chloé. Version d'Amyot revue et complétée par Paul - Louis Courier. Gravures sur bois par Aristide Maillol.
      Philippe Gonin 1937 8°; pp. 217 non num. 7 su carta "papier Maillol", con 49 xilografie originali nel testo, capilettera incisi. Brochure edit. con titoli e vignetta al piatto, il tutto racchiuso in cartella edit. m.pergamena con titoli al dorso ed astuccio. Bellissima edizione limitata a soli 500 esemplari numerati e firmati da Maillol, questo nostro è uno dei rari esemplari a grandi margini f.commercio, a numerazione romana, con corredo di doppia suite delle xilografie, in nero e in sanguigna. Le due suite delle xilo sono contenute in un secondo volume editorialmente identico a quello con il testo. Perfetto stato di conservazione, opera rara e ricercata. Cfr. Monod 7261; Guérin 76 - 127.(vedi riproduz.)

      [Bookseller: Libreria Antiquaria Prandi s.n.c.]

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Vergilius, Maro P.:
        Georgica. - Les Georgiques. Texte latin et version française de l\'Abbe Jacques Delille.
      Paris, Gonin, 1937 - 50. 2 Bände. Mit 122 OHolzschnitten von Aristide Maillol (einschliessl. Wiederholungen, Randzeichn. und Initialen) Lose Bogen, unbeschn., in OUmschlag, 2 OHPrgt.-Decken, OSchuber. The Artist and the book Nr. 175. - Eines von XX von Gonin hs. bezeichneten, num. und sign. H. C.-Ex. (s. Bd. 1, S. 30). Die Einbanddecke von Bd. 2 mit 4 zusätzlichen aufkaschierten Holzschnitten (Wiederholungen aus Bd. 1, S. 115, 92, 98, 107). - Sein letztes illustriertes Buch, Gegenstück zu den 1926 auf der Cranach-Presse gedruckten Eklogen. Die in klassischen Umrisslinien geschnittenen Illustrationen gelten als Maillols reifste Holzschnitte. Schönes Ex. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung

      [Bookseller: Antiquariat Galerie Joy]

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SMOCK, Nell Stolp (1896-?).
        Original Book Illustration Art.
      - This east coast watercolorist and children's book artist illustrated and often also wrote a wide array of children's books from the 1930s into the 1960s -- including "Wilderness Pet," "Wiggly and Giggly the Little Twin Bears," "Whitetail: King of the Forest," "The Three Puppies," "The Small One," "The Nutcracker of Nuremberg," "The Bluebird," "The Night Before Christmas," "The Enchantment of Santa Claus," "The Christ Child," "Pussy Cat Talks to Her Kittens," "Polly Parrot," "Piccolino," "Is There a Santa Claus" as well as some "Dick and Jane Basic Readers." Offered here is the near complete original illustration art for Smock's 1937 children's book "Jocko," written by Dorothy Winchell and published by Albert Whitman & Co. of Chicago. Represented here is almost the entire book, from front cover art through closing "The End" image -- lacking only 3-4 pages (front board graphic, frontispiece, pages 21 and 31). Most are in the form of ca. 10" X 15" heavy stock art boards, most with typeset text blocks, pagination and other typeset elements stripped in. All are beautifully inked in black and shaded in pale blue. There is a smaller form full-color title page and half-title page and sixth text page, these with the text portions entirely hand lettered. Very good. Stripped-in text blocks are usually slightly discolored from the rubber cement with which they were affixed; occasional light soiling and bit of occasional edgewear. Many original tissue overlays are present, and these are generally heavily chipped and sometimes partial given their delicate nature, though many contain pencilled coloring instructions, etc. Four drawings are present in oversize form (two 22" X 15", two 15" X 18½"). Overall quite attractive and quite displayable. Jocko the monkey is a fictional character seen in 19th century texts such as the 1875 short story "Jocko the Monkey" by Fanny P. Seaverns. The Steiff company issued a monkey stuffed animal named Jocko in the late 19th century, and various other Jocko the Monkey products have appeared over the years, from cookie jars to posters. There were a series of silent short films about Jocko in the 1920s, etc. -- all interesting predecessors to Hans and Margret Rey's "Curious George," which debuted in France in 1939. "Jocko" is the charming tale of "a bright little monkey" named Jocko and his owner, an organ grinder named Rollo. Through no fault of his own, Jocko gets lost and causes accidents and chaos all about him. He ends up the center of attention at a circus parade. Jocko is asked to join, but luckily Rollo finds him at the last moment and they are happily reunited. A delightful collection from the height of this illustrator's fame. It's most unusual to find the nearly complete artwork from an entire book of this period. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

      [Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Mss, ABAA]

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Story & Pictures By Dr. Seuss ,[Theodore Seuss Geisel] Front Inner Flap DJ Price Reads "$1.50" & Has Tiny Edge Chips, ,Blue & White Illustrated Endpapers Duplicates DJ Illustration Light Fox. Illustrated in B/W & Color, Author Gr
        AND TO THINK THAT I SAW IT ON MULBERRY STREET IN DUSTJACKET, 1st Edition ,Stated 4TH PRINTING, 1937. A Boy Imagines a Series of Incredible Sights on His Way Home from School So That he Will Have an Interesting Report to Give His Father
      Vanguard PRESS NY, 1937 HBDJ, 1937. 1st Edition, Stated 4th Printing on Copyright pg, GOOD- Condition DJ, AS-IS, DJ has small chips wear tears Edges but Titles & Illustration Intact. Book Condition: Very Good-, Cloth Illustration with boy in blue shorts & Red jacket Duplicates DJ Illustration, Cover With the lower front corner is bumped, with a loss of paper of about half a square centimenter front corner cvr; & because there is a closed, though scarcely perceptible, vertical split in the cover paper - from the top of the front cover gutter down two-and-a-half centimeters; plus a little lower-edge shelf rubbing. The entire contents - endpapers and pages - are very nice; only the slightest age-toning, no fingerprints, no small tears, no handwriting (rear endpapers have two small spots). The jacket has edgetears and chips, the longest being four centimeters and the largest chip three-and-a-quarter square centimeters (just a little less than half a square inch); some soil; and some age-darkening around edges. Binding is unpaged. Back DJ Foxing wear & small Edges chips top & Bottom edge DJ but Printed & Illustration of Man with Yellow Horse & Red Cart Intact .Author grew up in Springfield, Mass. & graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925. Back inner flap DJ has bio of author & mentions 500 hats, His 2nd bk.. First Edition. Hard Cover.

      [Bookseller: BLUFF PARK RARE BOOKS]

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William J Makin
        Queer Mr. Quell
      Hodder & Stoughton, London 1937. First Edition hardback in dustwrapper. VG in original publisher's blue cloth with black lettering to spine and front. 8vo, 319pp [1]. Showing minor wear and bumping a little dustiness to edges and cloth, some spotting to the bumped spine, foxing to first few pages, otherwise clean and bright. In first issue 7/6 wrapper with some overall wear rubbing, creasing, chipping archival tape repair to verso, and some discolouration. The dustwrapper is housed in a protective removable sleeve.

      [Bookseller: Holybourne Rare Books]

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Collins, W J T & Machen, Arthur & Davies, W H
        The Romance of the Echoing Wood. With an introduction by Arthur Machen. Epilogue by William Henry Davies. Decorations by E. F. Powell.
      Limited edition. Arca. London. 1937. 4to. (1), 43pp. Woodcut illustrations, borders throughout. Original green crushed morocco with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment to front cover. Top and tail of spine slightly rubbed. Pages untrimmed. Limited to 220 copies, of which this is number 50, in the scarce luxury leather binding, signed by William John Townsend Collins, Arthur Machen, William Henry Davies, artist E. Fred Powell and master printer Robert Stanley Johns. Scarce.William John Townsend Collins (1868-1952). "As real and romantic now as in that fabled age of dreams". Arthur Machen (1863-1947) Author, mystic, supernaturalist, psychogeographer, magic realist. Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in Caerleon.William Henry Davies (1872-1940) Welsh poet and writer, born in Newport.

      [Bookseller: Paul Haynes Rare Books ABA ILAB]

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