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2018 Boston International Antiquarian Book Fair
Image on cover: 8. Bazooka Ar st Collec ve) - Libéra on - Un Regard Mo-
derne. L'Actualite du Mois en Images. Nos. 0 (Janvier 1978) through 5 (Juin
1978) (all published).
Image on back cover: 6. (Art Nouveau) - Die Fläche I. Entwürfe für decora-
ve Malerei, Placate, Buch und Druck.
F. A. Berne Books has been serving the needs of librarians, curators and collectors of rare, unusual and scholarly books
on art, architecture and related fields for more than 65 years. We stock an ever-changing inventory of difficult to source
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1. (19th Century American Views) - Collec on of North American Souvenir
View Books. Group of eight 19th century North American view books, each
comprised of an accordion-folded leaf with lithographed views of cultural
and historical landmarks, street scenes, and important buildings, two also
containing panoramic views, several with maps in the back, the booklets
depic ng the Hudson River, Boston, New York, Bal more, O awa, Niagara
Falls, and Washington, DC (two books). Some minor creasing and soiling, the
Boston booklet with an old taped repair along one crease in the panorama.
Sizes vary: five booklets approx. 3-1/4 x 5 inches, two 6 x 4-3/4 inches, and
one 6-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches. Six with embossed gilt-stamped boards covered in
red, green, or brown cloth; two with decorated green cloth boards. Some
very minor wear along extremi es, largest Washington booklet with some
minor spli ng along spine. New York (Wi emann Bros.) 1881-1889. The
larger Washington, DC book lacks publica on informa on. (48959) $3,500
A small catalogue in the back of "Souvenir of Boston" lists a number of sou-
venir booklets published by Wi emann Bros., and includes contemporary
reviews from the Boston Herald, New York Evening Post, and the Richmond,
Va. Standard. The catalogue also indicates that Wi emann Bros. produced
their souvenir albums "from photographs by Louis Glaser's process." This
refers to a special process developed by Louis Glaser which used mul ple
lithographic stones to achieve a "varnished look that creates greater illusion of depth than a simple lithograph" (Ron
Tyler, unpublished work on 19th century lithographs). Fascina ng views of important American ci es near the turn of the
century.
2. Aloha. Year I, No. 1 (9 May 1969) through Year V, No. 26 (May 1974) (all
published). A complete run in 130 issues of the Dutch underground successor
to Hitweek (most issues 16 or 32 pp.), under the editorial direc on of interna-
onally renowned Fluxus ar st Willem de Ridder, documen ng Dutch coun-
terculture with par cular emphasis on protests, the free love movement, the
interna onal music scene, and comix, some issues with selected ar cles in
English, the last ten issues of the run with a sec on in Arabic, profusely illus-
trated throughout with experimental graphic design, collage, photographs,
and comics. Tabloid and 4to. Orig. illus. wrpps. Year IV, nos. 6 and with small
marginal losses to the first few pages along the bo om edge, no. 26 with tear
to front cover, overall excellent condi on. Amsterdam 1969-1974. (48408)
$4,500
Many Dutch and interna onal comics ar sts and graphic designers contribut-
ed works to the publica on of Aloha, including Robert Crumb, Willem (Bernard
Willem Holtrop), and Theo van den Boogaard, with cover artwork by a range
of ar sts including Aart Clerkx, Joost Swarte, and Piet Schreuder. Two issues
from 1970 carry a sub tle of "Officiele Kabouter Staatscourant van de Oranje
Vrijstaat," or Official Gaze e of the Orange Free State affiliated with the Kabouters, or Gnomes. The Kabouters were a
Dutch anarchist group which grew out of the Provo movement, and at its peak had approximately 500 ac ve members.
A fascina ng and colorful survey of a tumultuous and vibrant me in Dutch (and world) history; as of January 2016,
WorldCat lists six holdings in North America, at least three of which are incomplete.
3. The Amphibious Sketch: Its Func on In Am-
phibious Training and Opera ons, Its Prepara-
on and Reproduc on Afloat, Together With
Technical Hints on the Opera on of Seagoing
Map Reproduc on Units. 68 pp. restricted mili-
tary publica on on amphibious warfare including
chapters on the prepara on of panoramic draw-
ings, the development of beach sketches, the
development of shoreline sketches, varia ons in
design, and technical informa on for dra ing and
reproduc on. Profusely illustrated throughout
with diagrams, 15 large folding maps and dia-
grams, and transparent overlays. 4to. Original
pictorial printed wrpps., plas c ring binding. Very slight loss to ring binding, very slight soiling and toning, overall excel-
lent condi on. Washington, DC (United States Navy Hydrographic Office) 1945. Accompanied by a typed le er from
Commander Allen B. Cook to Major Hugo Van Kuyck thanking him for his work in the field of beach intelligence essen al
to the invasion at Normandy, and passing along this volume obtained by Rear Admiral Robert O. Glover. (48788) $9,500
According to the introduc on from this volume, "The term 'Amphibious Sketch' is used to describe Beach Sketches,
Shoreline Sketches or any similar sheet used to present this essen al beach informa on required for an amphibious as-
sault, the name 'Sketch' origina ng from the fact that the earliest ones were experimental and sketchy." Furthermore, a
prefatory le er dated February 17, 1945 and wri en by E.J. King, Fleet Admiral, reads "The Amphibious Sketch is a weap-
on of war. The necessi es of amphibious warfare have required its crea on. In assis ng assault personnel to establish a
beachhead on a hos le shore, it has become a tool of victory and a new and needed addi on to the field of cartog-
raphy." The sketches for amphibious opera ons are meant to present in a single, panoramic graphic, as viewed from the
sea, all evaluated and coordinated intelligence covering: hydrographic condi ons on and offshore at the assault beaches
(sand bars, water depth, des, currents, etc.); characteris cs of the beaches (nature of the bo om, extent of dunes, etc.);
characteris cs of the shoreline (natural and man-made landmarks); inland terrain; lines of communica on and exits; and
enemy defenses, where possible (wire, obstacles, mines, etc.). The examples in this volume include sketches developed
for Mondello, Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Southern France, Omaha Beach, and Woolacombe Sands. A fascina ng and scarce
volume; as of January 2018, WorldCat locates five copies in North American ins tu ons.
4. (Art Deco) - Rab, Pol. Ric et Rac: 6 Estampes de Pol Rab ( tle from cover). Por o-
lio of six original lithographs printed in colors by Pol Rab, with brief preface by RIP, of
the "Célèbres Chiens Modernes" Ric and Rac, a pair of famous French cartoon terri-
ers, the artwork aimed at adults, with one image depic ng the two dogs looking up a
woman's skirt. The lithographs with some soiling and minor staining, especially to
margins, images clean and bright; one with one-inch tear to lower margin, all with
tack holes to corners. Folio. Orig. boards por olio, contents loose as issued. Some
scuffing and minor staining to boards. Paris (Édi ons André) n.d. (circa 1930). (48503)
$2,500
Pol Rab was a well-known French avant-garde ar st who also created illustra ons for
adver sements, sheet music, and theater posters in early 20th century France. Ric and
Rac became popular around the 1920s, and their likenesses showed up on such varied
items as salt and pepper shakers, porcelain figures, and even sterling silver jewelry.
Very scarce; as of June 2016, WorldCat does not show any lis ngs for this tle.
5. (Art Deco) - Swedish American Line. Collec on of Photographs of In-
teriors of the Swedish American Cruise Ship MS Kungsholm. 36 original
large format gela n prints backed with linen of the Swedish American
cruise ship the MS Kungsholm, all but one depic ng interior views with
tabs delinea ng the first, second, and third class sec ons of the ship,
including the first class promenade garden lounge, aviary, foyer and stair-
case, smoking salon, dining salon, deluxe cabin, swimming pool, library,
stateroom, and gymnasium, the second class promenade deck, lounge,
smoking room, dining room, library, playroom, and cabins, and the third
class promenade deck, cabins, si ng room, dining room, and smoking
room, each photograph cap oned and numbered along bo om edge
within the print. Some minor creasing, very good overall. Oblong 4to.
Boards, gilt-stamped "M.S. Kungsholm" and "Swedish American Line" to
front cover. n.p. (Gothenburg?) n.d. (circa 1930). (48376) $6,000
A stunning survey of 1930's Swedish luxury decora ve arts and interior design, with much inspira on taken from art deco,
and a fascina ng look at the interior of an ocean liner at the height of its glory. The MS Kungsholm was built at the Blohm
& Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany in 1928 and made transatlan c trips from Gothenburg to New York from 1928 to
1941. In 1938, as the flagship of the Swedish American line, the MS Kungsholm carried the Crown Prince and Princess of
Sweden. The ship was requisi oned for service in 1941, placed under control of the US Government's War Shipping Admin-
istra on, and had its name changed to the John Ericsson. A er the war, it was sold back to the Swedish American Line,
changing hands several mes before becoming a floa ng hotel owned by Freeport Bahama Enterprises. The ship was final-
ly scrapped in 1965. As of November 2015, we can not locate any lis ngs of this volume through WorldCat.
6. (Art Nouveau) - Die Fläche I. Entwürfe für decora ve Malerei, Placate, Buch
und Druck. 8 (out of 12) booklets from the first series of the scarce Viennese art
nouveau publica on, edited by Felicien von Myrbach, Josef Hoffmann, Koloman
Moser, Alfred Roller and others, containing 127 pages of primarily full-color litho-
graphs and designs for posters, book covers, playing cards, tex les, murals, and
more, featuring designs and works by a variety of ar sts associated with the Wiener
Werkstä e workshops, including H. Dietl, Max Benirschke, Josef Bruckmüller, Mau-
rice Hergesell, Franz Exler, A.O. Holub, Ernst Hradetzky, Kral Bräuer, Moritz Jung,
Agnes Speyer, Johanna Hollmann, Leopold Wutscher, Mileva Stoisavljevic, Nelly
Marmorek, Hedwig Bartel, Alfred Posselt, Fanny Zakucka, Helene Geiringer, Adele
Be elheim, Paula Hoeniger, Else Lo , Minka Podhajská, Mizzi Ebert, Reinhold Klaus,
Hilde Exner, Josef Strejc, Emma Schlangenhausen, Rudolf Kalvach, Anton Kling, Mag-
da Mautner von Markhof, F. Fibiger, Karl Krenek, Alex Hartmann, and others. 4to.
Original decora ve cloth-backed boards, booklets loose as issued. Very minor dust-
soiling, small amounts of wear along edges, slight rubbing, small label affixed to
front cover. Vienna (A. Scholl) 1903-1904. Ex-libris copy with rubber stamp to inside
front cover. (48928) $19,500
Die Fläche was a Viennese graphic arts periodical and key work of Viennese modern-
ism published at the turn of the century in two volumes, to showcase and dissemi-
nate work created in the Wiener Werkstä e workshops. The Wiener Werkstä e was
a produc on community of ar sts founded in 1903 by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman
Moser, to bring together architects, ar sts, and designers working in fields such as
ceramics, fashion, silver, furniture, and graphic arts. Inspired by contem-
porary European design and the applied arts found in William Morris's
workshops, this group is regarded as an important pioneer of modern
design, having an influence on the later Bauhaus and Art Deco styles.
Published as a "Musterbuch" or pa ern book, Die Fläche featured the
work of ar sts associated with the Werkstä e, including Bertold Löffler,
Moritz Jung, Franz Karl Delavilla, Urban Janke, Wenzel Oswald, Gustav
Marisch, Karl Schwetz, and many others. The first volume was published
in 1903/1904, containing 12 booklets, and the second in 1910 with only 2
booklets. The two volumes together contained a total of 224 pages of
modern graphic design, including examples of poster art, book design,
wallpaper, tex les, stained glass, inlay, embroidery, monograms, busi-
ness cards, and costume jewelry. Scarce ins tu onally.
7. (Astronomy) - Frank, Friedrich Anton. Anweisung zum Rich gen Ge-
brauch der Lithographierten Allgemeinen Himmels-Karte. Accompanied
by Stereographischer Entwurf des Ges ruten Himmels von Nordpol bis
zum 40 Grad Südlicher Abweichung. Small 40 pp. astronomy book with
instruc ons on how to read the celes al map and tables of constella ons,
with some handwri en notes at rear of volume, accompanied by a large
handcolored lithographed star map in the style of a planisphere, designed
by Frank and drawn by Joseph Kaiser, depic ng constella ons from the
North Pole to the 40th la tude, with overlaid volvelle-type component to
rotate in order to match up the month, day, and me shown in concentric
circles around the outside of the chart, to obtain an accurate depic on of
the night sky. Some minor soiling and some sca ered foxing to chart. Book
16mo, chart 19 x 20 inches. Book cloth-backed boards, small split along paper label on spine; map lithograph on paper
mounted to cardboard. Graz, Austria (Frank) 1828. (48666) $12,500
The first "planisphere" star chart was made in 1625 by the son-in-law of Johannes Kepler, Jacob Bartsch. Planispheres
are generally composed of two adjustable disks that rotate on a common point and can be moved to display the visible
stars for any given me and date. Its predecessor is the astrolabe. Friedrich Anton Frank was a Slovenian mathema cian
and professor, and authored several books on astronomy. Incredibly scarce; as of July 2017 WorldCat does not locate a
single holding in North America.
8. Bazooka Ar st Collec ve) - Libéra on - Un Regard Moderne. L'Actualite du Mois en
Images. Nos. 0 (Janvier 1978) through 5 (Juin 1978) (all published). A complete run in 6
issues (the number of pages corresponding to the number of days in the month) of the
French social and poli cal ar s c publica on under the editorial direc on of the Bazoo-
ka ar st collec ve, and containing on every page cartoons, drawings, and collages from
a number of Bazooka ar sts providing commentary on current events. Folio. Orig. illus.
wrpps. Some minor soiling and wear. Paris (Sarl Société Nouvelle de Presse et de Com-
munica on) 1978. (48239) $6,000
The Paris-based Bazooka group was ini ally established in 1974 and were renowned for their guerrilla design assaults on
various forms of media. They were comprised of a group of French art students and first gained notoriety when they
were comissioned by Serge July in 1977 to do illustra on work for the well-known French newspaper Libera on. Their
punk a tudes and imagery got them fired, but the editors did ask them to publish a satellite magazine, Un Regard Mo-
derne. Contribu ng ar sts include Loulou Picasso, Kiki Picasso, Olivia Clavel, Bernard Picasso, Lou/Lulu Larsen, Bernard
Vidal, Jean Rouzaud, and Philippe Bailly. As of July 2017, WorldCat shows only one complete holding in North America
and two incomplete runs.
9. Brus, Günter. Gedankenrast. 13 hand-screened leaves of 300 gram
paper printed in yellow, green, blue, silver and gold, comprised of a tle
page, four pages reproducing holograph texts, and eight fanciful images
of a young child dancing with birds and animals in a fairytale landscape.
Some plates show ar facts of the hand-screening process, including light
smudges and the ar sts' finger prints. Overall, a pris ne example of this
utmost rarity. Square folio. Images housed loose as issued in illus. white
cardboard box screened in gold ink. N.p. (Berlin?) (Edi on Hundertmark)
1977. Exemplar 13 of 15 copies signed and numbered by the ar st.
(47409) $9,500
According to our expert source, the work was inspired by Brus' observa-
on of his own daughter's childhood and his experiences as a father.
Executed the year a er he ceased publica on of the Schastrommel (Die
Drossel) and returned to Austria from self-imposed exile in Berlin with his
family, Gedankenrast ("racing thoughts") contrasts images of youthful innocence with a darkly medita ve poem about
destruc on, loss and redemp on in nature. As of January 2015, WorldCat does not locate the item in North America.
10. Collec on of Art Deco and Art Nouveau French Wall Stencils.
Group of 50 assorted an que wall stencils, most with botanical
mo fs, other designs include Art Nouveau and Art Deco abstract
and geometric pa erns, figures, animals, and insects, most con-
sis ng of a cut-out metallic card stock stencil with handmade paper
backing sheet, 13 blindstamped "LEFRANC PARIS" in the corner.
Some with numbered s cker to one corner. Various sizes, sheets
ranging from 3 1/8" x 4" to 19" x 25". Housed in archival box, con-
tents loose as issued, Paris n.d. (ca. 1900-1920). (48218) $6,000
The Lefranc art supply company was founded in Paris in the first
quarter of the 18th century. They were behind such innova ons as
oil paints in ghtly sealed tubes, and new chemical formulas for
paint colors including a Naples yellow which prompted the compa-
ny to receive a thank-you le er from the ar st Jean-François Millet.
In 1965 the Lefranc firm merged with Joseph Bourgeois, a com-
pe ng paint seller in Paris, and Lefranc & Bourgeois is s ll in busi-
ness today and is s ll well-known for the quality of its paints.
11. (Color Theory) - Schuitema, Paul. Syst-O-Color: Vier-Kleurensysteem.
1965. 2 vols., unpaginated (circa 6 pp.) introduc on to a presenta on of
296 plates outlining a color system by the master of modern Dutch typogra-
phy, each of the plates showing a 10 x 10 grid of colored blocks, each vol-
ume with a transparent overlay with a numbered grid printed on it. Fine
condi on, colors bright and vivid. Folio. Cloth, ring bound, some minor
wear to top of spine of first volume, accompanied by original cardboard
mailing boxes (one box heavily stained and damaged). The Hague (Mouton
& Co.) 1965. (43597) $6,500
Schuitema was a Dutch graphic ar st, furniture designer, painter, photogra-
pher, and typographer. At the start of his career, he was heavily influenced
by the principles De S jl and construc vism, following ideas put forth by
ar sts such as El Lissitzky, Rodchenko, and Berlewi and applying them to
commercial adver sing. He gained notoriety for his bold designs o en using
solely black, red, and white. In the 1920's, he became one of the first to use
photomontage in industrial design. The two monumental volumes of Syst-O-
Color contain approximately 10,000 different colors comprising an extensive
color reference system, printed using the four-color system of cyan, magen-
ta, yellow, and black. Scarce ins tu onally.
12. Dot Zero. No. 1 (1966) through No. 5 (Fall 1968) (all published). A complete
run in 5 issues of the groundbreaking design journal, each issue approx. 48 pp.,
edited by Robert Malone and designed by Massimo Vignelli, most issues focused
on a single topic including corporate iden ty, mass communica ons, world's
fairs, and transporta on graphics. Profusely illustrated throughout. Large 4to.
Original cardstock wrpps., first issue with embossed covers, other four illustrat-
ed. Some very minor soiling and bumping. New York (Finch, Pruyn and Company)
1966-1968. (48901) $2,500
Dot Zero was a journal produced as a joint promo onal venture between Finch
Paper and Unimark, the interna onal design firm founded by Massimo Vignelli in
1965 together with Ralph Eckerstrom, Wally Gutches, Larry Klein, Bob Noorda,
Jim Fogelman, and Bob Moldavsky. Unimark created landmark brand iden es
for companies such as American Airlines, Target, and the New York Subway Sys-
tem, and was one of the first companies to comment on the rela onship between
good design and good business. The journal focused on the theory and prac ce of
visual communica on, and according to Vignelli's design was printed en rely in black and white and set in just two
weights of Helve ca, Unimark's signature typeface, so as to be eye-catching but simple.
The journal's mission is laid out in the first issue: "Good design is no longer a ma er of good taste and intelligence
alone...Be er solu ons today, in communica on as in other areas, require deeper probing, broader understanding, and
more thorough integra on of the growing mass of per nent factors....(DOT ZERO) will deal with the theory and prac ce
of visual communica on from varied points of reference, breaking down constantly what used to be thought of as barri-
ers, and are now seen to be points of contact...Each issue will embody a central theme, around which thinkers and writ-
ers, as well as eminent designers, ar sts, architects, photographers, typographers, printers, teachers, and businessmen
will ply their variously shaped orbits."
13. (Farm Security Administra on) - Important Collec on of Original 1930s
and Early 1940s Farm Security Administra on Photographs. Interes ng
group of 40 gela n silver prints taken on behalf of the Farm Security Admin-
istra on and the Rese lement Administra on, primarily depic ng the re-
se lement of poor farmers, including six photographs by Dorothea Lange,
twelve by Arthur Rothstein, six by Russell Lee, six by John Vachon, one by
Carl Mydans, and a handful a ributed only to Acme News Pictures, each
with an N.E.A. hand-stamp and many with F.S.A. or Rese lement Administra-
on hand-stamps, most with typed and handwri en nota ons including pho-
tographer iden fica on, cap on, and other iden fying informa on such as
R.A. image number and date. Some very minor sca ered creasing, primarily
to margins, one Vachon photo with trimming and minor loss to upper le
corner, one Lange photo with crease at lower le corner and red grease pen-
cil nota ons to photograph, overall excellent condi on. Images range from 6
-1/2 x 8-1/2 to 7-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches, sheet size 9x7 to 8x10 inches. Loose as
issued, housed in archival box. Various ci es, 1934-1943. (48911) $15,000
The scenes depicted in the photographs include: a Rese lement Administra on community project at El Monte, California
(Lange); the Agricultural Workers' Health and Medical Associa on Clinic in Farmersville, California (Lange); an F.S.A. camp
in Arvin, Kern County, California (Lange); a mechanical corn picker, Iowa (Rothstein); the annual mee ng of the Coopera-
ve of SE Missouri Farms (Rothstein); bags of sugar at a beet factory, Brighton, Colorado (Rothstein); a rese led farmer
clipping mules, Creek Farms, Grady County, Georgia (Rothstein); a doctor hired by the farmers' coopera ve health associa-
on, Fairfield Bench Farms, Montana (Rothstein); interior views of Greenbelt homes (Rothstein); children working in the
garden in the F.S.A. Farm Workers Community of Yuba City, California (Lee); a young girl with a basket of freshly picked
vegetables at the the F.S.A. Farm Workers Community, Yuba City, California (Lee); a bunk house for migrant cherry pickers,
Berrien County, Michigan (Vachon); a mother and her five children in housing for migrant workers, Berrien County, Michi-
gan (Vachon); the F.S.A. county supervisor examining clients' sheep, Nebraska (Vachon); a young boy receiving a typhoid
inocula on, Irwinville Farms, Georgia (Vachon); prefabricated houses under construc on, Southeast Missouri (Fischer); the
California Pea Pickers camp (Acme); and leaders of the Imperial Valley Pea Strike (Acme).
14. (Fascist Periodical) - Gioventú Fascista. Se manale del P.N.F. Year I, No. 10
(24 May 1931) through Year I, No. 40/41 (20-27 December 1931). A sequen al
run of 32 issues in 30 fascicules, approx. 24-32 pp. each, of the journal aimed at
Italian youth, under the editorial direc on of Carlo Scorza and Achille Starace, fea-
turing stories and cartoons praising the Fascist regime and promo ng the tenets
of Fascism, each issue with a colorful Art Deco- or Futurist-inspired illustra on to
cover, ar sts include Cesare Gobbo, Mario Barca, Luigi Bompard, Gustavo Ca-
nevacci, Guglielmo Sansoni ("Tato"), Vi orio Pisani, and others. Profusely illustrat-
ed throughout. Some toning, bri le pages. Large 4to. Boards, original colorful il-
lustrated wrpps. bound in, cover of No. 10 mounted to front board, cover of no.
34 a duplicate of no. 31. Professionally repaired. Rome 1931. (48886) $1,950
Gioventú Fascista first appeared on March 23, 1931, the 12-year anniversary of
the founding of the Fasci Italiani di Comba mento. The journal ran through De-
cember 1936, and during its run published contribu ons by notable Fascists includ-
ing Filippo Tommaso Marine , Italo Balbo, Giovanni Giuria , and Giuseppe Bo ai.
Incredibly scarce; as of April 2018, WorldCat locates only two par al holdings in North American ins tu ons.
15. (Fluxus) - Köpcke, Arthur. Con nue. Stücke aus
den Jahren 1958 bis 1964. Collec on of 73 sheets of
black cardstock forming a file of ideas, with glued-
down papers containing collage, montage, and 129
typed "pieces" from the important Fluxus ar st cover-
ing the years 1958-1964, each sheet of cardstock read-
ing "you can put each piece as a way of ac on for the
rest of the pieces" along the top edge. Illustrated
throughout, some with hand-coloring. Oblong 4to.
Pale green linen-covered box with label mounted to
lid, contents loose as issued. Berlin (René Block) 1972.
From a limited edi on of 150, signed by Köpcke to in-
side of lid. (48368) $9,500
A self-taught ar st, Köpcke created works across a variety of media, including literature, pain ng, object art, conceptual
art, and ac on art. Although he was influenced early on by surrealism, Dada, and futurism, Köpcke discovered a commu-
nity of like-minded individuals in the Interna onal Fluxus movement and turned to making work based on everyday life,
the media, and consumerism. He incorporated wri en elements into his collages and montages, and then read the texts
and released recordings of the readings. In 1957, Köpcke opened a gallery in Copenhagen which focused on Fluxus and
avant-garde art, and took on a key role in bringing Fluxus to Denmark and to all of Scandinavia. Incredibly scarce; as of
November 2015, WorldCat lists only a single holding in North America.
16. (French Herbarium) - Husnot, Pierre Tranquille. Hepa cae Galliae. Herbier
des Hépa ques de France. Fascicule I (n.d., 1870) through Fascicule IX (1901) (all
published). A complete set in nine por olio-type fascicules of the impressive as-
sembled group of 231 species of hepa ca, or liverworts, on 231 leaves, some con-
tained within mounted paper envelopes, each dried specimen numbered and
accompanied by a mounted and printed label containing the La n name and clas-
sifica on of each species, where the plant typically grows, where this par cular
specimen was found, and who collected it, some also with the date of collec on;
each fascicule also with a tle page leaf and an index of the specimens contained
within. All specimens intact with only extremely minor losses or loosening. Some
pages with handwri en nota ons in pen or pencil, some sca ered age-darkening
of paper, tle leaf of fasicule no. 9 with rubber collec on stamp. 8vo. Publisher's
marbled board por olios with green cloth spines and printed paper labels, e-
bound. Some es worn or missing, wear and minor rubbing to extremi es. Cahan,
France (T. Husnot par Athis) circa 1870-1901. A dedica on copy by Husnot, with
his manuscript dedica on on several tle leaves. (48699) $11,500
Pierre Tranquille Husnot was a French botanist who specialized in mosses. A er gradua ng from the École d'Agriculture
de Grignon, Husnot traveled for over a decade, visi ng Europe, Africa, and America, par cularly the Caribbean and the
Canay Islands. Upon returning to France, he took over his family farm and joined many botanical socie es. In 1874, he
founded the Revue Bryologique, the first bryological journal in France, and served as editor, director, and publisher un l
1927. He won many prizes over the course of his career for his botanical work, including the Desmazières prize, awarded
by the Académie des Sciences in 1882 for his work on cryptograms; the Gossier prize, awarded by the Académie des Sci-
ences, des Belles-Le res et Arts de Rouen in 1885 for his book Les Botanistes Normands; the bronze medal from the So-
ciété d'Agriculture de France in 1902 for his work Les Prés et les Herbages; and the Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1925.This delicate collec on of specimens is a remarkably preserved reference work which allows for the study of plant species
outside of the constraints of me, climate, and geography. Later fascicules list the surnames of addi onal collaborators
who helped Husnot to collect the specimens and assemble these por olios, including Lamy, l'abbé Puget, l'abbé Boulay,
Bouvet, de Brébisson, Cogniaux, Gravet, Marchal, Verheggen, Gallée, Arnell, Comus, Malbranche, Espagne, Davies,
Panter, Travut, and many others. Extremely scarce; as of July 2017, WorldCat does not show any lis ngs for this incredi-
ble set.
17. (Game) - An que Italian "Tombola" Game. An que Italian
bingo-type game set, likely late 19th or early 20th century, com-
prised of cardboard game board with 90 gold-numbered spaces
on red ground with embossed gold paper frame, 90 hand-
numbered wooden game tokens, and 15 sets of 87 total individu-
al cards, housed in 8 colored cardstock sleeves, the cards hand-
numbered and with hand-colored empty spaces. Some light age-
appropriate wear and soiling, minor abrasions to board surface
and corners, overall very good. Board measures approx. 13-1/2
by 13-1/2 inches, most cards 2-5/8 by 4-3/4 inches. Wooden to-
kens and cards housed together in a paper-covered cardboard box, contents loose as issued. N.p., n.d. (48851) $6,000
Tombola is a tradi onal Italian board game very similar to bingo, first played in Naples in the 18th century. Tradi onally,
players would cover the numbers on their individual cards with beans, len ls, or pieces of orange or tangerine peel. The
cards included here comprise 15 sets, labeled on the outsides of the sleeves and the backs of the cards: A (5 cards); I (5
cards); K (4 cards); and 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 19 (2 sets), 20 (2 sets), 23, and 24 (6 cards each).
18. (Gay Rights) - Archive of Ephemera and Material Related to the
Protestant Episcopal Church's Task Force on Homosexuality. Collec on of
materials related to the groundbreaking conven on held by the Protestant
Episcopal Church in 1976 suppor ng legal rights for homosexuals, housed in
two binders, approximately 200 leaves total, many printed recto only, some
printed recto and verso, including photocopies of news clippings on topics
including surrogacy, teen pregnancy, women in the church, discrimina on, gay
rights, adop on, employment, and Anita Bryant's an -gay drive; a 3-pp. docu-
ment tled "The Joint Commission on the Church in Human Affairs", stamped
July 20 1976; a single page "House of Bishops/Episcopal Church Resolu on on
Homophiles", from a mee ng held in Portland, Maine in September 1975; a 36
-pp. typed document "Report of the Commi ee on Human Sexuality" from
December 1976, which includes a cover le er to the Diocesan Council of
Pennsylvania, an essay on the psychiatric theories of homosexuality, a sec on
on theological and moral issues, and an appendix containing a proposal for a
pastoral ministry; and an unpaginated group of documents collec vely tled
"The Report of the Screening Task Force of the Commission on Ministry, Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, November 1976"
comprised of Scriptural, Pyschological, and Sociological Perspec ves, bibliography, and appendices including a report
from 1973 containing recommenda ons of the Commision on Homosexuality, a Kinsey Scale, and an essay tled "A The-
ological Approach to Understanding Homosexuality". Sca ered illustra ons in the newspaper photocopies. 4to. Loose
as issued, hole-punched and housed in two three-ring binders. n.p. (Cincinna , Ohio) 1976-1977. (48922) $4,850In 1976 the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA) held a groundbreaking conven on
that supported legal rights for homosexuals, as well as their right to have rela onships. Specifically, resolu on A-69 stat-
ed "homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim with all other persons upon the love, ac-
ceptance, and pastoral concern and care of the Church". PECUSA also passed resolu on A-68 which stated that the
church must "engage in serious study and dialogue in the area of human sexuality including homosexuality". It is proba-
ble that the materials comprising these two binders were used by a diocese in Ohio as part of the direc ve of resolu on
A-68. PECUSA's evolving views on LGBTQ rights were incredibly important and pioneering at the me.
19. Grosz, George. Interregnum. 19 pp. introductory essay by John Dos Passos,
followed by a suite of 64 black and white hand-struck lithographs depic ng the
interroga on and torture of poli cal prisoners in concentra on camps estab-
lished a er Adolf Hitler was appointed Reich chancellor. List of plates. Light
edgewear and very minor soiling. Folio. Cloth-backed faux wood-grained
boards publisher's box, plates loose as issued, housed within newer custom
clamshell box. Board edges with rubbing to edges, minor soiling, box with mi-
nor splits and possible minor prior repair work. New York (Black Sun Press)
1936. Limited edi on, first prin ng, with faux-color lithograph signed by Grosz
hinged to inside of front board. (48798) $30,000
In a 2013 ar cle in Duke University's New German Cri que, James A. Van Dyke
wrote of this por olio: "Grosz's drawings, compared with other representa ons
of the camps in the mainstream press and by le -wing ar sts, are dis nguished
by their treatment of the masculini es of both the perpetrators and the vic ms.
Gay Nazis, frequently evoked by the le -wing press in the early 1930s, abuse
impotent an fascist intellectuals, incessantly ridiculed by Grosz in his le ers.
Thus the ar cle concludes that the por olio not only offered a mordant cri que of Nazi brutality but also dismissed. Eu-
ropean civiliza on. Both Nazi perpetrators and their vic ms embodied perverse or abject masculini es that Grosz, who
portrayed himself as a priapic heterosexual ar st in the American landscape, rejected." A short film based on the por o-
lio was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1960.
Although the jus fica on page states that the run was limited to 280 numbered copies and 20 le ered copies hors com-
merce, according to the Museum of Modern Art only approximately 42 total copies were issued.
20. (Jugends l calendar) - Leipzig. Farbenfabriken Berger & Wirth. Ein
Gluckliches Neues Jahr! Unpaginated (25 leaves, 12 printed recto and
verso, 13 printed recto only) calendar for 1905, most likely presented as a
promo onal item for the dye manufacturers based in Leipzig, including a
poem for each month as well as 12 full-page illustra ons in superb colors
and gold showing elaborate stylized images of fairy tales in a classic Ju-
gends l aesthe c, with other border illustra ons and flourishes on text
pages as well. Sm. sq. 4to. S ff wrpps., hole-punched but lacking silk es
so pages are loose, with another striking Jugends l design on front cover,
printed in gold, white and gray on a dark background. Leipzig 1905.
(47025) $1,250This rare and beau ful work, emblema c of the frui on of the Jugends l era, is found by WorldCat in only one library in
North America. Though una ributed, the illustra ons are by Josef Urban and Heinrich Leffler, and the verse is by Ludwig
Fulda. The illustra ons and text are iden cal to those used in another publica on by the firm, Marchen Kalendar 1905,
published in Vienna the same year.
21. L'Eclipse. Year 1, No. 1 (Jan. 26, 1868) through Year 9, No. 400 (June 25, 1876)
(all published). 443 issues (incl. 37 bis, and 6 suppl.) in 3 vols., most 4 pp., compris-
ing a complete run of the sa rical weekly newspaper L'Eclipse, which succeeded
publisher François Polo's "La Lune" a er it was banned by the authori es, with pro-
fuse illustra ons and poli cal parody, including extraordinary full-page and center-
spread color caricatures, chiefly by André Gill, with examples by Paul Hadol, Alfred
Le Pe t, Pépin [Claude Guillaumin] et al., numerous issues with caricatures on front
and rear covers, this edi on with tle, half- tle and table of contents preceding
each year, the final volume bound together with the por olio "Dessins de l'Eclipse:
Interdits par la Censure": 21 lithographs of alternate covers refused by the Parisian
censors. Intermi ent toning and minor foxing, some marginal fraying, a few small,
closed tears, generally very good. Folio. Contemporary half-leather boards, raised
spine, gilt-tooled tle and ornament, marbled endpapers, extremi es rubbed, cor-
ners bumped, edges foxed. Paris 1868-1876. (48056) $12,500
L'Eclipse was one of the most important sa rical papers of its me. Gill's inflamma-
tory caricatures lampooned vola le French poli cs of the late Second Empire, the
Franco-Prussian War (the paper was suspended from Sept. 1870-June 1871 follow-
ing the collapse of the Empire and during the Paris Commune) and the Third Republic, with allegorical images and frequent
depic ons of Napoleon III, Bismarck, Léon Gambe a, Adolphe Thiers, and François-Vincent Raspail, alongside literary and
ar s c celebri es including Jules Verne, Gustave Courbet, Emile Zola, Richard Wagner, and Victor Hugo.
22. (La n American Mail Art Set) - Vigo, Edgardo Antonio. Our Inter-
na onal Stamps/Cancelled Seals. Nuestro Libro Internacional de
Estampillas y Matasellos. Book 1 (1979) through Book 20 (2000) (all
published). A complete run in 20 volumes of the important La n
American mail art publica on, each approximately 16 leaves, con-
sis ng of loose sheets of various colors and weights of paper stock
with le erpress text, stamps, and seals contributed by ar sts from
around the world, each leaf stamped with the contribu ng ar st's
name, index of all included ar sts in each volume, offered together
with four supplementary volumes of Armado en La Plata/Gathered in
Argen na: two "between numbers" which fall between books 10 and
11 and 11 and 12, and two unnumbered booklets from 1985 and
1988, with text from Harley Francis and Julien Blaine, respec vely. 20
volumes 8vo., 4 supplementary volumes narrow 8vo. Kra paper
por olios illustrated with color woodcuts, twine, stamps, and collag-
es, contents loose as issued, a couple of por olios with minor tears
along spine. La Plata, Argen na (Edgardo Antonio Vigo) 1979-2000.
(48403) $16,500Edgardo Antonio Vigo was one of the preeminent pioneers of mail art in South America, and the founder of the move-
ment in Argen na. He was an editor of avant-garde magazines, a poet, a printmaker, a performance ar st, a creator of
Neo-Dada objects, and a professor. His mail art ac vi es began in the mid-1960s, when he started sending
"mathema cal poems" to the French poet Julien Blaine and his friends. Before long, he was interac ng with ar sts in the
United States, the Eastern Bloc countries, Japan, and the rest of La n America. He kept up these contacts through the
publica on of two journals, Diagonal Cero and Hexágono, the la er of which took in contribu ons from mail ar sts
around the world. An important and extremely scarce publica on; as of January 2016, WorldCat locates only one other
complete run in the United States, and two par al holdings. (Vanessa K. Davidson, "Mail Art as "A Necessary Necessity":
Edgardo Antonio Vigo's Wri ngs, 1975-1981, Post: Notes on Modern & Contemporary Art Around the Globe, Museum of
Modern Art, April 29, 2014.)
23. (New Zealand) - Pringle, Thomas. Maori Studies. Permanent Carbon-
e e Photos. Por olio of 12 full-paged plates from original photographs of
members of the na ve Maori community, with a thirteenth image affixed
to the front cover, each image with brief cap on such as "Mairie The Ara-
wa Beauty", "A Tribal Belle", "Poi Dancer, Whakarewarewa", and "Maori
Woman Weaving Taniko". Images mounted along top edge to cardstock
pages, one small corner of one image folded over. Oblong 8vo. Original
cardstock wrpps. with grommeted spine, some paper loss along spine,
wear to edges, minor abrasions, corners with slight creasing. Wellington,
New Zealand (Pringle) n.d. (circa 1907). (48945) $1,950
Thomas Pringle was a Bri sh-born photographer who came to New Zea-
land with his wife in 1882 and opened a fancy goods store. In 1895 he
joined the Wellington Camera Club, where he won many photography com-
pe ons. In 1901 he was employed by the newly-formed Department of
Tourist and Health Resorts, the first government tourist department in the
world, to produce photographs to promote tourism to New Zealand. Some
of his best-known works were four series of chromolithographic postcards depic ng New Zealand scenery and the Maori
people. (Bill Main, 2001) Very scarce; as of August 2018, WorldCat locates only two holdings in North American ins tu-
ons.
24. (Paris Cyanotypes) - Les Merveilles et les Originalités Archi-
tecturales à l'Exposi on 1900. 4 pp. of text comprising a complete
table of contents, followed by 100 numbered full-page cyanotypes
a ributed to Albert Lévy, depic ng views from the Paris Universal
Exhibi on in 1900, including the Porte Monumental, the Grand
Palais and Pe t Palais, the Pont Alexandre III, the Esplanade des
Invalides, the pavilions of Italy, Turkey, Hungary, Finland, Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Spain, the United States, and others, and vari-
ous other structures from the Champ de Mars and Trocadéro, with
the name and architect of each site listed in the table of contents.
Some minor age-darkening and soiling to table of contents, images
bright and clean. 4to. New professional por olio with original
boards mounted to cover. N.p. (Paris - Albert Levy?) n.d. (circa
1900) (48563) $13,500The cyanotype process was developed in 1842 by the scien st and astronomer John Frederick Herschel, and is a photo- graphic prin ng process o en used to create blueprints and copies of notes, or even prints of objects from nature. The cyanotypes in this volume are a ributed to Albert Lévy, a prolific French photographer and editor as well as a pioneer in the field of architectural photography. He focused his work in Europe and the United States, and was one of the first pho- tographers to have studios on both sides of the Atlan c. These striking images convey the beau ful and classical exuber- ance of the Belle Epoque, as it was so famously expressed at the 1900 Exposi on. As of February 2018, WorldCat locates six ins tu onal holdings in North America. 25. (Paris Map) - Berthier, Jean-Bap ste; Nicolas-Antoine Sanson; François d'Houdan; et al. Carte Topographique des Environs de Versailles, dite des Chasses Impériales, levée et dressée de 1764 à 1773 par les Ingénieurs Géographes des Camps et Armées, commandés par feu M. Berthier, Colonel, leur chef; Terminée en 1807: par ordre de Napoléon, Empereur des Français, Roi d'Italie, et Protecteur de la Confédéra on du Rhin. Pendant le Ministère de S.A.S.M. le Maréchal Alexandre Berthier, Prince de Neuchatel. Large atlas of Versailles and the surrounding towns, with twelve maps total including one map depic ng the overall area covered in the atlas, and eleven more detailed maps covering the towns and immediate surroundings of Mantes, Poissy, St. Denis, Crépieres, Versailles, Paris, Mon or l'Amaury, Chevreuse, Sceaux, Rambouillet, Arpajon, and Corbeil. Very minor sca ered soiling or toning, very fine condi on. Ele- phant folio. Original full calf binding with handwri en label affixed to front cover. Some minor sca ered soiling and abrasions, minor wear consistent with age. Paris (Dépôt de la Guerre) n.d. (circa 1807). (48819) $17,500 This suite of maps was commissioned by Louis XV to represent his hun ng territories around Versailles, and stemmed from his obsession with hun ng coupled with a decision to copy an old map of the Duchy of Rambouillet. The maps are the result of three surveys of the land conducted between 1764 and 1773. The first nine maps, including the overview, were completed in the late 18th century under the reign of Louis XVI, but the work was put on hold at the me of the Revolu on, when the credits allocated for comple ng the work were taken away by the Na onal Conven on. The last four maps were not completed un l 1807, a er Napoléon became Emperor. These maps are notable for their precision and the mul tude of details represented, including roads, land use features, such as plowing, meadows, vegetable crops, barns, and parks, and hydrography. For his work on these maps, Berthier was granted nobility status. A spectacular and scarce volume of beau ful maps; as of January 2018, WorldCat locates only two holdings in North America.
26. (Paris Panorama) - Rivière, Charles. Les Boulevarts de Paris. Accordion-style panorama comprised of 18 hand-colored lithographs depic ng the various boulevards of the right bank of central Paris, from L'Église de la Madeleine all the way to Place de la Bas lle, covering Boulevart de la Madeleine, Boulevart des Capucines, Boulevart des Italienes, Boulevart Mont- martre, Boulevart Poissonière, Boulevart Bonne Nouvelle, Boulevart Saint-Denis, Boulevart Saint-Mar n, Boulevart du Temple, Boulevart des Filles du Calvaire, and Boulevart Beaumarchais, with building façades, monuments, and city sites illustrated in great detail including the Opera House, the Grand Hotel, the Théâtre du Gymnase, the Théâtre de la Porte St. Mar n, the Théâtre des Folies Drama ques, the Cirque Napoléon, fountains, cafés, stylish pedestrians, and carriages, many with iden fying cap ons. Some very minor foxing, some minor wear along folds, a few sca ered pencil nota ons. Each plate approx. 6-1/8" by 9", total length over 13 feet. Folded size oblong 12mo. Boards, gilt-stamped tle. Rubbing to extremi es. Paris (Godard) n.d. (circa 1870?) (48771) $7,500 Not much is known about Charles Rivière and his work beyond some single-sheet lithographic views of Paris published by Maison Mar net in the 1870s, including Panorama des Tuileries et du Louvre, Le Louvre et les Tuileries vue prise du Pont Neuf, Palais de Jus ce et Ste. Chapelle, Le Panthéon, Hôtel de Ville, Place de la Bas lle, Les Tuileries, Fontaine Saint Michel, Notre Dame, Place de la Concorde, Tour St. Jacques, Cour du Grant Hôtel du Louvre, and Lacs du Bois de Boulogne, some of which possibly served as illustra ons for an edi on of "Paris Moderne et Ses Environs". Very scarce; as of December 2017, WorldCat does not appear to list any holdings of this work. 27. (Pechstein Original Lithographs) - Lautensack, Heinrich. Die Samlandische Ode. 37 pp. poem by Lautensack conceived during a stay in Palmnicken in Sam- land (also known as the Sambia Peninsula in eastern Prussia on the shore of the Bal c Sea) as a member of the Imperial German reserve forces in 1915, accompa- nied by altogether 21 original lithographs by the renowned Expressionist painter and graphic ar sts Max Pechstein, 10 of which appear in conjunc on with the text, the other 11 being full-page plates. Large folio. Original publisher's cloth- backed boards. Berlin (Fritz Gurli ) n.d. (ca. 1917). One of 130 copies. Signed "H M Pechstein 1917" (Hermann Max Pechstein) in pencil on colophon page. (47465) $9,500 A spectacular example of Pechstein's graphic work at the height of his power, with images of the nude female figure and references to the sea throughout. As of June 2015, WorldCat locates 4 copies of this work in North America.
28. Penck, A. R. Two Sketchbooks With Original Drawings, Diagrams, Formulas,
and Commentaries. I. Unpaginated notebook containing 70 leaves, each 10 1/2" x
8", each page with a drawing on recto only by Penck, all done in either red or blue
marker or black felt- p pen, including a series of circles, hieroglyphic nota ons in
the ar st's early style, doodles, figura ve images, and several annota ons, with
hand-printed "A. R. Penck" wri en in pencil on free front endpaper. II. Unpaginat-
ed notebook with lined pages, measuring approx. 5 1/2" x 4", with hand-wri en
tle "S P Modell", containing 24 drawings in black felt- p pen on recto only
(as well as numerous blank pages), presen ng a series of drawings, equa ons, for-
mulas, func ons, commentaries, all representa ve of the ar st's early work, also
with hand-printed "A. R. Penck" wri en in pencil on free front endpaper. Large 4to
and sm. 8vo. Boards. N.p. (Dresden) ca. 1970. (48090) $7,500
Two early notebooks, undated but presumably from 1970 or shortly therea er, by an ar st who has subsequently exert-
ed great influence on contemporary art. A. R. Penck (an alias for Ralf Winkler) was born in 1939 and studied in Dresden
in the 1960s with a group of Neo-Expressionist painters and became one of the foremost exponents of the new figura-
on alongside Jörg Immendorff, Georg Baselitz and Markus Lüpertz. In the 1970s he and his colleagues were considered
dissidents in East Germany and were subject to surveillance by the secret police. But by the end of the decade his work
was exhibited in West Germany and by the 1980s he had achieved worldwide fame for his pain ngs with pictographic,
neo-primi vist imagery of human figures and other totemic forms, some of which are prefigured in the present note-
books.
29. (Punk Zine) - Psyclone. The Magazine Money Can't Buy. Vol. II, No. 1
(February 1977) through unnumbered issue (June 1977) (all published?).
A likely complete run in three issues of the first-wave punk zine
(February, March, and June 1977), each issue approx. 40 pages, published
by Jerry Paulsen, featuring photographs and ar cles regarding The Nuns,
John Cale, U.K. Punk, Genesis, Blondie, The Planets, The Ramones, The
Kinks, theater, art, film, fashion, poetry, bondage, record reviews, classi-
fied ads, and calendars of events. Profusely illustrated throughout, pri-
marily from black and white photographs. Folio. Original pictorial news-
print wrpps. Some minor soiling and wear to edges, pencil nota on to
back cover of one issue, overall excellent. San Francisco 1977. (48830)
$2,500
Jerry Paulsen helped to jump start the punk scene in the Bay Area in 1976
by booking the first punk bands at Mabuhay Gardens. A er the first few
shows, owner Ness Aquino entered an agreement to have rock promoter
and television producer Dirk Dirksen book punk and new wave bands at
the nightclub. It soon became a premier venue for punk rock in San Fran-
cisco during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Many early punk and new
wave bands performed there, including Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, The Avengers, Bu hole Surfers, Pa Smith, Devo,
Iggy Pop, The Ramones, Hüsker Dü, The Cramps, and Metallica, among others. Very scarce; as of February 2018, World-
Cat shows only a single ins tu onal holding in the United States. We could find no indica on that a Volume I was ever
printed.30. (Russian Avantgarde) - Bich/Buzoter [бич/Бузотер] (Scourge/
Troublemaker). Buzoter No. 1 (November 1924) through Bich No. 16
(April 1928). 66 issues total, each issue approx. 12 pp., of the two rare
sa rical le ist Russian journals notable for their caricature art and photo-
montage illustra ons, published under the name Buzoter from 1924
through 1927, Bich/Buzoter for a few issues in 1927, and Bich from 1927
through 1928, including contribu ons from Vladimir Koslinsky, Nikolai
Denisovsky, Mikhail Cheremnykh, David Shterenberg, Vladimir Lebedev,
Boris Antonovsky, Alexei Radakov, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Mikhail
Zoshchenko, Mikhail Bulgakov, and many others. Illustrated profusely
throughout, primarily with cartoons, caricatures, and photomontages.
Some sca ered soiling, small tears, pencil nota ons, rubber stamps, and
foxing, paper delicate. Small folio. Orig. illustrated wrpps., housed in cus-
tom fi ed box, contents loose as issued. One illustrated cover (Bich 1928
No. 1) removed from prior moun ng to board. Moscow (Trud) 1924-1928.
(48765) $19,500
Bich/Buzoter was the main rival at the me to the well-known illustrated sa ri-
cal journal, Krokodil, which had contribu ons from the Soviet Union's best
ar sts and writers. Some of the various notable works in Bich/Buzoter include
caricatures of Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, opposi on members, Raspu n, David
Riazanov, Vsevolod Meyerhold, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, a comic
strip about the end of the Romanov dynasty, photomontages of Bolshevik lead-
ers and revolu onaries, an -bureaucra c poems, and sa rical plays.
Issues in this collec on include:
Buzoter: 1924 (1); 1925 (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26,
27, 28); 1926 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20, 21, 22); 1927 (1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 13x2, 14, 19, 21,
22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38)
Bich/Buzoter: 1927 (39, 40, 41, 42x2)
Bich: 1927 (43x2, 44, 45x2, 46x2, 47, 48); 1928 (1, 2, 5, 8x2, 15, 16)
31. Schneemann, Carolee. Parts of a Body House Book. Ar st's Working Proof.
Schneemann's own working proof of her famous ar st's book, with addi onal photo-
graphs and slides not included in the final printed copy, pencil edits and ar st's correc-
ons such as "RETYPE", variances in paper color and stock, some new pages of text,
purposeful stains and coloring, rubber stamps, and hand-painted watercolor and rub-
ber stamp addi ons to back cover. Illustrated. 4to. Stapled along top edges and cov-
ered with cloth binding tape. Devon, United Kingdom (Schneemann) 1972. (48836)
$12,500
The Parts of a Body House ar st's book was created by Schneemann during her stay in
Devon, Great Britain, at Beau Geste Press. In her introduc on to the book, Schneemann
writes: "PARTS OF A BODY HOUSE BOOK is a prototype for my 'big book'. Each element
in this edi on culled from mounds of related material. It is a releasing of the recent
past into the present. A unitary life view - all about the same thing...and I can't saywhat IT IS. But see it, live it. Clayton Eshleman saw It & edited the selected 'Nota ons' 1962-68 for Catepillar. Felipe felt
it & said come to Devon & we'll make the book."
There were 60 signed deluxe copies and a maximum of 300 low-cost copies printed. Schneemann's proof copy provides a
rare insight into her process and how the final copies of the book were created, including what was added and what was
removed before going to press. The proof copy has 66 pages, some repeated, compared to 46 pages in the printed
(abridged) copy. Some of the pages are in a different sequence or format, and some material was taken out altogether.
Some of the items present in Schneemann's copy but not the published version are two color slides, one of Carolee with
her cat and one of the skyline through a window; six black-and-white contact prints of an orgy or similar gathering print-
ed on a single sheet; a poem tled "BODY POLITIC/BLOWING UP", a page tled "Rela onship Measure" with a chart of
accompanying adjec ves, a mimeographed drawing, and a page tled "Blood Work". An incredibly rare book from one
of the most important female visual and performance ar sts.
32. (Secret World War I Photographs) - First World War Photograph Al-
bum. Excep onal album of 141 original photographs of World War I in
France, including 44 photographs of tanks stamped "SECRET" to front and
with official stamp from the "Sec on Photographique de l'Armée" to the
reverse, views of demolished buildings around Vienne-la-Ville, ba lefields,
aerial views from the Somme region, mortars, and German aircra , all with
handwri en cap ons, several with dates including 1915, 1916, 1918, and
one dated 1921. All but one of the photographs inserted into pre-cut slots in
special photo album pages, one photograph loose. Photographs vary in size
from 3-1/8 x 4-3/8 to 9-3/16 x 11-5/8 inches. Oblong 4to. Black cloth-backed
boards. N.p., n.d. (circa 1921). (48820) $9,500
Perhaps most interes ngly, almost a third of the photographs in this album
are stamped "Secret" to the fronts of the photographs and "Reproduc on
Interdite" to the backs, along with an official French army stamp. Some of
the aerial view photographs in this album include ba lefields with visible
trenches from Vermandovillers and Fort de Vaux, with the photos of Ver-
mandovillers dated September 17, 1916. Addi onal aerial views feature no-
ta ons or cap ons printed within the images, including mestamps, dates,
loca ons, and landmarks. Other notable photographs include a variety of
German aircra , including Fokker, Rumpler, LVG, and Albatros. A remarkable
collec on.
33. Skyline. The New York Architecture and Design Calendar. No. 1 (1 April 1978)
through unnumbered (April 1980). Thirteen issues of the central design review and record
of events within the New York architecture and design community, issues ranging from 8
to 20 pp. each, under the editorial direc on of Andrew McNair and Craig Owens, covering
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I.M. Pei, the Piranesi exhibit at the Na onal Gallery, Ron Herron and Peter Cook, Rouben
Ter-Arutunian, Gunnar Asplund, the new U.S. Na onal Tennis Center, Frank Gehry at P.S.1,
the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Robert Venturi, Austrian design, Cesar Pelli, Arata Isozaki,
and many others. Illustrated throughout. Folio. Orig. self-wrpps. New York (The Ins tute
for Architecture and Urban Studies) 1978-1980. (48835) $1,650You can also read
