Jakob Tuggener: Ballnachte / Ball Nights, 1934-1950 by Jakob Tuggener - 2006-05-30

Scalo. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. 2005. First Edition. Hardback. 3039390023 . Please note that this is a heavy item and may require extra postage for international shipping.; Covers clean, some very faint shelf wear to rear cover, corners sharp, minor bumpt to base of spine; No ownership marks, text clean, plentiful B+W photographs; Binding tight. ; 12.0 X 8.7 X 0.9 inches; 144 pages .

(Zurich): (Scalo Verlag), 2005. First Edition. Very good +.. Collection of photographs of balls taken by the avant-garde Swiss photographer Jakob Tuggener, which he originally arranged into a maquette for a book that was never published, published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition of the same name in Switzerland. This edition, based on the maquette, is true to his wish for a "pure photo book without text," with critical essays only in the included booklet. An impressive work of the European photographic avant-garde. Hardcover. Tall 4to. Gilt-paper-covered boards with photo print to front. 30-page, 8vo. accompanying booklet of English text laid in. A very good plus, ex-library copy, with stamps to front and rear pastedowns, and no other markings. Light bumps to edges of boards, else unmarred, clean and sharp overall. Unpaginated.

Switzerland: Scalo, 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to (144 pages). As-new, without dust jacket, as issued, still in publisher’s original shrink-wrap, including English text translation booklet.

Scalo Publishers, 2006. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Slight shelfwear to cover. With booklet loosely inserted at front.

Scalo Verlag Ac, 2005. This is a very good or better hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued. A little light soil on the white spine. Completely clean inside. Complete with the English essay booklet laid in. Stated first edition 2005. This book has been prepared from the never before published maquette of Jakob Tuggener that he finished in 1950. It also accompanied the exhibition in Switzerland at the Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur followed by the showing at the Fotografische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen. Booklet essay by Ute Eskildsen, Director of the Fotografische Sammlung in Essen. Illustrated throughout in black & white with Jakob Tuggener's photographs of the haute monde at balls in Swtzerland during the years 1934 to 1950. 12" high X 9" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.