Recent Arrivals from Bernett Rare Books Inc

Small volume of movement study drawings in a Constructivist and Cubist-influenced style. Oblong octavo (6 3/4 x 10 3/8 inches). Original printed wrappers. Light browning, minor soiling to covers, small areas of wear and loss along edges and spine, some staining near staples, light scattered spotting to interior, overall very good. Leningrad: n.p., 1929. Little is known about the… Read more about this item

Small Chinese comic-book style booklet. Square 16mo (4 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches). Original pictorial wrappers; 4, 96 pp. Light wear to corners; some toning to leaves; a few losses to corners of last few leaves (pp. 81-96), with no loss to images; paper brittle; overall good. Shanghai (Da zhong mei shu chu ban she/The Masses Artistic Publishing Company)… Read more about this item

A single page broadsheet for an exhibition printed in red and black on cream-colored paper stock with typography in various font sizes by Onorio, and the text in each language oriented in a different direction on the page. 11 5/8 inches by 11 7/8 inches, folded to 8 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches. Loose as issued. Creasing, light browning… Read more about this item

Two small unpaginated artist's books, signed and dated by Groh. Each booklet 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches. Side-stapled gray cardstock, titles handwritten in pencil to front covers and Groh's name rubber-stamped, hand-signed and dated '87 in pencil to back covers. Extremely light soiling to covers, overall excellent. N.p, 1987. Klaus Groh (b. 1936) is a German artist and… Read more about this item

(3), 162 pp. survey of the use of artificial lighting in modern architecture, profusely illustrated. Quarto (11 x 9 inches). Cloth boards with stamped title to cover. Light soiling and minor handling wear, overall very good. Milan (Ulrico Hoepli) 1934. Profusely illustrated survey of Art Deco and modernist lighting fixtures and both interior and exterior settings for lighting designed… Read more about this item

A remarkable sketchbook with 25 original gouache paintings (there is no work number 14) by Beryl Barr-Sharrar, for Pierre Lecuire. Small oblong octavo (8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches). Cardboard covers, metal spiral binding. Some light bumping to edges, paintings in beautiful and bright condition, overall excellent. N.p. (Paris), 1968. This beautiful notebook is inscribed inside the front cover,… Read more about this item

Unpaginated (26 pp.) catalogue published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition at the Hessenhuis in Antwerp, held from March 21 to May 3, 1959. Square octavo (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches). Original side-stapled wrappers. Light rubbing to aluminum leaf, slight rust-staining around staples, scattered foxing, back cover loose, overall very good. Antwerp: Hessenhuis, 1959. The ZERO group… Read more about this item

Torino, 1932-1934. Tabloid/folio (approx. 56 x 41.5 cm). Original self-wrappers; each issue 8 pp. Some browning to paper, toning, light scattered foxing, some issues with tears along fold lines, overall good condition. Twelve issues in eleven fascicules (Year I, Nos. 1 and 3-6; Year III, Nos. 3-9) of the important Italian Futurist architecture journal, under the direction of Fillia,… Read more about this item

Paris: Éditions Réverberes, 1928. Octavo (21 ×13.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaginated (33 pp.) including a frontispiece after a drawing by Jean Marembert. Overall very good condition. Limited edition of 300 copies. Rare volume of poems published by the neo-Dadaist group Les Réverbères, which was founded in December 1937 by Michel Tapié, Jean Marembert, Jacques Office, Pierre Minne, and… Read more about this item

Roma/Foligno: Franco Campitelli, 1931. Duodecimo (19.2 x 13.2 cm). Original illustrated wrappers with cover illustration by Mario Mafai; (2), 432, (4) pp. Some signatures coming loose from binding, overall very good. A small Futurist Italian art almanac, conceived of and compiled by Carlo d'Aloisio da Vasto. This volume features a colver illustration by Mario Mafai and writings by Luciano… Read more about this item

Milan: Jabik & Colophon Editori, 1973-1975. Quarto (28 x 21 cm). Original black-and-white photomontage wrappers; various paginations ranging from 40 to 174 pp. Some light soiling to covers, minor wear, overall very good. A complete run of 10 issues in 8 fascicules of the historic Italian magazine published under the editorial direction of radical Italian architect and designer Ugo… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1929-1930 (Showa 4 and 5). Large octavos (29 × 19.6 cm). Publisher's cloth-backed boards with vignette to front board and gilt titles to spine; 381 and 115, 18, [1] pp. The first volume with 350 pp. of plans and drawings, a few in color; the second volume In the original card slipcases with decorative title label… Read more about this item

[Torino]: S.E.L.P./Studio Editoriale Librario Piemontese, 1931. Quarto (29 x 22 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; 22 pp., profusely illustrated. Some light soiling and toning to covers, minor wear to extremities, very mild mildew staining to title page, slight rust to staples, overall very good. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies. This work was published in 1931, only a few months… Read more about this item

Barcelona: Comissariat de Propaganda de la Generalitat de Catalunya, 1937. Small folio (36 x 26 cm). Original illustrated wrappers; unpaginated (each issue circa 40-60 pp.). Light soiling and foxing, minor abrasions, pages of first issue coming loose from staples, overall very good. A complete run of four issues in three of the scarce and short-lived Catalan serial published during… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Frisindet Kulturkamp, 1935-1939. Quarto (29.5 x 20 to 30.5 x 22 cm). Original side-stapled wrappers, most with eye-catching colorful illustrations; variously paginated (most issues between 16 and 48 pp.). Some light wear, very minor scattered browning, overall very good. A complete run of 33 issues in 28 fascicules of the Danish periodical with a Socialist viewpoint, devoted to… Read more about this item

Brno: Pásmo, [1924]. Folio (47.5 × 31.5 cm). Original decorative self-wrappers; [6] pp. folded accordion-style. With illustrations and reproductions. Vertical and horizontal crease; expertly restored at the folds with japan paper; occasional light foxing; else very good. This issue contains a series of programmatic texts of the European avant-gardes. It opens with a long quote by Lajos Kassák. Mieczysław… Read more about this item

Madrid: self-published, 1951. Quarto (28 x 21 cm). Green cloth with gilt-tooled leather label to spine; iv, 152 pp. typed manuscript, printed recto only. Some light foxing to first and last few pages, extremely minor soiling to cloth, overall very good. Original typed manuscript by Manuel de Foronda y Gómez, written from his perspective as a witness to the… Read more about this item

[Paris?]: [League of Nations], 1938. Octavo (26 × 21 cm). Original staple-stitched printed three-panel wrappers; 37 pp. Rust to staple and moisture staining to upper left corner; general wear to wrappers; still good or better. Scarce English-language dossier issued for the 101st session of the Council of the League of Nations in May 1938. The book includes a chronology… Read more about this item

Belgrade: Marsias, 1922-1924. Series I: quartos (28 × 23.5 cm), Series II: octavo (23.5 × 16 and 22.5 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; Series I 32 pp. per issue, Series II 128 pp. continuously paginated. Very minor general soiling and toning; text block of one issue neatly detached from wrappers; pages uncut and unopened; overall very good, in… Read more about this item

Buenos Aires: Editorial Marinoni, 1919-1920. Octavos (18.2 × 13.6 cm). Somewhat later leather boards; all original illlustrated front and rear wrappers bound in; most issues 30-36 pp. Restoration to binding; some toning and light soiling throughout; overall about very good. A complete run in nineteen issues of the short-lived Argentinian socialist journal, published from July 1919 through April 1920.… Read more about this item