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New York: A - D Publishing Co. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Comprises Volume VII of A - D, a non - profit, cooperative magazine published by the A - D Publishing Company of New York from 1940-1941. All covers for the individual issues bound in. Stiff pictorial and printed paper wrappers, all bound inside medium blue buckram cloth covers and with gilt lettering over a burgundy leather label affixed neatly to spine. Amongst many wonderful articles and designs there is Moholy-Nagy's illustrated article on Paul Rand, this being the second article on Paul Rand, which takes up most of Vol. VII, No. 3, February - March, 1941. Paul Rand designed the cover for this issue as well. In Volume VII, No. 1, October - November, 1940, there is a full-page review of the famous issue of Architectural Forum, "Design Decade," Number 1930 - 1940, October, 1940, reproducing a full-page illustration of playground equipment to be designed by Isamu Noguchi. Quite stunning. Two bruised but not broken… Read more

Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1977. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. German language text continues: Ausstellung Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main 10. November 1977 bis 8. Januar 1978. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, moderate wear of covers, very little to text-block, and with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy bound in bright and shiny gatefold wraps. Double-column text, Foreword by Klaus Gallwitz, followed by hundreds of captioned and titled works by Dadaists, many with black-and-white illustrations. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Studio Vista, 1970. Softcover. Very Good. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Light creasing to front cover at bottom tip. Four full-page, full-color plates, another 116 black-and-white illustrations (some even being in double page), being a good-looking, structurally sound survey of Dada in Zurich, New York (Duchamp), Berlin (Huelsenbeck and Heartfield), Cologne (Max Ernst), Hanover (Schwitters), and the Littérature group in Paris. [7], 8-167 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound in oblong format, with printed, illustrated covers, with a Foreword by Joanne Moser. Filled with double-column text and replete with black-and-white reproductions of key Dada "artifacts," being posters, sculptures, collages, paintings, and assemblages from the works and lives of Appollinaire, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, and many others. [4], 138 [1], including Select Bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound in oblong format, with printed, illustrated covers, with a Foreword by Joanne Moser. Filled with double-column text and replete with black-and-white reproductions of key Dada "artifacts," being posters, sculptures, collages, paintings, and assemblages from the works and lives of Appollinaire, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, and many others. [4], 138 [1], including Select Bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Iowa City, Iowa: The University of Iowa Museum of Art, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Sterling condition softcover copy, with but a single furled tip, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Bound in oblong format, with printed, illustrated covers, with a Foreword by Joanne Moser. Filled with double-column text and replete with black-and-white reproductions of key Dada "artifacts," being posters, sculptures, collages, paintings, and assemblages from the works and lives of Appollinaire, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Kurt Schwitters, and many others. [4], 138 [1], including Select Bibliography. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London / New York: / Verkauf, Willy.Published by Academy Editions / St. Academy Editions / St. Martin's Press, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Published in First Edition state jointly by Academy Editions of London and St. Martin's Press, New York, 1975. Table of Contents includes: Willy Verkauf, "Dada - Cause and Effect"; Marcel Janco, "Creative Dada"; Richard Huelsenbeck, "Dada and Existentialism"; Hans Richter, "dada and Film"; Hans Kreitler, "The Psychology of Dadaism"; Rudolf Klein & Kurt Blaukopf, "Dada and Music"; Hans Bolliger & Willy Verkauf, "A Dada Dictionary"; Willy Verkauf, Dada - Bibliography". Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in black paper over boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Bright and… Read more

New Haven, Connecticut: Thomson Gale, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Signed by Author. Another fine contribution to the series edited by Stephen C. Foster, Crisis and the Arts: The History of Dada, this being Volume VIII. Also SIGNED by one of the contributors, Tashjian Dickran. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Contributions by the editor, Martin Ignatius Gaughan, and byEstera Milman, Ruth L. Bohan, Dickran Tashjian, Naomi Sawelson-Gorse, Michel Sanouillet, David Hopkins, and Dafydd Jones. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Member,… Read more

Washington D.C: National Gallery of Art, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in bright red cloth, with sharp and distinct black lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Double-page endpapers depicting Dadaists in seminar in black-and-white, front and rear. Preface by Elizabeth Cropper, chapters by the two editors and also by T.J. Demos, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Uwe Fledner, Marcella Lista, Hal Foster and others. Several score black-and-white photographs and other illustrations. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the… Read more

London: Catalogo della Mostra:Published by Annely Juda Fine Art, 1984. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. Published in First Edition state, a fine-looking, important exhibition catalog, by Annely Juda Fine Art, London, 1984. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor to moderate wear of covers and text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. Peach- and orange-colored illustrated wraps with black lettering to cover and spine. 120 pp. that have black-and-white illustrations. [6], 7-149 pp. Mostly in English with some articles having been translated into French. Includes essays by various authors about various Dadaism-related artists: Arp, Baader, Bergmann-Michel, Breton, Citroen, Cornell, Grosz, Hausmann, Hugnet, Janco, Joostens, Klee, Leger, Moholy-Nagy, Picabia, Schwitters, Picasso, Man Ray, Tauber-Arp, Vantongerloo, and others, in essays such as "Dada gives me intolerable 'malaise'," by Andrei B. Nakov;… Read more

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. Fine-looking copy of a stated First English language edition, revised and expanded by Anne Taouillet upon the revised edition from France in 2005, revivifies interest long for four decades into the origins and development of Dada art movements and artists. Special focus on previously unpublished correspondence, including "more than 200 letters to and from such movement luminaries as Tristan Tzara, André Breton, and Francis Picabia" (publisher's blurb). The author was the Founder and First President of the International Association for the Study of Dada. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bound handsomely in gray paper over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering stamped into… Read more

London: Heinemann (London) (1979), 1979. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Foreword contributed by Hannah Arendt. Published in First Edition Thus state by Heinemann of London, 1979, translations from the Danish being from P.M. Mitchell and W. D. Paden. Volume measures 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", bound in red cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to tips, edges, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. xxv + 229 pp. From the dust jacket blurb, "The subjects of the essays range from the early photographs of Daguerre to a visit to Berling during the last war and a visit to London immediately after the war ended. She discusses a speech about feminism which she did not feel qualified to give as she was not a whole-hearted feminist. She writes about her beloved family home, Rungstedlund, of how friends helped Jews to escape in fishing-boats to Sweden, and, in the last piece, gives the text of… Read more

Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Leon Supraner. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs but for crease to a single endpaper; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining, and quite bright of interior. Bound in blue cloth, with silver lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Lovely photographs by Leon Supraner to augment this fine collection of poetry. [2], 3-149 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Seattle: Davidson Galleries, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. As New. Dale Gottlieb. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Glossy pictorial covers, showing "Hold," inspired by the African-American artist Bill Traylor. 14 pp. and multiple full-color illustrations of "story rugs" and artists, including African-American artists such as Bill Traylor, and about social issues. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Salvador Dali. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Glossy pictorial covers mimicking the bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear beyond a nick to spine head front joint, not price-clipped. A. Reynolds Morse of the Salvador Dali Foundation provides a Preface to this, the Second Edition, having been published first in 1954. Philippe Halsman passed away in 1979, having published over 100 Life magazine covers to his credit. His Postface treats of his special relationship with Salvador Dali. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Paris : Editions du Pre Aux Clercs, 1946. First Edition. Softcover. Good. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Original publisher's printed, illustrated wraps, burgundy, gray, white and black, in gate-fold, with a Gaylord sleeve thereover. Black-and-white photographs of "Paris's famous prostitutes," and the discursive vignettes. French language texts. Additional documentation by Rene Coursaget with notes and photogravures. Photographs credit to Georges Sirot et Dignimont. Splitting to and moderate wear of wraps at spine top and bottom. 176 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Charles and Adam Black, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Massively heavy, oversized copy of a big, tall quarto format hardcover autobiography, Stated First Edition, introduced and edited by Gennady Smakov, and graced with the stunning black-and-white photography of Dina Makarova and many others. [11], 12-366 pp. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals but for previous owner's inscription at first free endpaper, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Chronicle Books, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. As New. A fine and visually bracing collection of photographs of dancers, choreographers, and performance artists taken by leading photographers including Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Trisha Brown, Twyla Tharp, Mark Morris, and Elizabeth Streb, among others. Stated First Edition, with "1" in number line present. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers, in gate-fold. Unpaginated, but roughly 120 pp. printed on high-gloss paper. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

New York: Albert A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Red cloth covers, with rubbed gilt lettering to spine, blind-stamped title and logo to front cover. From the publisher, "Dance, a living, growing art, has practically no literature to give voice to its basic philosophy, its theoretical problems, or its development in changing times, no literature that would present it not only as an expression of the immediate present, but also in the historic perspective of its past and in its projection into the future. We hope this first Dance News Annual will find a niche in American dance literature and will help bridge the gap between the topical material contained in newspapers and periodicals and the few books on dance subjects published from time to time." xii [1], 3-211 [1] pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A.,… Read more

Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Company, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Jack Mitchell. More than 200 fine black-and-white photographs augment this fine survey of modern dance troupes in the mid-late 1960s, from the Martha Graham Dance Company to the Harkness Ballet Company and others. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining. Handsomely bound in oatmeal cloth with tan lettering over a red cloth label, red lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear to tips and edges, but protected by a plastic coat, not price-clipped. 142 pp. plus an index. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.