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1928 Salzburger Festspiele: Schauspiel
Salzburg: Salzburger Festspiele, 1928. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 24pp. Wraps with cover design of mask in black, red and gold with black lettering, protected by mordern mylar. An interesting design invoking strands of Neue Sachlichkeit with references to the mysterious fields of Maskenspiel. The pamphlet contains a contribution by Hugo..... More
20 Jahre Café des Westens. Erinnerungen vom Kurfürstendamm
Berlin: Ernst Pauly, 1913/14. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 64pp. Original illustrated beige wraps with black lettering on cover. Illustrated decorative endpapers. The story of the Café des Westens presented in literary form with in-text b/w illustrations and four pasted down b/w reproduction of artwork by Emil Orlik, Walter Trier, Rob..... More
25 Jahre Gemeinnütziger Wohnungsbau der Gewoge 1926-1951
Ludwigshafen am Rhein: Self published, (1951). Softcover. Quarto. 75pp. Original illustrated wraps. Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the "Gemeinnützige Wohnungsbaugesellschaft für Werksangehörige der I. G. Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen a. Rh. m. b. H." (Gewoge). The company was founded in 1926 to provide affordable housing for their employees. Profusely..... More
Achievement
New York: Carey Printing Company, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 138 (8)pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Title page with vignette and decorative orange border, as are all text pages. Decorative and historiated head- and endpieces, and initials. An in-depth promotion, describing the Carey Publishing House starting..... More
Amerika Bygger (America Builds)
Helsinki: Finnish Literary Society's Printing House, 1945. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 69pp. Original photo-illustrated wraps with white lettering on cover. Catalog of the exhibition of American architecture at the Stockholm Ateneum June 6–21, 1945, organized by the Finnish Association of Architects and the Finland- America Association. Cover photo of the..... More
The Architectural Record (1927-1928: 12 issues)
Quarto. 12 issues of The Architectural Record. Featuring articles by Frank Lloyd Wright, articles focused on Masonic Temple St. Louis, North Italian Brickwork, Fogg Museum of Art at Harvard University, Ziegfield Theater in New York, Cleveland Playhouse, Field House of the University of West Virginia, various churches, architectural announcements, and..... More
Bekanntmachung (Proclamation)
Hamburg: City Council, 1835. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio broadside (15 1/3 x 12 3/4"). Original gray broadside with black lettering and emblem of City of Hamburg. The proclamation translated below was printed and posted around Hamburg after riots against its Jewish Citizens had broken out on July 31, 1835 and..... More
Bekanntmachung über die Errichtung des jüdischen Wohnbezirks in Stanislau und über den Personen - und Fahrverkehr zwischen den arischen und jüdischen Wohnbezirken.
Stanislau: 1941. A proclamation by the Nazis pertaining to the Ghetto in the city of Stanislau in German occupied Poland. Dated 16. December 1941. One inch closed tear to upper edge. Two and a half by two inch chip missing on lower left corner. Text in German. 16" x 23.5"..... More
Bericht des internationalen Lagerkomitees Buchenwald
Weimar: International Camp Committee, 1945. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 174pp. Original tan wraps with orange triangle and black lettering on cover. Comprehensive report by the International Camp Committee Buchenwald describing the horror inflicted on the German population by the Nazis through their concentration camp system, covering the development of the..... More
Bericht über die Israelitische Religionsschule unter Leitung des Herrn Rabbiners Dr. Horowitz (Report of the Israelite Religious School under the Direction of Rabbi Dr. Horowitz)
Frankfurt: Israelite Religious School Frankfurt a. M., 1888. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 27pp. Original stapled tan wraps with black lettering on cover. Contains invitation to the public exam of the students in the auditorium of the school on April 8, 1888. With fourteen page report of the administration, a list..... More
Berliner Konferenz der Drei Mächte • Der Alliierte Kontrollrat für Deutschland • Die Alliierte Kommandantur der Stadt Berlin, Sammelhefte 1 + 2 [WITH] Befehle des Obersten Chefs der Sowjetischen Militärverwaltung in Deutschland • Aus dem Stab der Sowjetischen Militärverwaltung in Deutschland, Sammelhefte 1 + 2
Berlin: SWA - Verlag, 1946. Softcovers. Octavo. 116, 196pp. Original wraps gray and blue with black lettering in triple border of cover. The SWA-Verlag is the publisher of the Soviet Military Government in Germany. Collection of communiqués, declarations, proclamations, laws and orders of the Allied Control Council for Germany, the..... More
California Hardware Company: Wholesale Dealers, General Hardware, Iron and Steel
Los Angeles: California Hardware Company, 1936. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (ii) lviii, 1,466pp. Original green cloth with black lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated title page. Comprehensive catalogue of builder's hardware, glassware, hotel ware, dinnerware, household articles, paints, oils and varnishes, sporting goods, contractor's supplies, electrical appliances and devices, wheel..... More
Chinese Hand-Colored Woodcuts
NP: Late 19th century (?). Hardcover. Small square folio. 10 1/4"x12 3/4". Unpaginated. Broken leporello binding. Decorative patterned white silk boards, with white gold-speckled paper label on the front cover. The work contains 6 color plates of hand-colored woodcuts. The work seems to be in a style similar to Lianhuanhua..... More
Civil Letter and Medical Document Concerning the Barber Heinrich Carl Ferdinand Schrader (Civic Law/Bürgerliches Recht 1841/1852)
Berlin: NP, 1841, 1852. Original documents. Loose leaf. Folio. Two folded, double-paged documents, matted behind clear plastic sheets. Rare original historical documents. 1. Civil Letter (printed): Issued to the barber Heinrich Carl Ferdinand Schrader by the mayor and council of the Royal Prussian Capitol Berlin. It declares that subsequent to..... More
Das Behagliche Heim (The Comfortable Home)
Berlin: Nationale Radiator Gesellschaft m.b.H., ca. 1910. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 23pp. Original light brown silk string-bound stiff wraps with with embossed ornamental image and dark brown lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Decorative title page. Illustrated advertisement brochure (Arts and Craft Movement) with six full-page offset color reproductions..... More
David Ben-Gurion [INSCRIBED ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH]
Matted. Matted (15 3/4 x 11 3/4") Silver Gelatin Print (8 x 6"), mounted on cream paper. Portrait photograph of David Ben-Gurion inscribed "To Günther Freiherr von Gall with best wishes. D. Ben-Gurion 23.12.70 Sdeh-Boker, Israel." David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) was Israel's first Prime Minister and the founder of the Social..... More
Détails Historiques et Recuil de Pièces sur les Divers Projects de Réunion de Toutes les Communions Chrétiennes: qui ont été conçus depuis la Réformation jusqu'a ce jour [WITH] Procès-verbal des séances de l'Assemblée des députés français professant la religion Juive [WITH] Observations Nouvelles sur les Juifs, et spécialment sur ceux d'Amsterdam et de Francfort; par M. Grégoire, ancien évêque de Blois, Sénateur, etc. [WITH] Homage Rendu A La Vérité, Sur la Tomb de feu Messire Éléonore-Marie Desbois-de-Rochefort,... ancien Évéque d'Amiens, le... 7 Septembre 1807... Précédé d'une courte Notice sur les Obsèques de ce Prélat [WITH] Lettre aMonsieur A.F.T. du F****, Membre du Consistoire et Trésorier de 'Eglise Protestante de Rouen. 5 works bound in one. [1806/1807]
Hardcover. Paris. Various publishers. Octavo. 263, 92, 18, 30, 55pp. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards, with gilt lettering on red leather labels of spine. Marbled edges. Texts in French. Bookplate of Andrews Norton, American preacher and theologian, and Ex Libris of Paul H.Silverstone, internatianlly recognized authority on naval history..... More
Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (German Ceramics Association)
Berlin: Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 73pp. Original blue design with reverse white lettering on cover. Association's logo on title page. Exhibition catalog featuring master and student works from academy classes and experimental workshops. Arranged by the German Ceramics Association this exhibition provides an overview of the..... More
Deutsche Theater-Ausstellung Magdeburg May–October 1927. Includes Festnummer. Die Vierte Wand zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung. Heft 14/15. 14. Mai 1927 [WITH] Bauhaus 3 1927 Special Issue [WITH] Die Deutsche Theater-Ausstellung Magdeburg 1927 [WITH] Deutsche Theater-Ausstellung Magdeburg Mai - 1927 Sept. Amtlicher Katalog. Industrie-und-Gewerbeabteilung - Sonderausstellungen [WITH] Offizieller Führer [WITH] Deutschland - Deutsche Theater-Ausstellung Magdeburg Mai - 1927 Sept. [WITH] 3 commemorative stamped envelopes, 2 commemorative stamped and 9 commemorative postcards.
Magdeburg: Herausgegeben von der Mitteldeutschen Ausstellungsgesellschaft MBH. Magdeburg. 1927. First edition. Softcover. - Festnummer. Die Vierte Wand zur Eröffnung der Deutschen Theater-Ausstellung. Magdeburg 1927; Large quarto. 98; [18]pp. Original decorative wrappers with red lettering on front and back cover, protected by modern mylar. Rare and fascinating work dedicated to the..... More
Die Große Sozialistische Oktoberrevolution im Spiegel deutscher Zeitungen 1917 – 1967 (The Great Socialist October Revolution Mirrored by German Newspapers 1917–1967) [SIGNED]
Berlin: Deutsche Staatsbibliothek, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Signed Kunze in foreword (Prof. Dr. Horst Kunze, Generaldirektor). Oblong Quarto. 4 leaves, 29 newspaper samples in pouches. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on cover. GDR publication celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the October Revolution in 1917 touting the GDR as a...... More
A Dream of Fair Women. With illustrations by Harrison Fisher. Decorations by E. Stetson Crawford.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1907. Harrison Fisher, E. Stetson Crawford. First edition). Hardcover. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated (some color). Brown cloth binding w/illustrated cover and gold stamping. Text clean, some water staining to cover. More
Eisen und Stahl. 97 Fotos von Albert Renger-Patzsch (Iron and Steel. 97 Photos by Albert Renger-Patzsch)
Berlin: Verlag Hermann Reckendorf, 1931. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated (95pp). Original blue quarter cloth over silver paper-covered boards with title in black on cover, white lettering on spine. Cream endpapers. Profusely illustrated with 97 annotated reproductions of b/w photographs by Renger-Patzsch. Rare early 1930's industrial work by the master..... More
Erinnerung and Norderney (Memories of Norderney)
Frankfurt: August Frey. Hardcover. Duodecimo (6 x 5"). 12 Leaf Leporello. Original Kaliko portfolio with intricate gilt-stamped decor and lettering on cover, blind-stamped decor on back cover, protected by modern mylar. Rare souvenir book with 50 images of landmarks at Germany's oldest North Sea Spa Resort (since 1797), the island..... More
Erster Rechenschaftsbericht des Hilfscomités für die rumänischen Juden in Palestina (First Statement of Accounts by the Relief Committee of Romanian Jews in Palestine)
Berlin: Hilfscomité der rumänischen Juden in Palestina, 1904. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 16pp. Original green wraps with black lettering in decorative framing on cover, protected by modern mylar. Laid in preprinted money order form for donations to the committee. Report on the activities of the Relief Committee and accounting for..... More