Dallas, Texas: Published by the author, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Square folio (10X10), pp. 32 with dozens of b/w photographs and bibliography. This is a catalog of an exhibition which concentrates upon Dada and Constructivist artists working in Berlin and Hanover during the 1920's. Contains the work of such German..... More
Troppau, Germany: Verlag Heinz & Comp. 1933. First edition. Original beige Cloth, w/red title & design stamped on cover. Quarto, pp. 63 pages of text, interleaved with a 125-page section of photographic illustrations, which includes one color plate. First edition of this wonderful Austrian photography annual with essays on light..... More
1992. First printing. Paperback Original. Octavo (8 1/2 X 9 1/2), pp. 37, catalog of exhibition at Whitman College, includes 14 b/w images of Felixmueller's works, essay on German Expressionist poet, Walter Rhiener. Contains an article on Conrad Felixmueller through the eyes of a collector. Uncommon Felixmueller title... More
Munich: 1922. Limited edition, #7/125. Original Wraps. 12 mo (5 X 8), pp. 23, contains four pencil signed etchings by Josef Eberz. Beautifully original engravings in his expressionistic style signed by Josef Eberz. A lovely example of German expressionism from the early 1920s. More
2001. Limited edition, #42/50. Glossy Pictorial Cover. 12 mo (5 1/4 X 8 1/2), pp. 50 with many b/w reproductions of Felixmueller's art work. A reprint edition in 50 copies which was originally produced by Felixmueller's son Titus, on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. The text is of..... More
2001. Limited edition, 50 copies. Glossy Pictorial Cover. 12 mo (5 1/4 X 8 1/2), pp. 50 with many b/w reproductions of Felixmueller's art work. A reprint edition in 50 copies which was originally produced by Felixmueller's son Titus, on the occasion of the artist's 100th birthday. The text is..... More
Munich: Deutscher Volksverlag, 1938. First edition. Original Cloth. Small octavo (6 x 8.5). pp. 80. 32 pages of introductory text followed by 50 pages of examples of "decadent" art juxtaposed to the corresponding "German" (i.e. politically correct) art. An important period piece, showing the collision of Nazi "aesthetics" and avant..... More
Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer, 1938. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 83, Thomas Mann pays homage to one of the great philosophical influences in his work. A better than average copy of this uncommon title. More
Vienna: Gerlach & Wiedling, 1920. First edition. Original publisher's pictorial boards. 12mo. pp. 95. Gerlachs Jugendbuecherei volume 5. Beautifully illustrated in color and b/w. An important volume in this illustrious series. More
Berlin: Verlag von Louis Hirschfeld, 1848. 14 X 22, signed lower right "Beta" Very scarce revolutionary poster from the Berlin revolution of 1848, very strong image, would frame up nicely. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. pp. xvii, 301. Forward by Donald Fleming. An edition of 14 individual contributions. Indexed. As study as scholarly as it is scarce. Written by a multidisciplinary group of German, British and American scholars. The study provides a richer, much more differentiated..... More
Munich: Roesl & Cie. 1921. First edition. Half-Leather over marbled boards. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 6), pp. 177, with 10 original watercolors (i.e. handcolored illustrations) by Ludwig Bock. A beautiful example of German Expressionist era book illustration. The 10 hand colored plates are very expressive interpretations of this classic..... More
New York: The Profile Press, 1946. First illustrated, limited edition. Publisher's blue cloth w/red title on spine & cover. Octavo, pp. 79, with 11 full-page illustrations by Oskar Kokoschka, translated by Eric Posselt and Era Zistel. One of only 1000 copies ( actually, presumably an unnumbered copy from the limited..... More
New York: The Profile Press, 1946. First illustrated, limited edition. Publisher's blue cloth w/red title on spine & cover. Octavo, pp. 79, with 11 full-page illustrations by Oskar Kokoschka, translated by Eric Posselt and Era Zistel. One of only 1000 copies. The text, Ehrenstein's Tubutsch, is one of the icons..... More
Frankfurt: Literarische Anstalt, ca. 1912. 244. Auflage (Edition). Rebound w/ original cover, expertly rebacked with red backstrip to look like the original. Octavo, pp. 24, beautiful colored drawings throughout, text in German, "Slovenly Peter" character, many more children's cautionary poems throughout, ownership signature to front free end paper. Contains the..... More
Frankfurt: Literarische Anstalt, ca. 1912. 323. Auflage (edition). Rebound w/ original cover, expertly rebacked to look like the original red backstrip. Octavo, pp. 24, beautiful colored drawings throughout, text in German, "Slovenly Peter" character, many more children's cautionary poems throughout. Contains the "Jubilaeumsblatt" from the 100th edition, from 1876. Back..... More
Munich: Schmidt, 1950. First edition thus. publisher's cloth. Octavo, pp. 370. With very tattered dustjacket. With boldly signed inscription to an old friend. In German. More
New York: Viking Press, 1963. First printing. Original publisher's cloth. Octavo, pp. 343. Notes, bibliography and index. An extremely creative and brilliant study of the history of revolution, by one of the foremost intellectuals of her time. In typical Arendt fashion, she advances a proposal for making revolution relevant again..... More
Cologne: duMont Buchverlag, 1997. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 323. Richly illustrated with numerous b/w and color photographs. English language edition. Thoroughly researched overview of the state of German photography over the course of a century, including a broad selection of noted German photgraphers and their work. More
New York: Goethe House New York in association with Fairleigh Dickinson University, 1984. First printing. Grey pictorial wraps. Quarto, pp.88. Richly illustrated. Intro by Heller, Wieland Herzfelde on the founding of the Malik Verlag. Catalog lists 89 items, most depicted in illustrations. A very distinctive exhibition catalog, most notably for..... More
Frankfurt: Suhrkamp Verlag, 1976. First edition. Publisher's cloth. Octavo, pp. 66, ephemera laid in. uncommon first edition of Celan's late poems, published from his estate. More
Darmstadt, Germany: Luchterhand, 1977. First edition. Original Cloth, illustrated DJ. Quarto, pp. 694, ephemera laid in, text in German. A very nice copy in equally good dj of one of the most popular of Grass' novels. More
Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Cosmopolita, 1945. First edition. Original blue Cloth. Octavo, pp. 166 w/ 8 b/w plates. scarce exile title from South America. More
Stockholm: Bermann-Fischer Verlag, 1910. First edition in exile. Publisher's cloth. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 7 1/2), pp. 889, text in German. Nice copy of the scarce exile edition in 5000 copies. Good dustjacket. More
Berlin: C. Fischer Verlag, 1954. First edition (Stockholmer Gesamtausgabe). Publisher's cloth. Octavo, pp. 442, text in German. First edition in a decent dustjacket of a Mann classic. More
