Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts Lots 107-235
107 ALGREN, Nelson (1909-1989). A group of 3 photographs of Nelson Algren as a child, comprising:
108 [ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. [KNOTHE, Paul (1897-1988)]. Der Maler Als Raumkünstler. Dresden: Atelier Stenzel, [1927].
Photograph tipped to card of Nelson Algren as a toddler, with caption verso: “Nelson Abrahams on side walk Ashland Ave seeing from back of Cottage. Calling him & he in return is thinking shall I answer or not. He thinks it a great joke to have everyone running around looking for him. July 1913, Fox Creek, Mich.” -- Photographic postcard to Marilew Kogan with typed note signed (“[N]elson”) verso: “Dear Marilew, Aint this plumb pitiful? N/” -- Also with a photograph of Algren as a toddler mounted on cardstock.
Folio. 28 color plates. Loose as issued in cloth-backed boards (boards separated, lacking spine, lacking cloth ties, wear to extremities).
Provenance: Herman and Marilew Kogan, friends of Nelson Algren; acquired by the present owner after Marilew Kogan’s death in 2007. $800 - 1,200
FIRST EDITION containing designs for wallpaper patterns, friezes, pilasters, doors, and overall interiors. [With:]Dekorative Vorbilder. Volume 25. Stuttgart: Verlag Julius Hoffmann, 1912. Folio. 24 (of 60) color plates including chromolithographs. Loose as issued in original green gilt-stamped cloth portfolio (overall wear). FIRST EDITION, volume 25 only, this German decorative arts periodical published annually from 1889 to 1928. -- LAMBERT, Th. Das Moderne Möbel Auf Der Pariser Weltausstellung 1900. Stuttgart: Verlag Von Julius Hoffmann, [1900]. Folio. 214 photographic illustrations on 40 plates (A few marginal tears). Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards (some soiling). Second edition. featuring examples of Art Nouveau furniture featured at the 1900 Paris World Exhibition. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $300 - 400
109 [ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN]. DUFRENE, Maurice. Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1926.
110 [ARCHITECTURE]. Encyclopédie de L›Architecture. Constructions Modernes. Paris: Éditions Albert Morancé, [1928-1939].
2 volumes, comprising Series I-II (of 3), folio. 64 photographic plates. (Occasional marginal soiling.) Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards, cloth ties (soiling and some light wear).
12 volumes, folio. 1200 plates, (a few double-page, a few hand-colored). Original brown cloth-backed board portfolios, cloth ties (some light wear or soiling, a few hinges starting).
FIRST EDITION of this set of plates documenting Art Deco interiors and furnishings on display at the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts.
FIRST EDITION, a complete set of this significant survey of modernist architecture, with a profusion of photographic reproductions, drawings, and floor plans of office buildings, industrial buildings, hotels, theatres, train stations, airports, retail stores, universities, monuments, and private residences in various countries. This survey features works by leading twentieth-century European architects and designers including Elsaesser, Freyssinet, Laprade, Le Corbusier, Luckhardt, Mallet-Stevens, Neutra, Pacon, Perret, Roux-Spitz, Ruhlmann, Siclis, and van der Velde.
[With:] DUFRENE, Maurice. Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1937. Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, 1937. Volumes II-III (of 3), 4to. 96 photographic plates. Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards cloth ties (some soiling). FIRST EDITION. -- CHAVANCE, René. Nouvelles Boutiques. Façades et Intérieurs. Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1929. 4to. 48 photographic plates. Loose as issued in original cloth-backed printed boards (some light soiling). Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois $500 - 700 34
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Property from the Collection of Marvin Herman $3,500 - 4,500
