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L. Moholy-Nagy: 60 Fotos/60 Photos/60 Photographies (In the Publisher's Original Glassine Dustjacket)
by Edited by Fritz Roh
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good -
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag, 1930. Original wraps. Very Good +/Very Good -. Jan Tschichold. The 1930 1st edition of this, the maiden title in the Bauhaus-influenced "Fototek" series (which would only produce one more title). THIS COPY INCLUDES ITS UNCOMMON ORIGINAL GLASSINE DUSTJACKET. Solid and VG+ in its Jan Tschichold-designed wrappers, with light wear at the foot of the spine, small, neat name to the title page's top-edge and a degree of light soiling along the rear panel. And in a clean, VG- to VG example of the fragile glassine dustjacket, with very light chipping along the edges and the base of the spine, and a 3" x 3" square of loss to the rear panel's lower-edge. Octavo. 60 crisp black-and-white examples of Moholy-Nagy's work (including a good amount in collage) and the first monograph devoted exclusively to his photography.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19714
- Title
- L. Moholy-Nagy: 60 Fotos/60 Photos/60 Photographies (In the Publisher's Original Glassine Dustjacket)
- Author
- Edited by Fritz Roh
- Illustrator
- Jan Tschichold
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Klinkhardt & Biermann Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- rare photography, rare design, rare Bauhaus, rare Bauhaus photography, rare Bauhaus design, rare Moholy-Nagy, rare Bauhaus architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography;
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Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
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