Search Results: Titles starting with H from Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books

Prague: Odeon, 1927 Octavo 18.5x12.7 cm., wrappers, 66pp. No. 153 of 520 numbered copies. A bibliophile production of the author’s 1887 essay on filial piety, translated by O. Reindl. Cover, with a nice frontispiece and title page design by Otakar Mrkvicka. Very good+ with light fading on spine. OCLC locates holdings at Getty, Yale, UMI, BNF

Tallinn: Varraku, 1920 Octavo 18x13 cm, wrappers, 78pp. Lithograph cover and tipped in color frontispiece as well as four pages of illustrations by Ado Vabbe. Vabbe (1892-1961) is regarded as one of the chief exponents of the avant-garde in Estonia. These works are figurative abstractions and graphic poems. Visnapuu (1890-1951) was an important member of the Siuru group of poets, early modernists who strove for unique expression and national identity. He emigrated in 1944, eventually settling in the USA. Rare, with one N. American library holding of the book.

Tel-Aviv: Lev-Hadash; New York: Yehudah, 1928 (Tomorrow: a stand in the war of ideas) Quarto 23.5x16 cm., wrappers, Issues 1, 3, 7–10. Six 32-page issues. Illustrated wrappers signed by Pesach Ir-Shai, with the motto “Hofesh ha-davor ainu rashot 'ala Huvah” (“searching for speech is not elective but mandatory”). The majority of the texts (both prose and poetry) appears to be by Hameiri. Avigador Hameiri was born in Hungary and served in the Austrian army during World War I. He was captured in 1916 by the Russians, but was released following the Revolution, and emigrated to Palestine in 1921, where he worked on the Ha-aretz newspaper. Pesach Irshai (born István Irsai in Budapest) studied architecture but became a painter and graphic designer. He designed a sans serif Hebrew typeface, which may be the one used in the “Apologies” section of each issue. This journal ceased publication in 1940. OCLC locates individual copies at OSU, Stanford, UT Austin, and Yale.

Prague: Odeon, 1927 Octavo (18.2 x 12.5 cm), wrappers, 72pp., edition of 520 numbered copies on Japan Banzay paper. A bibliofile edition, with cover, title & 2 illustrations by Mrkvicka.

Tokyo: Han Geijutsu, 1934 Quarto 28x20.5 cm., wrappers, 20 leaves, edition of 400 copies. Han geijutsu was a periodical which featured graphics by contemporary Japanese artists from 1930 to 1936. This issue is devoted to Onchi Koshiro, with a two-color woodcut cover and twenty woodcuts, all starkly modernist and abstract. No library holdings for this issue found outside of Japan. This copy with light foxing on front cover, interior near fine.

Budapest: Taltos-kiadasa, 1916 Quarto 26.3 x 21.4 cm, wrappers, xvii, 105 plates, cover and book design by author. Ede Toroczkai-Wigand (Hungarian, 1869-1945) was an architect, builder and author of a number of books on architecture and the design traditions of Transylvania. He designed and built a number of projects in a Hungarian secessionist, arts-&-crafts style which has been termed National Romanticism, a style found chiefly in Transylvania. This was developed most notably by Toroczkai-Wigand, Karoly Kos and Marcell Komor. His books, such as the present one, celebrate this style with drawings, photos and paintings of his projects, with settings in the landscape and interior work. This copy very good with owner inscription. Six copies found in North American libraries.

Prague: 777 Klub Bibliofilu, 1941, 1941 Octavo (21.3 x 14.5 cm), embossed & decorated boards, 52pp. Illustrated with a litho frontispiece, 2 full-page color drawings, tail-piece & vignette by Otakar Mrkvicka, who also designed the DJ, embossed image on cover and typography. About fine; former owner's dedication on half-title. Only two copies of this book found in North American libraries.

Brno: Rostlapil, 1929 Quarto 31x24 cm., 1-2 cloth, issues 11-22. Horizont was a premier journal of contemporary architecture in Czechoslovakia which appeared with 38 numbers in 22 issues. It showcased modernist and avant-garde design in a sumptuous presentation, with fine typography and numerous illustrations. The present work is of the second year with numbers 11-13 onward each (double or triple) issue devoted to a single theme or architect. It includes major studies of Jirí Kroha’s Brno Exposition, works of Arnost Wiesner, B. Cermak, and many others, and features color drawings with metallic inks. From 1928 a supplementary newsletter, ZPRÁVÝ REVUE HORIZONT, was issued and is included with its own pagination. Three library holdings in North America found (Yale, Getty both microfiche, Met).

Tartu: Noor-Eesti Kirjastus, 1927 Octavo, wrappers, 266pp. Cover design by Peet Arenilt. Vallak was the pseudonym for Peeter Pedaias (1893-1959) initially studied painting but moved to fiction as a means to combine realism of the commoner with fantasy in expressionist novels of the 1920s. Later conformed to the dictates of the day. No copies of this first edition found in worldcat. A 2005 edition without this cover design still finds no North American library holdings.

Prague: Aventinum, 1925 (A Goose on a String) Octavo, wrappers bound in cloth, 120pp. Book design, typography by Karel Teige, fine photocollage cover by Otokar Mrkvicka. Six screenplays, with topics of the day championed by Devetsil. Jiri Mahen (1882-1939), a cousin of Vaclav Vancura, was a novelist, playwright and essayist. These screenplays are highly experimental. Devetsil's earmarks redolent throughout in book design. A champion of free public discourse and open way of life, Mahen suffered so much depression from the Nazi occupation that he committed suicide soon after the invasion. Rare, with two holdings found in North American libraries.

Budapest: A Ház, 1909 Quarto 32.5x25.4 cm., clothbound, 282(x)pp. The complete run of ten numbers for the second year. A Haz appeared from 1909 to 1911. Extensive drawings and two essays by Károly Kós (here Kosch), original lithographs by Gyula Tichy, several drawings by Lajos Kozma, József Rippl-Rónai, elevation drawings by Csorna, Bábolnai, Kocsis, Sárkány etc., with photo reproductions of artworks and built projects by a host of contemporary Hungarian painters, designers and sculptors. A HÁZ (The House) was a journal dedicated to the building and visual arts, which appeared for four years under the directorship of Béla Málnai. It is a major document of the Hungarian art and architecture of the era, as well as examining the building and design of Traditional Hungarian arts and crafts. From the late 19th century up to 1918, the territories under Hungarian rule employed a unique form of Secessionist architecture which has… Read More

Budapest: Ter es Forma, 1935 Oblong quarto 23.5x31.5 cm., wrappers, 14pp. An illustrated essay on basic hotel-room design drawing by Lajos Kozma (1884-1948), master architect of Hungarian and international modernism. Hungarian text, with French descriptions for some illustrations and a German language summary of the principles for good design at the end. OCLC finds no library holdings for this work, which is not an offprint from a Tér és forma journal issue. Kozma was a co-editor for the journal, and he may have used their presses to release this for teaching purposes.