The radical and reform movements of the 19th and 20th centuries produced no end of remarkable graphic works, including the great satirical work of the leftist cartoonists of the Masses era; the Social Realism of the artists, photographers and lithographers of the AAA and WPA; and of course many thousands of visually stunning posters announcing (and denouncing!) everything from sit-down strikes to genocide. This vital aspect of social history is well represented at Lorne Bair Rare Books, with a selective offering of posters, graphics and original artworks from all periods generally in-stock.
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Slim 12mo (18cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers printed in red and black; 106pp.; pictorial ads in rear. Tiny split at bottom spine edge of upper cover, early signature (including title page) disbound at time of publication, else Very Good and sound. Czech translation of Stendhal's 1832 novella "The Abbess.....
Folio (41.5cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; [36pp]; illus; text is in French. Light wear to spine fold and extremities, with a few short tears, light dustiness and faint stains to wrappers; tiny price rubber stamped to upper left corner of rear wrapper; Very Good+.
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![Text in Russian] P. Korin: Izbrannye Proizveddennia / Selected Works](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34502.jpg?v=1529353771)
Slim quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial boards; [22]pp. & 54 leaves of chiefly color plates printed on rectos and versos. Boards a bit worn, spine sunned, else Very Good and sound. Catalogue raisonné of the works of Pavel Korin, the Soviet painter and art restorer. Text in Russian and English.....
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Quarto (29.5cm.); publisher's two-toned cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 309pp.; chiefly color illus. throughout. A number of small losses and tears to jacket extremities, spine slightly cocked, else Near Very Good and sound. Catalogue raisonné of the Russian realist and historical painter.
Octavo (21.25cm); original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; 324pp. Spine ends a bit rubbed with closed horizontal crack about one inch from spine foot, else Very Good or better. Later edition, this collection of essays on art history, theater, and music first published in 1906.
Slim octavo (21.5cm.); original plain card wrappers in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 47pp.; chiefly photographic illus. throughout. Inscribed and signed on title page: “For George / Best / Lotte / December 1982.” Offered together with two original photographic portraits, by Jacobi, of Albert Einstein. Each an original silver-gelatin print (printed later);.....
Original lithograph. Sheet size ca. 20" x 13". Edition 175; signed in pencil, lower right. Mild, uniform toning to image, else fine.
Letter "L" of twenty-six copies, signed, hand-numbered, and with an original postcard collage in rear envelope (the artwork with matching number and signature). Octavo (23cm); pictorial card wrappers; 138pp. A fine, unread copy.
![Text in Russian] Kniga i Grafika](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34621.jpg?v=1529353779)
Quarto (26.5cm.); publisher's cloth in black and white pictorial dust jacket, grey topstain; [2],315pp.; illus. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Russian monograph on the history of book design and illustration.
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in three colors on white stock, measuring 43cm x 56cm (17" x 22"). Light handling, a few horizontal bends, with some faint, scattered soil along the left margin; Very Good+.
Original drawing in black ink on artist board, sheet size 54cm x 41cm (ca 21" x 16") with ca. 1" margins. Signed in ink, lower right. Also inscribed: "To E.A. Brininstool with my best regards, Bruce Russell" in bottom margin. Compositor's instructions in pencil; a few areas of white ink.....
Original photographic broadside, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 36.75cm x 55.75cm (14.5" x 22"). Old folds, BOSS Archives rubber-stamp at upper right margin, else Near Fine.
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in black, red, and green on white stock, measuring 89.5cm x 58cm (35.25" x 22.75"). Two old folds, with some trivial dustiness and a few scattered black, red, and green ink spots along the margins; unbacked; Near Fine / A.
More info about Poster: Youth International Party Manifesto!
Quarto (29cm). Black cloth, lettered in white on spine and front cover; 226,[12]pp; illus. Tight, straight, Near Fine copy, lacking jacket.
Original photo-illustrated poster, lithographed in four colors on off-white stock, measuring 76.25cm x 102.5cm (30" x 40.25"); signed in plate by the artist at upper right corner. Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; minor, expert restoration to corners and the intersection of a few folds - Near Fine.....
More info about Poster: "America Calling - Take your place in Civilian Defense"
Original silkscreened poster, printed in red and black on off-white stock, measuring 89cm x 58.5cm (35" x 23"). One of 75 numbered copies signed by the artist in pencil at lower margin, this being copy no.11. Light toning and minor signs of handling to extremities, else bright and Near Fine.....
Slim, square quarto (23.5cm.); original grey photo-illustrated boards, upper cover and spine lettered in red; 64pp.; chiefly photographic illus. Minor soil to upper cover, else Very Good or better. Exhibition catalog of works by German photographer Hans Günther Hausen.
![Text in Russian] Liudi Zemli Sovetskoi: Zhivopis' Sovetskikh Khudozhnikov 1960-1980-kh Godov](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/33432.jpg?v=1529353728)
Folio (32.5cm.); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 157pp.; chiefly color illus. throughout. Some general minor wear to jacket extremities, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good or better. Catalog of socialist realist paintings from the Soviet Union.
Quarto (27cm.); original silver photo-illustrated card wrappers, French flaps; 368pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Near Fine. Text entirely in German. History of Babelsberg Studio outside of Berlin, the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.
Four original two-color silkscreen prints; approx. 36cm x 27cm or the reverse (sheet size 46cm x 36cm), on heavy stock; each image signed in plate and dated 1987. Fine condition.
More info about Four silkscreen prints of the Watsonville, CA Cannery Strike of 1985-7
Original OWI poster, photo-lithographed in colors; measuring 71cm x 56cm (ca 28" x 22"); signed in plate by the artist at lower right corner. Vertical and horizontal folds (as issued); small tack-holes in margins, and pinpoint punctures at intersections of fold-lines; A- / NF. NOTE: This is the smaller window-size.....
Bratislava: Central Union of Jewish Communities of Slovakia, 1946. First Edition. Trade issue. One of a stated 5,000 copies; this copy inscribed by the artist on title page: "To my friends Rossi and Mikloš [Foltari?] / F. Reichental," undated but apparently contemporary with publication. Quarto (36cm); cord-bound printed card wrappers;.....
More info about "Arbeit Macht Frei" - 16 Drawings [Inscribed Copy
Octavo (24cm.); original white pictorial staplebound wrappers; 80pp.;illus. in color. Fine. With bifolium list of the 75 color plates reproduced in this exhibition catalogue to accompany an exhibition of Lipschutz's private collection of war posters, dating from the first World War to the present (1982) day.
Original pictorial poster (61x45cm.) printed offset in purple on white stock; crease and subsequent wrinkling to right-hand edge, additional edge wear, else Good or better.
Original lithographed poster, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 44.5cm x 57cm (17.5" x 22.5"). Light wear and subtle toning to extremities, diagonal crease at upper left corner, with three horizontal creases smoothed out; Very Good / B.
More info about Poster: You don't have to belong to a minority group to register PEACE AND FREEDOM
Octavo (23cm). Red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt pictorial device to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 467pp; illus; pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Young on half-title: To Ethel Clyde, With Best Wishes From Her Friend / Art Young," undated. Also laid in is a brief.....
More info about Art Young, His Life And Times. Edited by John Nicholas Beffel
Quarto (27.5cm.); original glossy yellow illustrated wrappers; xviii,462pp.; illus. throughout, including numerous color plates. Light internal wear from handling, else Very Good or better.
Original photographic poster (43x32cm.) printed offset on glossy white stock; some old folds and wrinkling, else About Very Good.
More info about Poster: Stem Niet -- Kies Zelf [Don't Vote, Make Your Own Choices
![Poster] "Inspire to Aspire," Tribute to Carlos Santana](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/35061.jpg?v=1546641441)
Original photographic poster (41.5x76.5cm.) printed offset in colors on white stock. Long crease to bottom right-hand corner, some toning to verso not showing through to image, else About Very Good. Poster shows a photograph by Bob Hsiang of the mural "Inspire to Aspire" located on 22nd and Vanness in San.....
More info about Poster] "Inspire to Aspire," Tribute to Carlos Santana
Silkscreen in three colors, 26" x 20" (ca 66cm x 51cm). Edition unspecified; signed and dated in pencil, upper right. Very fine copy, free of wear or soil.
Square quarto (25.5cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; [36pp]; chiefly illus; parallel text in Russian and English. Wrappers dusty and lightly edgeworn, with a few small creases and two splits to wrappers along spine fold; contents clean, complete - Very Good+.
More info about The Chinese People's Volunteers in Korea: An Album Of Drawings
Single quarto issue (29cm x 22cm) in original wrappers; 80pp; illus. Mild wear to wrapper edges and spine; internally clean, fresh and unmarked. Numerous mounted color plates. Contributors include P. Pavlov, V. Kalinin, L. Kouznetsova, others. Front cover reproduces a marble bust of Lenin by N. Tomski. Text entirely in.....
Original pen-and-ink composition with colored-pencil highlights, 28" x 22" (ca 71cm x 56cm). In hand-made pine frame (likely original); overall dimensions 31" x 25" (ca 79cm x 64cm). General wear, soiling, and age, with surface abrasions, scratches, and old stains to margins; crudely placed in frame, without backing or mat;.....
Original photo-illustrated poster, lithographed in colors and measuring 56.5cm x 71cm (22 1/8" x 28"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; some expert, pinpoint retouching to a few small spots at lower fold (center), and at the intersection of several points along center fold; Near Fine. A-...
More info about Poster: "I'll carry mine too! Trucks and Tires Must Last Till Victory"
![Miner's Record [...] This is to Certify [&c](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/33258.jpg?v=1554414995)
Lithograph in colors; 26" x 21". Laid down on hardboard, removed from later glazed frame. Blank portions for name, date and location unused. Small losses at corners; faint dampstain at lower right margin, else a bright, well-preserved lithograph.
Edition not stated. Oblong quarto (ca 25cm x 33cm); glazed boards; unpaginated; illus. Signed by illustrator Jossi Stern on title page, with a full-page original drawing by him on final preliminary leaf, a self-portrait in which a seated Stern is being patted on the head by a beneficent angel (mal'ach);.....
More info about The Golden Haggadah of Jerusalem (Signed, With Original Illustration
Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 383pp. Tight, clean, Near Fine copy in lightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper with original acetate overlay, as issued.
Folio (41.5cm); printed card wrappers, stapled; [34pp]; illus; text is in French. Light wear and thumbing to extremities, with some dustiness to rear wrapper; spinal extremities and two chips to rear wrapper expertly restored; Very Good.
More info about URSS en Construction (USSR in Construction). 1932, no.2
Original poster, offset lithographed in three colors on off-white stock measuring 51.25cm x 72.5cm (20.25" x 28.5"). Professionally linen-backed, with old fold lines faintly visible; a bright, Fine example.
More info about Poster: "Take Care! Idle Hands Work For Hitler"
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in three colors on yellow stock, measuring 45.5cm x 58cm (ca.18" x 23"). Old folds smoothed out, tiny pin-hole to upper margin, with a short tear at lower edge, and holograph local contact information pasted at lower right corner; Very Good+.
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