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.....
Octavo (21cm.); original cloth in red and yellow decorative price-clipped dust jacket; [10],213pp.; illus. Some wear to jacket extremities, spine sunned, top edge of rear panel a bit toned. Fine in Very Good jacket. Publisher's review slip laid in. British photographer's humorous exposé of America and Americans, illustrated with drawings.....
![Text in Russian] Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo Kieva: Zhivopis' / Dekorativno-Monumental'naia...](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34046.jpg?v=1529353751)
Folio (34cm.); publisher's cloth in black pictorial dust jacket; [28],165,[15]pp.; chiefly color illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and rubbed, else Near Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Catalogue of contemporary Ukrainian art, text entirely in Russian and Ukrainian.
Lithographed postal card, ca 19.5cm x 9cm (5-1/4" x 3-1/2"). Mild discoloration; corners slightly rounded; Very Good. Recto is a captioned portrait; verso printed for mailing, with text providing a brief biography of Anabalon, a communist-affiliated college professor who was arrested, tortured and killed by Chilean government forces in 1932.....
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in black on thick beige stock, measuring 43cm x 71.5cm (17" x 28"). Light wear and handling to extremities, tiny chip to lower left corner, stray ink mark to left edge, with a few tiny nicks and tears, and a longer one (1 9/16") at.....
Folio (32cm.); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 344pp.; photographs throughout. Fine copy, still in the original shrinkwrap. Presumed first printing, all bibliographical data provided by OCLC record no. 35550970.
Single quarto issue (29cm x 22cm) in original wrappers; 80pp; illus. Mild wear to wrapper edges; spine abraded; internally clean, fresh and unmarked. Numerous mounted color plates. Contributors include V. Zimenko, A. Pavlov, N. Vinogradova, others. Front cover illustration by N. Vesselova. Text entirely in Russian, though the Table of.....
Original illustrated poster, silkscreened in three colors on thick white stock, measuring 58.5cm x 89cm (23 1/16" x 35"). Trivial wear to extremities, some very faint "spidering" to color toward lower margin, else very Near Fine / A.
Large quarto (29cm.); original cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 235pp.; illus. throughout. Rear jacket panel a bit dust-soiled, else Near Fine. Exhibition catalog for a retrospective of the African American artist's work, at the Seattle Art Museum.
![Güzel Sanatlar [No.] 4](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/31854.jpg?v=1529353671)
Folio (36cm.); original cream decorative wrappers lettered in black and gilt, yapp edges; 123pp.; nine color plates mounted to brown stock, additional text illus. and photographs throughout. Wrapper extremities quite chipped and worn with some small paper flaws not approaching text; contents fine. About Very Good and sound overall. Quite.....
Original silk-screened poster, 29" x 20". Printed in two colors on heavy poster stock. Faint wrinkling throughout; light soil; Very Good +. Archivally hinged to acid-free backing, in gallery frame.
More info about A Meeting of American Radicals The British Scene Where It's At
Original pictorial poster (70x50cm.) printed silkscreen in red, white, and blue on pale blue stock; stock a bit wrinkled, tiny chips at top edge, short closed tear at bottom edge not approaching text or image, one small dampstain, else Near Very Good overall. Poster advertising the premier of a 40-minute.....
More info about Poster: In Een Tank Kun Je Niet Wonen [You Can't Live in a Tank
![Hudibras. Plates I-XII (complete) [from] Hogarth Restored: the Whole Works of the Celebrated...](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/008381.jpg?v=1529353112)
The complete series, plates I-X uncut as issued. These are the Thomas Cook re-engravings, ca. 1806. Plate marks 21-1/4" x 14" on 24" x 17" sheets; printed on heavy wove paper. Occasional shallow chipping, soiling, & foxing to extremities; images fresh and unfoxed; Very Good. A fresh and attractive set.....
![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.....
More info about Text in Russian] P. Korin: Izbrannye Proizveddennia / Selected Works
![Text in Hebrew] Ha-Kol Shekarim: Kerazot, 'itone mahteret u-posterim: shiluv ben hitnagdut...](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/28407.jpg?v=1529353584)
Oblong folio (29.5x42.25cm.); original spiral-bound pictorial boards; [5],93pp.; chiefly illus. Boards a bit shelf-worn, else Very Good or better. CD-ROM mounted inside upper cover. Catalogue text in English and Hebrew.
Lithographed poster (offset) in three colors; 100cm x 70cm (ca 40" x 28"); on heavy paper. Minor toning; light creases at margins; Near Fine - Grade A/A-.
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in colors on white stock, measuring 45.5cm x 60.75cm (18" x 24"). A few faint folds smoothed out, staple holes along left and right margins, with a few faint creases and small stains; Very Good.
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"
Original lithographed poster, with text and illustrations printed in black on white stock, measuring 43cm x 56cm (17" x 22"). Light wear and creasing along bottom edge, with slight curl to a few corners; demonstration date hand-corrected in marker on masking tape and applied at center of poster, with NJ.....
Limited to 26 copies of which this is copy N. Octavo (23.5cm.); floral patterened cloth-backed photo-illustrated boards, clear acetate dust jacket; 155pp.; photographic frontispiece, original drawing bound in after p. [4], additional illus. by the author throughout. Just About Fine. This edition bound by Earle Gray. Signed by the author.....
More info about The Trick: New Stories [Limited Edition, Signed with Original Drawing
Oblong 4to (25.5cm x 34cm). Spiral-bound pictorial boards; title page and 31 leaves of machine-lithographed plates after watercolors by the artist. Descriptive text printed in three languages (Spanish, French, and English). Light rubbing to boards and board edges; with two spots of abrasion to front board; mild toning to plate.....
More info about Estampas de la Revolucion Española - 19 Julio de 1936
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 B. Nikiforov, N. Voronov, V. Bulgakov, others. Front cover illustration by T. Borodin. Text entirely in Russian, though the Table of.....
![Strike [...] Wolverhampton Art Gallery](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/27745.jpg?v=1529353555)
Quarto (25cm.); original white decorative card wrappers; 102pp.; illus. Light shelf-wear, else Near Fine. Exhibition catalog coinciding with a show displaying the works of Conrad Atkinson. Includes contributions by artists and authors in response to the questions: "How does/could/would the withdrawal of art affect the world?" and "Does the answer.....
Quarto. Gray cloth boards, titled in black on spine and front cover; dustjacket, with clear (unprinted) acetate protector as issued; 179pp. Two original lithographs (including dustwrapper frontispiece); numerous plates and text illustrations in color and black and white. Minor thumb-soil to front free endpaper; small spot of discoloration at base.....
Slim octavo (23.5cm.); boards in white pictorial dust jacket; x,60pp.; illus. A few short closed tears to jacket extremities else Fine in Near Very Good jacket. Brief biography and art history of the works of Duncanson (1821-1872), an African American painter associated with the Hudson River School.
More info about Robert S. Duncanson: 19th Century Black Romantic Painter
Octavo (20.25cm.); original cloth in magenta pictorial dust jacket; [14],251pp.; photographic frontispiece, illus. throughout. Jacket extremities a bit rubbed with two short closed tears to top edge of upper panel not affecting text, else Very Good or better. Includes contributions by the Nigerian series editor Joseph Okpaku, David Diop, and.....
More info about New African Literature and the Arts: Volume 2
Original photographic broadside, offset printed in black on white stock, measuring 21.5cm x 35.5cm. Mild handling and scattered dust-soil, with a few faint creases and short tears to extremities; Very Good.
![Text in Ukrainian] Lenin, Velykyi Nam Put' Osiiav: Z Ukraïns'koï Radians'koï...](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34617.jpg?v=1529353779)
Quarto (28.5cm.); publisher's pictorial boards; 178pp.; color illus. throughout. Boards rather soiled, some light wear to extremities, else Near Very Good and sound. Bilingual Ukrainian-English reference to Soviet Ukrainian propaganda posters.
More info about Text in Ukrainian] Lenin, Velykyi Nam Put' Osiiav: Z Ukraïns'koï Radians'koï...
Limited to 20 copies of which this is no. 3. Original lithograph; sheet size 41.5x33.25; image size 27.5x21.5cm. Some tape residue at corners, else Fine. Signed and captioned in pencil by the author at bottom margin.
More info about Lithograph: "The City" [Limited Edition, Signed
Square 16mo (12.75cm.); original tan decorative wrappers bound in contemporary limp morocco, upper cover lettered in black; 26pp.; illus. Wrappers darkened, else Very Good and sound. From the Library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label inside upper wrapper.
More info about A Portion of Jubilate Agno, a Poem by Christopher Smart, 1722-1771 [Shahn's Copy
Wrapper issue. Quarto (27.75cm.); publisher's black pictorial card wrappers; xiii,[1],265pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Some light shelf wear, general minor cockling from exposure to damp, else Very Good and sound. Warmly inscribed and signed on title page at a later date (1999) by Wasserman.
More info about Daumier Sculpture: A Critical and Comparative Study [Inscribed & Signed by Wasserman
Quarto (28.5cm.); original simulated cloth boards in photo-illustrated dust jacket; xi,[3],312pp.; color and black and white photographic illus. throughout. Just a hint of wear to jacket panels, else Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For Kitty - Nancy Sweezy / Sam Sweezy."
More info about Armenian Folk Arts, Culture, and Identity [Inscribed and Signed
![Poster] Libertad Para los 6 de San Quintin [Freedom for the San Quentin Six](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/45727.jpg?v=1569448650)
Original poster (47x32cm.); printed offset lithograph in red, blue, brown, and black on white stock. Just About Fine condition.
More info about Poster] Libertad Para los 6 de San Quintin [Freedom for the San Quentin Six
![Poster] Leegstandswet = Oorlog [Vacancy Law = War](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/35078.jpg?v=1546641442)
Original pictorial poster (42.75x61cm.) printed offset in black on white stock. Wrinkling from handling, as well as some old tape repairs to verso not showing through to image, else About Very Good. Squatters movement protest poster issued in response to the newly passed vacancy law ("leegstandswet"), which allowed home owners.....
More info about Poster] Leegstandswet = Oorlog [Vacancy Law = War
Color pictorial postal card (5-7/8" x 4-1/8"). Satirical artwork by the prolific political caricature team Derso & Kelen, undated but clearly from the years immediately following the first World War. The satirical cartoon presents the image of a starving post-war family gazing on a row of plump mortar shells; a......
More info about Two Families / Zwei Familien / Deux Familles / Dos Familias
Oblong quarto (22.25x26cm.); original cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket; vi,[7]-135pp.; black and white illus. throughout, text printed in double columns. Closed tear to top edge of rear jacket panel touching one letter, else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed to a Mr. Jones by the author and her subject on.....
Original illustrated poster, offset printed in two colors on pale gray stock, measuring 47.75cm x 63.5cm (18.75" x 25"). Some wear, handling, and mild toning to extremities, pin-holes to corners, with a short tear to lower margin, and a closed puncture to upper right corner, affecting a few letters; Very.....
Single quarto issue (29cm x 22cm) in original wrappers; 80pp; illus. Mild wear to wrapper edges; spine abraded; internally clean, fresh and unmarked. Numerous mounted color plates. Contributors include V. Kemenev, L. Akimova, M. Alpatov, I. Sapego (article on Masereel), others. Front cover reproduces a bronze sculpture by M. Manizer.....
12mo (13cm). Original gray paper wrappers; 22pp. Woodcut device to front cover, repeated as tail-piece on p.22. Slightly soil and foxing to cover wrappers; text fresh and unmarked; Very Good.
Large, slim quarto (28cm); original cream pictorial wrappers; 38,[2]pp.; lithographed 2-toned title page and full-page views throughout. Some very minor wear from handling, else Fine. Small broadside laid in, illustrated and with a nonsense lyric by Lear, advertising the company Corfu Travel.
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