Vom Ornament Zur Linie, Der Frhe Insel-verlag 1899 Bis 1924 Tapa dura - 2000

Laubach and Berlin: Triton Verlag, 2000. (German Edition). Hardcover in slipcase. Triton Verlag, Berlin 2000. 391 pp. 240 illustrations((96 in color), 7 folding plates. The portfolio with 12 facsimiles of original endpapers and 8 prospectus reprints in the original format. 30x24.3 cm (11¾x9½"), blue cloth stamped in gilt, publisher's slipcase. Both quarto volumes are in Very Good condition, A few scuffs to slipcase, mild soiling to portfolio, else fine. In publisher's navy-blue slipcase which houses the 2 volumes. Ships from Hawaii. Exquisite 2 volume history of the formidable German publisher Insel-Verlag, spanning 1899 to 1924. Edited by John Dieter Brinks, with design throughout by Juergen Seuss. . Includes 240 illustrations (96 in color) in the thick text volume and 7 fold-outs, 12 folding facsimiles and 8 facsimile prospectuses in the thin portfolio volume.

U.S.A.: Triton Verlag, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. In German. Two volumes in slipcase.

Laubach and Berlin: Triton Verlag, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. 1/2000. Folio. 391 (3)pp., and portfolio with 20 facsimile enclosures. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and ruling on spine, gilt publisher's device on cover of portfolio, housed in matching blue paper-covered slipcase. Blue endpapers. Two title pages printed in red and black with variant publisher's devices. Printed to heavy paper. Blue ribbon marker. Publication documenting the early work of the Insel-Verlag (Insel Publisher) from 1899 to 1924. A contribution to the aesthetics of book publishing in the early 20th Century. With contributions by John Dieter Brinks, Susanne Buchinger, Marcus Haucke, Kurt Ifkovits, Renate Müller-Krumbach, Theo Neteler, Lindsay Newman, Gerhard Schuster, Barbara Stark, Roland Stark, Klaus Weber, Marcus Behmer, Franz Blei, Rudolf Borchardt, Harry Graf Kessler, Anton Kippenberg, Rudolf von Poellnitz, Henry van de Velde, and Stefan Zweig. Illustrated with two hundred and forty… Leer más