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200th Performance of Spangles | A Souvenir of Miss Ada Reeve and her Spangles Company
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200th Performance of "Spangles" | A Souvenir of Miss Ada Reeve and her "Spangles" Company

by [PALACE THEATRE MELBOURNE]

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Melbourne: Palace Theatre, 1922. First Edition. A memento of the first theatrical production to run for two hundred consecutive performances in Melbourne. Souvenir programme: Thursday, October 5th, 1922. Ada Reeve (3 March 1874 - 5 October 1966) was born in London, beginning her career on the stage and screen when she was only four years old. Ten years later, after a serious decline in the health of her father, Charles Reeves née Samuel Isaacs, the family relied upon Ada for financial support. Life in the music hall gave way to a life of international acclaim. An extraordinary woman, the talent of Ada Reeve saw her in near continuous employment for almost eighty years. Quarto, illustrated paper wrappers bound with the original tie, 18 pages, creatively illustrated with photographs (sometimes set against a backdrop of line drawings) throughout, slight marking, a very good copy.
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The Art of Artificial Silk
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The Art of Artificial Silk

by LINCOLN, Maxine

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Nottingham: Courtaulds Ltd, 1925. First Edition. Enchanting catalogue of 1920's women's fashion and textiles for home furnishings and interiors. "Beautiful frocks, like pictures, need an appropriate frame to set off their loveliness, and Courtaulds, whose marvellous development of Artificial Silk has resulted in the existence of the beautiful materials I hve endeavoured to describe to you in this little book, have also brought their years of experience in the manufacture and perfecting of this achievement, to bear upon the heavier forms of fabric necessary for furnishing processes. Surely, Alladin, when first his gaze alighted on those glistening treasures within the magic cave, felt much as I did when I viewed the modern storehouse of wonder, where are so artistically displayed, Courtauld's fabrics for the home. The room was ablaze with colour, rich Brocade and slim Taffeta Hangings, Damask and Tapestry - and what seemed, if possible, more exquisite than all the others, a reproduction of red… Read More
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Au Moins Soyez Discret (At Least Be Discrete)
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Au Moins Soyez Discret (At Least Be Discrete)

by LOVER

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Paris: Librairie Georges Crès, 1919. BONFILS, Robert. One of the finest examples of art deco book design. Robert Bonfils (1886-1972) was an illustrator, graphic artist and fashion designer at the forefront of the art deco movement. A member of the organising committee for the famous Paris Art Deco Exhibition of 1925, his work for stylish Parisian fashion magazines in the 1920s brought great acclaim. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, small quarto, illustrated pochoir wrappers with original translucent dust jacket, edges uncut, 100 pages, 180 x 115 mm, with 17 full-page colour pochoir illustrations and many smaller pochoir illustrations and cul-de-lampes throughout, a lovely copy.
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Cri Écrit

Cri Écrit

by COCTEAU, Jean

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Montpellier, 1925. Limited Edition. 'Dieu fait le mal sans malice; Avec des oiseaux tués Et le ralenti des limaces Il commence ma statue Il répare les garnitures De la mer, ses haies de houx, Son système de granit, Toujours mû par les mêmes roues. Maintenant, stupides oiseaux, Vous abandonnez la cage; Oui, la cage des mes os. Rage, rage, c'en est trop! J'aurai la clef du prodige, Je saurai où sont mesa mis, De mourir aucun n'avait l'âge; Mon Dieu où les avez-vous mis?' -CRI ECRIT, JEAN COCTEAU Translating to a 'written cry', the poem's title holds the poet's call to God, placing it before us on the page. 'I will know where my friends are', the poet speaks, demandingly. 'They were too young to die. God, where have you put them?' A strong modern poem by Cocteau; printed with just four lines to a page, the wild, mad voice of the bereaved becomes louder. With a frontispiece by Henri de La Jonquière. Strictly limited to fifty copies on papier de Hollande numbered 1 through 50. This is… Read More
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Falbalas and Franfreluches

Falbalas and Franfreluches

by Barbier, George

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Paris: Meynial, 1925. First Edition. George Barbier. A complete and excellent set of the five annual issues illustrated with a total of sixty beautiful pochoir plates, complete with decorated pochoir title pages. 'Falbalas and Franfreluches' (Frippery and Finery: Fashion Diaries) represents a literary and artistic collaboration of unusual elegance and sophistication. French illustrator, George Barbier (1882 - 1932) spared no effort in the making of this beautiful collection, using the finest pigments and up to thirty stencils per print to create images of the highest quality reflecting fashionable themes of the day. The plates portray romance amidst exotic lands and ages past, including a native American idyll on the Missouri, a languid mistress cocooned in a hammock in the tropical Antilles, high baroque debauchery, and, of course, a myriad of lovers depicted in Paris at the height of the chic 1920s. Each annual includes twelve pages of fine writing by Barbier's contemporaries in the Parisian scene… Read More
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Grains de Poivre
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Grains de Poivre

by [AGHION, Janine] TOUSSAINT, Franz

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Paris: Andre Delpeuch, 1927. AGHION, Janine. Deluxe Pochoir Edition. The deluxe pochoir edition of Toussaint's erotic Middle Eastern Tales superbly illustrated in Art Deco style by Janine Aghion. Bound in original printed wrappers, 185mm x 260mm, 160 pages, handmade Marais vellum paper, uncut, 8 pochoir illustrations by Janine Aghion and line drawings throughout; edition limited to 450 copies; a very good copy.
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Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshi; If it is a cafe, it will be here
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Kafee Baa Kissaten Kokoku Zuanshi; If it is a cafe, it will be here

by Yamana, Ayao

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Tokyo: Seibundô, Shôwa 5, 1930. First Edition. [Shiseidô] AYAO YAMANA. Ayao Yamana (1897-1980) Japanese artist, graphic designer and illustrator largely responsible for the elegant look and style of Shiseido cosmetics. Hundreds of art deco designs for tea rooms, bars and cafes created by Yamana early in his career, prior to his appointment as the art director of Shiseido. This beautiful portfolio of Yamana's early work introduces a modified deco aesthetic. In the original printed wrappers, all enclosed in the original portfolio cover. The height of chic graphic design: remarkable, ephemeral, rare, complete. First edition, quarto, original portfolio, illustrated wrappers, 52 pages, black & white and color plates, a near fine copy of an extremely rare book.
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L'Indochine - Les Colonies Francaises

L'Indochine - Les Colonies Francaises

by CABATON, Antoine

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Paris: H. Laurens, 1932. An anthropological study of the French Indochina colonies by professor Antoine Cabaton, including extracts from the writings of Marco Polo, Pavie, Garnier, Monnier, Bonnetain, Pouvourville, Boissière, Lyautey among others. Desirable also for its chic art deco-style binding and bold typography. Bound in original decorated cloth boards, 180mm x 250mm, 256 pages, 148 black and white photographic plates throughout text, foldout map; Prize book from the Lycee et EPS de Garcons with presentation slip pasted on front endpaper, a near fine copy.
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La Maison du Retour Écœurant
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La Maison du Retour Écœurant

by MAC-ORLAN, Pierre

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Paris: René Kieffer Editeur, 1929. BRAUN, G.. Limited edition No. 1 of 50 printed on Papier du Japon. Illustrated by G. Braun, a dazzling gemoetric cover with art deco borders on every page. Mac Orlan's "The House of Sickening Return" was an early influence on French polymath, Boris Vian. A stylish publication, the twentieth title in the L'Amour des Livres collection, edited by Rene Kieffer. Octavo, 177 pp. with decorated borders.
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The Leon Heron Girl; Six Water Colours Suitable for Framing
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The Leon Heron Girl; Six Water Colours Suitable for Framing

by HERON, Leon

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Melbourne: Keating-Wood, 1925. First Edition. Presentation copy from Leon Heron, dated 11th of September, 1927. Classic set of art deco 'pin-up girl' prints by Leon Heron (including one image of Felix the Cat being disciplined by a scantily-clad redhead): 1. Fascination 2. The Medicine Ball 3. Machéta 4. Folly 5. Naughty 6. Felix, Be Good! 'The Modern Girl and the merest male were sauntering down the sunny side of the street upon a particular day in 1925, talking of hardly anything other than very little at all. Just by way of passing a comment, and perchance because nothing else occurred to her at the moment, she spoke thus : "Girls have never been so attractive as they are to-day ; except perhaps in their original state in a garden called Eden," which was, all things to be considered, a most un-catty sentiment to be declared. "You refer, I dare to presume, to (a) the shingle, (b) the short skirt, and (c) the total absence of hips?" Being just the response one might expect from her companion,… Read More
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Les Confidences Libertines
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Les Confidences Libertines

by PAUL-MARGUERITTE, Lucie

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Paris: L'Édition, 1922. Marcel Francois. An attractive work of French erotica, with art deco illustrations by Marcel Francois. One of only twelve examples printed on Japon Impérial, of which this is number seven. Edition limited, bound in original printed wrappers, 145 mm x 225 mm, 112 pages, 2 full page and many intricate coloured vignettes throughout, uncut; a fine copy.
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Lettres du Japon
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Lettres du Japon

by KIPLING, Rudyard

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Paris: R. Kieffer, 1925. Limited edition of Kipling's observations of Japan. An immaculately preserved copy in a unique gilt binding with the original wrappers bound in. Limited edition of 1000 copies, of which this is number 942, Bound in vellum with a debossed gilt art deco design. , 150mm x 200mm, Original gilt-decorated wrappers by H. Tirman bound in, 21 colour and 21 black and white full-page illustrations, numerous coloured vignettes throughout; a fine copy.
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Perfume Sprays and Perfume Lights
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Perfume Sprays and Perfume Lights

by De Vilbiss

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Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.: The De Vilbiss Company, 1928. A stylish catalog of art deco perfume bottles in gift boxes so compelling as to put most twentieth century modernist architecture to shame: "excellent value, as your price list will corfirm". Quarto, bound in gilt-embossed decorated wrappers with yapp edges, 20 pp, 304 mm x 230 mm, colour illustrations, edgewear to wrappers otherwise a fine copy.
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Peter Kills the Bear
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Peter Kills the Bear

by Erskine, John

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London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1930. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. By John Erskine of the Great Books movement, author of the "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent". Produced in a limited edition of 530 copies, of which this is signed and numbered 155. This copy is of special interest as the pages remain unopened. A smart, vibrant edition of Erskine's equally vibrant tale, housed in dazzling patterned boards with the tesselating design duplicated on the dust jacket. A limited edition of 530 of which this is number 155, signed and numbered by the author on limitation page. Octavo, 35pp. An unopened copy. Yellow buckram spine with patterned boards and dust jacket. Front and back free endpapers tanned, slight chip to lower left corner of rear dust jacket. An otherwise fine copy.
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Sydney Bridge Celebrations
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Sydney Bridge Celebrations

by URE SMITH, Sydney and GELLERT, Leon

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SYDNEY: ART IN AUSTRALIA, 1932. First Edition. Decadent art deco publication with a splendid assortment of colour advertisements. Illustrated by many notable Australian artists, reproducing Will Ashton in oil and J.J. Hilder in watercolour, and includes a series of beautiful photographs of the Sydney Harbour Bridge by Harold Cazneaux. An article titled 'Our Glorious Surf Beaches' is supported by a suite of images of the Surf Life Savers. Quarto, silver-gilt decorated paper wrappers, 80pp, a very good copy indeed.
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Tales from Bernard Shaw
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Tales from Bernard Shaw

by MORRIS, Gwladys Evan

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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1929. First Edition. Phyllis A. Trery.. First edition, limited to two hunderd copies only. The author has taken the dramatic works of Bernard Shaw and retold them in a jungle context, replacing Shaw's human characters with animals: an endearing and somewhat eccentric book, brilliantly illustrated in art deco style and hand-coloured in pochoir by Phyllis A. Trery. 'In the jangle and jungle of life you must kill or be killed, you must eat or be eaten, you must trap or be trapped. The great Rhino knew it-had always known it, had prepared for it, had grown a lovely thick skin for it, and long, thick tusks for it. And he hewed his was through the jungle and nothing could stop him and he stopped at nothing—and—ugh ! - he was always there, grabbing and getting, spreading and swelling, overtaking, overpowering, overwhelming; nothing could stop him. But even a Rhino has his soft side, and his soft side made him up one day to look for a mate. Being the Rhino that he… Read More
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Tales from Bernard Shaw
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Tales from Bernard Shaw

by MORRIS, Gwladys Evan

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London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, 1929. Phyllis A. Trery.. First edition. The author has taken the dramatic works of Bernard Shaw and retold them in a jungle context, replacing the human characters with animals: an endearing if somewhat eccentric book brilliantly illustrated by Phyllis A. Trery. 'The Wizard was wise - but he knew nothing. The Wizard was kind - but he cared nothing. The Wizard did good - but he did nothing. He was just himself.'. Small quarto, colour illustration, original decorated yellow cloth shows some mild wear yet a very good copy.
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Tendances Nouvelles Du Theatre. Choix de Decors, Costumes, Details de Mise en Scene Utilises dans...
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Tendances Nouvelles Du Theatre. Choix de Decors, Costumes, Details de Mise en Scene Utilises dans les Representations les Plus Originales de ces Quinze Annees. Precede de Remarques sur les Recherches de L'Art du Theatre

by MOUSSINAC, Lèon

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Paris: Les Éditions Albert Lèvy, 1931. First Edition. Saude, Picasso, Moholy-Nagy, Leger, Rodchenko, Exter and Bel Geddes among others.. An extremely attractive copy of one of the finest theatre books of the last century. Illustrated with hundreds and thousands of pictures of the costumes, set designs and productions of avant guarde theatre in Europe, Russia and the United States. Illustrations are both photographic and brilliantly coloured in bright pochoir process pigments. Designers include Picasso, Moholy-Nagy, Leger, Rodchenko, Exter, Bel Geddes and directors Meyerhold, Brecht, Reinhardt, Piscator... in fact just about everybody of importance in avant garde theatre in the 1920s. Folio, 380 mm x 280 mm, no. 52 of an edition limited to 615, 124 heliotype plates printed one side only, most with multiple images, 37 of which fully or partly coloured with pochoir stencils in the studio of J. Saude, 35 pp. title, introductory text, and indexes to designers, directors and productions, some pages with… Read More
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Theatre program for 'Ludo'
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Theatre program for 'Ludo'

by [THEATRE MICHEL] SCIZE, Pierre

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Publications Willy Fischer, 1932. First Edition. Ludo, a comedy in three acts by the renowned French journalist, novelist and playwright, Pierre Scize (pseudonym for Michel Joseph Piot, 1894 -1956). Scize was hit by a shell in the first months of WWI, losing his arm. With all that remained of him, Scize started to write. He wrote for L'Œuvre, Bonsoir, Paris-Journal, Canard Enchaine, La Figaro and was a member of one of the first ciné-clubs, Ricciotto Canudo's CASA, becoming a film critic for Candide and Paris Soir. Small octavo, illustrated paper wrappers, 24 pages, photographically illustrated with art deco advertisements and portraits of the company in black & white throughout, near fine. Rare.
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Un Nouveau Grand Palais des Expositions. Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier. [A New Grand...

Un Nouveau Grand Palais des Expositions. Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier. [A New Grand Palais for Exhibitions. Methods for the Utilization of Steel.]

by ACIER

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Paris: Office Technique Pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier, 1935. First Edition. This impressive publication is a record of a competition for a grand large-scale exhibition building at La Defense on the outskirts of Paris. The competition was organised by O.T.U.A., publishers of the magazine l'Acier [steel], to exemplify the spectacular possibilities of steel in modern building. Thirteen invited entrants accepted the challenge with varying success. Results range through art deco monumental, severe modernist, and near-visionary. Detailed information is given for each entry: area plans, perspective views, plans, elevations, engineering details and calculations, materials and services. Folio, numerous photogravure plates, plans, elevations and details, black leather spine, coloured decorative boards edged with white leather (scuffed). Binding signed 'Barast', apparently one of a number of special copies for presentation, this copy numbered '8' and inscribed to M. Bruneton.
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