Vasilij Vasilʹevič KANDINSKIJ

First edition of the English translation published in New York, based on the first edition and the second edition, both printed in 1912.

Publisher's binding in black cloth, title and author's name gilt to spine and upper board, polychrome reproduction of a work by the artist laid down to the same board.

Upper headcap missing, lower headcap worn, three small holes to the spine cloth, gilt entirely faded to spine, slightly so to the upper board, faint offsetting to the rear board, tail board edges and corners bumped.

Faint staining to pp. 48 and 49.

First edition of the English translation published in New York, based on the 1927 first edition and the second edition of 1928, both printed in German.

Publisher's binding in black cloth, title and author's name gilt to spine and upper board, polychrome reproduction of a work by the artist laid down to the same board.

Small losses to the upper headcap, which is beginning to lift slightly, minor wear to the lower headcap, gilt entirely faded to spine, a few faint white offsetting marks to spine and boards, marginal stain to upper board, corners bumped.

Browning to pastedowns and endpapers, as is common; a few small instances of offsetting to the text block.

Very rare first issue of this periodical, the mouthpiece of German Expressionism founded by Herwarth Walden in 1910.
Text by Rudolf Blümmer.

One tear at the bottom of the spine, another at the head, pale angular damp stain on the marginally discoloured
covers, the text sheet tends to come apart. A fragile set held together by two strings.

Illustrated catalogue of 15 colour reproductions of artworks, laid on thick black paper by Marc Chagall (3 works), Wassily Kandinsky (2), Alexander Archipen
ko (1), Rudolf Bauer (1), Albert Gleizes (1), Reinhard Goering (1), Jacoba von Heemskerck (1), Paul Klee (1), Fernand Léger (1), Franz Marc (1), Johannes Molzahn (1) and Nell Walden (1).