About this title: The first part of the Sketchbook introduces the transformation of the static dot into linear dynamics. The second par deals with 'Dimension and Balance.' The third aspect of the study of nature in the Sketchbook deals with the tension existing between man's ability to project himself and the object into space, and the limitations imposed upon this ...
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Near Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 64 Pages, B/W Illustrations, Introduction and Translation by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Yellow/Orange Colored DJ with Black Lettering, Price Clipped DJ, Clear Scotch Tape on the Outside Spine and Foredge Flaps. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Description: Very Good Overall in Good Only jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover. n.d. (1953) 64 pp., illustrated. Gray Cloth. Text clean. Modest soiling. Binding sound. Dust Jacket, price-clipped, rubbed, creased with edgewear, tears & chips at edges. Not Ex-Library. Oversized. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick Praeger
Date Published: 1953
Description: No dj. Hardback grey covers with black lettering on spine and decoration on front in good clean condition. Internally 64 pp. in good plus condition. Introduction and translation by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. Illustrated. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Praeger, N.Y.
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good + in Good jacket. First English language Edition. VG+/VG. Hardcover, blue cloth, DJ, 64 pp, b&w illustrations, visible edgewear with several small tears and chips, previous owners name on back of front cover, else a clean and tight copy. Protected in a Brodart cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Praeger, NY
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good. 65pp. Very good hardback in a slightly darkened, better than usual jacket that has a small chip to the heel of the spine. Endpapers foxed, otherwise internally fine. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
Description: Good/Poor. Large 8vo. 60 pp., introduction trans and layout by Sybil Moholy-Nagy, 87 illustrations. Jacket rubbed discoloured and slightly torn. transference to feps and endpapers. Contents good and clean 6e. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: FABER & FABER
Date Published: 1972
Description: Ex-Library Published by Faber & Faber in 1972. Hardback. Number of pages: 64. Condition: Good. Used book but in Good Condition for sensible price. Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Description: Very Good jacket. 1953. Praeger Publishing. Minor wear. Text is clean. Small chips to dust jacket edges, one larger chip at bottom edge of spine. Minor rubbing. Jacket protected in archival mylar. Clipped price corner. read more
Description: Very Good. New York: Praeger, 1953; 8vo grey boards/vg, wear along edges with some light tanning; jacket is good, significantly smudged with creasing and faint chipping; translated by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: VG. First Edition, 60 (3) pages. 9.25x7 inches, gray cloth covers with black printing. Cover edges are slightly sunned/toned. Otherwise, this is a clean, nice copy. Very Good in a chipped and torn dust jacket. read more
Description: Very Good The jacket is a bit rubbed and torn-very little paper loss. Internally clean and tightly bound. Faint offsetting. Seemingly 1st. read more
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very good(+) in poor jacket. Introduction and Translation by Moholy-Nagy. Illustrated. 64pp., tall slim 8vo, gray cloth, chipped d.w. New York: Frederick Praeger, (1953). A very good(+) clean copy in a poor dust wrapper. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good in Very Good DJ. Introduction and translation by Sibyl Maholy-Nagy. First published under the title PADAGOGISCHES SKIZZENBUCH 1925 as the second of the fourteen "Bauhaus Books" edited by Walter Gropius and L. Maholy-Nagy. The original layout by L. Maholy-Nagy has been retained. Very good condition in very good dust jacket. read more
Edition: First American
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Date Published: 1953
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 65 pp. grey cloth bdg. with black-stamped front board & spine. Illustrated throughout with in text diagrams. (very faintly scuffed egde sspine, paper faintly yellowed) DJ price clipped(ascuffed edges spine & corners with tiny chips at edges spineand corners, spine faded)Photo scan available upon request. read more
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Klee, Paul, Introduction And Translation By Sibyl Moholy-Nagy
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Edition: 1953 Edition
Binding: Cloth with Dustjacket
Publisher: Frederick A. Praeger, New York
Date Published: 1953
Description: Complex book of forty-three design lessons that the great painter Paul Klee conceived for the curriculum of the Bauhaus in 1925. The original layout by L. Moholy-Nagy has been retained for this edition. Faint small stains to a few pgs, not affecting the text or design of the book, and some dustjacket chipping and small pieces missing from the top and bottom of the spine panel and the edges of the back panel along with some shallow chipping to the edges of the front panel. Vg+/vg. read more
"Following Klee's thought on enlivening a 2-dimensional panel, I discovered his scientific foundations. Calculations and deep molecular thought are engaged to produce simple patterns. Enlightening reading! Yet, it's too short...And I would like more comments."
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