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Jun 3, 2023
Giryo Sato
Gendai Ryoki Sentan Zukan
Tokyo: Shinchosa, 1931.
First Edition.
28cm x 20cm. [viii], 246, 47 pages, illustrations, some colour. Green cloth, gilt lettering, silver decoration, illustrated slipcase. Text is in Japanese, primarily illustrations.
A collection of curious and stimulating images housed in a charming modernist binding and slipcase make up this wonderful 1930s Japanese study of the avant-garde and the bizarre. Arranged thematically the book is filled with photographs of nudes, cultural practice, showgirls, dance, sports, architecture, military, the avant-garde, fashion, and more, from Josephine Baker to the Bauhaus.
Slipcase worn and tanned. Minor wear to cloth. Rub to tail of page 4, pages 5/6 missing. Rest of interior pictorial pages clean and bright. Text pages at rear slightly tanned and foxed. A Fair copy of this scarce pictorial volume.
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