Lithographs illustrating Karl Marx
Heading: (Marx, Karl)
Author: Gellert, Hugo
Title: Karl Marx' 'Capital' in Lithographs
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Ray Long & Richard R. Smith
Date Published: [1934]
Description:
[2], 60, [1] leaves. With printed excerpts from "Capital" on versos of the leaves, an appropriate lithographic illustration by Hugo Gellert on the recto of the facing leaf. 25.5x17.5 cm (10x6¾"), burlap covered boards, pictorial endpapers. First Trade Edition.
Powerful lithographs by Hugo Gellert illustrating Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", considered as one of the best political works of the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Gellert (1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American printmaker and muralist, a radical socialist and member of the Communist Party of America.
Condition Report: Dust jacket missing 2/3 of spine panel, chipped in several places, some toning, soiling and burns, with 2" chip on back panel, age toning to cloth; one "extra-illustrated" page with pencil markings from previous owner; overall very good in good dust jacket.
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Heading: (Marx, Karl)
Author: Gellert, Hugo
Title: Karl Marx' 'Capital' in Lithographs
Place Published: New York
Publisher:Ray Long & Richard R. Smith
Date Published: [1934]
Description:
[2], 60, [1] leaves. With printed excerpts from "Capital" on versos of the leaves, an appropriate lithographic illustration by Hugo Gellert on the recto of the facing leaf. 25.5x17.5 cm (10x6¾"), burlap covered boards, pictorial endpapers. First Trade Edition.
Powerful lithographs by Hugo Gellert illustrating Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", considered as one of the best political works of the first half of the 20th century. Hugo Gellert (1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American printmaker and muralist, a radical socialist and member of the Communist Party of America.
Condition Report: Dust jacket missing 2/3 of spine panel, chipped in several places, some toning, soiling and burns, with 2" chip on back panel, age toning to cloth; one "extra-illustrated" page with pencil markings from previous owner; overall very good in good dust jacket.