Gendai Ryoki Sentan Zukan

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 practise, showgirls, dance, sports, architecture, military, the avant-garde, fashion, and more, from Josephine Baker to the Bauhaus.