76/1500 Ostaijen, P. van. Bezette stad. Antw., Sienjaal, 1921, 1st ed., (151)p., full-p. woodcuts and frontwr. by O. JESPERS, typography by O. JESPERS and R. VICTOR, printed in 540 numb. copies, copy on Vélin Registre (500), later giltlettered hmor., orig. wr. bound in.

- A good copy w. the following defects: owner's entry ("Antwerpen 27 Julie - 12 Aug. '21") in pen and ink on htitle; bookplate on verso htitle. Orig. wrappers dustsoiled/ sl. chafed and sl. trimmed (lacking sm. portions from blank corners); frontwr. two sm. sellotape stains; backstrip of binding trifle rubbed at extremities.

= With the extremely rare original wrap-around band tipped-in on htitle and the rare "Storende Errata" leaf tipped-in on last blank page. A major publication of the modernist movement. Remarkable typography expressing the complexity of the big city. Andel p.120. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.