Piet Zwart (1885-1977). Ook post van U? Amsterdam - Batavia door de lucht

(Backwr.: Ook post voor U? Batavia - Amsterdam door de lucht). N.pl., P.T.T., 1929. (18)p. Letterpress text, ills. and photomontage, printed in black and red throughout, last page signed "ontworpen en typografisch verzorgd door Piet Zwart architect Wassenaar" in letterpress in lower right corner. Orig. (sl. faded as usual) stapled wr. Obl. 8vo (14.8 x 21 cm).

Central fold in bookblock (as des.), regular wear. "Ook post van u? was a small book distributed by the PTT in 1929 to promote its recently introduced mail flights to the Dutch East Indies. Piet Zwart lavishly illustrated the book with montages of news photographs" (Broos '96, p.8).