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Christie's
An Important Private Collection of Gem and Jewelry Books
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots, text or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on Monday April 15, 1996. Sale code: Toor-8396. This sale consisted of a single owner collection of gem and jewelry reference books, many in Sinkankas, but not all. Books from the 17th through the 20th century. Many lots illustrated in color. 40 lots in the sale. No prices realized sheets. 11" high X 8" wide, 65 pages.
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Christie's
Collection Anna et Alessandro Pron, Design Italien
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on May 27, 2008. Sale number: 5544. The sale consisted of the Anna and Alessandro Pron Collection of modern Italian design. Text in English and French. Brief essay by Johanna Grawunder. 66 lots in the sale. All lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Several fold-outs. Biographical sketches and photos of each of the designers at the end. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 136 pages.
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Sapey, Teresa
Sapore Sapey
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Signed and inscribed to an American friend by Teresa Sapey on the half-title page, opposite her frontispiece photographic portrait. Text in English and Italian. Illustrated throughout in color with many photographs and some drawings of Sapey's work, including gallery spaces, shops, bars, clubs, offices, etc. Also recipes throghout which open each section. Both smaller insert sections, intact. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 327 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gregor, Joseph
Wiener Szenische Kunst die Theaterdekoration + Band II. Das Buhnenkostum
This is a very good 2 volume set with light wear. Volume 1: Die Theaterdekoration bound in the original light brown stiff paper wrappers, decorated in gilt, now faded. Chipped corner restored. Binding tight and firm. Completely clean inside. Volume 2: Das Buhnenkostum bound in cloth with an about very good dust jacket with a few chips around the edges. Spine of jacket soiled. Completely clean inside, both text and illustrations. Text in German. Volume 1: 60 black & white plates + 8 figures in the text. Several fold-outs. Index of designers. 13" high X 8" wide, 147 pages. Volume 2: 25 color plates + 234 black & white illustrations. 12" high X 8" wide, 146 text pages + plates and illustrations. Volume 1 published in 1924, volume 2 in 1925. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
The Best of British Design from the 19th and 20th Centuries 2 Volume Set
This is a very good softcover set of both volumes of this two part auction held at Sotheby's London from March 14-20, 2008. The first volume is titled 'The Selling Exhibition'. The second volume is titled 'The Auction'. 'Selling Exhibition' volume has, minor scuffing to cover. 'Auction' volume has a soft crease to the back cover top corner affecting a few back pages. Completely clean inside and out. Short introductory texts by Paul Reeves, Mary Greensted, Linda Parry and Matthew Williams. The sale comprised the collections of Paul Reeves and his Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The collection was very strong in British Arts & Crafts material. The first volume 'The Selling Exhibion' 134 works from Paul Reeves's collections on view. The second volume 'The Auction" had 131 lots. All works illustrated in color, one fold-out. Prices realized sheet and the Price List for 'The Selling Exhibition" laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 164 & 216 pages.
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Taborelli, Giorgio and Vittorio Fagone
Italian Design Form, Project and Production
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket and a very good black slipcase. Completely clean inside and out. Useful survey of Italian design. Texts and contributions by two dozen leading Italian designers including: Achille Castiglioni, Joe Colombo, Ugo La Pietra, Alessandro Mendini, Bruno Munari, Arnaldo Pomodoro and Ettore Sottsass. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 139 pages.
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Ballardini, Doda and Federico Quatrini
Protagonisti della Ceramica Moderna
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English and French. This is one of the more important surveys of modern Italian ceramics. It includes many of the leading Italian ceramists, such as Arturo Martini, Tullio D'albisola, Giovanni Battista De Salvo, Nanni Servettaz, Lucio Fontana, Agenore Fabbri, Salvatore Fancello, Aligi Sassu, Giacomo Manzu, Pietro Melandri, Uberto Zannoni, Carlo Zauli, Guido Gambone, and Fausto Melotti. It also includes many more Italian ceramists less well known outside of Italy. One of the most comprehensive surveys of the wide range of styles in Post-War Italian ceramics. 31 artists and each has a double page spread, some several pages, with a number of photographs of the ceramics, about half in color. Glossary. 12" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cornette de Saint Cyr
Le Cabinet de Ceramiques de Francois de Saint Cyr
This is a very good softcover copy with light handling wear. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Cornette de Sain Cyr, Drouot, Paris on November 17, 2008. the sale consisted of Cornette de Saint Cyr's collection of 20th century French ceramics. 296 lots in the sale. Works by dozens of less well known ceramists, but also works by Capron (30 pcs.), Pol Chambost (49 pcs.), Jouve (19 pcs.), among many others. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 141 pages.
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Marshall, F. H.
Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum
This is a good hardcover reference copy in an about very good dust jacket. Slight exposure to moisture makes this a reference copy. The page-edge has very faint tan spots. But no stains internally, just a little stiffness to the lower part of the pages. NO mustiness, no stains. The jacket is worn around the edges, corners, and small piece gone from base of spine. Jacket bottom edge stuck to book front and rear boards. All text and plates clean. 35 black & white plates + many drawings in the text. This is the 1968 reprint of the Marshall's classic work first published by the British Museum in 1902. 10" high X 8" wide, 258 text pages + plates. A good reference copy of this important work. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Quittenbaum
Jugendstil Art Deco
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely cleab inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum's in Munich on October 22, 2007. The sale consisted of art nouveau and art deco glass, ceramics and metalwork. 859 lots. Almost all of them illustrated in color. The book lot section at end not illustrated. No prices realized just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 286 pages.
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Quittenbaum
Eine Hamburger Privatsammlung 67 Auktion Oktober 20, 2007
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum's in Munich on October 20, 2007. Sale number 67. 495 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated in color. Some reference literature not illustrated. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 156 pages.
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Quittenbaum
Jugendstil Art Deco Eine Suddeutsche Privatsammlung 68 Auktion Teil II
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum's in Munich on October 27, 2007. Sale number 68. Text in German. The sale consisted of art nouveau and art deco decorative arts: glass, ceramics, metalwork, etc. 344 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 108 pages.
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Tajan
Bandes Dessinees
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on May 20, 2006. The sale consisted of cover art and illustrated books and objects associated with the stories. 625 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 71 pages.
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Wannenes
Arti Decorativi e Design Del XX Secolo / Decorative Arts and 20th Century Design
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Wannenes in Genoa, Italy on March 30, 2009. The sale consisted of all Italian design from early 20th century pieces to late. Lots of lighting and furniture. Some glass and ceramics, but mostly lighting and furniture. 488 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 205 pages.
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Christie's
An Important Collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco Sculpture
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Lower right corner lightly bumped. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on June 11, 1994. Sale code: TANDA-7922. The sale consisted of a single owner collection of important art nouveau and art deco sculptures. 87 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Introductory essay. Biographical sketches of the artists. Bibliography. Artists included Maurice Bouval, Louis Chalon, Chiparus, Colinet, Affortunato Gory, Otto Hoffmann, Carl Kauba, Charles Korschann, Raoul Larche, Josef Lorenzl, Raphael Charles Peyre, Paul Philippe, Otto Poertzel, Preiss, Theophile Francois Somme, Ludwig Walther, and Bruno Zach. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 63 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Important Prewar Design
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on December 14, 2007. Sale code: N08382 "PREWAR". The sale consisted of a wide variety of Prewar modernist design. Tiffany lamps and glass, arts & crafts pieces, a number of Roycrofters pieces, also Greene & Greene pieces, about a dozen Carlo Bugatti works, Rembrandt Bugatti, Jean Dunand, Ruhlmann, Puiforcat, Jean Michel Frank, Donald Deskey, Paul Frankl, etc. 156 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color, several fold-outs. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 220 pages.
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Rouche, Jacques
L'Art théâtral Moderne
This is an about very good softcover copy in the original tan printed wrappers with light cover wear. Very clean inside. Text in French. Limited edition of 1150 numbered copies. Illustrated in black & white and color. 10" high X 7" wide, 79 pages.
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Lauweriks, J.L.M.
Nederlandsche Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst. Jaarboek 1922.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original tan cloth elaborately decorated in black with an art nouveau floral design, title in gilt script on the spine. Some wear to spine tips. Very clean inside and out. Text in Dutch. Both the cloth binding and the endpapers with a geometric design in gray and white were designed by J.L.M. Lauweriks. 132 black & white plates, including photographs of modern Dutch interior design and decorative arts with designs by C.A. Lion Cachet, K.P.C.de Bazel, Jan Wils, P. Kramer, H.Th. Wydeveld, J.A. Snellebrand & A. Ebink, J. Crouwel Jr., F. Spanjaard, G.A. Roobol, P. Bromberg, B. Bijvoet & J. Duiker, S. van Ravesteyn, J.B. van Loghem, Corn. van der Sluys, J. Mendes da Costa, Hildo Krop, Theo van Reijn, Th.A. Vos, Herman van Remmen, J. Radecker, W.C. Brouwer, Jansen van Galen, Bieling, H. Vaillant, A. Riemans, Toorop, Thorn Prikker, J.H.E. Schilling, Toon Berg, W. Bogtman, R.N. Roland HolstLeo Visser, Jan Eisenloeffel, Jac A. Jacobs, Jan van Ham, Erich Wichman, Arnold Pipers, E. Siewertz van Reesema, Joan Collette, S.H. de Roos, among many others. Also 2 full-page black & white woodcuts memorializing M. de Klerk and K.P.C. de Bazel. List of illustrations, with designers, media or materials, dates. This yearbook of the modern decorative arts in the Netherlands covers interior architecture, furniture, metalwork, glass, ceramics, lighting designs, textiles, stained glass, and typography. 10" high X 7" wide, 72 text pages + plates and illustrations.This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Cornette de Saint Cyr
Le Cabinet de Ceramiques de Francois de Saint Cyr
This is a very good softcover copy with light handling wear. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Cornette de Sain Cyr, Drouot, Paris on November 17, 2008. the sale consisted of Cornette de Saint Cyr's collection of 20th century French ceramics. 296 lots in the sale. Works by dozens of less well known ceramists, but also works by Capron (30 pcs.), Pol Chambost (49 pcs.), Jouve (19 pcs.), among many others. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 141 pages.
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Noever, Peter
Josef Hoffmann Designs Mak-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This book is a revised and enlarged edition of the German edition published to accompany the exhibition at MAK in the summer of 1992. Edited by Peter Noever. With essays by Hanna Egger, Rainald Franz, Brigitte Huck, Ernst Pohl, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier, Jan Tabor, Angela Volker and Christian Witt-Dorring. 481 illustrations, including many color plates. List of illustrated works has 481 entries. Selected bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 331 pages. Crisp and unread. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Abbe, Dorothy
Stencilled Ornament & Ilustration
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. A little light scuffing to the black paper cover. Completely clean inside and out. Full title is 'Stencilled Ornament & Ilustration. A Demonstration of William Dwight Dwiggins' Method of Book Decoration'. This catalog was designed and printed by Dorothy Abbe. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 74 pages.
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Christie's
Collection Anna et Alessandro Pron, Design Italien
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on May 27, 2008. Sale number: 5544. The sale consisted of the Anna and Alessandro Pron Collection of modern Italian design. Text in English and French. Brief essay by Johanna Grawunder. 66 lots in the sale. All lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Several fold-outs. Biographical sketches and photos of each of the designers at the end. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 136 pages.
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Bruno Munari, Mario Bellini, Andrea Branzi
Descendants of Leonardo Da Vinci the Italian Design
This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Japanese. Lavishly illustrated in color and black & white. Texts by Mario Bellini, Bruno Munari and Andrea Branzi. Still one of the best surveys of the Memphis style. 12" high X 9" wide, 341 pages. A beautiful copy of an important book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hoyne, Andrew
Andrew Hoyne Design
This is an about very good softcover copy with some rear cover wear. The front cover is illustrated in sepia with a profile photo of a man's bald head, with a drawing mapping sections of his brain, "Concept", "Original", "Knowledge", "Innovation", etc. Subtitled 'The first five years'. Illustrated throughout in color with photographs of productsm graphic design, etc. on every page. 8" square, about 50 pages.
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de Grisogono
Instrumento No. Uno
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Includes a signed letter from the company, on de Grisogono letterhead, to an American retailer who has requested information. Also includes a folded sheet 'de Grisogono Instrumento No. Uno Price List', which shows specifications and prices for watches N1 through 12, and S1 through 12. The book itself is promotional literature for de Grisogono. Brief text in English. 71 pages, with oversize color photographs of watches on half of them. On facing pages are the technical drawings and specifications. The covers are black with gilt titles on a heavy stock paper (French fold). 13" high X 10" wide, 72 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Arwas, Victor
Glass Art Nouveau to Art Deco
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is one of Arwas' best works on modern design. With almost 500 illustrations, more than half in color. Arranged alphabetically like an encyclopedia, from Appert Freres and Argy-Rousseau to Friedrich Zitzmann. Pages of maker marks and facsimile signatures. Bibliography. Glossary. 12" high X 10" wide, 384 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Weber, Klaus and Bettina Schob
Punkt, Linie, Flache: Druckgraphik am Bauhaus : Bauhaus Museum fur Archiv Gestaltung (German Edition)
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear, short closed tear to the top edge of the back of the jacket.. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. Light toning to page-edges. Text in German. Essays by Klaus Weber and Bettina Schob. Illustrated throughout in color. Bauhaus chronology. Biographies of the designers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 311 pages.
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Lupton, Ellen
Graphic Design in the Netherlands A Selection of Recent Work
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at The Herb Lubalin Study Center at Cooper Union in New York in January and February of 1992. Essays by Monica Strauss, William Deere, Robin Kinross, and Daan de Kuyper. Introduction by Ellen Lupton. Illustrated mostly in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 60 pages.
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Herbst, Rene
Modern French Shop Fronts and Interiors
This is a very good hardcover reference copy with some wear around the edges. Very clean inside and out, but a name in calligraphy on the front cover, and 2 plates provided in very close facsimile. Introductions by James Burford and Rene Herbst. 34 black & white photographic plates. 2 of these plates have been copied in a high quality copier and tipped on to heavy card stock, and then hinged into the binding. Some readers will probably not notice this. The two plates are photographs of the Galeries Lafayette. Other shops and showrooms included in this important survey are: Alfa Romeo Motors, Rody Cafe Bar, Arcade des Champs Elysees, Carron Soeurs, Aux Troix Sultanes, A.Dunhill, Roges Cavailles, Au Siamois, Soutif, Adrienne, Tandrade, Christofle among many others. 13" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tokyo. National Museum of Modern Art
Collection Catalogue of Crafts. Collection Catalogue of Design 2 Volume Set
This is a fine softcover copy of this 2 volume set comprising the full collections of crafts and modern design at the Tokyo National Museum. Completely clean inside and out. Spines not creased, bindings firm and tight. This set updates the previously released catalogue of the collection published in 1988. The collection is particularly strong in Meiji Period (1868-1912) crafts and design objects. No text, just a brief introduction and brief entries for each object. Introduction and entries in English and Japanese. Artist/ designer index. About 1650 works in the Crafts Catalogue. 565 works in the Design Catalogue. All works illustrated in black & white with small photographs. 11" high X 8" wide, 335, 138 pages. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Wichmann, Hans
Donationen Und Neuerwerbungen 1988/89 Industrial Design, Unikate, Serienerzeugnisse
This is an about very good hardcover reference copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out, but for some tan discoloration at the bottom of the spine of the book, visible on the front and rear pastedowns and endpapers, not affecting any text or images. Text in German. Almost 300 objects illustrated here in color and black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 314 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Davis, Terence
Decorative Art 50
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. It has been de-accessioned from an English private library, and bears their bookplate inside the front cover, withdrawal stamp on the bookplate, and two very small handstamps, one on the lower edge of the front endpaper the other on the lower edge of the inside back cover. Text and plates quite clean and free of marks or soil. The dust jacket looks very good, just a little wear to the spine tips, otherwise fine. This is the yearbook with the large black & white photograph of Jacobsen's "Egg Chair" on the front cover, with the words "decorative art 50". Light soil to back cover of jacket. Now in protective clear acetate cover. As usual illustrated in color and black & white, with sections on architecture (houses & apartments) furniture, textiles, tableware, light fittings, ceramics and metals and glass. Text in English, French, German and Italian. The introduction and paragraphs that start each chapter are in four languages. The captions for each object are in English only. This is one of the best and most sought after volumes in the series. Large 4to, 11" high X 9" wide, 172 pages. The marks are actually not very intrusive, so a very nice copy, in the scarce jacket. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Birrell & Garnett, Ltd.
Catalogue of I Typefounders Specimens. II Books Printed in Founts of Historic Importance. III works on Typefounding, Printing & Bibliography
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is the limited edition reprint of 500 copies. Illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 9" wide, 107 pages.
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Arnold, Klaus-Peter
Kunsthandwerk und Industrieform des 19 und 20 Jahrhunderts
Text in German. This is an exhibition catalog. Prepared on the occasion of the centennial of the museum, several scholars, under the direction of Arnold write on furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork and textiles, in the art nouveau, Bauhaus, Neue Sachlichkeit and Social Realist, and Post-war (1950's to 70's) styles. Illustrated in black & white. Lengthy catalog entries. 7" high X 8" wide, 167 pages. This is a very good softcover copy in stiff card covers with a color pictorial dust jacket with a small piece missing from the front bottom edge. Very clean inside and out.
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Institut Mathildenhohe
Kunstlerkolonie Mathildenhohe Darmstadt
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. 360 objects catalogued here. Hundreds of color photographs of Darmstadt art nouveau objects. Pages of marks and signatures. Bibliography. 12" high X 8" wide, 253 pages.
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Aloi, Roberto
Vetri d'Oggi. (Glass of Today) Esempi Di Decorazione Moderna Di Tutto Il Mondo.
This is a near fine softcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The jacket has just minor wear to the edges, 1 tiny chip from the back panel top edge. The book itself inside is fine, no flaws. This is one of the most elusive of the volumes in the famous "Esempi" series. It was put together in the early 1950's and is a survey of the very best in modern glass design. It covers glass design from Europe, Scandinavia, and America. Text in English, French, German and Italian. 337 illustrations with numerous color plates. Large 4to, 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 173 pages. This is very good copy of a very scarce title. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Parmelin,Helene
Cinq Peintres et le Theatre Decors et Costumes de Leger Coutaud Gischia Labisse Pignon
Original serigraph cover art (both front and back) and many color illustrations by these French artists. Text in French. Mainly post-war work in the theater, both set design and costume sketches. A very good softcover copy in stiff red paper covers with titles in blue, red and yellow inks on the front and a dramatic mask in the same inks on the back. With light wear to the corners, and top & bottom of spine. Spine faded, as well as left edge of front cover. Inside very clean. Bibliography. Tall 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Harris, George W.
George W. Harris
This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original yellow cloth boards with black cloth spine. The title in yellow on the spine has faded. Boards sunned at top edge. Very clean internally. Front black endpaper wrinkled. This is a limited edition of 425 numbered copies. Foreword by St. John Ervine. Essays on George W. Harris by Basil Dean and Lascelles Abercrombie. Essay by Harris 'The Function of the Scenic Designer'. Illustrated in color and black & white and photogravure with many of Harris' designs for the theater reproduced on 44 plates. 13" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Vox,Maximilien
Lettres Jean Loisy
This is a very good softcover copy in the original illustrated wrappers with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Preface by Maximilien Vox. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with examples of modern typography, photographs of shop fronts, etc. 12" high X 10" wide, 106 pages. Beautifully printed. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Production Manager Pub. Co
P.M. Magazine Volume II, Number 9 May 1936
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out, except for three previous private owner marks: a handstamp to the title-page, another to a page in the back and a small embossed stamp to the rear cover. This issue of P.M.'s lead article is on Ottmar Mergenthaler and the story of linotype. Also a review of the show that was up at the Museum of Modern Art, 'Modern Artists as Illustrators'. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 8" high X 5" wide, 54 pages.
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Gill, Eric
Good Work Official Bulletin of the Catholic Art Association
This is a very good softcover copy with some cover wear: a small abrasion. Very clean inside and out. This is the Summer 1966 issue, Volume 29, No.3 of Good Work the Official Bulletin of the Catholic Art Association. This issue has a frontispiece portrait of Eric Gill, and an essay on Gill by Sir Herbert Read. Also the editorial is on Gill. 11" high X 8" wide.
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Sinel, Joseph
A Book of American Trade Marks & Devices
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This copy has been signed by Joseph Sinel and briefly inscribed to a colleague, under the limited edition information. This is copy 1360 out of 2000 available for sale. Beautifully printed by the Pynson Printers of New York. Illustrated in color and black & white. Pages uncut as issued. 12" high X 10" wide, 64 pages. Index. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Hessischen Landesmuseum
Fifty Fifty. Formen Und Farben Der 50er Jahre
This is an about very good softcover copy with just one flaw: a small faint tan stain to the bottom corners of many pages. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Hessischen Landesmuseum in Darmstadt in the spring of 1988. The exhibition was a survey of 1950's ceramics, glass, jewelry, lighting fixtures and lamps, etc. 161 objects in the exhibition. All illustrated in black & white and or color. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 71 pages + ads.
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Yamazaki, Kakutaro
Modern Decorative Arts of Japan
This is a very good softcover copy in tan and gray glossy card covers with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Two page essay by Kakutaro Yamazaki, President of the Japan Modern Decorative Arts Association. This catalog is divided into a number of sections: ceramics, metalwork, lacquer ware, dyed fabric, and a miscellaneous section with wooden work, bamboo work, dolls, paper work, cloisonne, glassware, etc. 325 works are illustrated in black & white and ocasionally color photos. No date on the catalog, but ca. 1970. 12" high X 8" wide, 72 pages.
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McLean, Ruari
George Cruikshank, His Life & Work As A Book Illustrator
This is a very good hardcover copy in a good only dust jacket. The jacket is virtually all there, but soiled. Endpapers browned, otherwise clean inside. Essay by Ruari McLean. Illustrated throughout in black & white. List of books illustrated by Cruikshank. No date but ca. 1948. 9" high X 7" wide, 100 pages.
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Stavenow,Ake
Thirties: British Art and Design Before the War
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. A short ghost of an inscription (now erased) on the title-page, otherwise completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm and tight. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in the winter of 1979-80. Introduction by A.J.P.Taylor. Essays by Ian Jeffrey, William Feaver, Charlotte and Tim Benton, Carol Hogben, Susan Lambert, Simon Jervis, Valerie Mendes, Jennifer Hawkins, David Coachworth, Shirley Bury, Roger Pinkham and Brian Lacey. Biographies of the designers. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated in black & white with hundreds of photographs + 20 color plates. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 320 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tardy
Les Pierres Precieuses, Les Pierres Dures, Les Perles
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out, spine of dust jacket sunned. Text in French. This is the 4th edition. Illustrated throughout in black & white with hundreds of photographs and drawings. 8" high X 5" wide, 675 pages.
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Wollin, Nils
Modern Swedish Arts and Crafts in Pictures
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original publisher's light yellow cloth decorated and printed in blue. Completely clean inside and out. This copy recently released from a design school library and bearing one bookplate (denoting it as a gift from a patron) inside the front cover. No other marks, stamps or pockets, etc. Still one of the best surveys of early 20th century Swedish modernist design, a classic in its field. Large folio, 207 black & white plates, including 11 color plates, many with several objects displayed. This survey covers furniture, glassware, ceramics, lighting designs, textiles, graphic design and more. 13" high X 10" wide, 30 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rahoult, Lena
Plastics
This is a very good copy with almost no wear. Bound in clear plastic covers, with a spiral wire binding. Very clean inside and out. Text in English and Swedish. Subtitled 'The Plastics Exhibition'. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Kulturhuset in Stockholm through the spring and summer of 1993. The curator of the exhibition was Lena Rahoult. Catalog edited by Carl Frederik Holtermann, Lena Rahoult, and Lars Svensson . Essays by a dozen scholars. Glossary of technical terms. Illustrated in color throughout. 11" high X 9" wide, 134 pages.
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Christie's
Important 20th Century Decorative Arts Including Works By the Tiffany Studios
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in New York on December 14, 1991. Sale code: "IRIBE-7388". Selected bibliography. Over 50 of the lots are lamps by Tiffany Studios. 262 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 161 pages.
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