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Confederation Generale du Travaille; Seguy, George
Affiches et luttes syndicales de la CGT (French Edition)
This is ia very good softcover copy with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out (save for a short name to the title-page). Spine not creased, binding firm. A little wear to the right corners and a tiny tear to the back cover top edge. Text in French. This is a survey of political posters and broadsides associated with the Chambre Syndicale in Paris (Confederation Generale du Travaille) from the late 19th century to the 1970's. Illustrated in black & white and color. Also a number of vintage photographs in black & white of workers, street demonstrations, etc. 13 1/2" high X 10 1/2" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Palazzetti
Classics of Modern & Contemporary Furniture 1999
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out, just a small mark to the front cover and a few stress creases around the punch holes. It has three holes punched along the left edge for insertion into a ring binder. A business card of a Palazzetti executive stapled to the front cover. Inside 49 pages of black & white photographs and design specifications of classic modern furniture and their prices. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 49 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gibson, Strickland
Early Oxford Bindings
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's printed brown wrappers with just light wear. Right edge a little chipped. Very clean inside, pages uncut. This is Number X in the Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society. 40 plates printed in sepia or black & white. Spine creased, small paper label at bottom of spine. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 69 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Wheeler, Candace
The Development of Embroidery in America
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition, with just light wear. Red cloth covers fine, spine title in gilt dulled, spine faded and a few small stains (minor). Very clean inside, but a little spotting here and there, as is typical with this soft acidic paper. Plates fairly clean, but also lightly spotted. Illustrated in black & white. 4to, 9.5" high X 6.5" wide, 151 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Toschi, Paolo
Arte Popolare Italiana
This is a very good hardcover copy in gray cloth covers printed in red and gold with tassel device on the front cover and title in faded gilt to the spine. Edges of the covers a bit toned. Small date on lower edge of front endpaper. Very clean inside. Text in Italian. The 2 page ENGLISH summary laid-in. This is a thorough survey of Italian craft and folk arts including sections on farm and agricultural implements, furniture, textiles and costumes, jewelry and personal ornament, ceramics and glassware, metalwork, cooking ware, wrought iron work, signage, theatrical and festival masks, religious arts, also a section on popular prints. Extensive bibliography. 553 illustrations including many color plates. Plus many more illustrations in the section on popular prints. List of craft makers and producers. 12" high X 10" wide, 451 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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Apollinaire, Guillaume
The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations 1913
This is a very good softcover copy in colorful pictorial wrappers designed by Paul Rand with just light wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside, some toning to the front cover, top right corner a bit abraded, back cover also some toning, two very small tan stains, and a number of tiny marks along the edge near the spine. This is the stated first edition. 10" high X 7.5" wide, 35 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Darmstadt
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901- 1976. 6 Volume Set
This is a near fine softcover 6 volume set complete with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (Last volume has one neat signature of art historian previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie. 226pp.Texts by E.G. Franz, E. Wiest, A. Wolde, E. Huber, H.-G. Sperlich, H. Paris, B. Rechberg, H.J. Wystrach and K. Wölfing, C. Heelhaar, E. Zimmermann. Volume VI Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst Darmstadt 87pp. Texts by Dolf Sternberger, Brigitte Rechberg, among many others. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. 8.5" square. A beautiful set. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Seijiro, Saito
Masterpieces of Japanese Puppetry. Sculptured Heads of the Bunraku Theater
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light traces of wear. The jacket is virtually complete, a small chip out of the top of the spine. Otherwise very good. Completely clean inside and out. This is a limited edition of 375 numbered copies. This collection of 32 sculptured heads from Bunraku theater represents the best work of its kind. All 32 puppet heads reproduced in full-page color plates and full catalog entries. Additionally there are twelve black & white photographs of more heads. And 26 figures in the text. Foreword by Roy Andrew Miller who also translated this edition. 14.5" high X 10" wide, 91 pages. A beautiful production. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Roder, Sabine et al.
Deutsches Museum für Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe 1909 - 1919
This is a very good softcover copy in yellow pictorial stiff plastic covers with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in German. Massive catalog prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld in the winter of 1997-98. It was also shown at the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum in Hagen. The catalog is divided into two main sections: one prepared by each museum. The one by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum curated by Sabine Roder and Gerhard Storck. The section by the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum curated by Michael Fehr. Essays and contributions by dozens of specialists. Sections on architecture, furniture, decorative arts, wall papers, textile designs, books and graphic design, etc. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white. 12" high X 9.5" wide, 430 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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D'Allemagne,Henry Rene
Les Accessories Du Costume et Du Mobilier
This is a very good copy in cream paper-covered boards with a glassine protective jacket with some edgewear. Very clean inside, with some foxing to the endpapers. Text in French. This is volume 2 of the famous 3 volume survey of 13th to 19th century accessories including: beauty utensils and instruments, glasses and lorgnettes, clocks, tableware, combs and hairpieces, etc. Profusely illustrated in black & white photos. Folio size, 13" high X 10" wide, 389 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bock,Elfried
Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunst Von Ihren Anfangen Bis Zur Gegenwart
This is a very good hardcover copy in green paper-covered boards, black leather spine with gilt titles. This copy used to belong to an ivy league university club in New York, and has their bookplate on the inside front cover (with their de-accessioning stamp), and a small blindstamp on the lower corner of the title-page. The covers are a little worn, but the inside text pages and especially the plates are fresh and clean. Text in German. Sections on European prints of the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and the early 20th century. This is one of the classic surveys of print-making. 121 page text and 35 tipped-in color prints on heavy black stock, and hundreds of black & white illustrations. Another volume in the interesting series published by Propylaen Verlag. 10" high X 8" wide, 716 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Societe Des Amis Du Musee National De Ceramique
Cahiers De La Ceramique Du Verre et Des Arts Du Feu. Numbers 32, 33, 34, 35
Set of 4 softcover issues, numbers 32, 33, 34, 35 and the supplement to 35, plus an additional folder with 4 plates, all contained in the folding linen cloth clamshell case typical of this publisher. Text in French, summaries in English. Each issue with color plate tipped on to cover and color plates on loose pages laid in. Near fine condition, case in very good condition, some wear to edges, structurally sound. Folio size, 12 1/2" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gromort, Georges
Jardins D'Italie
This is a beautiful hardcover copy of this classic on the history of Italian garden design. Brown leather spine with raised bands and gilt titles. This is an ex-library copy in great condition. This work was originally published as a portfolio with loose plates, but this copy was bound with all text and plates on tabs, for easier use. The covers are marbled paper covered boards. Inside generally clean, but light soil, and a few perforated stamps on beginning blanks, and a few very small handstamps. Also shelf number on spine and paper label on front cover. 148 plates provide over 170 photographic views and details of the gardens. Also numerous drawings and illustrations in the text. Many of the most well-known villas and gardens in Italy are studied and illustrated here. Text in French. Elephant folio, 18" high X 14" wide. A beautiful book. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lewis, F.
British Textiles
This is a near fine cloth copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket has two chips: at top and bottom of spine. Very clean inside and out. 99 black & white photo illustrations. This is a survey of the best work in post-war British textiles. Brief introduction and notes to the illustrations. 11" high X 8", 20 text pages + illustrations. wide. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Midolle, Jean
Ecritures Ancienne Volume 1 of the Oeuvres De Jean Midolle
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original binding of brown marbled paper boards with an all-over green design. There is a large printed paper label with the title inset in an elaborately lithographed Gothic style frame. Tan paper covered spine of dark green cloth. The edges of the covers have a little wear. Inside there is an elaborately detailed title-page followed by 32 of 40 numbered plates. No evidence of plates being removed, as binding still very tight, but normally with 40 plates. All plates are black & white lithographs showing an amazing variety of typefaces and alphabets. Many are composed out of very imaginatively worked animals, plants, people or inventions forming the letters. A classic of this genre, here an incomplete copy with various faults, such as browning, tiny foxing, and 2 instances of later careful coloring of initials on different plates. Quite rare in the original binding. Large oblong folio, 11" high X 13 1/2" wide. Call or e-mail for digital photos. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Artemide Litech
Richard Sapper 40 Progetti Di Design 1958-1988
This is a very good softcover copy of this exhibition catalog with only light wear. Completely clean inside, slight blemishes to front cover. Spine not creased. Text in Italian. Summary in English. Captions for all 40 objects in English. Illustrated throughout with full-page black & white photographs. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 67 pages. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gregor, Joseph and Rene Fulop-Miller
Wiener Szenische Kunst. Band II. Das Buhnenkostum
This is a good hardcover reference copy in faded blue cloth, the hinges repaired with linen tape. Very clean inside, both text and plates. Text in German. This is volume 2 of Gregor's 4 volume work on the theater. This subject of this volume is costume, its' historical, aesthetic and psychological aspects. 146 pages of text + 259 illustrations, including 4 color plates. Folio, 12" high X 8" wide. A good serviceable reference copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nuzzi, Cristina
Franco Maria Ricci Publisher and Designer Includes Brochure.
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Very clean inside and out. This exhibition and catalog was organized by Nuzzi. The exhibition traced the development of Ricci as a graphic designer, art director and art publisher. This copy has a brochure "FMR librerie. Listino 1991", tipped-in to the front endpaper. The brochure lists all his publications up to that point. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Large folio, 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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Rozier
Meubles Rozier 1935
This is a good only reference softcover copy of this trade catalog, with light wear to the covers and some pencil notations and drawings inside. Also laid-in are 2 price lists and two lists of the pieces in the plates. Sections of the catalog are loose. About 30 plates in both color and black & white, showing individual pieces and room settings. Oblong folio, 9' high X 12" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Levy, Emile
Art et Decoration. Revue Mensuelle D'Art Moderne January Through December 1913
This is a very good hardcover bound volume of the year 1913 of this most important French periodical about both the fine and decorative arts. Text in French. Very clean inside. Several old page tears and repairs. Bound in red marbled-paper boards with a red leather spine with gilt titles and raised bands. Printed on fine paper with extraordinary color illustrations. Green silk page-mark. Also monochrome illustrations. Articles by the team of editors, which at that time included Guillame Janneau, Roger Marx and M.P.Verneuil among several others. The first half of the book, Tome 33, includes articles on modern design, a review of the Salon des Artistes Decorateurs by M.P.Verneuil, also by Verneuil articles on pillow designs with decorative motifs by M.Dufrene and Paul Follot, also the Theatre de la Champs-Elysees, an article on the Japanese graphic designs, also an article on the Hokusai, and modern furniture design in wicker, among much else. The second half of the book, Tome 34, articles by M.Dufrene on modern chair design, an article by Andre Salmon on Rembrandt Bugatti, a review of the Leipzig Architecture Exhibition of 1913, an article on George Lepape with several designs in color including one on a special paper heightened in gilt. 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 400 pages total. A very beautiful production. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Center for Book Arts
Latin American Book Arts
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text by Brian Hannon, Executive Director of the Center for Book Arts. Introduction in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Text for individual entries in English and either Spanish or Portuguese depending on the language of the artist. About 40 artists represented in this exhibition catalog. With 1 black & white illustration for each artist. Most of the works were for sale with prices indicated. 10" high X 8" wide. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Vienna. NO Landesmuseum
Das Zeitalter Kaiser Franz Josephs 2.Teil 1880-1916 Glanz und Elend
A very good softcover copy, of this 2 volume set, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out, except for a small (quarter sized) stain to part of a text page in volume 1(Beitrage). Spines not creased. Text in German. An exhibition catalogue of turn of the century Austria, centered on the period of the Kaiser Franz Josephs. Essays by two dozen scholars. All the arts both fine and decorative are covered. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 99 color plates: 24 works in volume 1 and 75 works in volume 2 are shown in color. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 343 & 375 pages. Overall, very good set. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rot, Dieter
Books and Graphics (Part 1). Collected Works Volume 20
This is very good softcover copy, with light wear and soil. Text in German and English. This is volume 20 in the multi-volume series of his complete works. Illustrated in color and black & white. 4to, 9" high X 7" wide, 223 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bojani, Gian Carlo e Ivana Anconelli
Arte e Ceramica in Laboratorio
A near fine softcover copy. Spine not creased. Completely clean inside, light soil outside. Text in Italian. A survey of mostly modern pottery made in the Italian town of Faenza, where the word 'faience' comes from. Profusely illustrated in black & white. With each potter getting a page or two on which we see examples of his work with a brief biography or curriculum vitae. Over two dozen different potters. 10" high X 7" wide, 120 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Yao, Takeo
Package Design in Milan
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, Japanese and Italian. Essays by Aldo Colonetti, Gio Rossi, Maurizio di Robilant, Hiromitsu Kawai, Toshiyuki Kita, and Kouichi Obata. This book is the fifth in the series which presented package design in New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo. Some of the designers and companies covered are Mario Craighero, Design Group Italia, Maurizio di Robilant & Associati, Image Plan International, Giorgio Macchi, Armando e Maurizio Milani, Franco Gaffuri Agenzia di Grafica, Studio GBR, Pentagono, Studio Pisati Grafica e Pubblicita, Signo, Unimark International, AB Visual & Partners and VU. Illustrated throughout in color, with many examples of each designer or studio. Company index. 12" high X 9" wide, 175 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Robinson,W.Heath
Some Frightful War Pictures
This is the "Popular Edition". 24 black and white plates (one is tipped-on the front cover). This is a very good softcover copy, in stiff orange card covers, with just light wear to the covers and corners. The plates have a little wear, but are clean. 12.5" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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ID Magazine
ID January/February 1988 Design Ettore Sottsass Milan. Volume 35, Number 1
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear to the cover edges. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. This issue has a feature on the Milanese master, Ettore Sottsass. Richard Horn wrote the article which included a rare interview with Sottsass. Sottsass was 70 at the time, and Horn asked him to reflect back on the origins of Memphis. Illustrated in color. Also a feature on Milan's annual Furniture Fair by Robert Janjigian. 7 pages of Sottsass, 8 of Milan's Furniture Fair. 11" high X 8" wide, 94 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Kita,Toshiyuki
Movement as Concept
This is a near fine softcover copy in a very good dust jacket, with almost no wear. Signed and inscribed by Kita to a friend. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Japanese, with a few sections in Italian. Essays by Mario Bellini, Cristina Morozzi, Hiroshi Awatsuji, and Alfredo Pizzo Greco. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 166 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bock, Elfried
Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunst Von Ihren Anfangen Bis Zur Gegenwart
Text in German. Sections on European prints of the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and the early 20th century. This is one of the classic surveys of print-making. 121 page text and 35 tipped-in color prints on heavy black stock, and hundreds of black & white illustrations. Another volume in the interesting series published by Propylaen Verlag. 10" high X 8" wide, 716 pages. This is a very good hardcover copy in green paper-covered boards, black leather spine with gilt titles. The cover edges are a little worn, but the inside text pages and especially the plates are fresh and clean. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Voronov, N.and E. Rachuk
Soviet Glass Verre Sovietique Sowjetisches Glas
This is a very good hardcover copy in pictorial glazed boards with just a little wear to spine tips and corners. Very clean inside and out. Text in English, French and German. Most of the works illustrated were made in the post World War II period: the 1950's and 60's. Biographical notes on all artists. Bibliography. 107 full-page color and black & white plates. Appendix on the history of national art glass in Russia. 11" high X 7" wide, 178 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre De Creation Industrielle
Vingt-Cinq Ans d'Elegance a Paris 1925-1950
This is a very good softcover copy in a lightly chipped glassine wrapper. Completely clean inside and out. Glassine chipped mostly away on the spine. Text in French. This book looks at French haute couture during the second quarter of the 20th century. Lavishly illustrated with tipped-in color plates and black & white illustrations including photogravures of artistic and fashion personalities of the era. Many photographs of Paris fashions of the period. Original designs by Christian Berard for Schiaparelli, and the theater. Section on surrealism and fashion. Full page color plates by Dufy, Benito, Berard, Dior and Gruau. The last section is reserved for full-page color and black & white ads, including works by Cassandre, Vertes, Berard, etc. 14" high X 10.5" wide 111 pages + 50 pages of advertisements. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chatterton, E. Keble
Ship-Models (Salesman's Sample)
This is a very good copy of this salesman's sample of the book about to be published, Chatterton's classic Ship-Models. The portfolio has red marbled paper-covered boards and green cloth spine and corners. It contains a four page (folded) prospectus for the book, complete with order form. Also a printed, perhaps typed, list of 43 plates titled "Quaint Ships of Various Nations and Periods". 43 black & white photographic plates of ship models, printed on heavy card stock. Portfolio ties defective. Also laid-in is an early review of the book. 10.5" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Exposition Universelle International 1900
Musee Retrospectif De La Classe 13. Librairie, Editions Musicale, Reliure, Journaux, Affiches
This is a very good softcover copy in the printed soft card covers with a glassine wrapper, though just the front panel and spine of the wrapper survive. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. This catalog was prepared by the Comite d'Installation for the Exposition International in Paris in 1900. This section contained books, musical works, bindings, newspapers and posters. Well illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 7.5" wide, 139 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Whistler, Laurence
Engraved Glass 1952-1958
This is a very good hardcover copy in an about very good dust jacket with light wear. The jacket is price-clipped and a bit worn at the spine tips. The book is made of polished white cloth boards with a gilt ruled design on the front cover, also a tipped-on black & white photo of one of the glasses. Black cloth spine gilt title. Very clean inside and out. Top page-edge gilt. 38 text pages + 88 full-page black & white plates of engraved glasses. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maybon, Albert
Le Theatre Japonais
This is a very good softcover copy in the original printed pale green card wrappers with light wear. The cover is toned and a small chip off the top right front corner and bottom of the spine. Top corner also bumped. Very clean inside. Text in French. Illustrated in black & white with 64 plates + 40 figures in the text. 10.5" high X 8" wide, 140 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Shimuzu, Fumio
The Italian Interior
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Front blank endpaper excised. Text in English and Japanese. The book was co-ordinated by Shimuzu, Studio Matteo Thun and Maurizio Favetta. This survey highlights the work of 50 leading Italian designers. Illustrated in mostly color and also black & white vintage photographs. Thumbnail biographies of all the designers. Each designer given at least a page many several pages of photographs of their interior designs. 12" high X 9" wide, 254 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Maresova, Sylva
Czech Stage Costumes/ Le Costume de Tcheque de Theatre
This is a good only softcover reference copy of this scarce exhibition catalog. Covers and first and last pages faintly stained, this affects some images. This catalog was produced to accompany the exhibition of Czech stage and theatrical costume at the Prague Theater Institute in 1972. Brief introductory text in English and French. Brief notes on the 40 costume designers whose work is in the exhibition. Black & white illustrations on almost every page. About 75 pages. 13" high X 6" wide.
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Ginisty, Paul
Le Theatre de la Rue
This is a very good copy in a portfolio with pictorial, paper-covered boards and silk tie, containing a text booklet and 24 loose plates. Light soil to the boards. Very clean inside. One of the plates is hand-colored, the rest reproduced in a sepia monochrome. The 61 page text booklet discusses the emergence of street theater in France, beginning with the medieval mystery plays and surveying its' development down through the 19th century. 9.5" high X 7" wide. A charming work. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Morris,William
The Revival of Art in Craft
This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear. Very clean outside. Inside generally clean, except for light tan stains to the top page-edge. This is also visible on the first and last pages (title-page and a blank). This reprint of essays originally printed in the late 19th century was done by the Curwen Press. 6" high X 8" wide, 38 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pollak, Elsa
Elsa Pollak Exhibition of Ceramic Sculpture
This is a good softcover copy with creased covers. Very clean inside and out. Text in English and Hebrew. Text by Kurt Goebel. Illustrated in black & white and color with 10 photographs of Pollak's ceramic sculptures, many of them resembling Italian 1950's tall thin ceramic vases. 8" high X 6" wide, 1 text page + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Baum, Julius
Farbige Raumkunst. Dritter Band. 120 Entwurfe Moderner Kunstler
This is a very good hardcover copy in brown paper-covered boards with brown cloth spine and title label printed in black and gilt to the front cover, and gilt title on the spine. A few small stains, but generally clean outside. A few small foxing marks inside, but also generally clean throughout. This volume in the series introduced by Julius Baum. Text in German. The designs are all printed in color. 120 full-page color plates show early 20th century modernism, but vary in style from Secession and Wiener Werkstatte designs to more traditional settings. The designers include Bruno Paul, August Dietterle and Walter von Nessen among many others. 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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Gardner, Paul V.
The Glass of Frederick Carder
This is an about very good hardcover copy in a like dust jacket. The book is very clean throughout, but the back board is stained on the outside. And there is a gift inscription on the inside front cover, in the upper left corner (mostly hidden by jacket flap). The jacket has a few chips to the edges. Now in an acetate protector. Text by Gardner. Introduction by Paul N. Perrot. Glossary. Bibliography. Over 7,000 illustrations including 400 photographs with 32 full-page color plates showing 80 pieces. The rest of the illustrations are black & white photographs, and profiles or line drawings of the shapes of pieces. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 373 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gardner, Paul V.
The Glass of Frederick Carder
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The book is very clean throughout. There is a name on the inside front cover. The jacket has a small chip to the rear top corner. Now in an acetate protector. Text by Gardner. Introduction by Paul N. Perrot. Glossary. Bibliography. Over 7,000 illustrations including 400 photographs with 32 full-page color plates showing 80 pieces. The rest of the illustrations are black & white photographs, and profiles or line drawings of the shapes of pieces. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 373 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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School of Applied Art
Bound Volume of 18 Issues of the School of Applied Arts Magazine
This is a bound volume of 18 issues of the School of Applied Art's journal with only light wear. The black cloth covers with gilt title "Commercial Art" very clean and unmarked. Inside very clean too. Each issue with a different title. All issues have illustrations in black & white. Some issues have tipped-in color plates, fold-outs. One issue has an original photograph tipped-in. 8" high X 5.5" wide, each issue 20 to 30 pages. All covers bound in. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tardy
Les pierres précieuses. Les pierres dures. Les perles. L'ambre - L'écaille - L'ivoire et la répression des fraudes
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Sections on pearls, precious stones and jade. Illustrated in black & white. 8.5" high X 5.5" wide, 675 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Filler, Martin
Frank Gehry: New Bentwood Furniture Designs
This is a very good hardcover copy in black cloth, title in silver on the spine. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts in the fall of 1992. Illustrated throughout in black & white with some color, photographs and drawings of Frank Gehry's bentwood furniture designs. 23 works in the exhibition. Checklist. Essay by Martin Filler. 8" high X 6" wide, 111 pages.
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Thomov, Evtime
Art Graphique Bulgare: La Gravure
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Short crease to the margin or edge of about 20 plates, not affecting image. Text in French. Scarce history of Bulgarian graphic art from the middle ages to the modern period. Illustrated in black & white with a number of tipped-in color plates. List of plates identifies each artist, medium, and size.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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Tajan
Fonctionnalisme & Modernite en France 1945- 1975
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on February 28, 2006. The sale consisted of modern French furniture and smaller decorative arts designed between 1945 and 1975. It includes the work of over 60 French modernist designers. Works by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Louis Sognot, Alexandre Noll, Pierre Guariche, Boris-Lacroix, Jacques Adnet, and many other less well known but quite interesting designers. Text in French. 314 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color, also a number of vintage black & white photographs showing the work during the period. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages.
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Christie's
Designed by Architects Important Works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Others From an International Private Collection
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear, a vertical crease near the spine. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on November 6, 2002. Sale code: SPOOK-6690. The sale consisted of important furniture designed mostly by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Essay by Roger Billcliffe. Mackintosh Chronology. 71 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Many with lengthy entries. Several fold-outs. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 161 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Honour, Hugh and Nelly Schargo Hoyt
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This general survey covers European and American cabinet makers from the 16th century to the mid 20th century. From Jacques Androuet de Cerceau to Charles Eames. 32 color plates + 230 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 320 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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