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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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Segal, Lasar
Lasar Segal Cenografo
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in English and Portuguese. Illustrated throughout in color, 78 color plates + many smaller illustrations in black & white including vintage photographs. Biographical sketch. Bibliography included in notes to the essay.
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María Fernanda Palacios, María Eugenia Mier y Terán, Ernesto J. Guevara, and Yolanda Pantin
Jugando Con Tierra. La Vida En El Arte De Maria Luisa Tovar
This is a very good softcover copy in stiff gray illustrated boards. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared for the exhibition of the ceramic works of Maria Luisa Tovar (1902- 1992). Text in Spanish with English summary at the end. Essays by Maria Fernanda Palacios, Ernesto J. Guevara, and Yolanda Pantin. Illustrated in color throughout. Many large or full-page color plates. List of 184 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in color in thumbnail images in the section 'Referencias y Bibliohemerografia'. 11" high X 9" wide, 419 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Museum of Contemporary Art
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Essay by Sibyl Moholy-Nagy. Selected bibliography. Lists of books by artist. List of films by artist. Articles and statements by artist. Illustrated in black & white and color. 4to, 10" high X 7" wide, 64 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
Maria Pergay Provenant des Collections Gourgaud
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on May 24, 2011. Text in French. Essay by Cecile Tajan. The sale consisted of furniture designed by Maria Pergay and commissioned by the Baron and Baroness Gourgaud in the 1970's. 24 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Also a number of color photographs of the original room settings in the Gourgaud house. Price estimates for each lot but no prices realized sheets. 11" high X 9" wide, 54 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
Mad in U.S. A.
This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on June 17, 2008. The sale consisted of all mid-20th century American design. It featured Charles Eames and Gerorge Nelson, and included works by dozens of other designers. 217 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 2 pages of photographs of maker labels. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 112 pages. A beautiful unused copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Artcurial
INTERIEURS du XXe. Art Deco- Important Ensemble de Leleu
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, but a few hammer prices marked in. This is an sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on October 3, 2006. Sale no. 01051. This sale consisted of art deco and other modern design and featured a large ensemble of works by Jules Leleu from one private residence. (30 lots). 472 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 9" wide, 116 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Beaussant Lefevre
Objets d'Art et de Bel Ameublement dont Bel Ensemble par Marcel Coard
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 the Drouot in Paris on March 15, 2006. The sale featured an ensemble of fine French furniture by Marcel Coard (20 pages on M.C.) All lots illustrated in color. also several black & white illustrations of Coard room settings. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Ketterer Kunst
Spielkarten Vom Jugendstil Zum Art Deco
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Ketterer Kunst in Munich on November 8, 1997. Sale number: 215. The sale consisted of a collection of playing cards, decorated in modernist styles. The collection belonged to Dr. Uwe-Volker Segeth. 121 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 7" wide. Price estimates for each lot, but no prices realized sheets.
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Wright Galleries
Circa 70
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 Wright Galleries in Chicago on December 6, 2005. The sale consisted of modern design circa 1970, both European and American. The sale included: Paul Evans, Maria Pergay, Bernard Quentin, Gabriella Crespi, Maison Jansen, Vladimir Kagan, Verner Panton, Jacques Charpentier, Karl Springer, among many others. 126 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide.
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Sotheby's
Un Interieur Parisien des Annees 30. 22 novembre, 2011
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 Sotheby'd in Paris on November 22, 2011. Sale code: PF1126 "DOMINIQUE". Text in English and French. The sale consisted of a single family private collection of French furniture designed by Michel Roux-Spitz (1888- 1957) in the 1930's. The family originally moved into the famous building at 115 Avenue Henri Martin, itself an art deco masterpiece also designed by Michel Roux-Spitz in 1929- 31. The furniture in the collection was originally designed for this residence by the architect and designer, and also Domnique who probably supervised the interior decoration. Several vintage photographs of the original residence. Also color photographs of the second residence the family moved to in 1970. The French designer Patrick Naggar supervised this move and installation. 63 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Color photographs of the collection in situ at the second residence. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 92 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Bunker, George R.
Alexey Brodovitch and His Influence
This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear. The black wrappers are sun faded. A small scraped area on the top of the front cover, probably a sticker removal. No other marks. Completely clean inside. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Philadelphia College of Art following Brodovitch's death in 1971. George Bunker, Director of the College, tracked Brodovitch down in the south of France during his last few years and engaged him in this last project. Statements of appreciation by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Bob Cato, Art Kane, Bruce Davidson, Ted Croner, Hiro, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Brassai, Arnold Newman, Eugene Berman, Marvin Israel, Diana Vreeland, and Frances McFadden. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. List of works in the exhibition. 14" high X 10" wide, 48 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Eliens, Titus M.
Modern glas in Nederland 1880-1940 / Modern Glass in the Netherlands. 1880-1940
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Dutch. Modern Glass in the Netherlands 1880-1940 offers a comprehensive view of late 19th and early 20th-century advances in Dutch art glass. Illustrated in color and black & white. At least 100 photographs of individual pieces and groups of art glass. Some pages from vintage manufacturer catalogs reproduced also. Index of designers and manufacturers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 163 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The World's Fair Collection of Alfred Heller
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is a sale catalog for the Alfred Heller collection of World's Fair memorabilia. 217 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. The collection is about the history of world's fairs and has material from the European as well as American fairs. The sale was on Tuesday October 11, 2005. Prices realized sheets laid in. 10" high X 8" wide, 82 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Strauss, Monica
Art of the Bauhaus: Artists and Publications
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Helen Serger/La Boetie in New York in the spring of 1982. Essay by Monica Strauss. Illustrated in color and black & white. 9" high X 7" wide, 60 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Posters with a Purpose the London Transport Museum Sale
This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's South Kensington on October 4, 2012. Sale code: POS-6934. The sale consisted of posters from the London Transport Museum and included many well known examples of posters designed for the London Underground (subway) during the first half of the 20th century. Also posters for sporting events like Wimbledon. And London attractions like the zoo, Kew Gardens, etc. 326 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 148 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Zetterquist, Eric J.
The Ceramic Art of Akira Yagi
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Eric Zetterquist in New York in the fall of 1994. Modern greeen celadon wares by Akira Yagi. Illustrated in color throughout. 21 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in color. 10" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Collection Claude et Simone Dray Art Deco
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Paris on June 8, 2006. Sale code: VANESSA- 5446. The sale consisted of Claude and Simone Dray's large collection of art deco masterpieces. Includes works by Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Armand Albert Rateau, Edgar Brandt, Rembrandt Bugatti, Pierre Chareau, Albert Cheuret, Marcel Coard, Da Silva Bruns, Jean Dumand, Paul Dupre-Lafon, Jean Goulden, Andre Groult, Louis Icart, Paul Iribe, Paul Jouve, Boris Lacroix, Lalique, Lambert-Rucki, Jean Luce, Jules Leleu, Majorelle, Joel and Jan Martel, Eugene Printz, Rene Prou, Sabino, Raymond Subes, Louis Sue, and Tiffany among many others. 296 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 430 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Courtade, Francis
Cinéma Expressionniste
This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear to the edges. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. Indices of films, names. 11" high X 8" wide, 238 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Bauhaus and Other Important 20th Century Avant-garde Design
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear (short first name of previous owner on front cover). Otherwise very clean throughout. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on November 1, 1996. Sale code: LN6723 "MERCURY". The sale consisted of a part of Torsten Brohan's collection of Bauhaus and avant garde design. 273 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Long essay about the collection. Prices realized sheet laid in. 11" high X 8" wide, 103 pages. Index of designers. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Bertieri, Claudio
Humourcar L'auto nell'umorismo
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English, French and German. Illustrated profusely in color and black & white. Massive compendium of examples of cartoons and humorous advertisements with automobiles or trucks in them. The examples are drawn from hundreds of European publications. List of 150 graphic designers with biographical sketches. 12" square, 401 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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Garcia, Amparo
Carteles Taurinos Valencia
This is a very good softcover reference copy with some wear. Very clean inside and out, except one spot on two facing plates at the edge of the image, which has some loss of paper and a small stain 1/4" in diameter. A small previous owner stamp on front endpaper. Text in Spanish. This catalog was prepared to accompany an exhibition in Valencia in 1985. Checklist of 182 works in the exhibition. 46 works illustrated in color. 10" high X 5" wide, 150 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Brohan Museum
Museum
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Illustrated throughout in color. Handbook of the Brohan Museum in Berlin's modern decorative arts collections. Text by Rosewith Braig. 7" high X 5" wide, 130 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Etude Dumousset Deburaux
Art Nouveau Art Deco Cabinet d'un Amateur
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 in Paris on November 28, 1995. The sale consisted of a single owner private collection of art nouveau and art deco objects and artworks. 155 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. 6" square. No prices realized or estimates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Röper, Horst, Kühl, Hannes, Bergan, M. K. Rudolf
Internationale Theaterwerkstatt Scheersberg 71 Scheersberger Schriftenreihe, 9
This is an about very good softcover copy with light cover wear. A few very small stains. Completely clean inside. Text in German. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of the actors, classes, rehearsals, performances, etc. 6" high X 8" wide, 106 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Buckle, Richard
Omaggio Ai Disegnatori Di Diaghilev
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian and English. This catalog was prepared for the exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice in the summer of 1975. Curated by Richard Buckle, with materials from the Theatre Museum in London. The exhibition highlights the work of the artists who designed sets and costumes for Serge Diaghilev's ballets. They include Picasso, Leon Bakst, Nicolas Roerich, Juan Gris, Georges Braques, Pavel Tchelitchev, Michel Larionov, Natalia Gontcharova, Marie Laurencin, Alexandre Benois, etc. Illustrated in black & white. Checklist of each room in the Palazzo Grassi with the works displayed, and many legthy entries by R.B. 9" high X 10" wide, 41 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Bassenge
E. R. Weiss (1875- 1942) Autor Maler Illustrator Typograph Buchgestalter
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Bassenge, Berlin on April 20, 2012. Sale number: Auktion 99. Text in German. The sale consisted entirely of items designed or created by E. R. Weiss. Numerous examples of his book bindings, typography, drawings, paintings and etchings. Two page essay by Markus Brandis. 237 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated, most in color. Price estimates for each lot, but no prices realized sheets. Bibliography. Index. 10" high X 8" wide, 114 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Schleger, Pat
Zero: Hans Schleger- A Life of Design
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear to the rear panel of the jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Monograph on the graphic designer Hans Schleger (1898- 1976). Illustrated in color and black & white. Hundreds of illustrations. (One double-page plate has scratches in its' large black background). Foreword by Paul Rand. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 271 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Massin, Robert
Buchstabenbilder und Bildalphabete
This is a very good hardcover in an almost very good dust jacket. The jacket has a few chips, now repaired. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This classic reference was published simultaneously in France and Germany in 1970. Illustrated throughout in black & white + several red color plates. 1106 illustrations. All with identifying information in the List of Illustrations. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 286 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Aldega, Marcello & Margot Gordon
Drawings for the Stage by Giuseppino Galliari
This is an almost very good softcover copy with some wear. Faint small stain to lower edge of first three pages. Text by Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon. This catalog reproduces 35 drawings for the stage that were originally attributed to Fabrizio Galliari, but that the authors believe to actually be by his son Giuseppino Galliari (1752- 1817). Short text + bibliography + color plates. 7" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
20th Century Decorative Arts Including Property from the Collection of Fifty / 50 Gallery
This is a good softcover copy with some wear. Many of the lot numbers have been circled in ink. Also a number of bent page corners. Otherwise clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on June 10-11, 1993. Sale code: 6435 "POSY". The sale featured the collection of the famed New York modern design gallery Fifty/ 50. 701 lots in the complete sale. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Mercer, F.A. and W.Gaunt
Modern Publicity 1952-1953. 22nd Issue of Art and Industry's International Annual of Advertising Art
This is a near fine hardcover copy in black cloth with title in gilt on the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Edited by F.A. Mercer. Illustrated in color and black & white with hundreds of examples of modern graphic design for advertisements, brochures, pamphlets, packaging, etc. Including designs by Paul Rand, Raymond Loewy and Herbert Matter. 11" high X 9" wide, 130 pages + ads. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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SIPRA
Pubblicità dello Spettacolo
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is a special number of the periodical published by Sipra or Societa Italiana Pubblicita per Azioni in Turin, Italy. Essays by twenty writers including: Alberto Testa, Carlo Giovetti, Dante Cappelletti, Enrico Morbelli, Giambattista Vicari, Mario Natale, Piero Zanotto, Alberto Marrama, among others. Sections on dance halls, cafes, musicals, brochures, programs, posters, circus material, Spoleto Festival, Biennales, film stars, tv promotion, radio, jazz, etc. International in scope, not just Italy. Illustrated in color and also vintage black & white photographs and reproductions of ads, etc. Full of interesting material from the history of advertising, ca. 1890 to the 1970's. 9" high X 8" wide, 240 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Winter, Marian Hannah
The Theatre of Marvels
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear. The jacket is all there not price-clipped but has minor soiling, a few small closed tears and one tiny repaired hole at the lower edge of the front panel. Completely clean inside. Four pages have an indentation or wrinkle, at the lower edge, probably from the binder. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Classic study of the 'Theatre of Marvels' or popular street theater which was practiced in Europe from 1789 to the 1860's. This study grew out of the author's work at Harvard and later the Sorbonne on this fascinating subject. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with about 200 prints and engravings. Preface by Marcel Marceau. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Oliva, Achille Bonito
La parola totale. Una tradizione futurista 1909-1986
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear to the covers. Edges rubbed. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white. Edited by Oliva.Essays by Claudio Cerritelli and Gabriella di Milia. Futurist works of numerous artists, Italian and Russian, which incorporate words or text in the image. 9" high X 7" wide, 230 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gottschall, Edward M.;Gerstner, Karl;Burns, Aaron
Typographic Communications Today
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with light wear to the corners. Completely clean inside and out. Fine survey of modern graphic design full of less well known designers as well as the greats. Illustrated in color throughout. 15" high X 11" wide, 249 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra.
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Devynck, Thierry;Bibliotheque Forney;Wilquin, Andre
Andre Wilquin, Publicites
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated in color with 155 examples of Andre Wilquin's art deco advertising work. Text by Thierry Devynck, curator at the Bibliotheque Forney. Brief biographical sketch. 10" high X 7" wide, 131 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Arts Decoratifs du 20e Siecle
This is a very good softcover cover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Espace Tajan in Paris on May 19, 2003. The sale consisted of 20th century decorative arts and featured an exceptional collection of Jean Lambert-Rucki sculptures formed by Mara and Leano Rucki. 25 sculptures in this collection. Also an important ensemble of furniture by Leon and Maurice Jallot. 30 pieces of Jallot furniture and a few vintage b/w photographs of the original room settings. Also a fine architectural bookcase by Andre Arbus from an 'Ancienne Atelier Andre Arbus, Paris XIVe'. Also a set of garden furniture designed by Emilio Terry for the Chateau de Groussay. Among many other works, 259 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized list. 11" high X 8" wide, 193 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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