Horsfeld, Hanne; Hvidberg-Hansen, Poul
Verner Panton: The Collected Works
This is a fine softcover copy with a very good die cut dust wrapper with just light wear: a little creasing to the top of the jacket spine, not affecting the book inside. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Gray silk pagemark fine. Text in English. This monograph was prepared to accompany the large scale retrospective exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil-Am-Rhein in 2000. Catalogue edited by Alexander von Vegesack. Exhibition curator Mathias Remmele. Verner Panton (1926- 1998) lived and worked in Basel, which was close to the Vitra Museum, and when Vitra was opened Panton transferred many objects and drawings and papers to the Vitra Museum archive. The curators at Vitra worked closely with the Panton Office and especially Marianne Panton to provide the most comprehensive showing of Panton's vast output, including textiles. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. Essential reference for Verner Panton. 12" high X 9" wide, 379 pages. Large very 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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Wirth, Kurt
Drawing, a creative process =: Zeichnen, visualisieren = Dessiner, creation visuelle : drawing in visual communication : a didactic work on the graphic possibilities of expression in Publicity
This is a very good hardcover copy with only the front panel of the dust jacket remaining, now in a mylar wrapper. Very clean inside and out, small previous owner initials on front endpaper. Text block page edges yellowing a bit. Text in English, French and German. Illustrated throughout with Kurt Wirth's drawings.in black & white some color. 10" square, 168 pages. 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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Peariso, Craig J.
Radical Theatrics: Put-Ons, Politics, and the Sixties
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Illustrated in black & white with reproductions of vintage photographs, posters and flyers from the 1960's. Bibliography. 9" high X 6" wide, 233 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
The Collection of Geoffrey Beene
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 Sotheby's New York on September 23 & 24, 2005. Sale code: 8143 "BEENE". The sale consisted of Geoffrey Beene's collection of antiques and modern furniture and art, much of it from his Oyster Bay residence. Essay by Grace Mirabella. 494 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 260 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
An Important Private Collection of Mid-20th Century Design
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's New York on September 26, 2007. Sale code: CERVINIA- 1950. There were 121 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 129 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Duncan, Alastair
Tiffany at Auction
This ia a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with just light wear. The jacket is complete, no chips or tears. Completely clean inside and out. The jacket is not sunned, the spine a touch lighter than the front cover. Illustrated in color and black & white. Original Christie's auction price list laid in. 9" high X 11" wide, 348 pages. A pretty copy. 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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Chapoutot, Anne
PIERRE PAULIN Un univers de Formes
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author, Anne Chapoutot, in ink, on the title-page. Not inscribed to a particular named person. Otherwise completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Preface bu Yvonne Brunhammer. Illustrated throughout in color, some black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 139 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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Samata Associates
92 people making faces in the name of Design
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. One page text explains that in the summer of 1991, 92 designers from America and Canada were asked to make portraits of themselves. The result of that idea is this book. Illustrated in color and black & white with 92 full-page self portraits of a who's who of the design world in the early 1990's. List of Designers. Book designed by Samata Associates. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Knoll Associates, Inc.
Knoll Studio Price List 1992
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Published annually these price lists were kept in three hole ring binders, so generally all have three holes through the pages on the left side near the spine. Also a 1993 Knoll sticker on front cover announcing only one price increase: 15% on Frank Gehry Collection. Illustrated throughout in black & white, with small photographs, drawings. Technical specifications, finish selection, fabrics, etc. 11" high X 8" wide, 215 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Evans, David
John Heartfield : AIZ/ VI 1930-38 (English and German Edition)
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Very clean inside and out,but a few faint tan marks to bottom page edge. Text in English and German. This monograph survey's John Heartfield's work for the newspaper Arbeiter Illustrierte Zeitung between 1930 and 1939. This book is the first comprehensive catalogue of all 237 photomontages Heartfield published in AIZ and the renamed paper Volks Illustrierte. Illustrated throughout in monochrome mostly sepia. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 523 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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Fontana Arte
Gli oggetti di Fontana Arte
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. completely clean. This is basically a trade catalog published by Fontana Arte, no date but ca. early 2000's. Illustrated in color throughout. Ten pages at end with technical specifications. 10" square, about 100 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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Sotheby's
L'univers de Madeleine Castaing
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in Paris on September 30 & October 1, 2004. Sale code: PF4099 "MADELEINE'. The sale consisted entirely of decorative arts and furniture from the collections of the legendary French decorator Madeleine Castaing, both from her Gallery on the Rue Jacob in Paris and from her country house. 756 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated many in color. Also many photographs of her country house. Scarce. 11" high X 8" wide, 184. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Design for Kids, Collection Stefan Reinke
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on March 5, 2014. The sale consisted of the collection of objects designed for children assembled by Dr. Stefan Reinke over a twenty year period. 366 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 80 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Phillips Auctioneers
Casa di Fantasia
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Phillips in London on March 21, 2019. The staff at Phillips together with help from the Gio Ponti Archives were able to stage a recreation of one of Gio Ponti and Piero Fornasetti's most remarkable interior designs. Essays by Brian Kish and Salvatore Licitra, Curator of the Gio Ponti Archives and grandson of Ponti. The Casa Lucano, a large apartment in the elegant Fiera district in the north west of Milan, was completed in 1951. The interiors of this apartment were like stage sets. Designed by Ponti and Piero Fornasetti they included case furniture, wall decorations, screens, and other pieces of decorative art. Works by Gambone, Fausto Melotti and furniture designed by Fornasetti or Ponti and painted by Edwina Altera. There are a number of vintage black & white photographs of the apartment in the 1950's. The sale had 30 lots. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheet, just price estimates for each lot. 10" high X 9" wide, about 60 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Edmund de Waal; Emma Crichton-Miller
Edmund de Waal
This is a fine hardcover copy without dust jacket, as issued, with no wear at all. SIGNED by the artist, Edmund de Waal, in black marker pen on the title-page just beneath his printed name, and dated 2014. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed and dated in the year of publication. Otherwise completely clean throughout. Illustrated in color. Stated first edition. 11" high X 8" wide, 271 pages. A fine signed copy of the first edition. 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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Aav, Marianne, Kaiso Koivisto, and Juhani Pallasmaa, et. Al
Tapio Wirkkala : Eye, Hand and Thought
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. English text. This monograph was prepared to accompany the major exhibition held at the Museum of Art and Design in Helsinki from August 25, 2000 to January 14, 2001. Marianne Aav was the Chief Curator and editor for the monograph. Contributions by more than a dozen scholars. Illustrated in color and black & white with 494 photographs, drawings, details, etc. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 407 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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Sotheby's
Garouste & Bonetti, Mobilier De La Maison De Haute Couture Christian Lacroix
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 Paris on May 26, 2010. Sale code: "PF1035- LACROIX". The sale consisted of furnishings for the Christian Lacroix premises on the Faubourg Saint Honore. A very theatrical ensemble of furniture and decorations. Text in French and English. Essay. Biographical sketch of Garouste & Bonetti. Many color photographs of interiors of the Christian Lacroix shop. 96 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages.
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Oka, Hideyuki
How to Wrap Five More Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. The jacket is complete, but price-clipped, minor wear to tips. Small closed tear to top edge of back jacket panel. Completely clean. Colophon states first edition, fourth printing. Illustrated in black & white with more great examples of traditional Japanese packaging. 10" high X 7" wide, 215 pages. 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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Gramigna, Giuliana
Repertorio del Design Italiano 1950-2000 per l'Arredamento Domestico.
This is a fine two volume hardcover set with fine dust jackets with a very good hardshell slipcase. Completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. One of the most comprehensive surveys of post-war Italian furniture design includes lots of lamps and lighting devices. Arranged chronologically year by year. Illustrated throughout in black & white with hundreds of photographs. Extensive index identifies designers and companies. 14" high X 10" wide, 614 pages in total. Large very 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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Ruegg, Arthur
Swiss Furniture and Interiors in the 20th Century
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside, a very faint small tan spot to top page-edge, else fine. Light wear to dust jacket. Comprehensive monograph on modern Swiss furniture design. Over 1000 color and black & white illustrations. Edited by Arthur Ruegg. Contributions by around twenty writers. 12" high X 9" wide, 455 pages. Large very 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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Grabhorn, Robert, Wynken de Worde
A Short Account of the Life and Work of Wynkyn de Worde, with a leaf from The Golden Legend printed by him at the sign of The Sun in Fleet Street, London, the Year 1527.
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in quarter rust cloth and decorated paper-covered boards, with paper label with Wynkyn de Worde's device on upper cover, printed paper title label on spine. Corners rubbed. Completely clean. This is a limited edition of 375 copies. This copy has the original leaf from Wynken de Worde's 'The Golden Legend' number CCCXXIIII, tipped in. 14" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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KITAGAWA, Momio & SATO, Tatsuzo
Collection of Unosuke Kawai Ceramics
This is a very good hardcover copy with an almost very good heavy card slipcase. The slipcase has an illustration on the cover and printed paper labels, but missing the bottom narrow panel. Completely clean. Text mostly in Japanese with a two page essay 'Brief Life History' in English at rear. Illustrated throughout with finely printed gravures, protected with Japanese tissue, and some mounted color plates. Unosuke Kawai (1889 - 1968) was born in Kyoto into a family of ceramists. 12" high X 8" wide. 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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Abbott, James Archer
Jansen Furniture
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket, Completely clean. This is a comprehensive survey of the Jansen decorating firm's furniture, both seating and case furniture. Illustrated in black & white and color. Glossary. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 384 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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McElheny, Josiah
The Metal Party: Reconstructing A Party Held at the Bauahus in Dessau on February 9, 1929
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Illustrated throughout in black & white with vintage photographs. Josiah McElheny threw his own 'Metal Party' at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2002. Interview with the artist. 8" square, 70 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Dealporte, Guillemette
Rene Herbst: Pioneer of Modernism
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. The jacket is not faded or clipped. Completely clean. Text in English. Illustrated mostly in black & white using vintage photographs of Rene Herbst's furniture and interiors. His relationship with UAM is extensively explored. Chronology. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 215 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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Moulin, Francois
JEAN PROUVE : Le Maitre du Metal
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in black & white and some color. This book does have some illustrations but it is mainly text about Jean Prouve's life and career. Bibliography. 9" high X 6" wide, 237 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Colombari, Rossella et al.
Carlo Mollino. Catalogo dei mobili/ Furniture Catalogue
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Italian. Preface by Gillo Dorfles. This is a comprehensive catalog of Carlo Mollino's furniture presented in chronological order. Illustrated in color and black & white with vintage photographs for each piece + usually color photographs of surviving examples. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 111 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Barovier, Marina; Rosa Barovier Mentasti & Attilia Dorigato
Il Vetro Di Murano Alle Biennale 1895-1972
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. The spine is faintly creased, binding firm. Completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. Superior survey of the best Italian glass exhibited in the Biennales from 1895 to 1972. Essays by Rosa Barovier Mentasti, Attila Dorigato, and Marina Barovier. Illustrated mostly in color + many black & white. Biographical sketches 64 glass artists or designers and 26 Italian Murano glass companies. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 259 pages. Rare. 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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Battle-Welch, Gerald & Luca P. Marighetti, & Werner Moller
Vidal Sassoon and the (Und Das) Bauhaus
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Completely clean. Text in English and German. Illustrated mostly in black & white, also a color section. 11" high X 9" wide, 199 pages. Scarce. 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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Marcilhac, Félix
André Groult (1884-1966) : Décorateur-Ensemblier du XXe Siècle
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Standard reference on André Groult (1884-1966), one of the finest of the French art deco furniture makers. He was born in the same generation as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Andre Arbus, Jean-Michel Frank, among many others. In 1935, Groult designed the furnishings of the first-class cabins on the ocean liner SS Normandie. He became well known for his use of galuchat, a type of animal skin often taken from sharks. He exhibited an interior in the famous 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 279 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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Hecht, Eugene
After the Fire. George Ohr: An American Genius
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Kurland-Zabar Gallery in 1994. Illustrated in color and with many vintage black & white photographs of George Ohr and his studio.11" high X 8" wide, 41 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Friedl, Friedrich
Walter Dexel Neue Reklame
This is a very good softcover copy with a very good dust wrapper with just light wear. There is a previous owner name or handstamp on the front endpaper. Otherwise clean. Text in GERMAN. This monograph explores the graphic design work of Walter Dexel (1890- 1973) was an important German painter, graphic designer and urban planner. Illustrated in black & white also a color plate section. 11" high X 8" wide, 111 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
Eugene Berman and the Theatre of Melancholia
This is a fine softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean outside and completely clean inside. Spine not creased. Essay by Robert L.B.Tobin. The catalog was issued on the inauguration of the Tobin Wing of the Museum. 131 works in the exhibition. 17 color plates + the color illustration on the front cover. Statement by the President of the Museum laid-in. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 27 pages. A very nice copy.
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Portoghesi, Paolo
Cleto Munari Collection Silver and Architects
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition when it was shown in Jerusalem at the Israel Museum in 1986. Introduction by Paolo Portoghesi. Essays by Giuseppe Mazzariol and Anna Giannetti. The designers covered are: Gae Aulenti, Carlo Aymonino, Mario Bellini, Mario Botta, Stefan Buzas, Achille Castiglioni, Michele de Lucchi, Vittorio Gregotti, Josef Hoffmann, Hans Hollein, Vico Magistretti, Kasimir Malevic, Angelo Mangiarotti, Alessandro Mendini, David Palterer, Mattia Pastorino, Luigi Pellegrin, Paolo Portoghesi, Roberto Sambonet, Carlo Scarpa, Peter Shire, Borek Sipek, Ettore Sottsass, Luigi Spadolini, Giotto Stoppino, Matteo Thun, Oscar Tusquetts Bianca, Massimo e Lella Vignelli, Sami Wirkkala, and Marco Zanuso. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of each designers' work. 9" square, 113 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Felix Marcilhac Collection Privee
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's Paris on March 11-12, 2014. Sale code: PF1434 "FELIX". The sale consisted of the private collection of fine and modern decorative arts of one of France's master critics: Felix Marcilhac (1941- 2020) a famous art historian and champion of art nouveau and art deco. This was a large sale held in three sessions. 316 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Auction Results included. 12" high X 9" wide, 424 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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Badetz, Yves
Marc du Plantier
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Comprehensive monograph on Marc du Plantier (1901- 1975) who was one of the great French furniture designers of the art deco period and the post-war years as well. Illustrated in color with many photographs of extant pieces, also many vintage black & white photographs of his most well known commissions. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 415 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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Jutheau, Viviane
Jules et Andre Leleu
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. The book is very clean, one small handstamp from the Tiffany & Co. Library on the front endpaper, otherwise completely clean. The dust jacket has a little wear at the top of the spine and the lower corner of the back panel. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in color with photographs of extant pieces and lots of vintage black & white photographs of Leleu interiors. 12" high X 8" wide, 191 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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Nicolai, Carsten
Grid Index
This is a fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards, with almost no wear. Completely clean. Complete with CD in pouch. Illustrated on every page in black & white, "Grid Index is a visual dictionary on two dimensional grids and geometric tilings", from Nicolai's preface. Bibliography. 9" high X 7" wide, unpaginated. 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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Oka, Hideyuki and Michikazu Sakai
How to Wrap Five Eggs: Japanese Design in Traditional Packaging
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. White embossed glazed boards with black cloth spine. A few minor scuff marks to the back board. The jacket is not price-clipped ($15.00) or sunned. Stated first edition. The classic text on modern Japanese packaging and wrapping techniques. Illustrated throughout in beautiful photogravure photographs by Michikazu Sakai. Foreword by George Nelson. 12" high X 10" wide, 203 pages. A beautiful copy of the first edition. 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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Glaser, Milton
Art is Work: Graphic Design, Interiors, Objects and Illustrations
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Black remainder mark on bottom page edge. Otherwise completely clean. Major monograph on the graphic design work of Milton Glaser, updates his career twenty-five years after the publication of Milton Glaser: Graphic Design. Over 500 color illustrations. 13" high X 10" wide, 272 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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Conway, Patricia
Judy Kensley McKie
This is a fine softcover copy, completely clean inside and out. Bound in off white mat paper embossed with an image of Judy Kensley McKie's sculpture Polar Bear Bench, which goes around the front to the rear cover. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in East Hampton, New York at Pritam & Eames from August 9 to September 21, 1997. Introduction by Patricia Conway. Illustrated in color with photographs of Judy Kensley McKie's sculptural furniture. Also an original color photograph of the Polar Bear Bench, (5" high X 7" wide) laid in. 8" square, about 20 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Muller, Florence
Costume Jewelry for Haute Couture
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This monograph covers costume jewelry from Coco Chanel in the 1920's to Yves Saint Laurent in the 1970's to the skilled artisans of today. Stated first edition, first printing. Hundreds of color illustrations and vintage black & white photographs from back in the day. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 271 pages. Large very 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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Dai Ichi Gallery
Kawai, Hamada & Japanese Masters
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Illustrated in color throughout. 8" square, 42 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Boutonnet, Christian
Diego Giacometti
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and French. Illustrated in color and black & white with many vintage photographs. Preface by James Lord. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Paris at the Galerie L'Arc en Seine in 2003. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 142 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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Myerson, Jeremy
Makepeace : A Spirit of Adventure in Craft & Design
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear to the jacket. SIGNED, by the designer, John Makepeace, in ink and briefly inscribed and dated on the half title-page. Illustrated in color. 11" high X 10" wide, 208 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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Bayer, Herbert & Wulf Herzogenrath
Bauhaus 1919-1969. Musée National d`Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
This is an about very good hardcover copy with a complete very good dust jacket. Jacket edges rubbed. Inside clean, page edges starting to yellow as usual. Text in FRENCH. This is the French edition of this important exhibition catalog. Illustrated in color and black & white. 9" square, 361 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Eerdmans, Emily Evans
The World of Madeleine Castaing
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Preface by Frederic Castaing. Foreword by Jacques Grange. Profusely illustrated with color photographs and some vintage black & white photos of Madeleine Castaing's interiors. One of the most reknowned interior decorators in Paris during the last century, she opened her shop on the Rue Jacob in 1957. Bibliography. 11" high X 10" wide, 272 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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Staniszewski, Mary Anne
The Power of Display: A History of Exhibition Installations at the Museum of Modern Art
This is a very good hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket. Long ago released from a public library but bearing only a few marks. No card pockets or check-out slips, just a handstamp to the title-page with a 'Withdrawn' stamp on top of that. Otherwise very clean throughout. Illustrated in black & white. 10" square, 371 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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Kuchling,Heimo
Oskar Schlemmer Man Teaching Notes from the Bauhaus.
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Small handstamp of a New York design studio on the half title-page. Otherwise clean. Illustrated in black & white. 10" high X 7" wide, 159 pages. 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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McLeod, Mary
Charlotte Perriand: An Art of Living
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with a short closed tear at the lower right corner. Completely clean. The first monograph in English on one of the most outstanding modern designer/architects. McLeod tells the history of her involvement with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, and later with Jean Prouve. Illustrated in color, also black & white with many vintage photographs of room settings and individual pieces. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 304 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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