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Raulet, Sylvie
Jewelry of the 1940s and 1950s
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Ghost of previous owner name on first white endpaper otherwise very clean inside and out. This is the first English edition after the original French edition of 1987. One of Raulet's scarcer works, this one survey's the finest jewelry of the 1940's and 1950's. While it focusses mainly on French work it also takes in Italian, and American jewelers. 546 illustrations, 235 in color. Biographical sketches of the designers. Select bibliography. Glossary. 13" high X 10" wide, 332 pages. An essential reference for this period. 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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Siskind, Aaron and Diana L. Johnson
Spaces
This is a very good softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean, no foxing or other marks. This issue of the Rhode Island School of Design Bulletin, Vol. 64, No. 4, April 1978, was prepared to accompany the exhibition guest curated by Aaron Siskind, from April 11 to May 7, 1978. Introduction and Catalogue by Diana L. Johnson. Includes works by Michael Bishop, Barbara Blondeau, Joseph D. Jachna, Kenneth Josephson, William G. Larson, Ray K. Metzker, John Wood. Limited edition of 1500 copies. Illustrated in black & white with two foldouts. Checklist with 196 works. Biographical sketches of the photographers. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 119 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Michael Fehr, Sabine Roder, Gerhard Storck
Das Schone und der Alltag: Die Anfange modernen Designs 1900-1914. Deutsches Museum fur Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Text all in GERMAN. Massive survey of modern German design between 1900 and 1914. Essays by Michael Fehr, Sabine Roder, Gerhard Storck, Laurie Stein, Birgit Liesenklas, Tilmann Buddensieg, and Thomas Berg. Covers the Deutsche Werkbund, Peter Behrens, Josef Hoffmann, Henry van de Velde, among many others. All the decorative arts are included: architectural interiors, furniture, lighting design, ceramics, glass, silver work, textiles, book arts and graphic design with posters, brochures, letterhead, etc. Copiously illustrated in color and black & white with over 900 illus. Complete documentation. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 432 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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Jean Royere; Jacques Lacoste; Patrick Seguin; Francoise-Claire Prodhon; Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier
Jean Royere
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine hardshell case still in the publisher's shrinkwrap with no wear at all. Text in French and English. Illustrated in color and black & white. This is the catalogue raisonne for Jean Royere. 12" high X 10" wide, 312 & 303 pages. A beautiful as new unopened set. 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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Littman, Roberto et al.
Italia diseno, 1946/1986: Museo Rufino Tamayo : mayo-julio 1986,
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in SPANISH. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Paseo de la Reforma y Gandhi, Mexico City, during May through July, 1986. Introduction by Roberto Littman. Essays by Gillo Dorfles and Vittorio Gregotti. List of works. Biographical sketches of the designers. Illustrated mostly in color, some black & white. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 160 pages. Scarce. Heavy book, foreign shipping may be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gregotti, Vittorio
Rassegna 17 Tony Garnier, da Roma a Lione, Tony Garnier from Rome to Lyons
This is a very good softcover copy with a very good dustwrapper, front cover lower corner creased. Generally very clean inside and out, but a few marks to rear cover. Text in Italian with French and some English translations at the end. Edited by Vittorio Gregotti. This issue of Rassegna explores the work of Tony Garnier (1869- 1948) Essays on the Cite Industrielle, and Garnier's projects for his hometown, the French city of Lyons. Illustrated mostly in black & white with some color. Essays by Jean-Louis Coihen, Maria Rovigatti, Pierre Pinon, Alain Lager, Alain Charre, Michel Roz, . 12" high X 9" wide, 121 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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Itoh, Kenji et al.
The Works of Kenji Itoh
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine hardshell illustrated slipcase with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Japanese. Kenji Itoh (1915- ) is now 106 years old. He began working in graphic design in the 1930's. This volume presents about twenty essays on Itoh's work by Japanese writers including Shinichi Segi, Seiichiro Arai, Makoto Nakamura, Tadashi Ohashi, Tadasu Iizawa, Yoshio Hayakawa, Miysuo Katsui, Hiroshi Kojitani, Shotaro Akiyama, Kazumasa Nagai, Yoshio Watanabe, Ryuichi Yamashiro, Ryoichi Takeoka, Shigeo Fukuda and Yusaku Kamekura. Chronological List of Itoh's designs. Biographical sketch. Exhibition history. 12" high X 9" wide, unpaginated, ca. 200 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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Beniada, Frederic & Michel Fraile
Concorde (French Edition)
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in FRENCH. Illustrated in color and black & white with vintage photographs of the fabled French aircraft, also drawings, including advertising material and many detail shots of the interiors. The Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde was a British/French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger airliner that was operated from 1976 until 2003. It had a maximum speed over twice the speed of sound, and cut the travel time from America to Europe in half. 11" high X 16" wide, 183 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
Bauhaus, Wiener Werkstatte and other Important 20th Century Design
This is a very good softcover copy, with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Two marks to lots. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on October 25, 1991. Sale code: "BROHAN". The sale consisted of Bauhaus, Wiener Werkstatte and other 20th century design items. Many items from the Torsten Brohan collection. 246 lots in the sale. Most illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 99 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Glaser, Milton and Shirley
Art is Work: Graphic Design, Interiors, Objects and Illustrations
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. SIGNED by Milton Glaser, on the half title-page, just below his portrait photograph. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Stated first edition. This is the trade edition, not the deluxe edition. Illustrated throughout in color. 13" high X 10" wide, 272 pages. A beautiful signed 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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Sotheby's
Panerai a Collection of Exclusive Timepieces
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's Hong Kong on October 6, 2006. Sale number: HK 0243. The sale considted of 40 rare, unusual and sought after Panerai watches and compasses. All lots illustrated in color. No prices realized sheet, just price estimates for each lot in $US and Hong Kong currency. 11" high X 8" wide, 88 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Glass By Maurice Marinot and Jewelry By Fouquet, Templier and Despres. The Collection of Michael Chow
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction that was held at Sotheby's New York on June 15, 1994. Sale code: 6585 "CHOW". The sale comprised the Michael Chow Collection. Introductory essay gives much information on Chow, Marinot, Fouquet, Templier ans Despres. The collection included 33 glass pieces by Maurice Marinot, 5 pieces of jewelery by Jean Fouquet, 7 pieces by Raymond Templier and 6 pieces by Jean Despres. 11" high X 8" wide, about 50 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Herbert, Jocelyn
Jocelyn Herbert a Theatre Workbook
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Also now in a thin mylar cover with chips at the spine tips. Completely clean inside and out. Edited by Cathy Courtney. This is the first edition published in 1993. Illustrated mostly in black & white, some color with drawings of Jocelyn Herbert's set and costume designs for most of her well known collaborations with playwrights like Samuel Beckett, John Arden, Arnold Wesker, John Osborne and David Storey. Also vintage photographs showing her directors like George Devine, Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson and John Dexter. This book covers Herbert's work at the Royal Court with the English Stage Company and the Royal National Theatre, as well as many smaller theaters. Contributions by directors, actors, and other colleagues from Peggy Ashcroft to Billie Whitelaw. 11" high X 10" wide, 240 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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Ferrari, Fulvio; Ferrari, Napoleone
The Furniture of Carlo Mollino
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color with photographs, drawings and detail shots on practically every page. Essays by Fulvio and Napoleone Ferrari. Chronology. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 239 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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Tri-Arts Press
Old Type Faces From The Frederic Nelson Phillips Collection Of Antique, Exotic, Ancient Type Faces
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Binding firm, spine not creased. No date but published 1960's-70's. About 60 pages full of old type face samples printed on different colored papers. Hundreds of examples. 9" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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McFadden,David
Scandinavian Modern Design 1880-1980
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This survey, edited by David Revere McFadden, the Curator at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York, accompanied the exhibition there in 1982. With articles by McFadden, Ulf Hard Segerstad, Helena Dahlbeck Lutteman, Elisabet Stavenow-Hidemark, Erik Lassen, Jarno Peltronen, Peter Anker, Jan-Lauritz Opstad among others. The exhibition covered furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles and metalwork. 346 illustrations in color and black & white. Bibliography. Biographical notes on the designers. Still one of the best general works on Scandinavian design. 11" high X 9" wide, 287 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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Tourdjman Georges; Brodovitch Alexey
Alexey Brodovitch
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in French with English translations at the end. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition 'Hommage a Alexey Brodovitch', at the Grand-Palais in Paris from October 27 to November 29, 1982. Introduction by Georges Tourdjman. Essays by Philippe Soupault, Charles Reynolds, Michel Maingois, and a long essay by Brodovitch. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Catalog designed by Allan Porter. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 139 pages. Uncommon. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lewis, Adam
The Great Lady Decorators: The Women Who Defined Interior Design, 1870-1955
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with just a little wear along the bottom edge of the front panel. The jacket is now in a mylar protector. Completely clean inside and out. This monograph covers some of the most interesting interior designers of the twentirth century. They all happened to be women. The book covers Dorothy Draper, Rose Cummings, Nancy Lancaster, Elsie Cobb Wilson, Ruby Ross Wood, Frances Elkins, Eleanor Brown, Sister Parish, Syrie Maugham, Madeleine Castaing, Marian Hall, Thedlow, and Elsie de Wolfe. Foreword by Bunny Williams. Original room portraits by Jeremiah Goodman. Illustrated lavishly in color and with plenty of vintage black & white photographs of the room settings back in the day. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 287 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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Mihaly, Biro. Bernhard Denscher, Helge Zoitl
Biro Mihaly 1886 - 1948 Plakatok Plakate
This is a very good sodtcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in German and Hungarian. Biro Mihaly (1886- 1948) was a Hungarian graphic artist, draftsman and caricaturist. Illustrated throughout in black & white and color with illustrations of posters on every page. 12" high X 8" wide, 144 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Krimmel, Bernd
Tschechische Kunst der 20er und 30er Jahre. Avantgarde und Tradition.
This is a very good softcover two volume set (complete) with almost no wear. The spines are not creased, binding firm. Completely clean. Text in GERMAN. Band 1 Text, 171 pages. Band 2 Katalog, xv, 532 pages. Both volumes are illustrated.Seven essays in Band 1. Hundreds of color and black & white illustrations. 9" square. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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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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