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Apollinaire, Guillaume
The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations 1913
This is a very good softcover copy in colorful pictorial wrappers designed by Paul Rand with just light wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside, some toning to the front cover, top right corner a bit abraded, back cover also some toning, two very small tan stains, and a number of tiny marks along the edge near the spine. This is the stated first edition. 10" high X 7.5" wide, 35 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Darmstadt
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901- 1976. 6 Volume Set
This is a near fine softcover 6 volume set complete with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (Last volume has one neat signature of art historian previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie. 226pp.Texts by E.G. Franz, E. Wiest, A. Wolde, E. Huber, H.-G. Sperlich, H. Paris, B. Rechberg, H.J. Wystrach and K. Wölfing, C. Heelhaar, E. Zimmermann. Volume VI Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst Darmstadt 87pp. Texts by Dolf Sternberger, Brigitte Rechberg, among many others. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. 8.5" square. A beautiful set. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Roder, Sabine et al.
Deutsches Museum für Kunst in Handel und Gewerbe 1909 - 1919
This is a very good softcover copy in yellow pictorial stiff plastic covers with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in German. Massive catalog prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld in the winter of 1997-98. It was also shown at the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum in Hagen. The catalog is divided into two main sections: one prepared by each museum. The one by the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum curated by Sabine Roder and Gerhard Storck. The section by the Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum curated by Michael Fehr. Essays and contributions by dozens of specialists. Sections on architecture, furniture, decorative arts, wall papers, textile designs, books and graphic design, etc. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white. 12" high X 9.5" wide, 430 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bock,Elfried
Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunst Von Ihren Anfangen Bis Zur Gegenwart
This is a very good hardcover copy in green paper-covered boards, black leather spine with gilt titles. This copy used to belong to an ivy league university club in New York, and has their bookplate on the inside front cover (with their de-accessioning stamp), and a small blindstamp on the lower corner of the title-page. The covers are a little worn, but the inside text pages and especially the plates are fresh and clean. Text in German. Sections on European prints of the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and the early 20th century. This is one of the classic surveys of print-making. 121 page text and 35 tipped-in color prints on heavy black stock, and hundreds of black & white illustrations. Another volume in the interesting series published by Propylaen Verlag. 10" high X 8" wide, 716 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Midolle, Jean
Ecritures Ancienne Volume 1 of the Oeuvres De Jean Midolle
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original binding of brown marbled paper boards with an all-over green design. There is a large printed paper label with the title inset in an elaborately lithographed Gothic style frame. Tan paper covered spine of dark green cloth. The edges of the covers have a little wear. Inside there is an elaborately detailed title-page followed by 32 of 40 numbered plates. No evidence of plates being removed, as binding still very tight, but normally with 40 plates. All plates are black & white lithographs showing an amazing variety of typefaces and alphabets. Many are composed out of very imaginatively worked animals, plants, people or inventions forming the letters. A classic of this genre, here an incomplete copy with various faults, such as browning, tiny foxing, and 2 instances of later careful coloring of initials on different plates. Quite rare in the original binding. Large oblong folio, 11" high X 13 1/2" wide. Call or e-mail for digital photos. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Nuzzi, Cristina
Franco Maria Ricci Publisher and Designer Includes Brochure.
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Very clean inside and out. This exhibition and catalog was organized by Nuzzi. The exhibition traced the development of Ricci as a graphic designer, art director and art publisher. This copy has a brochure "FMR librerie. Listino 1991", tipped-in to the front endpaper. The brochure lists all his publications up to that point. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Large folio, 13" high X 10"wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Center for Book Arts
Latin American Book Arts
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text by Brian Hannon, Executive Director of the Center for Book Arts. Introduction in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Text for individual entries in English and either Spanish or Portuguese depending on the language of the artist. About 40 artists represented in this exhibition catalog. With 1 black & white illustration for each artist. Most of the works were for sale with prices indicated. 10" high X 8" wide. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Rot, Dieter
Books and Graphics (Part 1). Collected Works Volume 20
This is very good softcover copy, with light wear and soil. Text in German and English. This is volume 20 in the multi-volume series of his complete works. Illustrated in color and black & white. 4to, 9" high X 7" wide, 223 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Yao, Takeo
Package Design in Milan
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, Japanese and Italian. Essays by Aldo Colonetti, Gio Rossi, Maurizio di Robilant, Hiromitsu Kawai, Toshiyuki Kita, and Kouichi Obata. This book is the fifth in the series which presented package design in New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo. Some of the designers and companies covered are Mario Craighero, Design Group Italia, Maurizio di Robilant & Associati, Image Plan International, Giorgio Macchi, Armando e Maurizio Milani, Franco Gaffuri Agenzia di Grafica, Studio GBR, Pentagono, Studio Pisati Grafica e Pubblicita, Signo, Unimark International, AB Visual & Partners and VU. Illustrated throughout in color, with many examples of each designer or studio. Company index. 12" high X 9" wide, 175 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Robinson,W.Heath
Some Frightful War Pictures
This is the "Popular Edition". 24 black and white plates (one is tipped-on the front cover). This is a very good softcover copy, in stiff orange card covers, with just light wear to the covers and corners. The plates have a little wear, but are clean. 12.5" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bock, Elfried
Geschichte Der Graphischen Kunst Von Ihren Anfangen Bis Zur Gegenwart
Text in German. Sections on European prints of the 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and the early 20th century. This is one of the classic surveys of print-making. 121 page text and 35 tipped-in color prints on heavy black stock, and hundreds of black & white illustrations. Another volume in the interesting series published by Propylaen Verlag. 10" high X 8" wide, 716 pages. This is a very good hardcover copy in green paper-covered boards, black leather spine with gilt titles. The cover edges are a little worn, but the inside text pages and especially the plates are fresh and clean. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou, Centre De Creation Industrielle
Vingt-Cinq Ans d'Elegance a Paris 1925-1950
This is a very good softcover copy in a lightly chipped glassine wrapper. Completely clean inside and out. Glassine chipped mostly away on the spine. Text in French. This book looks at French haute couture during the second quarter of the 20th century. Lavishly illustrated with tipped-in color plates and black & white illustrations including photogravures of artistic and fashion personalities of the era. Many photographs of Paris fashions of the period. Original designs by Christian Berard for Schiaparelli, and the theater. Section on surrealism and fashion. Full page color plates by Dufy, Benito, Berard, Dior and Gruau. The last section is reserved for full-page color and black & white ads, including works by Cassandre, Vertes, Berard, etc. 14" high X 10.5" wide 111 pages + 50 pages of advertisements. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chatterton, E. Keble
Ship-Models (Salesman's Sample)
This is a very good copy of this salesman's sample of the book about to be published, Chatterton's classic Ship-Models. The portfolio has red marbled paper-covered boards and green cloth spine and corners. It contains a four page (folded) prospectus for the book, complete with order form. Also a printed, perhaps typed, list of 43 plates titled "Quaint Ships of Various Nations and Periods". 43 black & white photographic plates of ship models, printed on heavy card stock. Portfolio ties defective. Also laid-in is an early review of the book. 10.5" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Paris. Exposition Universelle International 1900
Musee Retrospectif De La Classe 13. Librairie, Editions Musicale, Reliure, Journaux, Affiches
This is a very good softcover copy in the printed soft card covers with a glassine wrapper, though just the front panel and spine of the wrapper survive. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. This catalog was prepared by the Comite d'Installation for the Exposition International in Paris in 1900. This section contained books, musical works, bindings, newspapers and posters. Well illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 7.5" wide, 139 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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de Peretti, A.
Connaissance du Cigare
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Light soil to covers. Spine not creased, binding tight. Text in French. Introduction by A. de Peretti. Essays by Guy Selz, R. Caullataille, Cyffers, M. Lemoigne, A.P Bastien, M.C Ades, Louis Pauwels, A Jakovsky, C. D'Herisson and J. Edelmann. 159 pages, illustrated throughout in color and black and white. This book will be securely wrapped 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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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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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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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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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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Phillips Auctioneers
American Circus Posters 1984
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This is the sale catalog for an auction of American circus posters held at Phillips in New York on Sunday May 6, 1984. There were 274 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in color or black & white. Prices realized sheet laid in. 12" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent 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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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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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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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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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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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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Tiessen, Wolfgang
Serving Author and Reader. About the design of my books.
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is Typophiles Monograph New Series Number 4. Editor's note by Abe Lerner. Essay by Wolfgang Tiessen about his book designs. Illustrated in black & white with examples of Tiessen's work. 9" high X 6" wide, 17 text pages + illustrations. Book designed by Wolfgang Tiessen. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Brylka, Andreas
A. Brylka, Holzstiche, Illustrationen., Buchtitel, Schutzumschläge, Briefmarken, Schrift, Gebrauchsgraphik ; 1956 - 1981
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside, just a few small handling marks. Text in German. Limited numbered edition, no. 163. Signed in ink by Andreas Brylka on the colophon. Also two original prints laid in. Each on a different type of paper, and each signed in pencil by Brylka. Essay by Eckhard Schaar. Illustrated throughout in black & white with 114 examples of Andreas Brylka's work. 11" high X 8" wide, 106 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Watano, Shigeru
Illustrators in France
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Japanese and English. Illustrated in color and black & white. This is an 'Idea Special Issue' that surveys early 1980's French illustrators. Dozens of artists included. Edited by Shigeru Watano and Martine Jamaux. 11" X 9" wide, 131 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pagé, Suzanne & Michel Winock, Eric Michaud, et al.
Annees 30 En Europe Le Temps Menacant 1929-1939
This is a very good hardcover copy with almost no wear in blue pictorial boards, no dust jacket as issued. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Standard survey of the decade before World War II, surveying both fine and decorative arts. Covers painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design, film, decorative arts and furniture. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris in the spring of 1997. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. Chronology. Essays by more than a dozen scholars including Michel Winock, Eric Michaud, José Vovelle, et al. 11" high X 9" wide, 571 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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Gaetan-Picon, Genevieve & Alain Weill
Charles Loupot
This is an about very good softcover copy wth light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Preface by Genevieve Gaetan-Picon. Essay by Alain Weill. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Musée de l'Affiche in Paris in 1978. Illustrated in color (12 color plates) and black & white. 107 works catalogued, most illustrated in black & white. Bibliography. 8" high X 10" wide, about 60 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Davis, Paul
Faces
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Signed in ink, by Paul Davis, on the front endpaper. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. Paul Davis (1938- ) is one of America's most memorable graphic designers, who is perhaps best known for his striking posters created for stage productions at the Public Theater in New York. This book shows his abilities as a portraitist, with many full-page color plates of well known cultural and political personalities of the 20th century. 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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Wolf, Henry
Circus. Imagination 11
This is a good softcover copy with some wear to the edges of the covers. Completely clean inside and out, but some wear to the Chaplin filmstrip inserts. This issue of Champion Papers, Imagination 11, was designed by Henry Wolf. The theme of this issue is the circus. The front cover opens to a circus poster image of a large tiger, from Barnum & Bailey, with a die-cut black lift-up, cage door. Cover photograph by Andre Kertesz, other photographs by Wingate Paine, Duane Michals. Also Richard Avedon's famous photo of an elegantly dressed woman posing with elephants 'Sawdust and Satin'. Numerous other images and articles. 10" high X 12" wide. Spiral bound. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Helms, Dietrich
Vordemberge-Gildewart: The Complete Works
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. No marks anywhere. Edited by Helms, assisted by Arta Valstar-Verhoff. A major reference on this important De Stijl artist, graphic designer and teacher at the Ulm Hochschule fur Gestaltung. Chronology. Exhibition history. Bibliography. Illustrated in color and black & white. 10" square, 427 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Jentsch, Ralph
The Artist and the Book in Twentieth-Century Italy
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Introduction by Jentsch. Essays by Vincenzo Filacavai and Luciano Caruso. Bibliography. 549 illustrated books catalogued in this survey. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12" high X 8" wide, 341 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Drucker, Johanna
The Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History and Imagination
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Illustrated with line drawings of letters from various alphabets, black & white photographs of ancient inscriptions, etc. 10" high X 8" wide, 320 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ibou, Paul
Art-Symbols, Vol. 1: International Collection of Symbols and Logos of Art & Design Exhibitions, Museums, Galleries and Cultural Manifestations
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and French. Edited by Paul Ibou. Introduction by Wim Crouwel. Superb collection of logos and symbols used by art world institutions, designed by the leading designers of the period. Illustrated mostly in black & white, some color. All illustrations printed on high quality heavy paper stock. Index of over 200 designers. 12" high X 9" wide, 201 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Friedman, Mildred S.and Martin Filler, Susanna Torre
Design Quarterly 109: Rooms
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. This is issue 109 of the famous series Design Quarterly, and is edited by Martin Filler and Susanna Torre. Illustrated in black & white and color. 11" high X 8" wide, 32 pages.
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Sagmeister, Stefan; Hall, Peter
Sagmeister: Made You Look
This is a very good softcover copy in an almost very good red plastic slipcase (one chip at the top of the rear panel). This copy signed in ink, by the designer, Stefan Sagmeister, on the title-page, and briefly inscribed. Otherwise clean and free of marks. This is the first edition published by Booth-Clibborn Editions in 2001, not the Abrams reprint. Illustrated in color and black & white throughout with 20 years worth of Stefan Sagmeister's designs 'even all the bad stuff'. 9" high X 7" wide, 291 pages. Uncommon first, more so signed. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Eric Carle; The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Grace Glueck
Beyond Books: The Independent Art of Eric Carle
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Includes the DVD in pocket at the end of the book. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Amherst in September 2012 to the end of February 2013. Essay by Grace Glueck. Illustrated mostly in color. 10" high X 9" wide, 72 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Brodskii, V. IA
Iskusstvo Pochtovoi Marki.
This is a very good hardcover copy in illustrated boards with black and white slipcase. Very clean inside and out (a few erasures on title page). Otherwise completely clean. Slip case toned with a little edge wear.Text completely in RUSSIAN. History of Russian postage stamps. Mainly 20th century. Illustrated profusely in color, some black & white. Bibliography. 9" high X 7" wide, 158 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Vakirtzes, George
Greek Shop Signs = He laike epigraphe sten Hellada
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light edge wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in GREEK. Illustrated profusely in color with 423 color plates. Index of painters with over 50 different painters. The first section of the book is on the great Greek folk painter Theophilos (4 color plates). Many of these shop signs are from the early twentieth century. 12" high X 10" wide, 399 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Eisenhut, Gunter
Franz Krausz, Pionier der Werbegrafik in Israel/ Pioneer of Advertising Art in Israel
This is a very good or better hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued. Signed and briefly inscribed by the author, Gunter Eisenhut, on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Text in English and German. Illustrated in color + vintage black & white photographs and reproductions of ads. Franz Krausz (1905- 1998) was born and educated in Austria and moved to Palestine in 1934. He became a very prominent graphic designer in Israel after its' creation. The earliest examples of his work here are from the mid 1930's and are very modernist in feeling. 11" high X 8" wide, 111 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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