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Mercer, F.A. and W.Gaunt
Modern Publicity 1952-1953. 22nd Issue of Art and Industry's International Annual of Advertising Art
This is a near fine hardcover copy in black cloth with title in gilt on the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Edited by F.A. Mercer. Illustrated in color and black & white with hundreds of examples of modern graphic design for advertisements, brochures, pamphlets, packaging, etc. Including designs by Paul Rand, Raymond Loewy and Herbert Matter. 11" high X 9" wide, 130 pages + ads. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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SIPRA
Pubblicità dello Spettacolo
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is a special number of the periodical published by Sipra or Societa Italiana Pubblicita per Azioni in Turin, Italy. Essays by twenty writers including: Alberto Testa, Carlo Giovetti, Dante Cappelletti, Enrico Morbelli, Giambattista Vicari, Mario Natale, Piero Zanotto, Alberto Marrama, among others. Sections on dance halls, cafes, musicals, brochures, programs, posters, circus material, Spoleto Festival, Biennales, film stars, tv promotion, radio, jazz, etc. International in scope, not just Italy. Illustrated in color and also vintage black & white photographs and reproductions of ads, etc. Full of interesting material from the history of advertising, ca. 1890 to the 1970's. 9" high X 8" wide, 240 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Winter, Marian Hannah
The Theatre of Marvels
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with some wear. The jacket is all there not price-clipped but has minor soiling, a few small closed tears and one tiny repaired hole at the lower edge of the front panel. Completely clean inside. Four pages have an indentation or wrinkle, at the lower edge, probably from the binder. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white. Classic study of the 'Theatre of Marvels' or popular street theater which was practiced in Europe from 1789 to the 1860's. This study grew out of the author's work at Harvard and later the Sorbonne on this fascinating subject. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white with about 200 prints and engravings. Preface by Marcel Marceau. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Oliva, Achille Bonito
La parola totale. Una tradizione futurista 1909-1986
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear to the covers. Edges rubbed. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white. Edited by Oliva.Essays by Claudio Cerritelli and Gabriella di Milia. Futurist works of numerous artists, Italian and Russian, which incorporate words or text in the image. 9" high X 7" wide, 230 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gottschall, Edward M.;Gerstner, Karl;Burns, Aaron
Typographic Communications Today
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with light wear to the corners. Completely clean inside and out. Fine survey of modern graphic design full of less well known designers as well as the greats. Illustrated in color throughout. 15" high X 11" wide, 249 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra.
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Devynck, Thierry;Bibliotheque Forney;Wilquin, Andre
Andre Wilquin, Publicites
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated in color with 155 examples of Andre Wilquin's art deco advertising work. Text by Thierry Devynck, curator at the Bibliotheque Forney. Brief biographical sketch. 10" high X 7" wide, 131 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Arts Decoratifs du 20e Siecle
This is a very good softcover cover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Espace Tajan in Paris on May 19, 2003. The sale consisted of 20th century decorative arts and featured an exceptional collection of Jean Lambert-Rucki sculptures formed by Mara and Leano Rucki. 25 sculptures in this collection. Also an important ensemble of furniture by Leon and Maurice Jallot. 30 pieces of Jallot furniture and a few vintage b/w photographs of the original room settings. Also a fine architectural bookcase by Andre Arbus from an 'Ancienne Atelier Andre Arbus, Paris XIVe'. Also a set of garden furniture designed by Emilio Terry for the Chateau de Groussay. Among many other works, 259 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized list. 11" high X 8" wide, 193 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Quittenbaum
Henry van de Velde. Wegbereiter, Zeitgenossen und Nachfolger
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Quittenbaum in Munich on December 10, 2013. Sale number: 112. The sale consisted of works designed by Henry van de Velde and his contemporaries. Henry van de Velde (1863- 1957) was a Belgian painter, architect and interior designer. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar he could be considered as one of the main founders and representatives of Art Nouveau in Belgium. Van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany and had a decisive influence on German architecture and design at the beginning of the 20th century. 150 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 10" high X 8" wide, 100 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Innovators of Twentieth Century Style including Property from the Archives of Raymond Loewy
This is a near fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Los Angeles on May 16, 2001. Sale code: ACRYIC- 9708. The sale featured the Archive of Raymond Loewy (1893- 1986). About 70 lots of Raymond Loewy ephemera including drawings of the S1 Locomotive for Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Greyhound Sceniccruiser ca. 1935, the RL 1934 Hupmobile classic, the Avanti car for Studebaker, and other concept cars, a group of NASA ephemera from the period when Loewy, with John F. Kennedy's recommendation started working on the Saturn Apollo Skylab mission, including 23 notebooks with Loewy's photographs and drawings, etc. The sale also had furniture by William Haines (66 lots), and furniture by James Mont. 262 lots in the complete sale. Almost all illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 109 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Ryndin, V. F., Kozlinskii, V.I., Berman, Elizaveta, Elena Kurbatova
Russkii kostium, 1750-1917 : materialy dlia stsenicheskikh postanovok russkoi dramaturgii ot Fonvizina do Gor'kogo / Russian costume, 1750-1917: materials for stage productions of Russian drama Fonvizin to Gorky (Volume I, II, III, IV, V).
This is a very good 5 volume hardcover set (complete) three volumes with dustwrappers, two without. All volumes very clean inside, no marks. The off white dustwrappers are tanned and have a few stains to the spine of the last volume only and several closed edge tears. Two volumes have faint tan stains to top page-edge not visible internally. All text in Russian. The set is edited by V. F. Ryndin. All drawings by V.I. Kozlinskii. Additional editing and text by Elena Kurbatova and Elizaveta Berman. This set covers Russian costume design for staged productions from 1750 to 1917. In other words from the beginning of Russian drama to the Russian Revolution. All volumes are illustrated with drawings similar to fashion drawings in French and German periodicals from the late 19th century. All volumes have some color drawings as well as black & white. All volumes also have some technical details to guide the costume designers making period costumes: some of the illustrations are like pattern designs for tailors. A spectacular resource. 12" high X 9" wide, 170 & 182 & 182 & 182 & 222 pages. The volumes were all published between 1960 and 1972. Volume 1: 1750-1830, volume 2: 1830-1850, volume 3: 1850-1870, volume 4: 1870-1890, volume 5: 1890-1917. Foreign buyers should expect extra postage. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Fashion Institute of Technology
Fortuny
This is a very good copy of this softcover exhibition catalog. Completely clean inside, and out. Spine not creased. This exhibition was shown at F.I.T. in New York and also at the Art Institute in Chicago. Several texts are reprinted here: Guillermo de Osma from his monograph, which came out a few years earlier, Phyllis and Fred Feldkamp from an article in Harper's Magazine. Also a short piece by Jean-Michel Tuchscherer, the Curator at the Musee Historique des Tissus de Lyon, and another short piece on manufacturing techniques Fortuny used by Gabriel Vidal and Odile Valansot. Bibliography. About 20 illustrations in color and black & white. There were 75 costumes and a number of textile samples in the exhibition. Exhibition checklist laid-in. 11" high X 7" wide, 36 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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De Ligne, Charles-Joseph
Coup D'Oeil at Beloeil and a Great Number of European Gardens
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Beautifully reprinted classic of French garden design, from the late 18th century. Prince Charles Joseph de Ligne was the owner of the moated castle and surrounding gardens located in Beloeil near Mons in Belgium on the border with France. The property has been in his family's possession since the 11th century.The first edition of this work was published in 1786, the second in 1795. Basil Guy translated and edited this printing, and has a long essay on the Prince and the famous gardens at Coup d'Oeil. Illustrated in black & white, and occasionally green inks on fine paper.158 illustrations. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 295 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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Alferj, Pasqale and Francesca Cernia
Gli Anni Di Plastica
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. No tears, chips or marks to the jacket. Completely clean inside. Text in English and Italian. Well illustrated sudy of early plastic, bakelite and other substances such as celluloid, phenolyic resin and the like. 139 objects in the catalog, many of them shown in color plates. Lots of jewelry, eyeglasses, purses, clocks, lamps, tableware and other things. Chronology. Bibliography. 10" high X 9" wide, 143 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Torre, Guillermo de La
La Escenografia De Guillermo De La Torre
This is as very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Signed and briefly inscribed to a colleague, by the artist, Guillermo de la Torre, on the half title-page, and dated 1998. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white, with reproductions of the artist's set and costume designs and vintage photographs from the productions of the plays. Curriculum vitae and illustrated chronology. 9" high X 12" wide, 163 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Borel, France
The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry. From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with just light cover wear. This copy has been signed and inscribed by the collectors Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels on the front endpaper. This book is a presentation of their collection of ethnic jewelry from all over the world. Illustrated throughout in color. 11" high X 9" wide, 256 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Pedretti, Bruno
OPERE POSTUME PROGETTATE IN VITA: Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus anni '20/anni '90
This is a very good softcover copy in flexible stiff card covers, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French. German & Italian. Examines the work of Marianne Brandt, Josef Knau, Hans Przyrembel, Otto Rittweger and Helmut Schulze. Illustrated in black & white. 10" high X 9" wide, 115 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Poletti Raffaella
Zanotta. Design for passion
This is a very good softcover copy in thin flexible boards with just light wear. A few surface scratches to the front cover. Completely clean inside and out. This is the English language edition. Monograph on the important Italian designer Aurelio Zanotta who started designing in the 1950's with his company Zanotta Design. Preface by Emilio Ambasz. Illustrated in color and black & white. 11" high X 10" wide, 175 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sudjic, Deyan
Ron Arad: Restless Furniture
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in black & white and color. 8" square, 110 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tajan
Hommage a Ettore Sottsass
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 Tajan in Paris on Wednesday May 21, 2008. The sale consisted exclusively of pieces designed by Ettore Sottsass. 139 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Brief texts throughout. Captions or entries are brief and in French only. 12" high X 9" wide, 88 pages. Includes furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, jewellery, etc. Prices realized sheet included. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pfeiler, Barbel
Romischer Goldschmuck
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light cover wear. Previous owner name on title-page. Otherwise generally very clean. Text in German. Monograph on antique Roman jewellery. Illustrated with 32 black & white plates. 9" high X 6" wide, 136 text pages + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Aav, Marianne et al.
Nanny Still. Design 45 Anni
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Finnish and Swedish. This is a monograph on the celebrated Finnish glass designer Nanny Still who began designing glass and ceramics in the early 1950's. Illustrated in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. Also several drawings reproduced and vintage photographs of the artist in her studio, with colleagues, etc. Essays by Dan Klein, Michele Thiry, Marianne Aav, Kaisa Koivisto, Heiki Matiskainen, and Ulf Hard af Segerstad. Chronology. Bibliography. 9" square, 112 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Philippe, Joseph
Le Val Saint Lambert. Ses cristalleries et l'art du verre en Belgique
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with light wear to the edges. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French with English summaries, foreword, table of contents, and descriptions of illustrations. Illustrated throughout in black & white with some color. 260 black & white + 40 color plates. Pages of facsimile signatures. 12" high X 9" wide, 349 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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Phillips Auctioneers
Lalique
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 Phillips New York on October 6, 1979. Sale no. 228. The sale consisted entirely of Lalique glass. 157 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, some in color. Prices realized sheet included. 8" square. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Phillips Auctioneers
200 Pieces of Important Lalique
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Top right page corners creased. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Phillips New York on November 23, 1980. Sale no. 228. The sale consisted entirely of Lalique glass. 196 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, some in color. No prices realized sheet just price estimates for each lot. 8" square. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Phillips Auctioneers
Important Lalique Glass
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 Phillips New York on February 9, 1980.. Sale no. 266. The sale consisted entirely of Lalique glass. 157 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, some in color. Prices realized sheet included. Lalique glass from the collections of Lord Dunsany, Robert L. Zrike, and others. 8" square.
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Phillips Auctioneers
Important Lalique Glass, and Lalique Jewelry
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 Phillips New York on June 11, 1980. Sale no. 296. The sale consisted entirely of Lalique glass. 330 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, some in color. Prices realized sheet included. 8" square.
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Scarzella, Patrizia
Zanotta Edizioni
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German. Essay by Patrizia Scarzella. This catalog presents a selection of furniture from leading Italian designers. Many are associated with the MEMPHIS Group. Most of the pieces were produced in limited numbered editions. Designers include: Bruno Munari, Alessandro Mendini, Riccardo Dalisi, Andrea Branzi, Pierluigi Cerri, Corrado Levi, Alik Cavaliere, Ettore Sottsass, Joe Tilson. Price list sheets at the end. All furniture illustrated in color. Several double-page photographs of pieces in actual room settings. Alessandro Mendinin's 'Zabro' table/chair is illustrated on the front cover. 12" high X 9" wide, 72 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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Olivie, Jean-Luc
Verres XXe- XXIe Siecles. Collection du Musee des Arts Decoratifs
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in FRENCH. A history of the Musee des arts decoratifs in Paris and their collection of modern glass. International in scope the collection has examples from all over the world. Several dozen designers are profiled with important pieces illustrated in color. Illustrated in color throughout. Bibliography. List of galleries and institutions collecting/exhibiting modern glass. 11" high X 9" wide, 223 pages. 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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Maske, Andrew
Ken Matsuzaki: Tradition Today
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Pucker Gallery in Boston in the summer of 2002. Essay by Andrew Maske, Curator of Japanese Art, Peabody Essex Museum. Over 100 color photographs of contemporary ceramic pieces by Ken Marsuzaki. Brief biographical sketch of artist. 11" high X 8" wide, 25 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Domanovszky, Gyorgy
Forma Hungarica: Hungarian Applied Art Today
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with two closed tears to the front cover top edge. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, Russian, French, German and Hungarian. Essay by Gyorgy Domanovszky. Sections on ceramics, glass, metal working including jewellery, decorative sculptures, tableware, textiles, wood (bowls, not furniture) and leather. Illustrated in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. Complete details about designers and media for each piece. 13" high X 9" wide, over 150 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Thorne, Edward & Henry W. Frohne
Decorative Draperies & Upholstery
This is a near fine hardcover copy of the stated first edition with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. First published March 1929. Covers very clean but a few small faint spots to front cover, gilt title on front cover still bright. Text and 74 full-page color plates, renderings of 1920's interiors. Full commentary on each plate. 12" high X 10" wide, 277 pages. A beautiful copy. 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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Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair
Garden-craft in the Bible and Other Essays
This is a very good hardcover copy in quarter tan cloth over tan paper-covered boards with light edge-wear. Paper title label on spine chipped. Very clean throughout except a brief gift inscription in pencil on the front endpaper dated 1941. A few page corners folded.over. All illustrations and text clean. Illustrations in black & white. 9" high X 5" wide, 242 pages + ads. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Palais Galliera
Les Accessoires Du Temps. Ombrelles Parapluies
This is a very good softcover copy with only light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. Text in French. Esays by Annie Sagalow, Jean-Paul Desroches, Sylvie Legrand, Catherine Camboulives and Marc-Alain Deschamps. This exhibition examines the design of umbrellas in 17th through early 20th century France. Glossary. Bibliography. 275 works in this fascinating exhibition, many of them illustrated in color. 10.5" high X 8.5" wide, 127 pages. This book will be securely packed 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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Widdershoven, Gerard and Benoist F. Drut
Collection Boulevard Suchet: Important Works of Post-War Design By Leleu
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Maison Gerard in New York in May 2008. Over two dozen pieces of furniture and rugs designed by Jules Leleu are illustrated in color. 9" high X 7" wide, 31 pages. Invitation to the opening laid in. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Zanuso, Marco
Poli Cromi
This is an about very good softcover copy. Very clean inside and out, except for a phone number on the front endpaper. Otherwise clean throughout. Text in Italian. Essay by Zanuso. This catalog was produced to document two dozen or so limited production pieces designed by Marco Zanuso. All decorated in polychromy. Technical details for each piece, materials, number in edition, etc. Illustrated throughout in color. 8" high X 6" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Heiremans, Marc
Murano Glas 1945- 1970
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English, French and Dutch. A good survey of the best of Italian glass design between 1945 and 1970. Chronology. Bibliography. 12 color plates with several examples on most plates + 238 black & white photographs of individual pieces. A number of signature facsimiles. A beautiful copy of a scarce catalog. 8" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Aste Boetto
Selected
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 Aste Boetto in Genoa Italy on October 26, 2009. The sale consisted of modern Italian design objects and furniture from the 1950's to the 1970's. 88 lots in the sale. Almost all the great Italian designers represented. Lots of lighting fixtures. No prices realized sheets just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 78 pages.
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White, Brenda
Disney in Clay: The art of Brenda White
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Signed in black magic marker by the artist, Brenda White on the vellum sheet just before the half-title. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in color throughout. Page of photographs of the artist's signatures taken from the underside of actual pieces. List of pieces made from 1989 through 1994. 9" high X 10" wide, 247 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bernar Venet
Bernar Venet
This is a very good softcover copy of a gallery brochure of the work of sculptor Bernar Venet. It is bound with a spiral wire binding and consists of 8" X 11" color photographs of Bernar Venet's work, individual pieces and room settings. 35 photographs in all. No text, but the photographs have captions in French and English with materials and sizes. All the works are furniture that is torch cut steel with a wax finish. Galerie J. Rabouan-Moussion, Paris. No price list. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Jowers, Sidney and John Cavanagh
Theatrical Costume, Masks, Make-Up and Wigs: A Bibliography and Iconography (The Motley Bibliographies, 4)
This is an as new hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. 11" high X 8" wide, 542 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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PIASA
XL (Xavier Lust) Prototypes et Epreuves d'essai
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Piasa Rive Gauche in Paris on December 17, 2013. The sale consisted of furniture designs by Xavier Lust (1969-- ) a Belgian artist and furniture designer based in Brussels. He is most known for his metal curving technique without using a mold. He has collaborated with several furniture manufacturers including MDF italia, Driade, De Padova, Cerruti Baleri, Fiam and Extremis. Essays on Xavier Lust and Thierry Lemaire. 62 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
Venini Collection August Warnecke
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English and French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on November 21, 2012. Sale code: VENINI 3527. The sale consisted of the August Warnecke Collection of Venini glass. 140 lots. All illustrated in color. Bibliography. Illustrated glossary of glass types and techniques. Two pages of typical Venini marks both incised and paper labels.Thumbnail biographies of the 21 designers. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 140 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Dorotheum
Austrian Design
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Light wear to the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Dorotheum in Vienna on February 29, 2012. The sale consisted of Austrian modernist furniture designs from the 20th century. Essay by Christian Witt-Dorring. 168 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Works by over 50 designers. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 182 pages.This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars, Automobilia and Related Material
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for a Sotheby's auction held at Castle Ashby, Northhamptonshire, England on June 13, 1992. Sale code: "GRIFFON". Lots of handbooks, and automobilia: headlamps, badges, tool kits,etc. The heart of the sale was the last 33 lots: very fine collector's examples of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. 433 lots in the complete sale. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. Almost all lots illustrated, most of the cars in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 65 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Werlich, Robert
Orders and Decorations of All Nations; Ancient and Modern Civil and Military
This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original dark red leatherette binding with gilt decoration and titles. No wear to the binding. Completely clean outside and very clean inside, just some offsetting to the endpapers and pastedowns. All text pages and plates and illustrations clean and free of marks. This is the much expanded second edition and superior to the first edition of 1965. Over 1000 illustrations in black & white + some color. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 476 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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Charbonnea, Diane
Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French and English. This catalog was prepared to accompnany the exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from April 2010 through January 2011. Anna and Joe Mendel are professionals within the studio art glass movement, and began collecting in the early 1980's. Checklist of 180 objects. All illustrated in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 150 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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