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Joseph J. Bavaro; Thomas L. Mossman
The Furniture of Gustav Stickley: History, Techniques, and Projects
Slight curl to front cover, otherwise like new. 175 pages with b&w photos, drawings, layout illustrations, mechanical drawings of Mr. Stickleys simple but functional craftsman line of home furnishings, often known as "mission furniture," considered revolutionary in its time. Book depicts everything you need to know to build beautiful facsimilies of Craftsman furniture.
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E. Milby Burton
Charleston Furniture, 1700-1825
Book is in excellent condition with front lower corner slightly bumped as the only blemish, pages a little age-toned at edges Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners otherwise, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Very rich white stone decorative endpapers. Dust jacket is lightly sunned, and generally dirty, as it's textured white paper. 150 pages in oversize format A great many large b&w photos of entire pieces and detail, as well as line drawings of detail and components. Chapters include Early Charleston, Sources of furniture, Kind of furniture used in Charleston, " ... " Not made in Charleston, Styles and influences, Schools, Labels, Exports and country trade, Plantation-made furniture, Prices of ".." Dearth of local ".." Conclustion, Woods, Charleston-made furniture, Charlseton Cabinet-makers, with notes, addenda, works consulted, index.
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Kingsley, Patrick
How to be Danish: From Lego to Lund: a Short Introduction to the State of Denmark
Brand new book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 191 pages with a few illustrations. Maps.
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Mesmerg, Erik
Dutch Decorative Arts 1880 - 1940
Brand new book is in excellent condition in every respect, bright red covers with black print. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 254 pages, heavily illustrated with large color photos with 38 page directory of manufacturers (with histories) at back.
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Damska, Anna; Frackiewicz, Anna; Maga, Anna
We want to be Modern: Polish Design 1955 - 1968 from the Collection of the National Museum in Warsaw / Chcemy Byc Nowoczensni z Kolekcji Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie
Museum catalog in excellent condition in every respect. New. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 102 pages heavily illustrated with photos, prints and shots from the museum's exhibits, including sections on Furniture, Clothing, Interior Design, Textiles and Clothes, Metalwork, Jewelry, Toys, Machines and Industrial Appliances. Text is in English and Polish, includes museum brochure and two tickets.
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Philippe Garner
The World of Edwardiana
Book is in excellent condition with sun fading around the edges of the covers as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows sun fading at edges with a little edge wear, no tears, price clipped. 140 pictures, 33 in full color,
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Bruyere, Christian; Robert Inwood
In Harmony With Nature: Creative Country Construction
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear and small tears on cover. 222 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. Revised and enlarged edition. Total hippie homesteading construction book: heavily illustrated in b&w with (hippie-type) mechanical drawings, photos in black and white. Pretty much a journal/guide to the process of the author's construction of his place. Includes drawing & descriptions of log/timber home construction, pagoda shelter, beer bottle/earth roof sauna, hand chainsaw to lumber from logs guide, furniture construction, lots of framing detail, wood stoves, chimney construction, naked hippie dudes n' babes with big hair and cowboy hats, barn construction, foundation construction, etc.
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Sober, Marion Burr
Chair Seat Weaving for Antique Chairs
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 61 pages with pen and ink step-by-step illustrations.
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Miall, Antony; Peter Miall
The Victorian Nursery Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Edge wear to dust jacket. 192 pages. 7 1/2"w x 9 5/8"h. Many illustrations.
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Newman, Thelma R.
Plastics as Design Form
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full maroon cloth boards. Price-clipped dust jacket has edge wear, tears, and peeling laminate. 350 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
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The 1977 International Chair Design Competition
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 134 pages; many b&w photos. 9"w x 8 1/2"h.
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Porter, Kent
Building Model Ships from Scratch
A clean, unmarked book; glued binding separted slightly in the middle of the volume (see photo). 378 pages. Many b&w illustrations and diagrams.
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Sparke, Penny
Furniture: Twentieth Century Design
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 112 pages. 7 7/8"w x 8 1/2"h.
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van Dommelen, David B.
Designing and Decorating Interiors
Previous owner's name inside; otherwise clean and unmarked; tight binding. Full tan cloth boards. Many b&w photos. 9 3/8"w x 9 3/8"h. 278 pages.
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Gloag, John
British Furniture Makers
Book is in excellent condition with thin boards, color and b&w drawings and photos throughout. A few pages foxed, age-toned pages. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 48 pages. Dust jacket shows fading, chipping at edges, 1/4" tear at upper back. Pretty intro to the subject.
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McMakin, Roy ; Contributor-John Baldessari; Contributor-Michael Darling; Contributor-Lisa Eisner; Contributor-Michael Ned Holte
The Art of Roy McMakin: When Is a Chair Not a Chair
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full bright green cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 10"w x 12 3/4"h. Many color photos.
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Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope
Hesse: A Princely German Collection
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. Color photos throughout. 9"w x 11 7/8"h. 288 pages.
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Garner, Philippe
Emile Galle
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 9 1/8"w x 12"h. 168 pages. Many color photos.
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Koues, Helen
How to Beautify Your Home
Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 224 pages, heavily illustrated with b&w line drawings and photos. Contents include Principles of decoration, Colonial Living rooms, English Living room , Spanish - Italian, Dining rooms, Modern bedrooms, Colorful, Comfortable nurseries, Draperies, New and smart slip ccovers, How to make, etc.
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Staff
Table and Chair: a Study in Form and Style, The
Exhibition catalog is in excellent condition, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 31 pages, no illustrations, descriptions of the exhibits only, including: kang table, large painting table, Chinese, stool, chinese, 17th century, lute table, Chinese, 18th century, sitting stick, African, woman's stool, African leopard stood, royal throne, African, Joined stool, English, 17th century, dumbwaiter, English, c.1760, game table, English, c. 1750, pembroke table, English 1800, worktable, American, c.1800, Hitchcok chairs, American c. 1840, etc.
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Wroth, William (editor)
Hispanic Crafts of the Southwest
A clean, unmarked book. Glued binding is coming loose. 8 1/2"w x 11"h. 118 pages. Black and white photos. Exhibition catalog.
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Stangler, Carol
The Craft & Art of Bamboo: Projects for Home and Garden
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear/crease to cover. 8 1/2"w x 10"h. 160 pages. Many color photos.
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Rose, Walter
The Village Carpenter
A clean, unmarked book with a tight bindin. Full brown cloth boards. 146 pages. Black and white photographs. "The reminiscences recorded in this book are nearly all those of our old carpentry business prior to my grandfather's death in the year 1893."
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Longnecker, Martha (ed. Intro.) Susan Olsen, Sukey Hughes, Margaret Ahrens Sahlstrand, Florence Temko
Paper Innovations: Handmade Paper and Handmade Objects of Cut, Folded and Molded Paper
Exhibition catalog for a show held at the publisher's gallery, covers show light shelf wear, a crease at back cover. lower corner, scuffing. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Contents include: Dawning of paper making in China, Japanese paper making, Japanese paper textiles, Paper folding, Chinese paper cuts, Kites, Marbelized papers, Paper mache. Book features a great many full page color photos of the exhibition object on the right with a description on the left. "Batism" cutout from Poland fold-out page is undamaged. Origami, Chinese paper furniture, kites, folded paper objects, woven paper, paper cuts, and paper mache art, toys, and objects from around the world and many ages.
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Meyer, Jonathan
Great Exhibitions : London - New York - Paris - Philadelphia: 1851 - 1900
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 10"w x 10 3/4"h. 336 pages.
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Cottrell, Leonard
Life Under the Pharaohs
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Pages are age-toned as the only flaw. Several pages of glossy b&w pics and illustrations. Chapters include: The land, the people and their gods, Houses and furniture, The Vizier gives a party, Lovers and freiends, The Pharaoh's army, magic and medicine, etc.
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Lodder, Christina
Russian Constructivism
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Creases on spine, but binding is sewn and strong. Previous owner's name inside. 7 3/4"w x 10 3/8"h. 328 pages. Many illustrations.
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Ramirez, Mari Carmen; Hector Olea; Angel Rama; Marcelo Pacheco; Marta Traba; Ana Maria Bellluzzo; Olivier Debroise; Saul Yurkievich; Paulo Herkenhoff; Guy Brett; Max Bense; Justo Pastor Mellado;
Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for pages 8 and 9 with marginalia and underlining. 586 pages, chapters include Of terrorism and the arts, Posh art and post-historic art, The anti-aesthetics of an art of chaos, Furniture as frame, Vital structures: the constructive nexus in South America, The ruptura group and concrete art, Gego and the analytic context, Julio Le Parc, promoter of technological art, On the subject of Waldemar Cordeiro's popcretos, Critical painting of Jose Balmes, Leon Ferrari: Dogma and resistance, Play and grief, etc. Full color prints and photos throughout, often full page.
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SEBNEM ERYAVUZ.
Çankaya'nin hazineleri. Kösk Koleksiyonu'ndan seçme eserler.
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. Folio. (33 x 28 cm). In Turkish. 267, [1] p., color and b/w ills. Çankaya'nin hazineleri. Kösk Koleksiyonu'ndan seçme eserler. Selected works from Çankaya Kiosk's Collection. A very heavy volume.
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FERYAL IREZ.
XIX. yüzyil Osmanli saray mobilyasi.
Fine English Original cloth bdg. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Turkish. 110 p.; 78 p. documents and b/w plates. B/w ills. Ottoman palace furniture at 19th century. XIX. yüzyil Osmanli saray mobilyasi.
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Anon
Practical Home Woodworking Illustrated. Everything the Amateur Woodworker Should Know About His Craft with Detailed Working Instructions and Drawings.
Fading to spine and cover edges. 384 pages.
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Anon
American Manufactured Furniture
Small tear at top of spine. Catalogue of American Furniture of the 1920s. 407 pages. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
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Lucie-smith, Edward
Furniture: A Concise History
The history of furniture from the social viewpoint. 190 illustrations, 20 in colour. Light rubbing and shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions.
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Oliver, Lucile
Le Mobilier Aquitain, Perigourdin et Landais
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes.
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Oliver, Lucile
Mobilier Alsacien
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes.
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Oliver, Lucile
Mobilier Basque
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes.
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Oliver, Lucile
Mobilier Des Provinces Belges et Des Flanders Françaises
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes.
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Oliver, Lucile
Mobilier Auvergnat
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes. Slight wear along edges of dust jacket.
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Anon
Fine Furniture Reproductions: 18th Century Revivals of the 1930s & 1940s from Baker Furniture
Baker Furniture reproductions, over 600 illustrations with information on dimensions, materials, and the provenance of the design.
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Mannoni, Édith
Mobilier De Basse Bretagne
Le Mobilier Francais collection. Beautifully illustrated. Text in French. 93 pages. Rubbing to surface of dust jacket.
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Oliver, Lucile
Mobilier Provencal
Text in French. Full of illustrations and notes. Pages 36/37 have been stuck and separated leaving marks on both.
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No Author
Garden Statuary & Architectural Items
Catalogue for auction sale BH7038, 20 and 21 May 1997.
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No Author
Furnishing Retailer's Desk Book
All about the furniture trade. Fading and wear to covers. Sun bleached area on back cover.
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Thomas, Adrian (Editor)
Design at Work: An introduction to the industrial designer, with a study of his methods of working and the position he holds in British industry today
Exhibition handbook for exhibition at Burlington House, the Royal Academy of Arts in 1948. Numerous photographs. Wear to cover edges, surfaces a little soiled.
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Cescinsky, Herbert
The Old-World House Its Furniture & Decoration
Two volumes. Spine with 5 bands, gilt tooling. Both volumes faded down joint of spine and edges of covers. Volume I 307 pages, volume II has 368 pages plus two pages that appear misnumbered 305-307. Index. Signed dedication by author on free endpaper. Heavy books so extra postage for non-UK destinations.
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Rogers, John C.
Furniture & Furnishing
Line drawings by the author. With Bibliography. 110 pages. Top page edges greyed with dust, fore-edges slightly foxed. Spine bumped top/base, light wear to cover corners.
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MacCarthy, Fiona
British Design since 1880: A Visual History
100 years of design in Britain examined decade by decade. Includes section of British design books and exhibition catalogues, British design collections, Index of designers and General index. Illustrated. 229 pages. Black cloth covers, silver title on spine. Dust jacket rubbed on surface, small tear on lower back edge.
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Baynes, Ken
Industrial Design & the Community
96 pages. Illustrated.
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Curtis, Dr. Penelope (Curator), Catherine Moriarty, Joseph Giovannini
Figuring Space: Sculpture/Furniture from Mies to Moore
Published to accompany exhibition held 18 Jan. - 1 Apr. 2007, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. 80 pages.
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Anon
Classic Art Deco Wednesday 17 October 2001
Catalogue for the Art Deco sale on 17 October 2001. Quality illustrations for each lot, 187 lots in total. 78 pages. Occasional pencilled numbers. Some light creases on front cover and slight rubbing on back.
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