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Fireplace Design...
West Byfleet, United Kingdom:, teNeues,Germany,, 2005.. First edition. Condition: With over 140 full colour photographs, well designed look at the possibilities for and variety of fireplace designs. 136 page as new hardback in 5 languages.
Bookseller reference : 5993
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SHERWOOD, JAMES.
THE LONDON CUT. SAVILE ROW BESPOKE TAILORING.,VENEZIA,MARSILIO,2006
Venezia, 2006; br., pp. 144, 250 ill. b/n col. (Mode).
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CONTEMPORARY HOUSING.,MILANO,SKIRA,2007
Testo italiano/inglese/francese. A cura di Maria Alessandra Segantini. Milano, 2007; cartonato, pp. 348, 400 ill. b/n, cm 16,5x21.
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-- CON LA COLLAB.DI M.CORRADO. TRAD.DI GLOBE, FOLIGNO.
15 ANNI DI PROGETTI. MASSIMO IOSA GHINI. MILANO, ELECTA 2001,
cm.22x28, pp.157, centinaia di ill.e foto a col.nt., br.cop.fig. Ediz.con testo inglese a fronte.
Bookseller reference : 62656
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BYZANTINE BOOKS AND BOOKMEN . DUMBARTON OAKS CENTER FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Very clean outside and completely clean inside. Spine not creased, binding firm. The papers published in this volume are substantially the same as those delivered at a Colloquium on "Byzantine Books and Bookmen" directed by Professors Ihor Sevcenko and Cyril Mango and held at Dumbarton Oaks in the spring of 1971. Papers by Nigel G.Wilson, Cyril Mango, Hans-Georg Beck and Kurt Weitzmann. 65 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 8" wide, 109 pages + plates.
Bookseller reference : 006261
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SLIVKA, ROSE AND KAREN TSUJIMOTO
PETER VOULKOS. A DIALOGUE WITH CLAY . NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. One short inscription to the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean inside and out. The first major monograph on Voulkos. Chronology. Selected bibliography. Conversation between Voulkos, Slivka and Fred Marer. 87 black & white illustrations + 24 color plates. 12" high X 9" wide, 142 pages.
Bookseller reference : 005504
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ARCHIV FUR BUCHGEWERBE UND GEBRAUCHGRAPHIK. VERLAG DES DEUTSCHENS BUCH.
This issue is subtitled "Junge Deutsche Buchkunstler" (Young German Book illustrators). Profusely illustrated. Text in German. Essays by Bockwitz (editor), E.H.Lehmann, Werner Spohr, Hans Praesent, and F.Otto Reinhard. This periodical is devoted to the study of book arts, such as typography, different types of printing techniques, new kinds of paper, etc. And so each issue has numerous tipped-in examples of woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and the like taken from books that are just being published, to show the range of book arts and what's new in book design. This issue is about young less well-known German book illustrators. There are numerous original woodcuts (one after Franz Masereel), and many other illustrations in both color and black & white. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear to the covers, a little chip out of the front cover leading edge. Two small fragments of the paper spine (top & bottom) missing, but the binding is still tight. Inside generally very clean. 12.5" high X 9" wide, about 125 pages.
Bookseller reference : 004163
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GRANADOS, MARTA
MARTA GRANADOS UN MUNDO GRAFICO . OP GRAFICAS LTDA.
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Spanish. Foreword by Belisario Betancur. Introduction by Jose Saenz Hurtado. Essays by Eduardo Serrano, Roberto Triana Arenas, Giorgio Antei, Josef Muller-Brockmann and Gustavo Gomez Casallas. Illustrated throughout in color with 180 examples of the artists' work. Chronology. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 198 pages. A beautiful copy. Limited Edition. 1500 Copies.
Bookseller reference : 007571
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HOLME, GEOFFREY
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AND THE FUTURE . THE STUDIO LIMITED
This is a very good hardcover copy in the distinctive shiny black cloth with the modernist design in red slanting diagonally across both covers, title in red on the spine. Some offsetting, or browning to the endpapers, but text and plates generally very clean. 80 pages of text + 80 black & white photo plates, reproducing hundreds of objects. 4to, 10" high X 7 1/2" wide. A nice copy.
Bookseller reference : 002582
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BABELON, ERNEST
LA GRAVURE EN PIERRES FINES CAMEES ET INTAILLES . ANCIENNE MAISON QUANTIN
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark purple cloth covers with title in gilt to the spine. Very clean outside, no marks to the boards. Very clean inside as well, but two embossed private collector handstamps to the front endpaper. The corner of the frontispiece leaf has been clipped, not affecting image. Text in French. A basic survey of the techniques of carving hardstones from the ancient to the modern. Includes work by Egyptians, Assyrians, Armenians, Persians, Phoenicians, Mycenaens, Cretans, Greeks, Etruscans, Hellenistic Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Orientals, and Europeans through the 19th century. 204 black & white illustrations in the text. 8.5" high X 5.5" wide, 320 pages.
Bookseller reference : 006236
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SAKANE, SUSUMU & NAKAMURA, MAKOTO
WORLD GRAPHIC DESIGN NOW 2 ADVERTISEMENTS . KODANSHA INTERNATIONAL LTD.
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light edge wear to the jacket. Very clean inside and out. No marks inside. Top corner of text block lightly bumped. Text in English and Japanese. Illustrated throughout in color and some black & white. Essay by Lou Dorfsman. Hundreds of examples of graphic design: advertisements, brochures, promotional materials, etc. 14" high X 10.5" wide, 230 pages. First Edition
Bookseller reference : 006452
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RISCHBIETER, HENNING
ART AND THE STAGE IN THE 20TH CENTURY . NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY
This is a very good cloth copy in a very good dust jacket. Light soil to the jacket and a large fragment missing from the back panel (jacket now in mylar protector). This exhaustive study traces the interaction of artists, mainly painters and sculptors in the creation of sets and costumes in the 20th century. Almost all the artists are European and well known. 256 plates, many of them in color. 37 page "Catalogue of the Productions" give lengthy summaries of all the details of productions discussed in the text. A classic work and basic reference. Oblong folio, 12" high X 13" wide, 306 pages.
Bookseller reference : 002230
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AUDSLEY,GEORGE
GUIDE TO THE ART OF ILLUMINATING ON VELLUM AND PAPER . GEORGE ROWNEY & CO.
This is a good softcover copy with some wear in the stiff gray-green printed card covers. Light soil inside and out. Chromolithograph frontispiece + 15 black & white plates and other figures in the text. This is "Guide 38" in the series. 8" high X 5 1/2" wide, 87 pages. Fourth Edition
Bookseller reference : 006883
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TYPOGRAPHICA. NO 5. A SPECIMEN OF THE VILLAGE & OTHER TYPES CAST AT THE VILLAGE LETTER FOUNDERY MARLBORO-ON-HUDSON NY. BY FRED & BERTHA GOUDY. CONTINENTAL TYPEFOUNDERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
This is a fair copy only of this early number of Typographica. This is the Summer 1927, Number 5 issue, edited by Fred and Bertha Goudy. The printed green wrappers are chipped and the spine clear-taped. Dusty, but generally clean inside. 12" high X 8" wide, 32 pages.
Bookseller reference : 006564
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SANTACHIARA, DENIS
LA NEOMERCE. IL DESIGN DELL' INVENZIONE E DELL' ESTASI ARTIFICIALE . ELECTA
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in Italian. Essay by Denis Santachiara. This book presents the Italian artificial lighting entries for the 1985 Triennale di Milano. With projects by 32 designers including Alchimia, Carlo Bombardelli, Paola Bodega, Clara Bonfiglio, Ciclolinea, Giorgio Raimondi, Francesco Trabucco and Marcello Vecchi among others. Illustrated with color plates and a drawing for each designer. Photos and biographical notes of each designer or team. 12" high X 8" wide, 82 pages.
Bookseller reference : 006767
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RUZICKA, RUDOLPH
C.H. GRIFFITH 1879-1956. NORTH COUNTRY PUBLISHING COMPANY
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Covers clean, no creases. Limited edition of 250 copies printed for private distribution. Booklet designed by Ruzicka using Griffiths' signature Fairfield type. 7" high X 4" wide, 12 pages.
Bookseller reference : 008498
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ARTCURIAL
BANDES DESSINEES . ARTCURIAL
This is a very good softcover copy with only light edge-wear to the covers. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to lots or illustrations. Spine not creased, binding firm. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Hotel Dassault in Paris on April 1, 2006. The auction consisted of illustrated books, popular books with colorful jackets or boards. 825 lots in the sale. Most illustrated, many in color. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide162 pages.
Bookseller reference : 008231
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SCHOOL OF APPLIED ART
BOUND VOLUME OF 18 ISSUES OF THE SCHOOL OF APPLIED ARTS MAGAZINE . SCHOOL OF APPLIED ART
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.
Bookseller reference : 005877
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MACKLEY, GEORGE E.
WOOD ENGRAVING . THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE COMPANY
This is an about very good hardcover reference copy in a good pictorial dust jacket with only light wear. The jacket has three small pieces missing from the edges of the front panel. The spine tips of the jacket chipped too. The black cloth covers of the book are soiled. The text and illustrations are completely clean. Illustrated throughout in black & white with wonderful examples of Mackey's woodcuts. Also a selection of full-page plates of other artists' black & white woodcuts. 10" high X 7 1/2" wide, 143 pages.
Bookseller reference : 007675
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BOCK, ELFRIED
GESCHICHTE DER GRAPHISCHEN KUNST VON IHREN ANFANGEN BIS ZUR GEGENWART . PROPYLAEN VERLAG
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. 4to size, 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.
Bookseller reference : 004504
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TOKYO. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
MODERN JAPANESE GLASS. EARLY MEIJI TO PRESENT . NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
This is a very good softcover copy, de-accessioned from a small university reference library, and bearing several marks to the endpapers and page-edges, but otherwise clean throughout. Spine not creased. Feels unused. Text in English and Japanese. Artists' biographies (17 artists). 149 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in color, and fully identified + numerous black & white illustrations. List of exhibitions and awards and prize-winners. Small 4to, 10"high X 8" wide, unpaginated but about 150 pages.
Bookseller reference : 003488
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GIBSON, STRICKLAND
EARLY OXFORD BINDINGS . PRINTED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
This is a very good softcover copy in the original publisher's printed brown wrappers with just light wear. Right edge a little chipped. Very clean inside, pages uncut. This is Number X in the Illustrated Monographs issued by the Bibliographical Society. 40 plates printed in sepia or black & white. Spine creased, small paper label at bottom of spine. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 69 text pages + plates.
Bookseller reference : 006634
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HAMERTON, PHILIP GILBERT
ETCHING AND ETCHERS . ROBERTS BROTHERS
This is an almost very good hardcover copy in brown cloth decorated in black and ruled in gilt. Spine stamped in black and gilt. Top edge gilt. Spine tips and corners just a little worn. Front hinge starting. Very clean inside and out. 12 etchings by Hamerton after Rembrandt, Ostade, Weirotter, Zeeman, Callot, Meryon, Lalanne, Turner, Haden and an original by Hamerton. All plates clean and fresh. Text includes instructions on how to make etchings like these. 9" high X 6" wide, 459 pages + plates.
Bookseller reference : 006636
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SUTTON, JAMES AND ALAN BARTRAM
AN ATLAS OF TYPEFORMS . HASTINGS HOUSE BOOKS
This is a good hardcover reference copy with some wear. Very clean outside but some spotting inside to preliminaries and endpapers. This is a history of type forms and fonts from the ancient world to the modern. Introduction. Illustrated in black & white. One gate-fold illustration. Short bibliography. 16" high X 10" wide, 116 pages.
Bookseller reference : 006183
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OLIVATO PUPPI L., PUPPI L.
MAURO CODUSSI L'OPERA COMPLETA . MILANO ELECTA 1977
In 4 leg. edit. svr. cof. 288 I edizione Fotografie di Paolo Monti Ottimo stato.
Bookseller reference : 21938
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