1824Best.-Nr. 041106Parma: Co' Tipi Bodoniani Vedova De Giambattista Bodoni 1824. 1st Edition 1st Printing. No Binding. Near Fine. Rose Cover "I Principali Monumenti Innalzati Da Sua Maesta Maria Luigia Duchessa Di Parma Piacenza E Guastalla Ecc. Ecc. Ecc. Secundo Fascicolo"; Second Front Rose Cover Titled "Parma / Co' Tipi Bodoniani / Mdcccxxiv" ; Lettered Title Page; Illustrated Title Page; Dedication Page; 3 Pp Dedication Text; 3 Pp Preambulo; 15 Plates With 34 Pp Text. Another Rose Cover "Parma / Co' Tipi Bodoniani / Mdcccxxv" At Rear Note The Date One Year Later Than The Otherwise Identical Second Front Title Page 1825 Rather Than 1824; This May Have Been Intended To Divide The Book In Two Rather Than To Appear At End. Sheets Never Bound 54.4 Cm X 35.5 Cm Rough Edges. Slight Browning To Small Areas On Some Edges; Tide Mark In Upper Corner Of Front Covers Also Printed Title Page And Dedication Page Not Elsewhere Otherwise Clean And Bright. Rare Apparently Only One Copy At Auction In Last Thirty Years. Bright Clean A Very Few Tiny Spots Of Foxing In Margins 1" Tear To Margin Of Plate Ix Co' Tipi Bodoniani (Vedova De Giambattista Bodoni) unknown
1889Best.-Nr. 33502AB1889. Erstausgabe Berlin Wasmuth 1889-1892 2° 74 Textseiten mit zahlreichen s/w-Illustrationen sowie insgesamt 120 etwas stärkere Pappseiten mit s/w-Abbildungen wenige doppelblattgroße auch farbig in den dicken original Pappmappen mit rotem Leinenrückenstreifen die sehr großen Klapp-Mappen stellenw. etwas fleckig/altersspurig bei der ersten Mappe der Leinenrücken teilw. etwas angeplatzt auch einige Blätter altersfleckig insg. aber guter Zustand in den raren original Lieferungs-Mappen Wunderbares Bildmaterial. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 041119Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1926. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. I 123 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. First Printing. Book Lightly Used Gilt Still Brilliant But Three Small Areas Of Fading To Spine Cloth Where Dust Jacket Is Chipped. Dust Jacket With 3/4" Square Chip Near Center Of Spine Small Losses At Ends Of Spine And At Tips Two Larger Chips At Left Corners Of Rear Panel Without Loss Of Lettering Anywhere. Cambridge University Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. DADAX1617292435New unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 038911New York: Pasquale Napolitano 1933. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch 28 3/4" X 19" Showing Napolitano's Proposal For St. Philp Neri. Drawn On Board. Signed And Dated By Napolitano On The Board. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. Pasquale Napolitano unknown
1933Best.-Nr. 038913New York: Pasquale Napolitano 1933. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch 25 1/2" X 17" Showing Napolitano's Proposal For St. Philp Neri. Drawn On Board. Not Signed Or Dated By Napolitano But One Of Several Drawings Of Different Views Done At The Same Time. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. Pasquale Napolitano unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 038933Los Angeles Circa 1926: Herman Sachs 1926. Original Art Work . No Binding. Good. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch For Architectural Decoration 19" X 12" Mounted On Board And Annotated By His Pupil Employee And Friend Muralist Pasquale G NapoilitanoWith His Pencil Note "By Herman Sachs/ 27 H. S. After Fra Angelico". Born In Romania To Jewish Parents Herman Hermann Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe Spending The 1913-1920 Period In Germany Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists Munich Expressionist Werkstätten. Upon Returning To The United States In 1920 Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924 Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator In The Firm Herman Sachs And Joseph Konde Sachs Went On To Design The Interior Decorations Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building Now Home To Southwestern Law School Union Station Los Angeles City Hall And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists Writers And Filmmakers. His Friend The Architect Rudolph Schindler Designed Sachs' L.A. House The Manola Court Apartments. Herman Sachs unknown
1931Best.-Nr. 038919Berlin: Pasquale G. Napolitano 1931. Original Art Work . No Binding. Very Good. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch 24 1/2" X 15" Showing Napolitano's Proposal For Wall And Ceiling Design And Wall Decorations For A Music Room At Scale 1:10. Drawn On Paper. One Of A Series Of Such Illustrations Done By Napolitano At His Address In 1931 In Templehoff Berlin But Not Signed Or Dated. Napolitano Studied At Chouinard And Otis In 1922-925 Engaged In Work On Architectural Murals 1925-1930 Working For Designer Herman Sachs On Such Prominent Buildings As Bullocks Wilshire Los Angeles City Hall The Palm Beach Biltmore Etc.; Studied Ceramics In Ny And Mural Painting In Germany 1929-1931 Returned To Architectural And Other Work In The U.S. Completed Many Wpa Murals In Southern California 1934-1938 And Some Private Commissions Illustrated Many Books For Merle Armitage 1935-1960 Worked As A Set And Prop Designer And Artist In The 1940'S And Notably Did Church Art Work For The Next Twenty Years Including Full Church Interiors Monumental Sculptures Etc. He Is The Subject Of The Monograph "Napolitano" 1934 By Merle Armitage. Pasquale G. Napolitano unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 038899Los Angeles Circa 1926: Herman Sachs 1926. Original Art Work . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch For Architectural Decoration Exposed 16 1/2" X 7 1/2" Matted Display. Matted By His Pupil Employee And Friend Muralist Pasquale G NapoilitanoWith His Inkedpencil Note "Sketch By " In Pencil "And Assistants" Again In Ink "Property Of P. G. Napolitano / Los Angeles". Born In Romania To Jewish Parents Herman Hermann Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe Spending The 1913-1920 Period In Germany Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists Munich Expressionist Werkstätten. Upon Returning To The United States In 1920 Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924 Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator In The Firm Herman Sachs And Joseph Konde Sachs Went On To Design The Interior Decorations Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building Now Home To Southwestern Law School Union Station Los Angeles City Hall And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists Writers And Filmmakers. His Friend The Architect Rudolph Schindler Designed Sachs' L.A. House The Manola Court Apartments. Herman Sachs unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 038879Los Angeles Circa 1926: Herman Sachs 1926. Original Art Work . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Sketch. Original Color Sketch For Architectural Decoration Much Larger Than The Exposed11" X 9 1/4" Matted Display Of The Colored Part Of The Sketch Color And Gilt. Matted By His Pupil Employee And Friend Muralist Pasquale G NapoilitanoWith His Pencil Note "Herman Sachs- Job Sketch". Born In Romania To Jewish Parents Herman Hermann Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe Spending The 1913-1920 Period In Germany Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists Munich Expressionist Werkstätten. Upon Returning To The United States In 1920 Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924 Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator In The Firm Herman Sachs And Joseph Konde Sachs Went On To Design The Interior Decorations Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building Now Home To Southwestern Law School Union Station Los Angeles City Hall And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists Writers And Filmmakers. His Friend The Architect Rudolph Schindler Designed Sachs' L.A. House The Manola Court Apartments. Herman Sachs unknown
1856Best.-Nr. 037598Naples: Raffaele Gargiulo 1856. 3rd Edition . No Binding. Poor. Plates. Title Page 60 Numbered Plates Complete And Two Page Table Of Plates Of Volume That Is Probably Volume Iii But Only Shows "Vol" Without Number On Title Page. Title Page And First Four Plates Of Another Volume Similarly Unmarked Volume Number But "Iv" Filled In By Hand. Both Title Pages Indicate "Troisieme Edition". Raffaele Gargiulo unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 037621San Francisco: Eestern States Publishing Corporation 1929. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Illustrations And Plans Throughout. 64 Pp. Major Journal Of Contemporary California Architecture Including Buildings By The Parkinsons Of Los Angeles Etc. Small Tears And Chips To Ends Of Spine Eestern States Publishing Corporation paperback
2001Best.-Nr. 30893AB2001. Milano Edition L'Archivolto 2001 4° 233 S. mit sehr zahlr. eindruckvollen Farb-Abb. und s/w-Grundrißzeichnungen Text zweisprachig: italienisch-englisch original Pappband mit illustr. original Schutzumschlag schönes sauberes Exemplar Arch 3 - A Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
1953Best.-Nr. 036659Mexico D. F.: Instituto Panamericano De Geografia E Historia 1953. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. B/W Photographs And Maps. 487 Pp Catalog At End. Red Cloth Gilt. Hardcover. Near Fine Clean Unfaded No Marks Tiny Rubs At Corners. Dj A Little Taller Than Book Thus Prone To Wear; Clean Unfaded 1" Chip At Upper Edge Of Rear Panel Next To Spine Small Chips/Tears At Corners. Instituto Panamericano De Geografia E Historia hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 31087AB1931. Erstausgabe München C. H. Beck 1931 gr.8° VIII 201 S. mit 268 s/w-Illustr sowie 135 Tafelseiten mit 274 s/w-Abb. Halbleinen-Einband der Zeit ohne jegliche Beschriftung im Buch einige kurze und kenntnisreiche Bleistiftanmerkungen sowie An- und Unterstreichungen des Besitzers Edgar Wedepohl innen zudem stellenw. zart altersfleckig sonst ein gutes sauberes Exemplar. Vor der Titelseite eingebunden: Ein handschriftlicher doppelseitiger Brief des Autors datiert und signiert München 26. Okt. 1931 aus dem Krankenhaus Schwabing. Empfänger des Briefes war der Architekt und Bauforscher Edgar Wedepohl. Abholung im Ladengeschäft in Frankfurt am Main Nordend ggü. Musterschule möglich. Das spart die Portokosten. Pickup at the store in Frankfurt am Main Nordend close to Musterschule is possible. It saves the shipping costs. unknown
1927Best.-Nr. 036754Los Angeles: Herman Sachs 1927. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Sketch. Original B/W Sketch 25" X 7 1/2" By Herman Sachs Showing Design For An Architectural Mural Annotated As By Joseph Konde And Herman Sachs. Born In Romania To Jewish Parents Herman Hermann Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe Spending The 1913-1920 Period In Germany Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists Munich Expressionist Werkstätten. Upon Returning To The United States In 1920 Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924 Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator In The Firm Herman Sachs And Joseph Konde Sachs Went On To Design The Interior Decorations Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building Now Home To Southwestern Law School Union Station Los Angeles City Hall And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists Writers And Filmmakers. His Friend The Architect Rudolph Schindler Designed Sachs' L.A. House The Manola Court Apartments. Herman Sachs unknown
1926Best.-Nr. 036756Los Angeles: Herman Sach Circa 1926 1926. 1st Edition . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Art Work. Three Original Color Sketches By Herman Sachs Showing Designs For Architectural Building Decorations. Born In Romania To Jewish Parents Herman Hermann Sachs Immigrated To The U.S. As A Child. He First Trained Under His German-Born Father A Painter In The Court Of Queen Elisabeth Of Romania. Sachs Continued His Artistic Training In Europe Spending The 1910-1920 Period In Germany Where He Founded The Munich School Of Expressionists Munich Expressionist Werkstätten. Upon Returning To The United States In 1920 Sachs Exhibited At The Art Institute Of Chicago And Established The Chicago Industrial Art School Which Soon Failed Due To Lack Of Sufficient Funding. Afterward Sachs Became The First Director Of The Dayton Museum Of Fine Arts Now The Dayton Art Institute. During This Time He Also Served As The U.S. Representative Of Artist George Grosz. Around 1924 Sachs Moved To Los Angeles Where He Designed The Interiors Of The New Gas Company Building. As A Muralist And Decorator Sachs Went On To Design The Interiors Of Many Los Angeles Landmarks Including The Bullocks Wilshire Building Now Home To Southwestern Law School Union Station Los Angeles City Hall And The Title Insurance And Trust Company Building. An Educator As Well As An Artist Sachs Also Directed The Creative Art Students League Of Los Angeles. Sachs Was Active Within The L.A. Weimar Exile Community Of Artists Writers And Filmmakers. His Friend The Architect Rudolph Schindler Designed Sachs' L.A. House The Manola Court Apartments. Herman Sach Circa 1926 unknown
1988Best.-Nr. 036826New York: Rizzoli International Publications 1988. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Photographs Throughout. 334 Pp. Grey Cloth With Color Illustration Mounted On Front Cover; Dj With Two Punch-Out Embossed Cards As Issued. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dj No Wear Or Marks. This Hardcover Editionm Is Scarced Rizzoli International Publications hardcover
1836Best.-Nr. 036981London: Effingham Wilson 1836 1838 1836. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Xx 144;Viii 140 Pp. Blue Polished Cloth Spines Red Morocco Spine Labels Spines Gilt Marbled Boards And Marbled Endpapers. First Printings; Vol. Iii Published In N1842 By Another Publisher. Some Wear With Fraying At Corners Hinges Tight; Contents Clean But Light Foxing To Pages And Plates Severe Foxing To Frontispieces. Bookplate Of Francis Towner Laney Editor Of The Acolyte A Science Fiction Fanzine From 1942-1946 A Total Of 14 Issues Dedicated To Articles About Fantasy Fiction With Particular Emphasis On H. P. Lovecraft And His Circle. Laney's Essay "The Cthulhu Mythology: A Glossary" Initially Published In The Winter 1942 Issue Was Expanded At The Request Of August Derleth And Became Part Of The 1943 Arkham House Lovecraft Anthology Beyond The Wall Of Sleep. Contributors Included Clark Ashton Smith And Donald Wandrei. The First Two Issues Were Hectographed The Remainder Were Mimeographed. Due To Its Influential Role In The Field It Is Indexed In The Science Fiction Fantasy & Weird Fiction Magazine Index Compiled By Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento As Well As Fanzine Indexes. It Was Nominated For The 1946 Retrospective Hugo Award For Best Fanzine Losing To Forrest J Ackerman's Voice Of The Imagi-Nation. Effingham Wilson 1836 1838 hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 034635New York: Rizzoli 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 208 Pp.First Printing. Fine In Near Fine Dj With Slight Fading To Background Color On And Around Spine Slight Bumping/Wear To Upper Tips. Rizzoli hardcover
1965Best.-Nr. 034833Elciego Alava / Rueda Valladolid / New York City: Shokoku-Sha 1965. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Photographs Throughout. 87 Pp. Photographic Plate On Each Page With Short Title/Description In Japanese And English But Introduction At Front And All Text On Dj Except Title Is In Japanese. Undated But Circa 1965/1970. Fine In Very Good Dj. Shokoku-Sha hardcover
2003Best.-Nr. 034875New York: Universe Publishing / Rizzoli 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 287 Pp. Black Cloth. First Printing 2003. Several Pages Each On Exceptionally Well Designed Modernist Residences/Studios Of Artists Architects Designers Writers Musicians Etc. Fine In Fine Dust Jacket With Tiny Tear At Top Of Front Spine Edge. Universe Publishing / Rizzoli hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 035099Boston: Little Brown & Co / New York Graphic Society / Museum Of Fine Arts 1987. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Frontispiece lithograph. Xiv 410 Pp The First 50 Pp Are Color Plates. Beige Varicolored Cloth Stamped In Brown. Brochure For The Los Angeles Showing Of This Exhibit Tipped Onto Rear Pastedown. Inscribed By The Author To A Docent At Gamble House Etc. "To Nancy With Best Wishes Wendy. Glad This Has Been A Useful Resource For You!" And With The Recipient's Signature On Front Pastedown Mostly Under The Front Flap. Little Brown & Co / New York Graphic Society / Museum Of Fine Arts hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 035120La Jolla: Virginia Dart Greene Hales 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. X 225 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. Fine Except For Ownership Signature Of A Greene & Greene Architectural Docent Nancy Parsons On Front Pastedown. Virginia Dart Greene Hales hardcover
1996Best.-Nr. 035122New York / London: Abbeville Press Glasgow Museum 1996. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Color And B/W Photographs Throughout. 383 Pp. Black Cloth Stamped In White And In Blind. Book Fine Except For Previous Owner's Information On Front Pastedown Hidden By The Dj Flap. Dj With Just A Touch Of Rubbing At Corners Price Clipped 1/8" Tear At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge. Book Signed By Alan Crawford Pamela Robertson And One Other Indecipherable Name. With A 1" Thick Group Of Softcover Books And Booklets Other Publications Announcements And Extracted And Photocopied Articles All Recent And Around The Time Of The Exhibition. Abbeville Press Glasgow Museum hardcover