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1990réf. 118930Paris: Flammarion 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Flammarion unknown books
1992réf. 118975Los Angeles CA & Boston MA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Bulfinch Press/ Little Brown and Company 1992. First paperback edition. Softcover. 255 pages. Foreword by Earl A. Powell III. Preface by Max Palevsky. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A tight very near fine copy in wrappers. Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company unknown books
1997réf. 118645Leonardo Arte 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and Italian. Includes numerous color photographs on this Italian designer. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Leonardo Arte unknown books
1965réf. 116993Tel Aviv: Museum Haaretz 1965. First edition thus. Softcover. Revised and enlarged version of "The Glass Collection of the museum Haaretz." Translated fromt he Hebrew by E.B. Heinemann. Includes 12 black and white plates. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Museum Haaretz unknown books
1969réf. 116457New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1969. First edition. Hardcover. A profusely illustrated look at the design of book jackets and record covers. A tight and clean near fine copy in an about very good dust jacket with some tears and wear to the top of the spine and some minor soiling and wear. A nice copy. Frederick A. Praeger unknown books
2000réf. 116026Cincinnati OH: North Light Books 2000. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Includes numerous illustrations. A very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a very small tear to the bottom of the spine. North Light Books unknown books
1958réf. 21146Djakarta Indonesia: Manuscript 1958. A folding 'book' of 10 panels titled in crisp black lettering on the cover and in the same bold lettering throughout; with a short list of the material and equipment needed and small pen drawings of these items; followed by explanatory 'pages' each with a 7 1/2" x 10 1/2" tipped-on cloth with pinked edges example of the technique shown following the production of batik in the regular manner and also a special and more laborious technique wherein the wax applied to the design is scraped off by hand in order to provide yet another color: I. Reng. Rengan. "The first drawing on the white material with melted wax in a "chanting" to give the outlines of the design." II. Terusan showing reverse drawing & dyeing III. Tembokan "The spaces in the design which have to be white are covered with wax." IV. Tjelepan or Wedelan "The basic color dark blue is applied by soaking the painted material in wedel which is a vegetable color made of the leaves of the "indigo" plant."V. Kelengan or Lorodan cleaning by boiling in water also 'ngerak' the alternative process VI. Riningan or Biron covering spaces with wax or not if 'ngerak' process VII Sogan "The result after the dying process with soga the brown color made of the "bark" of various mentioned plants VIII Babara Satria Manah "The last process on the material by boiling in water and by scraping out the wax"; each example also has a numbered & typed strip of white cloth sewn-on identifying the piece with the last finished example noting "Made by Mrs. Sudirman Banjurmas"; the final panel noting "Presented by Virginia F. Cutler Djakarta"; a remarkably energetic and talented woman who overcame difficulties associated with an early widowhood childrearing duties and the Depression Dr. Virginia Farrer Cutler 1905-1993 American educator author lecturer professor and head of the Home Economics Dept at the University of Utah created the Family Home Living Center there was educational advisor for the State Dept.'s International Cooperation Admin. in Southeast Asia first in Bangkok Thailand for two years and then in Djakarta Indonesia for five years - we speculate that it was at this time that the "Batik" item was created. Eventually she returned to Utah from Djakarta and became the dean of the College of Family Living at BYU awarded the Fulbright Fellowship to the U. of Ghana in Legon and retired in 1970. Honors include: U.S. delegate to the World Forum on Women Brussels 1962; American Association of University Women Woman of the year 1966; first distinguished professor at the Brigham Young University 1967 and many more. information from the BYU site - their special collections hold a few Cutler items; item not dated and circa 1958; made in one continuous fold each panel approx. 12" x 14 1/2" size with a continuous length of over 12 feet; created on one side only of the panels; we assume that Dr. Cutler collected the work of Mrs. Sudirman in an effort to present it to other English-speakers; the colors rich and vivid on each panel as is the final design; with some of the panels bearing their content of raised wax as appropriate to that stage of the process; each panel on 'manila' cardstock; some edgewear and soiling closed tear to back panel of covers; batiks in very good condition; an impressive visual statement of the technique and the process of this ancient art form. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Manuscript Paperback books
1977réf. 111564New York: Watson-Guptill Publications 1977. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated. A near fine copy with some bumping to the top corners in a very near fine dust jacket. Watson-Guptill Publications unknown books
1989réf. 108595New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and German. Includes numerous illustrations. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket. A very sharp copy. Van Nostrand Reinhold unknown books
1990réf. 107781Tokyo: Kodansha International 1990. First paperback edition. Softcover. A wide ranging look at the the various art architecture and design output of Japan. Includes mostly color images. A fine copy in very near fine dust jacket. An attractive production. Kodansha International unknown books
1951réf. 1002737Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company 1951. Complete set of midcentury classroom posters designed to be colored by students. The twelve community workers featured here are a bricklayer butcher carpenter fireman grocer librarian lineman milkman newsboy nurse policeman and postman. Only the librarian and nurse are women. As a footnote each image offers specific instructions on which colors to use; the grocer's "face hand and peaches" should all be "flesh color." Beckley-Cardy 534. A fine set of classroom materials reflecting an idealized and homogenous portrait of the postwar American worker. Complete set of twelve black and white posters measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Housed in publisher's pictorial envelope printed in black and red. Light edgewear to envelope posters fine. Beckley-Cardy Company unknown books
1970réf. 265869San Francisco: Tran/Cory Sound Co 1970. Audio LP. Single 33 1/3rpm vinyl LP in original sleeve mild scent else very good condition. Zebedy Colt was an actor/director who performed on Broadway and the RSC under the name Edward Earl and had another career as a gay pornstar and director he also appeared in the straight porn "Story of Joanna" The orchestra for the recording was the London Philharmonic! uncredited. Tran/Cory Sound Co unknown books
1965réf. 7102Berkeley: Free University of Berkeley 1965. Saddle-stapled booklet 21 x 13.5 cm. 48 pages. Illustrated. Corrections list to inner panel of rear wrapper. FIRST EDITION. A small collection of works by poets of Berkeley California published by the Free University of Berkeley. The calligraphy by Alice Walters is likely her first non-periodical appearance in print. Therese Shere the cover artist was the young daughter of Lydia Shere later pastry chef at Chez Panisse. Drawings by J.M. Campbell. Some light stains and soiling throughout. In lightly stained but still colorful decorated wrappers. Free University of Berkeley unknown books
1965réf. 1002159Rome: Faro Disegni 1965. Beautiful archive of midcentury porcelain designs each an original hand-colored work of art spanning a wide variety of botanical geometric and figural styles. Some feature realistic portraits of flowers and birds while others are much more stylized: traditional folk motifs linear Art Nouveau florals bright mod blossoms. This is a working archive: many of the images are annotated and corrected in pencil and themes like the firebird are developed over multiple sheets. Of the 168 designs that survive eight are unnumbered and the others are numbered as follows: 1-47 49-67 69-138 140-144 146-155 157-165. Roman firm Faro Disegni is best known for their textile designs; this archive testifies to their participation in other aspects of the decorative arts. A remarkable survival. Collection of 168 original hand-colored designs for porcelain plates each on a separate sheet of various sizes: a group of 111 designs executed in pencil ink and watercolor on heavy paper most measuring 14.5 x 13 inches and a smaller group of 57 sketches executed primarily in pencil and crayon on onionskin measuring less than 12 inches square. Most designs labeled "Faro Disegni" and numbered in ink; a few designs mounted many marked in pencil with annotations in French and English. Housed in two chemises within a custom clamshell box. Faro Disegni unknown books
1957réf. 28628Iceland: Birtingur 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Wide bound wrappers. First issue of this magazine of art culture and design edited by Einar Bragi out of Iceland. 105 pp. Text in Icelandic. A very good copy with slight crease to rear cover. Notable early design work by Diter Rot. Quite scarce. Birtingur paperback books
1900réf. 1653431900. KIMONO DESIGN. Album of 15 elaborate silk kimono designs. Folio. 335 x 260 mm bound in contemporary silk over boards. NP. ND. A stunning and most unusual production which consists of 15 designs for kimonos printed using woodblocks on textile and each mounted within a different elaborate hand-painted border. In addition elaborate designs have been sown onto the printed outlines. Altogether a unique and impressive piece of book-making. hardcover books
1934réf. 1653411934. JAPANESE DESIGN. Juraku Cho. 3 Volumes. Illustrated with a total of 90 colour and monochrome woodblock plates. Oblong folio 390 x 270 mm bound in publisher's silk over boards in a new chitsu case. Kyoto: Unsodo 1934. A spectacular series of designs with the superb colour woodblock plates with each volume devoted to a different motif. Volume 1 is Ryu no maki the dragon. Volume 2 is Hoo no maki the phoenix and Volume 3 is Shishi no maki the lion. Both the full colour plates and the monochrome plates facing them are masterpieces of the woodblock maker's art. Unsodo is the name of a large Japanese publishing company with branches in both Tokyo and Kyoto. Founded in 1891 this company is still in existence today. From the 1890s through the 1930s the Unsodo publishing house was involved in printing high quality pattern books for various crafts including textiles and lacquer. Some wear to the boards but otherwise a fine set. Rare. hardcover books
1980réf. 25332San Francisco CA: Scenic Road Press 1980. Small broadside keepsake printed at the Scenic Road Press for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their Joint Meeting in 1980; one of 200 printed. A letter of February 24 1887 from William Morris to 'My dear Smith' noticing his indignation that he'd been sent by Smith to visit a woman he'd thought to be a potential client who actually wanted him instead to look at her designs. Approx. 4 1/2" x 7" size; printed black in a Kelmscott-style type on quality paper stock; with the original plain paper envelope; slight wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. Scenic Road Press books
1817réf. 1653311817. JAPANESE TEXTILE DESIGN. Shozoku shokumon zue. By Matsuoka Tokikata and Hinma Hyakuri. Seven volumes. Containing a total of 160 Japanese folded sheets illustrated with a profusion of colour woodcut-printed designs. 8vo. 268 x 193 mm bound in original Japanese paper wrappers stitched laid in a new Japanese folding chitsu case. Tokyo: 1817-1825. First Edition. A fine set of this important compendium of early Japanese textile design which is also a masterpiece of Japanese bookmaking. Matsuoka Tokikata began compiling the work in the late eighteenth century and it was completed by Honma Hyakuri early in the nineteenth century. The work is divided into five parts: I. Karginu: Colour designs of hunting clothing; II. Jokan: Costume design for court ladies; III. Reifuku: Ceremonial dresses; IV. Nishiki orimono: Designs on brocades; V. Gyoko: Costumes used for Imperial visits. The delicately coloured designs include many that are refined and subtle and many that are elaborate and ravishingly beautiful. The imagery is classical Japanese: a profusion of varieties fill the pages of these volumes with flowers birds bamboo rivers and flowing waters insects butterflies fish coloured patterns and blind-stamped ornaments. Of the greatest rarity. Some minor wear to wrappers but overall a fine set. hardcover books
1930réf. 1598251930. JAPANESE COMMERCIAL DESIGN. A Collection of approximately 200 labels for food and drink products. Various sizes mounted in an album. Small folio 305 x 225mm bound in pale blue wrappers in a recent brown chitsu case. NP. ND. Japan 1930's. An eclectic collection of Japanese food and drink labels from the first quarter of the twentieth century. Fruits vegetables spirits candies canned meats and fishes are all represented on colourful labels featuring combined western and Japanese design sensibilities. They are neatly tipped into an accordion style album of thick pale blue paper and mostly remain in fine condition. unknown books
1946réf. 25474Woodstock Vermont: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1946. 103 pages; cover design label by William G. Meek; the issue is illustrated in black and white and occasionally in colors. With a tipped-in booklet showing many examples from the AIGA show. Contributions from Carl P. Rollins Edward Colin Dawson William K. Zinsser L.G.A. Schlichting Helmut Lehmann-Haupt John Taylor Arms Karl Kup Ray Nash; with reviews graphic arts topics production notes. Stamp on last leaf of Contempo Advertising Artists Inc. Approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; black construction-paper softcovers with tipped-on label. Covers chipped contents clean and very good condition. Good graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. First Edition. Softcover. Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. paperback books
1996réf. 9025194Copenhagen: Danish Design Center 1996. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in the publisher's original cloth covered boards Danish Design Center hardcover books
1883réf. 128924New York 1883. Softbound. VG soiling to outer wraps. Wraps. appx. 50 pp. plus 21 sheets with well over 100 line engravings. Catalogue lists 714 works many of which are reproduced by line engraving. Includes names and adresses along with numbered catalogue entries for each artist at rear. Rare. paperback books
1874réf. 129628NY: E. Wells Sacket & Bro 1874. Softcover. VG. Gray wraps. 36 pp. No illus. Lists 418 works with prices and includes an alphabetical list of names and residences of artists whose work appears in the exhibition. Frederic Church exhibited El Khasne Petra as item No. 320 this year. E. Wells Sacket & Bro paperback books
2000réf. 9013604Balboa Park: Mingei International Museum 2000. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine Dust jacket fine. Mingei International Museum hardcover books
