Brick
London: Phaidon, 2015. Folio. 240 pages. Color photographs. Printed boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Brick is a fresh, insightful and surprising look at one of the world's most familiar and popular building materials" (the publisher).
New Arrivals
Matthew Brookes: Les Danseurs
Italy: Damiani LTD, 2015. 4to. 72 pages. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "For his first book, photographer Matthew Brookes has turned his lens upon the professional male ballet dancers of Paris. Over the course of a year, he took these dancers out of their regular environment of rehearsals and performances...
Belgium Is Design: Design for Mankind
Belgium: Stichting Kunstboak, 2011. 4to. 264 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Presents 100 designs by various Belgian designers and studios" (the publisher).
Artists Living with Art
New York: Abrams, 2015. 4to. 272 pages. Color photographs. Printed boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Artists Living with Art invites readers into the homes and personal art collections of some of the world's most renowned contemporary artists, including Cindy Sherman, Helen and Brice Marden, Chuck Close, Rachel Feinstein and John...
The Ring
London: Rotovision, 2000. 4to. 272 pages. Color photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Splendidly illustrated, expertly researched, this is the first comprehensive reference work devoted to the ring-the world's most cherished and symbolic ornamental object" (the publisher).
Eat, Drink, Nap: Bringing the House Home
London: Preface Publishing, 2014. 8vo. 316 pages. Printed cloth. FIRST EDITION. "Contemporary, global yet with something quintessentially English and homely at its heart, this is Soho House style explained by its experts: the grit and the glamour, the style and the cosiness. Packed with recipes and design tips, Eat Drink...
Georg Jensen: Reflections
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2014. Folio. 240 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "With beautiful historic photographs and drawings from Jensen's extensive archive, which display the incredible craftsmanship and technical innovations of the highly skilled silversmiths, Georg Jensen is a sumptuous visual celebration of Danish design...
The House of Viktor & Rolf
London: Merrell, 2008. 8vo. 255 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Famed for their high-concept catwalk shows and extravagant collections, the radical Dutch design duo Viktor & Rolf have taken the fashion world by storm over the last 15 years. This comprehensive exploration of their work includes an interview...
Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. 4to. 160 pages. Boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "From 'AngloMania,' we learn that Englishness is a romantic construct based on fictive and imaginary narratives. In terms of fashion, these narratives emerge as ones that are satirical, nostalgic, theatrical, and like the English weather...
Living in Style: Scandinavia
Germany: teNeues, 2015. Folio. 208 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Nordic countries are frequently listed as having the highest quality of life worldwide, according to multiple studies. But Northern Europe doesn't just score high in social issues. Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark are known for their...
Baccarat: La Légende du Cristal
Paris: Paris Musées, 2014. Folio. 126 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed boards with image mounted on cover. FIRST EDITION. Published for an exhibition concerning Baccarat glass at the Paris Musées.
Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women 1947-2016
Los Angeles: Skira, 2016. 4to. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Pictoral boards. FIRST EDITION. "Accompanying the most comprehensive exhibition of postwar abstract sculpture by women artists to date, Revolution in the Making traces the ways in which women artists deftly transformed the language of sculpture in the 20th...
Mathieu Lehanneur
Berlin: Gestalten, 2012. 4to. 192 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Pictoral boards. FIRST EDITION. "In only a short period of time the French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has established himself as a rising star of the global design community. This book is a cutting-edge collection of his projects melding interior...
An Eames Anthology: Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, Speeches
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2015. 4to. 401 pages. Color and black & white photographs. FIRST EDITION. Signed and inscribed by Arcana Books: "'Take your pleasures seriously.' [Charles Eames] DO Arcana Books July 2015." "An Eames Anthology collects for the first time the writings of teh esteemed American architects and...
The Craft and the Makers: Tradition with Attitude
Berlin: Gestalten, 2014. 4to. 272 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "A showcase of crafted products created by small manufacturers," (the publisher).
Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek art
London: The British Museum Press, 2015. 4to. 256 pages. Lavishly illustrated with 200 color illustrations. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "A series of lively introductory essays by leading scholars reveals aspects of how the Greeks themselves saw the human form both in life and art, following the thread of the...
Jeanne Lanvin
Paris: Paris Musée & Musée de la Mode, 2015. 4to. 350 pages. Lavishly illustrated with 250 color illustrations. Wrappers. FIRST EDITION. The book details the first Parisian retrospective of Jeanne Lanvin, the founder of the oldest "maison de couture" still active today. From modest beginnings in 1885, Lanvin (1867-1946), inspired...
Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home
Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press, 2017. 4to. 224 pages. Illustrated with 225 color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Amid the sublime beauty of Maine--its primordial forests, remote lakes, rugged mountains, and craggy coastline blooms a handmade culture fed by heritage, self-sufficiency, and collaboration. Handcrafted Maine: Art, Life, Harvest & Home features...
Amber: Window to the Past
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. 4to. 215 pages. Lavishly illustrated with black & white and color photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "The unique properties of amber (fossilized tree resin) have long intrigued people and never more so than now. Derived from an exhibition mounted by the American Museum...
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector
London: Prestel, 2015. 4to. 255 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photos. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. Published in association with Barbican Art Gallery in London. "Exploring more than a dozen personal collections of contemporary artists, this unique and revealing book probes the aesthetic and psychological dimensions of collecting and shows how...
Miwaku no M buru P pa (Fascinating Marble Paper)
Tokyo: Atelier Miura, 1988. In Japanese. 4to. 155 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Illustrated with 75 brilliant color photographs which are accompanied by brief captions in English, French and German. FIRST EDITION. Detailed and beautifully presented illustration of marble paper making process. Miura, a book binder and marble paper maker, has...
The Private Presses
London: Studio Vista, 1970. 8vo. 240 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. Reprint from the original 1969 edition. Colin Franklin provides a full account of the English Private Press Movement. Franklin writes about not only the presses and their owners, but also the books they printed.
5 Sensors of an Age: Japanese Contemporary Design Series
Japan: Rikuyo-sha, 1985. In Japanese and English. 4to. 381 pages. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Pictoral wrappers; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. This weighty volume brings together five artistic leaders of Japan--architect Tadao And , interior designer Takashi Sugimoto, fashion designer Rei Kawakubo, industrial designer Toshiyuki Kita, and product designer Masayuki...
Slightly Foxed-- but still desirable: Ronald Searle's Wicked World of Book Collecting
London: Souvenir Press, 1989. 4to.124 pages. Color illustrations. Cloth; dustjacket. FIRST EDITION. Ronald Searle decodes the world of book collecting in this brilliantly illustrated and satirical book. He employs "shockingly explicit drawings" and a "devastatingly frank glossary" to entertain bibliophiles in this comedic work.
Hurry Up and Wait
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2015. 8vo. 63 pages. Color photographs. Cloth with mounted photos. FIRST EDITION. "This is the second volume in a new series of collaborations between artist Maira Kalman, writer Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), and The Museum of Modern Art, New York. This time a....