London: Clearview, 2015. Oblong folio. 160 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Harriet Anstruther is a leading interior designer whose work has featured in the New York Times's T Magazine amongst many others. This, her first book, showcases her projects and inspirations and provides an...
London: Laurence King, 2013. 4to. 312 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Cloth-backed pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Technologized textiles and sustainable fabrics are among the most innovative designed today, and together they are driving the rest of the industry dramatically forward. Many designers are now integrating hi-tech fabrics, such as protective and...
New York: Monacelli Press, 2010. 8vo. 192 pages. Photographs and illustrations. Pictorial boards, all edges gilt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. "Quirky, poignant, astute, funny--this beautiful book presents a compelling collection of observations on visual culture and design, written and illuminated by world-renowned typographic illustrator Marian Bantjes" (the publisher).
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2008. 8vo. 191 pages. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Organized by Paola Antonelli, Museum of Modern Art Curator of Architecture and Design, Design and the Elastic Mind focuses on the ability of designers to grasp momentous advances in technology, science and social mores, and to...
Belgium: Lannoo Publishers, 2013. Folio. 256 pages. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "A large, wonderfully finished, and luxurious book. Both inspirational and practical, the book is the first to reveal the secrets of Piet Boon Styling. This lavishly illustrated book is a source of inspiration for all adepts of the recognizable...
Belgium: MER. Paper Kunsthalle, 2009. 4to. 268 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This delightful, surprising and tactile exhibition catalogue examines the relationship between nature and the man-made world, reevaluating of our perceptions of reality, of how we read information, meaning and poetry in the physical...
New York: Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 2015. 4to. 288 pages. Color photographs. Cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "In this volume, 30 of the most renowned designers and architects relate in detail their personal experiences working at [Parish-Hadley Associates], accompanied by images they have chosen of their own work, past and...
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2006. Oblong folio. 262 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "Celebrates some of the most luxurious and bold interiors around the globe and the creative sensibilities of the people who inspired them. Beautifully presented through the sumptuous photography of Derry Moore, the...
Netherlands: Lecturis, 2014. 4to. 240 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION.
Champaign, IL: Stipes Publishing, 1943. 4to. [10], 176 pages. Black-and-white photographs and diagramatic illustrations by Felix Pfeifer. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. An extensively illustrated manual prepared by the associate professor of physical education at the University of Illinois. "The Warfare Aquatics aspect of wartime education is exceedingly practical. The principal...
Indianapolis and New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1968. 8vo. 72 pages. Black-and-white photographs from the original performance by Martha Holmes. Yellow cloth; dust jacket designed by Charles Mingus III. FIRST EDITION. Introduction by Elizabeth Hardwick. 'La Turista' opened on March 4, 1967 for a limited run at the American Place Theater in...
New York: Sarkis Baharoglu, 1993. Oblong 4to. Black-and-white photographs. Second edition.
New York: Random House, 1928. Tall 8vo. 111, [1] pages. Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. Original decorated cloth. LIMITED EDITION, number 906 of 1470 copies signed by Kent. This was the first book published by Random House (Kent also designed the firm's logo).
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New York: William Morrow, 1935 [but later]. 8vo. Quarter black cloth, red paper boards; dust jacket. Fine facsimile of the first edition, without identification of printing date, and distinguishable by the quarter cloth binding (the first edition was in full black cloth).
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2007. 4to. 144 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "One of the foremost figurative artists working today, Lucian Freud has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. Although he is best known as a....
New York: Dia Center for the Arts, 1994. 8vo. 150 pages. 20 color and 35 black-and-white illustrations. Two-toned cloth. FIRST EDITION. "For Tropos, Ann Hamilton spread a sea of horsehair across the 5000 square feet of a factory building. Varying in color and sewn together in bundles, this hair was...
Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. 4to. 240 pages. Color photographs. Boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A very in-depth and interesting guide to over 2000 of our world's shells.
Netherlands: Frame Publishers, 2015. 4to. 296 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "Postdigital Artisans profiles 60 contemporary artists and designers, accompanied by rich illustrations of their 'postdigital' work" (the publisher).
Montreuil: Gourcuff Gradenigo, 2014. In French. 4to. 240 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "A monograph on a pivotal fifties interior designer, considered one of the most talented and inspired designers of his generation, whose work generated an unrivalled atmosphere in the grand classical style - this book...
St. Louis: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum / University of Chicago Press, 2014. 8vo. 144 pages. 43 color plates, 19 halftones, 1 visual essay. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION, a scarce monograph published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Museum at Washington University, 9 September 2011...
New York: Pantheon Books, 1983. Oblong folio. 192 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION.
New York: powerHouse Books, 2003. 8vo. 215 pages. Photographs. Cloth with image mounted on cover. FIRST EDITION. "Hilhaven Lodge: The Photo Booth Pictures is the first monograph by white-hot Hollywood director Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour, Rush Hour II, and "Red Dragon, and an upcoming mega blockbuster soon to be announced)...
New York: Prestel Publishing, 2012. 4to. 320 pages. Color photographs and illustrations. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "This comprehensive monograph explores the conceptual complexity and diversity of Claes Oldenburg's early work to reveal this influential artist's extraordinary inventiveness. Accompanying an exhibition of Oldenburg's seminal early work, this publication examines...
New York: PaceWildenstein, 1994. 4to. 45 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION.
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1998. Folio. 592 pages. Photographs and illustrations. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History. The most detailed and comprehensive survey and history of typography and alphabets ever undertaken, packed with 2,000 illustrations" (the publisher).