London: White Cube, 2014. 8vo. 125, [3] pages. Color photographs. White printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION. "Travel explores Steinbach's recent exhibition at White Cube Mason's Yard, London and is comprised of two new series of works that trace a trajectory in the artist's practice that stretches from the 1970s to today...
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2014. 8vo. 564 pages. Black-and-white illiustrations and photographs. Boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "The bicycle ranks as one of the most enduring, most widely used vehicles in the world, with more than a billion produced during almost two hundred years of cycling history. This book offers an...
Tokyo: Takarajimasha, 2010. 4to. 80 pages. Original wrapper with integrated box containing a Light Laboratories tote bag. An excellent-e-MOOK featuring Undercover's Spring/Summer 2010 collection, folding color photographs and a Light Laboratories tote.
Buffalo: Matthew-Northrup Works, 1909. 8vo. 179 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Printed boards. FIRST EDITION. An encyclopedia for spices, with everything from black pepper to nutmeg.
Los Angeles: Getty Publications, 2002. Folio. 192 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "In the early 1990s the design and creation of the Central Garden at the Getty Center were entrusted to the distinguished contemporary visual artist Robert Irwin. Irwin-a member of California's "light and space" movement-was...
Exeter: J. and B. Williams, 1836. Small 8vo (4.75 x 2.75 inches). 188 pages. Contemporary sheep.
Zurich: Jrp Ringier, 2015. 4to. 206 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. "This publication celebrates the tenth anniversary of Studio Wieki Somers, a design studio established by Dutch designer Wieki Somers (born 1976) and her partner Dylan van den Berg. The studio's products are remarkable for their narrative...
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, ca 1910. Oblong (8.5 x 10 inches). Full-page black-and-white illustrations. Original cloth. Provenance: Friedrich Eberhard Zeuner (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Max von Brandt (1910-1920) was one of German's foremost diplomats in the Far East. The present text attempts to characterize Chinese customs and politics by discussing 82 news-items...
Tokyo: Shiseido Co., Ltd., 1987. In Japanese. 4to. 175, [1] pages. Extensively illustrated with color photographs. Cloth-backed boards; slipcase. Superb catalogue with extensive essays from the Shiseido Company, one of the oldest cosmetics companies in the world. Not published for sale. The concept of iki, the aesthetic of looking effortlessly...
Switzerland: Lars Müller Publishers, 1998. Folio. 318 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Printed cloth. FIRST EDITION. A comprehensive survey of Zumthor's work. Scarce.
New York: Thames & Hudson, 2014. 4to. 80 pages. Includes 5 sheets of punchcards in pocket at end. Color illustrations. Pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. Signed by author on the title-page. "In 1884, a remarkable twelve-year-old girl made a paper doll's house. While these were fashionable enough at the time, they...
New York: Assouline, 2005. 4to. 347 pages. Color illustrations and photographs. Boards; dust jacket. Includes CD-ROM inside back cover. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. "Representing Jean-Paul Goude's life and work from the late 1960s up to the present, the book spans Goude's years at Esquire; his revolutionary work with Grace Jones, his...
Taipei: Chinese Association for the Advancement of Science, 1960. 4to. 168 pages. Illustrations in text. Fukuro toji binding, sewn along spine; brocade folding portfolio. The text is an illustrated history, from ancient times through Chang Kai-shek.
Colorado: Baldwin Gallery, 2014. 4to. 96 pages. Black-and-white illustrations. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. FIRST EDITION. One of 500 copies.
London: Thames & Hudson, 2013. Folio. 216 pages. Color photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "While admired for their lucidity of appearance and unadorned dials, Daniels's watches feature a raft of exquisite complications, such as chronographs, thermometers and power reserve indicators" (the publisher).
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1998. 4to. 104 pages. Color illustrations. Silver board-backed patterned cloth. FIRST EDITION, signed by Cara McCarty, the fiber artist Sheila Hicks (to whom the book is dedicated), and five Japanese artists: Chiyoko Tanaka, Naomi Kobayashi, Wakae Nakamoto, Yasuhisa Kohyama, and one unidentifed (M. Kokyushu?)...
London: Prestel Publishing, 2016. Folio. 272 pages. Color photographs. Printed cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "This fully illustrated book accompanies one of the most comprehensive exhibitions dedicated solely to three centuries of men's fashion. The fashionable male may be making a comeback, but early fashion trends centered around what men--not...
Mirage Magazine, 2016. 4to. 411 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Cloth; slipcase. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, bound in cloth, number 57 of 250 copies of the Collectors Edition signed by Purienne and Rocholl on a card laid-in. Inspired by the hedonistic culture of the 1960s and 70s, Purienne and Rocholl founded Mirage in...
United Kingdom: NB, 2016. 4to. 80 pages. Color and black-and-white photographs. Pictorial cloth. "In FOLK, Aaron Schuman’s first monograph, he explores the Ethnographic Museum in Krakow—its collections and exhibits, as well as its own distinct customs and culture—via his own personal history."
Los Angeles: New Documents, 2015. 4to. [40] pages of color photographs. Cloth; front cover with text panel mounted, lettered on rear cover. FIRST EDITION, one of 1000 copies. Signed by Seth Fluker in 2016 on the front free endpaper.
London: Gagosian, 2005. 8vo. Two pamphlets in wrappers; DVD. Slipcase. This was Höller's first solo gallery show in London, held 1 September to 8 October 2005.
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2014. 8vo. 250 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial boards; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "This overview of rings made by the Swiss Bernhard Schobinger illustrates why he is considered as one of the most expressive, critical and inspiring contemporary exponents of art jewelery" (the publisher).
Belgium: Lannoo Publishers, 2016. Folio. 200 pages. Color illustrations. Wrappers; slipcase. FIRST EDITION. "The first full-size publication of the magnum opus of Maria Sibylla Merian, considered by none other than David Attenborough to be among the most significant contributors to the field of entomology. An intriguing work by one of...
New York: 2x4 Org, 2009. Thick 8vo. Profusely illustrated in color. Cloth. FIRST EDITION, apparently one of 2000 copies.
London: Pallas Athene, 2015. Folio. 192 pages. Color illustrations and photographs. Pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION. Published to coincide with an exhibition from 6 May to 26 June 2015. "This extraordinary and breathtakingly beautiful book celebrates a lifetime of collecting passion. Oliver Hoare, one of London's most distinguished dealers, originally learnt...