Design in Sweden
Kungsträdgården: The Swedish Institute, 1985. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. 142 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition.
Kungsträdgården: The Swedish Institute, 1985. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. 142 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial wrappers. First edition.
New York: Hastings House, 1977. 13.5 x 10 inches. 45 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; carboard slipcase. First edition.
Basel: Pharos, 1972. Text in German. Three volumes, 4to: 1) 347 pages with 59 line drawings in the text. 2) 88 pages with 21 tables and 4 foldout maps. 3) Approximately 450 unnumbered pages, with 24 color plates and 506 black-and-white illustrations. Batik covered cloth; slipcase. FIRST EDITION of this.....
[Paris, circa 1900-1910]. A collection of pencil, pen-and-ink and watercolor drawings on 66 mounts (one unmounted), some mounts with numerous smaller drawings, all drawings tipped at corners. Mounts measuring 360 x 173 mm. In a cloth folding case. Richard Barabandy (1849-1915), born Riccardo Barabandi in Milan, studied from 1864 to.....
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1984. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. 150 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original purple cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1984. 12.25 x 9.5 inches. 150 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original purple cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
Paris: Ernst Henri, nd. 4to (15.5 x 11.5 inches). Portfolio containing Table of Contents, an Introduction, a List of Plates, and 33 sheets of tipped in color illustrations [some sheets have two tipped on illustrations]. Patterned paper portfolio.
New York: John Wiley, 1854. First American edition. 8vo. 184 pages. Folding table, illustrations in text. Original green blind-ruled cloth, gilt-lettered on spine.
New York: Fomento Cultural Banamex; Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 12.5 x 9.75 inches. 550 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original black cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First editon. "The art depicted in this book is by contemporary craftspeople working in Mexican villages and cities. There are 180 examples of remarkable works.....
New York: Abbeville Press, 1980. 15 x 12 inches. 128 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original red coth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition.
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1975. 28 x 21 cm. 200 pages. 150 black-and-white illustrations; 10 in color. Original cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION of this now classic study of design styles in the 1940s and 50s.
New York: W. W. Norton, 1932. 4to. 240 pages. 82 full-page photographs of contemporary buildings, accompanied by plans. Cloth; dust jacket. Provenance: Samuel M. Nickerson (pencil inscription dated Sept. 11 1934 on front free endpaper), possibly a descendent of Samuel M. Nickerson (1830-1914) of Chicago, banker and owner of the.....
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1983. 4to. 372 pages. Color photographs. Cloth, dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. "The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination are assuming a new importance in contemporary fine metalwork and design. Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe have assembled and tested the recipes included in this.....
No place: circa 1973. 34.5 x 22 cm. Text in English. Double page spreads reproducing Mo's drawings, one double-page photograph by Lorenzo Capellini. Original parchment-backed boards. Signed by Carlo Mo, the Tacino artist known for his furniture designs.
New York: Kodansha International, 1988. Folio (11.75 x 8.75 inches). xxi, 221 pages. Photographs by G. Barrows, G. W. Holland, Dana Levy, Osamu Murai, Ezra Stoller, and Hiroshi Suga; line drawings by the author. Cloth; pictorial dust jacket. The fourth printing, published in 1988 (the first was in 1981). Signed.....
Leipzig: Georg Voss, 1804. Oblong folio (18 x 10.75 inches; 455 x 273 mm). Engraved title in the form of a sampler, 52 pages, 50 engraved plates, consisting of 25 plates in two states, colored and uncolored. 19th-century stiff marbled paper wrappers; modern cloth-backed fitted case. SCARCE: Only the Metropolitan.....
New York: Glitterati, 2009. First edition, inscribed and signed by ten of the subjects in the book. 11 x 8.5 inches.192 pages. Lavishly illustrated. Black cloth; dust jacket. Inscribed by Ralph Pucci on the half-title" "Enjoy the Show Ralph Pucci May 2009" and signed there by six subjects/contributors to the.....
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2012. 2 volumes, 4to. 335pp. Color illustrations. Original pictorial cloth boards; slipcase. Fine. FIRST EDITION.
Selg Germany: Rosenthal, [2016]. Folio (34cm). Text in English. 184 pages. Profusely illustrated. Gold printed boards; in a matching gold printed card folding case with small porcelain dish that can be held to the book cover by magnet. On the occasion of their 100th anniversary porcelain manufacturer Philip Rosenthal produced.....
Tokyo: Ryofusha Publishing Co., 1954. Tall 8vo (10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches). 32 pp. 32 color prints mounted on card, each with facing text. Original gilt-lettered white boards; printed slipcase. Slipcase and covers soiled at edges, owner's name in ink on title. Reprint of the 1950 first edition, revised.....
Leerdam: NAi / National Glass Museum, 2012. Folio. 520 pages. Pictorial boards. "Starting his career as a glassblower at the Leerdam glass works factory when he was just 14 years old, Andries Copier (1901-1991) went on to become the greatest glass designer that the Netherlands has ever known. Copier was.....
London: Kogan Page, 2009. 9.25 x 6.5 inches. 241 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original pictorial boards. First edition. "Fast-moving, entertaining and full of exclusive interviews, Luxury World takes you on a voyage around the luxury universe during a period of change, slipping behind the facades of the world's most sophisticated.....
Zoo Producties, 2007. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 160 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original pictoral wrappers.
Ahmedabad: The New Order Book Co., 1983. 4to. 71 pages. 16 fabric swatches tipped in. Patterned, dyed cloth boards with gilt-lettering on upper cover; acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION. This book details the techniques used in India, which has been the "home of patterned cotton cloths since very early times." The.....
Potsdam, Germany: Ullman, 2012. 12 x 9.25 inches. 512 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original boards; dust jacket. First edition.