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1972235910San Francisco: Lawrence Fleming Assoc/Todd Trexler 1972. Single 8.5x11 inch handbill photo of Rothermel & Arden in 1920s drag Held Over handwritten with red and black markers on diagonal very slight wear at corners otherwise very good on orange stock. The tickets at the door of 56 Gold Street were $200. Rothermel was a member of the Cockettes. Trexler who died in 2014 was the main designer of Rothermel's Divine's and the Cockettes posters and cards. Lawrence Fleming Assoc/Todd Trexler unknown books
1989108595New 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
1954011462London: Putnam 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Uncommon cuisine title in original dustjacket with painterly pictorial by William Maclaren. Gift inscription dated 1978 in calliogrpagic script ffe. Dustjacket price-slipped with some professional internal repair. Still highly presentable. Putnam hardcover books
1971823Verona: Stamperia Valdonega 1971. Hardcover. Fine. One of 250 numbered copies designed by Giovanni Mardersteig. Bound in blue half leather and blue cloth boards. Slipcase. Slight sunning to spine else fine condition. <br/><br/> Stamperia Valdonega hardcover books
1937872251937. DESIGN MAGAZINE. TEIKOKU KÔGEI Vol.11 #12. Tokyo Showa 12 1937. 25.7 x 19 cm. Decorated wrappers. Interesting articles on contenporary art and design. furniture fashion kitchenware graphics etc. etc. The dominant sensibility is Deco throughout. Illustrated with halftone photo plates. Very good. unknown books
38052n. p.: United Airlines n. d. 1st printing ca. early 1980s. Some edgewear and light rolling wear evident. A VG example. Broadside. Large image 30" x 20-1/2" of turbulent waves crashing against a rocky beach covered in lush greenery and palm trees. Image sits on a white background with title printed in black. 40" x 25" <br/><br/> United Airlines unknown books
1930877891930. INTERIOR DESIGN KONDÔ Sei-ichi. SHITSUNAI SÔSHOKU. Tokyo & Osaka Showa 5 1930. Small 8vo. 365pp. Ads. Preliminary section of photo illustrations. Exhaustive study of "transitional" decorative techniques which embrace Western elements such as chairs and tables and integrate them with a more traditional decorative sensibility. The book itself is about in a very good slipcase. Complete. unknown books
1972173464New York & Florence: The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Centro Di Florence 1972. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 430 pages. Catalog for a show that ran May 26 through September 11 1972. A look at Italian design edited by Emilio Ambasz. Includes 520 illustrations of which 124 are in color and with 5 color inserts in the dust jacket. A very good copy in boards with some light foxing some toning to the endpapers and other minor wear in an about good printed acetate jacket that is tanned with some small chipping to the top of the spine some foxing and a small stain to the top of the rear panel. Despite the flaws a solid copy of this terrific book. The Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Centro Di, Florence unknown books
194025470New Haven Connecticut: William Edwin Rudge Publisher Inc. 1940. The first volume of this graphic arts quarterly issues 1-4 published June 1940 - March 1941. With artistic contributions by John Taylor Arms Georgia O'Keefe Margaret Sommerfeld Edward A. Wilson Boris Artzybasheff Ludwig Bemelmans Warren Chappell Mary Falconer Eric Gill Leslie Gill Paul Landacre Raymond Lufkin Valenti Angelo Fritz Kredel E. McKnight Kauffer Rudolph Ruzicka William Addison Dwiggins and many others. Articles on printmaking wallpaper illustrated books calligraphy the rare book market book reviews reproductions and the collotype process illustrators printing education woodcuts and wood engravings propaganda and the graphic arts: influencing public opinion for national unity and more. The issues approx. 7 1/4" x 10" size; illustrated softcovers; the index a folded sheet. Slight wear; in very good condition; the slipcase and box with wear and chipping rubbed; has protected the issues very well. A very good set of this graphic arts compendium from mid-20th century. . First Edition. Softcovers in Box. Very Good. William Edwin Rudge, Publisher, Inc. hardcover books
P6865Prague: Melantrich 1948. Octavo 22.5 à 15 cm. Original cloth-backed decorative boards; pictorial dust-jacket; 116 4 pp. Very good; dust jacket very lightly discolored and age-toned to verso; in protective mylar. Second printing 2000-3000 the hardcover version of the Czech translation of "La grande épreuve des démocraties. Essai sur les principes démocratiques : leur nature leur histoire leur valeur philosophique" by the French philosopher Julien Benda. Teige was a formative member of the avant- garde movement "DevÄtsil" and served as a key conduit for West European avant-garde and surrealist tendencies to the Czech Republic in the interwar period in addition to his own prolific work as an editor graphic designer and theoretician. Pictured as no. 524 p. 208 in Karel Teige a typografie. hardcover books
196537919Pasadena CA: Pasadena Art Museum 1965. Hardcover. Very good/No dust jacket. Pasadena CA: Pasadena Art Museum 1965. Copious b/w and full color illustrations. 144 pp. Hardcover. Large 8vo size. Off white illustrative paper covered boards. Head heel and corners bumped and moderately worn; former ownerÕs name to front free endpaper. Interior clean and sound. Very good/No dust jacket. Pasadena Art Museum hardcover books
1989010136New York: Hudson Hills Press 1989. First Edition. Paperback. Fine/No. Fine first edition in thick bound wrappers. Superb monograph of this popular furniture designer. 152 pp. <br/><br/> Hudson Hills Press paperback books
197220674Garden City: Doubleday 1972. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/good. Small clothbound quarto. 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A book that advocates for using the principles of adhocism to help solve problems and design new ways for living and enjoying life. Remainder spray to lower edge else a clean very good clothbound copy in good price-intact dustwrapper with numerous chips and small tears at spine ends and along the edges of the wrapper. A distinctly uncommon dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Doubleday hardcover books
200418820United Kingdom: Urbis 2004. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Packet of eight illustrated postcards held together with printed obi. Cards measure 8 1/4 x 4" tall. Fine condition. Obi is slightly worn. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition of the designer's work at URBIS Gallery. Uncommon Saville ephemera. <br/><br/> Urbis unknown books
1931WRCLIT78092London & New York: The Studio Limited 1931. xii124xpp. Small folio. Decorated wrapper. Heavily illustrated. First edition. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry" mixing attractive doses of Modernism with more traditional fare. Wrapper chipped and partially mended along joints internally very good or better. The Studio Limited unknown books
1934WRCLIT78091London & New York: The Studio Limited 1934. xii124xpp. Small folio. Glazed red cloth printed in white. Heavily illustrated including color tip-ins. First edition. "The Annual for Commercial Art & Industry" mixing attractive doses of Modernism with more traditional fare. Bookplate some rubbing to extremities of boards but very good without dust jacket. The Studio Limited hardcover books
19501001713Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper signed in the print by "Letizia Cerio" more often spelled "Laetitia" Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalà and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Amsterdam" paper dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Color pictorial wallpaper sample measuring 15.5 x 18.5 inches printed in gold and ivory. Stamped on verso: "RASCH WATERFAST / Amsterdam WT 10 / R 2076 / $3.95 PER SINGLE ROLL.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
19501002760Bramsche: Gebr. Rasch & Co 1950. Scarce sample of wallpaper by Laetitia Cerio Capri-based artist renowned for her spare whimsical line drawings. Founded in the late nineteenth century German wallpaper firm Rasch won an international reputation through its collaborations with modernist designers from the Bauhaus and Vienna Secession. In the 1950s and 1960s owner Emil Rasch commissioned wallpaper designs from artists across Europe including Salvador Dalà and Bruno Munari for the International Artists Collection. Cerio's "Spain" paper featuring delicately tinted views of a Spanish fishing village dates from this period. A fine example of midcentury popular design. Pictorial wallpaper sample printed in muted colors on an ivory ground measuring 18 x 15.5 inches. Stamped on verso: "Rasch Waterfast Spain 1 R 2012 $4.50 single roll.". Gebr. Rasch & Co unknown books
192745253Berlin: Malik Verlag 1927. First German Edition. Octavo 19cm.; publisher's stiff card wrappers mounted inside photo-illustrated dust jacket; 443pp. Some light chipping to jacket extremities spine creased light foxing to textblock fore-edge else Very Good and sound. Translation of the Russian author's first novel "Goroda i Gody" 1924 set during the October Revolution and later translated into English as "Cities and Years." Upper cover designed by John Hirschfield features a photographic portrait of the author. See "Der Malik-Verlag 1916-1947" p. 247. Malik Verlag unknown books
1969WRCLIT76581Zurich: Castella Albeuve and Flamberg 1969. Small quarto 26 x 25.5 cm. Decorated wrappers. Illustrations including color. Trace of foxing along fore-edge otherwise fine in glassine and lightly edgeworn and soiled plain card slipcase. First edition. One of 400 copies. An approach to a parallel presentation of selections from Genesis in German French English and Hebrew counterpointed by illustrations by Frutiger involving gatefolds with typography by his associate Bruno Pfäffli. Laid in is the publisher's printed notice of how to properly view the arrangement. Castella, Albeuve and Flamberg unknown books
193040278Praha: Plejada 1930. First Trade Edition. Slim octavo 20cm.; publisher's cream decorative card wrappers printed in tan and black; 55pp.; frontispiece. Light wear and toning to wrapper extremities one signature disbound at time of publication else Very Good or better. Czech poetry collection attractive cover graphic designed by the architect and typographer VÃt Orbtel. Plejada unknown books
39996Portland OR / San Francisco CA: Norman & Stanich Architects / Hagen International Fabrics / Inn DG Group n. d. All housed in a light brown publishers folder stamped in blind. "Design Group Incorporated" printed to spine of folder. Modest wear rubbing and sunning to publishers folder Norman & Stanich stamp to front of folder. Age-toning to paper edges. In all a VG set. Two loose fabric sample sheets two photographic pamphlets 28 loose stiff-stock sheets 2 price lists 1 photograph of library furniture & schematic of a study carrel. Many b/w photographic images throughout sheets. 11-1/2" x 9" <br/><br/>This folder is addressed to a: Mr. Harry Weitzer Library Design Furniture Group 4525 S. W. Lee Street / Portland Oregon 97221. Written on this note is "Hood River #56 Russet - Material Sample per your Request" - indicating that Mr. Weitzer should pay special attention to one of the 35 fabric samples 30 at 1" x 1-1/2"; 4 at 3" x 1/2"; 1 at 2" x 4" included in the folder. Loose sheets include images and illustrations of designs for items such as: Reading Tables Study Carrels Atlas & Map Cases Encyclopedia Cases Benches/ Childrens Seating Lecturns & Newspaper Cases. Price list included for all items as well as fabrics though designed by different companies. Norman & Stanich Architects / Hagen International Fabrics / Inn DG Group unknown books
197845732New York: Mobilization for Survival 1978. First Edition. Original poster 55.5x41cm. printed offset in red yellow and silver foil on white stock. Minor wrinkling small closed tear mid-poster slightly touching text else a Very Good vibrant copy. Poster announcing a sit-in to be held during the U.N.'s special assembly on disarmament June 12 1978 at Bryant Park in New York City with orientation and non-violent training the day before. Additional activities noted include a legal rally on May 27 at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Text in yellow and white on a red background a string of men and women running along the bottom edge as two silver nukes come straight towards them. U. Michigan only in OCLC as of September 2019. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
193220354London: Jonathan Cape 1932. First U.K. Edition. First Impression second state with copyright date of 1932. Octavo; rust-colored cloth with titling and decorations stamped in bright green on spine and front panel; dustjacket designed by Theyre Lee-Elliott; 326pp 1 ad leaf. Touch of dustiness to top edge else a tight Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 7s. 6d. net lightly spine-sunned with a few small chips and tears none affecting titles and two stray marks to rear panel; Very Good or better. O'Flaherty's ninth novel a story involving murder sex and Christian fanaticism. Jonathan Cape unknown books
197843524New York: Mobilization for Survival 1978. Original illustrated poster offset printed in four colors on white stock measuring 40.5cm x 55.5cm 16" x 22". Mild handling to extremities faint corner crease and a tiny tear to upper edge with a staple hole toward upper margin; Near Fine. Poster produced by Mobilization for Survival a national coalition of peace and justice groups based in Philadelphia who advocated for denuclearization and an end to the arms race. Planet Earth prominently featured at center swallowed by a large mushroom cloud in the background. Not found in OCLC though we note an example held at OMCA. Mobilization for Survival unknown books
