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19689887Los Angeles: Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County 1968. First edition. 22.5x15cm 1 9pp including printed inner covers. Illustrations by Dreyfuss throughout. Staple bound in illustrated wrappers which show some faint edge toning. Near fine. Laid in is an ANS from Dreyfuss to George Skousen thanking him for a bookbinding project and gifting him the pamphlet. <br /> <br /> Very uncommon pamphlet beautifully printed by Grant Dahlstrom at his Castle Press. Prints with illustrations the speech given by Dreyfuss on May 17 1968 at the Commencement Exercise of Otis Art Institute whence he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. <br /> <br /> The note from Dreyfuss is very likely to George Skousen then head binder at the Huntington Library and thanks him for binding "the Russian Diary." <br /> <br /> <br /> Manuscript material from Dreyfuss is quite scarce in the trade and OCLC identifies just 2 holdings for this pamphlet at the Getty and SMU. . Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County unknown
195021571Atlanta 1950. Very Good. Atlanta GA: n.d. ca. 1950s. Three watercolor interior design maquettes ca. 25x29.5 to 24x36cm. Stock toned and rather dust-soiled small loss at corner of two of the pieces else Very Good.<br /> <br /> Designs for three rooms commissed for a Mrs. Leon Jones of Atlanta Georgia possibly the wife of the Athletic Director and lead pitcher of the city's softball team the Capitol Homes. Each piece provides the general scheme for three unfurnished rooms all adorned with quite elaborate and vibrant curtain schemes and dark carpeting. One room prominently features two facing walls of murals while the other two rooms are shaded in what one would today call "millennial pink. unknown
193063176New York: Funk and Wagnalls 1930. Second printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover titled in gilt on spine and front cover; blue-green top-stain; xvi5215pp; illus. Tight square Near Fine copy lacking the dustwrapper. <br /> <br /> A guide to stylish domesticity for the new upwardly-mobile American woman a follow-up to her epochal Etiquette: the Blue Book of Social Usage 1927 and one of those tragic Depression-era publishing mis-fires - written at the apex of the Roaring Twenties published in the immediate aftermath of the Wall Street crash. A particularly bright and attractive copy sadly lacking the dustwrapper. Funk and Wagnalls unknown
65888West Burke VT: Janus Press 1976. First Edition. One of 150 copies unsigned as issued. Orange wrappers with silver moon decoration printed in two colors with double-page cut-out endpapers; 8vo. ".designed handset in Monotype Times Roman printed torn cut and bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on and of Kozu Fabriano and Canson paper. The endpapers are the topiary gardens of Levens Hall Westmorland England. This is copy no 85." Back cover almost imperceptibly sunned along the front edge else Fine unopened.<br /> <br /> Claire Van Vliet's work has been heavily collected for over 50 years well before she won an early MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 1989 with many institutions subscribing. This title particularly elusive in the trade. Janus Press unknown
181956897Kyoto Japan: Marubeni Shoten Design Dept. Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio Tanioka Shoten Design Dept. ca. 1918-1945. Folio. 61 original hand-painted inked and pencil designs with a few on a lightly toned but quality semi-translucent paper the majority on thick paper stock and still others with two pieces carefully pasted together with contiguous designs sized from 9 x 15 in. up to 19.25 x 38.5 in. with 13 of the pieces larger the larger size a number of them sized 18 x 32 in. and many in the 14.25 x 15.5 in. size colour painted; the majority feature the design studio chop or crest at lower corners throughout many w/ annotations in margins several w/ change orders neatly annotated or even the title of the design and still many others w/ Roman numeric inventory codes in margins as well two still retaining original small silk samples many with creasing or minor tears & edgewear or creasing to fore-edges a few w/ small & large closed tears while others show some creasing and thumbing from continued use still an exceptional group of manuscripts. This superb archive of 61 original hand-painted kimono designs furnishes an exceptional visual array of Taisho- and early Showa-era Japanese motifs and styles. A number of the designs evoke traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints with deep vivid colours and well rendered illustrations. Many of these designs incorporate floral patterns including Kiku Chrysanthemum Botan Mon Peony Pattern Manju Kiku Marigolds Japanese Irises Morning Glory Cockscomb Ivy Dahlias and many other botanical motifs. In addition there are many illustrating ornately embroidered designs austere bamboo mushrooms and intriguing landscapes some with a small portion fully painted in with brilliant colouring while the outline of the kimono fills out the drawing. Two of the designs still features their original small attached silk kimono sample more reminiscent of Western Design houses which often attached their chosen fabric samples to their clothing designs. A few of the designs are executed on translucent thin paper for the kimono draper to transfer the design to white silk or other fabrics via some type of carbon paper process. Another of the designs has been executed on a stunning silver metallic paper with palm or bamboo leaf fronds executed in vivid blues & browns. Some feature a nearly surrealist quality while several others include illustrations of doves or chickens. Two of the designs incorporate Art Deco representations of Chinese Junks and Japanese sailing vessels typical of the 1930’s prior to World War II. In the Taisho Era a new era opened for textile designers working with Kyoto drapers and department stores with many having trained at new art colleges and then working in the design studios of Marubeni Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio and others. The Tachiki Artist design studio designs on thin translucent paper include one with designer stamp of character embedded within a skull. Some appear to have two different date stamps for the Marubeni Shoten Design and some are unsigned or stamped. The Taisho- and Showa-era kimonos featured brighter colours more groundbreaking designs as Japan’s designers embraced traditional dress and transformed it into a new garment equally appealing to the “Moga†or brazen “Modern Girl.†The designer notes include instructions to “leave a little more space between the fans;†“Drop the little fan crest;†“too much white bush clover†on the pine cones and even that Matsuo Taishichi had ordered a design for “clothes for paying a visit for a young person.†The Marubeni Shoten originated with Chubei Itho who began in 1858 as a salesman for linen cloth and by 1872 had opened his drapery store Benchu in Senba Osaka. By 1918 Chubei Itoh had expanded the business into Osaka and deciced to merge with Itochu Shoten Ltd. becoming Marubeni Shoten with their own drapers shops and many contracts with department stores. Later by the mid-1950s Marubeni merged with the company that operated the Takashimaya Dept. Store Chain all the while preserving their design studio and artists. See: Yuko Fukatsu-Fukuoka The Evolution of Yuzen-dyeing Techniques and Designs After the Meiji Restoration 2004; Arisa Shinko Tomikawa Hand Painted Kyo Yuzen Atelier “Arisa†A Brief Introduction 2020; Annie Van Asche Japanese Kimono Fashion of the Early Twentieth Century Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings 2000; Our History Our Roots Marubeni Corporation 2020. Marubeni Shoten Design Dept., Keimeikai Textile & Dyeing Studio, Tanioka Shoten Design Dept., hardcover
71495Kyoto Keika Hasegawa 1905. In three volumes. Large 8vo size 24.1 x 16.4 cm. 60 20; 20; 20 folded leaves each with two recto verso or more hand-coloured illustrations several heightened with silver. Original near uniform hand-coloured pictorial soft covers. = A breathtakingly beautiful inspiring collection of hand-coloured wood engravings by the Japanese artist Keika Hasegawa active in the late 19th and early 20th century. The very colourful designs are in various styles: some are pictorial e.g. a harbour scene; a boat race in "drone"-view while others show flowers leaves feathers and animals in various degrees of abstraction often using bold and unexpected but well-balanced colours. The bookblocks and covers are original. A very good set. paperback
71496Kyoto Taisho 1914. In two volumes of ten. Large 8vo size 25.0 x 18.1 cm. 42 21; 21 leporello "pages" each with pochoir illustrations several heightened with silver and either double-sized covering two pages one page sized or smaller with two or more on one page for a total of 78 39; 39 different designs. Original near uniform printed soft covers heightened with silver and gold. = An amazing inspiring collection of pochoir stencil designs apparently for wallpaper and fabrics. Edited by Shôkyô Tsuji. Volume II is devoted to dyeing and volume III to weaving. Many of the very colourful illustrations are reminiscent of the Art Deco style yet more daring and colourful often using bold and unexpected colours and - of course - slightly ahead of the Art Deco period in western countries. The volumes are numbered two and three in Japanese. Volume I and 4-10 are not included. The bookblocks and covers are original. One leaf with some creasing before printing another a bit smudged due to offsetting of silver; tear in one fold. One rear board detached otherwise a very good clean set. paperback
1975219437京都. Kyoto.: 芸艸堂. Unsōdo. 1975. Featuring many fine black and white illustrations throughout 80pp 26.7 x 19cm four hole string binding title label and attractive floral debossed design upper cover very good in attractive blue covers. This volume is one of eight in a series on Japanese design patterns first published by Unsōdō in 1975. This particular volume focuses on knot patterns and designs on shikishi 色紙 decorated square paper. Each knot design is presented with its name and drawn in clear precise lines. The shikishi section includes numerous patterns most of which are inspired by natural motifs. . 芸艸堂. [Unsōdo]. unknown
19705060Barre: Barre Publishers 1970. Number 53 of 900 signed copies. 8vo 23x15cm unpaginated. Text printed in red throughout with black and white woodcuts by Helen Siegl and signed by her at the colophon. Three piece Bradel binding gold morocco spine red and gold marbled paper over boards beveled edges and matching endpapers. All edges painted green red and green head and tailbands. Gilt edged die-cut bell design on upper board with green morocco inlay bearing pine needles tooled and painted in gilt with a bright red morocco cardinal onlay. Small scuff along upper joint minor wear at corners in matching marbled slipcase which shows some rubbing to extremities. Nearly fine. Beautiful design binding for this book of carols with woodcuts by the Philadelphia artist Helen Siegl 1924-2009. Originally issued as loose signatures this set vividly enhanced by the work of talented Czech binder Jarmila Sobotova student of Jan Sobota. Sobotova's stamp adorns the rear pastedown. This unique binding is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue of both binders' works from the Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery at SMU in Dallas March 24-April 16 1995 which is signed by Sobotova and Sobota. Barre Publishers unknown
5061New York: The Limited Editions Club 1984. Limited to 1500 signed copies this being #858. Quarto 28x21cm 61pp. Illustrations by José Luis Cuevas and signed by him at the colophon. Design binding by Jarmila Jelena Sobotova. French structure full black goatskin with mirror image green cutout designs on upper and lower boards. Green morocco spine label in the shape of a pedestal with an apple balancing on top lettered in gilt. Top edge painted green hand sewn head and tailbands in black and green silk. Green and black marbled endpapers by Sobotova. Fine condition in matching Solander box. Kafka's famous novella from the Limited Editions Club with interpretive illustrations from Mexican artist José Luis Cuevas 1934-2017. This copy in a unique design binding from Czech artist Jarmila Jelena Sobotova former student of Jan Sobota 1939-2012. A copy of Sobotova's own description of this project is included and sheds some light on her process of creating this tremendous volume: "The top and back covers decorations are based on Cuevas interpretation of the story - metamorphosis of a man. There are two mirror images that appears skewed in abstract way. This design was created by cutting out the shapes in the leather after the book was covered. The depressions were filled with leather dust and painted with insect like acrylic colors." Accompanying the book is an exhibit catalogue featuring the works of both Jan and Jarmila from the Mildred Hawn Exhibition Gallery at SMU in Dallas 1995 which both artists have signed. The Limited Editions Club unknown
53918KIMONO DESIGN - MANUSCRIPT. 10 1/2" x 14 1/2" oblong design book bound in single backed sheets on the short side with string not fukuro-toji. With a brushed title label sealed throughout but otherwise anonymous. As often happens with manuscripts the name of the shop which used it as a pattern book has been excised. There are 25 black and white design sketches for elaborate kimono. More of a Kano rather than a Rimpa style. The album probably dates from the first half of the 19th Century. A lovely item which suffers from very bad worming throughout. Though the damage is worse at the extremities of the work holes are shot through the paper and effect the design images as well. Sold with all faults. unknown
194060221New York: Plimpton Press 1940. First Edition. Small octavo. Original green cloth with printed paper spine and cover labels; frontispiece portrait; 6521pp. Spine slightly faded else a Near Fine copy in the original unprinted acetate jacket and publisher's slipcase mildly toned on edges but still Near Fine. <br /> <br /> A finely-printed keepsake in honor of Alfred A. Knopf "as a tribute of affection and congratulation from his fellow members of the Book Table." Includes contributions by Carl Van Vechten Carl Van Doren Willa Cather H.M. Lydenberg H.L. Mencken Thomas Mann Henry Seidel Canby B.W. Huebsch and Adolf Kroch. Five of these contributors -- Van Vechten Van Doren Lydenberg Mencken and Huebsch -- have signed the volume on the rear flyleaves as have twenty-six others all presumably members of the Book Table including Elmer Adler Donald Brace Bertram Wolff Frederic G. Melcher Whitney Darrow and numerous others. Plimpton Press unknown
197880761San Francisco: La Raza Silkscreen Center 1978. First Edition. Limited issue no. 4 of 40 signed copies; this copy inscribed to poet Edgar Bowers: "For Edgar Bowers / from a clumsy admirer" signed undated. 12mo. Staple-bound card wrappers; 24pp. Fine unworn copy. <br /> <br /> A brief collection of poems organized around the theme of "escape from the ghetto" from the author's introduction. It is the first book by Rois a Cuban-American poet born in 1951 later a professor of Romance languages at Los Angeles Valley College. The cover is by the noted Bay Area Mexican-American artist Oscar Melara co-founder of the La Raza Silkscreen Center. Uncommon. La Raza Silkscreen Center unknown
199510214Lenexa Kan.: Cookbook Publishers Inc. 1995. Comb-bound octavo 23 x 16 cm. viii 105 viii pages. Introduction; illustrated with a cover design by Cheryl Green. Title from Cover. FIRST EDITION. An important civil rights fundraising cookbook raising awareness and money to help defeat a state referendum question which would have overturned the Portland Human Rights Ordinance which extended protected classifications to "gays and lesbians" the nomenclature of the era. The cookbook itself was issued just as the referendum was defeated and the civil rights of gays and lesbians were upheld. In 2009 Maine was the first state to legalize same-sex marriage though the law was overturned in 2012. The text includes "A brief history of gay rights legislation in Maine". Lightest rubbing to black-printed green card stock covers otherwise fine with black comb-binding. Scarce. OCLC locates six copies. [Cookbook Publishers, Inc.] unknown
P002148Berlin-Paris: Izd-stvo A. E. Kogana "Russkoe iskusstvo" 1922. Small octavo 15.5 × 12.5 cm. Decorative wrappers by Boris Grosser; 6 40 pp. Three mounted leaves of plates in color and nineteen black-and- white photographic reproductions on fine paper stock. Near fine. An attractive edition showcasing the work of Valentin Serov 1865-1911 with a ten-page biographical sketch by Sergei Makovskii. Serov was a popular and widely influential Russian painter and portrait artist who was initially allied with the Itinerants Peredvizhniki and whose style gradually developed from an understated impressionism to a more overtly Modernist approach during his affiliation with "The World of Art" after 1900. Decorative wrappers as well as Kogan's elaborate publisher's emblem designed by Boris Grosser 1889-1982 a French Jewish artist of Russian birth who illustrated numerous books published by Russian emigres with his distinctive woodcut designs. After studying with Bilibin Grosser continued his training in Munich and Paris. After 1918 he lived in Odessa and in 1920 he emigrated settling in Paris after 1921. He collaborated with numerous publishing houses in Paris Berlin and Holland illustrating the works of Ivan Bunin Vladimir Nabokov and many others. Grosser remains an understudied part of Russian book design and illustration abroad. unknown
1913D7495Paris 1913-1918. Hardcover. Very Good. Morocco backed original cloth; oblong 380 x 305 mm; contains over 100 drawings of dresses hats jackets and more done primarily in pen and ink and colored in pencil or gouache; and highlighted by 5 mounted photographs of a woman modeling different gowns. From the Parisian fashion house Detrois et Cie. Women's garments shown from the front and back and professionally presented -- drawings are polished and nicely detailed and colored. Scuffing along spine and edges of boards; binding a bit shaken. <br/><br/> hardcover
195361666Dearborn MI & New York: Ford Motor Company ShopCraft 1953. Oblong 4to. 11 x 8.75 in. 64 printed black & white photographs on glossy paper stock all w/ identifying information & labels below 14 thumb-tab printed dividers all contained in gray corrugated cardboard portfolio and gray sleeve w/ Mid-Century Modern cover art & designs in pink & black on front cover instructions on opening on back cover minor shelfwear light rubbing still an excellent copy. First edition of this fascinating series of printed photographs of Ford Motor Company’s annual Industrial Arts Award and also featured banquet awards ceremony as well as exhibition for viewing. Although originally founded in 1946 following World War II sponsored by Scholastic Magazine the popularity of the contest quickly grew as consuming interest in developing industrial arts programs during the post-War era sponsored by the fast expanding American automakers with an insatiable need for designers. The early 1950’s at Ford featured the design and styling of Gregorie & Bill Schmidt which set the tone for those model years and Ford itself heavily pushed the contest by advertising contest information through “ShopCraft†magazines distributed to teachers and students. This portfolio features categories of Electrical Open Wrought Metal Model Molding Woodwork Ceramics Mechanical Drawing architectural Drawing Printing machine Shop Patternmaking Plastics and Leathercraft. Winning projects includes some remarkable such as 12th grader Robert Requarth’s working lucite model of a 1941 Mercury Engine; Ronald Maziarz’s Aero-Sled featuring futuristic styling and working aircraft model; several Mid-Century Modern architectural suburban ranch-style homes and much more. Worldcat locates 1 copy Henry Ford; See: Michael Penkas Finding Aid for Industrial Arts Awards Records Subseries 1949-1962 Accession 836 The Henry Ford 2012; Sam Reuben Porter An Appraisal of the Ford Motor Company’s Industrial Arts Awards Competition 1951-1960 1962. Ford Motor Company, [ShopCraft], hardcover
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
199522186<p>London:: Thames & Hudson 1995. First Printing of the First UK Edition. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. This exhibition catalogue contains over 400 illustrations 300 in color examining the social political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 and 1945. Documented here are the ideas and designs that trace the course of Western civilization and the contributions of design to the monumentous changes that have changed our lives. Topics explored include Romantic Nationalism in Design Decorative Arts in Amsterdam Forging Modern Italy Design in Fascist Italy and Design in Inter-War Germany.</p> Thames & Hudson, hardcover
193063608Darmstadt Germany: Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch 1930. 4to. 8 183 9 pp. Including many photo plates some colour plates illustrated ads. Pictorial white publisher’s cloth with sleek cover art & lettering in red black & white by designer Ludwig Kozma beveled boards minor shelfwear very light interior toning as usual still a VG copy. First edition of this splendidly illustrated work by the pioneering interior design and architectural publishing house who first launched periodicals and publications on German design and interior decoration in the 1880’s and following World War I into the 1920’s was one of the premier proponents of the Modernist aesthetic. Designers featured within encompass Le Corbusier Ludwig Kozma Laszlo Carl Muller Sobotka Vinecky Fritz Gross and many others. Verlagsanstalt Alexander Koch, hardcover
2002PMV506603EBordeaux Paris: Musée des arts décoratifs Bordeaux / Somogy 2002. Hardcover. Good/Good. 231 x 292 x 15 cm. Hardcover • Illustrations en couleurs jaquette illustrée en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Musée des arts décoratifs (Bordeaux) / Somogy hardcover
1977137003No place of publication.: 江苏人民出版社.Jiangsu ren min chu ban she. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. 1977. Colour Chinese transportation map featuring the city of Nanjing capital city of Jiangsu Province and its surrounding regions. Upper side: A transpiration map of Nanjing and neighbouring counties right section with a list of names of stations buses trains coaches ferries and their addresses lower right edge tourist guide including the addresses and phone numbers of major travel agents hospitals cinemas and more left section accompanied by two tables of bus routes. On reverse: a "Map of Nanjing Municipal Transpiration Map" scale not given a chart of terminus for bus and trolley bus lower right section. Some soiling on reverse stamp of a prior dealer in Guangzhou a handwritten date of "September 17th 1977" upper side light creases good copy. Text in Chinese. Sheet measures 37.8 x 52.3cm. . 江苏人民出版社.[Jiangsu ren min chu ban she]. unknown
196813612Ithaca NY : Cornell University 1968. First Edition. Comb Bound. Near Fine. First Edition. 6 v 4 34 4 27 4 19 4 23 4 61 4 30 4 20 4 34 4 15 pages. Comb bound photo-mechanically reproduced report. 9 x 11 inches. Includes the original grey card stock covers with red and black Cornell crest with cut-out window so the title shows through. One of an unknown number produced at the time. Comb Bound. A project funded by NASA and involving 2 professors and 14 students with some serious objectives.<br /> <br /> "This project was conceived for the purpose of achieving two diverse objectives. The first of these objectives was technical. It was the design of certain components of a control system for an unmanned lunar rover a test vehicle to be used in development and test of these components and a soil sampler. The second objective was educational. The desire was to provide professional engineering candidates with as real a design situation as would be possible within an educational institutions.TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE. The exploration of the lunar surface by an unmanned roving vehicle is a logical step in the program of manned lunar exploration . Therefore a remotely controlled Lunar Roving Vehicle Simulartor LVRS was to be designed and built. An additional technical project was a lunar soil sampler." page i. Cornell University unknown
19909923Olympia WA: The Archetype Press 1990. First edition number 19 of 40 copies. Portfolio 15x11" various typefaces printed on 12 leaves of cream and blue Magnani Incisioni Paper and with 3 linocuts by Rogers each signed. Leaves laid in gray paper folder with printed cover label. Some bumping to corners folder with toning and wear. <br /> <br /> Beautiful and rare example of Northwest fine printing and design. The portfolio features quotes from Swedenborg Theodora Ward Wallace Stevens Rainer Maria Rilke Fra Giovanni and Dante on the relationship between humans and angels. The text is presented in various typefaces and sizes alongside stark and beautifully executed linocuts by Rogers an artist and printmaker in Olympia who operated the Sammerb Press. Rogers is featured in the 1995 letterpress anthology The Ladies Printing Bee: An Anthology of Thirty-Nine Letterpress Printers Addressing the Subject of Women's Work which was printed in Sedro-Woolley WA. The design of Angelos is by Bernardo PeBenito who was active in Seattle sharing a studio with Art Chantry. <br /> <br /> We find no mention of this portfolio in OCLC nor elsewhere. The Archetype Press unknown
1994PM232304MParis: Réunion des musées nationaux 1994. Hardcover. Good/Good. 30 cm. Hardcover • Illustrations en noir et en couleurs • <b><i>French text original</i></b>. Réunion des musées nationaux hardcover
