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1925877511925. DESIGN Shimomura TAMAHIRO. TAMAHIRO GASHÛ. Kyoto & Tokyo: Unsodo Taisho 14 1925. Single sheets cord-bound into illustrated boards with a printed paper title label. 36.2 X 25.3 cm. There are 16 pages of color woodblock printed designs and 30 pages of bw collotypes. One of the hybrid design books that Unsodo created in the 20s and 30s. Very clean and bright in the original publisher's slipcase. A very unusual and late effort by Tamahiro 1878-1926 an important Unsodo designer who began his work for them at the turn of the century. Even more unusual in such lovely original condition. Complete. unknown books
1904846251904. DESIGN Shimomura Tamahiro designer. SEKAI SARASA 2 vols. Kyoto Unkindô 22.3 x 31.3 cm. Meiji 37 1904. 2 vols. Tassel-bound in decorated paper covers fukuro-toji. 27 full page color woodcut plates of cotton chintz designs from around the world. Nicely printed very good condition. unknown books
1911869271911. DESIGN Shirokiya Department Store. 38 COVERS FROM RYÛKÔ MAGAZINE. Tokyo Taisho era design done by the design staff including Furuta Tachiji of Shirokiya Department store for this their monthly magazine. Here we have a group of 38 front covers removed from the original magazines. They were trimmed by a collector to uniform size andstab bound into an album. Here removed again they provide a repositury of Taishô chic design at its best. Save for the trimming and occasional foxing in very good condition. unknown books
1912855151912. DESIGN Sugiura HISUI. KODAKARA. Tokyo: Mitsukoshi Gofukuten Meiji 45 1912. 29 x 23.5 cm. decorated boards and cloth in decorated dustwrapper and original tied decorated portfolio covers. A lovely package designed and illustrated by Hisui 1876-1965 the head designer for Mitsukoshi for the first half of the 20th century and one of the most important commercial designers of his day. Profusely illustrated throughout in color lithographs and relief prints. The text was written by Iwaya Sazanami this wonderful book was created for the new mothers of the burgeoning middle class who were buying their baby clothes and furnishings at Mitsukoshi. It was meant as a child's diary of development. from birth to the age of seven. Originally published in 1909 this second printing is nearly perfect there is some spotting to the tied outer covers and original and as such very scarce and desirable. See pp. 70-71 for more on this book in the Hisui special issue of the magazine HANGA GEIJUTSU #140 Summer 2008. Near fine. unknown books
1908884571908. DESIGN Sugiura HISUI designer. MITSUKOSHI; MITSUKOSHI TIMES; ÔSAKA MITSUKOSHI Tôkyô & Ôsaka 1908-1923. Western-style magazines 24.9 x 18.4 cm decorated wrappers. Lovely covers most by Sugiura Hisui 1876-1965 or designed under his supervision. Hisui is the most important figure in the development of Japanese commercial art in the 20th century the progenitor of "Taishô Chic" and a force to be reckoned with as a practical designer at Mitsukoshi and an educator at the Japan School of Art the Imperial School of Fine Art and the Tama Imperial School of Art which he co-founded. He even spent two years in Europe in the early 20s researching design. He created many portfolios of design examples for professionals wrote treatises on the principles of design and was a tireless creator of posters and magazine covers. He began work at Mitsukoshi in 1908 as a design consultant in charge of cover art for the house organ MITSUKOSHI TIMES. When MITSUKOSHI magazine began in 1912 he had already been promoted to head of design for the company a year earlier and stayed in that position for decades. His artwork graced the covers of many magazines over the years but it was his work for MITSUKOSHI and MITSUKOSHI TIMES and ÔSAKA MITSUKOSHI that began his design career. We are offering here a group of issues of those magazines most with his brilliant cover art. The magazines as a form of trade catalog and guide to fashion for the well-heeled clientele of Mitsukoshi department store were intrinsically ephemeral. They are hefty magazines a vade mecum for the bon ton with pictures of summer frocks kimono fabrics morning coats shoes - with instructions on how they should be cleaned stored worn. With pictures and prices and order sheets. Useful and used then thrown away they are seldom found today. A gathering of this size is quite unusual especially as it begins with issues of MITSUKOSHI TIMES from 1908 - the year that Hisui took over design reponsibilities for the house organ. The issues: MITSUKOSHI TIMES 11 issues from 1908-13 Oct & Nov Meiji 41 1908; V.8 #s 4 & 6; V.10 #s 9 & 11; V.11 #s 4 7 11 & 14 V.12 #3. MITSUKOSHI 31 issues from 1912-1923 V.2 #4; V.4 #s 5 6 7 & 8; V.5 #s 4 5 7 & 8; V.6 #s 2 & 11; V.7 #s 6 7 & 8; V.8 #s 2 3 4 5 & 7; V.9 #s 4 5 6 7 9 & 12; V.10 #s 4 6 & 12; V.11 #11`; V.12 #3; V.13 #6. OSAKA MITSUKOSHI 2 issues V.4 #8 1915 a. unknown books
89262FAN DESIGN ALBUM TANAKA Tôshû. UCHIWA-CHÔ. Another example of the fan sample genre. Here there are 55 color woodblock printed square designs each 23 x 23.5 cm in ribbon-bound printed cardboard covers with a printed paper title label. The designs are by the designer Tanaka Tôshû and the album seems to have been commissioned by him as well. Bold designs undated but from the 50s or 60s of the last century. In good condition overall. unknown books
1965868791965. DESIGN. TOPPAN 65. NP Japan 1964. 18.7 X 27.5 cm. 2p 44pp. Very interesting salesman's sample book of designs for matchbox labels. Stiff wrappers. Relief printed designs for washi papers. Over 200 designs for 8.5 x 5.5 and 3.7 x 5.5 cm sizes. 8 paper samples. Overall a good copy with a torn cover of this very scarce and ephemeral catalogue. unknown books
192915275Waterbury CT: The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. ca. 1929. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Large 8vo. commercial album. Limp leather wraps over metal ring binding. Printed catalogue with 75 added leaves holding 85 professional black-and-white photographs loosely corner-mounted. Some stamped on verso with company name. With numerous additional manuscript notations and dozens of sketches. An unmodified copy of the print catalog a supplemental catalog and various related scrap and ephemera additionally laid in. General wear. Overall sound. Very good. <br/><br/>Draft production binder used in creation and revision of a 1929 catalogue of electric lighting fixtures and accessories belonging to Lauritz W. Andersen industrial designer and owner of The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. Andersen was a prominent inventor and designer of electrical socketry in the early 20th century; his career can be traced through patent office records where over 60 items bear his name. He was with the firm of Plume and Atwood for approximately 25 years leaving in 1915 to form Waterbury. The firm specialized in fixtures and other components for lamps and lighting — including earlier methods candles lanterns. Sconces candelabras floor and desk lamps as well as more specialized piano drafting much in evidence. The clear professional photographs as well as sketches and notes within the binder provide a thorough glimpse into the early industrial design and marketing of electrical lighting. The Waterbury Metal Wares Co. paperback books
196721850New York and East Greenville PA ca. 1967. Very good . Production archive for a 1967 article on the Knoll company by Olga Gueft. Collection includes 65 original photographs of the Knoll workshop and designs with contact prints dated 7/66 and negatives; several production sheets with layout and markup; notes and ephemera; a 1966 Knoll catalog with color and black-and-white photography and price list; and one complete 17-page typescript article draft by Olga Gueft dated 3/27/67. About a quarter of the photographs have numbers or notes on the back identifying the subject or photographer either Gueft herself or as "Not Gueft Photo." Most are approx. 10'' by 7'' with a few others in smaller sizes. A few photographs thumbed at corners; otherwise very good or better. All housed in large archival box. <br/><br/>Production archive of contact prints original photographs page mock-ups ephemera typescript and other primary materials from INTERIORS MAGAZINE editor Olga Gueft 1915-2015. Gueft a highly influential figure in the history of 20th century design joined INTERIORS as managing editor in 1945 and ascended to editor in 1953 remaining in that position through 1974. Her eye for promising designers led her to commission early cover artwork from Andy Warhol and under her guidance the magazine showcased the work of Florence Knoll Vladimir Kagan and Edward Wormley among many others. Tucked inside a 1966 Knoll Leisure Collection catalog is a 17-page typescript article on the history and contemporary design direction of the Knoll company titled NEW HANDS FOR THE TORCH and most likely intended for publication i INTERIORS. Gueft always an editor with strong opinions begins by reviewing the unspeakable ugliness of the early 1940s — "Most disgusting of all were the chairs" — as a reminder to the reader of what horrors preceded the midcentury modern aesthetic and what a great and gracious service Hans and Florence Knoll did for America and for the world. The article then details the several periods of Knoll through Hans's death and Florence Knoll's departure in 1965 concluding with an overview of the then-current design and development team. The remainder of the archive consists of 65 photographs with contact sheets negatives and other notes and ephemera all associated with Knoll. A memo from Gueft to "Christine" specifies that none of her photos may be used without credit or without payment outside of "a Knoll or Knoll International in-company house organ or newsletter." A few of the photographs thus have "Not Gueft Photo / Can Be Used" scrawled on the back. The East Greenville Pennsylvania workshop described in the article is the setting and subject of the majority of the photographs many of which include identified or identifiable designers and other figures at Knoll — Warren Platner Don Albinson Richard Schultz Don Pettitt William Stephens — and their work both in progress and in finished form. The remarkable series of photographs shows Knoll workers assembling furniture some in extreme close-up or documenting technical details. Another group focuses specifically on the Platner chair both in the process of assembly and finished. Gueft cites Platner's wire furniture Richard Schultz's "elegant aluminum frames" Albinson's "remarkably strong remarkably elegant" stacking chair all pictured in photographs as exemplars of "the continuity of the Knoll ideal . maintained without a break." A detailed portrait of midcentury design from the height of perhaps its greatest practitioner: Knoll. unknown books
1940WRCLIT73447London: The Studio 1940. 41904pp. Quarto. Gilt decorated blue cloth. Profusely illustrated. Plates. A bit of rubbing to extremities some tanning to endsheet gutters some small scattered flecks to the lower board but very good. A collective volume of the six month's issues with index. Superb contemporary coverage of the printed plastic and photographic arts including war and propaganda art as well as looks back at historical trends. The Studio hardcover 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
19970Besançon: Fabrique de Cadrans Métalliques Ca. Mid-20th Century. Oblong 4to. Black cloth boards with 22 stiff leaves to which watch faces are mounted verso only. One or two elements loose. Minor rubbing. Near fine. <br/><br/>Elaborate salesman’s sample book containing over 700 watch faces representing a wide variety of styles and sizes from Besançon France a world center for watch production. One of the most striking salesman’s catalogues we’ve encountered. Fabrique de Cadrans Métalliques 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
19511002737Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company 1951. Complete set of midcentury classroom posters designed to be colored by students. The twelve community workers featured here are a bricklayer butcher carpenter fireman grocer librarian lineman milkman newsboy nurse policeman and postman. Only the librarian and nurse are women. As a footnote each image offers specific instructions on which colors to use; the grocer's "face hand and peaches" should all be "flesh color." Beckley-Cardy 534. A fine set of classroom materials reflecting an idealized and homogenous portrait of the postwar American worker. Complete set of twelve black and white posters measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Housed in publisher's pictorial envelope printed in black and red. Light edgewear to envelope posters fine. Beckley-Cardy Company unknown books
19511002738Chicago: Beckley-Cardy Company 1951. Complete set of midcentury classroom posters designed to be colored by students. The twelve fruits and vegetables featured here are apples beets carrots cherries grapes peaches pears radishes strawberries sweet corn tomatoes and wax beans each depicted on the tree vine or stalk. As a footnote each image offers specific instructions on which colors the children should choose. Beckley-Cardy 535. A fine set of vintage classroom materials with pomological appeal. Complete set of twelve black and white posters measuring 10.5 x 8.5 inches. Housed in publisher's pictorial envelope printed in black and red. Light wear and smudging to envelope posters fine. Beckley-Cardy Company unknown books
70164DEVINE DESIGN. ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING SOLUTIONS. Kansas City/Montreal: Devine Design n.d. c. 1980s. 4to. boards illustrated. Slightly rubbed and bumped; very good. Product catalogue. unknown books
199728501NY: Artisan. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 1885183372 . Color photographs by Erica Lennard throughout. First printing. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. . Artisan hardcover books
1963134290London: Monotype Corporation Limited 1963. First edition. Softcover. 56 pages. Summer 1963. Volume 42 Number 4. This issue is on Languages of the World that can be set on 'Monotype' machines. A near fine copy with very light edge wear and 3 holes to the stapled side. Monotype Corporation Limited unknown books
1859921London: Macmillan 1859. First edition. First edition. Publisher's blue cloth with exquisite cover illustration stamped in bright gold consisting of figures wrapped around and climbing up vines spine gilt lettering. Exquisite double spread wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations throughout by Richard Doyle. A fine copy of a thoroughly enchanting Victorian book. <br/><br/> Macmillan hardcover books
2003RDOYDIS00tmGreen Cat Press 2003. Fine. Doyle Roddy. Disney. Makov design and illustration Susan; Eddington design and illustration Patrick. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2003. #15 of 60 signed. 12pp. Illustrated. 4to. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine in protective plastic cover. Decorated endsheets. Green Cat Press unknown books
1959173218Garden City NY: Doubleday and Company Inc 1959. First edition. Softcover. 94 pages. Includes 132 black and white illustrations. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Internally a clean copy. Doubleday and Company, Inc unknown books
1970172551New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1970. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Profusely illustrated 55 plates with numerous examples of now classic furniture and decorative items. A very good copy in spiral bound wrappers with loss to the plastic spiral. Internally a clean copy. The Museum of Modern Art unknown books
1997160168Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd 1997. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 318 pages. Includes numerous color illustrations. A very good plus copy with a former owner rubberstamp name/address on the front free endpaper in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. An invaluable reference. Schiffer Publishing Ltd unknown books
