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1995126710Munchen: Deutscher Kunstverlag 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 148 pages. Text in German. Includes numerous color illustrations. An about good copy in illustrated boards with some splitting to the base of the spine at the rear panel but internally a clean copy. No dust jacket as issued. A good reference work. Uncommon. Deutscher Kunstverlag 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
2000CNJL795Baltimore Maryland: Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute College of Art 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Lorenz Hilary. No. 7 of 40 copies of the deluxe edition total edition 100 elephant folio size 40 pp. signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz. "The Handbook of Phrenology" is a collaboration between artist Hilary Lorenz an artist and printmaker whose work has been exhibited throughout the United States Europe and Asia and the co-founder of the Dolphin Press and writer Albert Mobilio a poet and literary critic whose work has appeared in The Village Voice Harper's Fortune and The New York Times Book Review n. b. artist bios from the book. <br/><br/>The book is a collection of five prose fiction pieces that revolved around the nineteenth-century science of phrenology or "the reading of one's head shape to determine personality" n. b. from website of Hilary Lorenz and is a provocative examination of what is now recognised as a pseudoscience.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full black Japanese Asahi cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front board hand-marbled paste-down endpapers hand-sewn binding six etchings interspersed throughout the text both etchings and text printed on the rectos only; Dante monotype on Rives Heavyweight elephant folio in size 16" by 13.5" unpaginated with 20 leaves excluding front and back blank leaves per the colophon page a limited edition of 100 copies this being number 7 per the web site for Hilary Lorenz numbers 10-100 were for sale signed by Albert Mobilio and Hilary Lorenz on the colophon. The slipcase is covered in matching cloth gilt vignette and lettering on the front which mirrors the book lined with maroon paper. With a sheet with a description of the book serving as the prospectus one sheet printed on one side.<br/> <br/>___CONDITION: Volume is fine with a strong square text block solid hinges perfectly straight corners with no rubbing the interior is clean and bright and it is entirely free of prior owner markings - crisp as new. Slipcase is also fine strong and sturdy clean without wear. The prospectus sheet is near fine clean with very light toning to the edges and light wear to the corners else fine.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Please note that this is an oversize book and additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please contact us for details. <br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Dolphin Press / Maryland Institute, College of Art hardcover books
19871331914Tokyo: Graphic-sha Publishing Company 1987. First edition. Softcover. Quarto; First edition; G; Paperback; Spine white purple blue black with white and black print; DJ has light edgewear light shelfwear; Cover is black with white print clean and bright; Text block has name in pencil on title page and on contents page spotting to top edge else clean and tight; Text in English and Japanese; 160 pages chiefly illustrations color. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1331914. FP New Rockville Stock. Graphic-sha Publishing Company unknown books
200046498Seattle WA: Fantagraphics Books 2000. First Edition. First printing. Oblong octavo 21 x 26.5cm.; tan and red pictorial paper wrappers; 130pp. Some handling wear scratching and rubbing; visible creasing to spine hinges; Very Good or better.<br/><br/>A compilation of select Maakies comics from 1994 to 2000; a darkly humorous self-syndicated comic series from Tony Millionaire concerning the sometimes nautical sometimes naughty adventures of the ever-inebriated Drinky Crow and his friend Uncle Gabby among others. Comics in b/w; cover and book design by Chip Kidd. Fantagraphics Books unknown books
1988WRCLIT73930Atlanta: Architecture Society of Atlanta / Nexus Press 1988. Quarto comprised of five 12 x 8" folding cloth panels printed recto and verso via decorated onlays with separate booklets and folded broadsheets mounted to five of the panels and letterpress on the others. Fine in faintly rubbed slipcase. First edition. An unusual format and presentation of five works each separately printed by R. Durham Crout Marco Frascari John Jacques George R. Johnston and Giuseppe Zambonini. Miller's design won First Place and Grand-Prize in MACWORLD's graphic design competition for its year. Architecture Society of Atlanta / Nexus Press hardcover books
1964133900Chicago IL: Richard G. Milford and Associates Inc 1964. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Fall 1964. Volume 6 Number 7. Articles include: Don't Let the Computer Cheat You by Ed Mayer Be Objective in Direct Mail Design by Morton Goldsholl Impaction Promotions - Philip Ross Company You Are in the Direct Mail Business Too Catalog Clinic - How to Improve Catalog Design Paper Periscope - What Has Happened to Salesmanship New Dimensions in Mechanical Binding Trip of the Month - Buckley-Dement Advertising Corp. Chicagographics '65 New Yearbooks How To Get the Most Out of an Envelope. Numerous period advertisements. A near fine copy with slight soiling to the white front cover and a slight crease to the rear cover. Richard G. Milford and Associates Inc unknown books
193731077Moscow: State Publishing House of Graphic Arts 1937. First Edition. Folio 41.5cm; photo-illustrated card wrappers stapled; 36pp; illus. with three illustrated plates tipped onto thicker stock in-text and three panoramic fold-out plates designed by Es and El Lissitzky; text is in English. Light wear along spine fold and extremities else Near Fine with all plates intact. Well-preserved issue of this landmark Soviet art magazine issued from 1930 to 1941 to celebrate the achievements of the first two Five Year Plans and through various foreign-language editions to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy during this period and the stagnation of Western economies under capitalism. "All the visual strategies of the propaganda photobooks designed by Lissitsky Rodchenko and others.were developed in USSR in Construction one of the most beautifully produced magazines of the twentieth century" Parr-Badger The Photobook I:148.<br/><br/>The present issue is devoted to the various people groups of the Caucasus region their history industries and accomplishments. A superior copy of a desirable issue. State Publishing House of Graphic Arts unknown books
18973382<p>Frederick A. Stokes Co. New York 1897<b> IN THE ORIGINAL LINEN DUST WRAPPER WITH LETTERING AND DECORATION BY BRADLEY </b>An octavo bound in the original rust colored cloth with a beautiful heavily gilt cover design by Bradley. The book is fine with no wear and the gilt clean bright and unworn. New endleaves with appropriate paper done at some point in the past. The paper backed linen dust-wrapper has wear and tear internally at the folds and is soiled with some darkening to the spine. Gilt titling and decoration by Bradley on the dustwrapper is bright and unworn. Very scarce and a nice example of the early cloth dust wrapper. Illustrated by Madeleine Lemaire.</p> Frederick A. Stokes, Co. hardcover books
1953170259London and New York: The Studio Publications 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 130 pages. Edited and with a foreword by Frank A. Mercer. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A clean and tight near fine copy in black cloth boards in an about very good dust jacket with a long tear across the entire front panel and some other small tears and minor wear and a tape repair to the verso. Still a very presentable copy. The Studio Publications unknown books
1991122213San Francisco CA: Chronicle Books 1991. Later printing. Softcover. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in French style wrappers. Chronicle Books unknown books
1906WRCLIT70381Boston: L.C. Page & Co. 1906. Pictorial cloth stamped in white gilt and olive t.e.g. Photographs. Decorated endsheets. First edition. Christmas 1905 gift inscription on half-title minuscule cracks to inner hinges otherwise about fine. The binding design is by B. McManus Mansfield. L.C. Page & Co. hardcover books
1997118645Leonardo Arte 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and Italian. Includes numerous color photographs on this Italian designer. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Leonardo Arte unknown books
1970176012New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1970. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 286 pages. Features text by Massin as translated by Caroline Hillier and Vivienne Menkes. Includes numerous black and white illustrations. From the library of New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with his rubber stamp to the half title page. A very good copy with some foxing to the page edges in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears and some other minor edge wear. A solid copy with an interesting provenance and in the somewhat uncommon dust jacket. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company unknown books
19721338942New York: A Ms. Book published by Holt Rinehart and Winston and Warner Books 1972. Softcover. Quarto; G; Paperback; Spine blue and yellow with red and white print; Cover has creasing light edgewear small vendor label on front light shelfwear; Text block has spotting to top edge stray pen mark on front flyleaf else clean and tight; unpaged illustrated color. <br /> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. 1338942. FP New Rockville Stock. A Ms. Book published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston and Warner Books unknown books
1992D6678New York et al: Pocket Books 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Black cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine blindstamped image of a star on upper board; dust jacket; square 4to; pp. 288 illustrated in b/w and full-color throughout. Boards sunned along the edges otherwise book is fine. Tiny chip at head of spine otherwise dust jacket is fine as well. From the personal collection of Barbara Streisand with a laid-in letter addressed to her from the managing director of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. A nice copy. <br/><br/> Pocket Books hardcover books
192922809New York: Horace Liveright 1929. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo 19.5cm; red vertical-ribbed cloth blocked and titled in black and gilt on spine and front cover; black topstain; dustjacket; 407pp. Previous owners name neatly rubber-stamped to front endpaper and rear pastedown; light oxidation to spine gilt with some minor rubbing to boards; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.50 spine-toned with overall wear chipping and tears to extremities and dustiness to panels; Very Good. The Austro-Hungarian author's first novel detailing his imprisonment by the Russians in 1915 after which he spent nearly six years in various Siberian prison camps during the Czarist regime and the subsequent Russian governments. A brutally detailed picture of prison life touching on the sex problem within the prison camp shortages of food and clothing killings and the maddening silly games invented to escape lunacy. Horace Liveright unknown books
1985133915Chicago IL: University Illinois at Chicago 1985. First edition. Fall 1985. Volume 2 Number 1. Highlights include: The Meaning of Design by Maurizio Vitta Super Veloz - A Typographic System for the Small Printer by Enric Satue The Rhetoric of Neutrality by Robin Kinross Consumerism and the Design Shift by Nigel Whiteley The Digital Watch-Tribal Bracelet of the Consumer Society by Richard Porch and more. A near fine copy with light edge wear and a little bit of creasing to the corners. University Illinois at Chicago unknown books
1992133911Cambridge MA & Chicago IL: MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago 1992. First edition. Spring 1992 Volume 8 Number 2. Highlights include: Wicked Problems in Design Thinking by Richard Buchanan Part II - The Designers go to the Fair - Norman Bel Geedes by Roland Marchand Against an Essentialist Theory of 'Need' by Tony Fry Only Flying is More Beautiful by Ursula Gillmann plus two articles on design in East Germany and the usual book reviews. A near fine copy with light edge wear. MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago unknown books
1989133913Cambridge MA & Chicago IL: MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago 1989. First edition. Fall 1989. Volume 6 Number 1. This special issue is on Design in Asia and Australia. Highlights include: Japanese Posters - The First 100 Years by Richard Thornton A Geography of Power - Design History and Marginality by Tony Fry Design Developement Culture and Cultural Legacies in Asia by Rajeshwari Ghose Chinese Modern Design- A Retrospective by Shou Zhi Wang and Early Modern Design in Hong Kong by Matthew Turner. A near fine copy with slight wear to the spine ends and the edges. MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago unknown books
1995133910Cambridge MA & Chicago IL: MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago 1995. First edition. Autumn 1995. Volume 11 Number 3. Cover design by Joan Dobkin. This issue begins with a memorial of Dan Friedman by Steven Heller. Highlights include: DK-Design Kultur by Cal Swann Superficial Evidence - The Environment Product Aesthetics and Surface by Stuart Walker The Challenge of the Green by Fredik Wildhage The Chain of Innovation - Science Technology Design by Gui Bonsiepe Design Reform and the Laws of Nature by David Brett Three Essays and an Introduction by Vilem Flusser and Reflecting on a Stone by Philip Repp. A near fine copy with light edge wear. MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago unknown books
1960D3346New York: Duell Sloan & Pierce 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Black cloth lettering stamped in white on spine; illustrated dust jacket. Inscribed by the author on the FFEP: "Bob -- You might know some of the people after all Bill." Spine tips the tiniest bit frayed otherwise book is fine. Dust jacket lightly chipped and creased along the edges; VG in mylar. "The permanent residents of Saloon Society live three martinis closer to the moon than the rest of us" begins the dust jacket. Cheers. <br/><br/> Duell, Sloan, & Pierce hardcover books
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 books
1985164912Chicago IL: Chicago Historical Society 1985. First edition. Oblong softcover. 69 pages. Printed in an edition of 2000 copies. Text by Olivia Mahoney. Illustrated throughout with numerous color and black and white photographs. A very near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Chicago Historical Society unknown books
1964286096The Meriden Gravure Co 1964. Limited Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Limited Edition of the memorial of B. W. Huebsch 1876-1964 an American publisher who would eventually merge his publishing house with Viking Press. With reminiscences by various members of the book world. From the colophon: "Photograph by Lotte Jacobi Set in Emerson types by Westcott & Thomson 750 copies not for sale printed in the U. S. A. on Curtis Rag paper by The Meriden Gravure Co. Design: M. B. Glick." Paper watermarked 'Curtis Rag.' With no marks of any kind. Minor sunning to the spine and top edges. Minor wear to the top edges. Blue paper wrappers with gilt lettering on the spine and gilt device on the front cover. Very Good. Very Good binding. The Meriden Gravure Co unknown books