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1999136647Crusinallo Italy: Electa / Alessi 1999. First edition. Softcover. 136 pages. Profusely illustrated history of this important design firm and a look at the various people who worked with them including Ettore Sottsass Aldo Rossi Michael Graves Philippe Starck and numerous others. A clean near fine copy in wrappers. Electa / Alessi unknown books
1953WRCLIT79158New York: New Directions 1953. xvi299pp. Cloth. About fine in faintly foxed dust jacket with a few nicks tiny creased edge tears and small sliver loss at the top fore- tip. First US issue one of 2650 copies printed photo-offset from the 1953 UK edition. Introduction by A. J. A. Symons foreword by W. H. Auden. Dust jacket design by Andy Warhol. HARRISON NEWTH & CANDIDO p.35. WOOLF A10c. New Directions hardcover books
200520761Gloucester: Rockport Publishers 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /near fine. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 239 pp. Illustrated primarily in color. Foreword by Tony Kushner. Steven Heller interviews Milton Glaser. A marvelous collection of protest poster art from all over the globe. Small blemish to bottom of front board else a solid near fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. Recommended. <br/><br/> Rockport Publishers hardcover 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
1990210659New York: Printing Studio Gribaudo for Bridewater Lustberg Gallery 1990. Paperback. Unpaginated about 40p. heavy gloss-black paperstock throughout except for vita portrait &c on bronze stock on which color reproductions and a brief essay. Center-stapled 10x7 inch softbound with a showy tasselled doo-dad to hide stapling expensively-produced booklet with a large gilt calligraph on cover looks to be done by hand. Press run stated to be 1000 copies. Find a minuscule smudge on the back otherwise entirely clean and sound a near-fine exemplar that has laid in a postcard with a holograph note to a friend from designer Trey. Original blood-orange mailing envelope is included with designer's return and giftee's addresses and a cardboard stiffener we have replaced with an archival-grade equivalent. Printing Studio Gribaudo for Bridewater Lustberg Gallery paperback books
1990171390New York: Rizzoli 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. Text by Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears and wear. A very good reference book. Rizzoli unknown books
193431017New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1934. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; lime green cloth titled in gilt on spine and front panel; dustjacket; 542pp. Sunning to cloth at spine and extremities else a fresh Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $2.75 gently spine-sunned and lightly dusty with a few short closed tears; Very Good. Frank's sequel to Dark Mother a strike novel in which a tobocco company executive searches for social order among farmers and workers. A much better example than usually seen of this wear-prone title. HANNA 1299 BLAKE p.252 RIDEOUT p.296. Charles Scribner's Sons unknown books
1908WRCLIT75787Newburyport: Towle Mfg. Co. 1908. 74pp. Large octavo. Decorated wrappers printed in red and black derived from a design by Will Bradley. Heavily illustrated. Surface loss to spine toward toe with neat repairs to upper joint; still a very good clean copy. Fifth edition. The design of both the wrapper and the typography is indebted to Bradley's original 40pp. 1897 printing at his Wayside Press. Towle's advertising booklet subtitle advises it is "intended to Delineate and Describe some Quaint and Historic Places in Newburyport and Vicinity and show the Origin and Beauty of the Colonial Pattern of Silverware." BAMBACE p.201 ref. Towle Mfg. Co. unknown books
2004RALDCAT00tmGreen Cat Press 2004. Fine. Aldiss Brian W. The Cat Improvement Co. Broadside. Eddington design Patrick. Salt Lake City: Green Cat Press 2004. #84 of 85 printed on white paper. Illustrated. 15 x 37 cm on 28 x 47 cm white paper. Broadside. Signed by author. Book condition: Fine. Signed by Aldiss and Eddington. Green Cat Press unknown books
1963WRCLIT72773New York: Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club 1963. Large octavo. Red lambskin decorated in gilt. Decorative borders devices and initials. Fine in very good slipcase with bruise at toe of rear panel. One of 1500 numbered copies designed decorated and set by hand by Valenti Angelo and signed by him. Printed at the Thistle Press. Introduction by Robert Gordis. Printed for the Members of the Limited Editions Club unknown books
199221737Japan: Kajima Institute 1992. First edition. Cloth. Very Good /very good . Wide nearly square quarto. 201 pp. Text in English and Japanese. Profusely illustrated volume. Minor corner bumb else a near fine clothbound copy in glossy photo-illustrated dustwrapper. A beautiful and interesting book featuring the history and foundation of the Bauhaus influence and in particular Walter Gropius in Japan. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Kajima Institute hardcover books
197135717Moscow: Iskusstvo Publishing House 1971. Hardcover. Very Good. Oblong folio. Original publisher's linen boards. 182 pp. 1f. <br/><br/>Profusely illustrated with 162 reproductions of Russian set and costume designs and several portraits relating primarily to Russian theatrical productions of the 20th century many in color from the collection of the State Central Museum of Theatre Art founded by Alexei Alexandrovich Bakhrushin 1865-1929. With introduction and full descriptive inventory of illustrations in Russian and English. On coated paper. Binding slightly worn. In worn dustjacket. Iskusstvo Publishing House hardcover books
1972148561Princeton NJ: The Art Musuem Princeton University 1972. First edition. The simultaneous oversized softcover. An invaluable reference which looks at the Arts and Crafts movement throughtout the United States. Profusely illustrated. An about good plus copy with a crease to the bottom rear corner and top front corner and some moderate wear to the illustrated wrappers. Internally a clean copy. The Art Musuem, Princeton University unknown books
1996136481Seacaucus NJ: The Wellfleet Press 1996. Reprint edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. A look at the various output of Rene Lalique with color illustrations of his jewelry sculpture furnishings vases and tableware and architectural work. A fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed on the rear panel. The Wellfleet Press unknown books
1938129218New York: Studio 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. Interesting look at marketing. Includes numerous black and white images. An about very good copy in green cloth boards and with the front flap of the dust jacket present but the rest of the jacket is missing. A good reference copy. Studio unknown books
129566Chicago IL: Art Directors Club of Chicago. First edition. Hardcover. 108 pages. Brief essay by Leo Burnett. Includes black and white and some color illustrations. A very near fine copy in black cloth binding without dust jacket as issued. Apology card from publisher laid in. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC or anywhere else. Art Directors Club of Chicago unknown 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
1934891821934. DESIGN BOOK Yoshida Gyokujô compiler. TANSAI GAFU. Kyoto Happpôdô Shôwa 9 1934. 2 vols. complete. Tall folios 36.7 x 25.4 cm orihon folded album in woodcut printed paper over board covers with printed paper title labels. There are 25 total full page color woodblock prints. Interesting style mixing flat solid colors with small naturalistic elements in a single print. Good impressions and colors. Complete in clasped chitsu case with printed silk label. Case is worn books about good. The set eventually ran to 4 volumes these are the first two produced. unknown books
20161325654London: Santos 2016. Softcover. Large Octavo; pp 137; VG-/paperback; red spine with white text; covers show slightly bumpy edges; light wear to exterior; text block has minimal wear to exterior edges; pictorial endpapers; two small smudges to index; interior clean; profusely illustrated; CD in pouch to rear pastedown; text in Chinese and English;. 1325654. FP New Rockville Stock. Santos unknown books
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
1933877691933. DESIGN NAITÔ Ryôji. SÔSHOKU KATTO GASHÛ. Tokyo Sosaku Zuan Kankokai Showa 8 1933. Western bound in incised leatheroid over boards. 26.8 x 19.5 cm. 78 bw images mostly full page of "Decorative Cuts" drawing on the female form - flappers vamps and decadent androgynous beauties in many roles pirates a cowgirl a nun etc. etc. Ero-guro meets Beardsley. Very good condition in the original publisher's slipcase. Very unusual showing a different side of the decorative impulse in the Japanese 1930s. unknown books
1933900971933. DESIGN FUJII Tatsukichi designer. SÔSAKU SENSHOKU ZUANSHÛ. A Collection of Designs for Dyework Tokyo & Osaka: Bungado Showa 8 1933. Large portfolio 41 x 31 cm. decorative cloth covered clasped chitsu case with a printed decorative label all enclosed in the publisher's folding cardboard outer box. A 4 page fascicle of preliminaries and a table of contents. With the chitsu design the cover design 3 preliminary page designs and 61 designs on the 50 content fascicles. The designs are primarily in color woodcut printed on both paper and occasionally cloth. A beautiful production here in almost perfect condition. Fujii Tatsukichi 1881-1964 was one of the most important reformers of the traditional arts in Japan. His creativity touched nearly every area: lacquer pottery papermaking dyeing - his influence was enormous. This scarce and lovely portfolio of his original designs helps to illustrate why he was so important. This deluxe production cost 25 yen in 1933 - a princely sum during the depths of the Depression in Japan. Complete. $4500.00. unknown books
195712072Cambridge: Harvard University 1957. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. April 1957 issue of this magazine produced by the students at Harvard Graduate School of Design. A very good copy. <br/><br/> Harvard University paperback books
1980157706San Francisco: the Brigade 1980. 8.5x11 inch flyer with reproductions of 10 gay liberation buttons from the 1970s and a police whistle: the latter being the "one we use" the principal tool of the Brigade's anti-violence campaign initiated by community activist Hank Wilson. the Brigade unknown books
199819678San Francisco: Chronicle Books 1998. Third printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Small 4to. Pictorial boards in illustrated dust jacket. About fine in a very near fine DJ. INSCRIBED by Kidd to FFEP with a speech bubble added to Superman's face. Mild hint of edgewear to jacket at top of spine. Book and contents crisp bright and clean. Binding tight. 192pp. <br/><br/>Illustrated history of Superman. An impressive production. With a nice inscription from the renowned book-cover designer. Chronicle Books hardcover books
