Otto Benesch: Collected Writings (4 volume set, complete).
London: Phaidon Press, 1970-73. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, each vol. approx. pp. 500. More
London: Phaidon Press, 1970-73. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, each vol. approx. pp. 500. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 36. Numerous b/w plates throughout. A very handsome exhibition catalog of Hector Guimard's works from ornate building facades to curvilinear furniture, the iconic Paris Metro station entrances, and his exceptional ironwork designs. More
New York: Goethe House, 1984. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 87, w/ Name Index. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photos, and sketches. Exhibition catalog on the work of the Malik-Verlag, one of the major German publishing houses of the Weimar era, known for left-wing political and avant-garde art. Includes essays..... More
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1988/1882. Reprint. Boards. Folio, pp/ 32, 36 color plates and descriptive text. Reprint edition of an important book examining the polychromatic decoration of churches and domestic buildings in the Medieval style. More
London/New York: T.C. & E.C. Jack/Frederick A. Stokes Co., n.d. (ca. 1910). Original edition. Boards With Color Plate Affixed. Octavo, pp. 78. Illustrated with 8 color plates. More
France: Librarie Grund, 1966. Nouvelle Edition. Maroon Boards with Gilt Titles. Octavo, illustrated. Good, tight copy of this 8-volume set. Extra shipping may be necessary, esp. for international orders. More
Leigh-on-Sea, UK: F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., 1974. First edition. Boards. Quarto, vol. 1 pp. 40, vol. 2 pp. 37. With numerous b/w photographic illustrations. More
Oakville, Ontario: Mosaic Press, 1986. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oversize Quarto, vol. 1 pp. 496, vol. 2 pp. 476. Thoroughly illustrared in b/w and color. A fine survey of the works of painter, stage designer, sculptor and publisher Chemiakin in two volumes. More
London: Batsford, 1894. Second edition, revised, with further illustrations. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 148, richly illustrated w/ b/w drawings. Several pages stamped with "New York School of Applied Design for Women" A popular textbook for design and decorative arts students, including numerous in-text illustrations in Art Nouveau style. This..... More
London: Batsford, 1891. Second edition, revised. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 73. With 42 full page b/w illustrations. Several pages stamped with "New York School of Applied Design for Women" Part 3 of Day's series Text Books of Ornamental Design. This volume deals mostly with the application of ornament to..... More
New York: Fleming and Joffe Ltd, 1966. Leather samples mounted on heavy cardstock, with cotton cord for hanging. Matrix of 22x13 color swatches on leather on a 48cm x 48 cm card. Card dated 1966, with tipped-in leather samples with such exotic colors as Filly Brown, Mexicali Rose, and Sailor..... More
New York: Frederick Fairchild Sherman, 1908. First edition. Green Decorated Boards, Gilded Top of Pages. Tall Quarto, pp. 77. Illustrated with 23 sepia-tone prints of Solomon's work. Inscribed by previous owner. More
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1923. First edition. Rebound with original covers laid down, green marbled endpapers. Octavo, vol. 1 pp. 286, vol. 2 pp. 360. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w plates and color frontispieces. A nice copy of this 2 volume set. Volume 1: From Giotto to Turner and..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996. First paperback edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 366. Index, Notes, Illustrated with 32 b/w plates. More
Århus Kunstforening, 1974. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Square Octavo, pp. 84. Richly illustrated with b/w photos. Exhibition catalog of the work of Greenland artists from a 1974 show in Sweden and Denmark. Scarce. More
Leigh-on-Sea, UK: F. Lewis Publishers, 1978-79. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Blue Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 118; pp. 93 plus 11 b/w illustrations. Limited edition. Nice ex-library copy of this 2 volume, limited edition set. More
Munich: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, 1970. First edition, Numbered. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 110 plus 23 plates in rear pocket. Number 98 of 290 numbered copies. An unusual book, beautifully and hauntingly illustrated. Scarce in the numbered, deluxe edition. More
Mexico: Editiones Occidente, 1945. First edition. Library Binding. Octavo, pp. 189. Illustrated with b/w photos. Text in Spanish. Nice copy of the autobiography of Mexican social realist painter and muralist Orozco, a contemporary of Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and others. More
London: Duckworth and Co., 1904. First edition. Rebound in Brown Buckram. Folio, pp. 428. Appendices, indexed. Illustrated with 52 b/w and color plates. A very good copy, rebound in library buckram. More
Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1983. First edition. Brown Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 834. A very good ex-library copy of this scarce index. More
1975. Unframed print. Paper size 19.5" x 25.6". #6 in an edition of 99. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed in pencil, printed by Michael Casse Lithographs, Paris. A charming and humorous lithograph by popular British artist and illustrator Ronald Searle, known for his cartoons and as the creator of the..... More
Paris: Editions des Musees Nationaux, 1958. First edition. Cloth over Boards with Glued Color Photos. Quarto, each volume featuring numerous b/w photos and color frontispieces. Text in French. More
Boston: Boston Public Library/Barre Publishers, 1974. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 295. Articles and card loosely inserted, as well as a decade's worth of Christmas cards to the book's previous owners, many with personal notes and/or original drawings. More
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1962. Second edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 303, illustrated w/ 449 b/w plates. More
Leigh-on-Sea, UK: F. Lewis, Publishers, Ltd., 1969. First edition. Boards. Quarto, vol. 1 pp. 112, vol. 2 pp. 143, vol. 3 pp. 72, vol. 4 pp. 113. With numerous b/w photographic illustrations. Vol. 1 - 14th - 15th Centuries; Vol. 2 - 16th Century; Vol. 3 - 17th Century; Vol..... More