Design
The American Billboard: 100 Years.
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
The American Billboard: 100 Years.
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
Modern Practical Design.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1912 (not dated). First edition. Decorated Boards. Small Octavo. pp 247. 140 b/w illustrations and/or photographs. A useful and handsome guide to a number of arts, crafts and graphics design topics. Subjects included are plants as the basis of ornament, pottery, stained glass, metal work, wood..... More
Las culturas preclasicas de la Cuenca de Mexico.
Mexico City: Pondo de Cultura Economica, 1955. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. octavo. 115 pp. well illustrated with maps, sketches, and photographs of artwork. text in Spanish. More
Bauhaus, Modernism & the Illustrated Book.
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. First American edition. Boards. Small Quarto, pp. 159. Index of Designers and Printers, illustrated with 144 b/w photos. An engaging book that explores the impact of Bauhaus and Modernism on typography and book design in the 20th century. Written by a distinguished book..... More
Industrial Art - Text Books - Part Four; A Graded Course In Art In Its Relation To Industry.
New York: The Prang Co., 1916. Original edition. Decorated Stock Covers, black/grey. Small octavo, pp 73. Several pages of color illustrations and b/w images on every page. A beautifully illustrated instruction booklet with chapters on design, pattern, color, lettering, and construction as it relates to various crafts. Illustrations depict examples..... More
Alphabets Old and New; for the use of craftsmen, with an introductory essay on 'Art in the Alphabet'
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. Third edition, reprinted. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A book of alphabets, for the use of artists and others who have occasion either to work in the manner of some given period, or to design lettering of..... More
How to Decorate Halls, Booths and Automobiles.
Framingham, MA: Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1927. Second edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small octavo, pp 36. b/w illustrations on every page. A charming guide to party decoration, giving illustrated designs and instructions on decorating lamp shades, window treatments, banners, tents, bazaars, cars, baby strollers and much more! Very useful for designers..... More
Decorative Elements in Architecture; Random Observations on the Eternal Fitness of Things from a Decorative Point of View
New York: John Lane Company, 1917. First edition. Green, gilt-stamped Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 152, thoroughly illustrated with 99 b/w photographic plates. A charming treatise on interior decoration and exterior architectural ornament from the early 20th century, with numerous photographic plates. Amusing today for its florid and prescriptive language, it..... More
The Nature and Art of Motion (VISION + VALUE Series), inscribed by the author.
New York: George Braziller, 1965. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 195. Illustrated with numerous b/w photos and drawings. Inscribed by the author on the title page: "To Kevin - This would have been a better book if you had been in. with old and new friendship" Another great association copy..... More
Vision in Motion.
Chicago, IL: Paul Theobald, 1947. Third Printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 371, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a Hungarian painter and photographer and renowned professor in the Bauhaus school. An important figure in the Bauhaus movement, he was influenced by constructivism and strongly pushed for..... More
Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass.
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First edition. Pictorial Staplebound Wraps. Square Small Quarto, pp. 24. Illustrated with b/w photos. Pamphlet accompanying an exhibit of Aalto's modernist furniture and glassware designs at the Museum of Modern Art. This exhibit was the fourth in a series on furniture and houseware..... More
Home Delivery; Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2008. First edition. Decorated Boards. Square Quarto, pp. 248. Illustrated with b/w and color photos. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 2008, dedicated to an expansive evaluation of the past, present and..... More
Design Technics.
Syracuse, NY: Keramic Studio Publishing Co., ca 1940. First edition. Cloth over Boards, black. Quarto, pp 51. Color plates, black on yellow, and b/w illustrations. A special volume of the magazine from the publisher Keramic Studio. The magazine, created by Adelaïde Alsop Robineau, an American painter and ceramist from Syracuse..... More
Anatomia Come Arte; Prefazione di Ignazio Fazzari
Florence: Edizioni D'Arte Il Fiorino, 1969. First edition. Cloth over Boards. quarto. 291. includes index of plates. color photographs. fascinating look at artistic approaches to anatomy. text in Italian. Some sun fading on spine. More
49. Esposizione Internationale D'Arte (2 volumes); Platea Dell'umanita' (Plateau of Humankind; Plateau der Menschheit; Plateau de L'Humanite)
Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, 2001. First edition. Original Wraps. volumes 1 and 2. quarto. English edition. 415 pp, 294 pp. richly illustrated with color photographs. More
Salon 1971-2 (Salon 71 2/10).
New York: Ward-Nasse Gallery, 1972. First edition. Original Wraps. square quarto. catalog in original, colorful wraps. illustrated with b/w photographs of works, 4 per artist, as exhibited at the gallery in 1971-2. Each artist had one piece on display and four reproductions depicted in the catalog. More
Salon 1972-3.
New York: Ward-Nasse Gallery, 1973. First edition. Original Wraps. square quarto. catalog in original, colorful wraps. illustrated with b/w photographs of works, 4 per artist, as exhibited at the gallery in 1971-2. Each artist had one piece on display and four reproductions depicted in the catalog. More
The Decoration of Houses.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 204, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ex-library markings, several loose pages, some light watermarks. A previous owner signed the title page in ink in 1902. In 1897, Wharton was a 30-something Manhattan society matron with a keen interest..... More
Lighting Style.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Pp 144. Richly illustrated. Well thought-out and detailed book. More
Costumes de scène en liberté (Exhibition catalog for "Alain Germain: Mémoires de scène).
Paris: Compagnie Alain Germain, 2002. First edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 112. Illustrated with b/w and color photos. A marvelous collection of theatrical costumes and designs by eclectic French architect and theatrical designer Germain. More