Arti decorative e design

[Exhibition Catalog] American Girl in Italy : The Making of a Classic

ORKIN, Ruth; Mary Engel [introduces]; Ninalee Allen Craig and Shaun Considine [contribute] · 2005 · Fine Editions Ltd

$274.00 (€248.59 | £207.36 | ¥43,759)

New York Published by Howard Greenberg Gallery First Printing of a catalogue for an exhibition, "Jinx Allen in Florence," September 16 to October 22, 2005, at Howard Greenberg Gallery, in New York, devoted entirely to images Orkin made over the course of a day, one of which wa...

[Musical Score] Stabat Mater : for Soprano and String Quartet [Inscribed]

THOMSON, Virgil (1896-1989) · 1933 · Fine Editions Ltd

$199.00 (€180.55 | £150.60 | ¥31,782)

New York Cos Cob Press First Edition Text, in French, by Max Jacob. Crown 8vo (180 x 133mm): 9,[1]pp. Publisher's original tan wrappers printed and decorated in red and black. Front wrapper inscribed: "love & faithfulness / Alfred / from / Virgil." "Alfred," according to a not...

Grotesque architecture, or Rural amusement, consisting of plans, elevations, and sections, for huts, retreats, summer and winter hermitages, terminaries, Chinese, Gothic, and natural grottos, cascades, baths, mosqes, moresque pavilions, grotesque and rustic seats, green houses, & c., many of which may be executed with flints, irregular stones, rude branches, and roots of trees. The while containing twenty-eight new designs, with scales to each. To which is added, an explanation, with the method of executing them

WRIGHTE, William (active 1790–1802) · 1802 · Fine Editions Ltd

$874.00 (€792.95 | £661.44 | ¥139,583)

London Printed by W. Stratford, Crown-Court, Temple-Bar; For J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library Early Reprint A New Edition of this enchanting pattern book of architectural follies, describing designs for huts, hermitages, grottoes, and other rural retreats in which man...

An essay on prints

GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1792 · Fine Editions Ltd

$214.00 (€194.16 | £161.95 | ¥34,177)

London printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand Early Reprint Fourth Edition (so stated) of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. 8vo: xiii,[3],174,xi,[1]pp. Contemporary quarter black morocco over mar...

An essay upon prints; containing remarks upon the principles of picturesque beauty, the different kinds of prints, and the characters of the most noted masters; Illustrated by Criticisms upon particular Pieces; To which are added, Some Cautions that may be useful in collecting Prints

GILPIN, William (1724-1804) · 1768 · Fine Editions Ltd

$499.00 (€452.73 | £377.64 | ¥79,693)

London printed for J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales, at the Feathers, in New Bond Street, First Edition First Edition of the first standard guide on print collecting in England, including detailed commentary on Hogarth's Rake's Progress. Crown 8vo (171 x...

Handmade in America: The Heritage of Colonial Craftsmen

Lavine, Sigmund · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York, Dodd, Mead and Company, 1966. Hardcover. Light green cloth, brown ill. DJ. 148 pp. Numerous bw plates. Contents as follows: Workers in wood -- Cabinetmakers -- Clockmakers -- Glassmakers -- Porcelain and pottery makers -- Workers in precious metals -- Pewterers -- Wo...

High Styles: Twentieth-Century American Design

NY: Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept. 19, 1985 to Feb. 16, 1986 · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1985. Softcover. Silver wraps. xi, 216 pp. Numerous bw & color illus. Examines the country's stylistic development through a series of chronological tableaux. Each period contains the best in furniture, appliances, and decorative objec...

Vasemania: Neoclassical Form and Ornament in Europe: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

McCormick, Heather Jane, Hans Ottomeyer, and Stephanie Walker · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2004. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with white stamped spine lettering. Glossy black and illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. xi, 194 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Bard Graduate Center, New Yor...

Le Corbusier

JEAN-LOUIS COHEN · 2009 · The Wild Muse

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

NY: TASCHEN, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. First edition thus. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Koln: TASCHEN, 2009. 4to, 9 3/4" x 12", 96pp, illus color and b/w reproductions. Like new in like new dust jacket.. Like New .

Josef Hoffmann: Interiors, 1902-1913

Witt-Doring, Christian and Michael Huey · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Munich, Prestel, 2006. Hardcover. Yellow cloth wraps with gilt lettering on the spine; black and color-illustrated DJ with white lettering. 224 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at Neue Galerie, New York, 2 Nov. 2006-26...

Joanna. Designed By Eric Gill and Originally Cut for Hague & Gill By H W Caslon & Co Ltd

GILL, ERIC · 1937 · William Glynn

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Londom, The Monotype Corporation Ltd. 1937, First Edition. Soft cover. 4 sided type specimen leaflet, printed in 2 colours, contains a setting of The Funeral, by John Donne. Recut in 1937 by The Monotype Corporation Ltd for J M Dent & Sons Ltd. Minor wear, some foxing.Pamphlet...

Casting Good Type

THE MONOTYPE CORPORATION LIMITED · 1960 · William Glynn

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Salfords, Redhill Surrey, Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1960, First Edition. Soft cover. Undated [1950s?], 20 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. Card covers. [839] Size: 180mm. x 120mm. Very Good.

Select - Gravure Open - Juno. Three Type Faces for Society Printing

TYPEFOUNDRY AMSTERDAM · 1954 · William Glynn

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Amsterdam, Typefoundry Amsterdam. 1954, First Edition. Soft cover. 6 sided folded paper type specimen sheet, printed in black & red. Folds out to 465mm. x 285mm. GB Distributors Graphic Arts Equipment label to rear. Minor wear, soiling, creasing. [839] Size: 285mm. x 155mm. Ve...

Viennese Porcelain of the Du Paquier Period

Hayward, J. F. · 1952 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Rockliff, 1952. Hardcover. White cloth with gilt letters and decoration on spine & front cover. tan-gray dust jacket with laid on color illus. xiii, 218 pp. + illustrations. 4 color and 72 bw plates. Study devoted to Claude du Paquier porcelain production. Details the ...

Treasures of State : Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State

Conger, Clement E ; Mary K Itsell; Alexandra W Rollins; Will Brown · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY, Harry N. Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. Clear plastic over color illustrated dj, red cloth boards with gilt text on cover and spine. 496 pp. Color illustrations. "The diplomatic reception rooms of the United States Department of State hold one of the world's greatest t...

French Furniture and Decoration in the XVIII Century

Lady Dilke, Emilia F.S. · 1901 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, George Bell and Sons, 1901. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Green cloth with gilt lettering and library reinforced spine, housed in a paper clamshell box. xiv, 260 pp. Profuse bw plates. top edge gilt. Very deep crack to textblock at pages 48/49, through binding threads ...

The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle (First Volume)

Sewter, A. Charles · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$190.00 (€172.38 | £143.79 | ¥30,344)

New Haven, Conn, Yale University Press / The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, 1974. Hardcover. Gray cloth, red title block with gilt letters on spine, gray & black & illus. grey & black illustrated. dust jacket 119 pp. + 665 plates, 17 color plates. The first vol...

Ga Architect 9: Shin Takamatsu

SHIN] FUTAGAWA, YUKIO, RIICHI MIYAKE AND TOSHIYUKI KOBAYASHI [TAKAMATSU · 1991 · The Wild Muse

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1991. Soft cover. Folio. Trade softcover. Published Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita, 1991. Text in English and Japanese. Folio wrappers, 12 1/4" 11 3/4", 194pp, profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. Edited by Yukio Futagawa, criticism by Riichi Miyake, phot...

Gaudí, Jujol y el Modernismo Catalán. Volume 2

FLORES, CARLOS · 1980 · The Wild Muse

$164.99 (€149.69 | £124.86 | ¥26,350)

Madrid: Aguilar, 1980. 1st. Hard. Folio. Volume 2 only. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Madrid: Aguilar, 1982, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 308pp, 254 illustrations in black and white, 138 in color. Text in Spanish. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Fine .

The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright

LEVINE, NEIL · 1996 · The Wild Muse

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to. First edition. Soft cover. Published Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996, first printing. 4to. wrappers, 9 1/4" x 11", 524pp, numerous illustrations throughout. Some minor soiling, slight corner...