Arti decorative e design

Mönster för marmormålning (Patterns of faux marbling painting). Part one (all publ.). Stockholm, Gustaf Chelius, 1895.

MALMÉN, PER: · 1870 · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,800.00 ($1,983.97 | £1,501.46 | ¥316,853)

Large folio. (39 x 54 cm). Pp. (4). With ten lithographed plates of different kinds of marbles. Text leaves with some marginal tears, some plates with a few spots in margins and some plates with tears at the outer margins but overall a very good copy. Original half cloth on gr...

Peasant Art in Austria and Hungary. London, etc, "the Studio", 1911.

HOLME, CHARLES: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€200.00 ($220.44 | £166.83 | ¥35,206)

Pp. (x), 54. With more than 800 illustrations, of which some coloured. Contemporary half calf, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, lightly rubbed, beautiful marbled end papers, bookplate. First edition of this comprehensive work. It's illustrated with pictures of houses, furnitu...

Dai Nihon Bijutsu Zufu 大日本美術圖譜解說 (Illustrations of Japanese Decorative Arts). Eight volumes. Tokyo, Yoshikawa Hanshichi, Meiji 34 (1901).

KOSUGI, SUGIMURA & YOKOI, TOKIFUYU: · Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books (ILAB)

€1,600.00 ($1,763.53 | £1,334.63 | ¥281,647)

Four plate volumes: Large 8vo (18,5 x 25 cm). With 64 double-page colour woodcut illustrations. As issued with leaves folded in the oriental fashion in original decorative wrappers with title labels on upper covers. Covers lightly stained. Housed in a modern cloth folder. AND:...

Garden Cities in Theory and Practice [Complete in 2 vols].

SENNETT, A. R. · 1905 · Lincolnshire Old Books PBFA

£250.00 (€299.71 | $330.34 | ¥52,757)

Bemrose & Sons. 1905, First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Book, Complete in 2 vols. The first edition was issued in two different bindings. This set has a binding from each issue. A very good set with some edgewear to extremities - no splitting or chipping to cloth. Inte...

Recent Advances in Town Planning.

ADAMS, THOMAS. · 1932 · Lincolnshire Old Books PBFA

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

J. & A. Churchill. 1932, First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Book, First edition, first printing. 4to. Burgundy boards with gilt titles. A near fine copy with clean boards & no marks. Bright gilt. Internally very clean indeed. Neat old ink inscription to front endpaper. ...

A Tribute to Herbert Read 1893-1968: An exhibition in conjunction with the 1975 Ilkley Literature Festival

BRADFORD ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS · 1975 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Bradford, BAG&M, 1975. 76pp, 10 b&w photos. Laminated wraps. 25x20. Very good. Useful survey of Read's work and ideas.

Sickert

BROWSE Lillian · 1960 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Hart-Davis, 1960. Colour frontis, 124pp, 11 colour and 96 b&w plates, some text drawings, bibliog, lists of works in public collections. Cloth. 29x23. Very good copy in dust wrapper.

A History of American Marine Painting

WILMERDING John · 1968 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Salem, Mass, Peabody Museum of Salem/Litt,Brown & Co, 1968 xxiii, 279pp incl 18 colour &168 b&w plates. Bibliography. Cloth. 29x22. Very good copy indeed. Excellent, well-illustrated survey, from the beginnings, inspired by British & Dutch marine painting, to contemporary ar...

Art Nouveau in Munich. Masters of Jugendstil from the Stadtmuseum, Munich and other Public & Private Collections

HIESINGER Kathryn Bloom (ed) · 1988 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Munich, Prestel in assoc with Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1988. 180pp incl 197 ills (50 in colour). 148 nos. Bibliography. Cloth. 29x23. Fine in dw. Published to accompany exhibition at Philadelphia Museum of Art. 150 objects by 30 artists are reproduced and discussed.

Individual Work in Design Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.

HIGGINS Walter · 1931 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Pitman 1931 48pp, bw ills throughout 19x14, wraps Bit worn, with several ink stains on the back cover, well used fair copy. Drawing skills for trainee designers.

Victorian Taste: some social Aspects of Architecture and Industrial Design from 1820-1900

GLOAG John · 1962 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1962. Fp, xvi, 175pp, 24 b/w pls, 117 text drwgs, bibliog. 26x19, glt lttd cloth, illustrated dw. Good in tatty dw. Notable Gloag study.

Practical Designing: A Handbook on the Preparation of Working Drawings

WHITE Gleeson (ed) · 1893 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, George Bell, (1893), 1899 (reprint of 1894 2nd ed.) viii, 327pp, may ills and figs. 19x13, decorated cloth. Cloth rather faded and worn, eps splitting, fair to good thus. Covers fabrics, pottery, tiles, stained glass etc, with contribs by Millar, Rathbone, Haité, I...

Manual of Design, compiled from the writings and addresses of Richard Redgrave, RA. by...

REDGRAVE Gilbert R · 1876 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1876. viii, 173pp, incl 18 figs 20x13, green cloth, glt. lttd. Spine a bit bumped, contents good. Important Victorian design text. Author was very involved with the foundation of the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Cimaise / Art et Architecture actuel - N° 91-92 Bauhaus (special issue)

ARNAUD Jean-Robert (ed) · 1969 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

1969 118pp, illustrations throughout, text in French and English 27x21, illustrated wraps Wraps a little rubbed, good thus. Gropius, Bauhaus, Kandinsky, Oskar Schlemmer et al, nicely illustrated.

Tadao Ando

FRAMPTON Kenneth (text) · 1991 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

NY, MoMA, 1991. 78pp, mostly photos, some plans and drawings. 30x23, illustrated wraps. Very good. Exhibition catalogue from a show that ran from October to December 1991; very nice photographs.

Japanese Glass in the Showa Period

TAKEDA Atsushi, SASAKI Yoriko · 1986 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Tokyo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art 1986 132pp, including 66pp of colour plates, bw ills 24x21, illustrated wraps Wraps a bit rubbed and creased, press clipping glued neatly to ffep, contents very good. Very attractively illustrated exhibition catalogue.

Kateigaho International Edition. Japan's Arts & Culture Magazine (2006 Summer Issue, Vol. 12)

SEKAI BUNKA SHA (published by) · 2006 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Tokyo, Sekai Bunka Publishing Inc. 2006 168pp, colour ills throughout. 30x23, glossy illustrated wraps Very good other than two small price labels, one on front, one on back. The rise of shojo manga, interview with Tadao Ando, other articles on Japanese culture and design.

PRINT: America's Graphic Design Magazine - January/February 1991 (XLV: I)

STEVENS Carol (Editor) · 1991 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

New York 1991 150pp, full colour throughout 30x22, illustrated wraps Wraps a little rubbed and edge worn, contents very good. Main articles are on Czech design, and the prospects for a post-communist market economy on a long established design tradition, and a powerful and t...

Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Works by Alfred Stevens November 15, 1911, to January 15, 1912

NATIONAL GALLERY, BRITISH ART · 1911 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, National Gallery 1911 18pp, subscription slip for the Alfred Stevens Society loosely inserted. 19x13, sewn card wraps. Covers spotted and browned, contents good. Useful list of works for the British sculptor (not to be confused with the better known Belgian portrait p...

Historic Paper Hangings: from Temple Newsam and other English Houses

WELLS-COLE Anthony · 1983 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Leeds, Leeds City Art Galleries ("Country House Studies" 1), 1983. 48pp, 62 ills, some in col. 30x21, stapled illustrated wraps. Remains of labels on front, good thus. A pioneering study.