Arti decorative e design

Paul Klee: Uber die moderne Kunst

KLEE · 1945 · Inch's Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Berne, Benteli Bern-Bumpliz, 1945. 53pp with many drawings by Klee. Boards. 22x21. Good copy, with bump to top edge affecting a few pages, in slightly chipped dust wrapper. First edition of this famous title.

The Design Encyclopedia

BYARS Mel · 1994 · Inch's Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

London, Laurence King, 1994. 612pp, 118 b/w ills, chrons of exhibitions. Cloth. 27x19. Fine in dw. The most comprehensive design reference guide to date, with almost 4,000 entries. Of all the many design encyclopedias, this is probably the most comprehensive for developments ...

Anschlâge. Politische Plakate in Deutschland 1900-1970

ARNOLD Friedrich (ed) · 1972 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Frankfurt, Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1972. i pp text, 166 single-sided posters. Boards, cloth spine, 30x21. Very good copy. Very attractive work, sympathetic to the works illustrated (each is reproduced in the same paper colours as the original)

Mockba XXI (Moscow XXI)

FILETICI Luigi and ZANETTI Umberto (eds) · 2005 · Inch's Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Barcelona, Actar, 2005. c110pp, mostly full-page photos, biography of Filetici. Italian and English text. Boards with gilt lettering, 21x30 Very good copy. Exhibition held in the State Museum of Architecture in Moscow. A photographic image book on the new Moscow. Huge blocks ...

Cartagena de siempre. Fotografias de Hernan Diaz

DIAZ Hernan · 1992 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Bogota, Villegas, 1992. 1pp text, 62pp photos. Boards, 21x18. Fine copy in dust wrapper. First edition. A fine photo image book describing life in this city.

Ornament. From The Industrial Revolution to Today.

DURANT Stuart · 1986 · Inch's Books

£50.00 (€59.94 | $66.07 | ¥10,551)

Woodstock, Overlook, 1986. fp, 336pp, incl very nice 100 colour plates, 629 b/w ills, bibliog, biography of designers. Glt lttd cloth. 29x22. Vg, in vg dust wrapper. Essential reference, including over 200 biographies and 'the most complete bibliogray ever likely to be publis...

Faces of Japan

DAVIS Bob · 1978 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Tokyo, Kodansha, 1978. 108pp, mostly full-page photos. Intro by Murray Sayle. Cloth, 25x25. Very good copy in dust wrapper. 88 black and white photos.

Painting the Warmth of the Sun. St Ives Artists 1939-1975

CROSS Tom · 1984 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Newmill and Guildford, Alison Hodge and Lutterworth Press, 1984. 208pp inc many illustrations, bibliog. Cloth, 26x19. Very good copy on price-clipped dust wrapper. Possibly the best book on the St Ives school. The author was Principal of Falmouth School of Art and an expert o...

Henryk Albin Tomaszewski

BANAS Pawel and MICHALOWSKA Helena · 1992 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Warsaw, Arkady, 1992. 139pp. mostly colour illustrations, chron, bibliog. Polish with first biographical essay translated into English. Cloth, 25x20. Very good copy in rubbed dust wrapper. Fine monograph on this outstanding Polish glass artist. Most of his pre-war work was de...

David Jones: Artist and Writer

BLAMIRES David · 1971 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Manchester University Press 1971 viii, 220pp, 6 plates. 22x15, brown cloth, dw. Very good, in vg price clipped jacket. Signed by author. First major biography of Jones.

Rubber! Fun, fashion, fetish.

BLOOR Janet and SINCLAIR John D · 2004 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Thames and Hudson, 2004. 112pp, inc b&w and colour illustrations. Rubber cover, 21x23. Very good copy. Very interesting survey of this material and its application to design, architecture, fashion etc. Also an unusual piece of book production.

De Kunst in Nood: Volumes 1-6.

KLEYKAMP CG and WILLINK Luc (eds). · 1933 · Inch's Books

£100.00 (€119.88 | $132.14 | ¥21,103)

The Hague nd. c. 1933 Six uniform volumes of 20pp, each with 5 tipped in loose illustrations, 12pp booklet of sponsors. Each volume 32x26, japanese raffia binding; sponsors booklet 27x21; cloth covered case 34x27. Slight wear to top corner of cloth case, nice bookplate and ...

Mural Painting in Italy: The Late 16th Century

GREGORI Mina (ed) · 1995 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Torino, Bancario San Paolo and Edizioni Bolis 1995 254pp, copious bw and colour illustrations. 29x22, grey boards with illustrated dw. Very good in very good wrapper. Fourth in the series edited by Gregori, this focuses on the Baroque era.

Mural Painting in Italy: The Late 13th to the Early 15th Centuries

GREGORI Mina (ed) · 1995 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Torino, Bancario San Paolo and Edizioni Bolis 1995 254pp, copious bw and colour illustrations. 29x22, grey boards with illustrated dw. Very good in good wrapper; neat pencil marks on rep. Fourth in the series edited by Gregori, this focuses on the Baroque era.

Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, hitherto usually styled "Sodoma": the man and the painter, 1477- 1549. A study.

CUST Robert H Hobart · 1906 · Inch's Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, John Murray 1906 xviii, 442, 4pp of publishers' notices, 56 illustrations including fold-out plates. 23x18, blue cloth with glt lettering and attractive glt illustration, no dw. Pages somewhat roughly cut with a few uncut, slight bumping to extremities of cover, ffep...

Turner on the Loire

WARRELL Ian · 1997 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Tate Gallery Publishing. 1997 256pp, many colour illustations, maps. 22x28, illustrated wraps. Good. Published to accompanying exhibition of the same name.

Old Point Lace and How to Copy It

HAWKINS Daisy Waterhouse · 1878 · Inch's Books

£60.00 (€71.93 | $79.28 | ¥12,662)

London, Chatto and Windus 1878 21pp, 17 fold-out illustrations/patterns, some in colour, 36pp publishers' notices. 19x14, decorated green cloth spine and boards with illustrated paste on label. Spine somewhat rubbed, boards a bit used and bumped at corners, contents lightl...

Machine-Made Lace in Nottingham in the 18th and 19th centuries

HALL Zillah · 1964 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

City of Nottingham Leisure Services Committee (1964) 1985 Reprint of Second Edition 52pp, 23 bw illustrations. 21x14, pamphlet, illustrated wraps. Fine. Brief history of Nottingham's most famous product.

Lace in the Making: With Bobbins and Needle

BROOKE Margaret L · 1923 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, Routledge and Kegan Paul (1923) 1975 re-publication. x, 164pp, 113 bw illustrations, 4 bw plates. 22x15, brown cloth, illustrated dw. Very good, with slight rubbing to top edge of wrapper. Excellent practical guide to lace-making, originally published in 1923 by a...

Hispanic Lace and Lace Making

MAY Florence Lewis · 1939 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

New York, The Hispanic Society of America 1939 417pp, 432 illustrations, maps on endpapers. 23x17, brown cloth, glt lettering to spine, blind stamps on cover. Former library book, with remains of label on ffep, neat shelf mark lettering on spine, contents good. Essays and...