Arti decorative e design

Commercial Space: Shop Windows, Cosmetics

CERVER Francisco Asensio · 1996 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Hove, Rotovision SA, 1996. 120pp, inc hundreds of col photos. 30x22. Glossy stiff card pictorial wraps. New. Elegant study of retail display design.

Jourdain. Frantz 1847-1935. Francis 1876-1958. Frantz-Philippe 1906-1990

BARRE-DEPOND Arlette · 1988 · Inch's Books

£45.00 (€53.95 | $59.46 | ¥9,496)

NY, Rizzoli, (1988), 1991. Portrait frontis, 413pp, hundreds of ills, colour and b/w, bibliog. Cloth, 31x23. Fine, dust wrapper. Lavish book of Parisian design over 100 years. Becoming scarce.

European Textile Design of the 1920s

METZ Katharina, MÖSSINGER Ingrid et al · 1999 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Zurich, Stemmle, 1999. 160pp, a great many colour and b/w illustrations, biographies, index of companies & workshops, bibliog, glossary. Cloth, 30x23. Fine, dust wrapper. Fine, scholarly survey, based on the great Chemnitz Collection

The Art of the Harley

CARROLL John, CROCE Bal et al · 1998 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

London, Booth-Clibborn & Barbican Art Gallery, 1998. 168pp, inc hundreds of col photos, glossaries. Cloth. 29x25. Fine. Beautifully illustrated history of this design icon, published for the Barbican Art Gallery Exhibition, 1998.

The Style Sourcebook.

MILLER Judith · 1998 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

NY, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1998. 402pp, over 2,300 ills, comprehensive directory. Cloth, pictorial dw. 29x25. Fine. Definitive reference work for style and pattern history, tiles, fabrics etc.

The Age of the Baroque in Portugal

LEVENSON Jay A (ed) · 1993 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art/ New Haven, Yale U.P., 1993. 302pp, a great many col and b/w ills, bibliography. Gt lttd cloth, dw. 30x23. Fine. Based on the Exhibition at the Gallery, hardback of a fine, informative catalogue.

Vases & Volcanoes: Sir William Hamilton and His Collection

JENKINS Ian & SLOAN Kim · 1996 · Inch's Books

£35.00 (€41.96 | $46.25 | ¥7,386)

London, British Museum for the Trustees, 1996. 320pp, copious ills, many col, chron, bibliog. Laminated wraps. 28x22. Very good. Very informative and lavishly illustrated exhibition catalogue. Hamilton(1730-1803) was a key collector of his age and a renowned connoisseur.

Gerald Benney Goldsmith. The story of fifty years at the bench.

HUGHES Graham · 1998 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Alfriston, East Sussex, Starcity, 1998. 224pp, ove 230 high-quality col. and four-tone photos, list of exhibitions, bibliography. Open-weave blue cloth. 29x26. Fine, dw. A fine monograph on Benney (born 1930), outstanding British goldsmith.

The Counter-Arts Conspiracy: Art and Industry in the Age of Blake

EAVES Morris · 1992 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Ithaca and London, Cornell UP, 1992. xxix, 287pp, 93 b/w ills, long bibliog, brief biographies. Cloth. dw 22x26. Fine. Very interesting study of the links between design industry and art in this period. Scholarly work.

Jewelry of Our Time: art, ornament and obsession

ENGLISH Helen W Drutt & DORMER Peter · 1995 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

NY, Rizzoli, 1995. 352pp, 586 ills, 458 in col, biographies, chronology, bibliography. Gt lttd cloth, dw. 23x23. Fine. Exceptionally good survey and reference work, with all the main designers represented. Likely to become a scarce and expensive work.

...With Sottsass: Catching Up

Sottsass CARR, Richard · 1999 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

The Lighthouse, Glasgow 1999 26pp, various sketches and images 25x17, spiral bound with card covers backed with corrugated silvered plastic Near fine condition; author's dedication on first page The author and journalist recalls encounters with the Italian designer, and the i...

A Study in Yellow The Yellow Book Artists April 29 - June 5

1962 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

The University of Kansas Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas 1962 24pp, 20x16, printed card wrapper Cover slightly marked, some foxing on ffep, otherwise very good An exhibition of drawings by contributors to The Yellow Book, inspired in part by Katherine Mix's book on the journ...

1948-1973: 25 Lat PZPR Plakat

1973 · Inch's Books

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Biuro Wydawniczo Propagandowe 1973 9 postcards in a protective sleeve 15x11 Near fine Nine posters marking 25 years of the existence of the Polish United Workers Party and its rule over the country.

Polsky Plakatu Polityczny

1974 · Inch's Books

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Biuro Wydawniczo Propagandowe 1974 9 postcards in a protective sleeve 15x11 Near fine Nine political posters in postcard form; themes include Lenin and the 1000 year anniversary of the Baptism of Poland, making an interesting juxtaposition.

III Miedzynarodowe Biennale Grafiki Krakow 1970

1970 · Inch's Books

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Biuro Wydawniczo "Ruch" 1970 9 postcards in a protective sleeve, plus introductory text loosely inserted. 15x11 Near fine Nine posters from the golden age of Polish poster design in postcard form.

V Miedzynarodowe Biennale Plakatu Warszawa 1974

1974 · Inch's Books

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Biuro Wydawniczo Propagandowe 1974 9 postcards in a protective sleeve 15x11 Near fine Nine posters from the 5th Warsaw Biennale in postcard form - Paul Davis, Enzo Careccia, Jefim Cwik, Jan Mlondozeniec, Chy Phan etc

Marc Chagall (Les Peintures Français Nouveaux No. 31) Vingt-neuf reproductions de peintures et dessins précédées d'une étude critique par...

Chagall GEORGE, Waldemar (intro) · 1928 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Librairie Gallidmard, Paris 1928 63pp, 29 bw images 16x12, wraps Spine worn, cover slightly browned, otherwise good Part of a series of guides to modern french artists created by Roger Allard and published from 1919

The Beauty of Flight

CURRY Manfred · 1930 · Inch's Books

£125.00 (€149.85 | $165.17 | ¥26,379)

John Miles Limited, London nd, c. 1930 14pp plus 100 plates Cloth, grey with gilt lettering and aircraft image, wrapper, 30x24 Wrapper slightly tatty, some marking to top of cloth, front hinge fragile, otherwise very good. Design, layout and printing of the highest quality. T...

The War Artists Memorial Exhibition, New Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone

CLARK, Sir Kenneth (introduction) · 1964 · Inch's Books

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New Metropole Arts Centre 1964 40pp, 11 bw illustrations 24x18,wraps, stapled. Wrap slightly marked, otherwise very good. Catalogue for an exhibition of British War Artists 1914-18, 1939-45. Paintings reproduced include those by Piper, Sutherland, Nevinson, Lewis etc

A Passion For Wings. Aviation and the Western Imagination 1908-1918.

WOHL Robert · 1994 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

New Haven, London, Yale, 1994. vii, 320pp, incl 348 illustrations , many in colour and very evocative, 22 pages of notes. Wraps, 27x22. Fine copy. Paperback version of this wide-ranging and authoritative study.