Arti decorative e design

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GREYSMITH Brenda · 1976 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Studio Vista, 1976. 208pp, 188 illustration, 32 pages in colour, decorated end papers, bibliog. Cloth, 28x22 Very good copy in dust wrapper. Thorough historical survey

Great Canadian Posters.

DIMSON Theo (Selected by) · 1979 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Toronto, OUP, 1979 12pp, incl. introduction by Raymond Vézina, 3 figs + 40 colour plates with facing captions. Wraps. 29x22. Good copy. Nicely produced selection, from early days to the late '70s.

Okna Tass 1941 1945 Sostavitel N. Denisovskii.

MORGULIS V (ed) · 1970 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Moskva, Izobrazitelstnoe Iskuustvo, 1970. 44pp, incl. intro by M. Kalinin, texts by N Denisovskii, A Sharov etc. + circa 80 b/w and coloured plates of posters. Pictorial boards. 29x23. Faint Russian library stamp at back (no other markings). Very good copy. Wartime "Tass" pos...

Building the Collective. Soviet Graphic Design 1917-1937. Selection from the Merrill C Berman collection.

DICKERMAN Leah (ed) · 1996 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

NY, Princeton, 1996. 186pp incl illustrations, artist biographies, bibliog. Wraps, 27x21. Very good copy. Published for an exhibition at Colombia University. Includes a good deal of poster art. Contains previously unknown material.

Polnische Plakate der Nachkriegszeit. Eine Auswahl aus den verborgenen Depots.

WICHMANN Hans (ed) · 1985 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

München, Staatliches Museum, 1985. 89pp incl illustrations, biographies of artists. wraps, 27x19. Very good copy. Polish posters on the whole are very different in style from Soviet posters with a good deal of whimsy. A good survey, with all the main poster artists represent...

Moscou s'affiche. Perestroik'Art [cover title].

LAURANS Béatrice and GHOZLAND Freddy · 1991 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Editions Milan, Milan, 1991. 101pp, incl many illustrations, mostly colour. Boards, 27x25. Very good copy in matching dust wrapper. Peristroika posters, divided into sections, including education, ecology, daily hardships etc.

Vetrina della Belle Epoque. Ricerche iconographie di Andrea Jemolo.

CESERANI Gian Paulo · 1980 · Inch's Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Roma, Laterza, 1980. 267pp incl many full-page illustrations, mostly in colour plus 18pp relevant adverts. Italian text. Cloth, 25x18. Very good copy in dust wrapper. Fine survey of Italian posters of this era, with many voluptuous examples. Nicely produced.

L'Affiche Japonaise. Des Origines a Nos Jours.

MUSEE DE L'AFFICHE (publ) · 1980 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Paris, 1980. c108pp, mostly illustrations, some in colour. 176 numbers. Essays by Katsuhiro Yamaguchi and Yoshiro Imai Wraps, 21x23. Very good copy. Exhibition catalogue. Includes section on 8 modern masters (Awazu, Fukuda et al)

Affiches 1939-45. Images d'une certaine France.

MARCHETTI Stéphane · 1982 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Lausanne, Edita, 1982. 178pp incl numerous illustrations, many in colour, bibliog. Cloth, 30x23. Very good copy in dust wrapper. Propoganda posters, mainly of the Vichy regime - quite scary.

Concerning the Bleaching Industry

SYKES Sir Alan John · 1925 · Inch's Books

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.64 | ¥6,331)

Manchester, by the Association, 1925. Tipped-in colour frontis of Harry Fairhurst's Blackfriars House, 120pp incl illustrations plus 3 fold-outs of indentures. Gilt embossed boards, linen spine, 27x20. Corners rubbed, unusually nice copy. Beautifully produced account. Author ...

Moderne Japanische Keramik.

INUI Yoshiaki · 1987 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Berlin, Ministrium für Kunstaustellungen der DDR, 1987. 58pp, mostly photos. Wraps, 19x20. Very good copy. Exhibition in conjunction with the Japanese Foundation.

Zeit Genossisches Kunst Handwerk Aus der Deutschen Demokratischen Republick.

BEHRENDS Rainer (intro) · 1990 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Hanover, Handwerksform, nd, c1990. 102pp. mostly photos, many in colour, of exhibits with description of the work and short biographical details of artist. Wraps, 21x21. Very good copy. The best jewelry, glass, metalwork, sculpture etc in the DDR. Nice catalogue and uncommon.

David Mellor: Master Metalworker.

FRAYLING Christopher (intro) · 2006 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Sheffield, David Mellor Design, 2006 new ed. ix, 142pp incl 255 illustrations, chron, bibliog, list of works in collections. Laminated boards, 25x20. Very good copy. A fine work covering the whole of Mellor's career and output, nicely produced. As well as household goods, esp...

Kroppsutbildningen Som Konst Och Plikt

WINTHER Fritz · 1916 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Stockholm, Albert Bonniers, 1916. iii, 81pp plus 51 plates. Foreword by Anna Behle. Embossed cloth with striking image, 24x19. Spine rubbed top and bottom else good copy. Some light pencil marks throughout. A Swedish version of the German "Body Education as Art and Duty", an...

German Romantics in Context

CARDINAL Roger · 1975 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Studio Vista, 1975. 160pp incl illustrations. Wraps, 21x14. Very good copy. Multi-discipline study.

The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1912. A Review of the latest developments in the artistic construction decoration and furnishing of the house.

THE STUDIO (pub.) · 1912 · Inch's Books

£65.00 (€77.92 | $85.89 | ¥13,717)

London, The Studio Ltd, 1912. xii adverts, vii, 254pp, plans, photos, drawings etc, incl 21 colour plates. Publisher's lettered, pictorial wraps. 29x20. Spine rubbed top and bottom with small tear at bottom and light crease, a few pages lightly foxed, good thus. A nice Stud...

30 Vases pour le Cirva

CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHE SUR LE VERRE · 1989 · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Marseilles, Michel Aveline, 1989. 71pp incl illustrations. French and English text. Wraps, 33x20. Blind library stamp of McAlpine, Venice else vg. 29 artists featured. Full page photo of work, all glass vases, with description. Short biography on facing page. Cirva is based i...

Glaskunst der Gegnwart

SCHMITT Peter (foreword) · 1981 · Inch's Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

München, Glas Galerie Nordend 1981. 60pp, incl illustrations. Wraps, 21x18. Very good copy. 28 artists with short biography and example of work on facing page. Exhibition catalogue. Good reference for modern German glass.

Steel & Style. The story of Alessi household ware

SCARZELLA Patrizia · 1987 · Inch's Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,276)

Milan, Arcadia, 1987. 187pp incl illustrations, bibliog, lists of designers, exhibitions and industrial design awards. Preface by Paolo Portoghesi. Cloth with paste-on label, 30x22. Vg. Beautiful illustrations and much insight into the Alessi design process.

Bilderbuch vom starken Mann

OLEY Hans and HELLWIG Joachim · Inch's Books

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

Berlin, Verlag der Nation, 72pp, mostly photos with captions. Boards, 24x20. End papers browned else vg. Interesting DDR photomontage item