Arti decorative e design

Poster Auctions International LVIII: Rare Posters (September 6, 2012)

2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Poster Auctions International, 2012. Softbound. Glossy, color-illustrated wraps with black and white text on a red spine. Unpaginated, [~150]; profusely illustrated with color images. The book describes 598 lots of rare, vintage posters; many with full color illustra...

Poster Auctions International LIII: Rare Posters (May 1, 2011)

2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Poster Auctions International, 2011. Softbound. Glossy, color-illustrated wraps with yellow text on a black spine. Unpaginated, [~200]; profusely illustrated with color images. The book describes 522 lots of rare, vintage posters; many with full color illustrations. ...

Poster Auctions International LXI: Rare Posters (September 12, 2013)

2013 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Poster Auctions International, 2013. Softbound. Matte, color-illustrated wraps with yellow text on a black spine. Unpaginated, [~200]; profusely illustrated with color images. The book describes 559 lots of rare, vintage posters; many with full color illustrations. VG .

Poster Auctions International LVII: Rare Posters (May 6, 2012)

2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Poster Auctions International, 2012. Softbound. Glossy, color-illustrated wraps with red and black text on a white spine. Unpaginated, [~200]; profusely illustrated with color images. The book describes 575 lots of rare, vintage posters; many with full color illustra...

Edward Johnston : Master Calligrapher

Holliday, Peter ; Sam Mullen; Susan Skinner · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

London, England, The British Library, 2007. Hardcover. Red dj with black and red text, black boards with gilt text on spine. 389 pp. Some bw illustrations. Edward Johnston (1872-1944) was a man of letters - master calligrapher, typeface designer and creator of the lettering an...

I Colori Del Marmo

Giometti, Cristiano ; Cinzia Maria Sicca · 2019 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Pisa, Italy, Pisa University Press, 2019. Softcover. Black wraps with color illustration and white text, French flaps inside covers. 225 pp. Many color illustrations. "One of the most lasting and consistent credits of the ancient civilization are the polychrome marmers, which ...

Les Decorateurs Des Annees 40

Foucart, Bruno; Gaillemin, Jean-Louis; Gastou, Yves · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

Paris, Norma, 1998. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Grey paper boards with stamped titles in illustrated jacket. 302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 32 cm. Catalog of an exhibition organized by Boulogne-Billancourt and held at the Centre culturel Nov. 17, 1998-Jan. 16, 1999...

The Rudi Gernreich Book

Moffitt, Peggy; Claxton, William · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

New York, Rizzoli, 1991. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver stamped titles in illustrated jacket. 224 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 32 cm. VG. Light rubbing to jacket and some edge wear. Inscribed by Moffitt and Claxton.

Studies in the History of Art, Monograph Series I, Volume 23: Stained Glass Before 1700 in American Collections: Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern Seaboard States (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist II)

Cothren, Michael (editor) · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1987. Softcover. Glossy black wraps with white text on the spine. 202 pages; illustrated with a majority black-and-white images. VG .

Antique Packaging

Garrofe, Josep M. · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Corte Madera, CA, Gingko Press, 2008. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Illustrated jacket with matching illustrated boards. 391 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm. More than a mere collection of vintage product labels " Antique Packaging" is a curious compendium of boxes...

Design Classics: The Zippo by George G. Blaisdell

Kuhn, Tobias; Fischer, Volker · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Frankfurt / London, Verlag Form / Art Books International, 1999. Softcover. Square Octavo. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 48 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm. Many objects are beautiful; and many creations are functional. But only few achieve enduring status. The "Design Cla...

The Work of Charles and Ray Eames: A Legacy of Invention

Albrecht, Donald · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Harry N. Abrams in association with the Library of Congress and the Vitra Design Museum, 1997. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with black stamped titles in illustrated jacket. 205 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. "Charles and Ray Eames ga...

Royal Treasures of Sweden: 1550-1700

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Apr. 13 to Sept. 5, 1988, two other locations · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1988. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 209 pp.; 65 color plates, 26 bw figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, which appeared at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the Roya...

Solid Vermont Hard Rock Maple Furniture Price List, Spring, 1937

1937 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Vermont Furniture Manufacturing Company, 1937. Folio. A light green folder with green text on the front cover, and silver gilt around the silver. There is a vertical tan belly band. There are nine tri-fold, semi-gloss paper displays laid in, with sepia-toned images o...

Origins of Chintz: With a Catalogue of Indo-European Cotton-Paintings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto

Irwin, John and Katharine B. Brett · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.33 | ¥13,575)

London, England, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1970. Hardcover. Dark red cloth, red & BW illus. dust jacket, 134 pp. 158 bw plates. "In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Indian cotton-paintings or 'chintzers' shipped in vast quantities to Europe by the Dutch, English and Fre...

Quilts in America

Orlofsky, Patsy and Myron · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, McGraw-Hill, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Black cloth/black DJ. 368 pp. 57 color, 205 bw plates. Remains respectable reading/research copy of this important work. Good/Good (possibly ex-libris-library w/ round, red classification sticker taped to bottom of dustjacket sp...

La Dernière Mode : Gazzetta Del Bel Mondo E Della Famiglia

Mallarme, Stéphané ; Anne Marie Boetti; Delfina Provenzali · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Milan, Italy, Edizioni delle donne, 1979. Softcover. Light blue wraps with bw illustration and black text. (8) 9-176 pp. Chiefly text, several bw illustrations. "La Derniere Mode, whose subtitle is 'Gazzetta del Bel Mondo e della Famiglia' is a newspaper of fashion and cultura...

Plain & Fancy: American Women and Their Needlework, 1700-1850

Swan, Susan Burroughs · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Red cloth/color DJ. 240 pp. 23 color, 123 bw plates. VG/VG .

Firth's : Seamless Spool Axminster Squares ; Season 1938-9

1939 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Yorkshire, England, T.F. Firth & Sons Ltd, 1939. Spiral bound. Blue spiral bound wraps with black text and design on cover. Unnumbered pages. Chiefly color illustrations. Some pages have protruding tabs from text block for navigation. Sections : Princess ; Monarch ; Harmony. G...

Firth's : Wilton Carpets ; Season 1938-9

1939 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Yorkshire, England, T.F. Firth & Sons Ltd, 1939. Spiral bound. Red spiral bound wraps with black text and design on cover. Unnumbered pages. Chiefly color illustrations. Some pages have protruding tabs from text block for navigation. Sections : Solus ; Viking ; Crushless ; Tro...