Arti decorative e design

Collection Boulevard Suchet: Important Works of Post-War Design by Leleu

Widdershoven, Gerard and Benoist F. Drut · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York, Maison Gerard, 2008. Softcover. Brown illus. wraps; 31 pp.; 29 color figures. Accompanied a 2008 exhibition of the designer's furniture, including coffee tables, chairs, screens, and more; Invitation to the opening of the exhibition laid in. VG .

The Collector's Book of Boxes

Klamkin, Marian · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York, Dodd, Mead & Company, 1970. Hardcover. Yellow cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 145 pp.; 182 bw figures. Boxes of all materials--wood, lacquer, papier mache, metals, gems, and more--for holding all kinds of goods--jewelry, tea, snuff, household goods, an...

Silber Aus Bremen: 150 Jahre Tafelbesteck Von Koch & Bergfeld Zu Bremen

Schumann, Carl Wolfgang · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Koln, Wienand, 1979. Hardcover. Grey paper with spoon motif over boards; 127 pp. of which 8 are text. Text in German. Includes all kinds of images of tableware, especially the patterns of the handles. With some place-settings shown. VG, clean and tight but with ex-lib. marks .

English Desks and Bureaux

Hayward, J.F. · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps; 22 pp. plus plates; 40 bw plates. Features the most important pieces of English reading and writing furniture found in the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum; 40 desks, tables, cabinets,...

English Desks and Bureaux

Hayward, J.F. · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps; 22 pp. plus plates; 40 bw plates. Features the most important pieces of English reading and writing furniture found in the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum; 40 desks, tables, cabinets,...

The George A. Hearn Collection of Carved Ivories

Howard, W. Stanton · 1908 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, 1908. Hardcover. Blue marbled paper over boards; Black leather at corners and spine; 261 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw figures. Introduction by W. Stanton Howard; 214 items shown, including religious and secular statuettes, triptychs, plaques, and more. Good (Ex...

The Goldsmith's Handbook

Gee, George E. · 1881 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Crosby Lockwood & Co, 1881. Second. Hardcover. Green cloth with embossed decoration; 259 pp. plus 32-pp. listing of other titles by publisher; No illustrations. Number 215 in the Weale's Rudimentary Series; Per title page, includes information about "The Art of Alloyin...

Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection

Brock, Horace Wood with Martin P. Levy and Clifford S. Ackley · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2009. Hardbound. Navy cloth with gold lettering; color-pictorial dj with gold and black lettering; 160 pp. with 3 bw and 162 color illustrations. The collection focuses on French and English objects from the Golden Age and on Old Master drawings an...

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks: Wenesday, December 10 & Thursday, December 11, 2008: The Fuller Building - New York

2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Antiquorum, 2008. Softcover. Color glossy pictorial wraps with white lettering; 428 pp. with 542 watches pictured. Includes descriptions and anticipated prices for each piece, including watches by Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Omega, Corum, Patek Philippe, and more. VG .

The Wittelsbach Diamond

Balfour, Ian · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)

London, Christie's, 2008. Hardcover. Color-pictorial glossy boards with photo of the diamond; 45 pp. with color images throughout. The catalogue from the auction of this historical gem, held December 10, 2008. With an essay, facsimiles of documents, reproductions of artwork re...

Important Watches: Doha 19 March 2009

2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Doha, Sotheby's, 2009. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 92 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. From the auction held 19 March 2009 in Doha, Qatar, Sale DO9002; Includes Lots 201 - 275, watches by Audemars Piguet, De Grisogono, Blancpain, Patek Philippe, Breguet, and...

Important Watches: Hong Kong 7 April 2009

2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Hong Kong, Sotheby's, 2009. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 124 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. Accompanied the auction held on 7 April 2009 in Hong Kong, Sale HK0299; Includes Lots 901 - 1066, watches by Patek Philippe, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Corum, Piaget, Breguet...

The First Collection

2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Meta, 2008. Softcover. Grey patterned wraps with glossy green pictorial wraps with leaf theme; 91 pp. with color illustrations throughout. A catalogue of works by contemporary designers (Asymptote, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, Tord Boontje, and others) of timeless obje...

Buttons: Art in Miniature

Schiff, Stefan O. · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Berkeley, CA, Lancaster-Miller Publishers, 1979. Hardbound. White boards with color-pictorial dj; 80 pp. with 28 color plates. An interesting book about button collecting and button history. VG-/Good; with lib. bookplate inside front cover and on back of dj; dj has light gener...

Humble Masterpieces: Everyday Marvels of Design

Antonelli, Paola · 2005 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Regan Books/Harper, 2005. Softcover. White and red pictorial wraps with French flaps; 209 pp. with color illustrations throughout. Photos and histories of some of the things we use most: paper clips, light bulbs, bubble wrap, crochet hooks, and much, much more. A rea...

The Looking Glass in America 1700 - 1825

Comstock, Helen · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Viking Press, 1968. Hardbound. Tan cloth with gold lettering; grey illustrated dj; 128 pp. with color tipped-in frontispiece and 85 bw illustrations. Includes the mirrors of the William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam, and Sheraton periods. W...

Official White House China: 1789 to the Present

Klapthor, Margaret Brown · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Abrams, 1999. Second Edition. Hardbound. Buttery cloth with color-pictorial dj; 303 pp. with 244 illustrations, 144 in full color. The history of White House china through the Clinton administration. This edition has added essays by White House curators that enrich t...

Mennonite Arts

Hess, Clarke · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Atglen, PA, Schiffer, 2002. Hardbound. Black cloth; color-pictorial dj; 192 pp. with mostly color images throughout. This pioneer work presents the rich and diverse decorative arts produced by the distinctive Mennonite communities in Europe, Pennsylvania, and Canada over a 300...

Das Polychrome Ornament: Hundert Tafeln in Gold-, Silber-, Und Farben-Druck Etwa. .

Racinet, M.A. (Deutsche Ausgabe von R. Reinhardt) · 1880 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$350.00 (€317.55 | £264.92 | ¥55,890)

Stuttgart, Verlag von Paul neff, 1880. Dritte Auflage. Hardbound. Original cardboard case surrounding the loose sheets, with paper label. (iv), 60, (6) pages, 100 chromolithographic plates with accompanying leaves of text. An astounding set of 100 vividly colored plates and th...

Scandinavia: Ceramics & Glass in the Twentieth Century

Opie, Jennifer Hawkins · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Rizzoli, 1990. First. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps; 183 pp. with 540 images in color and bw. Catalogue of the collection in the V&A; includes introductory essays for each country (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) and a map locating the main factories and worksho...