Decorative Arts & Design

Nea Machina

Martin Poschauko 798424, Thomas Poschauko 798425 · 2010 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€65.00 ($73.00 | £54.27 | ¥11,533)

Schmidt, 2010, Hardcover, 408, Goed

The Pantheon: Design, Meaning, and Progeny, With a New Foreword by John Pinto, Second Edition

MacDonald · 2002 · The Wild Muse

$35.00 (€31.17 | £26.02 | ¥5,530)

Harvard University Press Second edition, trade softcover. Published Cambridge, MA:Harvard University Press, 2002, first printing. Large 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9 1/4", 160pp., illustrated. Fine. The Pantheon in Rome is one of the grand architectural statements of all ages. This...

Total identity

Hans P Brandt, e.a. [ Vormgeving: Ad van Dommelen] · 2003 · Internetbooks

€26.00 ($29.20 | £21.71 | ¥4,613)

Amsterdam. BIS Publishers, 2003. 237 pp.. 285 mm x 228 mm. geïllustreerd. Standaardwerk over de theorie en praktijk van corporate identity en branding. Geschreven vanuit het ontwerpbureau Total Identity (nu: Total Design).

Art Nouveau Jewelry

Vivienne Becker 28429 · 1985 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€60.00 ($67.38 | £50.09 | ¥10,646)

Thames and Hudson, 1985, Linnen band met stofomslag, 240, Jewelry was one of the most successful expressions of Art Nouveau style. This book provides an account of the movement that spread through Europe and the US. Biographies of over 300 designers are included, with a guide ...

Costumes de la Suède et de la Norvège

0 · Boekhandel J de Slegte BV

€495.00 ($555.89 | £413.28 | ¥87,830)

W.A. Eurenius, ca. 1880, blue cloth portfolio with gilded title, Published in Stockholm around 1880, this portfolio contains 18 boards, each with a hand-coloured albumen photograph, showing portraits of people in native costumes of Sweden and Norway. All the images are carte-d...

Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein; in Search of the Absolute

Various [ed. by Joachim Pissarro] · 2016 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.66 | $201.76 | ¥31,878)

London, Gagosian Gallery, 2016. First edition. Hardback. The first edition of two charming volumes on an original exhibition celebrating the work of the Swiss sculptor and French artist for the first time together. The first edition of Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein; In Search...

Painted Tapestry and Its Application to Interior Decoration

Julien Godon · 1879 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.80 | $121.06 | ¥19,127)

London, Lechertier, Barbe, and Co, 1879. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated informative guide to the interior application of painted tapestry. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding.With notes on the history, appl...

Armstrong&Apos;S Linoleum

1936 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.88 | $73.98 | ¥11,689)

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Armstrong Cork Products Company, 1936 . Cloth. Scarce edition of Armstrong's profusely illustrated catalogue of linoleum designs. Scarce edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.Featuring a colour frontispiece and around 300 pages...

Societãƒâ  Anonima G. Vianini & CI.

1890 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

Roma and Napoli, G. Vianini & Ci. c1923 . Cloth. Very scarce Italian flooring catalogue, lavishly illustrated with ninety-one pages of colour plates. Very scarce.In the original Italian.Bound in the publisher's original decorative cloth.Illustrated with ninety-one pages o...

Art Deco French Furniture Catalogue: Md Catalogue No. 6

M.D. · 0 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.23 | $457.32 | ¥72,257)

Paris, Not Stated , c1930 . Cloth. Illustrated throughout with monochrome depictions of decorative furniture, this is a wonderful and very scarce Art Deco French furniture catalogue. A vanishingly scarce early 20th century catalogue of furniture from an Paris based furniture m...

Early Keyboard Instruments, from Their Beginning to the Year 1820

Philip James · 1930 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.60 | $235.39 | ¥37,191)

London, Peter Davies Ltd, 1930 . First edition. Cloth. A presentation copy of the first edition of Philip James's history of keyboard instruments, with a tipped in signed letter from the author to furniture designer Ambrose Heal. A presentation copy of the first edition, ...

Wilh. Gerstung in Offenbach A. Main Und Die Rudolfinischen Drucke

1925 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.72 | $168.13 | ¥26,565)

Offenbach, Wilh. Gerstrung, 1925. Paperback. A very scarce copy of this limited edition study of the works of the Wilhelm Gerstung publishing and printing house in Offenbach, written in the original German. German. This copy is hand-numbered as number ninety. Illustrated with ...

Typothek I: Klassische Antiqua-Schriften in Originalschnitten

Eckehart Schumacher-Gebler · 2004 · Rooke Books

£48.00 (€57.49 | $64.56 | ¥10,201)

Not Stated, Schumacher-Gebler, 2004. Loose Pages, Articles. A very pleasing copy of this library of antique typefaces in the original cuts, in the original German. German. A typeface library containing a total of fifty-six fantastic typefaces from the bygone era of typesetting...

Jewellery

H. Clifford Smith · 1973 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.85 | $87.43 | ¥13,814)

London, EP Publishing Limited, 1973. Cloth. H. Clifford Smith's profusely illustrated work on jewellery from around the world and its history. A later edition. First published in 1908 with this being a recreation of that original edition. Illustrated with a monochrome fro...

English Furniture with Some Furniture of Other Countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

John Gloag; Yvonne Hackenbroch · 1958 · Rooke Books

£295.00 (€353.33 | $396.79 | ¥62,693)

London, Thames and Hudson, 1958. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this vastly illustrated reference book to the furniture of the Irwin Untermyer Collection. First edition. Illustrated with three hundred and fifty-eight plates, many of which are in colour. Collate...

Cathedrals of England and Wales Their History Architecture and Associations

Anonymous · 1906 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.83 | $100.88 | ¥15,939)

London, Cassell and Company Ltd, 1906. Leather. A detailed and illustrated architectural work on English and Welsh cathedrals, bound in a Carter Bros straight grain half morocco. Two volume complete set. Bound by the Carter Bros in half straight grain morocco with their binde...

Design: An Exposition of the Principles and Practice of the Making of Patterns

Richard G Hatton · 1925 · Rooke Books

£130.00 (€155.71 | $174.86 | ¥27,627)

London, Chapman and Hall , 1925. Cloth. Scarce third impression of this treatise on design by Richard G Hatton, rarely seen enclosed in its original dust wrapper. Richard G Hatton's study of the designer's making of patterns, the third impression. Scarce in all editi...

The House Beautiful and Useful, Being Practical Suggestions on Furnishing and Decoration

J. H. Elder-Duncan · 1907 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.73 | $161.41 | ¥25,502)

London, Cassell and Company, Limited , 1907. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of this guide to furnishing and decorating a house. A scarce first edition. In the original soft cover cloth binding. With a colour frontispiece and numerous monochrome plates throughout. A...

Borregaard White and Tinted Banks and Bonds

None · 1918 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.21 | $470.77 | ¥74,382)

London, Borregaard, c1930. Brochure/Pamphlet. Two volumes of colourful paper samples printed for Borregaard, a historical and reputable paper printer. Two collections of paper specimens for banks and bonds, stocked by W. Lunnon & Co.Borregaard is a paper company which can trac...

[Silk Road: Fabrics from the Han to the T&Apos;Ang Dynasty]

Unknown · 1973 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.84 | $94.15 | ¥14,876)

Beijing, Unknown , 1973. Cloth. A lovely example of this work of Chinese textiles, written in the original Chinese. This work is in excellent condition and is held in the original slipcase. In the original Chinese. First edition, second printing. Handsomely bound in a full clo...