Isozaki, Arata. Tokyo: The Japan Architect Coo., Ltd., 1994. Wraps. First Edition. 313 pp. 4to. Minor scuffing to covers, sunning to spine. Clean within. Gift inscription on first free endpaper. Text in Japanese and English. Very Good. More
Berlin: Ernst Pollak Verlag, n.d. Hardcover. First Edition. Likely published in the late 1920s/early 1930s. xiv, 165 Plates. 4to. Black cloth covers with gold embossed titling to cover, gold and red titling and decoration at spine with a definite Art Moderne flavor. Light scuffing to covers, some wear to spine. Inscription in German on title page and dated October 1950. Otherwise, very clean within. Contains 180 illustrations/photographs on the 165 plates. Text in German.
Roughly translated, the title in English would be "Modern Shopfitting: Exterior and Interior Design". An important documentation of the Art Moderne movement in Germany which had a marked impact on retail design, as it did in France and the United States. Dozens of architects and designers are listed, the most prominent..... More
Tokyo: A.D.A. EDITA, 1981. Wraps. First Edition. 173 pp. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Brussels, Belgium: Association Pour La Diffusion Artistique et Culturelle, 1957. Wraps. First Edition. 276 pp. 4to. Slick stiff wraps with scuffing from shelf wear, clear exterior original laminate on cover starting at edges. Very clean within. A photo of Walter Gropius and one of his buildings grace the front cover.
This premier issue of "Zodiac" contains Walter Gropius's (1883-1969) article, "Apollo in the Democracy" (pp. 9-14) which was his address when given the Hanseatic Goether Prize at Hamburg June 5, 1957. This publication represents a "Who's Who" in International and Modern design mid-century. Articles by Sigfried Giedion, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Victor Gruen and others, accompanied by reviews of books, and photographs of contemporary buildings. What is as interesting as the design content are the advertisements..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 311 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Austin, TX: Texas Quarterly, 1962. Wraps. As. 85-90 pp. 8vo. Green stiff paper wraps with two slightly rusty staples at spine, some scuffing.
An offprint of the Texas Quartely Spring 1962 Edition. Inscribed boldly on the cover, "The gillensons(?)/1963 greetings/from/Merle" Very Good. More
Lockhart, James R. Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia: The Images Publishing Group Pty. Ltd., 2004. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 329 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Slipcase with a front panel that replicates the front panel of the dust jacket, has slight scuffing from wear. Heavy item requiring additional shipping.
A survey of the work of American classical architect William T. Baker. Inscribed by Baker on the title page with a slight smudge due to signing on a slick page with black marker. Printed in an edition of 1,000 copies with slipcase, this is #311 and hand numbered on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
Becher, Bernd; Becher, Hilla. Munich, Germany: Schirmer/Mosel, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 9 pp. 223 Plates. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Like new. Text in German, which means little as it is really about the photographs.
The third book by the Becher in which they focus on one building type, providng an opportunity to compare and contrast across countries, from Germany and France to the United States. Absolutely fascinating and beautifully printed. Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher's work was the focus of a recent exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Bernd & Hliia Becher" wich ran from 15 July - 6 November 2022. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1949. Hardcover. First Edition. 128 pgs. 4to. Dust jacket has wear and losses at edges, at head and foot of spine, and closed tear at middle of spine, now in mylar cover. Blue cloth boards with gold embossed titling to cover and spine, minor fraying at head and foot of spine, clean within.
Important early monograph on the work of Marcel Breuer (1902-1981). Very Good / Good. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. 157 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Freeman, Michael. Trumbull, CT: Weatherhill, Inc., 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. 246 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Luca Invernizzi. Singapore: Talisman, 2011. Hardcover. First Edition. 147 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Chicago, IL: Kelmscott Gallery, 1986. Wraps. First Edition. 85 pp. Oblong 4to. Light scuffing to covers from shelf wear. 120 illustrations of plans, photographs of houses, studies, interiors by the architects and designers included in the exhibition of the same name that was shown at The Armstrong Gallery in New York, March 12-April 5; The Tartt Gallery in Washington, DC, April 12-May 3; and Lunn Ltd. in Chicago, May 8-13, 1984. Fine. More
Shepherd, Thos. H. London: Jones & Co., 1827-1829. Three Quarter Leather. First Edition. 160, iii; vi, 12 (Subjects), 172, ii (List of Engravings). Both volumes have red leather spine with five slightly raised bands, gold embossed titling and decoration, losses at head and foot of spine. Volume I front board hanging by one cord, considerable foxing to frontispiece engraving and first title page with engraving of Temple Bar, From the Strand. Volume II front board detached. Marbled endpapers, considerable foxing to frontispiece engraving and first title page with engraving of Sussex Place at Regent's Park; this title page appears to have suffered water damage and was re-backed with another sheet of paper by a binder, second title page undamaged. Light foxing throughout, including the numerous..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. Good. First Edition. 111 pp. Folio. Dust jacket has considerable wear, chipping, and losses; now in mylar cover. Beige buckram cover with brown horizontal lines printed across front and rear boards; some staining. Preliminary pages front and rear have darkened from age and water damage at one point in its life. Clean within.
An important work by Paul Frankl (1886-1958) that looks beyond his well-known work in furniture design to encompass both the architecture and interior design style then known as Art Moderne era, later to be known as Art Deco. Frankl rode the Art Moderne wave, but one can see from this publication how he was beginning to adapt that streamlined style to one that evolved..... More
New York: Brewer & Warren Inc., 1928. First Edition. Second Printing. 79 pp. 122 Plates. Folio. Orange cloth boards with black embossed titling to cover and spine; wear and scuffing overall, bumped corners, sunning to spine. Clean within.
An important work by Paul Frankl (1886-1958) that looks beyond his well-known work in furniture design to encompass both the architececture and interior design syle then known as Art Moderne era, later to be known as Art Deco, which was taking the world by storm at the time of publication, soon to be slowed by a worldwide economic depression. Very Good. More
Gross, Geoffrey. Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. 128 pp. Oblong 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
An in-depth study of the house, it's creator, and the context in which it was built and its interiors designed. Fine / Fine. More
Park Forest, IL: The Prairie School Press, 1963. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Unpag. Folio. Green cloth boards with brown cloth over spine that wraps 1/3 of the way to front and rear boards, gold embossed titling to spine and rear board. Top edge gilt. Small bump 1-1/2" above foot of spine. Prospectus laid in. Housed in custom green cloth slipcase.
A stunning copy of the facsimile edition of "The House Beautiful" produced by William Winslow and his Auvergne Press in 1896/1897. Winslow was a client of Frank Lloyd Wright and enlisted Wright to create the intricate designs that adorn each page. Winslow's original edition was bound with a brown leather spine, here reproduced in cloth. A faithful facsimile, this edition even includes the fourteen page booklet..... More
Haavisto, Kari. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Hardcover. 255 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Giaconi, Giovanni. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 151 pp. Oblong Folio. Clean copy with slight scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, now in mylar cover.
A beautiful production that showcases the watercolors of Giovanni Giaconi. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1948. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 743 pp. 4to. Dust jacket has minor scuffing and small closed tears at edges and a 3/4" loss at top right corner of rear panel, now in mylar cover. Red cloth boards with silver embossed titling. Previous owner has inscribed his name and date of gift in light blue ink on front pastedown, they have also pasted a small plate to the first free endpaper of a typed quote by William Maitland, "Today we study the day before yesterday, in order that yesterday may not paralyze today, and that today may not cloud our vision of tomorrow."
Siegfried Gideon (1888-1968) was an important influence on the International Movement in architecture and design. "Mechanization Takes Command"..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2019. Hardcover. First Edition. 238 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Bernard, Augustin. Paris: Aguste Vincent, 1927. Portfolio. First Edition. vi, 9 pp. 63 Plates. Folio. 7 plates of pencil drawings of buidlings accompanied by 56 photographic plates of buildings. Housed in publisher’s portfolio of gray cloth backstrip over boards, cloth ties. Portfolio is worn with some soiling, hinges have ripped at front and rear. Age toning to plates which have minor rubbing but are very clean.
A fascinating collection that documents what were considered "old" buildings in Normandy in the early 20th century. One wonders what remains of these buildings after World War II and urban renewal programs of the 1950s-1970s. Very Good. More
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. xxii, 232 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / fine. More
New York: William Helburn, [1907?]. Hardcover. As. Unpag. 76 Plates. Elephant Folio. Dark brown buckram covers with considerable wear and scuffiing, red leather patch title to spine with blind embossed titling. William Helburn bookseller label on upper left corner of front pastedown along with previous owner's red ink office stamp, "Edward G. Henrich/Architect,/811 Mutual Life Bldg./Buffalo" at the head of the pastedown. Heinrich has also singed it in black ink on the first free endpaper, "Edward G. Henrich/1907". Interior very clean with a slight bump to the lower right cover of the text block. Heavy item requiring additional shipping.
Edward G. Henrich (1876-1930) was a Buffalo, New York, native who was trained in architecture at MIT, graduating in 1899 and returned to his native city..... More