Greene & Greene.
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 240 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. 240 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover.
Inscribed by the author on the title page. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Skira/Rizzoli, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. 271 pp. Folio. Clean, crisp dust jacket in mylar cover. Rust cloth with a very small divot at the top edge of the front and rear board near spine.
A large, lavishly illustrated survey of an iconic era in design history. Very Good / Fine. More
New York, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1941. Hard Cover. First Edition. xi, 249 pp. Black cloth boards with light staining at edges. Exciting red polka dot endpapers, clean within. Lacking dust jacket. 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
Haavisto, Kari. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. Hardcover. 255 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
Paris: Editions d’art Charles Moreau, [1929]. Portfolio. First Edition. With 48 plates of edifices, including 6 in color. Housed in publisher’s portfolio of gray cloth spine over boards, cloth ties lacking. The portfolio has some wear and soiling but quite nice for a white portfolio from 1929. Plates have light age toning but quite sharp.
A stunning collection of early Art Moderne architecture and interior design. Plates consists of some drawings but mostly photographs of what was on the cutting edge in architecture at that time. Included in the plates are 6 colored pochoir plates that are absolutely fabulous. In addition to René Herbst, portfolio includes structures by Le Corbusier, Gerrit Rietveld, J. J. P. Oud [Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud], and Jan Buys [Jan Willem..... More
Paris: C. H. Moreau, 1925. Portfolio. First Edition. Unpag. Oblong Folio. 54 Plates. Title-page and contents page on one folded folio leaf and 54 numbered black & white plates. Housed in publisher’s portfolio of black cloth backstrip, decorative front board, plain rear board, original cloth ties. Light wear overall, occasional soiling to portfolio, plates toned and rubbed, with occasional thumbsoiling or foxing, bookseller’s ticket on front pastedown of portfolio. Text in French.
A stunning, complete work by René Herbst (1891-1982) that was one of the first to document the growing Art Moderne (later coined "Art Deco" that was building in Paris and New York between the wars. Focused on storefronts and some interiors, this shows how department and specialty shops were often the leading in..... More
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie. Glasgow, Scotland/New York: Glasgow Museums/Abbeville Press, 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 383 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy.
A stunning book that covers the breadth and depth of Mackintosh's work. Fine / Fine. More
Philadelpha: Temple University Press, 1979. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 249 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copty with dust jacket in mylar cover.
A wonderful survey, profusely illustreated from automats to trains, of industrial design during what has also been called "The Machine Age." Fine / Fine. More
Pfeiffer, Walter. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 254 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 176 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New York: Atheneum, 1982. First Edition. xvii, 366 pp. 8vo. Very light scuffing to dust jacket from shelf wear, price clipped, now in mylar cover. Clean within. Fine / Very Good. More
New York: Abrams, 2019. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 302 pp. 4to. Dust jacket is quite sharp, now in mylar cover. Slight bumping to head and foot of spine, clean and tight within. Very Good / Fine. More