Hunter, Dard. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. xxv, 332 pp. 97 plates. 4to. Dust jacket has sunning to spine, now in mylar cover. Light dust staining to head of text block, clean within. Very Good / very good. More
London: The Studio Ltd., 1934. Hardcover. First Edition. 120 pp. 4to. Blue cloth boards with red embossed titling to cover and spine. Light wear to edges of boards, now in custom-fitted mylar dust jacket. Clean and crisp within. A review copy with review slip tipped onto first free endpaper.
A nice early survey of of Morris's work. Very Good. More
Eugene, OR: Privately Published, n.d. Spiral Bound. 277 pp. 4to. Black plastic spiral bound volume with heavier paper cover. Numbers that appear to be phone numbers written lightly at head of front cover, very small tear at foot of cover. Slight age toning to pages, inscribed by the author in black ink on title page. Clean within. Very Good. 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
Eugene, OR: School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, 1974. Spiral Bound. First Edition. Unpag. 4to. Black plastice spiral bound volume with heavier paper cover. Slight age toning to pages, previous owner's name in green ink at the upper right corner of the title page. Some penciled underlining within.
A series of lectures and essays by William “Bill” Kleinsasser (1929-2010), the longtime University of Oregon professor of architecture. Very Good. More