Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Oversized hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 271 pp. Wonderful monograph on the firm of Farrow & Ball who specialize in luxury paint and wallpaper design. Color photographs by Edward Addeo. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Quite heavy - additional shipping charges may apply. More about Farrow & Ball: The Art of Color
Warehouse Point, CT: De Vito Enterprises, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto. 71 pp. Illustrated with photographs and with a fold-out map of Connecticut showing the locations of the various timbered crossings in the state. Erratum slip laid in. A handsome very good copy in unclipped dustwrapper. More about Connecticut's Old Timbered Crossings
Hartford: Connecicut Historical Society Museum, 2005. First edition. Cloth. Oversized clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. Edited by Susan P. Schoelwer. 551 pp. Slightest bit of handling wear, else a fine copy in dustwrapper. Illustrated in color and black and whit. A very large and impressive volume. Additional shipping charges may apply... More about Connecticut Valley Furniture; Eliphalet Chapib and His Contemporaries, 1750 - 1800
Emmaus, PA: Rodale / The Imus Ranch, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 248 pp. Illustrated with photographs. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper. Includes over 125 recipes for kids and cowboys. More about The Imus Ranch (Inscribed); Cooking for Kids and Cowboys
New York: Clarkson N Potter, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 216 pp. With photographs by Beth Galton. This copy has been briefly INSCRIBED by Ms. Stewart and dated in 1985. Uncommon thus. A handsome near fine copy in very good clipped dustwrapper. Beautifully designed and with sumptuous photos. With several... More about Martha Stewart's Pies & Tarts (Inscribed
New York: Clarkson N Potter, 1989. Later printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 144 pp. With color photographs by Christopher Baker. Later printing of one of Ms. Stewart's earliest titles. Briefly INSCRIBED by her on the half-title page. A very good copy in very good clipped dustwrapper. With suggestions and recipes to make... More about Martha Stewart's Christmas; Entertaining, Decorating, and Giving
New York: Harry Abrams, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Oversized clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 405 pp. Beautiful volume featuring 443 illustrations including 160 plates in full color. Mild spotting to top edge else a lovely copy in black cloth covers in a fine unclipped dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Robert Bishop on the... More about American Decorative Arts (Inscribed by Bishop); 360 Years of Creative Design
Stockholm: Snenska Slojdforeningens Tidscrift, 1947. First edition. Paperback. Second issue of this Swedish design magazine. Includes an interview with Aalto Alvaro and other articles. A good copy in tall photo-illustrated wrappers. More about Form 2
Basel, Boston and Berlin: Birkhauser, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Text by Franco Bertoni. 221 pp. A fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. Featuring text and illustrations on such minimalist designers as Donald Judd, Robert Wilson, Dieter Rams, Enzo Mari, Jean Nouvel, Piero Lissoni and several... More about Minimalist Design
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1935. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 572 pp. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Color wheel present and with two pages of color samples. A good copy in reddish brown buckram. Binding a bit shaken and preliminary leaves are tender. Presumed first printing with no additional mention of printings... More about Color And Design In The Decorative Arts
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto. 124 pp. Illustrated in black and white with some color. Text by Karen Davies. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More about At Home In Manhattan; Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression
New York: Whitney Museum, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. Holographic front panel. 191 pp. Book which was published in coordination with a 2003 Whitney Museum exhibition includes six essays on this most original design team. A fine copy, issued without dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. More about Scanning: The Aberrant Architectures of Diller + Scofidio
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First edition. Paperback. 8" square plastic ring-bound book. Color and b/w photographs of furniture and other objects of interior design from the collection at MOMA. A very good copy. More about The Design Collection; Selected Objects
Washington DC and New York: Cooper-Hewitt and Rizzoli, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. 222 pp. Illustrated in black and white with some color photographs. The first published monograph on this distinguished pioneers of American industrial design. A sharp, clean near fine copy in dustwrapper. Heavy volume. More about Henry Dreyfuss Industrial Designer; The Man in the Brown Suit
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Paper 4to. 32 pp. Issue number 123 of this long-established journal of design published out of MIT in Cambridge. This issue is devoted to the works of designer Paul Rand. A very clean and handsome near fine copy. Well illustrated. More about Design Quarterly 123 A Paul Rand Miscellany
Gloucester: Rockport Publishers, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 239 pp. Illustrated primarily in color. Foreword by Tony Kushner. Steven Heller interviews Milton Glaser. A marvelous collection of protest poster art from all over the globe. Small blemish to bottom of front board else a solid near fine... More about The Design of Dissent
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 214 pp monograph on this well known designer. Sharp well bound copy in black cloth binding in near fine price intact dustwrapper. Highly recommended for fans of this art deco designer. More about Donald Deskey; Decorative Designs and Interiors
Detroit and New York: The Detroit Institute of Arts and The metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 352 pp. With 265 illustrations including 62 plates in full color. A monumental monograph concerning the Cranbrook school, a still vital community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Essays by Mary Riordan... More about Design In America; The Cranbrook Vision 1925 - 1950
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Lovely clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 287 pp. With 250 illustrations including 82 in full color plus bibliography and index. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. Marvelous. For fans of the history of American... More about American Rococo, 1750 -1775: Elegance in Ornament
New York: Nest, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Glossy and elaborately designed magazine of art, architecture and interior design. A fine copy. Each issue runs roughly 150 pp or so. More about Nest Magazine Issues # 25
Garden City: Doubleday, 1972. First edition. Cloth. Small clothbound quarto. 216 pp. Illustrated in black and white. A book that advocates for using the principles of adhocism to help solve problems and design new ways for living and enjoying life. Remainder spray to lower edge else a clean very good... More about Adhocism; The Case for Improvisation
Paris: Editions du Centre Pompidou, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound 8vo. 93 pp. Text in French by Elisabeth Vedrenne, Valerie Guillaume and others. Illustrated in color. A very good copy in bound glossy illustrated wrappers. More about La Donation Kartell; Un Environment Plastique 1949 - 1999
Biel / Bienne: CentrePasquArt, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Oversize paperbound 8vo. 103 pp. Catalog from a 2009 exhibition. Text in German by Dolores Denaro. A near fine example in bound printed wrappers. More about Show Show San Keller; Manor Kunstpreis Janton Bern / Prix culturel Manor pour le canton de Berne
Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 1996. Second printing. Paperback. Thick paperbound quarto. 486 pp. Stated second printing of this impressive monograph on the Eames. A lovely near fine copy in thick bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Illustrated in color and black and white. Recommended. More about Charles and Ray Eames; Designers of the Twentieth Century
New York: Praeger, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Thick trade paperbound edition. 238 pp. Illustrated mostly in black and white. A monograph on Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. Very good condition with some light handling wear. Faint printed code stamp to front endpaper. More about Moholy-Nagy; Documentary Monographs in Modern Art
