Minneapolis and New York: Walker Art Center and Abbeville Press, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 256 pp. Stated first edition. Introduction by Friedman with essays by Flam, Elizabeth Armstrong and others. Illustrated in color and black and white. A history and monograph on Tyler Graphics Ltd., a famous printmaking facility..... More
No Place: Kingsbury Press, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound quarto in printed dustwrapper. Unpaginated. With texts by Mark Shuttleworth, Dalton Maag and others. A fine copy. Graphic design, fonts. More
New York: Graphis Magazine, 1988 and forward. First edition. Paperback. Large format glossy bound magazines. Six issues all in near fine to fine condition. Filled with color illustrations plus articles and adverts. A magazine devoted to advertising and graphic design. A heavy lot. Additional shipping costs may apply... More
London: Pentagram Design, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Stapled wrappers with wide French flaps. Unpaginated. The fourth in an occasional series of pamphlets published by Thompson and Davenport on graphic communications. Fine condition in bound wrappers in fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper.. Published as Pentagram Papers Number 4. Not dated, but from..... More
Tokyo: Takeo Company Limited, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Tall paperbound quarto.56 pp. Text in Japanese with two tipped in letters from the publisher written in English. Illustraions of corporate letterheads with photos by Hiroshi Ikeya. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
New York: John Luke Associates, 1989. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. A very good softbound volume featuring work of 24 graphic designers including Paul Rand. Erratum and Apology Card tipped in. More
Tokyo: Masanori Omae, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. Monograph of graphic designer and award winning design recipient Geoff McFetridge. One corner bump, else a fine copy in illustrated boards. Issued without dustwrapper. This copy benefits from an Original Drawing by the artist and with his signature underneath. Quite rare to..... More
Bologna: Zanichelli, 1978. Early Printing. Paperback. Small quarto. 101 pp. Text in Italian. Published as Number 2 in this publisher's series of books on design and symbols. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
No Place (Mexico): Disenado por Fernando Medina (Nora Alarcon y Fernando Medina, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated in black and white. Text in espanol. Introduccion by Eduardo Ricarde Medina. Prolgo por Miguel Aleman Velasco. A very good clean copy in unprinted plastic comb bound wrappers. Scarce book..... More
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Spring 1985 issue of this magazine devoted to graphic design and computer graphics. (pages 172 to 306). very good condition in bound printed wrappers. Contributions by Dorothy Shamonsky, Morissa Miller Rubin and others. More
Helsinki: Erkki Ruuhinen. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. A monograph on this graphic designer with text in Finnish and English. A near fine copy in oversized boards. No dustwrapper, as issued. This copy has a SIGNED "With the Compliments of the Artist" slip laid in. Signed by Author. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Foreword by Paul Rand. A 271 pp illustrated monograph with text by Pat Schleger. Remainder mark to lower edge else a near fine hardbound copy in near fine dustwrapper. More
London: Lund Humphries, 1958. First edition. Paperback. Very tall paperbound quarto. 31 pp plus ads at rear of magazine. Issue number 14 from the original series of Typographica. Includes a discussion of the publications of the Gaberbocchus Press, a bibliography of the Grillen-Presse and more. With heavy chipping and paper..... More
Boston: MIT Press, 1985. Later printing. Paperback. Stated fourth printing. Includes a 32 pp illustrated booklet in clear plastic pocket along with three laminated plastic illustrated "wheels" or tools used for design purposes. Thick plastic folder is lightly worn. Contents all in fine condition. Classic work in the field of..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Oversized clothbound book in dustwrapper. A 232 pp illustrated memoir of the "dean of decorators". Near fine condition in very good unclipped dustwrapper. More
New York: Viking Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth. Tall, clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 319 pp monograph with text by Erica brown and a preface by Walter Hoving. illustrated mostly in black and white. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. A large and heavy book. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1994. Second printing. Hardcover. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 256 pp. With special photography by Fritz von der Schulenberg. Includes 150 full-color photographs. Interior design influences from the Napoleanic Era of neo-classicism that spread through Europe in the 18th century and beyond. SIGNED by the author..... More
Fairport, NY: Donald P. Naetzker, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound volume. 113 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Ingenuity applied to old antiques and other objects. A lovely near fine copy. More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1995. First edition. Cloth. Tall clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 182 pp. Stated first edition, first printing with complete number row on the copyright page. Remainder mark to lower edge, else a handsome near fine clothbound copy in lightly worn dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated in color... More
New York: Bantam Books, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Wide clothbound quarto in dustwrapper.150 pp. A sumptuous and extravagent book with color photographs of the beds of the rich and powerful. A fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Ms. Von Furstenberg on the half-title page. A large and heavy volume... More
Perugia: Benucci Editore, 1985. First edition. Cloth. Very tall clothbound quarto issued without dustwrapper and housed in an illustrated hard slipcase. 144 pp. Text in Italian by Ottorino gurrieri. Lavishly illustrated in color with some black and white. A fine copy in fine slipcase. More
Milano: il Risorgimento, 1933. First edition. Paperback. Tall softbound quarto. Annual of graphic and printing arts. Text in Italian. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. More
Italy: Associazione Nazionale Italiana, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Fabulous book displaying dozens of examples of fine press printing from Italy. Examples using blind embossing, offset lithography, web-offset, screen printing, sheet-fed gravure, flexography, and die-cutting. Printed on various color paper. Fine condition. Laminated boards with linen spine and metal corner tips..... More
Japan: Unknown, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto in cardboard sleeve. Text in English and Japanese. Includes seven colour photographs and 183 black and white illustrations. A fine copy in thick bound wrappers in near fine cardboard slipcase. The focus of the book is a Japanese temple. n.d.... More
Tokyo and Amsterdam: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and Harry N. Abrams, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Huge folio size clothbound volume in thick clear plastic dustwrapper. 554 pp. With fantastic gravure photographs of Japanese temples and their art and environs. A fine copy in near dustwrapper with a chip at the top of..... More
