West New York, NJ: Mark Batty Publisher, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto with French flaps. 128 pp. A monograph with 400 full-color illustrations of examples from London's illicit sex trade. Fascinating book. Fine condition. More
Switzerland: Maurice Collet, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Tall thick paperbound quarto. Annual number 10 in a series of Swiss graphic and advertising arts. Over 200 glossy pp filled with brilliant color and b/w examples of graphic and advertising art. No date indicated, but likely from the early 1950's. A...... More
Rhein-Ruhr: Verlegt bei Richard Scherpe, 1952. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Text in German. 100 numbered pages followed by 66 unnumbered pages of full-color advertisements. Plastic comb binding. n.d. but from circa 1952. Magnificent volume on advertising design and graphics. Prior ownership name and date to front endpaper. A few of..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. Reprint. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto in dustwrapper. 240 pp. Reprint edition of the original 1997 edition. Profusely illustrated volume on the history of advertising trademarks. A very good copy in dustwrapper. A somewhat large and heavy volume. More
New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 279 pp. Profusely illustrated in black and white. An important text on typography. Very good condition in photo-illustrated boards in a very good unclipped dustwrapper. Small prior ownership bookplate afixed to the front pastedown... More
Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1993. First edition. Cloth. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 229 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A fascinating book on these royal tombs in Peru. A near fine copy in black cloth binding in unclipped dustwrapper. More
Leide: Pierre Vander, 1713. First edition. Full Leather. Three separate volumes (labed 1-3) in somewhat worn leather bindings. Text in French. Each volume contains numerous illustrations including fold-out illustrations at the beginning of each volume. 6 1/4 x 4" wide. Still well bound. Magnificent architectural structures of ancient Europe... More
Japan: Hoshibill Co., 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Linen bound quarto in dustwrapper. 200 pp. Stated first edition. Brief text in Japanese - the rest of the volume is given over to full page glossy photographs of antique dolls. A fine copy in dustwrapper. Book comes in a printed cardboard slipcase..... More
New York: American Art Association Anderson Galleries, Inc., 1930. First edition. Paperback. Stiff paperbound quarto. 275 pp catalog of over 500 pieces of historic American furniture silver and decorations from the sale of the holdings of the Philip Flayderman collection. A very good example of this important and useful catalog..... More
Washingon, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in fine dustwrapper. Still sealed in clear plastic. Volume II of a proposed four volume reference set on the architectural library of Mark J. Millard. 392 pp. More
London and New York: Academy Editions & St Martins Press, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Quarto. Nice monograph on this architectural firm. Introduction by Peter Blundell-Jones. 176 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Near fine clean copy in near fineunclipped dustwrapper... More
Japan: Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paper quarto in slipcase. Brief text in English and Japanese. 109 pp. Monograph on the talented architect. A fine copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers in lightly used cardboard slipcase. More
New York: Rizzoli, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 232 pp. Fine copy of this monograph compiled by Brad Collins and Juliette Robbins. Near Fine dustwrapper. A large and heavy volume. More
New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Slender stapled quarto. Unpaginated. With an introduction by Pierre Apraxine. This catalog features these seven architects with a page each for their biography and an image on the facing page. An unusual catalog for this gallery as they mostly featured painters..... More
Paris: Paul Le Chevallier, 1930. First edition. Paperback. Tall softcover architectural magazine published in Paris in 1930. Featuring a superb sepia cover photograph of an interior scene of a palatial staircase and interior b/w photographs with accompanying articles and ads from the this striking period of art deco design and..... More
Paris: Paul Le Chevallier, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Tall softcover architectural magazine published in Paris in 1928. Featuring a superb sepia cover photograph of an art deco designed movie theatre and interior b/w photographs with accompanying articles and ads from the this striking period of art deco design and architecture..... More
Paris: Paul Le Chevallier, 1930. First edition. Paperback. Tall softcover architectural magazine published in Paris in 1930. Featuring a superb sepia cover photograph of an art deco designed restaurant interior as well as interior b/w photographs with accompanying articles and ads from the this striking period of art deco design..... More
New York: Architectural Catalog Company, 1930. First edition. Paperback. First edition. Small folio. Selections from the work of the New York architectural firm of Barnet Phillips Company. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Typical wear to yapped edges of covers, else a tight clean copy. More
Stuttgart: Peter Behrens Haus, 1992. First edition. Cloth. Small 4to. Monograph on Bayon. Introduction by U. P. W. Nagel. Text in Spanish and English. Fine condition in fine dustwrapper.127 pp. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs and architectural plans. More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1985. First edition. Cloth. First edition. Large quarto. 312 pp. Introduction by John Julius Norwich. An illustrated anthology drawn from architectural writers and travellers from Vitruvius to Sacheverell Sitwell. A near fine clothbound book in near fine dustwrapper. Heavy volume... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition of this monograph with over 160 images from the firm Hedrich Blessing. Essay by Tony Hiss. A fine clothbound copy in fine unclipped dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition. Book analyzes nearly 400 architectural books and articles published over the past century and a half to reveal changing societal preferences in architecture. This copy INSCRIBED by Bonta to architectural historian William J. Jordy. Signed by Author. More
Oslo: Museet For Samtidskunst, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound book. 176 pp. Text in Norwegian with some English translations. Catalog of a 2003 exhibition curated by Siri meyer. Illustrated with mostly color photographs. Essays by Anne Karin Jortveit, Leonidas Donskis and others. A fine copy in thick bound..... More
Milano: Silvana Editoriale, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Thick, wide paperbound quarto. 267 pp. Text in Italian and German by Carlo Bertelli, Botta, Lionello Pappi and others. Profusely illustrated retrospective on this world-renowned architect. Some faint dampstaining to a few pages at rear of volume. Otherwise a sound very good copy..... More
New York: Electa / Rizzoli, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Text by Pierluigi Nicolin. A clean very good copy in bound photographic wrappers. 141 pp. This copy boldly SIGNED by Botta and includes a full page HAND-SKETCHED architectural drawing. Quite scarce thus. More
