Surface Issue 147
New York: Surface Media, 2018. The May/June 2018 issue of this design magazine, with articles on Bjarke Ingels, 2x4 Design, etc. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: Surface Media, 2018. The May/June 2018 issue of this design magazine, with articles on Bjarke Ingels, 2x4 Design, etc. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1974). First edition. 4to; 232 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy in original gray cloth, in a good dust jacket with minor edgewear. The great decorator's second book, more autobiographical, more self-referential, and more gossipy than his first, "Billy Baldwin Decorates"; a great.....
Los Angeles, BAM, 2017. Real estate sale prospectus for a house at 924 Bel Air Road, Los Angeles, Perhaps once owned by Shirley Temple, but she never lived in this house. At the time of publication in 2017, called "Billionaire" and offered for sale at $250 Million and later relist.....
Paris: Editions du Regard, (1986). First edition. 4to; 575 pp.; illustrated from photographs, A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. Barre-Desponds's massive monograph on the work of the members of UAM, the Union des Artistes Modernes. With examples of work in all fields, including architectutre, furniture, interior design, decorative.....
Kerber Verlag: 2021. Catalog for the 2020 exhibition of pieces, from sketch to finished product, manufactured by the French furniture and design firm. Text in French and German. First edition. 24.5 cm; 192 pp; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in grey cloth with wrap-around band.
Stuttgart: Verlag Julius Hoffman, 1923. First edition. 4to; vii pp.; 120 color plates from drawings, printed recto only. A very good copy or better in original gilt-stamped green cloth. 120 color renderings of designs for contemporary residential interiors, mostly European, including work by Bruno Paul, Paul Bonatz, many other advocates.....
Tokyo: Car Styling, 1984. Issue devoted to the work of the German-based designer and engineer, showing his work in automobile design, interiors, industrial design, etc. up to 1978. Text in English and Japanese. Later printing. Square octavo; 119 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Bump to top of spine; else.....
Tokyo: Car Styling, 1983. Issue devoted to the work of the German-based designer and engineer, showing his recent work in automobile design, motorcycles, spacecraft, interiors, industrial design, clothing, household goods, etc. up to 1981. Text in English and Japanese. Later printing. Square octavo; 119 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings.....
Freiburg: Galerie Blau, 1994. Catalog for an exhibition of Boucard's visionary furniture creations. Text in English, German, and French. First edition. 24 cm; 95 pp.; illustrated from photographs. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in a good dust jacket.
New York: University Club, 2009. A monograph on the library ceiling in the club designed by Charles McKim, inspired by the Pinturicchio frescoes in the Borgia Apartments in Rome and painted by H. Siddons Mowbray. First edition. 25 cm; 48 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in wrappers.
Santa Barbara: Art Galleries university of California, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover. Catalog for the 1996 exhibition of the furniture designed by Schindler from the late 'teens to the early 1950s. With essays by Schindler, and examples of work designed for specific Schindler houses, apartments, and galley. Indispensable reference work.....
Owings Mills: Watermark, 1991. First Edition. Soft Cover. A monograph on the W. 73rd St. building designed in 1927 by Clinton & Russell. The building is a chronicle of the fortunes, and lack of, of the Upper West Side; built in the 20's by prosperous Masons as a club house/hotel.....
New York: Arts Commission of the City of New York, 1983. First edition. 4to; 54 pp.; printed recto only; illustrated. Crease to front cover; else a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. Monograph on the restoration of the three-room suite in New York's City Hall.
Rome/New York: Textilia/Doris Leslie Blau, 1998. Catalog for an exhibition in Rome and New York of thirty European carpet designed between the wars. Designs reflect prevailing modernist trends. First edition. 32.5 cm; 68 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy in original wrappers. Text in English and Italian.
AA Publications, 2004. First edition. Folio; 43 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original black wrappers, in good black dust jacket with some wear to bottom edge. Monograph on the Czech designer working in London.
Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. Panache Partners Llc, 2009. First edition. F/F IN SCIBEDC BY BRADFIELD.
St. Bonaventure: St. Bonaventure University, 2009. Catalog for the 2009 exhibition of work by artist Hildreth Meiere, best known for her murals and mosaics. Showing examples of Meiere's work at the Nebraska State Capitol, University of Chicago, St. Barts church in NYC, Irving Trust building, Temple Emanu-El, Radio City Music.....
Berlin: Brohan Museum, 1998. Catalog published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Museum, featuring collections of objects, arts and crafts, industrial design, and a picture gallery. First edition. 27.5 cm; 203 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in laminated pictorial boards.
Garden City: Doubleday Page, 1912. Essentially a collection of trade catalogs treating all aspects of interior and exterior furnishing of the contemporary [1912] house. With essays and examples of the correct paint (with a page of paint samples), furniture, wallpapers, plumbing fixtures, doors, lighting, fireplaces and mantels, greenhouses, gates and.....
Zurich: Museum fur Gestaltung, 1985. Catalog for the 1985 Zurich exhibition of the furniture, accessory, and industrial design of pioneer Swiss modernist Willy Guhl. The designer was part of the Swiss neo-functional design scene in the 1940s. He was an early advocate of flat-packed furniture and best known internationally for.....
Pin-up, 2019. Issue 26, Spring Summer 2019. Amusing European publication on architecture and design. This issue with articles by and/or about Wang Shu, Lu Wenyu, Umberto Riva, etc. 4to; 264 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy in original wrappers.
Pin-up, 20120. Issue 27 Fall Winter 2019/20. 4to; 270 pp.; illustrated. A good copy in original wrappers with crease to corner. Amusing European publication on architecture and design. This issue with pre-covid architectural tour of NYC nightlife, fantasy, etc.
Elmhurst: The Business Press, 1968. Transcripts of addresses given at a recent conference sponsored by BEMA, in which office designers discuss new open office design concepts. Speakers include Bernard Schindler, Paul Veneklasen, and color expert Faber Birren. Second edition. 8vo; 101 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A very good.....
New York: Rizzoli, 2022. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Trade catalog for furniture designed by the Italian architect and designer for different manufacturers. First American edition. 33 cm; 302 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A fine copy in laminated pictorial boards, published without a dust jacket.
Milan: Electa Editrice, (1999). First edition. Square 4to; 152 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. Transitive design is defined: "The aesthetic of this moment, balanced between the past and the future, between new technological potential and formal eclecticism, is based on one.....