Trevian Books
New York: The Vendome Press, (1988). First American edition. Square 4to; 312 pp.; 335 illustrations from photographs and drawings, many in color. A very good copy or better in original gilt-stamped black cloth, in a good dust jacket with a few tears to rear panel. An introductory chapter on the.....
Paris: Christies, 2011. Catalog for the auction of modern architecture and design books, manuscripts, and photographs from the collection of Prince Yaswant Rao Holkar Bahadur, Maharajah of Indore. The Prince was a patron and connoisseur of Modernism and his collection included monographs and reference works in architecture, decorative arts, design.....
New York: Christie's, (2007), 2007. First edition. 4to; 221 pp.; illustrated from photographs, most in color. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers. The catalogue for the 2007 sale of the Prouve prototype house Maison Tropicale, and a variety of modern furniture and decorations by Prouve, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and.....
Elmhurst: Business Press, 1969. The gang at Business Press put together essays from recent issues exploring the new concept of the open, or landscaped, office, which, however successful, we are assured, "will never entirely supplant conventional offices." With articles by Propst, Sven Kaia-Larsen, Hans J. Lorenzen, others. Showing layouts, flow-charts.....
New York: Clifford & Lawton, 1908, 1908. First edition. Folio (33 x 25.5cm); 48 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. Damp mark to bottoms corners of the first leaves, not affecting images or text; else a very good copy in original wrappers. The January, 1908 issue of this trade periodical.....
New York: Clifford & Lawton, 1908, 1908. First edition. Folio (33 x 25.5cm); 48 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings.Wear to spine ends; else a very good copy in original wrappers. The May, 1908 issue of this trade periodical highlighting wall papers and decorations and illustrations of designs for new.....
Madrid: El Croquis, 1992. This issue devoted to contemporary (1992) work in Spain. Text in Spanish and English. 34 cm; 257 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Owner's stamp to fly; else a very good copy or better in wrappers.
Litchfield: Litchfield Historical Society, 2008. Catalog for a 2008 exhibition at the LHS featuring furniture made in Litchfield county. First edition. 28.5 cm; 83 pp.; illustrated from photographs. No CD. A fine copy in wrappers.
New York: Rizzoli, (1980). First american edition. 4to; 112 pp.; illustated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A very good copy in original pictorial wrappers. A survey of Mackintosh's work in architecture and interior design, with a section on competition entries and unexecuted projects.
Galicia: Colexio Official de Arquitectos de Galicia, 2001. First edition. 8vo; 360 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in original wrappers. The premiere issue of this bi-annual journal on architecture and art; this issue with Fernando Quesada on Superstudio, the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959.....
New York: Friends of Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 1939. Promotional book celebrating the architecture, interior design, restaurants, guests, personalites, and the roles played in New York social life by the hotel, in its Park Avenue location since 1931. First edition, 1/5,000 copies. 4to; 177 pp.; illustrated, including many tipped-in plates from.....
Barcelona: Edittion Poligrafa, 2007. A monograph on the non-architectural work of Alvar Aalto, a volume in the series devoted to objects and furniture designed by architects. Introduction by Marku Lahti. Text in English. First English edition. 21 cm; 127 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings. A fine copy in boards.....
Barcelona: Edittion Poligrafa, 2007. First American Edition. Hard Cover. A monograph on the non-architectural work of Jean Prouve, a volume in the series devoted to objects and furniture designed by architects. Introduction by Mathias Remmele. Text in English. First English edition. 21 cm; 127 pp.; illustrated from photographs and drawings.....
Dourdan: E. Thézard Fils, n.d. [1910]. First edition. Folio (32.5 x 42.5 cm); 14 pp.; 36 chromolithographed plates, loose as issued. Wear and marginal soiling to a few of the plates; else a good set in worn portfolio. Colored designs of fronts and details for boutiques,restaurants, and small commercial establishments.....
New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. First edition. 4to; 123 pp.; illustrated. Bump to top of spine; else a good copy or beter in original pictorial wrappers. Catalog for the 1983 exhibition at Yale showing the work of major American designers active in New York City during the 1920s.....
Los Angeles: Balcony Press, (1996). A study of the history, architecture, and interior design of the late Wilshire Boulevard department store. 4to; 117 pp.; illustrated from photographs and plans; bibliography. A fine copy in pictorial wrappers.
London: Studio Books, (1960). First edition. 4to; pp. 172; hundreds of illustrations from photographs, some in color. Minor wear to foot of spine; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped maroon cloth, in a good dust jacket with wear to spine ends. Volume 50 of the annual Studio Year.....
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffman Verlag, N.d. [1922]. First edition. 4to; pp. xxii, 241; 434 illustrations from photographs. Spotting to endpapers; owner's name; else a very good copy in original gilt-stamped cloth backed boards. A survey of Dutch furniture and interiors. Terxt in German.
New York: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, (1982), 1982. First edition. 4to;29 pp.; illustrated. Some spotting to covers; top corner bent; else a very good copy in original pictorial wrappers.
New York: Rizzoli, 2010. First Edition. Hard Cover. A monograph on the New York modernist architect, often derided because of the purported kitsch and tastlessness of his mid-Century Miami hotel work. With examples of his pre-Miami modernist work in retail design as well as public and residential projects. Work illustrated.....
Ridgefield: The Author, 2012. Memoirs of the American designer best known for his ergonomic office chair designs, but accomplished in many aspects of interior and graphic design throughout the second half of the 20th century. First edition. 25.5 cm; 193 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Wear to covers;.....
Boston: Milton Bradley Company, 1916. A treatise on the importance of beauty through decoration in schools, including their architecture, landscaping, decoration of the classroom with fine art and harmonious colors; the second part deals with contemporary experiments in teaching Home Decoration--"...developing the child's judgement in in the selection of furniture.....
New York: Hearst Books, (1982), 1982. First edition. 4to; pp. vii, 327; more than 1500 decorative hardware items illustrated from photographs and drawings. Bump to top corner of cover, else a very good copy or better in original gray boards in a good dust jacket. A useful and thoroughly illustrated.....
University Park: Penn State, 1961. An experimental study of designs for faculty offices with models for adequate and economical two-person offices common in most university departments. First edition. 28 cm; 18 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. Name to cover; else a very good copy in wrappers.
New York: The Archive Press, 1965, 1965. First English edition. 4to; 142 pp.; 60 plates fropm photographs. Some staining to bottom edge front cover, else a very good copy in original beige cloth. No dust jacket. A study of sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish furniture. Text in Spanish and English.....
