Decorative Arts

Lunenburg: Stinehour Press [1960], a numbered copy from a limited edition of 500. (Hardcover) 190pp. Very good plus. Issued without dust jacket. Pale green cloth. Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index. The spine is faded, and there is a previous owner's name and faint blindstamp on the front endpaper. (Antiques, Silversmiths--Canada, Silverware).

Boston, Massachusetts / New York, New York: Firefly Books. Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Soft Cover. 398 pages: 6 x 8.25 in.: 2.4: KB#005150: Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. Copy is tightly bound and unread but plastic on front/back cover is slightly wrinkled. " 20th Century Fashion, published in association with Vogue magazine, is the definitive style bible for anyone interested in the past, present and future of fashion. It takes a fresh look at fashion history over the twentieth century and charts the evolution from corsets to Coco Chanel to punk. The book chronicles and explores one hundred years of developments and movements, including: 20s flappers * Christian Dior's New Look * Swinging Sixties * New Romanticism * 90s Eclecticism. Illustrated with eye-catching archive images, 20th Century Fashion also features the work of the photographers who helped immortalize seminal fashion images. An A-Z section profiles two hundred and fifty of the greatest fashion designers who… Read More

Paris: Le Décor d'Aujourd'hui, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good -. [14], 324 p.: 21 color plates tipped in on heavy, captioned stock, and many black-and-white photographs, drawings, and plans; 30 cm. Buff linen spine with black-stamped spine title; buff paper over boards printed in black with a leaf pattern. Grey endpaper. Lacking dust jacket. The third volume in the series Le Décor de la Maison. Call number in white on lower spine. Small stamp of Drexel Institute of Technology Library on lower section of title page. Remains of book pocket on back fixed endpaper. A detailed look at mid-20th-century French furniture and interior design. In Very Good- Condition: ex-library, as described above; edges rubbed; ends of spine frayed; cover slightly soiled; pages and plates clean and tight.

Printed in Soviet Union , 1973. This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustjacket and very good slipcase. Text in English and Russian. Introduction in English as well as descriptions of plates at end in English. 195 plates in black & white and color. All the furniture is 18th through late 19th century Russian work. Most photographs show the furniture in room settings, but close-ups of individual pieces. The book is organized into sections: 18th century, 19th century, to give the reader a sense of the development and styles. 12" high X 10" wide, 31 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Toronto: University of Toronto Press [0-8020-0592-6] [1993]. (4to) 301pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Color frontispiece, black & white and color illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. The bottom corners are lightly bumped. Time Period Middle Ages. Locale:. (Art, Stained Glass).

New York: Doric Publishing Co.. Very Good+. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green buckram cloth with white title on spine. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Published quarterly by the Doric Publishing Co. Illustrated with color & b/w photographs and various fabric samples, designs and colors. 4 hard bound issues, 1954 (Nos 28-31). Catalogue; Ex-Library; Photographs, Cloth Samples; Folio 13" - 23" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Seattle: William Traver Gallery, 2004. Signed by the artist. First edition / First printing. Bright neon orange lucite cover, chipboard rear cover with white stiff paper spine. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket, a clear mylar jacket is supplied. A unique and lovely binding, this catalog was also issued in wrappers, the special binding is significantly less common.

(Pawtuxet Cove, RI): Dale Chihuly, 1982 Signed in pencil at the bottom of the front free end-paper by Dale Chihuly. First edition / First printing. Green cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. An exceptional copy with an early signature. Vellum sheet bound in before the title page with the exhibition schedule for 1982 show at Tucson Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, and the St. Louis Art Museum. The first monograph on the artist, preceded only by by an exhibition catalogue for the Renwick Museum (1978).

New York / Tokyo / Kyoto: Wetherhill / Tankosha / National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, 1982 First edition / First printing. Limited edition Number 407 of 1,000 copies. Pale blue raw silk. Very fine in a very fine dust jacket. Front top corner has a light crease.

New York: Callaway [0-935112-18-9] 1983. (Folio hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Black & white and color photographs and illustrations, chronology. A previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, a small bump at the foot of the spine and a lightl smudge to the dust jacket spine. (Design, Art, Design, Designers--Japan).

México, Centauro, 1946. 8vo, rústica, 214 pp., profusamente ilustrado en b/n, 48 planchas, varias de ellas con ilustraciones de Josep Renau. Imprenta Cosmos. Cubierta con raspones leves en los bordes, primeras hojas con pequeño doblez en la esquina inferior, por lo demás en excelente estado. PC: Exilio español, José Bolea, Leyenda, Atlántida

Octavo (9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches) Various places: San Rafael, California; Springfield, Massachusetts; Chicago; Columbus, Ohio, 1931 - 1958 a sammelband of TWELVE INDIVIDUAL BOOKLETS (eleven specifically on magic) bound together in their original stiff paper wrappers (several of them decorated with illustrations), all in very good condition; bound in a professionally prepared binding in red cloth, with a black label and gilt title on spine.

The titles include: "The Magic of Rezvani," "Joe Karson's The World's Fastest Card Trick" (with a signed presentation by Karson), "Ireland Writes A Book," "Le Paul Presents The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M. 'New and Different Effects With Playing Cards," "Thornton's "Secrets of Mental Magic," "How's Your Library? A Guide To Cataloguing And Caring For Books," "Rope Eternal, an encyclopedia on cut and restored rope tricks," "Sponge Ball Manipulation," "Tricks For Kid-Shows," "How To Do Headline Predictions,"Ireland's "Card Annual 1957-1958 (two volumes)"… Read More

Seattle, Portland Press / Abrams, 2011. Signed on the first black page following the end-paper by Dale Chihuly. First edition / First printing. Deluxe Signed Edition in custom slipcase. Green cloth, with green cloth slipcase. Very fine in fine slipcase. Heavy book will require additional shipping charge. Not available for international sale.

Las artes industriales en cuba su historia y evolucion desde las culturas precolombinas hasta nuestros dias primera edicion habana cuba 1943.edicion ilustrada con 70 figuras en negro y 3 a color.historia de las artes industriales en cuba desde las culturas aborigenes,la ceramica,tallados,la ceramica colonial,la plateria,el trabajo en madera los muebles ventanas,puertas,los techos.el quitrin fabricado en cuba.los hierros modernos muebles de hierro,la industria del machete la herreria colonial,las lamparas,el souvenir cubano,y otros temas interesantes.su autora ana arrollo de arrillaga.fue una escritora,periodista e intelectual cubana publicó tres novelas, una de ellas sobre el exilio cubano, titulado Raíces al viento, y es autora de América en su literatura y Narrativa hispanoamericana actual, además de Las artes industriales en Cuba y Razón y pasión de sor Juana, que va por su quinta edición. La ensayista, que nació en Italia, de padre puertorriqueño y madre cubana, fue autora, además, de… Read More

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After Baroque Furniture, Rococo Furniture and Empire Furniture, here is the volume that completes the study of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Italian furniture. A must for scholars, collectors and antique dealers.
[Neoclassical Furniture in Italy / Furnishings and Interior Decoration from 1775 to 1800] This new title in the series deals with the last quarter of the eighteenth century. The introductory essay to the book sets the historical and artistic scene and this is followed by the usual detailed description of exceptional pieces of the period. From a painstaking examination of the furniture held by museums, historic residences and palaces, organized according to geographical area, there emerge both the major centres and the… Read More