NP, n/d. Hardcover. 4to. Cream cloth with blind-stamped title in original dust jacket. Minor bumping to bottom edges. Minor creasing and staining to dj. Illustrated with color reproductions of photographs. Text in Spanish, French, English and Portuguese. Near fine condition. Rare. More
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1994. Limited edition. Box. 1/500. Thick stock white cardboard clamshell box, with all white embossed illustrated cover and spine, housing 22 loose leaf inserts. This is #270 of a limited edition of 1,500 copies. The inserts include five elegant stenciled paper cuts by Ruben Toledo, on... More
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1995. Limited edition. Softcover. 1/2000. Elephant folio. 11.5x16" Photo-illustrated multicolored cardboard sleeve, with lettering in yellow, blue, red, back and white on the covers. The sleeve houses loose leaves. This is copy #778 from of a limited edition of 2000 copies. "HYPE! was our parody of the... More
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1997. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/5000. Beige cloth slipcase with silver lettering on the front cover. Beige cloth boards over tan paper covered boards, with silver lettering on the spine. White ribbon marker. This is # 674 from a limited edition of 5000, hand-numbered on the interior... More
New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1997. Limited edition. Box. 1/2800. Elephant Folio. 18.5x12". Photo-illustrated red and white lidded box, with white lettering on the front cover. This is #2779 of a limited edition of 2,800 copies. The box houses 13 photo-illustrated loose leaf inserts (most are multipage and folded) plus a.... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. Ronald Sautebin. First American edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 370pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. A delightful publication on Caucasian carpets that includes " a wealth of artistic, historical, and technical information, much of which appears in print here for the first time... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1978. First American edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 546, [20]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over burgundy cloth with gold lettering on spine. Illustrated with 254 striking full-color photographic reproductions, this work is a sumptuous feast of the most important and famous classical Persian carpets and many other finely knotted... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1903. First edition. Hardcover. Small Elephant Folio. xiv, (1) 198 (1)pp., cxxi plates with printed tissue guards. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative initial and endpiece. A catalogue of the unique loan collection exhibited in 1902 at St. James Court, London... More
London, Massachussetts, USA: JG Press, (1978). Hardcover. 4to. 320 pp. Photo illustrated hardcover w/dj. Frontis. Profusely illustrated with annotated b/w and color images. As new. More
München: Georg D. W, Callwey, ND (ca 1940). First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 144pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over gray quarter cloth with illustrated gray paper-covered boards and brown and reverse gray lettering on cover, brown on spine. Publisher's logo on half-title. Detailed study on the application of color and pictorial... More
Paris: Au Bureau du Journal les Modes Parisiennes, 1856. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. Original wrappers with gold lettering on cover. 12 stunning color steel-plate engravings by A. Portier. The plates show females with costumes worn in Paris in the 1850's. Each plate is protected by a tissue guard. The author Paul... More
New York: Geigy Company Inc. ca. 1936. Hardcover. Ex-library. 8vo. 16 page accordion fold-out in blue cloth folder with lettering on cover and spine. 336 dyed thread (cotton) samples mounted on heavy card stock. "This well known group of dyestuff is suitable for application to all types of cotton goods... More
Paris: Librairie Centrale d'Architecture, ND (ca 1888-1890). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (12 1/4 x 17"). XIII, [3], [194]pp (Text), 60 leaves (Plates). Contemporary 3/4 morocco over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering to spine. Top edge gilt. Illustrated with 60 striking chromolithographic plates, this monumental work is a pictorial... More
香港 Hong Kong: 香港市政局 Urban Council of Hong Kong, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 364pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over decorative wrappers, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Pictorial endpapers. Photo-illustrated title page. Illustrated with hundreds of striking color photographic reproductions (including many fold-out plates), this splendid catalogue was... More
[Wien/Leipzig]; Barcelona: [Fr. Wolfrum & Co. Wien/Leipzig]; Obras cientificas y artisticas Sucesor de J. M. Fabre, ND [ca 1905-1910]. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (19 x 14 3/4"). [1] leaf (Title), [48] loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original 3/4 olive cloth over printed paper covered portfolio. String ties. This early 20th century... More
Paris: Maison Quantin, 1890. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 8, [98] pp. Original illustrated cloth. Ancient Coptic tapestries preserved in the museums of Lyon which came from the Church of Saint Gereon in Cologne. Highly detailed rawings, designs and patterns of native Egyptian Christians. Illustrated with 153 b/w and color plates... More
Paris: Editions Nilsson, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 80pp (Text), 100 loose plates, as issued. Original illustrated wrappers. Complete collection of 10 fascicules containing each 8 pages of text and 10 color pochoir plates. This work describes in detail and in vivid color, the history of French masculine costume from... More
Paris: Editions Nilsson, ca 1923. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 49-80pp. 48 loose plates, as issued. Original illustrated wrappers. Fascinating work containing the last 4 fascicules of a series of 10, dedicated to the history of French feminine costume from the Middle-Ages to the end of the Second Empire. This work... More
London: Alec Tiranti, 1948. Hardcover. 12mo. viii,44,[2]pp. Black cloth with white lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Outside & inside of dj with b/w reproduction of photographs. Interesting late 1940's publication reviewing the design of 'modern' domestic built-in furniture as well as looking at its effect on the... More
New York: George D. Baldwin, 1844. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [8], 574pp. Modern quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering and blind-stamped decoration to spine. Scarce first edition of this authoritative work on the art of weaving. The book is splendidly illustrated throughout with 35 engraved plates... More
London: Scala Publishers, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 136pp. Original pictorial wrappers and title page. Title inscribed and signed by Mattiebelle Gittinger to Fred and Stella [Krieger]. This lavishly illustrated book, published to accompany the exhibition of the same name, presents a fascinating overview of the use of cloth, its... More
Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 256pp. Original brick cloth with yellow lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions, this volume is a collection of thirteen interpretive essays on the nature of textiles in Indonesia and their... More
Berlin: Privately Printed, ca. 1920s. Softcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Pictorial wrappers with black lettering. Photographic catalogue of the famous Berlin-based furniter store Gleiser, located in Alexanderplatz. The store was a member of "Verband zur Forderund deutscher Wohnkultur" [short: DeWoKu]. Every page is delightfully illustrated with a sepia-toned photogravure image of a.... More
Tehran New York London Ashiya: Bank Melli Iran, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 416pp., 1 folding map. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Light yellow endpapers. Vignette on half-title. Frontispiece color photograph. A pictorial introduction to the contemporary folk Arts and Art Crafts of modern Iran. Outstanding... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1974. Hardcover. 4to. 451p. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and dj. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Edges and corners slightly rubbed. DJ very minor, and slightly, creased on top along spine. Includes a brief chronological survey with the pictorial... More