London: B. T. Batsford, 1901. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4)pp., 40/40 plates. Original illustrated light green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpapers. Illustrated title page. A collection of forty colored lithographs printed in facsimile of the original drawings accompanied by studies of detail from each subject... More
Hugh Lauter Levin Associates/The Forbes Collection, 1999. Hardcover. Folio. 296pp. Lilac cloth boards with silver lettering and decorative motifs on front cover. Silver edges of book block. Royal Genealogy on end papers. This beautiful monograph showcases the amazing Forbes Fabergé collection. End papers contain an organizational chart of Royal Genealogy... More
London: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1989. First printing. Hardcover. Folio. 352pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Title page inscribed and signed by the author to Fred Krieger. In this comprehensive survey, P. R. J. Ford shows readers how to recognize the different structural and... More
Wesel: Uta Hülsey, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 111, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated glossy paper covered boards. Pictorial endpapers. English-language text laid in. Title page signed by P. R. J. Ford. Held at the Orientgalerie Brückenstrasse, Köln, in 1987, this work is the gallery's exhibition catalogue of 19th and 20th... More
Stockholm: Frans Svanström, 1864. Hardcover. 14to. 104pp. of text followed 46 full page plates in folder. Folder has black decorated boards with gray cloth spine. Ties to fore, top and bottom edges. Cloth spine split almost all the way on back board and held by head and tail of spine... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. x, 110 (8)pp., 15 plates. Original illustrated ochre cloth with black decorative top and bottom borders and gilt lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. Red edges. Color frontispiece. Illustrated title page. "This treatise is confined to the different... More
Paris: Librairie Renouard - Henri Laurens Editeur, ND (ca 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (11 x 14 1/2"). [4]pp (Text), 20 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original half tan cloth over paper covered portfolio, with title label pasted on front cover. String ties. Splendid collection of 20 hand-colored Art Nouveau... More
London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. xxxi, 214pp., lxxii plates. Original grass green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece photograph. A descriptive catalogue of English-made and imported drinking glasses, wine glasses, stem glasses, air-twist stem glasses opaque-white-twist stem glasses, facetted or... More
Chicago; New York: Merchants' Record and Show Window, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 148pp. Original decorative olive moire cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Black and white photographic frontispiece portrait of the author. Herman Frankenthal was the display manager for B. Altman Company, New... More
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New York: Brewer & Warren Inc., 1928. Second printing. Hardcover. Folio. 79, [3]pp (text), 108pp (plates). Original orange cloth with black lettering to cover and spine. Half-title page signed by Paul T. Frankl. An interesting look on what was then (1928) modern in the decorative arts. Beautifully illustrated with 122... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 111, [1]pp. Original cloth, with burgundy lettering on spine. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author inscribed and handsigned by himself ("To Doris Phillips. Paul T. Frankl"). Publisher's logo on title page. Illustrated with with numerous floor plans... More
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Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1966. Hardcover. No copies OCLC! 7 volumes. 4to.Continuous pagination. 1200pp. All volumes are in gilt-embossed green leather in mylar with original, pictorial djs. Illustrated throughout with color pictures. Modern designs and architecture by: Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer, Charles Eames, Eero Saarinen, E. Aarnio, Scheichenbauer, G. Coslin... More
Nurnberg: Bertram Frauenknecht, 1984. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 44pp (text), 63 leaves of plates, [2]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Collection of 63 early Anatolian Kelims splendidly reproduced in full-color, and each facing an accompanying text. Moderate shelf wear on dust-jacket. Text in... More
Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1939. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 208 (4)pp. Original decorative dustjacket, black lettering on spine, over cream wraps with vignette and red and black lettering on cover, black on spine, housed in blue-gray stiff paper slipcase with black lettering on two labels. Contains pamphlet with English... More
Berlin: "Gebrauchsgraphik" Druck und Verlag, Juli 1934. Softcover. Folio. 76pp. Original color front wrapper with an image of Ludwig Hohlwein by J. U. Engelhardt. Rear wrapper with color advertisement "Deutscher Geist und deutsche Kunst..." by Hohlwein. 1934 Gebrauchsgraphic issue commemorating Ludwig Hohlwein's sixtieth birthday. With special 15 page section by... More
Berlin: Phönix Illustrationsdruck und Verlag, 1929. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. [20], 80, [22]pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Fascinating issue of one of the most successful leading graphic magazines ever published. This bilingual (German-English) publication which promoted art in advertising, was published in Berlin from 1924 until 1944. This issue is profusely... More
Teufen: Arthur Niggli Ltd., 1970. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 187 pp. Black cloth with d/j. b&w development schemes, drawings and designs throughout. Text also in English German and French. Very good. More
Dresden: VEB Verlag der Kunst, 1979. Hardcover. Sm. 4to. Unpaginated (264pp). Cream cloth with original illustrated dust jacket in cardboard slipcase. Some age wear and minor staining on slipcase. Verso of dj illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs. Detailed account by E. Frommhold on the work of Klaus Wittkugel, covering... More
Rome: Jo. Mariam Salvioni Typographum Pontificium Vaticanum, 1752. Hardcover. 4to. xvi,130pp. + errata. Three-quarter calf over decorative paper-covered boards. Engraved title-page with coat of arms of Benedict XIV. and red and black lettering. Page edges uncut, as issued. Illustrated with 6 copper-engravings ( 3 folding ), & large engraved initials... More
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