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This is a scarce copy of a Sotheby Parke Bernet sale catalogue (Sunday 25th May 1980) of the contents of the Maharaja of Indore's modernistic Madik Bagh palace which he had designed ...

A vintage "Lichtenstein 1970 - 1980" art book by Jack Cowart (St Louis Art Museum), circa 1980. This hard to find paperback book is in good vintage ...

Eugène Vallin (1856 – 21 July 1922) was a French furniture designer and manufacturer, as well as an architect. Hardcover, 319 pag.

Atelier International catalog in original printed plastic ring binder, with tabbed sections for Seating, Armchairs, Tables, Storage, and Office Furniture. The roster of designers fea...

A beautifully produced book, in a presentation box. Being one of a limited edition of only 5000 that were printed by Franco Maria Ricci, 148 pages with text in French and 43 tipped in color illustrations, four of which are double page and 39 single pages. Fabled houses such as Le Chateau de Groussay and Hotel Lambert...

Group of 4 vintage Jack Magazines, Sante Fe, New Mexico edited by Richard Maslow and Art Directer Leah Sherman. Issue 2 1995, issue 4 1996 and issues 5 and 6 1997. Highly graphic and irreverent satire art...

Environment and Design in Housing was planned as a textbook and for reference work. It features some of the best illustrations of design in housing, including 135 photographs by Juli...

George Nelson was an American designer, architect, and writer who is known for his contributions to modern furniture design. He was born in 1908 in Hartford, Connecticut and studied ...

Author Oliver Furth AD100 and Elle Décor A-List Interior Designer Oliver Furth masterfully combines bi-partisan enthusiasm for classical and contemporary influences with California ...

1850 two volume set of Byron's Works, printed by A. Fullerton, Edinburgh. Scarlet Morocco leather & gilt bound set filled with superb steel engravings of Italy, etc. Lord Byron's hom...

Cohen, Leonard. Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs. Toronto: McClellan & Stewart, Inc., 1993. First edition. Rebound with full leather boards, gilt tooling, gilt titles, and ra...

The first monograph on the work of the designer of the iconic 40/4 chair The American industrial designer and inventor David Rowland is best known for his signature 40/4 chair. Rele...

The classic and definitive monograph on iconic architect Mies van der Rohe This is the most readable, comprehensive, and beautiful book ever published on one of the twentieth centur...

‘An important piece of fashion history.’ – Vogue Intimate and elegant photographs taken just before Kate Moss’s rise to fame, in a stylish new edition This gorgeously produced book...

Thomas, Antoine Jean-Baptiste Un an à Rome et dans ses environs; Recueil de dessins lithographiés, représentant les costumes, les usages et le cérémonies civiles et religieuses des é...

Dufy Treasures of the French Painting book. Original Raoul Dufy lithograph book containing 9 plates. Each plate could easily be framed. Very rare Raoul Dufy d...

Pieter de Hooch, one of the most famous and innovative artists of Holland's Golden Age, played a pioneering role in the Delft School and the advancement of genre painting and naturalism in the seventeenth century. Best known for his expressive use of interior space and sun-filled courtyards, de Hooch's command of perspective and responsiveness to light and atmosphere were unprecedented, and his work undoubtedly influenced his younger but more famous colleague Vermeer. This beautiful book examines de Hooch's position in Dutch genre painting and the social and political context of his art in the United Netherlands. It also addresses the artist's favored themes -- in particular the virtue of domesticity -- and relates them to Dutch civilization, literature, and the history of the family in the Protestant republic. Peter Sutton investigates de Hooch's approach to narration and his practice of encoding commentaries through symbolism, gesture, and such time-honored devices as the painting within the painting. In addition, he discusses new technical data concerning the artist's painting techniques, materials, and working methods. Through word and image, the book traces de Hooch's artistic development from his early beloved Delft period pictures to his more elegant and aristocratic paintings...

CIAM ’59 in Otterlo documents the projects, talks and discussions held at the 1959 International Congress of Modern Architecture. The book is edited by Oscar Newman and Jürgen Joedic...

Published in tandem with Pierre Charpin's solo show at Mudac in 2009, this monograph is a reflection of Charpin’s work: simple, unfussy, fluid. It foregrounds drawing as a creative p...

40 Years of Danish Furniture Design is a four volume work of 1,350 pages and 1,800 pictures, each volume covering a decade. The author - G...

The celebrated Venetian architect Carlos Scarpa viewed glass as raw material for experimentation and research, and was challenged by this vastly suggestive age-old art. Now back in p...

Le Corbusier Der Modulor book. Le Corbusier published Le Modulor in 1948, followed by Modulor 2 in 1955. These works were first published in English as The ...

(El) Lazar Lissitzsky exercised a crucial influence on the course of the visual arts - especially the applied arts - after 1918. Yet, though his name appears in most histories of mod...

'The King-Country; or, Explorations in New-Zealand' by J.H. Kerry-Nicholls. Ibid., Sampson Low etc., 1884, XX,379,(1),36p., fold. col. lithogr. map, woodengr. plates, ills., modern c...

Throughout the twentieth century, Italian designers have been at the forefront of promoting the idea of evolution in the forms and images in the environment. 'New Italian Design' is ...

Michel Comte and Milk: A Collaboration 1996-2016 Hardcover in Box.For more than 35 years, photographer Michel Comte (born 1954) has been one of the most in-demand editorial and fashi...

Author: Hallam, Henry. Title: The Constitutional History of England From The Accession of Henry VII To The Death of George II. Publisher: London: John...

AUTHOR: MILNE, A. A. TITLE: Winnie The Pooh. PUBLISHER: London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 volume, illustrated by E. H. Shephard. Bound...

An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to today Brought completely up to date for this revised edition and now a...

Barrie, James M. Peter and Wendy. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1911]. First American trade edition. Illustrated by F. D. Bedford. 8vo. In publisher’s original pale green cloth, boards and spine stamped and lettered in gilt. With a new archival slipcase. Presented is the first American trade edition of James Barrie’s "Peter and Wendy." This edition was published in New York by Charles Scribner’s Sons, in 1911. It is presented here in the publisher’s original pale green cloth boards, with both boards and the spine sumptuously stamped and lettered in gilt. The book is further decorated with a frontispiece, illustrated title page, and 11 plates, all illustrated by F. D. Bedford. It is presented with a new archival slipcase. James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) was a Scottish born writer, working and writing in London. In 1902, he wrote "The Little White Bird," the first introduction to his character Peter Pan. In 1904, Barrie wrote a play version of Peter Pan, a slightly different version of the young boy going on adventures in Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys...

A Monograph on this most important Brazilian furniture designer and maker from the mid-20th century. He opened his factory in 1943 and one of his main clients was the architect Oscar Niemeyer, for whose designs a number of original pieces were commissioned. He was well-known for making use of indigenous...

Churchill, Winston. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples. London: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1956 - 1958. First edition, four volume set. Rebound in 1/4 red Moroccan leather and cl...

Offered is a hardbound edition of a collection of works by Hugo Zapata, one of Latin America’s most unique artists and sculptors. Included among the hundreds of stunning photographs ...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most iconic figure of twentieth-century art, a highly enigmatic personality who not only altered the definition of art itself but also left in...

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1995. Signed 35th Anniversary Edition. Signed by Lee on a bookplate affixed to half title page. Octavo. I...

Thayer, Emma Homan. Wild Flowers of Colorado: From Original Water Color Sketches Drawn From Nature. New York: Cassell and Company, New York, 1885. First edition. Illustrated with 24 ...

Satire Against Husbands by J. F. Regnard,. Hardcover 1954 1st Edition. Mylar jacket has been added at later date.

Gianfranco Frattini, Italian Design. book. edizioni Biblioteca dell'immagine 1988. edited by Pier Carlo Santini-reserved edition for Acerbis International ( 160 copies) , with accomp...

The Glitter and the Gold by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan. 1952 Hardcover 1st Edition. Mylar clear cover has been added at a later date.

The sculpture and paintings of 1970–4 are the subject of this third volume of the catalogue dedicated to publishing the complete paintings, sculptures and drawings of Andy Warhol (1928–87). As authoritative and detailed as the highly praised first two volumes, here Warhol's sculptures and paintings of these four years are comprehensively catalogued and illustrated. Early in this period Warhol was concentrating on film and sculpture, as he had been since being shot in 1968, but by late 1971 or early 1972 he was returning to painting and developing his painterly, 'sloppy and fast' style; a dramatic shift from his 'hard' mechanical style of before 1968. The volume covers major sculptures, such as the Rain Machine, the series of paintings Mao and Man Ray, and commissioned portraits...

3 Volumes. Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages. Bound in full tree calf. The covers and raised band spines display gilt-tooling with red and green morocc...

In this beautifully illustrated volume the author Marc Heirmans has selected 290 "masterpieces" from the Archive at Murano, as well as from museum and private collections in Europe, ...

6 Volumes. Winston Churchill, The Second World War. First Edition. Bound in full purple morocco with the covers and raised band spines displaying gilt-tooling. All edges are gilt wit...

1 Volume. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged. 1st Edition. Bound in full light green morocco with the covers and raised band spine displaying gilt-tooled detailing. All of the edges are gilt w...

New York, Johnson, Fry & Co. Steel plate engravings. Brown with black embossed boards, brown and gilt spines with marbled end papers. Gilt edges. 11" H x 8" D x 1 3/4" W Condition...

Aldrin, Edwin, Warga, Wayne, Return to Earth. New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin on front endpage. In original cloth boards and unclippe...

Knock Wood by Candice Bergen signed and autographed book. Candice Bergen KNOCK WOOD 1984 First Edition 1st Printing Autobiography. Candice Bergen’s best selling 1984 memoir: an “engaging, intelligent, and wittily self-deprecating autobiography” (The New York Times). Candice Bergen was born into the heady Hollywood of the 1950s. Before she became a celebrity in her own right and wrote her memoir, A Fine Romance, she wrote this book about being the “celebrity offspring” of Edgar Bergen, vaudeville and radio’s greatest dignitary/comedian. Her “sibling” was Charlie McCarthy...

Collection of 20th century books relating to the oil industry Continental, 20th Century Height 31cm, width 25cm, depth 5cm This extensive collection of books was published between ...

1 Volume. Lewis Carroll, The Works. First Nonesuch Edition. Bound in 3/4 green calf and linen boards. The covers and raised band spine are gilt-tooled with a tan morocco label. The t...

Nicklaus, Jack, with Bowden, Ken. On and Off the Fairway: A Pictorial Autobiography. Simon and Schuster: New York, 1978. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by Nicklaus on the front ...

Davis, Benjamin O. American: An Autobiography. Washington and London: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. First edition. Signed by Benjamin O. Davis, Agatha Davis, and Louis Purnell. In original dust jacket and hardcover boards. presented with new archival slipcase. Presented is a signed, first edition printing of "American: An Autobiography "by Benjamin O. Davis. The book was published in Washington and London by The Smithsonian Institution Press in 1991. The book is signed and inscribed by Benjamin Davis on the title page “To Bob/ All the best/ Ben Davis” in black felt-tipped ink. His wife, Agatha Davis, signed on the same page. The book is additionally signed and inscribed by decorated Tuskegee Airman and noted curator of the Air and Space Museum Louis Purnell on the dedication page. His inscription reads, “To Bob/ Best Wishes!/ Louis R. Purnell/ 99TH FTR SQDR,” in blue ink. The book is offered here in the publisher’s original dust jacket and hardcover boards, with the addition of a new archival slipcase. Benjamin O. Davis (1912-2002) was an acclaimed pilot and officer who became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force. Davis’ autobiography chronicles the life of a great American and provides an acute account of race relations in the segregated and unsegregated military. Davis entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1932. After graduating in 1936, he was commissioned in the infantry and in 1941 was among the first group of African Americans admitted to the Army Air Corps and to pilot training. He was swiftly promoted to lieutenant colonel and he organized the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the first entirely African American air unit. The 99th Squadron flew tactical support missions in the Mediterranean theater. In 1943 he organized and commanded the famed 332nd Fighter Group. Davis later commanded the integrated 51st Fighter Wing in Korea and the 13th Air Force during the Vietnam War. He retired from the Air Force in 1970 as a three-star general. On December 9, 1998, Davis was awarded his fourth general’s star, the first African American to be so honored in retirement. Before 1940, African-Americans were barred from flying for the U.S. military. Civil rights organizations and the black press exerted pressure that resulted in the formation of an all African-American pursuit squadron based in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1941. They became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. During WWII, the pilots flew P-51 Mustangs to escort the heavy bombers of the 15th Air Force during raids deep into enemy territory. The tails of their planes were painted red for identification purposes, earning them the enduring nickname “Red Tails...

Ethel, Jeffrey L., Price, Alfred. Target Berlin, Mission 250: 6 March 1944. London: Arms and Armor, 1989. Later printing. Signed by Ethel and 8 WWII pilots. Original publishers dust ...

Hoyt, Edwin P. Guadalcanal. New York: Stein and Day, 1981. First edition. Signed by Hoyt and 7 USMCS VMF fighter pilots on the half title page. In original publisher's dust jacket a...

Osborne, Shane, McConnell, Malcolm. Born to Fly: The Heroic Story of Downed U.S. Navy Pilot Lt. Shane Osborn. New York: Broadway Books, 2001. First edition, first printing. Signed by...

Published London, 1788, John Bell. Nicely leather bound in brown with fine tan, brown and gilt spines. Watery green inside the boards. 5 3/4" H x 3 7/8" W x 1" D Condition: the spi...

Original edition. 84 plates of erotic off-text photographs, some double-page, printed in heliogravure. "NUES" is the fruit of a valuable collaboration between Paco Rabanne and master...

Yeager, Chuck and Leo Janos. Yeager: An Autobiography. New York: Bantam Books, 1985. Signed by Chuck Yeager. Third edition. In the original dust jacket an...

1 Volume. Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses. Bound in full red calf with the cover displaying an ornate gilt-tooled scene and title. Raised band spine with gilt-tool...