Search Results: Theater and Set Design from Design Books

Seoul, Korea: Seoul Korean Theatre Artist Association, 1997. This is a fine softcover copy with a fine dust wrapper and very good hardshell printed slipcase. Completely clean. Text in English and Korean. Essay by Son Yon-Ho. Lee Byong-Boc founded the Chayu Theatre Company in Seoul in 1966. At the time of this publication she had been the Costume Designer of the company for 30 years. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with photographs of actors wearing her costumes, reproductions of her set and costume drawings. 13" high X 10" wide, 249 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: W.R. Stotler, 1941. This is an almost very good hardcover copy of the Album, with sunned and worn covers. The gilt on the front cover is practically worn away (Album still legible). Internally it is completely clean, no foxing or marks. The Album is comprised of two versions of the play adapted from Clarence Day's book of stories, 'Life With Father' published in 1936. Day wrote short stories for the New Yorker magazine and also contributed material to 'The Talk of the Town'. After Clarence Day died, the stories were adapted into a play and became the longest running play on Broadway. The first version of the play stars Lillian Gish and Percy Waram, the second version starred Howard Lindsay and Dorothy Stickney. Illustrated throughout with black & white photographs of the actors, Day, settings from the productions of the play, a double page lithograph (reproduction) by Don Freeman of a breakfast table scene in the Day household. Clarence Day's drawings are… Read More

Self Published, 1992. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in GERMAN. Illustrated in black & white + 3 color plates. Music by Tom Waits. Programs for the 1992 production and BAM's 1995 production laid in. 8" high X 10" wide, 63 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Editorial Gustavo Gili, S.L., 2012. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Spanish. Illustrated throughout in color. Architects and designers include: Joseph Svoboda, Daniel Libeskind, Tod Williams & Billie Tsien, John Pawson, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Venturi Scott Brown, Achille Castiglioni, Jean Nouvel, Inaki Abalos & Juan Herreros, Diller & Scofido, Pepe Llinas, Enric Miralles, Toyo Ito, Daniel Freixes & Pere Ortega, Yago Conde & Bea Goller, Como Gili O'Flynn, Lelyveld, Schulz-Dornburg, and Mark Fisher. 9" square, 143 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Sotheby's, 1993. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on July 20, 1993. Sale code: "THESPIS". All the materials came from the Cavanagh Theatre Collection. 519 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in black & white. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 115 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Vienna: Museen der Stadt Wien und Verlag Jugend und Volk , 1988. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This massive catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Vienna, at the Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien, during the winter of 1987 through the early summer of 1988. The exhibition was assembled by a team of scholars and it examined all aspects of Biedermeier art. Sections on painting, prints and drawings, decorative arts and furniture design, music, architecture, interior design, etc. Chronology of the period. Hundreds of illustrations in color and black & white. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 690 pages.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Sotheby & Co., 1970. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside, very clean outside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held by Sotheby & Co. in London on June 24, 1970. The sale featured the Wilfried Piollet Collection of designs for costumes and decor for the Casino de Paris, during the years 1920 to 1935. Artists and designers included Barbier, Brunelleschi, Paul Colin, J.G. Domergue, Erte (22 lots), Gontcharova, and Zinoviev among others. 133 lots in the sale. All illustrated in black & white. No prices realized sheets, or price estimates. 10" high X 7" wide.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Henri Veyrier, 1984. This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear to the edges. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. Indices of films, names. 11" high X 8" wide, 238 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1956. Original serigraph cover art (both front and back) and many color illustrations by these French artists. Text in French. Mainly post-war work in the theater, both set design and costume sketches. A very good softcover copy in stiff red paper covers with titles in blue, red and yellow inks on the front and a dramatic mask in the same inks on the back. With light wear to the corners, and top & bottom of spine. Spine faded, as well as left edge of front cover. Inside very clean. Bibliography. Tall 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Original Wraps. Very Good.

Firenze: Centro Di, 1980. This is a very good 2 volume (complete) softcover set with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. A comprehensive survey of the fine and decorative arts of 18th century Naples. Essays by various scholars including Anthony Blunt, Mario Praz, Francis Haskell, Domenico de Marco, Raffaele Ajello, Giancarlo Alisio, Mario de Cunzo, Valentina Maderna, Flavia Petrelli, Oreste Ferrari, Nicola Spinosa, Raffaello Causa, Marina Causa Picone, Cesare de Seta, Teodoro Fittipaldi, Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios, Margherita Siniscalco, Vega de Martini, Guido Donatone, Salvatore Abita, Renata Ruotolo, Elio e Corrado Catello, Giuseppe Mauri Mori, Luigi Buccino Grimaldi, Rubina Cariello, Alberto Guarino, Franco Mancini, Franco Carmelo Greco, Renato Bossa and Steffi Rottgen. Hundreds of illustrations in black & white also some color. Biographical sketches of artists, architects, designers, etc. Bibliography. Indices of names, places. 9" high X 8" wide, 445 &… Read More

Prague: Theater Institute Prague , 1972. This is a good only softcover reference copy of this scarce exhibition catalog. Covers and first and last pages faintly stained, this affects some images. This catalog was produced to accompany the exhibition of Czech stage and theatrical costume at the Prague Theater Institute in 1972. Brief introductory text in English and French. Brief notes on the 40 costume designers whose work is in the exhibition. Black & white illustrations on almost every page. About 75 pages. 13" high X 6" wide. . Soft Cover. Good.

London: Sotheby's, 1995. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on December 14, 1995. Sale code: LN5746 "DIAGHILEV". The sale consisted of property from the late Lord Howard of Henderskelfe, Castle Howard. Generally clean, but hammer prices have been inked in for all lots. Illustrated in color. Short essays on principal designers. 118 lots. 11" high X 8" wide, 133 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Czechoslovakia: Osveta, 1984. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in Slovak. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs from various theater productions, all from the Archiv Divadla SNP. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 280 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Italy: Privately Printed, 1999. This is an almost very good softcover copy with some wear. Faint small stain to lower edge of first three pages. Text by Marcello Aldega and Margot Gordon. This catalog reproduces 35 drawings for the stage that were originally attributed to Fabrizio Galliari, but that the authors believe to actually be by his son Giuseppino Galliari (1752- 1817). Short text + bibliography + color plates. 7" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Good.

San Antonio, Texas : Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum , 1984. This is a fine softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean outside and completely clean inside. Spine not creased. Essay by Robert L.B.Tobin. The catalog was issued on the inauguration of the Tobin Wing of the Museum. 131 works in the exhibition. 17 color plates + the color illustration on the front cover. Statement by the President of the Museum laid-in. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 27 pages. A very nice copy. . Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Benjamin Blom Inc., 1970. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Previously owned by the well known contemporary architect Der Scutt, with his characteristic handstamp on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. Illustrated throughout in color with many tipped-in plates + black & white images in the text. 11" high X 12" wide, 392 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2005. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. Signed with a silver marker or pen, by Grigory Revzin, on the front black endpaper. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Stated first edition. Texts by Julie Taymor and Grigory Revzin. Illustrated throughout in color. 12" high X 9" wide, 223 pages. A beautiful signed copy of the first edition. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd. , 1930. This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original yellow cloth boards with black cloth spine. The title in yellow on the spine has faded. Boards sunned at top edge. Very clean internally. Front black endpaper wrinkled. This is a limited edition of 425 numbered copies. Foreword by St. John Ervine. Essays on George W. Harris by Basil Dean and Lascelles Abercrombie. Essay by Harris 'The Function of the Scenic Designer'. Illustrated in color and black & white and photogravure with many of Harris' designs for the theater reproduced on 44 plates. 13" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Scheersberg: Jugendhof Scheersberg, 1971. This is an about very good softcover copy with light cover wear. A few very small stains. Completely clean inside. Text in German. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs of the actors, classes, rehearsals, performances, etc. 6" high X 8" wide, 106 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Tokyo: Tokyo Educational Institute , 1954. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Small chip off spine. Very clean inside and out. Essays by Shigetoshi Kawatake, Jiro Nane, and Kihachi Kitamura. Illustrated in black & white with many photpgraphs of actors in Kabuki, Noh, Bunraku, popualr plays, children's theater, ballet, etc. 2 tipped in color plates. 10" high X 7" wide.. Soft Cover. Very Good.