Search Results: Authors starting with B from Design Books

Kehrer Verlag, 2017. This is a near fine hardcover copy with almost no wear, one tiny dent to top edge of front board., corner of one text page wrinkled due to binding defect. This copy has been SIGNED by Marc Erwin Babej and Agnieszka Artych, in black marker, on the title-page, and playfully dated in Roman numerals to the year 2770. Not inscribed to anyone just signed and 'dated'. Text in English and German. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum in Hildesheim, Germany in 2017. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs and drawings, including fold-outs. The exhibition at the museum was actually a performance of Marc Erwin Babej's production titled 'Mercury Theatre'. The Director and also principal actor was Agnieszka Artych. Essays by about a dozen scholars. Chronology. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 219 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and… Read More

Koln, Germany: Walther Konig, 2010. This is a fine two volume softcover set (complete) with 7 CD's. Edited by Marius Babias and Katrin Klingan. Text in German and English. Illustrated in color and black & white. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Neue Berliner Kunstverein from February 13 to March 28, 2010. Volume 1: n.b.k. Ausstellungen Band 7: essays by Gaby Hartel, Frank Kaspar, Everett C. Frost, Petra Maria Meyer, Michael Glasmeier, and Jochen Meissner. Conversation with Marcus Gammel and Milan Adamcik, Juraj Duris and Michal Murin. Also 'Another Songbook/ Partitur' by Rolf Julius. Volume 2: radio d-cz Horstucke, 7 CD's in a fold-out pocket. 9" high X 6" wide, 211 pages + CD folder. This set will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Milan, Italy: Gorlich Editore, 1962. This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original illustrated boards with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in Italian. 133 black & white illustrations + 6 color plates. Standard work on furniture produced in Genoa from the start of the 17th century through the 18th century. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Lyons, France : P.Daubard Ingenieur Constructeur , 1935. This is a very good softcover copy in printed stiff gray card wraps, bound with red cord. Text in French. Backes was an engineer and constructed bridges in France. He was based in Lyons. This is essentially a trade catalog showcasing his work. 56 pages, the format is each left page is a black & white photograph of the bridge and each right page has details of the materials and construction techniques, etc. The bridges were built from 1899 to 1935. 7" high X 11" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

Paris: Norma Editions, 2000. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket, with slight forward lean. Dust jacket has short closed tear to back panel. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Now the standard reference for Maxime Old (1910- 1991) one of the leading furniture designers in France from the mid 1930's to the 1980's. He was born into a long line of cabinet makers in France and Germany. As a young man he joined the Jacques Emile Ruhlman design team where he worked until 1934 when Ruhlman died and his shop was closed. Orders from Ruhlman's old clients helped Maxime decide to open his own shop a few years later on the Avenue Hoch in Paris. Illustrated in color and black & white. Color photographs on almost every page show the major works of Maxime Old. The black & white photographs are vintage and show both individual pieces and room settings. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 319 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra.… Read More

Editions Otium, 2021. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean. Text in FRENCH. This is a reprint of Gilbert Badia's classic work on Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht which first appeared in 1967. Not illustrated. 8" high X 6" wide, 615 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . 2nd Edition. Revised. Enlarged.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Cologne, London, New York : Daab Cologne, 2009. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Signed by the photographer, Enrique Badulescu, in ink, on the title-page beneath his printed name. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Lacking the slipcase. Hardly any text, but what there is in Spanish, German, English, Italian, and French. Illustrated throughout with Enrique Badulescu's color photographs. 11" high X 14" wide. A beautiful signed copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Vienna: Oktagon/ Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 1996. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. The spine is not creased. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. English translations at the end. Essays by Eva Badura-Triska, Lorand Hegyi, Peter Gorsen, and Robert Flrck.Illustrated profusely in color and black & white. Exhibition history. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 326 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Museum der Moderne Salzburg and Bibliothek der Provinz,, 2004. This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and German. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Salzburg, Austria at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg and Bibliothek der Provinz, from July 25 to August 29, 2004. Essay by Elenora Louis. Preface by Agnes Husslein-Arco. Martin Prinzhorn interviews Donald Baechler. Illustrated in color with 16 plates. Checklist with 16 works catalogued. Exhibition history. Bibliography. This is publication No.1, Bibliothek der Provinz. 11" high X 10" wide, 45 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas, 1973. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's orange boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 2 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, airplanes, cars, trucks and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas , 1976. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's purple boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Slight tear (repaired) to lower edge of spine. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 5 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, boats, cars, trucks, planes, dolls and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Frankfurt A.M., Germany: Hobby Haas , 1974. This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Bound in the original publisher's blue boards printed in black and white. Completely clean outside. Very clean inside, page edges darkening a little. Text in German. Preface in German and English. This is Band 3 only of this monumental multi-volume survey of old German toys reproducing many old catalogs by the Nurnberger toy manufacturers. Thousands of fine black & white illustrations of German toys, mostly metal toys, trains, boats, cars, trucks, planes, military equipment and magic props. Captions to illustrations are in German, English, French and Spanish. 12" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Japan Society Gallery, 1993. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Japan Society Gallery in New York from December 1993 to February 1994. Essays by Frederick Baekeland, Robert Moes, Rupert Faulkner, Nakanodo Kazunobu, Masako Shono-Sladek, and Gerd Knapper. Chronology. Bibliography. Many photographs of contemporary Japanese pottery in color and black & white. 12" high X 9" wide, 206 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Basel: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1971. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. It once belonged to pre-columbian scholar Esther Pasztory, and has her signature on the front endpaper. Otherwise completely clean throughout. Text in German. Illustrated in black & white. Bibligraphy. 8" square, 78 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Berlin: Verwaltung Der Staatlichen Schlosser Und Garten , 1989. This is a near fine softcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just a little wear at the lower front corner. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Berlin in the fall of 1988 at Schloss Charlottenburg, commemorating the 225th anniversary of KPM (Konigliche Porzellan-Manufaktur). Select Bibliography. 18 color plates + 76 black & white illustrations. 11" high X 8" wide, 128 pages. A very nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Leuven, Belgium : Leuven University, 2006. This is a fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Tiny bump to to edge. Completely clean. Essays by Jan Baetens, Hilde van Gelder, Fritz Gierstberg, and Maria Giulia Dondero. Interviw with Allan Sekula conducted by Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans. Texts by Allan Sekula. Illustrated in color. 9" high X 7" wide, 207 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

London: C.A.Watts & Co.Ltd., 1966. This is a very good hardcover copy in an almost very good dust jacket. The jacket has a repaired tear across the front panel and the top of the spine of the jacket chipped. Very clean inside and out. Two pages with a little creasing. This is the revised edition (a second printing of the revised edition) which initially appeared in 1964. Color frontispiece + 116 black & white plates. Bibliography. This is the basic reference for the history of cartography. 11" high X 8" wide, 312 pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Neuhoff Gallery , 1995. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Neuhoff Gallery from October through November 1995. Essays by Matthew Baigell, Alexander Borovsky, and Galina Manevich, Artists include Grisha Bruskin, Erik Bulatov, Igor Chelcovski, Garry Faif, Vladimir Nemuchin, Lew Nussberg, Oscar Rabine, Edouard Steinberg, Vladimir Yakovlev, Vladimir Yankilevsky, and Anatoli Zverev. Black & white photographs, portraits of each artist and a few shots of the group. Each artist has one or two color plates of their work. Exhibition checklist. 10" high X 9" wide, 68 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Ithaca, NY: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1977. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca New York in 1977. Kay Sage (1898- 1963) was a surrealist artist married to another surrealist Yves Tanguy until his death in 1955. She continued working on her own paintings and on the catalogue raisonne for Tanguy. But on January 8, 1963 her second suicide attempt was successful, she shot herself through the heart. Essay by Regine Tessier Krieger. Illustrated in black & white with about 30 images. List of Works with 65 works catalogued. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from February 15 through May 15, 2016. The show then went to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa from June 10 through September 11, 2016. Essays by Joseph Baillio, Katharine Baetjer and Paul Lang. Checklist. Chronology. Bibliography. Map. 166 color illustrations. 11" high X 9" wide, 278 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. Fine/Fine.