Search Results: Authors starting with D from Design Books

New York: Skira/ Rizzoli , 1990. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. No tears or wear to jacket. 120 color plates + 228 black & white illustrations. This is a very detailed chronological survey of the Dada movement from its' origins in the spring and summer of 1916 in Zurich to the last manifestations in 1924. Everyone who participated in the movement is dealt with. Chronology. Bibliography. 14" high X 12" wide, 230 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.

Marseille, France: Robert Laffont, 1944. This is a fine hardcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Originally published in softcover, this copy was later bound in brown cloth with a black leather title label, title in gilt on the spine. The original softcovers are bound in. Text in French. Fine survey of the decorative arts of Provence, France. Illustrated with 235 heliogravures (brown or sepia tones) + 32 color plates. List of plates. Limited edition of 900 copies on 'Helio Special' paper. 13" high X 10" wide, 251 pages. A beautiful 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. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Nomadic Editions , 2013. This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Signed in ink, by the photographer, Renato D'Agostin, on the second page. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Text booklet by Luigi Cerantola, 'Etna Sequenza e Fuga a 4, 6, 8 voci', laid in. Illustrated in black & white with Renato D'Agostin's photographs of Etna the volcano in Sicily. Limited edition of 2000 copies. 13" high X 10" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Artist.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Darmstadt,Germany: Hessisches Landesmuseum , 2004. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and German. Monograph on the work of German painter Maria Zerres (1961- ). Illustrated throughout with large color plates. 13" high X 11" wide, 117 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Chez l'Auteur, 30 Rue Des Mathurins, 1939. Text in French. This is a very good copy of this portfolio in green paper-covered boards, containing 16 pages of text and notes and 30 photographic plates and 6 hand-colored watercolor plates. The text and plates generally very good, 2 plates with some foxing. The portfolio has some damp marks to the top corners, otherwise very good. This work appears to be a record of the author's collection of architectural elements and decorative art from his many excursions to the Orient. The photos appear to be of the author's own quarters at 30 Rue des Mathurins. A late work of undoubted "Orientalism", it sets out to create an atmosphere of The Thousand and One Nights. The 6 watercolor plates depict a man and a woman in Persian costume, inside the sumptuous dwelling, in romantic, but very chaste encounters. Absolutely charming work. Folio, 13" high X 10" wide. Quite rare among d'Allemagne's works. This book will be securely… Read More

Paris: Chez Schemit, Libraire, 1928. This is a very good copy in cream paper-covered boards with a glassine protective jacket with some edgewear. Very clean inside, with some foxing to the endpapers. Text in French. This is volume 2 of the famous 3 volume survey of 13th to 19th century accessories including: beauty utensils and instruments, glasses and lorgnettes, clocks, tableware, combs and hairpieces, etc. Profusely illustrated in black & white photos. Folio size, 13" high X 10" wide, 389 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. limited edition of 1000 copies.. Original Wraps. Very Good.

Donald Young Gallery; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Chicago; Los Angeles, , 1989. This is a fine softcover copy with a near fine opaque vellum dust wrapper with a short closed tear on the rear panel and a small chip at the top of the spine. Completely clean. This exhibition catalogue was prepared to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from April 21 to June 17, 1984. It then traveled to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; capc Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux, France; Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, The Netherlands. Introduction by Richard Koshalek. Artists remarks. Illustrated in black & white and color. 11" high X 8" wide, unpaginated but about 100 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, 1987. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean, just a small old price in rupees stamped at the lower edge of the front endpaper. This bibliography of Indus Valley wrtings and documents grew out of Dandekar's earlier volumes on Vedic Bibliography. Now all of the earlier Indus Valley material plus the original research on Harappan Culture is brought together in one volume. Thousands of entries on all aspects of Indus Valley culture. Not illustrated. 9" high X 6" wide, 495 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Roma: De Luca, 2013. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Italian. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Casa italiana Zerilli-Marimo in New York from November 6 to Décember 15, 2013. The exhibition full title is 'Capogrossi: from the idea to the project/ dall' idea al progetto'. Essay by Laura D'Angelo. 40 color plates. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. 9" high X 8" wide, 59 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Elek Books, 1962. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with light wear. Very clean inside and out. Previously owned by the architect Der Scutt, and with his signature and date in ink on the front endpaper. This edition of the Architects' Year Book had articles by Eugen Gomringer, Max Bill, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Theo Crosby and Aldo Van Eyck, among others. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs, drawings, elevations, details, etc. 10" high X 7" wide, 262 pages + 86 advertisers' pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Architect.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Copenhagen: Kunstindustrimuseet, 1990. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Front cover a little rubbed. Completely clean. Text in Danish with an essay by William Hull in English at the end. Essays by William Hull, Kristen Dannesboe, Kirsten Jacobsen among others. Designers include: Carl Petersen, Niels Skovgaard, Suzette Holten Skovgaard, Thorvald Bindesboll, Pietro Krohn, Niels Hansen Jacobsen, J. F. Willumsen, Axel Salto, Grete Eriksen, Richard Kjaergaard, Bjorn Windblad, Birte Weggerby, Lisa Engquist, Gerd Bloxhams, Christine Swane, Dorte Heide, Gerd Hiort Petersen, Jais Nielsen, Fanny Garde, among many others. Illustrated in color and black & white. Checklist with 148 works catalogued. 10" high X 7" wide, 133 pages. Erratum sheet laid in. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: The Pace Gallery, 1993. This is a good only reference copy with a faint moisture splash on the back cover upper corner slightly affecting the corners of all pages (have to hold up to light to see the stain), else very good. Illustrated mostly in color, some black & white. 12 page essay by art critic Arthur Danto. 12" high X 10" wide, 44 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Good.

Milan, Italy: A & M Bookstore Edizioni , 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in Italian and English. Illustrated in black & white with Gian Domenico Sozzi's photographs. Limited edition of 1000 copies. 8" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Bombay: D.B.Taraporevala Sons & Co., Ltd., 1982. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket and glassine wrapper. There is just a little chipping to the glassine wrapper at the top of the spine, otherwise no wear. Very clean inside and out. One tiny ink number (price in India?) to the dark gray front endpaper. This is the later printing of S. N. Dar's 1969 classic on Indian and Pakistani dress. 142 illustrations including 4 in color. Bibliograpy. Vocabulary. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 244 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: The Bahrain Monetary Agency, 1996. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Arabic and English. A history of the currency, coins and paper, of Bahrain. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color. Begins with the first coinage from before the birth of the Prophet. 230 coins and notes illustrated. List of types of coins in use in the Kingdom throughout its' history. 12" high X 10" wide, 174 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Chicago Historical Society, 1977. This is a very good or better hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued with almost no wear. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Chicago Historical Society in 1977. Sharon Darling's work at the Society sparked or at least co-incided with a revival of interest in the decorative arts work in Chicago around the turn of the twentieth century. She has also produced monographs on the ceramics of the period, notably Teco Pottery. This exhibition took an expansive view of the Chicago School, with the first works in the show being silverware from a number of firms like Sherwood & Whatley, Edwards & Company, and Speer & Cosper, active in the early nineteenth century. The exhibition had many highlights: Robert Jarvie's exquisite silver punch bowl and silver water pitcher of 1911; the many Kalo Shop Arts & Crafts designs, bronze andirons by Prairie School architect George G. Elmslie (executed by Jarvie),… Read More

Darmstadt,Germany: Mathildenhohe Hessisches Landesmuseum Kunsthalle/ Eduard Roether Verlag , 1977. This is a near fine softcover 6 volume set complete with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (Last volume has one neat signature of art historian previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter… Read More

Darmstadt,Germany: Mathildenhohe Hessisches Landesmuseum Kunsthalle/ Eduard Roether Verlag , 1977. This is a near fine softcover 5 volume set with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (All volumes have one neat signature of previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie. 226pp.Texts by… Read More

Rome: Edizioni dell' Elefante , 1983. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Stiff green paper covers and heavy clear mylar wrapper. Prefaces by Jean Leymarie and Andre Chastel. Text in French. This is a study of the Italian mannerist painter, Rosso Fiorentino, and particularly his painting, Le Christ en gloire at Citta di Castello, Italy. Note on the restauration of Citta di Castello by Umberto Baldini. 4 color plates + 57 black & white illustrations. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 141 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Neuchatel, Switzerland: Ides et Calendes, 1943. This is a very good softcover copy of this two volume set, with only light wear to the glassine covers. Completely clean inside and out. The glassine covers have darkened a bit and are a little chipped, but otherwise very good. Spines not creased. Text in French. This set is one of the 1000 numbered sets. One volume is "Prose" the other is "Poesie". Small 4tos, 9" high X 7" wide, 199 & 186 pages. These books will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Limited/Numbered 1000 Copies. Original Wraps. Very Good.