Search Results: Authors starting with K from Trinder's Fine Tools

New York: Quill William Morrow, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 8 1/4" x 5 1/2". A merry guide to antiquated words....

Lewes, East Sussex: GMC Publications, 2011. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 9 1/2" x 8 1/2", 160 pages, illustrated in colour, charts. The knitting designs of Sasha Kagan, whose work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, are known for their innovative use of patterns and colour, and have become timeless classics. This retrospective features five designs per decade, from 1969 to 2009, that have been adapted for new yarns, including scarves, shawls, jackets, cardigans, sweaters and waistcoats, complete with illustrations and photographs. The book also has five essays contributed by fashion experts on needlecraft, knitwear, and Kagan's career. Hb in dw, silk bookmarker, fine, virtually as new. .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1986. Book. Very Good - See Description. Hardcover. First English Edition. 9 1/2" x 6 3/8". Hb in dw, pencil inscription, label 'Reference Only' on front free end-paper..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: George Braziller Incorporated, 1986. Book. Near Fine - See Description. Card Covers. First Edition. 11" x 8". 152 pages, well illustrated with 55 colour plate and 195 black and white illustrations. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. This guiede to the arts and crafts of fin-de-siecle Vienna is an excellent introduction to their work in all media as awell as a survey of the cultural development of this pivotal period. Chronology, Bibliography..

Munchen: Callwey, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 11 1/4" x 10". 263 pages, extensively illustrated in black and white and colour. German text..

Cultural Portraits Productions, Inc, 1998. Book. Illus. by Hebberd, Lindsay, Photography. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [v], 207 pages, more than 200 colour photographs, including 24 panoramic spreads, illustrated endpapers, bibliography. Hb in dw, appreciative message to previous owner on first blank page, otherwise a near fine copy. .

London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1996. Book. Virtually as New. Hardcover. First Edition. 8 3/4" x 6 3/8". 80 pages, over 50 colour illustrations, chronology. Acclaimed mistress of the bias cut, Madeleine Vionnet won huge praise for her innovative and daring fashion designs in the '20s and '30s. Her remarkable dresses, perfectly geometrical yet apparently limp and shapeless until worn, were first noticed in Paris by the artist Lanthelme, who helped her to establish her own house. Vionnet reached the pinnacle of her enormous success in the early 1930s, with an international clientele and a workforce of 1200 women..

New York Graphic Society, 1976. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 10 1/4" x 9 3/4", 319 pages, 18 colour, 400 black and white illustrations. Chairs and beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and other collections at Yale University. .

New York: Glasgow Museums / Abbeville Press Publishers, 1996. Book. Virtually as New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 11 1/4" x 10 1/4". 249 illustrations in black and white and colour. The definitive book on Mackintosh for years to come. Major essays on his most remarkable surviving buildings - Glasgow School of Art and The Hill House - both illustrated with specially commissioned colour photographs. Further chapters cover his furniture and interiors, and his paintings. Extensive Chronology, Bibliography, Exhibition checklist..

New York: Glasgow Museums / Abbeville Press Publishers, 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 11" x 9 7/8". 249 illustrations in black and white and colour. The definitive book on Mackintosh for years to come. Major essays on his most remarkable surviving buildings - Glasgow School of Art and The Hill House - both illustrated with specially commissioned colour photographs. Further chapters cover his furniture and interiors, and his paintings. Extensive Chronology, Bibliography, Exhibition checklist..

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1998. Book. Remainder Mark Else Near Fine. Folded Card Covers. First Paperback Edition. 9 1/2" x 9". 410 pages, 55 colour illustrations, 316 duotones. The classic book on the American Arts and Crafts movement, a crucial source. Folded card covers, discrete remainder mark on lower edge of pages, otherwise a near fine copy..

Dromana: Loch Haven Books, 1991. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". 198 pages, family tree of the Oswins of Newstead, Australia, map of Balnarring locality c 1881, black and white illustrations. A fascinating record of colonial social history, based on the diaries of Georgina Oswin, mother of seven, who recorde the simple pleasures and struggles of life in rural Australia in the 1880s. Soft covers, previous owner's name whited out on front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy..

New York: Rizzoli International Publications Inc, 1991. Book. Remainder Mark Else Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12 1/4" x 9 1/4". 376 pages, over 300 colour and black and white photographs. Hb in dw, near fine, except for discreet remainder mark on lower edge. A very heavy book, additional postage may be requested..

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1929. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Third Impression. 7 1/4" x 4 3/4". Third impression (before publication) of first edition, 254 pages..

New York: P.F.C. Publishing Co. Inc., 1980. Book. A Very Good Copy. Hardcover. Second revised Edition. 12 1/2" x 9 5/8". 192 pages. Black and white and colour illustrations. An appreciation of fine furniture fromn a cabinetmaker's point of view. Extremely well illustrated, with the text and illustrations carefully planned to avoid page-hunting. Hb, a very good copy in price-clipped dw..

London: Thames & Hudson, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 10 7/8" x 9 1/8". 160 pages, 188 illustrations, 111 in colour. Informative and visually dazzling display of the plastics achievement in every area of design. Includes collectors' guide..

New York NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 11 1/8" x 8 3/4". xi, 180 pages. Well illustrated in black and white and colour, bibliography. Written to commemorate the Quincentenary of Columbus's first voyage of discovery, this book is a popular history of the Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal society..

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 9 1/2" x 6 3/8", 576 pages, maps, well illustrated in black and white, maps to endpapers, bibliography. A vital introduction to one of the least understood periods in the history of art. Note - this is a very heavy book, additional postage may be requested. Hb, fine in near fine dw. .

Dorchester: Veloce Publishing Plc, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 10 1/8" x 8 3/8". 160 pages, comprehensively illustrated in colour. A full colour guide to British radiator and accessory mascots of 1896 to 1960, covering 56 British marques, plus corporation marques including Whitbread Brewery, ICI and Michelin, and accessory mascots, including foreign mascots such as Lalique. Hb in dw, a near fine copy..

London: Pyramid Books, 1992. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 11 1/4" x 9 5/8", 208 pages, over 400 black and white and 200 full colour photographs (80 of which have been specially commissioned for this book. Hb, near fine in very good dw..