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The first monograph dedicated to acclaimed American industrial designer, Todd Bracher, this book showcases his collaborations with leading international brands such as Georg Jensen, ...

Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. First trade edition, first printing. Octavo. In original green cloth boards with blue titles to the front and spine, ...

The rebel artists of Vienna overwhelmed the artistic establishment of Europe at the end of the 19th century, having seceded from the traditional Viennese institutions of Fine art and named themselves the Vienna Secession. Their works shocked a conservative public, but their daring sensibilities and dedication to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them an enthusiastic following and wealthy patronage. The boldly modernist paintings of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka and others were matched by the buildings and applied designs of architects such as Joseph Maria Olbrich, who created the Secession Building as an architectural manifesto for the group. This Classic book, now updated and with additional colour illustrations and a completely new introductory chapter, brilliantly traces the course of this influential artistic movement. Contents and sections: Introduction Vienna 1900 Secession The Beginnings The First Exhibition The Dedication of the House: Second Exhibition Ver Sacrum III–VI Exhibitions The ‘Klimt Affair’ – The University Paintings Exhibitions 1900–1902 Beethoven 1902 XVI–XVIII Exhibitions, 1903 The Split within the Secession Architecture and the Applied Arts The Ringstrasse and the Architecture of Historicisim Otto Wagner, 1841–1918 Joseph Maria Olbrich, 1867–1908 Josef Hoffmann, 1870–1956 The Wiener Werkstätte Palais Stoclet – The Stoclet Frieze Kabarett Fledermaus Alfred Roller, 1864–1935 Hoffmann’s Later Work Adolf Loos, 1870–1933 Kunstschau 1908–1909: The Early Work of Kokoschka and Schiele Kunstschau 1908 Oskar Kokoschka, 1886–1980 Richard Gerstl...

Join artist Yayoi Kusama on a journey into her playful world of dots! Shaped like Kusama’s beloved pumpkin sculptures, Lots of Dots introduces babies and toddlers to early learning c...

Versailles Gardens Sculpture And Mythology By Jacques Girard 1985. Discover the artistic splendor of the gardens of Versailles with the book "Versailles Gardens: Sculpture And Mythology" by Jacques Girard, 1st edition published in 1985. Large heavy collectible coffee table hardcover book A renowned photographer captures the grandeur, fantasy, history, and artwork of Louis XIV's spectacular gardens of Versailles. A beautiful book that explains fully the symbolic and historic gardens of Versailles, France. It was published in 1985 and 30 years later the photographic plates stand up to the test of time although there probably are more recent publications. The concept of Louis XIV and created by Le Notre, the greatest landscape architect, the gardens are a lasting tribute to the gods, nature and the marrying of these elements to architecture and design. “In 1664 a festival was held in the gardens which marked the beginning of the glorious era of Versailles”. The book has a complete and detailed map of the gardens and extensive commentary on the photographic plates and a full list of the sculptures and the artists. Published by The Vendome Press...

Stephen Shore: The Hudson Valley: Blind Spot Series 01, by Stephen Shore with Laurie Dahlberg, 1/1000. 1st limited Ed (1/1000) hardcover, no dust jacket as p...

Christie's auction catalog for a Parisian apartment designed by the renowned firm Jansen. Auction Title: "Un appartement Quai d'Orsay décoré par Jansen" (An apartment on the Quai d'O...

AUTHOR: LONGFELLOW, Henry Wadsworth. TITLE: The Complete Works Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. PUBLISHER: Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1886. DESCRIPTION: LARGE PAPER EDITION. 1...

Tolkien, J.R.R., The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King. London: Allen & Unwin, 1956, 1957, 1959. First editions, fifth impression ...

32 vol. Charles Dickens, The Works of Charles Dickens. Large Paper Edition, Limited Edition limited to 500 sets, of which this is no. 35. With critical and bibliopgraphic introductio...

Andrew Lang's grey collection of fairy tales, a lovely volume of his popular series, complete with H. J. Ford's plates. The first edition, first impression. Illustrated with a frontispiece, thirty-one plates, and in-text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. 'The Grey Fairy Book' is Lang's sixth book in his successful and colourful 'Fairy Book' series. The grey volume contains stories from Lithuania, Africa, Germany, France, Greece, and other regions of the world. Containing 'The Goblin Pony', 'Udea and her Seven Brothers', 'Herr Lazarus and the Draken', 'The Story of the Queen of the Flowery Isles', 'The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch', 'Prunella', and more. Andrew Lang is best known for these collections of fairy tales, and was an avid collector of folk and fairy tales. He was a Scottish poet, novelist, and literary critic. Illustrated by Henry Justice Ford...

PABLO PICASSO 1881-1973 by Carsten-Peter Warncke; Ingo F. Walther Illustrated by Pablo Picasso Published by Benedikt Taschen.Germany 1995 (Vol I: The Works 1890-1936, pp. 1-380, Vol...

The Collector's Encyclopaedia of Half Dolls by Norma Werner and Frieda Marion. Collector Books, Kentucky, 1979. First Edition hardcover with dust jacke...

Rare and collectible 1954 publication on Danish Chairs by the designers Nanna and Joergen Ditzel. 92 pages, 86 of which are excellent black and white photographs of chairs by the lik...

Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition of the works of Jean Royere held at the Jacques Lacoste Gallery in Paris from 25 May-2 July 1999. Lacoste was, and is, a passionat...

Robertson, William, Frost, John. The History of the Discovery and Settlement of America, With an Account of His Life and Writings, To which are added Questions for the Examination of...

An intimate celebration of a small Montreal dining room that has become one of the most sought-after places to eat and drink in North America Before evolving into an innovative, awa...

A rare and complete first English edition of this seminal work. Pliny, Gaius Secundus / Plinius, Gaius Secundus (23­-79 AD) / Translated by Philemon Holland. The Historie of the Wor...

American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks’s portraits at different stages of the country’s history and places him in the pantheon of innovative twentieth-century artists. Hendricks developed his signature style at a time of significant social and cultural change in the United States, especially with regard to Black artists, and amid a perceived bifurcation between abstraction and representation. He produced portraits from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Following a hiatus during which he made landscapes, basketball paintings, works on paper, and photographs, he resumed his portraiture practice from 2002 until his death in 2017. Hendricks’s portrait paintings, often derived from photographs of friends and family, hired models, or figures he encountered on the street, were inspired by the artist’s research, international travels, and visits to museums like The Frick Collection, where he studied centuries-old European paintings...

Colección General de los Trajes que en la actualidad se usan en España: principiada en el año 1801 Madrid: Librarias de Castillo, 1801. First Edition 8vo (12mo?); 6 1/2 4 1/8 inche...

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, [n.d]. Illustrated by E.H. Wehnert. “McKay’s Colored Classics” edition. Octavo. In the publisher'...

From FREDERIC magazine, the best – and most unexpected – decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide Decorate Like a Decorator highlights the decorating tricks that only experienced designers know how to pull off – until now! Culled from FREDERIC magazine’s educational columns, this book shares with readers more than one hundred decorator pro moves: like how to use...

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1992-93: The Art Market Review. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Highlights: ...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill: The Experiment Since 1936 Nicholas Adams, Electa, 2006, Hardback. Milan, Italy Book and Cover Sleeve " A cross-section of the projects realized by the w...

First edition, first printing of this landmark document in the history of twentieth century graphic design and environmental wayfinding. 4to (8.5” x 11”), printed wrappers, 228 unnum...

AUTHOR: SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. TITLE: St. Irvyne; or, The Rosicrucian. PUBLISHER: London: for J. J. Stockdale, 1811. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE. 1 vol., 7" x 4-1/2", (...

Deep Design: Nine Little Art Histories by Libby Lumpkin. January 1, 1995 In nine ambitious essays of uncommon erudition, art historian Libby Lumpkin constructs quirky condensed his...

First edition of Volume 1, Number 1 of Express Extra, published in 1982 by Express Newspaper/International Network for Art and Architecture. Oversized 4to (8.5” x 13”), pictorial sta...

As a young man, Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) longed to become an engineer, but as his family could not afford the requisite training, at 15 he was apprenticed to a master blacksmith in Pa...

Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings. Book by Pietro Marani Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings. One of the most fully ac...

Islamic Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection January 1, 1973 Paperback Book Gift of Joan Palevsky/ Pal, Pratapaditya (Edited by) Title: Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck . Pu...

The Officina Profumo Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Hardcover Photography book. This book is a luxurious memento of the historic house of Sant...

The Illustrated Guide to Antique Writing Instruments by Stuart & George Fischler. 1st Edition softcover. 160 pages. This book has become th...

AUTHOR: DOBSON, Austin. TITLE: The Ballad of Beau Brocade and other Poems of the XVIIIth Century. PUBLISHER: London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Truber, & Co., 1892. DESCRIPTION: FIRST ...

A meticulously curated glimpse at the career of a design-world superstar. "Stylistically, Salvagni is an avowed modernist; his work displays an elegant economy of means that is ut...

Window to the World. David Hockney’s artist’s book in an unlimited XL-edition. When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibi...

This extraordinary 1930 Larkin Company wallpaper sample book is a monumental time capsule of American interior design at the dawn of the Art Deco era. Spanning 144 expansive pages, t...

New York: George H Doran Company, (1922). First American Edition. 8vo, 9 x 6 1/2 inches 230 x 160 mm); 204 pp. 25 tipped-in color plates, including the frontispiece; illustrations ...

A fresh and unconventional approach to exploring 6,000 years of art history through 800 masterpieces from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Featuring more than 800 artworks from the ...

AUTHOR: ADAMS, Richard & John Lawrence. TITLE: Watership Down. PUBLISHER: London, Paradine, 1976. DESCRIPTION: SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. 1 vol., 9-3/8" x 6-1/2", limited to 250 num...

Indisputably the grande dame of modern design, Andrée Putman burst onto the scene twenty-five years ago with the graphic, black-and-white interiors of the Morgans Hotel in New York. ...

Katsura, Ermitage et Jardins - Un Moment de Perfection (Katsura, Hermitage and Gardens, a Moment of Perfection), French Book by Office du Livre, Vilo Editions Paris, 1986. 274 pages. Dimensions: Overall: 10.63 in by 13.75 in (27 by 35 cm). Published in 1986 by Office du Livre, Editions Vilo, Paris. Book by Arata Isozaki and Osamu Sato; photographs by Yasuhiro Ishimoto; French translation and commentary by Pierre and Suzanne Rambach. A visit to Katsura, the imperial villa, is a circuit of an hour. One emerges amazed, astonished, and dazzled. What remains are the intense images captured by the eye, captured by the moment that flees without recourse. Amid its garden and the four tea pavilions that border the central pond, built in the 17th century by Prince Toshihito, on the banks of the river that flows through Kyoto, Katsura remains the image of refinement. Villa, also known as Katsura Rikyū, is an architectural gem located in Kyoto, built in the 17th century by Prince Toshihito. Designed as a place of relaxation for the imperial family, this villa embodies not only the elegance and serenity of Japanese architecture but also the perfect harmony between man and nature. Visionary architects Bruno Taut and Walter Gropius of the Bauhaus movement, as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Le Corbusier, were influenced in their designs by the Katsura Imperial Villa, particularly by its minimalist approach, clean lines, and profound respect for the environment. This helped to disseminate and integrate the principles of Japanese architecture into the modern movement. The elegance of this princely "hermitage" and its tea pavilions creates an atmosphere of serenity and highlights the natural beauty of its surroundings. Its landscaped gardens, true contemplative gems, feature a meticulous arrangement of ponds, bridges, rocks, and vegetation, creating a subtle harmony. It is said that the brilliant gardeners of the Katsura Villa brought about a revolution: for the first time, they introduced, into the landscapes they created by imitating nature, elements that could only come from man: straight lines, regular geometric curves, or, conversely, skillfully rhythmic ones. In short, the Katsura Imperial Villa is a cultural and architectural treasure, offering fascinating insights into traditional Japanese aesthetics and philosophy. The Authors: Arata Isozaki (磯崎 新, Isozaki Arata...

Dali The Work and the Man by Robert Descharnes Hardcover coffee table art book. Master artist Salvador Dali large coffee table book. Dated 1984. ...

First edition of this revolutionary/reactionary study of the Las Vegas strip co-authored by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour. Published in 1972 by the MIT Press,...

Set of old books dating from the 19th century. From an old protestant library near Le Havre in France. These books are called  « Disciple de Jésus Christ » (disciple of Jesus Christ)...

Andersen, Hans Christian. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, Specially Adapted and Arranged for Young People. Elgin: David C. Cook Publishing Co., [n.d]. Small octavo. Light brown cloth bo...

This book is a sealed copy of a SOLD OUT Collector’s Edition. Each book is numbered and signed by Nobuyoshi Araki. This particular edition is number 312 out of 845 copies, It consi...

The world seen upside down. The paintings and sculptures of Georg Baselitz. Proverbially known for the audaciously simple but game-changing strategy of painting the motif on its he...

AUTHOR: MACAULAY, Lord (Lady Trevelyan - editor). TITLE: The Works of Lord Macaulay. PUBLISHER: London: Longman, Green, and Co, 1875. 8 vols., 8-11/16" x 6-1/16", frontis portrait...

Nixon, Richard. The Memoirs of Richard Nixon. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978. First Edition. Signed and inscribed on a pasted down bookplate. In original dust jacket and boards...

AUTHOR: HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. TITLE: The Works, Life And Letters Of Oliver Wendell Holmes. PUBLISHER: Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1892. DESCRIPTION: ARTISTS EDITION W...

6 vol. Edgar Allan Poe, The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. With bibliographical essay by John H. Ingram. Large Paper Library Edition, Limited Edition of 250 copies printed on im...

Decorating With Pictures by Stephanie Hoppen. Published by Clarkson Potter, 1991. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book inspires the rea...

This is antique copy of Ovid's Art of Love. An English translation of a Roman elegy, dating to the Regency period, dated 1824. Originally written in Latin in 2 AD, Ars Amatoria - A...

AUTHOR: HABINGTON, William. TITLE: The Historie Of Edward The Fourth, King Of England. PUBLISHER: London: by Tho. Cotes, for William Cooke, 1640. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION. 1 vo...

AUTHOR: BARCLAY, Robert. TITLE: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, as the Same Is Held Forth, and Preached by the People, Called, in Scorn, Quakers. PUBLISHER: [Aberdeen(...

Beautiful copy of Le Carré Hermès, an important reference book devoted to one of the most iconic creations of Hermès Paris, written by Nadine Coleno and published by Éditions du Rega...

A copy of the auction catalogs for Christie's on-site sale at Wateringbury Place, Maidstone, Kent. This is both of the catalogs of the sale, the Principle Rooms, which was held on Ma...

"Bulgari, Between Eternity and History", Bulgari's jewelry coffee table or home library book celebrating Bulgari's 125th Anniversary as an iconic Italian luxury jeweler, "From 1884 T...

Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...