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Chairman: Rolf Fehlbaum (Signed First Edition)
by FEHLBAUM, Rolf. Tibor Kalman
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Front end-paper has a closed tear along the bottom 2 inches of the hinge, there are a few tiny specks to the top page-edges, and
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Baden: The German Design Council and Lars Müller Publishers, 1997. Front end-paper has a closed tear along the bottom 2 inches of the hinge, there are a few tiny specks to the top page-edges, and the covers have light rubbing, else near fine in gilt-stamped red cloth.. First Edition. Thick octavo. SIGNED and briefly inscribed by Kalman: "CHAIRS / Tibor Kalman / 12/98 / TIBOR." Published to accompany the Federal Award for Design Leadership, presented in 1997 to Rolf Fehlbaum, CEO of Vitra. Created by Kalman and his design firm M&Co New York, the book is a biographical and design scrapbook; with images from Fehlbaum's life, twentieth-century design, his collaborators, and projects.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25039
- Title
- Chairman: Rolf Fehlbaum (Signed First Edition)
- Author
- FEHLBAUM, Rolf. Tibor Kalman
- Book Condition
- Used - Front end-paper has a closed tear along the bottom 2 inches of the hinge, there are a few tiny specks to the top page-edges, and
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Baden: The German Design Council and Lars Müller Publishers
- Date Published
- 1997
- Bookseller catalogs
- Design;
Terms of Sale
Harper's Books, Inc.
Books may be returned for any reason within two weeks provided they are received in the same condition as they were sent.
About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Fine
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