Search Results: Graphic Design from Rare Books Honolulu

Munchen: Albert Langen Verlag, 1927. 2nd revised edition. Hardcover. very good-. Albert Langen Verlag, Munich, Germany 1927. 2nd revised edition, (3rd - 5th thousand). 8° (9"x7.1/4") - 140pp - Text in German. 100 b/w Photo-reproductions by i.a. RENGER-PATZSCH, MOHOLY-NAGY, MAN RAY, HANNAH HÖCH and PAUL CITROEN., Typography and orig. dec. cl. by L. MOHOLY-NAGY. - Occas. sl. foxed. Binding sl. spotted. = Bauhausbücher 8, ed. W. Gropius and L. Moholy-Nagy. Lang 84; Parr/ Badger p.92f. Bauhaus Book N° 8 PAINTING PHOTOGRAPHY FILM, by L. Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) who also was responsible for the typography, and cover design. Moholy-Nagy was a painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, film maker, theorist and teacher of Hungarian descent, He was a professor at the Bauhaus in Germany. After Fleeing Germany he was instrumental in the creation of the School of Design in Chicago (which survives today as part of the Illinois Institute of Technology) == Original yellow binding with printed title in red. In… Read More

Slanted, 2021. First edition. Paperback. new/no dj as issued.. New, in original shrink wrap, in English. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority mail upgrade within US. The new book Büro Destruct 4 not only presents the best of realized projects of the past 12 years, but also intermediate steps, discards, experiments & inspiration of the Bern-based and internationally renowned design studio Büro Destruct. The Swiss, who see themselves and their studio as a kind of band, again present a skillfully composed album with this new book. In contrast to the strict and somewhat restrained Swiss Style of the 1960s, Büro Destruct stands for design without the handbrake on. Apparently everything is possible. It can be humorous, loud, colorful and zeitgeisty. At the same time, minimalism, precision and craftsmanship are present in all their work. The layout of "Büro Destruct 4" presents various works in detail-in progress and finalized. It is always left open which of the variants shown was realized. Although… Read More

London: Unit Editions, 2021. 1st ed. Paperback. New/no dj as issued. A long overdue book examining the extraordinary life and work of artist/designer Ed Fella. Ed Fella is revered by many of the leading names in contemporary design. Now, at long last, there is a book that charts Ed's journey from the commercial design studios of 1950s Detroit to his current position as a widely celebrated artist/designer. Ed Fella: A Life in Images makes extensive use of his vast treasure store of visual delight: it showcases flyers, posters, original sketches, drawings, Polaroids and collages, as well as items from Ed's collection of vernacular design. The book makes unrestricted use of Ed's vast archive. David Cabianca, the book's co-author and its instigator, has surveyed the archive in depth. He writes: "Ed Fella's archive is legion. It branches into numerous streams while sustaining a robust trail of examples along the way. Fella's archive exhausts the possibilities one might find in graphic design. Ed Fella… Read More

Pre-Echo, 2021. First Edition. Softcover. NEW/no dj as issued. Pre-Echo Press, Nov 2021, 10.5 x 12.25 inches, portrait, Softcover, 176 pages Pre-Echo Press presents Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax, an artist book by New York City based, English artist, Nick Relph. "Nick Relph's new book, "Eclipse Body & Soul Syntax," collects years of digital street scans of New York City construction posters, an eerie portrait of a supersizing metropolis." New York Times. Amounting to a sort of unofficial and urgent index of a new city quickly replacing an old one, the book is a collection of scans made over the past decade, using a library wand scanner, clandestinely collected from building sites' public postings, all over New York City. Extreme high resolution butts up against the handheld nature of the scanning process, and the uncanny irreality of manufactured light and space of the construction renderings, to create an ominous dictionary of the dystopian present of urban cities around the world. A mysterious… Read More

no place (Holland): Published by the author, 1989. Edition limited to only 90. Loose plates in custom box. Very Good. Andriessen, Jurriaan. Eldorian Empire. The Eldorian way of life of Henry Elderson, numerous illustrations, text in Dutch, published in a limited hand-crafted collectors' version of only 90 copies, published by the author, 1989, 33,(1) leaves w. printed text on verso, 5 plates and num. mounted color plates by J.H. ANDRIESSEN, manuscript, signed colophon leaf, printed in 90 numb. copies, loose as issued, kept in orig. cl. portfolio w. large printed title on frontcover, ties, oblong folio. 17" x 12". (The original gouaches are in the collection of the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands). Inspired by a life-changing encounter with The Limits to Growth, the landmark 1972 study by the Club of Rome that articulated the fatal dangers to humankind of unchecked economic and population growth, the Dutch artist, writer, futurist, and composer Jurriaan Andriessen spent over fifteen years… Read More

Honolulu: Hawaiian Mission Childrens Society, 2014. Hardcover. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. Ships from Hawaii. Weight 3.2 pounds, Dimensions 10.7 x 0.9 x 10.7 inches Between 1834 and 1844, a remarkable collection of copperplate engravings issued forth from the Lahainaluna Seminary, a school on the island of Maui run by the Hawaiian Mission. Collectively, these engravings―views of the Hawaiian Islands,including towns and rural settlements, portraits, objects of natural history, and original maps and charts―form one of the most important visual records of nineteenth-century Hawaii before the age of photography. Although most of the drawings on which the engravings are based were done by members of the Hawaiian Mission, the actual engravings are all the work of young Hawaiians, many of them students at the Lahainaluna Seminary. This is the first study of the entire body of engraved work produced by Hawaiians at Lahainaluna Seminary and includes biographical information on the young engravers.

Roguegunners Production, 2018. 1st edition. Hardcover. Like New. Like NEW, only leafed through once, The book from the Kickstarter campaign in 2018. Super rare. Ships from Hawaii with Priority Mail.within US. Author Johnny Blanchard on Kickstarter: "I started collecting retro gaming consoles when I first discovered the PC Engine. It was a machine that had largely been overlooked in the UK and I was instantly smitten. But whilst looking for more information I uncovered a whole bunch of consoles that NEC had created and I'd never heard of. Diving even deeper and I discovered consoles from other manufacturers, some from manufacturers that I hadn't even known had ever released a games console. This started an obsession and over the years I've put together a pretty good collection of obscure machines. (...) We've taken photos of the consoles and some of the games that we enjoy playing (enjoy is a little strong for some of the them). It has 18 consoles in total, it doesn't include every vintage machine… Read More

London: Unit Editions, 2017. Limited Edition of 3000. Paperback. NEW, shrink wrapped. Unit Editions, 2016. Limited Edition of 2000. Paperback. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions Size: 248mm×185mm, Pages: 384, Binding: Lay-flat bound. In this book you will find the covers of design magazines, journals and periodicals of all kinds. They cover many topics - graphic design, typography, architecture, interiors, print, theory and history. But above all, they are brilliant specimens of innovative visual design. There's no better place to view the stylistic rollercoaster of graphic design than the covers of design magazines - it's a fast-track education in the history of design and typography. As Steven Heller notes: "As we head deeper into the age of hand-held devices, covers will become obsolete. So, it is for this reason that preserving and archiving these documents of international design, one cover at a time, is beyond… Read More

London: Unit Editions, 2018. Limited Edition of 3000. Paperback. Unit Editions, 2016. Limited Edition of 2000. Paperback. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. -- In this book you will find the covers of design magazines, journals and periodicals of all kinds. They cover many topics - graphic design, typography, architecture, interiors, print, theory and history. But above all, they are brilliant specimens of innovative visual design. There's no better place to view the stylistic rollercoaster of graphic design than the covers of design magazines - it's a fast-track education in the history of design and typography. As Steven Heller notes: "As we head deeper into the age of hand-held devices, covers will become obsolete. So, it is for this reason that preserving and archiving these documents of international design, one cover at a time, is beyond useful." The Designers The covers found in Impact 2.0 are designed and art… Read More

Tokyo: Akio Nagasawa Publishing, 2022. Limited Edition of 850 / Signed&Numbered. NEW/no dj as issued, in slipcase. NEW, in publisher's shrink wrap. Akio Nagasawa Publishing, April 2022, Size 296 x 180 mm, Hardcover, 104 pages Signed by TAKAY Artist Statement Being instantly captivated by the beautiful curved and straight lines, the exquisitely calculated balance of light and shade, and the various contrasts of all of these in this architectural structure designed by Tadao Ando, I couldn't take my finger from the release button. It felt as if I was pulled into the finely honed space that minutely orchestrates the very "shades of gray" that I generally value in my own black-and-white photographs. I was also deeply impressed to see how the building was designed to change its appearance in various ways according to the season and the time of day. I hope that this work manages, at least to some extent, to mirror the "praise of shadows" that Ando expressed through the architecture of the Hyogo… Read More

San Francisco: The Greenwood Press, 1954. 1st edition limited to 350. Quarter vellum over brown paper boards. Fine. Janson: A Definitive Collection. Illustrated with numerous text drawings and decorations printed in orange and 4 facsimile plates (3 folding). Oblong (8vo) 17.5x24 cm (6¾x9½"), bound by Hans Schuberth in parchment-backed paper-covered boards, illustrated and typographic cover label, spine lettered in gilt, acetate jacket. Printed in terracotta and black on French Rives paper.. One of 350 copies. First Edition. Fine condition. A work by Stauffacher honoring the typography of Anton Janson. A history of the Kis-Janson typeface by Stauffacher, after he acquired multiple sizes of the foundry type cast by the Stempel Type foundry in Frankfurt, Germany.

Honolulu: Printing Industries of Hawaii, 1997. 2nd, revised edition. paperback. A monograph on early printing (circa 1822-1850) in Hawaii. 32 pages with several color photos.

Paris: COMPAGNIE DE CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS, 1931. !st edition. Hardcover. Good/no DJ as issued. The Paris Metro in the 30's. With many photos and 4 color plates, metro plans. COMPAGNIE DE CHEMIN DE FER METROPOLITAIN DE PARIS & Les Ateliers A.B.C., Paris, 1931. Illustrated silver hardcover, 58 pages. 12.5 x 10 inches. Elegant publication printed in heliogravure illustrated with numerous B/W photos, 4 color plates, network diagrams and plans, vignettes and tailpieces, color illustrated endpapers. Good condition, with an unusual metallic looking cover and great graphic design of the book. Pages very slightly browned, but very clean. No markings, no damage to pages. The cover has some shelf-wear (scratches, bumped corners, abrasions to small parts of spine/ top and bottom). Table of contents / ----- Foreword: the metropolitan and the colonial exhibition --------The past: from 1856 to 1898 / the metropolitan of 1900 / the metropolitan from 1900 to 1930--------------The present: - the… Read More

London: Unit Editions, 2018. Limited Edition of 2000. Hardcover. New. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. -- This book is a near facsimile of the one-off, leather-bound 'sketchbook' (shown left) that Lance Wyman made to catalogue his design process for the creation of a logo and graphic identity for the 1976 USA Bicentennial celebrations to mark the creation of the USA as an independent republic. It's a record of the creative process that Wyman went through to arrive at a refined and workable solution. It's rare for designers to reveal so much of their inner workings, and even rarer for it to be documented with this degree of thoroughness. But Lance Wyman is no ordinary designer. The work was done in Mexico in 1970 - Wyman had gone there to design the graphics for the Mexico 68 Olympics. But in 1971 he returned to the USA, and to a design scene that was markedly different from the one he had left. For a start, he had… Read More

Hardcover. Good. Hardcover Good This folio-sized book from 1939 is dedicated to all buyers and collectors of Lithography An amazing selection of actual examples (cards, foldouts, maps,booklets) hand-tipped onto the pages 'Lithomedia: A Demonstration of the Selling Power of Lithography,' published by Litho-Media, Inc, 1939, New York, folio, cloth hardcover, 205 pp, please see photos.

London: The Holland Press, 1960. Unknown Binding. Very Good. Very Good. A facsimile of Bodoni's edition of 1818.2 volumes in slipcase. (4to) decorative paper-covered boards with paper spine labels, matching slipcase. Limited edition of 500 copies. Interiors fine. Some wear and fading to slipcase, sunning to spine; light wear to bindings with some sunning to spines.

Unit Editions, 2019. Limited Edition. Hardcover. New/New. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. Size: 260mm×310mm Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover Printing: Screen printed clothbound cover. 1 colour Pantone® wrap. CMYK throughout. Typeface(s): TSTAR Printer: 1010 Printing International Ltd ===. New, in publisher's shrink wrap. AVAILABLE NOW. The Original Edition by graphic design publisher Unit Editions. -- Manuals 2: Design & Identity Guidelines is a comprehensive survey of corporate identity manuals from the golden era of identity design, the book features reproductions of 20 examples created for companies and organisations such as IBM, Westinghouse, Reuters, Knoll, the Montreal Olympics and the Dutch police. Manuals 2 also features contributions from R. Roger Remington, an insightful text by Martha Fleming, daughter of Allan Fleming, designer of the Canadian National Railway logo, alongside additional interviews with… Read More

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press. Edition limited to 300. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover Very Good LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies, Unpaginated 48 pages SIGNED by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn, title page printed in black, red, and yellow, decorative initials, 18 specimen pages printed within typographic borders and printed in black and various colors with occasional illustrations; text clean, unmarked Black cloth spine, patterned paper over boards, red leather spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight, light shelf wear Very Good The types shown here were in the cases of the Grabhorn press, many since before 1930; many were brought to the Grabhorn Press by Albert Dressler, a book scout who worked throughout Northern California to find rare items for collectors and rare book dealers Opposite each specimen sheet is the name of the type, its size, the first known date of its use, and the name of the founder who produced the specimen REFERENCE: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, No 607 Printed in various… Read More

London: Unit Editions, 2017. Limited RED edition from the orig. Kickstarter campaign. Hardcover. NEW in shrink Wrap. ONE OF 80 ORIGINAL 2017 LIMITED "RED" EDITIONS IN SHRINK-WRAP, REDISCOVERED IN A WAREHOUSE. Unit Editions 2017, 315 × 240 mm 384 pages, Hardcover, Printed 4/4 Kaleido plus 2 special colours, Translucent jacket, Mirror paper cover and endpapers, Two paper stocks ------------------ A fleeting opportunity to grab the definitive compilation of Octavo, journal of typography 1986-1992 In 2017, Unit Editions crowdfunded the publication Octavo Redux, a unique 384-page book that brought together all eight issues of the influential Octavo journal of typography, published in the 1980s and 1990s by studio 8vo. The book was subsequently made available on the Unit website (in a green edition) and is long sold out. So we're delighted to announce that 80 copies of the red edition of the book, previously only available to its initial backers, have become available thanks to their rediscovery during… Read More

Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993. 1st edition, limited to only 110 copies. Hardcover in slipcase. very good. hardcover, cloth with paper sample inset on cover, slipcase. narrow 8vo. (xx), 26+(4) pages. Issued as Volume I in Sample Book series. A 14-page English introduction & history is followed by 26 accordion-fold pages with 90 mounted specimens of Aschaffenburg papers. The book opens to several feet, and is fitted with a flap to hold the book so all specimens are visible at the same time.Limited edition of 110 signed and numbered copies. Fine condition. Original samples of 90 decorated papers on twenty-six accordion-fold pages; they cover the 150 year history of this fine paper factory in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade. Karli Frigge provides a history of the factory which began in 1811 and closed in 1968. During this time it was Europe's largest factory for decorated, marbled, and embossed papers. Frigge also describes their techniques and includes a… Read More