Search Results: Titles starting with U from Design Books

Italy: Riccardo Viola Editore, 1991. This is a very good or better hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Essay by Maurizio Calvesi. Illustrated in color with about 80 color plates + about a dozen black & white illustrations in the text. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Sala della Promoteca del Campidoglio, in Rome in 1991. 9" high X 10" wide, 114 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1991. This is a fine softcover copy with French folds wrapper with virtually no wear. Completely clean. Text in JAPANESE. (No English text). This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Tokyo Mitsukoshi and four other locations in Japan in 1991. Illustrated with 64 color plates including fold-outs. Exhibition checklist with 64 works catalogued. Chronology. 12" high X 9" wide, 131 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Milan, Italy: Galleria Schwarz, 1974. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear. Corner creased. Very clean inside. Text by Fagone in English, French and Italian. Many illustrations in black & white. Exhibition history. 11" high X 8" wide, 43 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Torino, Italy: Einaudi, 2007. This is a fine hardciver copy with a near fine dust jacket. The red spine of the jacket a bit rubbed. Completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. This is the second edition of Ugo Mulas first book published in 1973. Illustrated in black & white with Ugo Mulas' photographs of the famous artists og the 1960's. 8" square, 178 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

The Hague the Netherlands: Society for Japanese Arts and Crafts, 1978. This is an about very good softcover copy with light wear. The rear cover has some marks to it, there is also a small blank paper label at the foot of the spine. No other marks or labels internally. Edited by H.M. Kaempfer with half a dozen authors. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 12" high X 8" wide, 83 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki City Art Museum , 2001. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Finnish. This catalog was prepared to accompany the retrospective exhibition at the Helsinki City Art Museum from March 9 to May 27, 2001. Illustrated in black & white and color with many plates.Ulla Jokisalo was born in Kannus, Finland, in 1955. She lives and works in Helsinki. Jokisalo graduated from Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 1983, where she has been teaching since 1984. Chronology. ISBN: 9519851359. 11" high X 9" wide, 125 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1991. This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with just light wear, a small piece of the laminate on the front cover lower edge chipped off. Completely clean. Stated first edition. Edited by Herbert Lindinger with contributions by Otl Aicher, Tomas Maldonado, Reyner Banham, Claude Schnaidt, Horst W.J. Rittel, Kenneth Frampton, and Gui Bonsiepe. The Hochschule fur Gestaltung Ulm, which lasted only from 1955 to 1968, was directed by Max Bill, Tomas Maldonado and Otl Aicher and is considered the most important school of design after the Bauhaus. Interview with Max Bill. Illustrated mostly in black & white, some color. 11" high X 9" wide, 287 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

Seattle, Washington: Chihuly Workshop, 2014. This is an about very good hardcover copy with a like dust jacket. Signed in ink or black marker by the artist, Dale Chihuly, on the half title-page, right beneath the printed title. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed. Lower right corner bumped. Stated first printing. Illustrated in color. 10" high X 8" wide, 156 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. First Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Barcelona: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 2007. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Spine uncreased, binding firm. Text in Catalan and Portuguese. This catalog was prepared to accompany the large scale survey of modernist theater and performance art mounted at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona and the Museu Coleccio Berardo in 2007. It contains hundreds of vintage photographs of the important avant garde theater artists and groups. Lots of illustrations of programs, graphic ephemera relating to events or productions. Illustrated profusely in color and black & white with photos on almost every page. Chronology (1896-1989). 11" high X 9" wide, 355 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

Rio de Janeiro: Gilberto Ferrez, 1993. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with just light wear. Top right corner lightly bumped. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese with English summary at the end. Bibliography. Illustrated in black & white Marc Ferrez's photographs. Marc Ferrez (1843- 1923) was a Brazilian photographer born in Rio de Janeiro. He was the son of the French sculptor and engraver Zepherin Ferrez who moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1816. In 1865, Ferrez opened his own studio at Rua São José, in the center of Rio de Janeiro, which was by that time the capital of the Brazilian empire. He was made Photographo da Marinha Imperial and his work with images increased through his life. He photographed Brazil from south to north, but paid more attention to his home city, Rio de Janeiro. His masterpieces are the great albums of railway constructions and the great panoramic views of the city of Rio de Janeiro and its development.11"… Read More

Lima, Peru: Instituto Cultural Peruano Norteamericano, , 2012. This is a fine hardcover copy in illustrated boards, without dust jacket, as issued, with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in Spanish. Illustrated in black & white throughout, some color. 12" high X 9" wide, 197 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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Paris: Bibliothèque Forney , 1984. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out, but two small black marks on the blank front endpaper. Spine a little stressed, but binding firm. Preface by André Rodocanachi and introduction by Henry Dubreuil followed by an exhibition catalogue describing 303 bindings produced over the period 1920 to 1970. Many illustrations including a number in color. List of the bookbinders with contact information. 11" high X 8" wide. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Le Terrain Vague, 1964. This is an about very good softcover copy with worn covers. Very clean inside, but light soil outside. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in black & white with photographs from late 19th century postcards. 9" high X 6" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

Paris: Sotheby's, 2011. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby'd in Paris on November 22, 2011. Sale code: PF1126 "DOMINIQUE". Text in English and French. The sale consisted of a single family private collection of French furniture designed by Michel Roux-Spitz (1888- 1957) in the 1930's. The family originally moved into the famous building at 115 Avenue Henri Martin, itself an art deco masterpiece also designed by Michel Roux-Spitz in 1929- 31. The furniture in the collection was originally designed for this residence by the architect and designer, and also Domnique who probably supervised the interior decoration. Several vintage photographs of the original residence. Also color photographs of the second residence the family moved to in 1970. The French designer Patrick Naggar supervised this move and installation. 63 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Color photographs of… Read More

Paris: Librairie Marcel Didier, 1958. This is a very good softcover edition of the two volume set, with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Just one tiny hole to the front endpaper of volume two, the result of a price sticker removal. Text in French. Extensive bibliography. Fold-out map, and several black & white plates. 10" high X 6" wide, 415 & 478 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Madrid: Insula, 1965. This is an almost very good softcover copy in the original publisher's wrappers. There is some toning and spotting to covers, and sporadically inside. Very clean inside. Text in Spanish. 8" high X 5" wide, 111 pages. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

Milan, Italy: Emilio Bestetti , 1945. This is an almost very good hardcover reference copy bound in black cloth with gilt title on the spine. Very clean inside and out, but the pages are tanning and there was a moisture splash to the top page edge near the spine. This is visible internally at the top near the middle of the book. Not all that visible, but there. No mustiness. One name to a front endpaper. Not ex-library. Text by Adami in Italian. 296 plates in both color and black & white. Plate list fully identifies the artists. About 65 artists who designed sets for La Scala during the glorious first century of its' existence. Costume designs by 37 designers (many also designed sets). 13" high X 9" wide, 33 text pages + plates. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Christie's, 2015. This is a fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's in Paris on May 20, 2015. Sale code: MARIE-LAURE. Text in French and English. Essay by Patrick Mauries. The sale consisted of the collection of works made by Line Vautrin, that her daughter Marie-Laure acquired through the years. The occasion of the sale marked the centenary of her mother's birth. 210 works in the sale. All illustrated in color. Chronology for Line Vautrin (1913- 1997). 11" high X 8" wide, 226 pages. Auction Resutls included. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

Bergamo, Italy: Istituto Ital.d'Arti Grafic., 1924. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in gray linen cloth with a brown leather title label on the spine, title in gilt, and gilt device on front cover, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Top page-edge gilt. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. Text in Italian. An interesting look at Venetian furniture, decorative arts and paintings in a house in town, and a house in the country. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" high X 8" wide, 225 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Tel Aviv,Israel: Dick Publishing House, , 1997. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. SIGNED and numbered in pencil, by the artist, Yigal Ozeri, on the first white page. Not inscribed to anyone just signed. Text by Dominique Nahas. Five tipped-in color plates. Excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino. 8" high X 5" wide, 32 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. Limited/Numbered 300 Copies. Soft Cover. Fine.