ART DECO
Eighth Annual of Advertising Art.; From Advertisements Shown at the Exhibition of the Art Directors Club, Art Center, New York, May 4 to 29
New York: Art Directors Club, 1929. Hundreds of illustrations. 134 pages, plus advertisements and indexes, 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering; spine faded and worn, rear cover stained. New York: Art Directors Club, 1929. Internally fine, overall a very good copy. More
Art Deco Patterns: A Design Source Book.
New York: Portland House, 1990. Numerous color plates. Small folio, purple cloth, d.w. New York: Portland House, 1990. First Edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Erte (Romain de Tirtoff).
Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Numerous exquisite tipped-in color plates, 181pp., printed on blue handmade Fabriano paper. Folio, gilt-stamped black silk cloth, mounted cover illustration, ornately gilt on front cover and spine, black clam shell box. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Fine. Limited Edition, one of 1500 (of 2000) numbered copies bound in silk. Text in English. More
The Decorative Thirties.
London: Herbert Press, 1988. Numerous illustrations, a few in color. 224pp. Slim 4to, blue boards, edgeworn d.w. New York: Whitney Library of Design, (1988). Revised edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Decorative Twenties.
New York: Walker and Company, 1969. With 210 illustrations, some in color. 216 pages. 4to, teal green cloth, d.w. New York: Walker and Company, 1969. First edition. A near fine copy. "Traces the various influences (Cubism, African art, technical innovations) that revolutionized almost every aspect of design: fashion, interior decoration, ceramics, jewelry, decorative painting and sculpture, posters and bookbinding." More
Art Deco 1910-1939.
Boston: V&A, 2003. 400 color and 50 black & white illustrations. Thick square 4to, black cloth (a bit faded at edges and very light shelfwear), d.w. (London): V&A Publications, (2003). First Edition. Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Art Deco 1910-1939.
Boston: Bulfinch, 2003. 400 color and 50 black & white illustrations. Thick square 4to, black boards, d.w. Boston: Bulfinch, (2003). First American edition. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. More
Natura in Posa. La Grande Stagione Della Natura Morta Europea.
Milan: Rizzoli, 1977. 152 tipped in color plates, 38 large folding plates, 244 pages with text in Italian. Elephant folio, tan cloth, d.w. (Milan): Rizzoli, (1977). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Art Deco 1903-1940
New York: Skira, 1989. 170 illustrations in full color and 170 in black & white. Tan cloth, square folio, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1989). Fine. More
Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco.
New York: Abrams, 1984. 487 illustrations, with 67 full-color plates. 312 pages. 4to, black boards, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1984). First American edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Tropical Deco; The Architecture and Design of Old Miami Beach.
New York: Rizzoli, 1981. Many color photo Illus. 95pp. Oblong 8vo, pr. wrs. (New York): Rizzoli, (1981). Very good. More
Tapis Modernes et Art Deco
Paris: Norma Editions, 2002. Illustrated with color and b/w images throughout. 223 pages with text in French. 4to, black boards, d.w. (Paris): Norma Editions, (2002). A near fine copy in a very good wrapper--several scratches to rear panel, dampstaining visible near foot of inner wrapper. More
La Nuit Venitienne, Fantasio, Les Caprices De Marianne
Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1913. Text in French. Beautiful mounted color plates by Umberto Brunelleschi, protected by tissue guards, text decorations. 140 pages (lightly toned, illustrations clean), 4to, bound in simple black leather (lightly worn at extremities) gilt stamped spine, marbled endpapers. Paris: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza, 1913. A very good copy. More
Decoration Moderne dans L'Interieur
Paris: Art et Architecture. Edited by S. de Bondona. 2 pages of text, title, introduction and list of plates. 48 exquisite pochoir plates showing interior designs in art deco style, executed by the ateliers Renson & Fils. The plates, all fine and clean, are loose as issued in the original oblong green board portfolio (faded to tan) with black cloth spine (rubbed) and ties. Paris: Editions Art et Architecture, n.d. ca 1925. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+). More
Art Deco Furniture.
New York: Holt, 1984. Profusely illustrated in color and Black & white. 192 pages. Slim 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers; spine a bit sunned New York; Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1984). Near fine. More
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: French Masterpieces, 1880-1940.
With 252 illustrations including 202 in color. 200 pages. Square 4to, black gilt-stamped cloth, d.w. New York: Abrams, (1989). A near fine copy, one bumped corner, in near fine dust wrapper. More
Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding: French Masterpieces, 1880-1940.
New York: Abrams. With 252 illustrations including 202 in color. 200pp., square 4to, black gilt- stamped cloth, d.w. (spine a bit faded and front panel scratched). New York: Abrams, (1989). Gift inscription on half title, still a near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Art Deco Prints.
New York: Rizzoli, 1989. 290 illustrations, with 230 in color. 191 pages. Slim square 4to, burgundy boards, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1989). First American edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Histoire Comique
Paris: Crette & Vernant, 1926. Illustrated with in-text etchings by Llano-Florez in Art Deco style, and with two extra suites of the illustrations bound at rear (1 on china, 1 on Japon with etched initials included); a third extra copy of the frontispiece signed by the artist in pencil is also bound-in. Thick 4to, bound by George Crette (signed "Crette succ. de Marius Michel") in full crushed maroon morocco -- rather plain on the exterior, but with elaborate doublures of..... More
Tulsa Art Deco: An Architectural Era, 1925-1942
Oklahoma: Junior League of Tulsa, 1980. Contemporary photographs by David Halpern. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 204 pages. Square 4to, printed pictorial wrappers. Oklahoma: Junior League of Tulsa, (1980). First Edition. Dampstained at lower edge of wrapper and margins on several pages, else internally clean. A very good(-) usable copy. More
Methode de Composition Ornementale.
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. 2 volumes. Volume 1: Elements Rectilignes; Volume 2: Elements Courbes. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 12 full page color plates. Folio, green cloth (soiled & rubbed). Rubricated title. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, ca. 1900. First Edition. Scarce. A good copy. One of the founders of the Art Deco movement. With the ownership signature of art histrian Meyer Schapiro in each volume. More
Marks and Monograms of the Modern Movement, 1875-1930.
New York: Scribner, 1977. A Guide to the Marks of Artists, Designers, Retailers and Manufacturers fromt he Period of the Aesthetic Movement to Art Deco and Style Moderne. Illustrated. Tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Scribner, (1977). Fine. More