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
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
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
Les Annees 30
Paris: Editions du Regard, 1987. 2 volumes with text in French. Replete with photographic illustrations throughout, many in color. 591 & 1380 pages. Tall thick 4to, black cloth, pictorial d.w. Paris: Editions du Regard, (1987). First edition. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers and publisher's board box. An excellent reference for 1930's design and culture in many areas. 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
Aquarium de Monaco
Paris: A. Calavas, 1928. Print. Lithograph. Page measures 11 1/8" x 8 3/4" Striking plate from "l'Art Decoratif a Paris, 1928", a portfolio published in Paris by Calavas and Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs in 1928. The original poster is from 1926. The Oceanographic Museum was inaugurated in 1910 by Monaco's modernist reformer Prince Albert I, world-leading oceanographers of the day to develop the concept of a future Mediterranean Commission dedicated to oceanography, now called Mediterranean Science Commission. Jacques-Yves Cousteau was..... More
Lisa Duncan
Paris: A. Calavas, 1928. Print. Lithograph. Page measures 11 1/8" x 8 3/4" Striking plate from "l'Art Decoratif a Paris, 1928", a portfolio published in Paris by Calavas and Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs in 1928. Showing modernist trends in dec arts. Lisa Duncan, born Elisabeth Milker, 1898 in Dresden. Known for her leaps and once described in the press as long haired and long legged, physically the best dancer of any of them" More
Deco by the Bay: Art Deco Architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area
New York: Viking, 1995. Frontispiece, color photographic illustrations and street maps throughout. 122 pages. Slim 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. New York: Viking Studio/Penguin, (1995). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. 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
11me Salon de L'Aviation
Paris: A. Calavas, 1928. Print. Chromolithograph. Page measures 11 1/8" x 8 3/4" Striking plate from "l'Art Decoratif a Paris, 1928", a portfolio published in Paris by Calavas and Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs in 1928. Showing modernist trends in dec arts. Roger de Valerio (1886-1951) is a French artist known for his dynamic poster designs. 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