A Century of Progress Homes and Furnishings

Important and lavishly produced survey of postwar California domestic architecture, written by Frank Lloyd Wright-trained California architect Herbert Weisskamp and published by Abrams in 1964. First edition, oblong 4to (10.25” x 7.25”) hardcover with pictorial dust jacket, 4 full color photos, 314 black-and-white photos (3/4 of them by Julius Schulman), plus 113 b/w plans, drawings, and elevations. Showcases the work of the following architects and landscape designers: Raphael Soriano, Pierre Koenig, Craig Ellwood, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mark Mills, Aaron Green...

Seminal early consideration of Machine Age design and architecture in America, tracking the rise of the industrial design profession, written by Sheldon and Martha Cheney and publish...

Foundational text of twentieth century modernism in art, architecture, town planning, housing, interior design, and design; edited by Ben Nicholson, Naum Gabo, and J.L. Martin. Layou...

A typology of metal tubular chairs, with 2100 entries from Europe and the United States, covering the period from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s. Written and edited by Otakar Marcel in collaboration with the Vitra and Embru archives, and published in 2006 by Van Hezik-Fonds 90 Publishers. Includes work by (among many others) Gabriele Mucchi, Rene Herbst, Gilbert Rhode, Jean Royere, Josef Frank, Jacques Adnet, Alfred Altherr, Andre Arbus, Erik Gunner Asplund, BBPR, Oswaldo Borsani, Djo Bourgeois, Hin Bredendick, Marcel Breuer, Fritz August Brehaus, Jean Burkhalter, Pierre Chareau, Serge Chermayeff, Wells Coates, Hans Coray, Donald Deskey, Erich Dieckmann, Michel Dufet, Rene Gabriel, Paul Frankl, Norman Bel Geddes, Sigfried Giedion, W.H. Gispen, Jindrich Halabala, Poul Henningsen, Axel Einer Hjorth, Wolgang Hoffmann, Arne Jacobsen, Frederich Kiesler, Lajos Kozma, Paul Laszlo, Mogens Lassen, William Lescaze, Anton Lorenz, Hans Luckhardt, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Sven MNarkelius, Erich Mendelsohn, Werner Max Moser, Carlo Mollino, Bruno Munari, Eckart Muthesius, Walter von Nessen, Richard Neutra, Maxime Old, JJP Oud...

First edition of Mira Nakashima’s tribute to her father, George, whose standing as one of America’s foremost designer/craftsmen is reflected in his blue-chip status in the vintage de...

Anthology of literary works published by Doubleday, Doran & Company in 1930. Features stories and snippets by "many of the most distinguished literary figures of the day," including W. Somerset Maugham, Christopher Morley, Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, Helen Keller...

A group of four Interior Design source books, all hardcover with jackets. 77 Habits of Highly Creative Interior Designers – Sarah Lynch, 2003 Rockport Publishing 159 pages. In this unique approach to home decorating, more than a dozen top interior designers share their professional secrets on every aspect of style, decor, and furnishings. Size: 8 x 0.5 x 11.2 inches The Complete Book of Paint – David Carter, Text Charles Hemming. Clarkson Potter, 1st American Edition 208 pages. The first book to cover virtually every paint technique and every surface: walls, floors, wood furniture, upholstered fabrics and metalwork. The book outlines 35 projects. Size: 8.8 x 1 x 11.25 inches Window Style – Mary Fox Linton...

At First Light: Two Centuries of Maine Artists, Their Homes and Studios Author Anne Collins Goodyear and Frank H. Goodyear III and Michael K. Komanecky, Foreword by Stuart Kestenbaum, Photographs by Walter Smalling At First Light chronicles twenty-six extraordinary artists of the last two hundred years who have lived and worked in Maine. Published to coincide with the state's bicentennial in 2020, the volume considers the significant contributions artists have made to a deeper and more profound understanding of Maine's history, its land and its peoples. Maine's unique and breathtaking landscape--from its rugged coastline, quaint harbors, majestic mountains, and verdant forests--continues to have a powerful effect on the artists who are drawn to its shores. Written and expertly researched by some of the foremost scholars and curators in the field, each chapter focuses on a different artist, featuring the artists' artworks and anchored by breathtaking contemporary photography of their homes, studios, and surroundings. From picturesque bungalows to grander structures with beautiful vistas, the houses and studios featured are as diverse as the artists who have inhabited them. The artists featured include fan favorites to lesser known yet important figures from the eighteenth century to the present day, working in a range of media from painting to photography to sculpture, including: Jonathan Fisher, Winslow Homer, Frank Weston Benson, Charles Herbert Woodbury, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, Rockwell Kent, N. C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Marguerite and William Zorach, Rockwell Kent, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Eliot Porter, Fairfield Porter, Rudy Burckhardt, Yvonne Jacquette, Ashley Bryan...

The first book from designer Sara Story, who combines a global bohemian sensibility with a passion for art to curate clean but striking rooms that balance s...

Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated. Original spiral-bound cream boards with modern design in color on cover reverse white lettering on red label of spiral, in original tan dustjacket with cu...

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families by Betty C. Monkman. New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table book about The White House. It showcases the historic furniture and decorative accessories, including silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles, along with purchasing habits of the first families. The book tells how Theodore Roosevelt swept away all traces of the 19th century interiors including a Tiffany glass screen that spanned the entrance hall. It reveals documents about James Monroe ordering precious objects from France in 1817, and why presidents after this were encouraged to restrict their purchases to American products...

Antique print titled 'Christus bei Maria und Martha'. Lithograph on chine collé after a painting by J.M.H. Hofmann. It shows Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary. Lithographed by Han...