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Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer Book
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer, Hardcover Book by
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21st Century and Contemporary French Used Designer Books
H 7 in W 5 in D 1 in
Complete Decorative Set of 6 Graham Greene Books Designer Edition, England
By Graham Greene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased a entire collection of books from a local (Rancho Mirage, CA) art collector
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Early 2000s English Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
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Paper
Couture The Great Designers Book by Caroline Rennolds Millbank c 1985
Located in University City, MO
Couture The great designers hardcover book by Caoline Rennolds Millbank c 1985
The 415 page
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1980s American Used Designer Books
American Approach to Antique Carpets the Y & B Bolour Collection Los Angeles USA
Located in North Hollywood, CA
three hardcover designer books. As the author for American Approach Antique Carpets The Y & B Bolour
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Late 20th Century American Islamic Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12.5 in W 9.5 in D 1 in
100 Designers' Favorite Rooms Projects of the World's Finest Designers 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
100 Designers' Favorite Rooms: Selected Projects of the World's Finest Designers and Architects by
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1990s American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
Gerrit Rietveld, designer and architect
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Gerrit Rietveld (1888 - 1964) was a Dutch designer and architect.
This booklet gives an
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Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
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Paper
Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
the furniture and interiors of this now highly regarded and much sought after designer. She was at her
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20th Century Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Francois Catroux Designer Book by David Netto
By François Catroux
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Francois Catroux Designer Book by David Netto.
Francois Catroux innovator interior designer.
He
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Used Designer Books
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Paper
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour
By Hugh Honour
Located in valatie, NY
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour. Feltham: The Hamlyn Publishing Group
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20th Century English Used Designer Books
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Paper
Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer by Peter Adam (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was one of the most innovative architect/designers of the 20th century. Her
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Fornasetti Designer of Dreams by P. Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
career he established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own - a style
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams by Patrick Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful hardback book and dustjacket, published in 1991 to coincide with an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, 288 pages with over 600 lavish illustrati...
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Architecture of William McCall, Jr., Designer in the Classical Tradition
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition
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1980s American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 11.75 in W 9.5 in D 0.75 in
Mansions To Dream, to Live, to Feel Hardcover Designer Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
exceptional interior designer, but also a fine human being and true gentleman. One of his trademarks is his
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Used Designer Books
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Paper
Paolo Buffa Designer 30 opere dal 1939 al 1968 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
and the whole, always coherent and harmonious.
The strength of the designer Buffa was to believe in
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple
Located in Bradenton, FL
Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple by Lesley Harle with Susan Conder
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1990s Hong Kong Used Designer Books
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Paper
Influential Interiors Shaping 20th-Century Style Through Key Interior Designers
Located in valatie, NY
Influential Interiors: Shaping 20th-century style through key interior designers by Suzanne Trocomé
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1990s American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 11.75 in W 9.25 in D 0.75 in
Pierre Chareau, Designer and Architect by Brian Brace Taylor (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A large paperback book which was published in 1992. The book focuses in depth on probably his most famous design "La Maison de Verre" (the Glass House), along with other houses, furn...
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Complete Designers Lights 1950-1990: 30 Years of Collecting (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
400 pages with hard covers (no dust jacket, as published) - illustrated in colour throught. Clemence and Didier Krzentowski, the founders and directors of the leading contemporary de...
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
Interior Visions Great American Designers by Chris Casson Madden Hardcover 1988
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Interior Visions: Great American Designers and the Showcase House is a beautif and inspiring book
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 11.25 in W 9 in D 1.25 in
Little Book of Chanel by LagerfeldThe Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer
By Coco Chanel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer, Hardcover Book by
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 7.5 in W 5.5 in D 0.75 in
American Fashion: The Life & Lines of Many Designers 1st Ed Signed 2x by Trigere
Located in valatie, NY
divided into five one hundred-page sections for each of the designers. The book contains hundreds of b & w
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1970s American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 11 in W 9.75 in D 1.75 in
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
By Rizoli International Publications
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
by C. Edson Armi.
This
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20th Century American American Classical Used Designer Books
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Paper
Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a Designer of Chairs by Filippo Alison (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If a few more years had been allowed to pass, a rich heritage of art treasures that bear testimony to the impassioned , inexhaustible genius of C.R. Mackintosh would have been irreme...
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 8.88 in W 9.75 in D 0.63 in
Anatomy for Interior Designers and How to Talk to a Client by Francis Schroeder
Located in valatie, NY
. Signed by the interior designer and artist "Elsie Orfus."
NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques
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1950s North American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 10 in W 9.25 in D 0.5 in
Bill Blass: an American Designer by H O'hagan, K Rowold & M Vollbracht (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition of Blass's career at the Indiana University Art Museum, this lavish presentation presents more than 250 of his most important ...
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12 in W 12 in D 1.25 in
La Plante et Ses Applications & Les Fleurs Et Leurs Applications Decoratives
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
complete states, this facsimile is a very good reference for designers and decorators. The books are still
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20th Century Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 14.75 in W 11 in D 1.85 in
Three Centuries of Furniture in Color by J. A. Kenworthy-Browne, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
more items. Great reference book for designers, decorators, and antiquarians.
NPT Books a division of
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1970s Used Designer Books
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Paper
Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created
Located in valatie, NY
comeback at the age of seventy-one. Inscribed to "Kasper" (Herbert Kasper, the famous clothing designer and
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1970s American Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 9.5 in W 6.5 in D 1.5 in
Italian Master Drawings: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection Property of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a
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21st Century and Contemporary English Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12.75 in W 9.75 in D 1 in
500 Years of Collecting in Antwerp Story of Passions, Library of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.
NPT Books a division of N.P
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 11.5 in W 10 in D 0.75 in
Tom Dixon: Minimum Design by Davide Fabio Colaci and Angela Rui (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
successful 'Minimum Architects' series, the 'Minimum Designers' series includes books about the major figures
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21st Century and Contemporary Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.19 in D 0.75 in
Matisse Picasso, From the Estate of Herbert Kasper, Thank You Letter From MOMA
Located in valatie, NY
fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at
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21st Century and Contemporary English Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 12.25 in W 9.75 in D 1.25 in
Steps & Stairways, First Edition
By Cleo Baldon, Ib Melchior
Located in valatie, NY
art and entertainment. A great resource book for architects and designers.
NPT Books, a division of
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20th Century American Used Designer Books
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Paper
Le Style Empire, Décoratations, Extérieures Et Intérieures, Mobilier, Bronzes
Located in valatie, NY
architects, antiques dealers and interior designers.
NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large
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Early 20th Century French Empire Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 17.5 in W 13 in D 1 in
Exquisite Danish 1960s Retro Teak Coffee Table with Black Legs
Located in Markington, GB
any trade / designer books.
Probably one of the nicest teak coffee tables we have seen, stands on
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
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Teak
Acrylic Painting on wood Panel Titled “tbd" 56.75 x 58.75
By William Finlayson Jr.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
magazines and interior designer books and collected all over the United States, Canada, England, St John
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2010s Abstract Used Designer Books
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Acrylic
H 58.75 in W 56.75 in D 2 in
Writing Table
By Jules Wabbes
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular rosewood top with a stainless steel base. Literature: Jules Wabbes Furniture's designer
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1950s Belgian Used Designer Books
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Stainless Steel
Starling-crow. Papercut & gouache artwork, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
.
MARIANNA OKLEJAK (b. 1981) – Polish illustrator and graphic designer. Author of children books. Graduated
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2010s Contemporary Used Designer Books
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Paper, Gouache
Modernist Still Life by renowned Dutch artist Dick Elffers
Located in London, GB
) and Westerbork (1983). He was the designer of many books and covers, and created several Dutch stamps
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1950s Modern Used Designer Books
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Canvas, Oil
St John's College, Oxford, Lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
H 10.63 in W 13.78 in
St John's College, Oxford II, Lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
H 10.63 in W 13.78 in
Leopard and cherub. Papercut, gouache artwork, Animal, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
children books. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2006. She's a designer of books, posters
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2010s Contemporary Used Designer Books
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Paper, Gouache
New College Lane, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
was a British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
Oriel College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
Materials
Lithograph
Set of Garden or Interior Rattan Table and Three Armchairs by Alan Fuchs, 1970s
By Alan Fuchs, Úľuv
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970s, Czechoslovakia
- designer: Alan Fuchs
- publicated in books and catalogues
- original
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1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
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Rattan, Wood
H 25.2 in W 21.26 in D 30.32 in
Swifts - Papercut & gouache artwork, Colorful Animal, Fairy tale, Figurative
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARIANNA OKLEJAK (b. 1981) – Polish illustrator and graphic designer. Author of children books
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2010s Contemporary Used Designer Books
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Paper, Gouache
University College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer.
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
H 10.63 in W 13.78 in
A little star. Papercut & gouache artwork, Fairy tale, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
of children books. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2006. She's a designer of books
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2010s Contemporary Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Rare Design Leather Folding Sofa by Arch. Spicka, 1970s, Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970s, Czechoslovakia
- publicated in books and magazines
- designer: Arch. Spicka
- very
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1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
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Leather
H 29.93 in W 79.53 in D 37.8 in
New College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
Materials
Lithograph
H 11.42 in W 13.78 in
Queen's College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
Radcliffe Camera, University of Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
was a British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books
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Early 1900s Used Designer Books
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Lithograph
Uranium Harrach Mat-Su-Noke Rose Bowl Bohemian Art Glass Aesthetic Period
By Harrach Glassworks
Located in New Orleans, LA
but by established bodies within the art world with firsthand knowledge of pattern books and designers
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Late 19th Century Czech Victorian Used Designer Books
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Art Glass, Blown Glass
St Andrew's Church, Mells, Somerset stained glass window by William Nicholson
By William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer.
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1930s Used Designer Books
Materials
Mixed Media
Original Japanese Woodblock Print of Playing Children by Katsukawa Shunsen 勝川春扇
By Katsukawa Shunsen
Located in Amsterdam, NL
, who is also known as Shunko II, was a designer of books and ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints
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1810s Japanese Used Designer Books
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Paper
H 13.71 in W 19.69 in D 0.04 in
MARY REARDON (AMERICAN, 1912-2002) Vintage 1993 LG Original Painting on canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
American artist who was a muralist, designer, and illustrator of children's books. Reardon attended Yale
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Used Designer Books
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Oil
H 33.5 in W 41 in D 2 in
French Vintage Gold Amphora Fringe Necklace Archaeological Revival Etruscan
Located in London, GB
pattern-books by important designers which seem to have provided the basis for the design of much French
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Early 20th Century French Etruscan Revival Used Designer Books
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Gold, 18k Gold
Wadham College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
By William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer. In
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Early 1900s Realist Used Designer Books
Materials
Lithograph
The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
By George Giusti
Located in Miami, FL
the United States.
He was an artist, art director and designer.
He has designed for books, record
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1960s Abstract Geometric Used Designer Books
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
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Used Designer Books For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of used designer books is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, metal and other, all used designer books available were constructed with great care. Used designer books have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Used designer books bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Used designer books have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chris Casson Madden, Hans Höger and David Hicks are consistently popular.
How Much are Used Designer Books?
Prices for used designer books can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, used designer books begin at $45 and can go as high as $3,950, while the average can fetch as much as $375.
Questions About Used Designer Books
- How were book presses used?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023Yes, many designer bags use real leather. Leather is one of the most commonly used materials in luxury handbag design due to its durability, attractive appearance and supple texture. Many fashion houses also produce bags out of other materials like cotton canvas, silk and satin. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of leather bags from some of the world's top boutiques.
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