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First American edition of this increasingly elusive and visually compelling document of late-1960s experimental design pedagogy, limning the intersection of architecture, mathematics...

First edition of this architectural guide book, published in 1974 by the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce. 4to (7.75” x 11”), pictorial wrappers, 100 pages. Illustrated throughout w...

First edition monograph published by Matsudo City Cultural Foundation in conjunction with the major 2004–2005 traveling retrospective devoted to Isamu Kenmochi (1912–1971), one of th...

Two original black-and-white snapshot photographs depicting Tom Harmon (1919–1990), the 1940 Heisman Trophy winner, during his service as a U.S. Army Air Forces pilot in China. One ...

First edition, first printing, the true 1971 pre-Grove issue of this radical survival guide by countercultural luminary Abbie Hoffman. Issued under Hoffman’s Pirate Editions imprint ...

Original exhibition catalog accompanying An Exhibition of “Unpopular” Art, held November 7 to December 29, 1940 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN and issued under the late ...

Catalog of Serge Mouille lighting designs edited (produced) by Alan Grizot in 1993, following the success of his landmark 1991 L’Regard d’Alan auction with Binoche et Godeau, which h...

First edition monograph on the renowned Brazilian design team of Humberto and Fernando Campana, produced in conjunction with an exhibition at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, and...

Promotional literature for American retailer, curator, author, and impresario George Beylerian’s Scarabaeus, an avant-garde design emporium located on E 60th Street in NYC that opene...

Survey of trends in modern architecture, furniture, and decorative arts, principally from Britain, Europe, the U.S., Latin America, and Japan, covering the years 1959-1960. Contains ...

Academic treatment of the innovative video sculptures by Israeli/British artist Buky Schwartz, created over a 12 year period from the late 1970’s to early 1990’s. Published in 1992 ...

Thick volume in looseleaf format containing “information on the training and performance of over 70 craftsmen living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, who have expre...

Monographic auction catalog accompanying the October 28, 2021 sale at Wright of the often monumental mid-century stoneware vessels by Cleveland-based ceramic artist Claude Conover. ...

Catalog of rustproof outdoor furniture offerings in wrought iron and wrought aluminum produced by the John B. Salterini Company circa 1965. The featured groupings include Montego, Es...

First comprehensive survey of the life and work of renowned American artist/craftsman Paul Evans, documenting four decades of his distinctive, experimental, and sculpturally expressi...

Special edition in Bruno Munari’s “unreadable book” series designed for the Museum of Modern Art, and published by MoMA in 1967 in an edition of 2000, of which this example is hand-n...

Promotional silkscreen print for Ladislav Sutnar’s Build the Town building block set, a Bauhaus-inspired toy set composed of simple geometric wooden forms painted in primary colors,...

Catalog accompanying an exhibition of works by acclaimed Italian modernist designer and architect Angelo Mangiarotti, held at Tokyo’s Gallery Ma from September 10-November 13, 2004. ...

Monograph on the artistic output, primarily in ceramics, of Mary and Edwin Scheier, published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Currier Gallery of Art in Manchester, New ...

Catalog accompanying an exhibition held at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography in the Cooper Union School of Art from February 24 to April 5, 2003. Widmer (1929-20...

Monograph about the building at 80 Wooster Street and its inhabitants, weaving together first-person interviews with archival documents and photographs. The first of 16 artist coops ...

First edition of this landmark photography book by Richard Avedon with text by Truman Capote, featuring portraits of cultural figures such as Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Alfred ...

First edition, first printing of this “monograph-meets-manifesto” documenting the work product and philosophy of American graphic design icon Paul Rand (1914-1996). Published in 1985...

Poster advertising the 1982 International Design Conference held in Aspen, Colorado from June 13-18, 1982 with the tile The Prepared Professional. An iconic Paul Rand design in which...

1970 Artemide catalog, showcasing progressive lighting, furniture, and accessory designs in plastic, glass, and metal by a roster of design luminaries, almost all Italian, many of them trained architects. Founded in 1959 by Ernesto Gismondi and Sergio Mazza, the company produced such icons of Italian Rational...

First edition of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy’s final book, posthumously published in 1947 in Chicago by Paul Theobald. A landmark work of modern design theory, the book presents Moholy-Nagy’s...

Revised and expanded edition of Laszlo Moholoy Nagy’s seminal The New Vision, published in 1938 by W.W. Norton & Company. First edition thus, following the initial American edition p...

First edition monograph on outsider artist and design picker extraordinaire Robert Loughlin (1949-2011). Published in 2011 by GRIP, Inc. Square 8vo (8” x 8”), pictorial wrappers perf...

First edition monograph on acclaimed Swedish/American architect and designer Greta Magnusson Grossman, accompanying the first major retrospective of her career, held in 2010 at the A...

Catalog of a traveling exhibition that opened at the America’s Society in New York in 2015. Published by America Society and Santillana. 4to, hardcover, 280 pages, with both full col...

Special issue of the experimental Push Pin Graphic, published by Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast's Push Pin Studios in 1964. Comprising a 28-page booklet with an essay on the Ziegfe...

The large-format, June 1942 issue of Fortune Magazine, a publication known for its powerful graphic design elements, especially cover designs, as well as for its reportage and featur...

First edition of American post-conceptual artist Rob Pruitt’s exuberantly irreverent project book, published in an edition of 1000 in 2010 by 38th Street Publishers. Per the publishe...

Third edition of this landmark architectural text by the founder of the Bauhaus, based on lectures delivered in London in 1934 following the school’s closure in Germany. This edition...

Promotional brochure from the Georg Jensen department store at 667 Fifth Avenue showcasing work in ceramics by celebrated Swedish artist and designer Stig Lindberg, produced at A.B. ...

Small format brochure published in January 1956 showcasing nearly 50 new Edward Wormley designs for Dunbar Furniture, presented at the Chicago Merchandise Mart. Highlights include th...

First edition of the iconic monograph published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by Philip Johnson and held in 1938 at the Museum of Modern Art New York marking the tenth ...

First edition of the lavish 1956 Dunbar Furniture catalog, showcasing Edward Wormley designs for sofas, chairs, tables, cabinets, desks, shelves, room dividers, benches, and bedroom ...

First edition monograph on the noted Italian postmodernist artist, architect, designer and educator Ugo La Pietra, proponent of Italian Radical Design and founding member in 1973 of ...

First edition of Harold Rosenberg’s study of Armenian-American artist Arshile Gorky, whose lyrical abstract oeuvre prefigured Abstract Expressionism. Published in 1962 by Horizon Pre...

Early collection of poems by anarchic satirist Tuli Kupferberg, a key figure in the Beat Generation and counterculture movements. Self-published in a small run in 1959 by Poets Union...

First edition, later printing of Lewis Mumford’s magnum opus, a magisterial study of the development of machine technics, proposing technology as a cultural phenomenon, pushing the g...

First edition, stated, of American journalist and historian William Shirer’s chronicle of life in Nazi Germany as foreign correspondent for American news agencies including CBS, base...

Early monograph on the French modernist designer Mathieu Mategot, featuring his celebrated and still prized “transparent metal” furniture and lighting, often with juxtaposed elements...

Brochure showcasing postmodern lighting and furniture designs by Los Angeles-based designer and entrepreneur Ron Rezek, self-published circa 1986. Included are his well-known Iris floor lamp and Orbis table lamp, along with the 420 uplight, 200 and 300 pendant lights, 640 floor lamp, Scroll sconce, Ovuli table lamp, Cymbal sconce, Cygno table lamp, Nimbus ambient light, and Squiggle table...

June 1971 price book showing specifications and prices for the range of Ward Bennett furniture and accessory designs produced by Brickel Associates Inc, including his iconic Scissors...

Catalog presenting four modular design groups by renowned mcm Danish designer Illum Wikkelso (1919-1999), produced by the Danish firm C.F. Christensen Mobelfabrik and published circa 1974. Laid in are two typed and signed letters on Christensen letterhead dated to 1974, plus a single two-sided spec sheet, folded, for the Plexus Group. Included is the “bestseller and very popular” Plexus grouping, a stately series of solid wood, caning, and upholstery; and the Venus group in solid teak oak and rosewood with upholered cushions. Both of these groups retain a presence in the vintage design market on platforms such as 1stdibs and Chairish. Less commonly seen then or now are the Campus/Sixtus group—described in the catalog as one of WIkkelso’s “least traditional designs” and the similarly progressive Discus group. Sixtus, unsurprisingly, is based on hexagonal shapes in white or black lacquered wood with starkly contrasting fabrics (black on white, orange on black). Discus seating features minimalist but graphically striking forms of teak, rosewood, or black-stained oak plywood. Rare to the current market, these last two groups are shown in full-blown 70’s modular settings. On the last page of the catalog are bar carts by Henning Korch and Johs. Andersen and a sculptural wooden cocktail table...

First edition of this first monograph on the celebrated and influential mid-century architect Donald Wexler, focusing on his pioneering use of steel in desert architecture for projec...

First edition monograph showcasing the mid-1980’s poster designs of renowned Italian graphic designer, illustrator, and educator Andrea Rauch and his design collaborator Stefano Rovai. Published in 1987 in Firenze by Press 80. Text in Italian by Goffredo Fofi, Aldo Colonetti, and Gunter Rambow...

Hardcover first edition (stated) of this classic work. 160 pages, 4to, black cloth decorated in gilt, dust jacket, with 94 half-tone illustrations and 8 color plates. Published by Wi...

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...

Second English edition of Franz Sales Meyer’s influential compendium of historical ornamental motifs, revised by Hugh Stannus and published in 1894 by B.T. Batsford in London followi...

Dossier of works by Spanish sculptor Miguel Berrocal (1933-2006), known for his abstract and often figurative interlocking puzzle-sculptures, produced in limited editions in various ...

First edition of Carl Dair’s foundational text on typographical design, published in 1952 by Pellegrini & Cudahy In New York City. Oblong 8vo (8.75” x 5.35”) wire spiral bound with p...

Catalog of furniture and accessory designs by Danish master Borge Mogensen, produced in Sweden by AB Karl Andersson & Sons for distribution by the Danish emporium Illums Bolighus. Pu...

First trade edition of the Artists’ Cookbook, a compilation exploring the intersection of art and food, published in 1978 by the Museum of Modern Art New York and distributed by Harr...

First American edition of a survey of contemporary Italian interiors, published in 1975 by Studio Vista/Whitney Library of Design following its original publication in Italy in 1974. Edited by Franco Magnani and translated into English by Bobbi Mitchell. 4to (8.75” x 11.5”), hardcover with dust jacket, 156 pages, profusely illustrated with color reproductions. Showcases a range of interiors by Italian interior designers and architects, many lesser-known, including: De Rossi Coretti studio, Guido Veneziani, Puccinelli, Fabrizio Cocchia and Gianfranco Fini, Enrico Buzzi, Luigi Massoni, Piero Castellini...

First American edition, stated, of the fourth entry in David Hicks’s acclaimed series promulgating his views on interior design and decorating. Published in 1971 by World Publishing/...

First edition in English of Esbjorn Hiort’s biography of modern design master Finn Juhl, published in 1990 by The Danish Architectural Press, with translation by Martha Gaber Abraham...

Monograph on American artist Alexander Calder, first edition thus, published in 1951 by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and distributed by Simon and Schuster. An expanded edition...