1950 Knoll Index of Designs

First edition of George Nelson's Problems of Design, published by Whitney Publications in 1957. An important consideration of the topic by one of America's most significant and influ...

Catalog of Calder sculptures accompanying an exhibition at New York’s Perls Gallery from Oct. 15-Nov. 16, 1974. Square 8vo (9.25” x 9.25”), 16 unnumbered pages, printed wrappers, col...

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...

First edition of the second volume (of three) of the renowned graphic design publication Die Quelle (the Source), deemed, along with the journal Die Flache, as among the finest examples of Secession-style graphic design. Published by M. Gerlach & Co of Vienna and Leipzig; not dated but circa 1902-1905. Buchschmuck und Flachenmuster translates to Book Decoration and Surface Design. It presents the work of Max Benirschke (1880-1961), an Austrian architect, illustrator, and designer who studied at the Kunstgewerbescule in Vienna under Josef Hoffmann and was subsequently hired by Peter Behrens in 1903 to teach at his newly founded School of Applied Arts in Dusseldorf. In 1900, Benirschke was enlisted by the famed Viennese publisher Martin Gerlach to produce a folio for Die Quelle; the result shows Benirschke “at the height of his Jugenstil period with a series of curvilinear plant motifs and patterns.” According to Austrian gallerist Michael Steinbach, the present volume is “one of the most important design portfolios...

The first edition, first impression of Andy Warhol's iconic pop-up book offering a glimpse into Warhol's world. The first edition, first impression. Bound in the publisher's origin...

rare Index Card File in Oak coming from a factory office in Barcelona with the original tag on the item

Folk Artists Biographical Index. Detroit: Book Tower, 1987. First edition hardcover. 496 pp. Guide to over 200 published sources of information on approxima...

This is a large antique reference book, Index To The Rolls of Parliament. Printed in English, a later-bound House of Commons record, dating to the William IV period, published circa...