1990s Books

Bakelite Jewelry, Good - Better - Best, English book by Donna Wassertrom and Leslie Pina, 1997. Bakelite jewelry was popular during The Depression bec...

Houses by Thierry W. Despont. Published by Office of Thierry Despont, New York, 1990. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Private edition with personal letter to Sandra and Herbert Kasper. He was an American fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at the Parsons School of Design in New York from 1951–53 and l'Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne in 1953. He left NYU to serve in the US Army in Europe. After World War II he enrolled at Parsons, where he became a protégé of milliner Fred Frederics. After graduating, he returned to Paris for two years developing his skills in design while working for Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the US, he worked for Frederics at Mr. John. He was also a famous art collector. He was an avid art collector, and in 2011, the Morgan Library and Museum devoted an exhibition, called “Mannerism and Modernism: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer.unnumbered copy of a run of 1000. With letter from Despont to his client. Mr. Despont was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty and has completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh. Mr. Despont designed the Decorative Arts Galleries of the new J. Paul Getty Museum and, in collaboration with Richard Meier, was responsible for the interior design of the museum's sculpture and painting galleries. The office also completed the 50,000 square foot flagship store on Bond Street for Ralph Lauren. In the US, the firm designed the Edmond J. Safra Synagogue on East 63rd Street in New York and the flagship store for Harry Winston in Beverly Hills, California. Mr. Despont and his office have completed several very high end hotel projects. Among them are the renovation of the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Claridge's and The Dorchester in London, and Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida. Current hotel projects include the renovation of the Ritz Paris, the Dorchester Collection's new 45 Park Lane Hotel in London, The Chatwal in New York, and the Divan Hotel in Istanbul. volume with its own dustjacket. These books were given only to clients of the firm. Privately printed set, issued between 1990 and 1995 in a special case. Volume I. 1990, unnumbered copy of 1000 published. Illustrated with photographs by Philippe-Louis Houze and watercolors by Bonnie Glasser. Provides high quality photographs of exteriors and interiors of important houses planned...

Sotheby's Art At Auction 1999 - 2000, Edited by Emma Lawson. 'sPublished by Sotheby's Parke Bernet Publications, London, 2000. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual referenc...

Manufacturer’s ring binder catalog showcasing the 1992 product line for Brueton Furniture, a New York City-based company that produces upscale furniture and accessories for the residential, contract, and hospitality markets. Founded in 1926, Brueton was an early convert to the use of highly crafted stainless steel, still an area of specialty. Along with designs by Stanley Jay Friedman and J. Wade Beam—familiar names in the vintage modern design market—the 1992 catalog includes work by Sergio Orozco, Mark Mascheroni, Mark Goldberg, John Duffy, Mitchell Pickard, Charles Gibilterra, Bert England, Victor Dziekiewicz, Glenn Polinsky, Joseph Gerstman, Bruenu, Richard Thompson, Robert Sonneman, Ed Born, and Ira Grayroff. Stylistically skewed to post-modern, the catalog also features clean-lined international style pieces plus reissues of several classic modern designs by Hans and Wassily Luckhardt...

Picasso Und Seine Zeit: Die by Sammlung Berggruen. Published by Berlin: Ars Nicolai, 1996. 1st Ed softcover. The catalog from The Museum Berggruen which owes its name and genesis to ...

Christie's New York Catalog - Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art and Decorative Arts, from the auction on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th of January 1999.

Sotheby's NY Important English Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, A Private Collection, April 22, 1995. Sotheby's NY, 1995. 1st Ed hard...

The Art Institute of Chicago, Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture. Hardcover book with dustjacket, stated first edition, published in 1996, 160 pages, 148 color illustrations.

The Jingguantang Collection Part II Fine and Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Christie’s; New York September 18, 1997. First edition softc...

The Arabian Nights by Earle Goodenow hardcover 1991A selection of thirteen tales told by Scheherazade in the Arabian Nights which enchanted the cruel sultan so much that he gave up e...

Jean-Michel Basquiat Témoignage 1998 published on the occasion of: "Témoignage 1977-1988" (Testimony) held at Galerie Jerome de Noirmont, Paris in 1998. This softcover book feature...

Toulouse-Lautrec, French book by Gerard Dorozoi, 1992. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864 - 1901) is almost unique among artists because he became as famous for his appearance and perso...

The Cut-Outs of Henri Matisse by John Elderfield. Softcover book published in 1992 by George Braziller, Inc. of Madison Avenue, New York. Illustrated, printed in Japan, 127 pages.

Sotheby's Japanese prints, paintings and screens, New York June 18, 1990. First edition softcover catalog. 531 illustrated lots.

Monet, or the Triumph of impressionism: Catalog Raisonné, 4-Volume Set by Daniel Wildenstein. Köln: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1996. Slipcased 1st ...

Works of Art from the Bute Collection. Volumes one and two from the sales in London on July 3rd and July 8th 1996. Two softcover catalogs are presented in a green fabric covered slip...

Sotheby's: 1993, Loyd-Paxton Collection of Dallas Texas. This catalog contains selections from the Collections of Loyd-Paxton of Dallas, Texas including: European Furniture and Decorations, Japanese, Indian and Chinese Works of Art...

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1990-1991 Sotheby's. Edited by Sally Prideaux. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1991. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos...

The Collection of M. Hubert Givenchy - 1993 Christie's Monaco Auction Catalog. Two hardcover books with dustjackets are presented in a green fabric covered slipcase. One book contain...

Signs and Symbols in Christian Art by George Ferguson. Published by Oxford University Press, USA, New York, 1955. 2nd Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This comprehensive book remains t...

Leonard de Vinci (Leonardo Da Vinci), French book by Jean-Claude, Frere, 1994. Leonardo da Vinci is often regarded as the greatest artist of all time. This book retraces his career a...

ISBN: 88.7269.004.8 This rare book on Ico Parisi by Luigi Cavadini and Flaminio Gualdoni has 86 pages with about 150 images. It is edited by FIdia Edizioni d'Arte and printed by G...

Schneider, French and English Book by Edith Mannoni, 1992. This book traces the factory's history and presents a hundred reproductions of original plates and sketches from the 1920s....

Published by Éditions Charles Moreau, 1998 Text by François Baudot, preface by Karl Lagerfeld. The distinctive designs of Gilbert Poillerat may be regarded as part of the Art D...

American Beauties, Women in Art and Literature, edited by Charles Sullivan. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition published in 1993 by Harry N...

Sotheby's Art at Auction 1992-93: The Art Market Review. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Highlights: ...

AUTHOR: THOMPSON, Kay & Hilary Knight. TITLE: Eloise - Eloise in Paris - Eloise at Christmastime - Eloise in Moscow. PUBLISHER: NY: Simon & Schuster, 1995-99-99-2000. DESCRIPTION...

Modern Painting, the Impressionists and the Avante-Garde of the Twentieth Century. Hardcover book. First edition published in 1998 by Barron's. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 399 pages.

The Impressionists - A Retrospective, edited by Martha Kapos. A large hardcover book with dustjacket, published by Beaux Arts Editions in 1991. Includes 116 full-color and 117 black-...

The Masterworks of the Impressionists by Douglas Mannering. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1998 by Sweetwater Press. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 256 pages.

Cézanne Watercolors by Acquavella Galleries, introduction by William Rubin. New York: Acquavella Galleries, 1999. 1st Ed Softcover. 128 pp. 21 b&w...

Jewellery by Cartier Christie's Published by Christie's, Geneva, 1992, Auction Hardcover Book Catalog. The Art of Cartier Habsburg Feldman auction hardcover. 135 page catalog June 28...

Approx. ninety four superb full page plates containing approx. 571 designs in colour. Plates are housed in a beige card folder and then in a original slip case. The slip case has som...

American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament, by Morrison H. Heckscher and Leslie Greene Bowman. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Date: 1992 and Distributed by Harry N. Abrams. Publis...

Christie's: May 23, 1994 Mere Hall, Knutsford Cheshire. Sold on behalf of the Executors of the late Mrs. Helen Langford-Brooke. Christie’s presents the two-day sale of A Palladian Villa by Michael S. Smith taking place 23-24 April. Encompassing over 450 lots, the sale will include contemporary art, English furniture, Old Master paintings, Chinese works of art...

Vintage Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition catalog: Venezia (Venice), Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, 1999 Catalog produced for the occasion of the exhibition "Jean-Michel Basquiat a Ven...

Turner by Michael Lloyd. Published by National Gallery of Australia, 1996. 1st Ed softcover. Fifty years before impressionism, J.W.M. Turner brought a se...

Tina Modotti Photographs by Sarah Lowe. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1995. Harry N Abrams, NY. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 160 pp., 119 plates and 29 text figures in duotone. T...

Sotheby's Art at Auction, 1994-95: The Art Market Review 1st Ed. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY, 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerou...

The Royal Palaces of India by George Michell. Published by Thames & Hudson, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. As early as the 14th c, stories glorifying the exotic palaces of ...

Honoré Lannuier Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York by Peter M. Kenny. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., NY, 1998. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published to accompany an exhibition at the MET. This monograph covers the 16 years that Lannuier made late Federal style...

A group of seven Sotheby's New York Pre-Columbian sales catalogs with lavish color photos. An invaluable reference for the collector, scholar or anyone interested in Pre-Columbian a...

- artist: Tomas Salamon - newly framed, limited edition - (silk-)screen printing, serigraphy jr

English Silver Treasures From the Kremlin: A Loan Exhibition by Sotheby's. Exhibition softcover catalog January 1st-28th 1991. "The Armoury Museum in ...

Leather book box from England. Classic style leather front with creative snap lock to hide your special belongings. Looks perfect on your shelf. Add some classic old English leather ...

Christie's: Property Formerly in the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Warner, October 1990. 319 lots, 192 pp., fully illustrated in color. Includes a wide s...

AUTHOR: MILLER, Arthur. TITLE: Everybody Wins. PUBLISHER: NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1990. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION SIGNED. 1 vol., 8-3/16" x 5-3/8", 109pp., signed by Miller on the...

By George: The Autobiography of George Foreman First edition signed by George Foreman. Villard, U.S.A., 1995. Signed, Stated 1st Trade Ed hardcover with...

Paintings in the Uffizi and Pitti Galleries by Mina Gregori, Marco Chiarini and Antonio Paolucci. 1st American Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Little Brown & Co., Bulfinch Press Book, Boston 1994. The Uffizi and Pitti Galleries are treasure houses of the most well-known masterpieces in Italian and Northern Renaissance art including Botticelli's "Birth of Venus", Leonardo's "Annunciation", Durer's "Adoration of the Magi" and Titian's "Venus of Urbino...

This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1998 Quintana Gallery Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition of twenty-eight works executed between 1980 and 1988 by the late, great Je...

Restauration, Louis-Philippe by Janine Leris-Laffargue. Editions Massin, Paris, France, 1994. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. French furniture of the Louis-Philippe restoration pe...

The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt and Ellen Shipman, by Robin S. Karson. Sagapress, Incorporated, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover ...

A collection of Annie Leibovitz's most classic photographs. The photographs made up her first museum show, which "took place in 1991 at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D...

Metal Toys from Nuremberg: The Unique Mechanical Toys of the Firm of Georg Kellermann & Co. of Nuremberg, 1910-1979 by Gerhard Walter. Schiffer Publishi...

Sotheby's Art at Auction: The Year in Review 1995-96. Published by Conrad Octopus Ltd., 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference w...

Fine English and French furniture and objects of Art form the Private Residence of Henry Francis du Pont at Winterthur. New York October 14, 1994. Sa...

“The Big Nude” SUMO book, original edition, signed by Helmut Newton from an edition of 10,000 prints for Taschen. Please note that our edition is in its original packaging. The book itself has never been opened and has still its original seal. Helmut Newton’s SUMO...

P Buckley Moss, Painting the Joy of the Soul by Peter Rippe. First edition, published in 1997 by Landauer Books. Hardcover book with dustjacket, illustrat...