Design from Bazaar of Books

Town Planning (#A66) by Thomas Sharp. Harmondsworth, Middlesex England: Penguin Books Limited, [1940]. First published 1940. pp. 152, Bibliography. Paperback (spine worn & darkened, covers bit soiled and marks, some foxing inside covers with toning in margins of most pages, back cover unattached to back of spine possibly as glue dried up, tear of half-title page at spine). Good condition. Size: 7"… Read more about this item

"The Dream Factory: Alessi since 1921" by Alberto Alessi. [Milan]: Electa and Alessi, [2001]. pp. 147, Bibliography. numerous colour illus. Paperback (cover edges yellowed, interior clean & unmarked). Very Good condition. Size: 8" x 4 7/8" (20.5cm x 12.5cm).

"Frank Lloyd Wright: A Visual Encyclopedia" by Iain Thomson. London: [Prospero Books, a division of Chapters Inc., 1999]. Originally published by PRC Publishing Ltd., 1999. pp. 416, Bibliography. profusely illustrated (mostly in colour). Hardcover, illustrated boards with red & black title on spine (corners rubbed, small loss at top of spine, edgeworn with some soiling, small indentations on back cover,… Read more about this item

"AD 10: Tenth Annual of Advertising and Editorial Art." The Art Directors Club, Toronto. Toronto: [Burns & MacEachern, 1958]. unpaginated. numerous illus. ( some with colour). Hardcover, black cloth with yellow "X" on front cover and yellow title on spine (spine bumped, corners square, top edge foxed, back cover stained, front hinge beginning to crack, endpapers foxed some, some foxing… Read more about this item

Habitat 1971 second edition catalogue, with an order form inserted. [Wallingford, Berkshire: Habitat Designs Ltd., 1971]. On the inside cover there is an introductory note to customers, by Terence Conran. pp. 128. profusely illustrated (mostly in colour). Paperback (corners bit bent, couple marks and scratches on covers, interior is unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" (30cm x 21cm). Sir… Read more about this item

"The Technique of Bobbin Lace" by Pamela Nottingham. London: B T Batsford Ltd., [1987]. (First published in 1976, Twelfth impression in 1987). pp. 222, Index. 183 line drawings, 109 photographs, and 77 prickings. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean and unmarked). dj. (slight shelf wear). Very good+ condition.Size: 10" x 7 3/4" (25.5cm x 19.5cm).

"Art of the Embroiderer" by Charles Germain de Saint-Aubin, Designer to the King, 1770. [Translation of L'art du brodeur, with a facsimile reproduction of the French original of 1770]. Translated and Annotated by Nikki Scheuer. Additional Notes and Commentaries by Edward Maeder. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Boston & London: David R. Godine, Publisher, [1983]. pp.… Read more about this item

"Star Pieces: The Enduring Beauty of Spectacular Furniture" by David Linley, Charles Cator, and Helen Chislett. [New York]: The Monacelli Press, a division of Random House, Inc., [2009]. Published simultaneously in the United Kingdom by Thames & Hudson Ltd. pp. 256, Bibliography, Index. numerous colour illus. (some full-page). Hardcover, taupe cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean… Read more about this item

"Meggs' History of Graphic Design, Fourth Edition" by Philip B. Meggs and Alston W. Purvis. [Hoboken, New Jersey]: John Wiley & Sons, [2006]. Second printing. pp. 575, Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated (mostly in colour). Hardcover, black cloth with red title on spine (corners square, spine bumped, top edge dented, interior is clean & unmarked). dw. (spine slightly worn, top corners… Read more about this item

Yves Saint Laurent by Yves Saint Laurent and Diana Vreeland, Rene Huyghe, Pierre Berge, Paloma Picasso-Lopez, Marella Agnelli, Catherine Deneuve, Duane Michals, Pierre Boulat and Nicholas Vreeland. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Clarkson N. Potter, Inc./Publishers, [1983]. pp. 192. All of the Yves Saint Laurent couture designs shown in this book are described chronologically in the illustrated… Read more about this item