Search Results: Europe from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Viking Press, 1971. Quarto. 288 pp; numerous color & b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has 2 closed tears at spine ends, edge tear on back panel, jacket edges a bit yellowed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: American Federation of Arts, 1983. Quarto. 208 pp; color & b/w photographs; marks; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. The catalogue of the Schroder silver collection, containing the 79 objects in the exhibition, and an appendix of 15 objects too fragile to exhibit. The objects date from the 13th into the 19th centuries. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Koln: Benedikt Taschen, 1994. Quarto. 176 pp; full of color & b/w photographs; biographies; bibliography; index. Text in English, French & German. Paperback. Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, no cover wear. This book features the earliest pioneers of 20th-century design, the development of avant-garde design from 1880 to 1930. It contains almost 200 originals from the collection of the Dusseldorf art dealer and collector, Torsten Brohan. They include the MT8 table-lamps by Wilhelm Wagenfeld and tubular steel furniture by Marcel Breuer.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

London: Christie's, 2000. Quarto. 245 pp; 489 lots, all illustrated in color. Paperback. Near Fine. The sale includes Georgian, Venetian, Bohemian, Baccarat, St. Louis, and Clichy glass, and Bristol, Liverpool, Worcester, Chelsea, Derby, Spode, Sevres, Frankenthal, Hochst, Meissen ceramics, plus Italian Majolica. Features the properties of the Late Sir Nigel Broakes, the Late 9th Earl of Guildford, the Late Mrs. B.J. Blackwell, a private European collector, and a European lady. Sale held December 11, 2000.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983. First edition. Quarto. 320 pp; illustrated in color and b/w; notes; bibliography; maps and chronological tables; index. White cloth with black titles. Lacking dj. VG. minor soiling to covers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Sotheby's, 1997. Quarto. Unpaginated; profuse color & b/w photographs of the 499lots offered. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price results laid in. Sale 7003. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Zurich: Edition Stemmle, 1999. Quarto. 159 pp; 185 color illustrations; catalogue of textiles; artists' biographies; index of companies, workshops and schools; glossary; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. A fine copy in fine jacket. Outstanding examples of textile art from Germany, Austria, France, Italy and England document general currents in textile design during the twenties.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Sotheby's, 1994. Quarto. Unpaginated; profuse color & b/w photographs of the 437 lots offered. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price results laid in. Sale 6580. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Sotheby's, 1994. Quarto. Unpaginated; profuse color & b/w photographs of the 536 lots offered. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Sale 6521. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Tokyo: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, 1988. Quarto. Unpaginated. 325 plates, some full-page, rest smaller. Paperback with jacket. Fine/Fine. This book illustrates textiles and other specimens selected from over 16,000 pieces collected by Count Koreaki Kamei (1861-1896) while he was studying aesthetics and art history in Germany from 1886 to 1891.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; 5 color & profuse b/w illustrations; selected list of cinemas in Great Britain and the United States; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has 1 3/4" closed tear at top of spine, spine & back panel lightly soiled. This is an entertaining and well-researched history of the movie house - from nickelodeons and Kinetoscope parlors to drive-ins, from the picture palace to the art theater - in America, England, and continental Europe. It features the colorful 1920's, the depression years of the 1930's, and the post-World War II era, with the trend toward small, intimate, simply decorated theaters. The author treats problems of sight lines, ventilation, acoustics, projection, and decoration; discusses the styles and innovations of important theater architects such as Thomas W. Lamb, John Eberson, and Ben Schlanger.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read More

London: Sotheby & Co., 1963. Sale June 25, 1963, lots 1-68. Quarto; 80 pp; 58 plates, 13 in color. Paper covered boards with dj. VG-/G+. Small closed tears and minor chipping to top edge of dj, crown bumped, short tear to top of dj back. List of prices and buyers tipped in with yellowing cello tape on ffep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1955. First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; 8 color plates & 40 wood engravings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, back cover of jacket lightly soiled, top & bottom of jacket spine lightly chipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Aurum, 1996. First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; many color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.