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Purpose in Design: A Survey of the New Movement seen in Studios and Factories and at the Exposition Internatonale des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie Moderne, Paris 1937 by A. Defries - 1938

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Purpose in Design: A Survey of the New Movement seen in Studios and Factories and at the Exposition Internatonale des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie Moderne, Paris 1937 by A. Defries - 1938

Purpose in Design: A Survey of the New Movement seen in Studios and Factories and at the Exposition Internatonale des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie Moderne, Paris 1937

by A. Defries

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Methuen, London, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. Size: 4to <12". xvi + 238pp. Text contains occasional pencil markings. Front hinge cracked. Spine cocked. Edges browned. Ex-library, with usual stamps and markings. Covers marked. Corners bumped. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; Modern; Art & Design. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43206. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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  • Publisher Methuen
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1938
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PURPOSE IN DESIGN

PURPOSE IN DESIGN

by Defries, A

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London: Methuen, 1938. A survey of the new movement seen in studios and factories and at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques Appliques a la vie moderne, Paris 1937. Preface by A. A. Longden. Pp. xvi+240(last colophon), coloured frontispiece, 64 black & white plates, text illustrations, type specimen sheet for 'Peignot', by A. M Cassandre printed in red & black, index, notes, references, short bibliography; small cr. 4to; boards slightly canted and lightly worn, with a little creasing to cloth of upper board; bookplate and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, minor production (trimming) fault to fore-edge pp. 165/6, some light foxing and soiling; Methuen, London, 1938. First edition. *The International Exposition dedicated to Art and Technology in Modern Life ran from 25 May to 25 November 1937. Both the Mus'e9e de l'Homme and the Palais de Tokyo (which houses the Mus'e9e d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris), were created for the occasion. The Spanish pavilion, set up by the… Read More
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