Search Results: Authors starting with F from Design Books

Livorno, Italy: Paolo Belforte Editore, 1968. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Spine has faint tan stains. Text in ITALIAN. This book presents material related 'to 'Teatro della Sorpresa', created in August 1921 by the Neapolitan poet Francesco Cangiullo (even though the final Manifesto was later signed also by Marinetti, in January 1922). It was Cangiullo's last contribution to his personal artistic research for Futurism, which he eventually abandoned in 1924, at the end of a long theatrical tour throughout Italy' cf. Musella, Mario. Color frontis + illustrations in black & white with a number of vintage or archival photos done at the time of the play. Scarce. 8" high X 6" wide, 171 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: The Architectural Press, 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. Long ago released from a small British library and bearing only one handstamp from the library on the verso of the title-page. The dust jacket is complete but has some edge wear, repaired short tears. Lacking front free endpaper. Very clean inside and out. Foreword by Ove Arup. Colin Faber was associated with Candela as a student, then a colleague for many years. Still the basic text on Candela and his famous shell design architecture. About 500 black & white photographs, drawings and plans illustrate the book. Bibliography. Essay by Candela on hyperbolic paraboloids. 11" high X 10" wide, 240 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First English Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Munchen: Karl & Faber , 1982. This is a very good softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Karl & Faber in Munich from February to April 1982. The subject of the exhibition was Tomi Ungerer, his collages, water colors and drawings. Checklist with 231 works catalogued. Many illustrated, some in color. Price list included. 11" high X 8" wide, 56 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Milan, Italy: Skira, 2014. This is a fine two volume hardcover set of the first edition with no wear at all. No slipcase or belly-band. Completely clean inside and out. Bound uniformly in black moire silk boards with gilt titles. Text in English. These books were published to accompany the exhibition at the Pinchuk Art Centre in Kiev, Ukraine from February 7 to October 5, 2014. Stated first editions. This project grew out the relationship between Jan Fabre and Eckhard Schneider, who have worked together since 1991. This exhibition involved the creation of a cycle of mosaics delving into the history of Belgium's colonial past. Essays by 20 scholars including Germano Celant, Achille Bonito Oliva among many others. Illustrated mostly in color with several fold-outs. Volume 1: Tribute to Belgian Congo, 133 pages. Volume 2: Tribute to Hieronymous Bosch in Congo, 125 pages. 12" high X 10" wide. Large heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in… Read More

Beaume-les-Dames & Editions Frederic Birr, 1983. This is a very good hardcover copy in a good dust jacket. The jacket is complete, but has several tears (now closed), and a stain on the back panel lower edge, not affecting the cloth cover. Completely clean inside. Signed in ink on the half title-page by the author and dated 1984. Not inscribed to a named person, but a short inscription by the author. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in black & white and color. Biographical sketch. Exhibition history. Principal collections. Bibliography. Many black & white reproductions of vintage photographs of Maurice Utrillo and Lucie Valore, and other friends and colleagues, many from Jean Fabris' collection. Essays by Jean Fabris, Catherine Banlin-Lacroix, Claude Wiart, Etude des signatures by Alain Buquet, Jean-Pierre Thiollet and Jacques Birr. Also a Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé. 12" high X 9" wide, 184 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and… Read More

Copenhagen: Hirschsprungske Samling, 1990. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in Danish with English translations at the end. Illustrated throughout in black & white with reproductions of P. S. Kroyer's photographs, drawings and paintings. Peder Severin Kroyer (1851- 1909) was a Danish artist who studied painting in Paris where he became familiar with the impressionists. The largest collection of works by Kroyer is at the Hirschsprungske Museum in Copenhagen. They sponsored this publication and the exhibition. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 188 pages. Scarce. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Caen, France : Presses Universitaires de Caen, 1999. This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, the binding firm. Text in FRENCH. This catalog presents the essays given at Actes du Colloque International de l'Universite de Caen, France , October 3-4, 1996. Essays by about twenty scholars. Illustrated in black & white and color.10" high X 6" wide, 311 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Urbino, Italy : PiQuadro, 2008. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Essays by Salvatore Fiume, Giovanni Faccenda, and Giancarlo Lacchin. Illustrated throghout in color. Biographical sketch. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 125 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Mexico City: Conaculta, 2002. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in English and Spanish. This is the first Festival Internacional de Vídeo y Artes Electrónicas. It was inspired by the Video Biennals which started in 1990 in Mexico. It includes video works and multimedia pieces. The first video artist in Mexico is considered to be Pola Weiss who started making video art in the mid 1970's. Essays by Sally Berger, John Hanhardt, Marina Grznic, Rudolf Frieling, Ranita Chaterjee, Olu Oguibe, Hillary Blackman, Abigail Child, Armond White, and Irit Batsry. Illustrated in black & white throughout. 11" high X 7" wide, 191 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Milan, Italy: Electa, 1986. This is a very good softcover copy of this exhibition catalog with only light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Binding tight. Text in English, French and Italian. Text by guest curator, Maurizio Fagiolo dell'Arco. Most of the works are from around 1913 and on up to 1928. 28 color plates + many black & white illustrations. Also an extensive section of secondary material, mostly ephemera, like photos of Balla with friends, clippings, manifestoes, drawings, etc. 4to, 10" high X 8" wide, 139 pages. A nice copy. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Milan, Italy: Galleria Schwarz, 1974. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear. Corner creased. Very clean inside. Text by Fagone in English, French and Italian. Many illustrations in black & white. Exhibition history. 11" high X 8" wide, 43 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Setauket, NY: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1976. This is a very good softcover copy with just some wear to the spine. Spine creased, but binding firm. One small pice of clear tape to the heel of the spine. Very clean inside and out. Signed and inscribed on the first blank endpaper by the author. About a dozen tiny corrections/annotations to an appendix list of craftsmen by previous owner. This catalog prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Society in 1976. Bibliography. 251 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in black & white. Several lengthy appendices relating to the craftsmen who made the objects in the exhibition. The exhibition included all types of early American furniture, silver, glass, textiles, clocks, samplers, tools and household implements, etc. 11" high X 8 1/2" wide, 304 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Chapman & Hall, 1857. This is a very good hardcover copy in red and black marbled paper-covered boards and a brown cloth spine and corners. Recently de-accessioned from a small public library (non-circulating), and bearing a few of their marks including a painted label on the spine, bookplates inside the covers, handstamps and a perforation stamp to the title pages. Occasional handstamps to the plate description pages facing the plates. Plates clean. There are 30 monochrome plates and 12 chromolithographs including the title-page. The plates are quite beautiful and show objects like royal jewelry and old church artifacts, some armament and some antiquities like small public statuary and memorials. 13" high X 10" wide, 84 page text + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Firenze: Leo S. Olschki, 1996. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean. Text in ITALIAN. Fine monograph on the Italian mannerist painter Rosso Fiorentino (1495- 1540). 85 plates in black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 8" wide, 105 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Milano, : Skira Editore, Milano,, 1998. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in English and Italian. Texts by Gae Aulenti, Massimo d'Alessandro, Carlo Guglielmi, Franco Raggi and Guido Vergani. Illustrated in both color and black & white. Chronology. 11" high X 10" wide, 239 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Boston: Small,Maynard and Company, 1923. This is a very good hardcover copy in the very scarce pictorial dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. The book is very clean inside and out. No marks to text or plates. The jacket is about 95% there, but chipped around the top edges, mostly the rear panel. Top of spine chipped too. Illustrated in black & white with numerous photographs of period style furnishing. Winnifred Fales became famous in the period between the wars, for her staunch opposition to any kind of modern design. From her position as an editor with the journal Good Housekeeping, she tirelessly campaigned against first art nouveau and then the rush of even more modern design like art deco. In her weekly columns she dispensed advice to readers about how to maintain standards of good taste and decor in the home. 10 1/2" high X 8" wide, 295 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by… Read More

London: Faber; Sotheby Parke-Bennet Publications, 1972. This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good price-clipped dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean. Illustrated with 25 black & white and 63 color plates. This is primarily a study of the paintings in the Amery Collection. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 63 text pages + plates. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Berlin: Hermann Ball Paul Graupe, 1929. This is a very good hardcover copy in light olive green cloth covers with title in gilt on the spine. Very clean inside, but a little soil to the paper covers (bound in), also some pencilled in prices next to lot numbers. Text block upper right corner bumped. This is the sale catalog for the Marc Rosenberg collection of jewelry. Introductory text and entries by Otto von Falke. 350 lots in the sale. 27 black & white plates. 11" high X 8" wide, 68 pages + plates. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Rosenfeld Gallery, 2018. This is a fine hardcover copy with spiral binding with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in New York from April 6 to June 9, 2018 and also at the Anderson Gallery in Buffalo from May 5 to July 29, 2018. Essays by Lynda Benglis and Paul J. Karlstrom. Illustrated in color. Exhibition history. Illustrated checklists for each gallery. 10" square, unpaginated. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Karma, 2012. This is an about very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Lower right front cover corner bumped, affecting corners of a few pages. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated throughout with color photographs by Sam Falls on almost every page. Poems by Jamie Kanzler. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Not signed. 12" high X 9" wide, unpaginated. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Limited Edition 1000 Copies. Soft Cover. Very Good.