Search Results: Authors starting with N from modern-ISM

Oxford University Press, 1986. First Edition . Original Wraps. Fine. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in tan matte wraps. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean. Published to accompany a 1986-87 exhibition of Edward Weston's photographs at both the Huntington Library and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Luminous black-and-white plates throughout. 4to. 64 pp. First edition.

Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, 1994. First Edition . Near Fine/No Jacket. 128 pp., illustrated by the pioneering work of Watkins and Le Gray, biographies, notes, bibliography. Text in German and English.

Tokyo, 1984. First Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Square 8vo. Some slight soiling to the cream colored cloth boards. 152 pp., beautiful illustrations of mid-century modern design classics from Alto and Breuer to Bertoia and Eames and all of the greats. Signed by the collector Keiji Nagai in 1985.

Tokyo: A+U Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean, Fine copy signed by Thom Mayne. 200 pp., profusely illustrated monogram of Morphosis's early Pritzker Prize-winning work Forward by Thom Mayne. Extensive bibliography.

Tokyo: A+U Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean, unread copy. 131 pp., profusely illustrated monogram of Eric Owen Moss's early work between 1974 and 1994. Criticism by Karen Stein. Covers about 45 projects. Photography by Grant Mudford, Tim Street-Porter Peter Cook, Tom Bonner, Paul Warchol and others. Text in Japanese and English. Laid in is a Sci-ARC poster for a recption in honor of Zaha Hadid and Eric Owen Moss. Scarce!!

Tokyo: A+U Publishing Co., 1994. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A crisp, clean, Fine copy. 140 pp., profusely illustrated monogram of Frank Gehry's Weisman Art Museum.

Tokyo: A+U Publishing Co., Ltd., 1989. Wraps. Very Good. Large 4to. A crisp, clean Very Good. 133 pp., profusely illustrated, issue dedicated to the work of Morphosis and Bernard Tschumi. Text in Japanese and English.

Tokyo, 1985. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Large 4to. 264 pp., profusely illustrated, biography, essays by Francesco Dal Co, Fumihiko Maki and others, illustrated chronology of projects, bibliography. An As New copy privately bound by noted artist James Prestini. Laid in is an auction notice card, an auction lot description for this book, a review of this book, and a bio on Prestini and his development of one of the best private design libraries around which was auctioned off on 12-7-2003 at LA Modern Auctions.

Tokyo: National Museum of Modern Art, 1995. First Edition . Wraps. Fine. 4to. A crisp, clean Fine copy. 113 pp., 148 stunning color plates, essay, catalogue checklist. An absolutely fabulous catalogue of metal, glass and ceramics decorative objects from Japanese artists in the 50s and 60s.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. Square 8vo. Unpaginated [44]. Stunning cover and 28 interior plates (9 in color) illustrating 37 Natzler pieces by celebrated photographer Julius Shulman. Catalog for the LACMA retrospective exhibition from June 15 - August 14, 1966. Introduction by Gregor Norman-Wilcox. Preface by Otto Natzler. 175 item checklist, list of museum collections, exhibition list, and selected bibliography. Light wear.

Yale University Press, 2007. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A crisp Fine copy. 174 pp., illustrations, notes, architect bios, index.

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1945. Third Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. A Very Good copy (owner's name in ink on front pastedown) in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket with a small piece missing from the crown of the spine. 214 pp., including a listing of architects and designers whose work appears in this book, and a listing of photographers whose pictures appear. A comprehensive room by room planning guide for designing a modern house using pictorial examples from the work of the period's leading modern architects. One of George Nelson's earliest books written as a consultant to the prestigious Architectural Forum Magazine and co-authored by Henry Wright, then managing editor. Some chipping to price-clipped DJ edges and top of book spine. Owner's bookplate on ffep, darkening to rear endpaper and pastedown, and light foxing to edges.

NY: Masses and Mainstream, 1950. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Owner's name and date in ink on ffep. Tiny bump to bottom of spine also affecting the DJ which also has an almost invisible closed tear to bottom of front cover. A spectacular copy by this Nobel Prize winning author.

Munchen: Verlag Callwey, 1954. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket. 210 pp., profusely illustrated. Text in German, English and French.

Gestalten, 2010. First Edition . Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, clean Near Fine 2 volume set in Near Fine slipcase protected with opened shrinkwrap. A few silverfish marks on slipcase edge and book spine edges. In this unique publication, Marilyn and John Neuhart tell the story, to paraphrase Charles Eames himself, of how Eames furniture got to be the way it is. The Story of Eames Furniture is a biography not of an individual person, but of arguably the most influential and important furniture brand of our time. Brimming with more than 2,500 images and insider information, this two-volume book in a slipcase sheds new light on the context in which the furniture of Charles and Ray Eames was created. It documents in unparalleled detail how the design process in the Eames Office developed as well as the significant roles played by specific designers and manufacturers. Shipping may be extra due to weight. No int'l shipping.

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1939. First Edition . Cloth-Backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. A crisp, clean Near Fine copy in a Very Good mylar-protected dust jacket with chips missing from some corners, top of spine and front cover. 185 pp., illustrations and GGIE ephemera laid in.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Personal Opinions and recollections of 48 former Bauhaus members and their contemporaries who intimately knew and loved the Bauhaus. A must for Bauhaus scholars, collectors and aficianados. A Fine copy. Chipping to spine ends of Near Fine mylar-protected dust jacket w/one small piece missing from top and a bookstore sticker to rear panel, else fine.

Carbondale, IL, U.S.A.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. A crisp,Fine copy in a Fine mylar-protected dust jacket. 240 pp., index. The correspondence between Richard Neutra and Dione Neutra recounts the difficult early years and the developing philosophy of a man who would change the look of architecture. Laid in is a brochure for a symposium titled "Building Paradise: Exile Architecture in California" at which Neutra's work was widely discussed.

Carbondale, IL, U.S.A.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 240 pp., index. The correspondence between Richard Neutra and Dione Neutra recounts the difficult early years and the developing philosophy of a man who would change the look of architecture. Fine in a Fine DJ. A crisp, unread copy. DJ have shelf wear, now in protective mylar cover.

Los Angeles: John C. Brasfield, 1936. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pieces missing from spine ends, bump to bottom fore corner with corner crease on front cover, damp staining an wrikling to most pages at the bottom fore corner and some page separation damage after pages dried stuck together. Still an attractive copy of this scarcity. Images upon request. 132 pp., profusely illustrated with the work of John Byers and Edla Muir (Bel-Air English Home, interiors by George C. Sagar, with cover photo and 14 article photos), Gordon B. Kaufman (Norman Chandler Beach Residence, Alamitos Bay, 5 Woodcock photos), Robert H. Ainsworth, Gordon B. Kaufmann (California House and Garden Exhibition Administration Building), Winchton L. Risley, John Byers & Edla Muir, Paul R. Williams (Steel House, California House and Garden Exhibition, 3 Mott photos), Richard Neutra (Moderne House, California House and Garden Exhibition, 3 Mott photos), Paul R. Williams (French… Read More