MEMPHIS: The New International Style, Radice 1981

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #193460
03.147

Scarce copy of Memphis: The New International Style, edited by Barbara Radice, Electa, 1981, softcover, 68 pages. Color and b/w illustrations and drawings, heralding the Memphis Movement founded by Ettore Sottsass. Work by: Andrea Branzi, Aldo Cubic, Michael Graves, Arata Isozaki, Shiro Kuramata, Studio Alchymia, Masanori Umeda, and the rest of the gang. First Edition. Fine.

Original MEMPHIS catalog binder

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #193459
03.148

Very scarce copy of an original Memphis three ring binder showing the collection. Color. Very Good.

Art Nouveau in Munich

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #193455
03.149

Art Nouveau in Munich, Hiesinger, Kathryn, ed., Philadelphia Museum of Art / Prestel Verlag, Munich, 1988. 9x11, 177pgs, softbound, black/white & color, published in conjunction with exhibition of 1988-1989, 148 items illus. in black/white & color photos. The catalogue lists 148 different examples of Furniture, Textiles, Graphics, Ceramics, Glass, Silver, ect. Some of the designers featured are: Friedrich Adler, Peter Behrens, Hans Eduard von Berlepsch-Valendas, Margarethe von Brauchitsch, Juliu... Click for details

Art Nouveau Bing: Paris Style 1900

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #192538
03.140

Art Nouveau Bing: Paris Style 1900. Gabriel P Weisberg, 295 pp. with 83 color plates and 251 b&w illustrations. Large 4to, softcover. New York, Abrams, 1986. Illustrated with many excellent b&w and some color photos of fine art nouveau examples: furniture, silverwork, metalwork, ceramics, artwork; glass, Tiffany and more.

Art Nouveau La Creation Ceramique 1850-1914

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #192328
03.142

Du Second Empire Art Nouveau La Creation Ceramique 1850-1914

Edition de l'Association des Conservateurs de la region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Lille, 1986. Excellent survey with works ranging from Chaplet, Bigot, Dalpayrat, Deck, Decoeur, Delaherche, and Jeanneney, Illustrated with some in color. Very good. Scarce.

Carlo MOLLINO: Architecture as Autobiography

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #192319
03.145

Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography

Giovanni Brino, Rizzoli, 1987, 160 pp, profusely illustrated with over 200 color and b/w photographs, drawings, diagrams, etc, 11 x 9 in., English, hardcover with dj. FINE.

Carlo Mollino (1905-1973) has been called a lot of things: designer, architect, sex and drug-obsessed genius, and conno... Click for details

Cowan Pottery & Cleveland School Autographed

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 2000: item #82586

Autographed hardback reference book, published in 1997. 372 pages. Over 1120 illustrations. Nominated for a prize in Distinguished Scholarship, given by the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Value guide. An intimate portrait of R. Guy Cowan and his circle of family, colleagues, designers, and students. Scores of previously unknown Cowan shapes are illustrated (both unique and molded), from utilitarian wares like tea sets and electric table lamps to limited-edition sculpture and lady flow... Click for details

Oil Lamps II : Glass Kerosene Lamps

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 2000: item #47902
94

This is Ms. Thuro's companion book to Oil Lamps I. The focus here is on rare cased glass, colored glass and composite kerosene lamps and in combination with Oil Lamps I, is a valued addition to a complete study of the kerosene lamp. Has a 1998 Price Guide and is in hard cover measuring 9" by 12".

Price Guide to Antique Clocks

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Antiques Pre 1990: item #47901
93

Valuable guide to high collectable clocks of bygone eras by Robert W. Swedberg, Harriet W. Swedberg.

Yosemite and the Range of Light

Traditional Collectibles: Books: References: Fine Art Pre 1980: item #47900
92

Published in 1979, Yosemite and the Range of Light is 116 impressive prints demonstrating the mastery of Ansel Adams. The book contains classics like "Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite Valley, 1944, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite Valley, 1960, and Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, 1944." Many "unseen" photographs that are beautiful in their own right but did not have the mass-market appeal of his classics. c 1979 soft cover first edition prepared by New York graphic Society for the Muse... Click for details