
I am committed to bringing you a wide variety of carefully-selected books designed to appeal to connoisseurs of the Modern movement. Here are my most recent acquisitions:
[Aalto] Girsberger, Hans (preface): ALVAR AALTO. Scarsdale, NY: Wittenborn & Co., 1963.
Architectural Record: 82 DISTINCTIVE HOUSES FROM ARCHITECTURAL RECORD. NYC: FW Dodge, 1952.
Architectural Record editors: THE SECOND TREASURY OF CONTEMPORARY
HOUSES. NYC: FW Dodge, 1959.
Bayer, Herbert: GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK Volume 15, Number 10. Berlin: Gebrauchsgraphik, October 1938.
[Bertoia] Nelson, June Kompass: HARRY BERTOIA SCULPTOR. Detroit: Wayne State University, 1970. INSCRIBED ASSOCIATION COPY.
Bel Geddes, Norman: MAGIC MOTORWAYS. NYC: Random House, 1940.
Birren, Faber: NEW HORIZONS IN COLOR: HOW TO USE COLOR EFFECTIVELY IN ARCHITECTURE AND DECORATION. NYC: Reinhold, 1955.
Brodovitch and Zachary: PORTFOLIO. A MAGAZINE FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS 1-3. Cincinnati: Zebra Press, Volume 1, Number 1-3, Winter 1950 - Spring 1951 (complete set).
Carboni, Erberto and Gio Ponti (introduction): WERBUNG FUR DEN RUNDFUNK UND DAS FERNSEHEN [RADIO AND TELEVISION PUBLICITY]. Vienna: Verlag Andreas Zettner Wurzburg, 1959.
Carboni, Erberto: 25 PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1961.
[Chareau] Montes and Futagawa: GA [GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE] 46: PIERRE CHAREAU WITH BERNARD BIJVOET: MAAISON DALSACE (MAISON DE VERRE), PARIS, FRANCE 1928-1932.. Tokyo: A. D. A . Edita, 1977.
[Eames Office] Neuhart, John and Marilyn: CONNECTIONS: THE WORK OF
CHARLES AND RAY EAMES. LA: UCLA Arts Council, 1976.
Ford and Creighton: THE AMERICAN HOUSE TODAY. NYC: Reinhold, 1951.
Ford and Creighton: QUALITY BUDGET HOUSES: A TREASURY OF 100 ARCHITECT-DESIGNED HOUSES FROM $5,000 TO $20,000. NYC: Reinhold, 1954.
Frey, Gilbert: MOBILIER SUISSE CREATION DE 1927-1984/SCHWEIZER MOBELDESIGN 1927-1984. Zurich: Musee des Arts Decoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, 1986.
Giedion, Siegfried: WALTER GROPIUS - WORK AND TEAMWORK. NYC: Reinhold, 1954.
Gerstner, Karl: THE FORMS OF COLOR [THE INTERACTION OF VISUAL ELEMENTS]. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1986.
Goodwin, Philip L.: BRAZIL BUILDS. ARCHITECTURE NEW AND OLD 1652-1942. NYC: Museum of Modern Art, 1943.
Gropius, Walter: THE NEW ARCHITECTURE AND THE BAUHAUS. London/NYC: Faber and Faber/the Museum of Modern Art, (n. d. 1936).
Herman Miller Furniture Company, Charles Eames: CHAIRS BY CHARLES EAMES. Zeeland, Michigan: The Herman Miller Furniture Company, n. d. (circa 1958).
Hillebrand, Henri (series editior): GRAPHIC DESIGNERS IN THE USA, volumes 1-3. NYC: Universe, 1971-1972.
Hillebrand, Henri (series editior): GRAPHIC DESIGNERS IN EUROPE, Volumes 1 - 4. NYC: Universe, 1971-1973.
[Knoll] Herbert Matter (designer), Knoll Associates: KNOLL INDEX OF DESIGNS. NYC: Knoll Associates, Inc., with Hockaday Associates, 1950.
Kornwolf, James D. (editor): MODERNISM IN AMERICA 1937-1941: A CATALOG AND EXHIBITION OF FOUR ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS. Williamsburg, VA: Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, 1985.
Le Corbusier: THE MODULOR [A HARMONIOUS MEASURE TO THE HUMAN SCALE UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE TO ARCHITECTURE AND MECHANICS ]. Harvard University Press, 1954.
[Libera, Adalberto] Quilici, Vieri: ADALBERTO LIBERA: L¹ARCHITETTURA COME IDEALE. Rome: Officina Edizioni, 1981.
[Lissitzky] Richter, Horst : EL LISSITZKY. SIEG UBER DIE SONNE. ZUR
KUNST DES KONSSTRUKTIVISMUS. Köln: Galerie Christoph Czwiklizter, 1958.
Lustig, Panero and Repetto: ANATOMY FOR INTERIOR DESIGNERS. NYC: Whitney, 1948.
Lustig, Shulman, Harris, and Bonenberger : A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Los Angeles: Watling and Company, 1951.
Lyon, Danny and McCune, Billy: CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD. PHOTOGRAPHS OF PRISON LIFE WITH THE LETTERS AND DRAWINGS OF BILLY MCCUNE #122054. NYC: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
Malhotra and Thon (editors): DAS FRUHE PLAKAT IN EUROPA UND DEN USA 1: EIN BESTANDSKATALOG. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1973.
Magnani, Franco (Editor): MODERN INTERIORS. NYC: Universe Books, 1969.
Meiselas, Susan: CARNIVAL STRIPPERS. NYC: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 1976.
Mercer and Holme (editors): ART & INDUSTRY. London: The Studio, July - December 1936 (volume 21).
Moholy-Nagy, Roh and Tschichold: 60 FOTOS, 60 PHOTOS, 60 PHOTOGRAPHIES. Berlin: Klinkhart & Biermann, 1930.
[Moholy-Nagy] Andreas Haus: MOHOLY-NAGY PHOTOGRAPHS AND PHOTOGRAMS. NYC: Pantheon Books, 1980.
Nelson, George: ABC OF MODERN FURNITURE. Zeeland, Michigan: The Herman Miller Furniture Company, 1951.
George Nelson (introduction): THE HERMAN MILLER COLLECTION. DESIGNS BY GEORGE NELSON AND CHARLES EAMES, FABRICS BY ALEXANDER GIRARD. Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller Furniture Co., 1956.
Nelson, George (introduction): NELSON, EAMES, GIRARD, AND PROPST: THE DESIGN PROCESS AT HERMAN MILLER. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1975 (Design Quarterly 98/99).
Ostergard, Derek E.: MACKINTOSH TO MOLLINO: FIFTY YEARS OF CHAIR DESIGN. NYC: Barry Friedman Ltd., 1984.
Ponti, Lisa Licitra: GIO PONTI: THE COMPLETE WORK 1923 - 1978. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1990.
[Posters] Gill, Brendan: POSTERS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM MOBIL. Zurich: Graphis Press, 1988.
Rand, Paul: PM MAGAZINE. Volume 4, No. 9: October-November 1938.
Rand, Paul: A DESIGN STUDENT'S GUIDE TO THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR. NYC: Laboratory School of Industrial Design with The Composing Room/P.M. Publishing Co., (n.d.) 1939.
Rand, Paul: A-D MAGAZINE. Volume 7, Number 3. NYC: The Composing Room/P.M. Publishing Co., February- March 1941.
[Rand] Armando Milani, Paul Rand (introduction): A DOUBLE LIFE OF 80 AGI DESIGNERS...[Creativity and Sense of Humor]. Torino: Cartiere Burgo with the Alliance Graphique International, 1996.
Read, Herbert: HENRY MOORE SCULPTOR [An Appreciation by Herbert Read with Thirty-Six Plates]. London: A. Zwemmer Gallery, 1934.
[Rudolph, Paul] Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl (introduction): THE ARCHITECTURE OF PAUL RUDOLPH. NYC: Praeger Publishers, 1970.
Simon, Rodenberg and Huxley: PRINTING OF TO-DAY: AN ILLUSTRATED SURVEY OF POST-WAR TYPOGRAPHY IN EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. London and New York: Peter Davies Ltd., Harper and Brothers, 1928.
Smithson, Alison (editor): TEAM 10 PRIMER. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1968.
Spencer, Herbert: PIONEERS OF MODERN TYPOGRAPHY. NYC: Hastings House, 1970.
Stennett-Willson, R.: THE BEAUTY OF MODERN GLASS. London: The Studio Ltd., 1958.
Sullivan, Louis H.: KINDERGARTEN CHATS ON ARCHITECTURE, EDUCATION AND DEMOCRACY. Washington, D.C.: Scarab Fraternity Press, 1934.
Sutnar, Ladislav: VISUAL DESIGN IN ACTION. NYC: Hastings House, 1961. INSCRIBED COPY.
Thompson, Bradbury (designer) et al.: WESTVACO INSPIRATION FOR PRINTERS 1942 - 1943. West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1942-1943 (nos. 133-144).
Thompson, Bradbury (designer): Typography & Photography in WESTVACO INSPIRATION FOR PRINTERS 210. West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1958.
Torbert, Meg (Editor): EVERYDAY ART QUARTERLY/DESIGN QUARTERLY Issues No. 25 - 36. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1953 - 1956.
Tschichold, Jan: DIE NEUE TYPOGRAPHIE. EIN HANDBUCH FUR ZEITGEMASS SCHAFFENDE. Berlin: Verlag Des Bildungsverbandes Der Deutschen Buchdrucker, 1928.
Vignelli, Massimo (designer): DOT ZERO 1. NYC: Dot Zero / Finch Pruyn, 1966.
Vignelli, Massimo (designer): DOT ZERO 2. NYC: Dot Zero / Finch Pruyn, 1966.
Warhol, Andy: ASPEN MAGAZINE Number 3 - The Pop Art Issue. New York: Roaring Fork Press, 1966.
Weisskamp, Herbert: HAUSER UND GARTEN IN KALIFORNIEN [BEAUTIFUL HOMES AND GARDENS IN CALIFORNIA]. Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1964.
[WPA] Francis V. O'Connor: FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR THE VISUAL ARTS: THE NEW DEAL AND NOW. [A Report on the New Deal Art Projects in New York City and State with Recommendations for Present-Day Federal Support for the Visual Arts to the National Endowment for the Arts]. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1969.
Wright, Frank Lloyd: THE DISAPPEARING CITY. NYC: William Farquhar Payson, 1932.
Wright, Mary and Russel: GUIDE TO EASIER LIVING. NYC: Simon and Schuster, 1954.
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