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:

Ambasz, Emilio: ITALY: THE NEW DOMESTIC LANDSCAPE. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PROBLEMS OF ITALIAN DESIGN. New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, in association with Centro Di, Florence. 1972.

Bangerter and Tschanen: OFFICIAL GRAPHIC ART IN SWITZERLAND [OFFIZIELLE SCHWEIZER GRAFIK / ARTS GRAPHIQUES OFFICIELS EN SUISSE]. Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1964.

Barron, Stephanie : DEGENERATE ART: THE FATE OF THE AVANT-GARDE IN NAZI GERMANY. New York and Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Harry Abrams, 1991.

Bass, Saul: Creativity is Indivisible for Saul Bass in PRINT: AMERICA'S GRAPHIC DESIGN MAGAZINE. New York: William Rudge, 1958 [Volume 11, Number 6, May/June 1958].

Bass, Saul: A PORTFOLIO OF 8 LETTERHEADS BY SAUL BASS. n. p.: Kimberly-Clark Corporation, n. d. [1962].

[BAUHAUS] Gerd Fleischmann: BAUHAUS: DRUCKSACHEN, TYPOGRAFIE, REKLAME. Stuttgart: Oktagon, 1995.

Bayer, Gropius and Gropius [Editors]: BAUHAUS 1919-1928. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1938. James Prestini's Copy.

Bayer, Gropius and Gropius [Editors]: BAUHAUS 1919-1928. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1938.

[Bayer, Herbert] Alexander Dorner: THE WAY BEYOND 'ART' - THE WORK OF HERBERT BAYER. New York: Wittenborn, Schultz Inc. 1947.

Bayer, Herbert: WORLD GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS. Chicago: Container Corporation of America, 1953.

Becher, Bernd [Bernhard] und Hilla: INDUSTRIEBAUTEN 1830-1930 [EINE FOTOGRAFISCHE DOKUMENTATION VON BERND UND HILLA BECHER]. MŸnchen: Staatl. Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Die Neue Sammlung, 1967.

[Breuer and Brodovitch] Peter Blake: MARCEL BREUER: SUN AND SHADOW [The Philosophy of an Architect]. London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1956.

[Brodovitch] Robert L. Leslie and Percy Seitlin [Editors] A-D [An Intimate Journal For Art Directors, Production Managers, and their Associates]. New York: The Composing Room/P.M. Publishing Co., Volume 8, No. 1: October - November 1941.

Brodovitch, Alexey [Art Director], Zachary, Frank [Editor]: PORTFOLIO. A MAGAZINE FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS. Cincinnati: Zebra Press with Duell, Sloane and Pierce, Volume 1, Number 3, 1951.

[Brodovitch] George R. Bunder [Editor]: ALEXEY BRODOVITCH AND HIS INFLUENCE. Philadelphia: Philadelphia College of Art/ Smithsonian Institution, 1972.

[CALIFORNIA DESIGN] Broadway Department Stores / California Design Department, Pasadena Art Museum: DESIGN U.S.A. Los Angeles: Broadway Department Stores, 1972.

[CAMPO GRAFICO] Rossi, Attilio [introduction]: CAMPO GRAFICO 1933 - 1939 [RIVISTA DI ESTETICA E DI TECNICA GRAFICA]. Milan: Electa, 1983.

Capek and Chino: CAPEK'S BOOKSHELF: THE BOOK DESIGN OF JOSEF CAPEK. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2003.

[Capek, Josef] Jaroslav Andel [Supervisor]: THE ORIGINS OF BOOK DESIGN: JOSEF CAPEK AND CZECH AVANT-GARDE. Tokyo: Printing Museum, 2003.

[Carboni, Erberto] Gloria Bianchino [Curator]: ERBERTO CARBONI: DAL FUTURISMO AL BAUHAUS. Milan: Mazzotta, 1998.

Cohen, Arthur A.: THE AVANT GARDE IN PRINT [5 volume set] 1: FUTURISM; 2: LISSITZKY; 3: DADA; 4: TYPOGRAPHY [Master Designers in Print 1] ; and 5: TYPOGRAPHY [Master Designers in Print 2]. New York: AGP Mathews/Ex Libris, 1981.

[Eames, Ray] Roy Slade et al: DESIGN IN AMERICAN: THE CRANBROOK VISION 1925-1950. New York: Abrams [in association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Detroit Institute of Arts] 1983. Presentation copy with twelve signatures of catalog participants.

Ford and Creighton: QUALITY BUDGET HOUSES: A TREASURY OF 100 ARCHITECT-DESIGNED HOUSES FROM $5,000 TO $20,000. New York: Reinhold, 1954.

Frankl, Paul T.: FORM AND RE-FORM: A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF MODERN INTERIORS. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930.

Gerstner, Karl: DIE NEUE GRAPHIK / THE NEW GRAPHIC ART / LE NOUVEL ART GRAPHIQUE. Teufen AR, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli, 1959. Inscribed to Piet Zwart.

Gerstner, Karl: COMPENDIUM FOR LITERATES: A SYSTEM OF WRITING. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1974.

Goodwin, Philip L.: BRAZIL BUILDS. ARCHITECTURE NEW AND OLD 1652-1942. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1943.

Gropius, Walter: THE NEW ARCHITECTURE AND THE BAUHAUS. London/New York: Faber and Faber/the Museum of Modern Art, [n. d. 1936].

Hennessey, William: MODERN FURNISHINGS FOR THE HOME and MODERN FURNISHINGS FOR THE HOME 2. New York: Reinhold, 1952/1956. [Two-Volume Set].

Henrion, F. H. K.: TOP GRAPHIC DESIGN: EXAMPLES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION BY LEADING DESIGNERS. Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1983.

Jacobson, Egbert [Editor]: SEVEN DESIGNERS LOOK AT TRADEMARK DESIGN. Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1952.

Jones, A. Quincy and Frederick E. Emmons: BUILDERS' HOMES FOR BETTER LIVING. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1957.

Kaufmann, Edgar, Jr.: PRIZE DESIGNS FOR MODERN FURNITURE [from the International Competition for Low-Cost Furniture Design]. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1950.

Koyanagi, Mikado: BOOK DESIGN OF GRAPHIC DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2007.

[Johnson, Philip] John M. Jacobus, Jr.: PHILIP JOHNSON [Makers of Contemporary Architecture Series]. New York: George Braziller, 1962. An Inscribed copy.

Klee, Paul: PADAGOGISCHES SKIZZENBUCH. Munich: Albert Langen Verlag, 1925 [Bauhausbucher 2].

[Lapidus, Morris] Martina Duttmann and Friederike Schneider [Editors]: MORRIS LAPIDUS: ARCHITECT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. Basel: Birkhauser Verlag, 1991.

Le Corbusier, Willy Boesiger and Oscar Stonorov: LE CORBUSIER ET PIERRE JEANNERET OEUVRE COMPLETE DE 1910 -1929. Zurich: Editions Dr. H. Girsberger, 1937.

Le Corbusier [et al]: LE CORBUSIER OEUVRE COMPLETE. Zurich and New York: Various, 1946 - 1970. Complete Works Series in 8 Volumes.

[Lustig, Alvin] Dr. Robert Leslie and Hortense Mendel: ALVIN LUSTIG: AN EXHIBITION OF HIS WORK [October 11 - December 2]. New York: The Composing Room/A-D Gallery, 1949.

[Lustig, Alvin] The Book Jackets of Alvin Lustig by James Laughlin: PRINT: AMERICA'S GRAPHIC DESIGN MAGAZINE. New York: William Rudge, 1956 [Volume 10, Number 5, October/November 1956].

Lyons Nathan, Syl Labrot and Walter Chappell: UNDER THE SUN: THE ABSTRACT ART OF CAMERA VISION [NATHAN LYONS / SYL LABROT / WALTER CHAPPELL]. New York City: George Braziller, Inc., 1960.

Maier, Manfred: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DESIGN 4 [The Foundation Program at the School of Design Basel Switzerland]. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1977.

[Matter, Herbert] "The Architectural Center," a 24 page special pictorial presentation by Herbert Matter in: THE NEW PENCIL POINTS. East Stroudsburg, PA: Reinhold Publishing Company, Volume 24, Number 7, July 1943.

McAndrew, John: GUIDE TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE - NORTHEAST STATES. New York: Museum of Modern Art, August 1940.

Mock, Elizabeth B. [Curator]: TOMORROW'S SMALL HOUSE: MODELS AND PLANS. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1945.

[MOEBEL + DECORATION] Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer: MOEBEL + DECORATION. Stuttgart: Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer GmBH, Heft 2, 1955.

[MOEBEL + DECORATION] Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer: MOEBEL + DECORATION. Stuttgart: Konradin-Verlag Robert Kohlhammer GmBH, Dezember 1959.

Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo: THE NEW VISION: FUNDAMENTALS OF DESIGN, PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1938 [The New Bauhaus Books Series 1].

Muller-Brockmann, Josef: THE GRAPHIC ARTIST AND HIS DESIGN PROBLEMS / GESTALTUNGSPROBLEME DES GRAFIKERS / LES PROBLEMES D'UN ARTISTE GRAPHIQUE. New York: Hastings House, 1961.

Nelson and Wright: TOMORROW'S HOUSE. New York: Simon and Schuster 1945.

Nelson, George: STORAGE [Interiors Library Series Volume Four]. New York: Whitney, 1954.

Noyes, Eliot: ORGANIC DESIGN IN HOME FURNISHINGS. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941.

[Oud, J.J.P.] Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Jr.: J. J. P. OUD. Paris: Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1931 [Les maitres de l'architecture d'aujourd'hui, vol. 2].

[OCTAVO] Burke, Holt, Johnson, Muir [Editors]: OCTAVO. JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY 86.1. London: Eight Five Zero, August 1986.

[OCTAVO] Burke, Holt, Johnson, Muir [Editors]: OCTAVO. JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY 86.2. London: Eight Five Zero, January 1987.

[OCTAVO] Burke, Holt, Johnson, Muir [Editors]: OCTAVO. JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY 87.3. London: Eight Five Zero, August 1987.

[OCTAVO] Burke, Holt, Johnson, Muir [Editors]: OCTAVO. JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY 87.4 [Wolfgang Weingart]. London: Eight Five Zero, January 1988.

[OCTAVO] Burke, Holt, Johnson, Muir [Editors]: OCTAVO. JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY 88.5 [lower case issue]. London: Eight Five Zero, August 1988.

Pevsner, Nikolaus: PIONEERS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT FROM WILLIAM MORRIS TO WALTER GROPIUS. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1937. James Prestini's Copy.

[Prestini, James] Edgar Kaufmann Jr. [introduction], Barbara Morgan [photography]: PRESTINI'S ART IN WOOD. Lake Forest, IL: The Pocahontas Press, distributed by Pantheon Books, 1950.

Rand, Paul: THOUGHTS ON DESIGN. New York: Wittenborn, 1947.

Rand, Paul [Designer/Typographer]: THE IBM PAVILION [NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1964 - 65]. Armonk, NY: International Business Machines Corporation, n.d.

Rand, Paul: PAUL RAND -- MOHAWK GRAPHICS COLLECTION. Cohoes: Mohawk Papers Mills, 1988.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 1 RASSEGNA: RECINTI. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1979.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 3 RASSEGNA: I CLIENTI DI LE CORBUSIER. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1980.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 26 RASSEGNA [IL PROGETTO DEL MOBILE IN FRANCIA, 1919 - 1939 / FURNITURE DESIGN IN FRANCE, 1919 - 1939]. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1986.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 28 RASSEGNA [PERRET: 25 BIS RUE FRANKLIN]. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1986.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 31 RASSEGNA [INTERNI A MILANO E A COMO 1927 - 1936 / INTERIORS IN MILAN AND COMO 1927 - 1936]. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1987.

[RASSEGNA] Vittorio Gregotti [Direttore responsabile]: 38 RASSEGNA: NEUES BAUEN IN DER WELT. Milan: Editrice CIPIA, 1989.

Schmittel, Wolfgang: CORPORATE DESIGN INTERNATIONAL [DEFINITION AND BENEFIT OF A CONSISTENT CORPORATE APPEARANCE]. Zurich: ABC Verlag, 1984.

Spencer, Herbert [editor]: TYPOGRAPHICA 1-16. London: Lund Humphries, June 1960 to December 1967.

Spencer, Herbert: PIONEERS OF MODERN TYPOGRAPHY. London: Lund Humphries, 1969.

Stankowski, Anton: VISUAL PRESENTATION OF INVISIBLE PROCESSES [HOW TO ILLUSTRATE INVISIBLE PROCESSES IN GRAPHIC DESIGN]. Teufen AR, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli AG, 1965.

Steinweiss, Alex: A-D [AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR ART DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION MANAGERS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATES]. New York: The Composing Room/P.M. Publishing Co., June-July 1941 [Volume 7, No. 5].

Stone, Edward Durell: THE EVOLUTION OF AN ARCHITECT. New York: Horizon Press, 1962.

[STUDIO BOGGERI] Pirovano and Monguzzi: LO STUDIO BOGGERI 1933 - 1981. Milan: Electa, 1981.

Sutnar, Ladislav : CONTROLLED VISUAL FLOW [DESIGN AND PAPER NUMBER 13]: New York: Marquardt & Company Fine Papers, n. d. [1943].

Tschichold, Jan: TYPOGRAFISCHE VORMGEVING. Amsterdam: Duwaer & Zonen, 1938.

[TRADEMARKS] Society of Typographic Arts, Lester Beall [essay]: TM: TRADEMARKS/USA 1945 - 1963. Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts (STA), June 1968.

Vignelli, Celant, Constantine, McFadden, Rykwert: DESIGN: VIGNELLI. New York: Rizzoli 1990.

Warhol, Andy: ASPEN MAGAZINE Number 3 [The Pop Art Issue]. New York: Roaring Fork Press, 1966.

[Wirkkala, Tapio] Tapio Periainen [foreword]: TAPIO WIRKKALA. Helsinki: Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, 1981.

Wright, Mary and Russel: GUIDE TO EASIER LIVING. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.

Zahle , Erik [Editor]: A TREASURY OF SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN:THE STANDARD AUTHORITY ON SCANDINAVIAN-DESIGNED FURNITURE, TEXTILES, GLASS, CERAMICS, AND METAL. New York: Golden Press, 1961.

[Zwart, Piet] Monguzzi, Bruno: 30 RASSEGNA [PIET ZWART: L'OPERA TIPOGRAFICA 1923-1933 / PIET ZWART, THE TYPOGRAPHICAL WORK 1923-1933]. Bologna: Editrice C.I.P.I.A. s.r.l. , 1987.

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