Modern Design from Carnegie Hill Books

Houston: Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, 1978. Small quarto. 96 pp; profusely illustrated in b/w and color; biographies of designers; marks; bibliography. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine lightly toned. Catalogue of exhibition organized by the Sarah Campbell Glaffer Gallery.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1981. First printing. Small quarto. 192 pp; 199 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked, tight copy, covers bright & glossy. The first comprehensive study of Breuer's furniture & interiors; companion to the 1981 MOMA exhibition. Exhibition brochure laid in; errata slip taped to front flyleaf.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Milan: Skira, 1999. First edition. Quarto. 208 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; biographies of designers; bibliography; index. TEXT IN ITALIAN. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Rome: Officina Undici, 1963. First edition. Quarto. Unpaginated. Full of color photographs and b/w drawings. Text in Italian, English, French & German. Illustrated boards. VG, lamination on boards lightly crazed, edges rubbed. A bit musty. Limited edition - #1788/2000 copies. Catalogo n. 1, 1963-64. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, 1968. Quarto. 125 pp; [20] b/w plates.Text in German. Paper-covered boards in cardboard slipcase. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Henry Holt, 1958. Third printing. Small octavo. 177 pp; b/w drawings by Lt. Col. Frank Wilson. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with light chipping at head of toned spine. The hilarious classic of creative intimidation.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Vienna & Leipzig: Galerie Bel Etage, 2011. Quarto. 64 pp; catalogue of 27 objects, all described and illustrated in color. Text in English & German. Hardcover. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. In addition to 7 objects by Josef Hoffmann, designers include Leopold Bauer, Bothe & Ehrmann, Franz Hagenauer, Emil Holzinger, Marcel Kammerer, Alfred Keller, J&J Kohn, Pavel Janak, Adolf… Read more about this item

Vienna: Galerie Bel Etage, 2008. Quarto. 94 pp; catalog of 37 objects, each described and illustrated in color. Text in French & English. Hardcover. Near Fine. The catalog for the gallery's exhibition at the XXIVe Biennale des Antiquaires, 11-21 Sept 2008. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1987. Small quarto. 79 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; exhibition checklist. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, minor crease to bottom corner of front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: Christie's, 2002. Quarto. 161 pp; 71 lots, all with color photographs, including 4 fold-out pages. Paperback. VG+, a clean copy, minor edge wear, back cover has a couple of light scratches. Auction results laid in. Important works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh - silver candle holder, bronze & glass hanging lamp, flatware, inlaid cabinet, two inlaid gesso panels - Opera… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Arvinius, 2001. First edition. 9.5" x 7". [124] pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Text in Swedish and English. Black cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Bjorn Dahlstrom (b. 1957), a Swedish furniture and industrial designer, is well known internationally and has designed a wide variety of products - bicycles, carpets, cookware, furniture, toys -… Read more about this item

NY: Pointed Leaf Press, 2007. First edition. Large quarto. 216 pp; over 200 illustrations, most in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a clean, unmarked copy in fine jacket. This is the first monograph on American architect and furniture designer Samuel A. Marx 1885-1964). 20th-century decorative arts dealer and Marx expert Liz O'Brien reveals many of Marx's undiscovered projects, including houses… Read more about this item

Montreal: Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Montreal, 1984. First edition. 12" x 9". 119 pp; 154 color & b/w illustrations; checklist of 32 objects, list of marks; bibliography of articles written by Zeisel. Paperback. Near Fine, minor wear along edge of backstrip, else a crisp, unmarked copy. Catalogue for the fifty-year retrospective exhibition of the work of Eva Zeisel, organized… Read more about this item

Miami / NY: Wolfsonian / Princeton Architectural Press, 2007. First edition. Quarto. 384 pp; 175 color & 150 b/w illustrations; notes, index. Cloth with dustjacket Fine/Fine, a fresh, unmarked copy. Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Pierre Chareau, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Charlotte Perriand, Eileen Gray: together these designers and their contemporaries pioneered the look of the modern French interior during the 1920s. This book presents… Read more about this item

NY: Monacelli Press, 2008. Tall quarto. 240 pp; over 250 color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. A new copy. Twelve essays by leading French and American scholars and 250 illustrations vividly recreate the contributions of the era's legendary figures, including Josephine Baker, Chanel, Salvador Dali, Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, Raymond Loewy, Paul Poiret, Helena Rubinstein, and… Read more about this item

Koln: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1973. First edition. 11.75" high x 8.25" wide. 134 pp; b/w illustrations of 581 objects in the exhibition; bibliography. Text in German. Original pictorial wraps. VG+, bookplate on inside front cover, else a clean, unmarked copy; light wear to top & bottom of spine and corners. Errata slip inserted. catalogue of the exhibition held in… Read more about this item

Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005. Quarto. 128 pp; nearly 120 sketches & b/w photographs; chronology of Kiesler's life; bibliography. Text in English & German. Paperback with dustjacket. VG/VG, dj has a couple of short edge tears. Previously unpublished material relating to Austro-American artist and architect Friedrich Kiesler's innovative furniture designs and prototypes from the 1930s and 40s are featured in this… Read more about this item

NY: Prestel, 2006. First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; illustrated throughout mostly in b/w. Hardcover with dustjacket. Published in conjunction with the Josef Hoffmann exhibition at the Neue Gallerie in NYC from November 2, 2006 to February 26, 2007. Illustrated with color photographs of Hoffmann’s masterpieces -on their own and as parts of interiors- this monograph focuses on significant aspects of… Read more about this item

New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. First edition. Quarto. 123 pp catalogue of 81 household items produced over a 12 year period. Includes photographs of the pieces and some architectural sketches. Paperback. Near Fine. Well-documented exhibition catalogue.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Sulgen: Arthur Niggli Ltd, 1992. Oblong quarto. 231 pp; numerous line drawings; bibliography. Text in English, French & German. Black cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+, short tear at head of jacket spine, jacket edges lightly rubbed in places. First published in 1970, this revised edition extends the trends of chair evolution from 1972 to 1990. A total of 118 chair… Read more about this item