Salny, Stephen M.
FRANCES ELKINS Interior Design
NY: W. W. Norton, 2005

Quarto. 208 pp; profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy; jacket glossy with no wear. The career of Frances Adler Elkins (1888-1953), sister of renowned Chicago architect David Adler, spanned more than three decades. An avant-garde decorator and arbiter of taste, Elkins was celebrated for inspired designs that integrated various periods and styles, from country French to chinoiserie to art deco, and featured furnishings by such modern designers as Jean-Michel Frank and Alberto Giacometti.
Inventory number #014519

Battersby, Martin
THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
NY: Walker and Company, 1969

First edition. Quarto. 213 pp; 210 illustrations, some in color; notes on illustrations; list of source books; index. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear, slight toning at top edge. An illustrated survey of the interiors & furnishings, fashion & textiles, decorative & applied arts in France, England and America during the 1920s.
Inventory number #013330

Errazuriz, Sebastian
BEAUTIFUL PREMONITIONS
NY: Cristina Grajales Gallery, 2011

Oblong octavo [8 x 10 in.]. Unpaginated; full of color & b/w photographs. Illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. A fine, unmarked copy. Published in conjunction with Sebastian Errazuriz's second solo exhibition at Cristina Grajales Gallery. A collection of twenty-one pieces by the Chilean-born, New York-based designer, whose work includes both furniture and conceptual, Surrealist-influenced objects.
Inventory number #011352

McCarty, Cara
MARIO BELLINI, Designer
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.
Inventory number #010649

Eidelberg, Martin, ed.
EVA ZEISEL: Designer for Industry
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 by Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. It traveled through the U.S., Europe, and Russia.
Inventory number #009604

Kjellberg, Pierre
Le Mobilier du XXe Siecle: Dictionnaire des Createurs
Paris: Les Editions de L'Amateur, 1994

First edition. Stout quarto. 693 pp; 540 color & 410 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine in Fine jacket, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket bright, with no wear. The major reference book of twentieth-century furniture designers, listing more than 600, from Alvar Aalto to Charles Zublena.
Inventory number #008983

Klesse, Brigitte
WILHELM WAGENFELD: 50 Jahre Mitarbeit in Fabriken
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 1973 at the Overstolzenhaus in Cologne; it then travelled to Darmstadt, Hannover, and Munich in 1974. Uncommon.
Inventory number #008518

Ypma, Herbert
MOROCCO MODERN
NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1996

First edition. Quarto. 157 pp; full of color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. The author traces the origins of the great artisan traditions that still inform modern design in Morocco. The book concludes with the work of Charles Boccara, a contemporary architect whose designs reinterpret these influences to create work that is strikingly modern.
Inventory number #006614

Davies, Karen
AT HOME IN MANHATTAN - Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression
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.
Inventory number #006533

Pessler, Monika & Harald Krejci (eds.)
FRIEDRICH KIESLER DESIGNER: Seating Furniture of the 30s And 40s
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 comprehensive volume.
Inventory number #004678

Pedretti, Bruno
OPERE POSTUME PROGETTATE IN VITA: Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus anni '20/anni '90
Milan: Electa, 1995

Quarto. 115 pp; including numerous b/w illustrations. Text in English, French. German & Italian. Paperback. VG. Posthumous Works Designed While Living Metallwerkstatt Bauhaus 20's/90's with photographs from the 20's and 30's including views of some of the protagonists and objects made by the Metallwerkstatt
Inventory number #004647

Antonelli, Paola (ed.)
WORKSPHERES Design and Contemporary Work Styles
NY: Harry N. Abrams & MoMA, 2001

Quarto. 223 pp; fully illustrated in color. Illustrated thin boards. Near Fine, an unused copy with no marks internal or external; covers with no visible wear. Modern design for office spaces. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition Workspheres: Innovative Design Solutions for the Workplace of the Near Future. This book introduces work concepts originated by internationally recognized designers who address the unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for group interaction. Also includes essays by Larry Keeley, Christopher Budd, John Thackara, Aura Oslapas, Kayoko Ota, Jim-hee Chang, Hui-Chi Chou and Rachaporn Chouchouey.
Inventory number #004037

Trocme, Suzanne
RETRO HOME
NY: Rizzoli, 2001

First edition. Octavo. 143 pp; profusely illustrated in color; directory; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; no wear to jacket. A nostalgic look at 20th-century house style decade by decade from 1910 to 1990. Each chapter features a guide to the trends of the times, followed by advice on re-creating the look. In addition, the book offers a glimpse into the homes of people whose authentic interiors reflect that era today.
Inventory number #000350