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Furniture by Wendell Castle
Davira Taragin, Edward Cooke,
Joesph Giovannini, Hudson Hills Press, New York, 1989.
cloth with dust cover, 152
pages representing the catalogue to accompany the exhibition of the same
name which originated at the Detroit Institute of arts; extensive bibliography
on Castle as well as an impressive checklist of objects most of which are
photographed in color; excellent condition.
retromodern
price, $75.
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Model Apartments
Experimental Domestic Cells
Gustau Gili Galfetti, Gustavo
Gili, Barcelona, 1997
paper with laminated cover,
144 pages filled with interiors and architecture chronicling experimentation
in domestic living -- great black & white photos with some over the
top projects for living space; excellent condition.
retromodern
price, $55.
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New Interiors 1
Daniel Giralt-Miracle, Editorial
Blume, Barcelona, 1975.
cloth, missing dust cover,
246 pages of interiors featuring black & white color photos of mostly
modern interiors employing contemporary decorative arts from Europe available
in the late 1960s and early 1970s; oversize book in very good condition.
retromodern
price, $55.
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International Modern Glass
Geoffrey Beard, Charles Scribner
Sons, New York, 1976
cloth with dust cover in
wraps, 264 pages, over 300 black and white photos reviewing contemporary
glass in the 1970s - great reference; very good condition (ex-library copy)
retromodern
price, $95.
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Modern Chairs
Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, 1970.
Paper with laminated cover,
30 pages of text and 120 pages of individual designer and object profiles;
this is the oft referenced catalogue to accompany the exhibition which
was held at Whitechapel Art Gallery in London from July 22 - August 30,
1970; some expected objects with many esoteric chairs fully identified;
a great reference tool; very good condition with minor abrasion to the
edges of cover.
retromodern
price, $145.
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Scandinavia Ceramics &
Glass
in the Twentieth Century
Jennifer Opie, Rizzoli, New
York, 1990.
paper, laminated cover, 184
pages representing the catalogue to accompany the exhibition of the same
name at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; 100s of black and white
photos with extensive documentation of the pieces; excellent resource for
glass; excellent condition.
retromodern
price, $35.
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Borek Sipek
The Nearness of the Far
Alexander von Vegesack, Vitra
Design Museum, Germany, 1992
paper, 79 pages representing
an exhibition held at the Vitra Museum in 1992 of the furniture, glass,
tableware, lighting designed by Borek Sipek; numerous color and black/white
illustrations throughout; great condition.
retromodern
price, $25.
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Gifts
from Italy
Raffaello
Baldini & Luigi Massoni, Alfieri & Lacriox, Milan, 1971
cloth,
dust cover in wraps, 176 pages of black/white and color photographs of
contemporary decorative designer objects available in 1971 organized by
creamics, leather, wood, marble, metals, plastics, glass -- great documentation
of some beautiful and esoteric objects from the period of the mid to late
1960s; great condition (although inscription on inside front page).
retromodern
price, $165.
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Pucci
A Renaissance in Fashion
Shirley Kennedy, Abbeville
Press, New York, 1991
cloth, oversize featuring
214 lavishly illustrated in color works by the renowned Italian fashion
designer, Emilio Pucci. Book is even covered in Pucci patterened fabric;
great condition.
retromodern
price, $55.
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Notan: The Dark Light
Principle of Design
Dorr Bothwell and Marlys
Frey, Rheinhold Books, New York, 1968.
cloth with dust cover, 79
pages with black/white illustrations throughout featuring a discussion
of the interaction between positive (light) and negative (dark) space in
the visual arts; ex-library copy from England; very good condition.
retromodern
price, $24.
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