TRACHSEL, Albert. Les Fêtes réeles. 12 ff. With a portrait of the author by F. Hodler engraved by H. Forestier, and 50 large numbered heliotype plates by Trachsel in various tones of black, blue, sepia, and violet on white. Oblong folio, 357 x 468 mm, Bound in publisher's red three.....
Item nr. 173515
Price: $12,500.00
DETMER, BRUNER & MASON, Inc. World's best Tailors Trimmings. Book No. 100 A. Complete assortment -- superior qualities -- lowest prices. [6], 28 pp., 30-62 leaves, 63-65 pp. containing 299 mounted silk, wool-blend, linen, muslin, felt, jacquard silk, and other fabrics, and advertisements printed in red. Oblong folio, 185 x......
Item nr. 154485
Price: $750.00
TOWLE, H. Ledyard. Styling with Color. 28 pp. Colourfully illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to, 215 x 275 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers preserved in a new orange cloth box. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Paint Company, 1939.
A brilliant cover design for this paint trade catalogue, fully illustrated with colourful pages of interior and.....
Item nr. 165320
Price: $475.00
GERSTACKER, Dr. Ludwig. Das Farbenmischbuch. XI, 65 pp., illustrated throughout with 60 colour plates on coated paper. 8vo, 238 x 167 mm., bound in original cloth. Stuttgart: Berliner Union, 1954.
A later edition of this collection of colour printing samples with mixed colour proofs in halftones and several examples of three-.....
Item nr. 172746
Price: $250.00
BAUMANN, Paul. Baumanns neue Farbentonkarte: System Prase (DRGM 460 993); 1359 systemat. abgestufte Farbentöne nebst Analyse über Mischverhältnisse und Mitteilungen über Art und Verwendbarkeit der gebräuchlichsten Farbstoffe. 16 pp. text and 47 plates (1 folding), with accompanying text. 8vo, ca. 180 x 105 mm., loose as issued in original boards.....
Item nr. 169278
Price: $5,850.00
UNESMA. 24 Farbentafeln. 28 pp. text, illustrated with 24 loose colour diagrams. Small oblong 8vo, 105 x 145 mm., text bound in publisher's wrappers, all together loose within publisher's tan card chemise, in a new cloth folding box. [Leipzig: Verlag Unesma, 1933].
A charming and quite rare work on colour theory.....
Item nr. 168966
Price: $1,500.00
MAIZEL, S.O. Tsveta i kraski. [Colours & Paints]. 74, [1] pp., [5] advertisements., illustrated with 8 diagrams. Small 8vo, 175 x 130 mm., bound in publisher's wrappers, in a new linen cloth folding box. Petrograd: Nauchnoe knigoizd-vo, 1923.
A fine copy of this apparently unrecorded Russian work on colour theory, which.....
Item nr. 166621
Price: $1,250.00
HILER, Hilaire. Color Harmonies and Pigments. [x], 61, [1] pp. Illustrated with one colour plate and an inserted colour wheel. Folio, 350 x 270 mm, bound in publisher's white linen printed in maroon on front cover and spine, in the worn original cardboard slipcase. Los Angeles: Research Publishing Company, 1942.
First.....
Item nr. 147151
Price: $495.00
JORGENSEN, Charles Julius. The Mastery of Color. 2 volumes. Text volume: 83 pp. Plate volume: Title plate and 21 plates numbered 0-20, plus two viewing plates numbered 21-22, and contents leaf pasted into box inside cover. 4to, 225 x 177 mm., text and plates together in a new cloth folding.....
Item nr. 143714
Price: $3,850.00
SNOW, Bonnie E. and Hugo B. FROEHLICH. The Theory and Practice of Color. 59 pp. Illustrated with photolithographic frontispiece and 8 colour charts consisting of several hundred tipped-in hand-painted colour samples. 4to., 255 x 195 mm, bound in publisher's light brown cloth, stamped in gray on front cover and spine.....
Item nr. 19011
Price: $975.00
DAAE, Dr. A. Die Farbenblindheit. 9 pp. Illustrated with a wool diagnostic test of 70 dyed wool samples. 8vo., 220 x 144 mm, bound in publisher's brown cloth folder incorporating wool sample chart into rear board. Berlin: P. Dörffel, [1878].
Third Edition. The author, a Norwegian ophthalmologist, was an early campaigner.....
Item nr. 135352
Price: $575.00
KORZHEV, M.P. & M.I. PROKHOROVA. Arkhitektura parkov SSSR. [Architecture of Parks of the USSR]. 140 pp., illustrated throughout with photographs and plans. 4to., 265 x 200 mm., bound in publisher's green cloth. [Moscow]: Izd-vo Akademii arkhitektury SSSR, 1940.
First edition. One of 4000 copies. A rare photographic survey of parks across.....
Item nr. 171441
Price: $1,500.00
TYML, Jan. Domovem jdem, v svet se berem vlakem, lodí, autem, aerem. 4 parts, each with 8 leaves, illustrated throughout. Oblong 8vo, loose in original illustrated wrappers in a new light blue cloth folding box. Praha: Cs. grafická Unie, 1936.
A beautifully designed children's' book showing various modes of transport on.....
Item nr. 166048
Price: $1,500.00
PARSONS, Thos. & Sons. A Few Suggestions for Ornamental Decoration. Compiled by F. Scott Mitchell. 130 pp., illustrated throughout with decoration examples and 4 plates with colour samples. 8vo, 216 x 140 mm., bound in publisher's red cloth with gilt title and floral design on front cover. London: Thos. Parsons.....
Item nr. 153753
Price: $375.00
FUTURISTIC WORLD. The World of To-Morrow. A Junior Book of Forecasts. By Idrisyn Oliver Evans. 163 pp., illustrated with 24 transparent "Diophane" photo-mechanical plates. 8vo, 213 x 135 mm., bound in original publisher's translucent "Rhodoid" boards over original wrappers, yellow cloth spine. London: D. Archer, 1933.
First and only edition of.....
Item nr. 149577
Price: $2,500.00
HALEIZOVU. Barva vladne svetem. 216 pp., illustrated with 6 full page plates, 5 of which are in colour. 8vo, 192 x 140 mm, bound in publisher's colourfully designed wrappers. Prague: Zmatlik a Palicka, 1928.
A scarce little book on the basics of spectrology and the effects of colour on human life.....
Item nr. 169049
Price: $875.00
![Item nr. 169581 Tsvetovedeniye dlya arkhitektorov [i.e. Color in Architecture]. S ALEKSEEV](https://ursusbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/169581_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1646526800)
ALEKSEEV, S. Tsvetovedeniye dlya arkhitektorov. [Colour in Architecture]. 157, [2] pp., illustrated with 12 leaves of plates, some colour. 8vo, 220 x 153 mm., bound in original brown cloth. Leningrad: GONTI, 1938.
A very good copy of this work on colour in architecture in Russia. Conceived as a textbook for architecture.....
Item nr. 169581
Price: $2,500.00
WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Schumacher's Taliesin line of Decorative Wallpapers. 5 leaves of text and 26 sheets of wallpaper designed by Wright. Folio, 450 x 345 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated tan cloth. [Chicago: E.W. Bredemeier & Co., 1950s].
A scarce salesman's sample book for a line of wallpapers designed by Frank.....
Item nr. 165734
Price: $8,500.00
SHESTAKOV, F.K. Soglasovanie tsvetov dlia koloristov, khudozhnikov, khudozhnikov-prikladistov i dlia studentov i uchashchikhsya spetsial'nykhuchebnykh zavedenii. [Colour matching for Colourists, Artists, Applied Artists and for Students of Special Educational Institutions]. 79 pp., illustrated throughout with diagrams. Tall 8vo, 236 x 152 mm, bound in publisher's green and blue printed wrappers in.....
Item nr. 166628
Price: $1,500.00
ABERCROMBIE, Patrick. Greater London Plan 1944. A Report prepared on behalf of the Standing Committee on London Regional Planning at the Request of the Minister of Town and Country Planning. X, 220, [1] pp. Illustrated with 89 photographs & 33 illustrations from drawings, diagrams, & maps (some in colour, 9.....
Item nr. 164739
Price: $495.00
GUTSCHOW, Konstanty. Elbufergestaltung Hamburg. Architekt Konstanty Gutschow. 6 pp. text leaves and 17 leaves with mounted photographs showing models, plans, and architectural details, together with an otherwise unknown large architectural map of the area from Gutschow's office. 4to., 310 x 280 mm, bound in contemporary brown half cloth, inner cover.....
Item nr. 163832
Price: $7,500.00
COUDER, M -L. Tout au Carreau. Suite documentaire pour l'Enseignement du Dessin dans les Classes élémentaires et la Direction des Loisirs. 4 pp. text, illustrated with 32 colour plates. Small folio, bound in publisher's decorated wrappers. Paris: Librairie Hachette, [1939].
A charming drawing book for children, remarkable for the exquisite colouring.....
Item nr. 163809
Price: $850.00
JAPANESE ORNAMENTAL WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Bijutsu Kai. Collection of Pictures Regarding Colour Designs for Japanese Textiles Costumes. Five parts in one volume. Five folding plates and 18 full-page coloured woodblock prints per section, for a total of 95 original illustrations. 8vo, 232 x 160 mm., bound in Japanese accordion style with.....
Item nr. 142126
Price: $7,500.00
ETABLISSEMENTS MAISON. Fers Forges. Ferronerie d'Art. 23 ff., illustrated with 29 tipped in photographs of ironwork. Small Folio, 317 x 230 mm., bound in publisher's decorated boards. [Riceys, Aube: n.p., ca. 1930].
A superb catalog of art deco ironwork from the Maison foundry which had been operating in Riceys since 1863.....
Item nr. 141813
Price: $750.00
KENNERLEY, Mitchell. The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters. 78 pp., and [4] pp. of advertisements, illustrated with 16 plates. Small 4to, 250 x 165 mm., bound in original boards, title printed in black on front cover and spine. New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1916.
Exhibition catalogue for the pioneering show at.....
Item nr. 9370
Price: $375.00