VETTER, Franz. Die Farbe, ihre Erscheinung, ihr Wesen und ihre Wirkung: eine praktische Farblehre der angewandten Farbe für den Maler und für verwandte Berufe. 192 pp. with 6 plates containing mounted colour samples plus a colour wheel. 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. In a new maroon cloth folding box. Langensalza;.....

Item nr. 167382

Price: $2,500.00

WRIGHT, Frank Lloyd. Schumacher's Taliesin line of decorative Fabrics and 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., ND 1950's].

A scarce salesman's sample book for a line of wallpapers.....

Item nr. 165734

Price: $8,500.00

TOWLE, H. Ledyard. Styling with Color. 28 pp. Colourfully illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to., 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 exterior paint jobs...

Item nr. 165320

Price: $475.00

AUTOMOBILES. ACME Production Colors. WITH Rogers Automotive Color Mixing. 2 volumes. Thick 4to., 270 x 210 mm, bound in original embossed black and maroon expandable binders, respectively, with company logos. Detroit: Acme White Lead & Color Works, 1939-48.

First Edition of two scarce automotive colour sample books recording automobile colours in.....

Item nr. 159494

Price: $3,500.00

BOSTON VARNISH COMPANY. Kyanize: the highest grade varnishes and enamels in the World. 40 pp. Illustrated with 75 paint and varnish samples, 8 varnished wood samples on one leaf, and colour illustrations throughout. Oblong 4to., 155 x 245 mm, bound in original embossed black and gold post binder. Boston, Chicago.....

Item nr. 151111

Price: $850.00

KYOKARAKAMI, [JAPANESE PATTERN PAPER]. Kara nagatezuri mokuhan monyo [Kara-cho Designs for Hand-Printed Woodcut Pattern Paper.] Edited by Ansou Hisao. Preface by Osaragi Jiro. Two volumes. Contents includes: 2 ff. prefaces, 102 sheets of decorated papers, printed in colours from the original woodblocks on Kurotani paper, sheet size 390 x 510.....

Item nr. 163891

Price: $12,500.00

PATTERSON-SARGENT COMPANY. Color plates. Suggestions for Exterior House Painting. 28 pp. Illustrated title with birds-eye view of the Cleveland factory, and 106 paint and varnish samples, 12 stained wood samples on one leaf, all with explanatory text printed on the sides of the samples. With 10 pp. "Suggestions" stapled pamphlet.....

Item nr. 151062

Price: $1,500.00

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 grey cloth. [Moscow]: Izd-vo Akademii arkhitektury SSSR, 1940.

First edition. One of 4000 copies. A rare photographic survey of parks across.....

Item nr. 166616

Price: $1,500.00

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., bound in publisher's green and blue printed wrappers in new green cloth folding.....

Item nr. 166628

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 childrens' book showing various modes of transport on.....

Item nr. 166048

Price: $1,750.00

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