COLOUR THEORY. Guide to Colour Standard. 20 pp. Illustrated with 13 colour diagrams, composed of cut out and pasted on pieces of paper with printed tissue overlays. Oblong Folio, bound in publisher's black cloth over boards stamped in silver in original cardboard slipcase. [Japan], Nihon shikisai kenyûjo, 1951.
A rare and.....
Item nr. 169063
Price: $2,500.00
HALEIZOVU. Barva vladne svetem. 216 pp. Illustrated with 6 full page plates, 5 of which are in colour. 8vo., 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. A rare book, with.....
Item nr. 169049
Price: $875.00
HENNINGSEN, Poul. Kritisk Revy. Numbers 1-11, all published, illustrated throughout in black & white. Ca. 359 x 215 mm. each, all bound in original printed wrappers, preserved in a new cloth folding box. Charlottenlund, Denmark: n.p., 1926-1928.
A complete set of this important Danish architecture magazine, which played a significant role.....
Item nr. 169086
Price: $2,500.00
![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&v=1646528846)
ALEKSEEV, S. Tsvetovedeniye dlya arkhitektorov [i.e. Color 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 color in architecture in Russia. Conceived as a textbook for.....
Item nr. 169581
Price: $1,850.00
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
RUECKERT, Otto. Die Kunsthandwerkliche Förderung des Baumalers. 63, [1] pp. Illustrated with 42 colour halftone plates, and a few small diagrams in the text. 4to., 229 x 178 mm, bound in publisher's printed cloth-backed boards. Dresden: Verlag des Verbandes Sächsischer Vereinigungen selbständiger Maler und Lackierer, 1929.
First Edition of this most.....
Item nr. 165157
Price: $1,500.00
WADA, Senzo. Shikisai Haigo-ban. 8vo. 250 x 175 mm bound in publisher's colour illustrated boards which open to three panels with some explanatory text; a framed panel with eight colour strips which holds eight separate coloured cellophane filters in card frames; and a rotating volvelle with cellophane colour filters. In.....
Item nr. 165377
Price: $1,500.00
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
FASHION. Presage: Paris Fashion Forecast. Numbers 1 & 2 in 6 numbers and 55 additional issues. Illustrated throughout with colour plates, fabric swatches and photographs. Small folio preserved in publisher's decorative board folders as issued. Paris: Société d'éditions de Mode, 1962-1987.
A superb collection of issues of this visionary periodical which.....
Item nr. 162711
Price: $17,500.00
BELOUSOV, G.N. Teoriya I praktika primeneniya probnih stekol [i.e. The theory and practice of the usage of test glasses]. 19 pp. Illustrated with 18 colour plates. 8vo., bound in original light blue wrappers, preserved in a new grey cloth folding box. Moscow: GIZ Legkoi promyshlennosti, 1933.
In this work, dedicated to.....
Item nr. 167405
Price: $3,750.00
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
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: $1,500.00
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: ca. 1930].
A superb catalog of art deco ironwork from the Maison foundry which had been operating in Riceys since 1863. Among.....
Item nr. 141813
Price: $750.00
BASKIN, Leonard. The Seven Deadly Sins. By Anthony Hecht. Illustrated with 7 wood engravings. 190 x 195 mm. Northampton, MA: The Gehenna Press, 1958.
This early Gehenna book was the result of Baskin's friendship with the poet Anthony Hecht, and his immersion in the study and collecting of emblem books. One.....
Item nr. 126785
Price: $675.00
COMPLETE SET OF THE FAMED 'MONUMENTA SCENICA' SERIES, LIMITED TO 300 COPIES
GREGOR, Joseph. Denkmäler des Theaters: Inszenierung, Dekoration, Kostüm des Theaters und der grossen Feste aller Zeiten : nach Originalen der Theatersammlung der Nationalbibliothek, der Albertina und verwandter Sammlungen. Herausgegeben von der Direktion der Nationalbibliothek mit Unterstützung der Gesellschaft zur.....
Item nr. 124407
Price: $8,750.00
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