Search Results: Decorative Arts from Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB

Sao Paulo, [Brazil]: Bei Comunicacao, (2001). First edition. Square 4to, 187, [1] pp., profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Publisher's white paper over boards lettered in blind on the upper cover in pictorial dust jacket & die-cut plastic slipcase. Text in Portuguese.
A fine copy in like dust jacket & lightly soiled slipcase.
Martinez Flores' work is described as "rooted in Mexican tradition, acculturated by international modernism and implanted in Brazilian territory."

Milano: Franco Maria Ricci, (1989). First edition, number 354 of 1500 copies. Small square folio, 228 pp., profusely illustrated mostly in color. Publisher's gilt-lettered black silk with an applied illustration on the upper cover, in clam shell box. Text in Italian & English. Text block beginning to slip at the top of the spine, lightly soiled otherwise very good in like box with a hint of wear & soiling. As noted on the company's website, "Since 1860, Frette has endeavoured to produce linens and home furnishings of unparalleled quality."Please note, international shipping is by quote only.

Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Book & Art Shop, (1966). First American Edition. Tall quarto (12.5" x 10.25"), 192 pages plus numerous plates providing 750 illustrations of which 135 are in color. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt within black blocking on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket & original plain, thick card box. Top edge gilt.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket with light edge wear including a short closed tear at the top edge of the front panel.
"This sumptuous book provides a carefully documented and profusely illustrated history of European gold boxes, principally of the eighteenth century, since this was the siecle de la tabatiree and discusses in detail the many beautiful materials used in conjuction with gold, and the various techniques of their manufacture and decoration. The methods of hallmarking adopted are examined, together with the question of maker's marks and date-letters. Seven hundred fifty plates accompanying the text." ~Excerpted from the dust jacket.
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Baltimore: FTJ Publications, (1997) First edition, this copy signed in ink at the title page by Horowitz. 4to, [8], 232 pp., profusely illustrated in color throughout. Publisher's gilt-lettered gray cloth, in pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy in very good or better dust jacket lightly rubbed at the spine extremities & tips. "With more than 950 color photographs, this richly illustrated book unlocks a relatively unknown and unrecognized are of antique tobacciana" ~from the dust jacket

South Benfleet, Essex, England: F Lewis (Publishers) Limited, 1932 First edition. Large folio (15.5" x 12"), 14 pages plus 60 tipped in color plates by various artists, with letterpress tissue guards interleaved. Publisher's blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt Top edge gilt.
Spine & margins of the covers a bit sunned, brief fraying at spine extremities, corners bumped & rubbed through, internally lightly toned (not affecting plates), otherwise Good or better.
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"One may safely assume that flowers were the earliest element of purely decorative designs - the "daisy-chains" of the childhood of art Floral designs occur in all the arts of all periods though they may sometimes be hidden in apparently purely geometric ornament. " ~Excerpted from the foreword

New York: Dutton Studio Books in association with Hirschl & Adler Galleries, (1991). First edition. Quarto (10.5" x 9.25"), 156 pp., illustrated throughout from photographs often in color. Publisher's brick cloth lettered in black on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
A fine copy in near fine dust jacket which is slightly faded at the spine.
A splendid exhibition catalog with "87 color plates and 42 halftones." Richard Guy Wilson, who supplies the Introduction, is Commonwealth Professor in Architectural History at the University of Virginia and a a noted architectural historian.

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Company, 1910. First edition, one of 450 copies "for sale in Europe and the British Dominions," this out of series and unnumbered. Folio (14" x 11"), xix, 311, & [1] pages plus 127 plates of which 27 are in color. Publisher's bevel edged blue cloth lettered & decorated in gilt Top edge gilt, the others uncutBinding moderately soiled, rubbed & spotted, previous owner's partially whited out name & address at front pastedown, sporadic minor foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, rear hinge just started, a good or better copy.An exhaustive & beautifully illustrated account, author George Woolliscroft Rhead is perhaps best known as the designer of Queen Mary's coronation fan in 1911 .Please note, international shipping is by quote only, shipping weight is 12 lbs, 8 oz.

Boston: Porter Sargent, (1935). First trade edition. Quarto (10.5" x 7.5"), 332 & [1] pages plus LXXX plates. Publisher's gilt-lettered black cloth.
Binding lightly soiled & sunned, bruise at the top edge of the lower cover, brief foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise very good.
An exhaustive account, chapters include: The Origin and Spread of Mosaic; The Characteristics and Technique of Classical and Christian Mosaics; Hellenistic and Roman Mosaics; Roman Mosaics from the Fourth to the Seventh Centuries; The Mosaics of Ravenna; Other Early Mosaics to the Seventh Century; The Seventh and Eighth Centuries; The Roman School of the Ninth Century; The Eleventh Century in the Near East; Sicilian Mosaics; Venetian and Florentine Mosaics; Roman Mosaics of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; The Fourteenth Century; From the Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century; Nineteenth Century and Modern Mosaics.

Mt Vernon, New York, A. Reidinger & Son, no date ca. 1875. Broadside handbill 8vo (8.5" x 5.5") printed recto only on medium paper employing several different fonts & type sizes, with the Illustrated business card of A. Riedinger (sans son, with a different Mt Vernon address), (2.25" x 3.75") accompanying. Moderately toned (particularly the card), trace edge wear, otherwise Very Good. Mr. Riedinger, with or without son, offered his services " in the most elaborate styles and lowest prices [and] interior decorations in the best artistic styles."

Jakarta: Ceramic Society of Indonesia, (1980) First edition, one of 1000 copies. Small folio, [12], 221, [1] pp, profusely illustrated in color, corrigenda slip tipped to the last leaf. Publisher's gilt-lettered black "artpaper coated with plastic" over boards, in pictorial dust jacket & matching slipcase. Text in Indonesian & English. Slight bruise on the bottom edge of the front cover, otherwise fine in very good or better dust jacket with a some rippling in the lamination, in lightly rubbed slipcase Adam Malik was a politician, diplomat, and journalist, who served as the 3rd Vice President of Indonesia "This catalogue is devoted to antique foreign ceramics in the Adam Malik collection This is a section of a large collection numbering over one thousand pieces of Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, and European ceramic wares." ~Excerpted from the Preface

New York, 34th & Broadway: Macy's Furniture Department, ninth floor/ (R. H. Macy & Co.), no date, ca. 1920. Original die-cut brochure in the shape of a make-up box. Single sheet measuring approximately 16.75 inches by 8 inches folded twice to 8 inches by 6 inches, printed on medium card stock. The brochure opens to reveal 4 fabric samples behind die-cut windows & brief promotional text. Not found in OCLC as 7/22/2023.
Moderately soiled, slightly rubbed, brief evidence of erasure & a bit of foxing at the back panel, otherwise very good.
A very clever promotional piece which asks the eternal questions & provides solutions:
"What's wrong with your living room? Are the fabrics wrong? Is there too much of the same color? That won't happen when you buy sofas, and chairs at Macy's! Let our experienced salesmen help you buy pleasing and correct furniture now. Below is one of the many arrangements they will make for you. Take this home. Keep it as a guide."

Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., (1907). Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co, (1907) "Revised and enlarged edition" Duodecimo (725" x 525"), xviii & 300 pages plus 5 leaves of plates providing 135 mounted color paint chips, with numerous illustrations in text Publisher's white cloth, elaborately lettered & decorated in blueCovers lightly soiled, slight wear at spine extremities & corners, text a bit toned, easily Very Good or betterAs noted in the preface, Mrs Monachesi bases her instructional treatise on "many years of observation and experience" & further describes the book as "especially designed for those who have had but little, if any, previous knowledge of the subject, but who desire practical information and reliable instruction; and in pointing out the common errors of the past, I have but made an effort to indicate how they may be avoided in the future"

Lot of two original untitled hand-colored photos on double weight paper depicting interior views furnished in colonial style. No place [Framingham, Massachusetts], no date [circa 1915]. One measuring 3.75 inches by 5.75 inches tipped at the top to card stock measuring 7.75 inches by 9.75 inches, the other measuring 2.5 inches by 4.75 inches tipped to card stock measuring 6.75 inches by 8.75 inches. Both are signed in ink by Nutting in the mount just below the image.
Photographs slightly faded, mounts browned & soiled mostly on the verso, easily Very Good or better.
A lovely pair of Wallace Nutting's "Colonials," one depicting a seated woman amidst colonial furnishings in front of a roaring fire, the other showing three women at tea.

Kyoto, Japan: Uchida Art Co., Kyoto Handicraft Center, no date (ca. 1970). Single sheet measuring 55 inches by 6.75 inches accordion-folded into decorated paper over boards measuring 7 inches by 5.25 inches, with a printed paper label on the upper cover. Provides 2 pages of text in Japanese & English & 18 woodblock prints in various states tipped to decorated light card stock.
Margins slight sunned, hint of creasing at a couple of illustrations, otherwise near fine.
Presents a series of nine steps demonstating the process of woodblock printing with each step accompanied by 2 plates.
"The Japanese Woodblock print is the representative traditional handicraft work which was nursed in beautiful natural features and is gentely (sic) expressed in delicated (sic) and graceful Japanese constitution ..." ~Excerpted from the text.

Scranton, Pennsylvania: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, (1933 - 1938). Later printings. Octavos (8" x 5.25"), variously paginated, illustrated throughout. Publisher's black fabricoid over flexible boards lettered in gilt on the spines & embossed in blind on the upper covers.
Moderately rubbed, brief edge wear, one volume with faint dampstain at the upper margin pervasive throughout & small tissue repair at the verso of the title page, text a bit toned, occasional brief pencil annotations in the margins, generally very good or better.
Includes: Harmony in Dress; Underwear and Lingerie; Children's and Maternity Garments; Principles of Tailoring; Decorative Stiches and Trimmings; Home Sewing; Tailored Garments; Dressmaking, Trimming, Finishing; First Steps in Dressmaking; & Cutting and Fitting.
The Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences was founded by Mary Boone Picken 1n 1914. Ms. Picken, an authority on dress, fabric, design, and sewing, wrote 96 books on the subject.

Honolulu, Hawaii: Hardy Marks Publications, (1988). Reprint. 4to, 95, [1] pp illustrated throughout in color & black & white. Pictorial stiff paper wraps Brief wear at spine extremities & corners, otherwise very goodIncludes a chapter on "Punk Rock Tattooing"