Search Results: Design from Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA

Los Angeles, CA & Boston, MA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company, 1992. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 255 pages. Features a foreword by Earl A. Powell III and a preface by Max Palevsky and text by Leslie Greene Bowman Includes 190 color and 275 black and white illustrations of furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass and other mediums, an appendix of marks, a bibliography, a list of suggested readings, and an index. A fine copy in green cloth boards in a fine dust jacket. A valuable reference.

Los Angeles, CA & Boston, MA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in association with Bulfinch Press/ Little, Brown and Company, 1992. First paperback edition. Softcover. 255 pages. Features a foreword by Earl A. Powell III and a preface by Max Palevsky and text by Leslie Greene Bowman Includes 190 color and 275 black and white illustrations of furniture, metalwork, ceramics, glass and other mediums, an appendix of marks, a bibliography, a list of suggested readings, and an index. A tight very near fine copy in wrappers.

Leonardo Arte, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and Italian. Includes numerous color photographs on this Italian designer. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket.

New York: Studio, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. 127 pages. Interesting look at marketing. Includes numerous black and white images. An about very good copy in green cloth boards and with the front flap of the dust jacket present but the rest of the jacket is missing. A good reference copy.

Seacaucus, NJ: The Wellfleet Press, 1996. Reprint edition. Hardcover. 192 pages. A look at the various output of Rene Lalique with color illustrations of his jewelry, sculpture, furnishings, vases and tableware, and architectural work. A fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket that is lightly rubbed on the rear panel.

Princeton, NJ: The Art Musuem, Princeton University, 1972. First edition. Large softcover. 190 pages. An invaluable reference which looks at the Arts and Crafts movement throughtout the United States. Profusely illustrated. A very good plus copy in wrappers with some light wear to the rear panel and some slight sunning to the spine. Internally a clean copy.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. Text in English and German. Includes numerous illustrations. A very fine copy in a very fine dust jacket. A very sharp copy.

London: Lund Humphries, 1987. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. Monograph on Italian artist and designer Bruno Munari. Features a preface by Andrea Branzi and text by Aldo Tanchis. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some tears and wear to the top of the spine and to the top of the rear panel near the spine.

London: John Hobbs, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Attractive catalog with 27 objects for sale with many color illustrations. A fine copy in silk boards and in a very near fine slipcase, without dust jacket as issued. An attractive production.

New York: Rizzoli, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 288 pages. Text by Yvonne Brunhammer and Suzanne Tise. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A tight near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some edge tears and wear. A very good reference book.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Profusely illustrated (55 plates) with numerous examples of now classic furniture and decorative items. A near fine copy in plastic spiral bound wrappers with some minor edge wear. A nicer than usual copy that seems very susceptible to wear.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Profusely illustrated (55 plates) with numerous examples of now classic furniture and decorative items. A very good copy in spiral bound wrappers with loss to the plastic spiral. Internally a clean copy.

New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1952. First edition. Oblong hardcover. An important book on advertising and design that includes numerous black and white illustrations. A very good plus copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine but with some minor wear to the corners and edges and from the library of New Topographics photographer Joe Deal with his rubber stamp to the front free endpaper. No dust jacket. A nice copy with an interesting provenance of this classic which still feels very relevant today.

np: np, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 12 through October 2, 1982. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A very near fine copy in wrappers. A good reference on design.

Chicago, IL: University Illinois at Chicago, 1985. First edition. Fall 1985. Volume 2, Number 1. Highlights include: The Meaning of Design by Maurizio Vitta, Super Veloz - A Typographic System for the Small Printer by Enric Satue, The Rhetoric of Neutrality by Robin Kinross, Consumerism and the Design Shift by Nigel Whiteley, The Digital Watch-Tribal Bracelet of the Consumer Society by Richard Porch and more. A near fine copy with light edge wear and a little bit of creasing to the corners.

Cambridge, MA & Chicago, IL: MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago, 1989. First edition. Fall 1989. Volume 6, Number 1. This special issue is on Design in Asia and Australia. Highlights include: Japanese Posters - The First 100 Years by Richard Thornton, A Geography of Power - Design History and Marginality by Tony Fry, Design Developement Culture and Cultural Legacies in Asia by Rajeshwari Ghose, Chinese Modern Design- A Retrospective by Shou Zhi Wang, and Early Modern Design in Hong Kong by Matthew Turner. A near fine copy with slight wear to the spine ends and the edges.

New York: Metropolis Books - Princeton Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Edited by Akiko Busch. Designed by Criswell Lappin. Photo essays by David Carson. A fine copy in illustrated boards without dust jacket as issued.

Cambridge, MA & Chicago, IL: MIT Press / University Illinois at Chicago, 1992. First edition. Spring 1992 Volume 8, Number 2. Highlights include: Wicked Problems in Design Thinking by Richard Buchanan, Part II - The Designers go to the Fair - Norman Bel Geedes by Roland Marchand, Against an Essentialist Theory of 'Need' by Tony Fry, Only Flying is More Beautiful by Ursula Gillmann plus two articles on design in East Germany and the usual book reviews. A near fine copy with light edge wear.

Indianapolis, IN: Review Publishing, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Issue 4 1968. This is a professional journal for Art Teachers now known as Arts Education Policy Review. Articles include: Broken Glass Mobiles, Mod Designs for Nursery School Students, Tin Sculpture, Be a Doodler, Wizardry With Paper, Painting On Glass, Introducing Mosaic Design. A near fine copy with minor edge wear, slight soiling to the covers, and the former owner's subscription label.

Indianapolis, IN: Review Publishing, 1968. First edition. Softcover. Mid-Winter 1968. This is a professional journal for Art Teachers now known as Arts Education Policy Review. Articles include: Fishy Prints, The Photographer As An Artist, Q-Tip Color Etching, Depicting the Human Figure in Art, Slate Carving, Art and the Car, Rare Beauty an Artist's Hands, Photograms, Creating with Clay, and A New Use for an Old Rug. A near fine and tight copy with minor edge wear, slight soiling to the covers, and the former owner's subscription label.