art design

Softcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 64 pages. 3 color, 28 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition featuring examples of silver pieces crafted by Tiffany and Company. With an essay by Charles H. Carpenter Jr. INSCRIBED BY CARPENTER on the title page. The exhibition catalogue cites more than 70 pieces, and nearly half are pictured here. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Insight Editions, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 16 pages. Born from shadow and mystery, Will Eisner's deathless hero returns in a recreation of The Spirit's final two issues. Coinciding with Frank Miller's upcoming Spirit movie, Will Eisner's The Spirit: A Pop-Up Graphic Novel spins a noir tale of blackmail, murder, and espionage innovatively crafted into seven full-color pop-up spreads. Reborn, The Spirit breaks out of the conventional comic book frame, animating the vigor and dynamism of Eisner's original vision. Designed by renowned paper engineer Bruce Foster (creator of The Pop-up Book of Celebrity Meltdowns and designer of the Caldecott nominated Little Red Riding Hood) Will Eisner's The Spirit: A Pop-Up Graphic Novel comes alive with expansive panoramic cityscapes, three-dimensional action sequence pop-outs, frame-by-frame expanding mini-booklets, and scene change pullouts. Re-colored and ingeniously renovated, the novel design animates the vigorous action of the Spirit's final exploits with an inventiveness merited by Eisner's original imagination. From the noir aficionado to the comic zealot, fans will celebrate this renaissance of Eisner's masterpiece, heralding the interactive ingenuity of a new format for sequential art.

Softcover. NY, Pocket Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 253 pages. Collects the sketches of the artists responsible for the costumes, sets, and aliens from the original Star Trek series, offering insight into the creative talents that contributed to the show's success and the time and budget constraints they overcame. Matt Jefferies created meticulous sketches of every aspect of the Starship Enterprise and the worlds she visited. The energetic illustrations of William Theiss depicted some of the most lavish costumes ever worn in this or any other galaxy. Fred Phillips designed makeup that actualized whole new races, with just humans underneath. Wah Chang created props and hardware that are still the basis of futurist design. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Lane Smith. Unpaginated. With complete number line. A 1993 Caldecott honor book - delightfully illustrated parodies of children's fairy tales. The entire book, with its unconventional page arrangement and eclectic, frenetic mix of text and pictures, is a spoof on the art of book design and the art of the fairy tale. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st illust thus, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with pictorial paper label to front cover, gilt stamping to spine. Six color plates, title page design and 2-color endpapers art by Peter Hurd. 279 pages. Some fading tospine gilt, light shelf wear, clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 298 pages. A collection of articles about the theater by Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), a stage designer and theatrical producer and director. Although he directed only a handful of plays, "his controversial theories of scene design and stagecraft gave him eminence in the European and American theater" (The New York Times). For instance, he favored three-dimensional stage effects and more innovative lighting than the traditional footlights. Craig argues that theatre is not just a form of entertainment, but a powerful medium for social and political change. He advocates for a new kind of theatre that is not bound by traditional conventions and that challenges the audience's expectations. Craig also emphasizes the importance of the actor's body and movement, and he proposes new techniques for training actors to be more expressive and dynamic on stage. Previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, The Art Union of London, 1st thus, 1851, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, half-leather, maroon calf over maroon boards with gllt rules, spine with gilt decorated raised bands and lettering. Portrait frontispiece by J[ohn] Gilbert after Sir Joshua Reynolds. 14 pages of Goldsmith's verse followed by 30 plates engraved on wood by J.Thompson, W.T.Green, J.W.Whymper, G.Dalziel, E.Dalziel, &c. after the designs of C.Stanfield, J.Leech, E.H.Corbould, W.L.Leitch, E.M.Ward & others. Some cloth fade to covers, front fly leaf gone, bookplate on inside front cover. Mild foxing.

Softcover. NY, Carroll & Graf, Softcover, 500 pages. A twentieth-century photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, Cecil Beaton was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, theater and film. This book brings together for the first time the never-before-published diaries from 1970 to 1980 and, unlike the six slim volumes of diaries published during his lifetime, these have been left uniquely unedited. Hugo Vickers, the executor of Beaton's estate and the author of his acclaimed biography, has added extensive notes that are as lively as the diary entries themselves. Here is the photographer for British and American Vogue, designer of the sets and costumes for the play and film My Fair Lady and the film Gigi, with a cast of characters from many worlds, at shooting parties in the English countryside, on yachts, at garden parties at Buckingham Palace, at costume balls in Venice, Paris or London. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Carroll & Graf, Softcover, 500 pages. A twentieth-century photographer, artist, writer and designer for more than fifty years, Cecil Beaton was at the center of the worlds of fashion, society, theater and film. This book brings together for the first time the never-before-published diaries from 1970 to 1980 and, unlike the six slim volumes of diaries published during his lifetime, these have been left uniquely unedited. Hugo Vickers, the executor of Beaton's estate and the author of his acclaimed biography, has added extensive notes that are as lively as the diary entries themselves. Here is the photographer for British and American Vogue, designer of the sets and costumes for the play and film My Fair Lady and the film Gigi, with a cast of characters from many worlds, at shooting parties in the English countryside, on yachts, at garden parties at Buckingham Palace, at costume balls in Venice, Paris or London. Clean copy.

Softcover. Lebanon NJ, Vanguard, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 112 pages, b&w illustrations throughout. A study of the art of cartoonist Wally Wood. It includes Wood's "Fireball XL-5" designs as well as production art for his unfinished collaboration with "Fritz the Cat", "Wizards", "Lord of the Rings", and "Cool World" film-maker Ralph Bakshi. There is an interview with Wood, along with insights from his closest colleagues; Mad Associate Publisher Joe Orlando; "Star Wars" and EC artist, Al Williamson; and more. Clean copy.

Hardcover. UK, Pi Global Publishing Limited, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, large format pictorial boards, Drawn from Opie''s unrivalled collection, this scrapbook illustrates song sheets, magazine covers, comic postcards, fashion and food, games, propaganda posters and a wealth of British wartime ephemera whose very survival is remarkable. Due to size (10 1/2 X 15"), DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams Books, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with pictorial boards, 336 pages. This New York Times bestselling overview of Wes Anderson's filmography features previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photos, artwork, and ephemera, with an introduction by Michael Chabon. Writer/director Wes Anderson guides movie/television critic Matt Zoller Seitz through Anderson's life and career in a hardcover book-length conversation, woven together with original illustrations and production images from Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Moonrise Kingdom.The result is a meticulously designed book that captures and reflects the spirit of Wes Anderson's movies: melancholy, playful, wise, and wonderfully unique.

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Brothers, reprint, 1881, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth stamped with a maroon and gilt design on cover and spine. Tales and studies of outdoor life, hunting, fishing, living in the wilderness, etc. Profusely illustrated with wonderful engravings by the Harper stable of artists: Shepard, W.A. Rogers, Rinehart, Abbey, others. No date on title page so assumed an early reprint. No markings but the rear cover is badly scuffed, light corner wear to corners. Rear endpapers soiled. The interior of the book is tight and clean.

Hardcover. London, Unicorn Publishing Group, 1st, 2019, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Starting in 1966, Thea Porter designed clothes for the rich and famous for nearly two decades. Her creations were made from sumptuous fabrics that drew inspiration from the Middle East, combining richly patterned silks with antique fabrics. Her clothes were a must for music and film stars such as Pink Floyd, Crystal Gayle, Elizabeth Taylor, and Barbra Streisand. Porter soon became a key member of an innovative group of British designers that included Ossie Clark, Zandra Rhodes, and Jean Muir, and her place in the history of British fashion was ensured when she was named Designer of the Year in 1972. Thea Porter's Scrapbook is her story in her own words, an unpublished autobiography she put together before her death in 2000. Edited by her daughter Venetia and with an essay by fashion historian Amy de la Haye, it reveals Porter's further talents as a keenly observant and descriptive writer. This book, which includes working drawings, sketches, snapshots, and manuscript notes, serves as a memoir of her early life and career, charting many memorable episodes, including the dramatic surge of American interest in her clothes and the opening of her shop in Paris as she pursued her ambition to create dresses "beyond trend and tat, that thirty years from today will still be beautiful."

Softcover. New York, Viking Studio, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 129 pages, color illustrations. Features 40 of the designers posters for the Lincoln Center. Large softcover, clean, bright copy.

Softcover. Baltimore, Theatre Arts, 1960, Book: Very Good, Softcover, stapled, 72 pages, b&w illustrations. Notes on "The Best Man" by Gore Vidal, From Pillow to Post by Mary Rogers, the complete play "Once Upon a Mattress", articles on directing, scenic design and lighting, Maureen Stapleton, Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 256 pages. Why did Frankie say "Relax"? Did anyone really want to hurt Boy George? And why didn't anybody walk in L.A.? This Ain't No Disco can't answer all these head-scratchers, but it does bring the New Wave era back with page after totally awesome page of 300 of the best album covers. This rad collection includes covers from the late 1970s to the mid-'80s and will have true believers of a certain generation totally spazzing. New Wave was defined as much by style, fashion, and graphic design as the music itself witness the ruffled cuffs and heavy makeup of the New Romantics, the skinny ties and peg-pants of the neo-Mods, and the unsettling robotic personae of Devo and Gary Numan. Bursting with wild hairstyles, futuristic typography, pastel shapes, and outlandish clothing, these are the album covers that defined an era and continue to influence music and fashion styles today. A nostalgic trek with a mental soundtrack, This Ain't No Disco will inspire readers to don those rubber bracelets once again and proclaim, "Let's dance this mess around!"

NY, ADC, 1st, 198, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards. No markings. Index, b/w & some color illustrations. DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. Ipswitch UK, Limited Editions Club, 1st thus, 1975, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Horizontal quarto (10-7/8" x 9") in a three-piece binding of linen sides printed in a pattern of scarlet, slate, and yellow vertical stripes with a shelfback of ochre buckram stamped in gold leaf; 224 pages. Introduction by Stella Gibbons. Designed by John Lewis and printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd. Illustrated by John Griffiths with 2 double-spread color drawings and numerous black-and-white part-page and marginal sketches. Copy #1370 of 2000 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photographs throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Gilt titles on spine. Some shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. A collection of 250 glamorous images chronicle the simultaneous evolution of fashion photography and fine jewelry, featuring extraordinary photographs that range from Richard Avedon's portrait of Elizabeth Taylor bedecked in cultured pearls to Scavullo's photograph of Paloma Picasso wearing her own jewelry designs.

Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 271 pages. Hardcover. Extensive color photographs throughout. Illustrated end papers and paste downs. Gilt titles on spine. Minor shelf wear to dust jacket, otherwise clean, tight copy. A collection of 250 glamorous images chronicle the simultaneous evolution of fashion photography and fine jewelry, featuring extraordinary photographs that range from Richard Avedon's portrait of Elizabeth Taylor bedecked in cultured pearls to Scavullo's photograph of Paloma Picasso wearing her own jewelry designs.