art design

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 272 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. This book features specially commissioned photographs of an extraordinary, newly formed collection of fashionable handbags that date from the 16th century to the present day. It has been acquired for exhibition in the first museum devoted to the handbag, in Seoul, South Korea. The project is a commission undertaken by experimental exhibition-maker Judith Clark, whose innovative practices are revealed in Handbags.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcovers in a slipcase, 672 pages. A swell custom-designed case containing the first two volumes of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace with strips from the years 1951 through 1954.

Hardcover. Seattle, Fantagraphics Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcovers in a slipcase, 672 pages. A swell custom-designed case containing the third and fourth volumes of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace with strips from the years 1955 through 1958.

Hardcover. Baden GR, Lars Muller, 1st, 2011, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Folio, hardcover. Numerous color illustrations. Hannes Wettstein was one of the most innovative and influential designers in Switzerland. His products, furniture, and interior designs not only influence our everyday life, but also the way we understand design in the present day. In 2008 Wettstein died aged 50. For the first time his life's work will now be celebrated and documented in a monograph. The publication presents images from Wettstein's world--works, sketches, and personal objects.Text in English, German, and Italian. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap.

Hardcover. NY, HarperCollins, 1st, 2025, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. An inspired reboot from the brilliant pairing of horror master Stephen King and the late children's author-illustrator Maurice Sendak. The spooky art and text maintain the menacing atmosphere of the kids' perilous adventure. They've revitalized this old gem for a new generation of young readers. "This splendidly chilling variation of the Brothers Grimm story is built around costume and set designs that late Caldecott Medalist Sendak produced for a Humperdinck opera... While the narrative's characterizations and diction hew to tradition its horrors land with fresh force in an epic retelling that suits the illustrations' eerie magnificence." - Publishers Weekly. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Bologna, Damiani , 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with gilt lettering, cover label on front cover, 160 pages. Diary of a Set Designer is a book of Polaroids taken over 25 years by Happy Massee while traveling the world as a production designer. The photographic journal is a journey through time, with a collection of images taken with the now-defunct Polaroid camera--which, at the time, was essential to the art of designing for film. One of the industry's top production designers, Massee has enjoyed a career spanning the realms of theater, film, commercials and fashion. He has worked with established directors such as Wes Anderson, David Lynch, David Fincher, Michel Gondry and more, while in the world of fashion he has collaborated with the likes of Inez and Vinoodh, Peter Lindbergh and Craig McDean, and worked for brands such as Gucci, Valentino, Armani, Bulgari and Swarovski. His film credits include, among others, Broken English, directed by Zoe Cassavetes, and Two Lovers, directed by James Gray, and he has designed sets for music videos such as Jay Z's "99 Problems" and Madonna's "Take a Bow." In this volume, "the images of personalities, sets, locations and encounters," Massee explains, "all tell a story related to my work and travels, and the people I met while on them. The images, raw and unretouched, are candid, and capture my art as well as my life as I like to travel through it." Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. NY, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped ($29.99) dust jacket. B&w Illustrations by Mary GrandPre. Black half-cloth, purple boards with diamond embossed design, Year 6 printed at top of spine. First American edition, July 2005, printing line: ''10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 05 06 07 08 09 USA 23''. Error on page 100: ''eleven 'Outstanding' O.W.L.s.'', in later editions this was changed to ''ten'' O.W.L.'s'. Clean, collectible copy.

Hardcover. NY, Delano Greenidge Editions, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 396 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Guimard is the pre-eminent architect of Art Nouveau in France. He influenced French architecture and design in the first half of the 20th century. He was also the architect of a number of Paris Metro entrances. He was regarded as an architect who wielded the greatest influence on the popular imagination in Paris during the late 19th- and early 20th centuries.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st thus, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green boards with design and paste-down illustration on cover. Illustrated by Arthur I. Keller. These are thick pages with glossy color plates on most every page. This edition is the first illustrated edition of the poetry which was first published in 1870 .

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 243 pages. Black & white illustrations by Cole. Bookseller's label and previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light rubbing to corners, spine.

Hardcover. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, reprint, 1929, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green boards with beige buckram spine, black lettering on spine and front cover. 425 pages with index. The Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks. Diagrams by the author and numerous illustrations, colored lithographs and collotype reproductions from ancient examples. Gutter cracked at half-title page, previous owner's name otherwise clean.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st UK, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 242 pages. Brown cloth cover, embossed design, some light wear to corners and edges. Dust jacket has minor edgewear. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w and color photographs throughout. A nice copy.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st, 2005, Book: N, Hardcover, 256 pages. In 1936, the founder of Herman Miller Inc, D. J. De Pree, committed Herman Miller to 'modern' furniture, partly because he saw a moral dimension to Gilbert Rohde's clean designs, honest materials and lack of ornamentation. In 1984, a major impetus behind Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick's Equa chair was a desire to give a reasonably priced, comfortable, good-looking chair to everybody in offices - not just the top bosses. These are just two examples of the best work done at Herman Miller. The company is concerned with larger issues of humanity, equality and bettering the world by creating great places to work through design, and has, perhaps more than any other company, revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace. This book is the most up-to-date compilation available of the design efforts and results from Herman Miller since its foundation, reflecting its most recent work, activities and products. But it goes beyond simply cataloguing the work of the famous design team; it shows design-related attitudes of HMI and provides examples of the benefits of creative thinking and problem-solving. Written in clear, engaging prose, Herman Miller is a must-read for anyone interested in design.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages. In 1936, Herman Miller Inc. founder D. J. De Pree committed Herman Miller to "modern" furniture. The rest is history: their continuing collaboration with some of the giants of modern design has made Herman Miller synonymous with quality in design. Herman Miller examines the company's powerful contributions by looking at the problems that design can solve and how creative thinking can benefit the world. Aside from having produced icons of modern furniture, Herman Miller has revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace.

Hardcover. UK, Sona Books, 1st, 2024, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, 141 pages in color. Famous for the Birkin Bag and Silk Scarf and beloved by the great, the good and the uber glamorous - Hermes boasts an instantly recognizable signature style all of its own. This book, beautifully illustrated with images of some of the world's iconic fashion items, charts the story of Hermes origins and how the brand became the symbol of French luxury and craftsmanship and the influential, innovative haute couture power house it is today. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. New York , Goliga, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Folio, hardcover. Like new in publishers shrink-wrap. 191 pages. Black and white and color photos throughout. A look at high heels in fashion and fashion photography, with several essays focusing on fetishism and photography. With an interview with Manolo Blahnik, among others. Many high fashion and art photos throughout of women in high heels, including nude photos.

Softcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, reprint, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 257 pages, This lavishly illustrated volume is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum's internationally renowned historic costume collection. The nearly 25,000-object collection comprises fashionable women's and men's garments and accessories from the 18th through the 20th century.

Softcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Like new in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Softcover. Santa Monica CA, Arts & Architecture Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 172 pages. Building in the hills is an enterprise full of unpleasant surprises and traps just waiting to snare the inexperienced. Arthur Levin, a structural engineer and architect who has been involved in more than 2,000 hillside projects, offers a distillation of his 35 years of experience that will help the uninitiated to avoid the otherwise inevitable pitfalls and traps. The book has many real life examples of the unexpected encounters with unstable land, surface drainage problems, subterranean water, demanding owners, uncooperative building inspectors, inexperienced contractors, and other examples of the author's triumphs and occasional enlightening failures. All of these brief histories are instructive and guaranteed to be of invaluable help to the first or second time hillside designer and builder. More than 110 line drawings illuminate the text.

Hardcover. New York, Thames and Hudson, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 288 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Minor soiling to front dust jacket cover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to dust jacket. Hipgnosis created some of the most innovative and surreal cover art of the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s for the biggest names of the era-Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Wings, Yes, Genesis, 10cc, Peter Gabriel, Bad Company, Syd Barrett, and Black Sabbath, to name just a few. The sublime prism cover for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon continues to be one of the most pervasive images in all popular culture. Hipgnosis's highly conceptual approach and graphic appeal earned them five Grammy nominations for cover design, and they profoundly influenced not only the history of music, but also all other creative fields from advertising to fashion.

Hardcover. London, Thames & Hudson, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The complete catalogue of design collective Hipgnosis, showcasing groundbreaking cover art created for iconic rock "n" roll giants, including the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Led Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. 320 pages, 500 color illustrations. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. The 1960s saw a revolution in fashion that was born, like most things new and hip in that era, of youth rebellion in the streets. For the first time, designers didn't dictate the trends. Instead, the latest looks trickled up into the top fashion houses (Halston and Yves Saint Laurent among them), by way of bohemian boutiques and avant-garde labels with names like Granny Takes a Trip and Cosmic Couture, and musicians like the Beatles, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. Defying easy definition but becoming an international phenomenon all the same, hippie fashion twisted and turned from trippy to retro and crafty to ethnic. The accompanying idea that one can express a personal style with clothing went against everything about the previous generation's notion of matching suits or ladylike ensembles dictated by social class or profession. Sumptuous photography, dynamic design, and far-out images from the era make Hippie Chic a must-have book that goes past peace signs and patchouli to unearth how hippies forever changed the way fashion functions. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller Incorporated, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Heavy damage on 2 inches of bottom right corner. Otherwise, tight copy. Color pictures throughout. Endlessly experimenting with design, composition, and color, Hiroshige captured in these paintings, as no where else in his work, his poetic and idyllic sense of nature.

Hardcover. New York, George Braziller/ Rhode Island School of Design, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 192 pages, 91 large format color plates. Introduction by Cynthea J. Bogel, poetry translated by Alfred H. Marks.