Hardcover. New York , Thomas Y. Crowell Company, reprint, 1974, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 274 pages. Blue cloth cover, minor wear to corners and edges of spine. Inside is bright and clean, with many b&w illustrations throughout. A nice copy in a lightly worn dust jacket.
Hardcover. UK, Parragon Publishers, reprint, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. A comprehensive cross section of the work of C.R. Mackintosh, including paintings from the last period of his life. It also includes photo's and renderings of the built 'House for an Art Lover' in Scotland (originally an entry for a competition) and their reconstructed, relocated own home. The controlled proportion of text to images, and the (sometimes more than) full page photo's and renderings, make it the ideal means to transport you to the world C.R. Mackintosh (and his wife, Margaret McDonald) created.
Hardcover. Fresno, CA, Linden Publishing, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 192 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with some wear to dust jacket. Minor soiling to dust jacket front. Color photographs throughout. A collection of twentieth-century handmade woodwork including furniture, sculpture, toys, and musical instruments.
Hardcover. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket edges. Color illustrations throughout. Herman Miller, the leader in modern twentieth-century furniture manufacture, was a totally design-oriented company. Known best for Eames and Nelson furniture designs, showrooms, and interiors, they also produced outstanding graphic design. Mid-century and later advertisements, drawings, brochures, catalogs, posters, and wall panels are shown in this visually exciting new book. Photos of award-winning and other graphic designs are all from the Herman Miller Archives. This beautiful book is a must for anyone with an interest in modern furniture, graphics, or twentieth century design in general.
Hardcover. Syracuse NY, Syracuse University Press, 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 186 pages, 116 illustrations. "The first serious study of the totality of Stickley's accomplishments, especially his architecture", and as a central figure in the American Arts and Crafts Movement as founder of The Craftsman and of the Stickley Workshops. Bibliographical references, pages 169-181. Clean copy.
Hardcover. New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. 330 illustrations, including 150 plates in full color. Black cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Beautiful pictorial dust jacket. A very clean, tight and crisp copy. Like New.
Hardcover. Intercourse, Pennsylvania, Good Books, 1st, 1991, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, The furniture tradition of the Mennonites, Russian immigrants in North America. 231 pages illustrated with several maps and 241 (mostly color, some black/white) photographic illustrations. Book is in near fine condition, dust jacket is in very good condition with some signs of edge wear.
Hardcover. New York , Rizzoli, 1st, 2008-10-14, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 272 pages, profusely illustrated in color. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. In the current world of twentieth-century design collecting, the trend has shifted away from accessible, mass-manufactured modernist furniture and toward designs that were custom-made or produced in very limited editions, with emphasis on American studio design of the 1940s to the 1990s. In contrast to the mass-produced mid-century furniture by Knoll and Herman Miller, American studio designs of the same period focused on novel forms and exquisite craftsmanship. Ranging from the organic shapes of George Nakashima and Vladimir Kagan to metalworks by Paul Evans, these limited production designs were highly sought after in their days by original tastemakers and movie stars. In the last decade, a revival for these rare designs began with connoisseurs such as Tom Ford. Modern Americana is the first full survey of the designs of this prolific but forgotten period, bringing to life again the works of Samuel Marx, Billy Haines, Wendell Castle, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Karl Springer, James Mont, and many others -- including J.B. Blunk, Michael Coffey, Wharton Esherick, Arthur Espenet Carpenter, Sam Maloof, Jack Rogers Hopkins, Paul Evans & Philip Lloyd Powell, Vladimir Kagan, George Nakashima, Silas Seandel, Charles Hollis Jones, Philip & Kevin LaVerne, Tommi Parzinger, Harvey Probber, Edward Wormley, John Dickinson, Arthur Elrod, and Paul Laszlo.
Hardcover. NY, Praeger, 1st, 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, yellow cloth covers with black lettering, 152 pages. 419 b&w photos of mid-sixties furniture. Text in English, French and Spanish.
Hardcover. Milwaukee, Bruce Publishing, 6th pr., 1939, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong tan cloth stamped in black. 246 pages illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. Clean copy.
Softcover. US, Kodansha USA, 1st PB, 1989-01-15, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 223 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to wrappers. else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Simcoe, Ontario, The Norfolk Historical Society/Fanshawe College, 2nd revised, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, tan cloth stamped in black. Unpaginated. 16 full color reproductions of family members in Colonial costumes. Intact and very clean. No dust jacket.
Softcover. Boston, MFA Publications, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, pictorial wraps, 168 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. The Studio Furniture movement began around the middle of the twentieth century, as a revival of the Victorian Arts and Crafts Movement, and as a reaction against the ongoing domination of mass-produced rote furniture. Over the course of subsequent decades, studio furniture has taken many directions, from the reproduction of period styles to designs that resemble sculpture more than furniture. The Maker's Hand is the most authoritative book to date about the Studio Furniture movement. It details the history and development of Studio Furniture, from its origins in post-World War II America to its current prominence. Also included are extensive biographies of some 40 furniture makers, as well as guides to the main exhibitions, schools and galleries. Profusely illustrated with works by Wendell Castle, Sam Maloof, Molly Gregory, Wharton Esherick and many others, this is an indispensable guide to the inventive world of Studio Furniture. Clean copy.
