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33402. Bauhaus, (subject). 50 Years Bauhaus. Supplement. Additions on the occasion of the exhibition at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois, 1969. Stuttgart: Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1969, 37pp., square PAPERBACK, cover scuffed, top corner lightly bumped, otherwise good, $12
The supplement to the 362 page main catalog contains sections on the IIT architecture designs, Bauhaus graphics, and Bauhaus painting and sculpture. Essays or contributions by Howard Dearstyne, George Edson Danforth, Hans M. Wingler,.


32812. Bayer, Michael, Hrsg.. Wohndesign … made in Germany. Deutsche Wohnkultur heute. München: Prestel-Verlag, 1997, 240pp., HARDCOVER, good large hardcover, edges of cover bumped in a few places, large color-illustrated volume, text in German, $17
Mit einem Vorwort von Manfred Schmitz und Beiträgen von Tobias Grau, Hans Höger, Michaela Krieg, Burkhard Remmers, Rudolf Schwarz, Michael Schweer. ISBN 379131789X


Digitale Bibliothek 56. Bräuer, Hasso, Hrsg.. Archiv des deutschen Alltagsdesigns. Warenkunden des 20. Jahrhunderts - cd-rom. Digitale Bibliothek, volume 56. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2002, , cd-rom for pc or for mac with pc-compatible software, $42
ISBN 3-89853-156-2. Digitale Bibliothek 56.A unique collection of scarce works on design, originally published from 1915 to 1961. "Warenkunden" were the housewares and design catalogues of their day. Presented here in both facsimile and full-text (searchable) editions, five major works with over 4000 facsimiles become an inexhaustible research and design tool. Design historians introduce the works. Includes: Deutsches Warenbuch. Hrsg. v. Dürerbund-Werkbund (Hellerau, 1915), Jetzt wird Ihre Wohnung eingerichtet. Das Warenbuch für den neuen Wohnbedarf von Werner Gräff (Potsdam: Verlag Müller und Keipenheuer, 1933); Deutsche Warenkunde. Hrsg. v. Kunst-Dienst Berlin (Berlin: Alfred Metzner Verlag, 1939-1941); Deutsche Warenkunde. Eine Bildkartei des Deutschen Werkbundes (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1955-1961); Form und Dekor. Hrsg. v. Institut für angewandte Kunst (Berlin: Verlag Die Wirtschaft, 1955-1961). ISBN 3898531562


17893. Carrington, Noel. Design in civilisation. Many illustrations. London: Bodley Head, 112pp., dust-jacket chipped at spine extremities, very good small blue cloth, $7.5
First published in 1935 as Design and a changing civilisation.


26027. Craig, James. Photo Typesetting: A Design Manual. Edited by Margit Malmstrom. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications / Pitman Publishing, 1978, stated First Printing, 223pp., dust-jacket quite torn and chipped around edges, very good white cloth, slight wear, previous owner's name, $15
. ISBN 0823040119


27869. De Sausmarez, Maurice, 1915-. Basic design; the dynamics of visual form. New York, Reinhold Pub. Corp.,1968, reprinted, 96pp., sewn PAPERBACK, good worn used copy but cover scuffed and worn, previous owner's name, $6
Reinhold paperbacks. Very 1960s: mechanical, repetition of elements, abstract, geometry, collage.


25560. Ethan Allen Inc.. The Ethan Allen Treasury of American Traditional Interiors 72nd edition. Produced by Allied Graphic Arts, Inc., copyright Baumritter Corp., 1972, 388pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, heavily illustrated with color photos and drawings, black and white pictorial index in rear, $25
1972 edition of the Ethan Allen American Traditional Interiors catalog. Original order form for other books in the series still in rear; rear cover advertisement from The Carriage House, An Ethan Allen Gallery in Natick, Massachusetts. Outrageous early 70s designs, featuring extreme red, yellow, and aqua, hideous shag carpets and matching wallpaper, as well as the wood-paneling typical of the era. The overstuffed Royal Charter Collection brought the look of Olde England to America. Wow!.


29706. French, M. J.. Invention and evolution : design in nature and engineering. Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press, 1993, reprinted, xvi, 324pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, light foxing on foredge, minor ink mark on half-title, $12
. ISBN 0521314925


22558. Richard Lawrence Greene, Kenneth Edward Wheeling. A Pictorial History of the Shelburne Museum. Shelburne, Vermont: Shelburne Museum, 1988, 3d, revised printing, 131pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good large sewn paperback, slight wear, $14
Museum founded in 1947 to document American crafts and lifestyle. Densely illustrated catalog shows interior decorations such as furniture and quilts, rocking chairs, and architectural elements such as weather vanes, sleds, carriages, barns, shipping, covered bridges. A treasure trove of early American design. ISBN 0939384043


48651. Honour, Hugh / Fleming, John. Lexikon Kunsthandwerk und Design - cd-rom. With over 1000 illustrations. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2005, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $35
Digitale Bibliothek 68.Out of print in this form / beim Verlag vergriffen. Cd-rom version of the German edition of Honour and Fleming's Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. More than 4000 entries on design and decorative arts including biographical entries. ISBN 3898534685


48648. Honour, Hugh / Fleming, John. Lexikon Kunsthandwerk und Design - cd-rom. With over 1000 illustrations. Berlin: DirectMedia, 2005, , cd-rom for pc or mac, text in German, $35
Digitale Bibliothek 68.Cd-rom version of the German edition of Honour and Fleming's Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. More than 4000 entries on design and decorative arts including biographical entries. ISBN 3898534685


25333. Mercer, Eileen. Let's Make Doll Furniture. Photographs and Drawings by H. Lee McQuilliams. New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1962, 114pp., good dust-jacket, worn around edges, very good green cloth, $12
Includes many photos and diagrams.


24315. Rosemeier, H.. Die moderne Kostüm-Schneiderei. Lehrbuch zum Selbstunterricht für den praktischen Zuschnitt nach dem Konstruktionswinkel. Bremen: H. Rosemeier's Schneider-Akademie, no date, around 1900, 1900, 15pp., very good stiff original printed red paper wraps, stapled, $65
Quite scarce. Rosemeier presents his method for drafting and cutting men's and women's fashions, in extremely concise fashion! With patterns and instructions on facing pages for measuring, basic women's fashion, jacket with belt, Marinekragen, Mantel, Ârmel, Glockenrock.


33569. Sarnitz, August. Josef Hoffmann, 1870-1956 : in the realm of beauty. Köln, Los Angeles : Taschen, 2007, 96pp., sewn PAPERBACK, very good, $7.5
Beautifully illustrated and with informative scholarly text on the history of Austrian design and architecture. Cover the period from the late 1890s to 1934. ISBN 9783822855911


26025. Veen, Jeffrey. Hotwired style: principles for building smart Web sites. San Francisco: Wired Books, 1997, stated First Edition, xi, 163pp., large PAPERBACK, very good, cover scuffed and very slightly soiled, previous owner's name, $7.5
A testament to the gap between technology and design, producing in this case a truly hideous, garish mishmash of bright pink, yellow, green, and blue. Important document of web design and effect of publishing software on book design.


25061. Wilson, Jean. Weaving is Creative. The Weaver-Controlled Weaves. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1972, later printing, 268pp., very good dust-jacket but with a couple of chips along bottom edge, very good large orange cloth, previous owner's bookplate, $17.5
With many black and white illustrations and drawings, some color. With detailed drawings and descriptions of various knots and joining techniques.


28128. Yelavich, Susan. Design for life : our daily lives, the spaces we shape, and the ways we communicate, as seen through the collections of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Edited by Stephen Doyle ; designed and produced by Drenttel Doyle Partners. New York : Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution : Rizzoli, 1997, 192pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, good used copy, light wear to covers, $15
. ISBN 0847820300