Thackara’s Drawing Book for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies & Gentlemen in the Pleasing and Elegant Art of Drawing
by THACKARA, James
1814. THACKARA, James. Thackara's Drawing Book for the Amusement and Instruction of Young Ladies & Gentlemen in the Pleasing and Elegant Art of Drawing. [4] pp., [54] leaves of engraved plates. Small 4to, 205 x 163 mm., contemporary sheep-backed plain boards, in a recent custom quarter morocco slipcase. Philadelphia: James Thackara & Son Engravers, 1814. An extremely rare early American drawing manual. While somewhat stained and browned throughout, and with the binding in poor shape, it is... Read More
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Nouveau Manuel du Peintre en Voitures, Vagons, Omnibus, Tramways
by THOMAS, V.
1902. THOMAS, V. Nouveau Manuel du Peintre en Voitures, Vagons, Omnibus, Tramways. 367 pp. 12mo, 158 x 95 mm, publisher's wrappers. Paris: Encyclopedie Roret, 1902. A fine copy of an interesting and scarce volume from the Encyclopedie Roret series. This one dealing with the painting of all sorts of vehicles. OCLC lists only one copy, at the Ingenium Library in Canada.
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Labels
by LABELS; TOBACCO
1935. TOBACCO LABELS. A collection of 1875 labels, boxes, etc. tipped in to 34 notebooks. Small folios, 310 x 225 mm, bound in pail blue paper wrappers labeled 'Dessin' with a woodcut illustration of a hot air balloon flying over a townscape on the front of each. France: ND. [Early 20th century]. A compendium of tobacco related commercial design from the first half of the Twentieth Century. The compiler of these albums... Read More
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Dal Moncenisio all'Acropoli: 9o Reggimento artiglieria del Brennero. (1940-1941)
by TOGNI, Giulio
1942. TOGNI, Giulio. Dal Moncenisio all'Acropoli: 9o Reggimento artiglieria del Brennero. (1940-1941). Unpaginated, illustrated throughout. Folio, 321 x 234 mm., publisher's cloth-backed boards. Milano: Pizzi & Pizio, 1942. While this is just another fascist work glorifying the achievements of their glorious army, the design was handed over to someone with imagination and the result is a book whose optics are in distinct contrast to the subject matter. A rare book with OCLC listing only... Read More
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Kokuto shinkyo
by SHINKYO TOKUBETSUSHI
1940. SHINKYO TOKUBETSUSHI. Kokuto shinkyo. 28 Plates, several in colour and a folding map. Publisher's illustrated boards, slightly edgeworn. Hsin-King : Manshu Jijo Annaijo, 1940. A scarce photographic survey of the capital of Manchukuo with an unusually elaborate layout. The photographs have captions in English as well as Japanese. OCLC records copies only in the National Diet Library and Waseda.
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Kahei Seizu
by TOKUNO, Ryosuke
1879. TOKUNO, Ryosuke. Kahei Seizu. 55 plates. Oblong Folio, 273 x 364 mm., contemporary morocco-backed cloth. [Tokyo] : Okurasho Insatsukyoku, 1879. A splendid example of Japanese chromolithography, this method of printing being presumably thought to be better suited to the reproduction of gold and silver coins than the more traditional Japanese method of wood engraving. Inscribed by the French Consul in Japan, Jules Jouslain to the numismatist Leon Ardouin, containing Ardouin's manuscript translation... Read More
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Konsaisu Tokyo-to 35-ku kubun chizucho: sensai shoshitsu kuiki hyoji
by TOKYO
1946. TOKYO. Konsaisu Tokyo-to 35-ku kubun chizucho: sensai shoshitsu kuiki hyoji. By Nihon Chizu Kabushiki-gaisha. 27 double-page coloured maps, preceded and followed by a double-page outline map. Small 8vo, 180 x 88 mm., bound in publisher's illustrated boards. Tokyo: Nitchi Shuppan, 1946. A fascinating atlas of Tokyo published shortly after the end of the war, and showing the areas which were bombed. Boards slightly rubbed.
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Russo-Japanese war. Photographs of the Yalu battle
by TOKYO.
1905. TOKYO. Russo-Japanese war. Photographs of the Yalu Battle. 2 preliminary leaves, 4 pages, 54 plates, 2 leaves. Oblong 4to, 189 x 265 mm., publisher's cloth. Tokyo: 1905. An interesting Japanese photobook dealing with the Russo-Japanese War, which must also count as one of the first photographic surveys of armed conflict in the twentieth century.
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Mise en Page.
by Tolmer, A.
1931. TOLMER, A. Mis En Page: The Theory and Practice of Lay-Out. [117] pp., with 16 full-page photomontages and illustrations. 4to, 264 x 212., bound in original decorated boards with matching slipcase. London The Studio, 1931. A brilliant work using all the elements of design and layout which were, in 1931, considered avant-garde. With 16 tipped-in illustrations, some of which are photomontages utilizing metallic paper, linoleum, colour-printing, embossing and pochoir. The text is an expertly written guide... Read More
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Animaux a Fourrure.
by TOLMER
1931. TOLMER. Animaux a Fourrure. 4 pp. Illustrated with 24 black-&-white plates by Ray Bret Koch. Oblong 4to., loose as issued in the publisher's decorated boards. Paris: Tolmer, 1931. A disconcerting advertising piece for the fur coat firm of Jungmann, with the plates showing models wearing coats and then the animals whose fur had been used to make the coats. Despite some foxing, an acceptablle copy. OCLC lists only FIT and the... Read More
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Hamishah Ivrim ["Five Blind Men"]
by TOLSTOY, Leo (Editor)
1922. TOLSTOY, Leo (editor). Hamishah Ivrim. [Five Blind Men]. 6 leaves. Oblong folio, 222 x 283 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers in a new cloth folding box. Frankfurt: Omanut, 1922. A fine copy of this rare Hebrew children's book illustrated with lithographs by Ya'akov Apter, Moshe Mutzelmacher, Aharon Kravtsov, and Hayyim. The story is based on the Indian parable of the blind men and the elephant, edited by Tolstoy. The Publishing House Omanut was established in 1917... Read More
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Nuovo trattato sulla vera rettificazione del circolo misurato esattame...
by Tomassi, Gaetano Marchetti
1817. SUBMARINE NAVIGATION. Nuovo trattato sulla vera rettificazione del circolo misurato esattamente con il diametro: utile alla trigonometria, alla misura delle curve, e degli spazj curvilinei... Con una dissertazione sul modo di navigare sott'acqua, inventato dallo stesso autore l'anno 1799. By Gaetano Marchetti Tomassi. 75, [1], 34 pp. Illustrated with 6 etched folding plates. 8vo., 202 x 142 mm, bound in nineteenth-century Italian vellum. Fuglino: Feliciano Campitelli, 1817. ... Read More
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Nueva Escuela de arte del Uruguay
by Torres-Garcia, J.; JOAQUIN TORRES-GARCIA
1946. TORRES-GARCIA, J. Nueva Escuela de arte del Uruguay. The New Art School of Uruguay - Nouvelle ecole d'art de l'Uruguay. Painting and Constructive Art. Contribution to the Art of the Three Americas. 20 pp. text, plus 40 plates. Folio, original decorated wrappers(repaired). Montevideo: Asociacion de Arte Constructivo, 1946. ... Read More
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Styling with Color.
by TOWLE, H. Ledyard
TOWLE, H. Ledyard. Styling with Color. 28 pp. Colourfully illustrated throughout. Oblong 4to, 215 x 275 mm, bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers preserved in a new orange cloth box. Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh Paint Company, 1939. A brilliant cover design for this paint trade catalogue, fully illustrated with colourful pages of interior and exterior paint jobs.
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Les Fetes Reeles.
by Trachsel, Albert
1897. (#173515) TRACHSEL, Albert. Les Fêtes réeles. 12 ff. With a portrait of the author by F. Hodler engraved by H. Forestier, and 50 large numbered heliotype plates by Trachsel in various tones of black, blue, sepia, and violet on white. Oblong folio, 357 x 468 mm, Bound in publisher's red three quarter cloth over boards by Villain. Paris: Société du Mercure de France, 1897. A fine copy of this incredibly scarce suite... Read More
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Abécédaire utile ou Petit tableau des arts et métiers
by PRIMER OF ARTS AND TRADES
1801. [ALPHABET]. PRIMER OF ARTS AND TRADES. Abécédaire utile ou Petit tableau des arts et métiers. 88 pp., including 6 plates containing a total of 24 coloured and engraved figures. 157 x 100 mm., later 19th century binding of marbled paper boards with cloth covered spine, in a new cloth folding box. Leipzig: Gerard Fleischer, 1801. A fine copy of this are and delightful alphabet depicting trades, distinguished by the delicately handcoloured plates. Originally published in... Read More
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XIII Fiera di Tripoli, Tripoli, XIII Manifestazione Internazionale - Intercoloniale. Terza Mostra dell’Impero - Mostra del Ventennale della Fondazione dei Fasci
by TRIPOLI
1939. TRIPOLI. XIII Manifestazione Internazionale - Intercoloniale. Terza Mostra dell'Impero - Mostra del Ventennale della Fondazione dei Fasci. 216 pp., illustrated throughout. 4to, 242 x 190 mm., publisher's illustrated wrappers. Tripoli: XIII Fiera di Tripoli, 1939. An interesting catalogue documenting Italian colonial pretensions in North Africa, printed on pink, white and blue paper. Not listed on OCLC.
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Sovremennaia fabrichno-zavodskaia arkhitektura
by TSVETAEV, V.D.
1933. TSVETAEV, V.D. Sovremennaia fabrichno-zavodskaia arkhitektura. 530 pp., profusely illustrated. Folio, 297 x 256 mm., publisher's cloth. Moskva, Leningrad: Gosstroiizdat, 1933. Second enlarged edition, the first had only 432 pages. A fascinating survey of factory architecture in the Soviet Union illustrated with hundreds of technical architectural diagrams as well as photographs of construction sights. One copy of the first edition located at the CCA, 3 copies of the second edition of 1933 in... Read More
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THE BOOK OF DELIGHTFUL AND STRANGE DESIGNS BEING ONE HUNDRED FACSIMILE
by TUER, ANDREW
1893. TUER, Andrew. The Book of Delightful and Strange Designs Being One Hundred Facsimile Illustrations of the Art of the Japanese Stencil-Cutter. 27 pp, illustrated with one original katagami stencil 104 designs on 52 plates after stencils. Oblong 4to, 186 x 215 mm, bound in publisher's cloth-backed boards and paper label. London: Leadenhall Press, 1893. A sound copy of this classic study of katagami, Japanese stencils. Text reproduced in English, German, and French. ... Read More
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One Printed Page 2.
by TUERLINCKX, Joelle; JOELLE TUERLINCKX
2006. TUERLINCKX, Joelle. One Printed Page 2. Contains "the Biggest Surface on Earth Scale 1:1." A computer generated image on paper, diameter 270 mm. Matted in publisher's cardboard portfolio. New York: Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 2004. In her films, sculptures, public projects, and extensive publications, the Belgian Conceptual artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx looks at unlikely spaces and substances to pose formal, perceptual, physical and social conundrums. ... Read More
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Hiddenness
by TUTTLE, RICHARD; Berssenbrugge, Mei-Mei; RICHARD T
1987. TUTTLE, Richard. Hiddenness. By Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge. Illustrated with original prints, including lithograph, silkscreen and hand-stamped monotypes by Richard Tuttle. Folio, 380 x 255 mm, bound in publisher's concertina blue paper over boards in the original folding case. New York: The Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum, 1987. One of the most successful of the Whitney publications. The book combines imaginative mis-en-page with Richard Tuttle's dazzling illuminations that comprise a variety of... Read More
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Charge to Exist.
by TUTTLE, Richard; RICHARD TUTTLE
1992. TUTTLE, Richard. Charge to Exist. 2 cardboard sheets, one with collaged letters, one with a screenprint. Folio, 350 x 230 mm., ringbound in printed cardboard slipcase and new cloth box. Winterthur: Kunstmuseum, 1992. A fine copy of this typical example of Tuttle's work as a book artist, consisting of two grey cardboard folios, with collaged cardboard die-cuts of letters and partial letters on rectos on second folio. The design of collaged letters is... Read More
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Two Chairs, two Benches and a Table.
by TUTTLE, Richard
TUTTLE, Richard. Two Chairs, Two Benches and a Table. 16 unnumbered pages. Oblong 8vo., bound in publisher's wrappers. Florence: Galleria Victoria Miro, [1990]. Catalogue of a five piece set of furniture designed by Richard Tuttle to be seen as a final refinement of crate furniture either in Santa Fe style, or as more formally developed by Rietveld and De Stijl.
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Two Books
by TUTTLE, Richard; RICHARD TUTTLE
1969. TUTTLE, Richard. Two Books. 2 volumes. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 10 screen prints in first volume, illustrated throughout with die-cut images in the second volume. With a loose colophon numbered and signed by the artist. 4to., bound in original felt covered boards and wrappers, in the original slipcase, preserved in a new cloth box. Cologne/New York: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner and Betty Parsons Gallery, 1969. An immaculate copy of this early... Read More
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40 Tage. Zeichnungen
by TUTTLE,Richard; RICHARD TUTTLE
1989. TUTTLE, Richard. 40 Tage [40 Days]. 90 pp. with a loose original screenprint signed in pencil by the artist. Oblong folio, 300 x 420 mm, glue bound in coloured boards. Vienna: Bonn, Galerie Erhard Klein and Galerie Huber Winter, 1989. Forty reproductions of drawings made by Tuttle in his sprialbound sketchbook, followed by reproductions of the artist's handwritten journal entries describing his process. Number 61 of an edition of one hundred. Includes a loose screenprint signed... Read More
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