Design / Industrial from LEFT COAST BOOKS

New York: Universe Publishing, 2001. 1 volume (unpaged), colour illustrations; 33 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Karim Rashid is the best-known and most prolific designer practicing in America today. On the brink of household-name celebrity, he is already a superstar among design aficionados. Rashid… Read more about this item

Milan: Skira, 2009. 319 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits; 25 cm. Accompanies the exhibition of the same title held 20 May to 12 October 2009 at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, and 17 September 2010 to 20 February 2011 at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami Beach. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. "Looks at the pivotal role… Read more about this item

Bonn: Inter Nationes, 1988. 114 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. English Edition. Translation of: Kunst heute in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. "An introduction to the ideas, styles, and methods of a number of contemporary German artists in a variety of media is presented. The essays, each containing reproductions of art works… Read more about this item

Potsdam, Germany: H .F. Ullmann, 2013. Cloth, 639 pages, illustrations (some colour), facsimiles; 30 cm. English Edition. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "80 years after its inception, the Bauhaus style still emanates vitality. This volume provides insight into the historical, cultural, philosophical, political and pedagogical… Read more about this item

New York: Brooklyn Museum of Art; Harry N. Abrams, 2001. 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated (237 illustrations, including 107 plates in full colour). Focuses on organic, "vital" design at mid-century, and breakthroughs in atomic physics and modern science. "From the TWA… Read more about this item

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011. 432 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine bumped at the crown. Dust jacket, crimped a little in the corresponding area, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "This perceptive, wide-ranging book surveys the applied arts and industrial design from the… Read more about this item

New York: Allworth Press, 2003. xi, 243 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "This pioneering guide traces the entire history of industrial design, industrialization, and mass production from 1850 until today. Sixty comprehensive essays written by designers, theorists, advertisers, historians, and curators detail the most crucial movements, issues, and accomplishments of industrial design. They combine… Read more about this item

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. vi, 154 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. "This text provides an introduction to three-dimensional design, the importance of forms and objects in space. It covers areas of problem solving - form/plane/space relationships. Of equal importance is its coverage of functional, cultural… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1995. 287 pagesm chiefly illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Text in Japanese. Catalogue of exhibitions held at Meguro-ku Bijutsukan and three other venues from April to November, 1995. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987. 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Stated First American Edition. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: MetroBooks, 1999. Cloth, 120 pages, colour illustrations; 30 x 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Warsaw: Adam Mickiewicz Institute, 2013. Pictorial boards, 294 pages, colour illustrations, portraits; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Dalton Watson; Distributed in the USA by Motorbooks International, 1973. Cloth, 207 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket worn at extremities.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire: Bookmarque Publishing, 1990. Cloth, 112 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, tiny red stain/p.79. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Atlanta and New York: High Museum of Art; Rizzoli, 2010. Cloth, 144 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 x 32 cm. Principal photography by Peter Harholdt. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, March 21 to June 20, 2010. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly… Read more about this item

Hamilton, NY and Cambridge, MA: Gallery Association of New York State; MIT Press, 1983. 96 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. This book accompanies an exhibition circulated by the Gallery Association of New York State. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. "This survey of his work establishes Wright as the designer who was most responsible… Read more about this item

St. Paul, MN: Motorbooks International, 2004. Cloth, 239 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "When a motorcycle has been built from the ground up, stripped of anything not needed for speed, power, and striking looks, and draped in… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1985. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 20 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Another copy available. CONTENTS: 1. A style for the age; 2. Art Nouveau; 3. New Impetus from England; 4. Art and Industry; 5. Towards the International style.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1989. Cloth, 120 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority, by international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This . . . book introduces us to some of the most sublime, outrageous and exotic teapots ever to… Read more about this item

New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1998. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.