Design / Furniture from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum, 1996. Cloth, 133 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. Bamboo furniture. . 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Santa Barbara, CA, and Seattle, WA: University Art Museum, University of California Santa Barbara; University of Washington Press, 2003. Cloth, 188 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "A survey of Paul Tuttle's 50 year career, primarily as a furniture designer, showcasing more than 60 examples of seating &… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1976. Cloth, xv, 592 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Reprint of the 1881 edition published by Holtzapffel, London, which was issued as volume 4 of Turning and Mechanical Manipulation, by C. Holtzapffel. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible titles), protected in a mylar cover. .… Read more about this item

Munich, London, and New York: Prestel, 2001. 1 volume (unpaged), chiefly illustrations; 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Portrait photography of celebrities sitting on designer chairs. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2010. 51 pages, colour illustrations; 27 cm. Sale number 17753. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lots 5000-5975 [20th Century and Contemporary Designer Furnishings by Michael Taylor Designs, lots 5587-5603]. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1979. xx, [1], 232 pages, [8] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Published in association with an exhibition originated by Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Dust spotting/top edge. Clean inside copy. CONTENTS: The development of ornament;… Read more about this item

New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Series, 2001. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm.. Tight, clean copy. "Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, has given rise to some of the most spectacular creations of human imagination and skill. Although the modernist emphasis on unadorned form pushed ornament to the margins of Western taste in the twentieth century,… Read more about this item

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987. Cloth, 256 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First American edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: A Matter of Style; A. W. N. Pugin; William Burges; Geometric Gothic; From 'Nankin' to Bedford Park; Morris and Company;… Read more about this item

Munich and New York: Prestel, 1989. Cloth, 271 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

Hong Kong: Yungmingtang, 1998. 188 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Text in English and Chinese. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore, 1998. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Clean inside copy.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Boston, New York, Toronto, London: Little, Brown and Company; A Bulfinch Press Book, 1995. Cloth, ix, 195 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. With special photography by Alex McLean. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1996. Cloth, 192 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. SIGNED. Boldly signed by the author David Linley on the title page, no dedication. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Extraordinary Furniture presents some… Read more about this item

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.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. Cloth, 303 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. With 180 illustrations in half-tone and line. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. First American Edition. Dust jacket, with toned flaps, protected in a mylar cover.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Abrams; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2008. 222 pages, colour illustrations; 32 cm. Principal photography by Durston Saylor. Near fine. 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. "This comprehensive, hands-on guide to interior design from Cullman &… Read more about this item

New York: Collier Books, 1976. xiii, 128 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Photographs by David Cox and Boguslaw Kapusto. Firm binding, unmarked. Age toning, edges & endpapers lightly soiled.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1966. 20 pages, [219] pages of plates, illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "Unabridged republication of the third edition (1762) of Thomas Chippendale's catalogue of furniture designs, representing prevailing furniture styles, particularly French (Louis XV), Gothic, and Chinese-manner pieces.… Read more about this item

New York: Christie's, 1996. Cloth, 226 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Auction held in New York, Thursday, September 19, 1996. Sale code: 8468. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Tiny red ink mark/top edge, age toning. Sale results laid in. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. 107 lots.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Cologne: Taschen, 2015. 2 volumes (719 pages), colour illustrations; 33 cm. Text in English, German, French. Both volumes in fine condition. Large-format edition. Dust jackets protected in mylar covers. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, 1987. Pictorial boards, 59 pages, chiefly colour illustrations, maps; 21 cm. Exhibition held at the Craft & Folk Art Museum, March 24 to April 12, 1987. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. CONTENTS: Acknowledgements, by Nathan H. Shapira; Foreword, by Patrick H. Ela; The culture of work, by Gianni Bravo;… Read more about this item