sheldon cheney martha (7 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. first edition. cover shows minor wear and rubbing. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First reprint of an edition originally published in 1936 by Whittlesey House. 7.25" x 9.25" hardcover book in black cloth boards with silver titling to front and spine. No dustjacket. 307pp illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked. Book in protective mylar covering. Corners sharp, tiny bit of rubbing to rear and traces of wear to silver titling which remains very bright. Binding sound if rather limber, especially at first signature. Rectangular sticker ghost to front free endpaper, quite subtle. Page interiors bright, a modicum of age-toning to page block. Overall very good condition of this early attempt to define and lay out the aesthetic principles and historical significance of the rise of industrial design.

Hardcover book. Zustand: Very good condition. Second Printing. A book that describes and defines Industrial Design as a new art form. 8vo, 307pp, black cloth with silver titles on front and spine. Covers dusty, spine ends worn, internally clean and bright.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A smart second printing of this copiously illustrated account of industrial art. The second printing of the work.In publisher's original half cloth binding.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and an abundance of in text illustrations throughout.A work by Sheldon Cheney, one of the most significant pro-modernist theatre and art critics of the early twentieth century, and Martha Candler Cheney.A volume created after an intensive study of industrial design, with a background of the art and industry, as well as chapters on areas such as trains, ships, and streamlines. In publisher's original half cloth binding. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Light rubbing to boards. Library book plate to front paste down, with a library pocket and barcode to rear paste down. Stamp to front free endpaper. Archival reinforcements to hinges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Blind stamp to title page. Stamp to preface. Very Good. book.

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. A handsome copy of the 1936 stated 2nd printing of this major examination of 20th century Industrial Design in America. Clean and Near Fine in its dark boards, with bright, unrubbed titling at the front panel and spine. Thick octavo, generous black-and-white photographs throughout.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth stamped in silver. Small quarto. 307pp. No dust jacket. Illustrated. A pioneering analysis of industrial design in the mid 1930s by the noted author and art historian and his wife. A very good copy with some light rubbing and spotting to the covers and some wear to the spine tips. The text is very good with some light soiling and wear. Scarce. Foreign postage extra on this heavy book.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good +. First Edition. A sharp, very presentable copy of the 1936 1st edition. Tight and VG+ in its dark cloth, with bright, unrubbed silver-titling along the front panel and spine. Very light blotching at the rear panel, otherwise clean as could be. Internally, free of any markings or writing as well. Octavo, showcases the work of giants in the field such as Otto Kuhler, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Henry Dreyfuss, Frederick Kiesler, Eleanor LeMaire, Russel Wright, etc.