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The Aesthetic Object: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Value, by E. Jordan. Bloomington, IN: Principia Press, 1935, 1st ed. Bumped corners. G+. $40 Agnoldomenico Pica: Con uno scritto di Pier Maria Bardi. Casa Editrice Mediterranea, 1942. Text in Italian. 173 years of diagrams, drawings, floor plans, and black-&-white photographs of the work of this important Italian architect, with biographical sketch and index. Paperbound in dust jacket. Previous owner name. Scarce title. $400 Architecture and the Spirit of Man, by Joseph Hudnut. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1949. First edition. $30 Art Nouveau, by Robert Schmutzler. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1964. Orange cloth with dust jacket, 322 pages. Beardsley design on front; Henry van de Velde wallpaper design reproduced on endpapers. Printed in West Germany. Dust jacket has some closed tears. VG/G. $45 Fantastic Architecture, by Wolf Vostell & Dick Higgins. Something Else Press, 1965. $60 The First Book of Drawing, by Louis Slobodkin. NY: Franklin Watts, 1958, first printing. Text pages are bound in reverse order. VG. $95 Follies and Grottoes, by Barbara Jones. London: Constable, 1953, 1st ed. Half-title illustrated in color echoes dust jacket illustration. 264pp with index, line drawings (31), and black-and-white photographs (17). Caveat: This is an irresistibly charming book to accompany a lifetime of dreams. Dust jacket repaired. G+/G. $60 From Bauhaus to Our House, by Tom Wolfe. NY: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1981. First edition. Text slightly expanded from July & July, 1981, publication in Harper’s magazine. A little classic, as is usually the case with Wolfe’s essays. Clothbound in dust jacket, VG/ VG. $25 Indian Silver: Navajo and Pueblo Jewelers, by Margery Bedinger. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1972. First edition, second printing. Clothbound, 264 pages. Illustrations, index, notes and bibliography. $15 Inside the Endless House: Art, People and Architecture, A Journal, by Frederick Kiesler. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1966, 1st ed. Personal journal kept from 1956 to 1964. Over 570 pages, with 30 drawings by the author. Dust jacket chipped. VG/VG-. $50 Lenore Tawney: A Retrospective. American Craft Museum, 1990. VG/VG. $50 The Pencil, by Paul Galle. Westport, CT: North Light, 1974. Cloth with illustrated dust jacket. 160 pages. The definitive book on pencil drawing history and techniques, with examples on every page. VG in near-VG dj. $100 Photo-Journal à Trente Ans, by Thierry LeFébure. Paris: Galerie du Jour, 1993. Paperbound, unpaginated. Black-&-white photographs. Inscribed on title page to Jim Harrison. $90 Sculpture Inside and Out, by Malvina Hoffman. NY: Norton, 1939. Signed first edition. 330 pages with index and many illustrations. VG. $80 The Stones of Venice, by John Ruskin. NY: John B. Alden, 1885. Vols. I-II. Illustrated. 431 & 396 pages. Blue cloth; sewn binding. $750 |