About this title: After the initial explosion of art deco in Europe in the mid-1920s, American designers were soon making their own contribution to the style. The illustrations in this book seek to demonstrate that a dynamic American tradition developed in sculpture, ceramics, furniture, architectural decoration, graphics, and virtually all the applied arts. Alastair Duncan explores the subject of American art deco, reassessing and putting into perspective the work of artists such as Donald Deskey, Paul Manship, Gilbert Rohde, Walter von Nessen, and many others whose vision helped transform American art and ...
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Binding: Hardcover in Dust Jacket
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780810918504ISBN:0810918501
Description: Folio. Internally clean and tight, light shelfwear and soiling to boards, Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket that is lightly edgeworn and soiled. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780810918504ISBN:0810918501
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. 285, (3) pp. There are two pinhead-sized holes in the jacket near the base of the spine, with corresponding indentations in the cover. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 1999-05-01
ISBN-13:9780500280935ISBN:0500280932
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780500280935. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780500280935ISBN:0500280932
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780500280935ISBN:0500280932
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 288 pages. (288 pages) an exploration of american art deco, reassessing and putting into perspective the work of artists such as donald deskey, paul mansh1p and walter von nessen. the illustrations portray the sculpture, ceramics, furniture, architectural decoration and graphics of the time. 502 illustrations, 233 in colour edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, London
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780500234655ISBN:0500234655
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 1st edition, large square 4to, 288pp, cold and b/w photo illustrations; authoritative and informed, comprehensive, an example of arts books at their best; VG+/Fine Copy in VG+/Fine DJ; NB This is a large heavy book well outside the preset postage tariffs; however for simplicity this item has been priced accordingly and no extra postage will be required unless buyer wants overseas sending. Overseas airmail, which includes Europe and the Republic of ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780810918504ISBN:0810918501
Description: Fine in Fine DJ. Tight, bright and unmarred. DJ bright and clean. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering, light grey endpages, frontispiece. 4to. 233pp. Illus. (color and b/w plates). Bibliography. Appendix. Index. From the library of noted architect and writer on architecture, J. Sadler. Sadler was prone to marginalia and laying in clippings and ephemera related to a given book's subject. The presence of marginal notes or marks will be noted above and are absent if not so noted. A very handsome ... read more
Description: NY: Abrams, 1986, first edition, 12.5 x 10.5 in., 288 pages with 502 illustrations, 233 in color; cloth, dust jacket, as new. Standard study of the Art Deco movement. ISBN 0810918501. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780810918504ISBN:0810918501
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, gilt, 288 pp., illus. (some col. ), biblio., index; 32 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, slightly sunned, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ABRAMS., NY
Description: First American Edition. Close to fine in a fine dj. (288pp. ) (A few light spots of foxing at top edge) 502 illustrations of which 233 are in color. (EB) read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. 288 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. ex lib. stamped inside. cover has a covering over side edge. Nice condition. fly sheet has been price clipped read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, NY
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780500280935ISBN:0500280932
Description: Very Good+ oversized paperback. Water stain to the lower right corner causing some wrinkling through the first 15-20 pages, otherwise pages and text are clean and bright. Numerous color and b&w illustrations. An attractive copy. 288 pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: THAMES & HUDSON
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780500280935ISBN:0500280932
Description: Written by an internationally acknowledged authority on the subject, this beautiful volume brings American Art Deco to life with illustrations of objects ranging from cocktail shakers to the Trylon and Perisphere of the 1939 World's Fair in New York. read more
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