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London: Thames & Hudson / Wolfsonian Foundation, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out.Contributions by the editor, Wendy Kaplan, and then Laurie Stern et al, Elinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhalgh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett, Bernard F. Reilly, Jr., Irene de Guttry and Maria Paolo Maino and others. Checklist of Exhibition Objects, a List of Contributors, Photograph Credits, and Index. [6], 7-352 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

London: Thames and Hudson., 1995. 352pp, index, 417 ills (300 col). Or gray cloth in jacket. As new. Published to coincide with a travelling exhibition from the Wolfsonian, a Miami institution devoted to examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 & 1945. The book looks at the ways that political, industrial and cultural leaders have employed design in their programs of reform and their efforts to shape public opinion. Shows how design has been a vital tool in acclimatizing people to life in the modern world and helping to form a sense of national identity, particularly in European countries, through local crafts and vernacular buildings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition that ran November 11, 1995 through April 28, 1996 at The Wolfsonian in Miami and then went on to three other locations for additional dates. Preface by Peggy Loar. Essays by Wendy Kaplan, Laurie A. Stein with contributions by Immela Franzke, Elinoor Bergvelt, Paul Greenhaigh, Jeffrey L. Meikle, Irene de Guttry & Maria Paola Maino, Marianne Lamonaca, Dennis P. Doordan, John Heskett, and Bernard F. Reilly, Jr. Includes 400 illustations with 300 in color. An about good copy with some rolling to the pages from being improperly stored in a near fine dust jacket. A good reference copy. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. Cloth, 352 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published to accompany the inaugural touring exhibition of the Wolfsonian, Palm Beach, Fla., November 11, 1995 to May 18, 1997. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Confronting modernity: traditions transformed - romantic nationalism in design, 1890-1920; German design and national identity, 1890-1918; the decorative arts in Amsterdam, 1890-1930; the English compromise - modern design and national consciousness, 1870-1940. Celebrating modernity: domesticating modernity - ambivalence and appropriation, 1920-1940; forging modern Italy; a "return to order" - issues of the vernacular and the classical in Italian inter-war design. Manipulating modernity - political persuasion: political things - design in Fascist Italy; design in inter-war Germany; emblems of production - workers in German, Italian and American art during the 1930's... 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Thames & Hudson, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 11.3x10.3x1.3in. With 417 illustrations, 300 in color. 352pp 5.03lb 11.3x10.3x1.3in

New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson : The Wolfsonian, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in illustrated boards, in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description : 352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. Subjects : Wolfsonian Foundation Catalogs. Decorative arts History 19th century Exhibitions. Decorative arts History 20th century Exhibitions. Design History 19th century Exhibitions. Design History 20th century Exhibitions.