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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.

Thames and Hudson, 1995. First Editiion . Paperback. Near Fine. crease to top corner

Fine with no wear or markings in a used looking jacket. Fascinating reference and choice of items displayed in full-color with lots of information. Large format. This price includes the cost of safe extra shipping via USPS media rate.

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.

First printing. Fine volume in an unclipped, sleeve protected, dust jacket which has some light spine end wear. This is an oversized volume. Priority and international mailings will require additional postage.

1st edition. 4to. 352pp. Colour and b/w. illustrations. E.ps. slightly affected by damp, fore-edge of title page rubbed. Original boards. Rubbed pictorial silver d/w. lettered in grey with 2cm. tear. Please note that additional postage charges may be necessary. ISBN 0500237069 US$21

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.

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. Size: 4to

First edition. Softcover. 352 pages. 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. A near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear. Signed and warmly inscribed by Wendy Kaplan on the front free endpaper to an author and curator. Uncommon signed.

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.

First ed. Fine/Fine condition.

hardback book in near fine condition,dust jacket is very good to near fine,crease on front flap

Thick, very heavy 4to in grey faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 352pp on stiff art paper colour plates, numerous illustrations in text, index etc CONDITION: An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (one leaf is creased from poor handling and has an associated, but very neatly repaired, short closed tear to the outer margin) in a very slightly edge-creased almost AS NEW Dust Jacket ] __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost._ __To see more of our books on Design type DbbDESIGN in the Keywords search box._We Ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

ISBN 0500237069. Hardback. Very Good condition book, with slight bumps to cover corners, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Oversized.

Thames & Hudson, London, 1995. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER. Thick, very heavy 4to in grey faux cloth, silver lettering to spine. 352pp on stiff art paper colour plates, numerous illustrations in text, index etc __CONDITION : An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW copy (one leaf is creased from poor handling and has an associated, but very neatly repaired, short closed tear to the outer margin) in a very slightly edge-creased almost AS NEW Dust Jacket. __NOTE Due to size and/or weight, shipping will cost more than price shown above. Orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost... __To see more of our books on Design type DbbDESIGN in the Keywords search box __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS

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. Size: 4to

New York: Thames and Hudson, 1995. 352 pages; 417 illustrations, including 300 in color. Essays from eleven contributors. One small closed tear on the jacket's back panel at the foot, otherwise fine.. 1st U.S Edition. Printed Paper Boards. Fine/Very Good. Square 4to.

With 417 illustrations, 300 in color. 352pp 5.03lb 11.3x10.3x1.3in

First edition. Hardcover. 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. Beautiful monograph with 417 illustrations including 300 in color. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.

London: Thames & Hudson, 1995. First Edition. Quarto. Gray cloth. 352pp. 417 illustrations including 300 color. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket One of the critical formative influences of the twentieth century was the response to modernity. In this struggle between modern and anti-modern forces, between progressiveness and reaction, design was a key element in the service of reform movements and as an agent of propaganda. This examines the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 and 1945

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. 1 Kg.

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. 1 Kg.

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.

A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. This exhibition catalogue contains over 400 illustrations (300 in color) examining the social, political and aesthetic significance of objects produced between 1885 and 1945. Documented here are the ideas and designs that trace the course of Western civilization and the contributions of design to the monumentous changes that have changed our lives. Topics explored include Romantic Nationalism in Design, Decorative Arts in Amsterdam, Forging Modern Italy, Design in Fascist Italy and Design in Inter-War Germany.