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Books on Modernism

Auction CurrencyUSD Auction Location1440 West Hubbard, Chicago, Illinois, United States In Person Preview16 March – 29 March 10am – 5pm daily

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Books on Modernism: Including Graphics and Related Ephemera

auction 30 march 2006, 10 am
viewing 16 - 29 march 2006, hours 10 am – 5 pm

Presenting a new opportunity for Modern collecting, Wright will be offering a vast library of books on art, architecture, design and photography. The sale will feature a carefully vetted selection of 20th century reference materials including monographs, surveys, posters, exhibition catalogs, photographs and ephemera. Also being offered are books from the Collection of Arthur and Betty Rubin, featuring numerous books and objects relating to Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot, and Jean Cocteau.
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Esempi Collection - 8 pieces150 - Esempi Collection - 8 pieces
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Esempi - Studi Librerie Scrivanie Roberto Aloi Editore Ulrico Hoepli Milano 1956 B & W Very good condition. Esempi - Camere d
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Start Price : 337.50 | Estimate : 450.00 - 550.00
 
 
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Domus Collection - 28 pieces151 - Domus Collection - 28 pieces
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Domus Collection Milan Twenty-eight various issues from the 1930s, 1940s and 1960s. <b>Shipping</b> Shipping for Books on Modernism wi
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Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
Sold to imdonewith.. for (350.00 + 70.00BP) = 420.00
 
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Domus Collection Bound - 12 pieces152 - Domus Collection Bound - 12 pieces
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Domus Collection Milano 1956-1961 Complete twelve volume hardbound set with issues from 1956 through 1961. <b>Shipping</b> Shipping
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Carlo Mollino Monographs - 6 pieces153 - Carlo Mollino Monographs - 6 pieces
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Carlo Mollino Elena Tamagno Testo & Immagine 1996 B & W Softcover Fine condition. Carlo Mollino - Chairs And Furnishings R
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece154 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Two vintage gelatin silver prints and one photographed drawing framed together. From the personal colle
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Start Price : 1,875.00 | Estimate : 2,500.00 - 3,500.00
 
 
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece155 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Three vintage gelatin silver prints framed together with Mollino's own notations in ink. From the perso
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece156 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Three original negatives taken by Mollino illustrating the model for Mollino's Casa del Sol in Cervina.
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece157 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Six original negatives taken by Mollino illustrating the model for Mollino's Casa del Sol, Cervina. Two
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece158 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Original negatives taken by Mollino of the model for Mollino's Casa del Sol, Cervina. Framed together.
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece159 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Three vintage gelatin silver prints with Mollino's own handwritten notations in ink. From the personal
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece160 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Four orignal negatives taken by Mollino for his own Casa ad Alloggi, Aosta. Framed together. From the p
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Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece161 - Carlo Mollino Photo - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950s Vintage gelatin silver print taken by Mollino with Mollino's own handwritten notations of his Casa ad A
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Carlo Mollino Blueprint - 1 piece162 - Carlo Mollino Blueprint - 1 piece
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Untitled Carlo Mollino Italy 1950 Original blueprint with Mollino's own handwritten notations in ink. Framed. From the personal collection
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Start Price : 1,500.00 | Estimate : 2,000.00 - 3,000.00
 
 
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Carlo Mollino Monographs - 5 pieces163 - Carlo Mollino Monographs - 5 pieces
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Carlo Mollino - Baut in Den Bergen Architeckturmuseum Basel 1991 B & W 25 pages Softcover A handsome exhibition accompanyment con
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Start Price : 600.00 | Estimate : 800.00 - 1,000.00
 
 
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Designer Craftsmen USA - 3 pieces164 - Designer Craftsmen USA - 3 pieces
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Designer Craftsmen of the West - 1957 M.H. De Young Memorial Museum San Francisco 1957 B & W Softcover Fine condition. Discoloring t
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Charles and Ray Eames Monographs - 14 p165 - Charles and Ray Eames Monographs - 14 p
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The Original House of Cards Charles & Ray Eames Ravensburger, Manufacturer 1952 Color 54 Cards pages Softcover Cards are in Fine
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Eames Chair Poster - 1 piece166 - Eames Chair Poster - 1 piece
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Charles Eames Galerie Francois Laffanoir Paris 1997 Framed. <b>Shipping</b> Shipping for Books on Modernism will be handled by t
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Charles Eames Photograph - 1 piece167 - Charles Eames Photograph - 1 piece
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PKW vintage gelatin silver print Charles Eames USA 1950s Framed. All notations are in Charles Eames' hand. <b>Shipping</b> Shipp
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Charles Eames Photograph - 1 piece168 - Charles Eames Photograph - 1 piece
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ESU-200 vintage gelatin silver print Charles Eames USA 1950s Framed. All notations are in Charles Eames' hand. <b>Shipping</b>
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Baker Furniture Catalogs - 1 piece169 - Baker Furniture Catalogs - 1 piece
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Baker Furniture Library Baker Furniture Company Holland, Michigan B & W Softcover Seven catalogs in original slipcase featuring a scarc
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Frankl Books - 3 pieces170 - Frankl Books - 3 pieces
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Skyscraper Furniture Catalog Paul T. Frankl Frankl Galleries USA 1930s B & W Softcover Extremely scarce copy of the original Skys
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Start Price : 750.00 | Estimate : 1,000.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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George Nakashima Monographs - 5 pieces171 - George Nakashima Monographs - 5 pieces
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George Nakashima Woodworkers George Nakashima Woodworker S.A. New Hope 1990s B & W 22 pages Softcover DJ Fine Condition <br
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Start Price : 262.50 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Herman Miller Pamphlets - 3 pieces172 - Herman Miller Pamphlets - 3 pieces
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Herman Miller Executive Office Group brochure Herman Miller Inc. Zeeland, Michigan B & W Scarce original catalog from the iconic maunfactu
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Start Price : 262.50 | Estimate : 350.00 - 450.00
 
 
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Modernism Surveys I - 23 pieces173 - Modernism Surveys I - 23 pieces
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Design 1935-1965 - What Modern Was Martin Eidelberg Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York 1991 B & W/Color 424 pages Hardcover DJ
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Start Price : 525.00 | Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
 
 
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Russel Wright Ephemera - 2 pieces174 - Russel Wright Ephemera - 2 pieces
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Informal Table Ware Russel Wright New York 1934 Uncommon manufacturer's catalog. Creases, wraps coming off. Russel Wright New
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Start Price : 225.00 | Estimate : 300.00 - 400.00
 
 
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Russel Wright Monographs - 5 pieces175 - Russel Wright Monographs - 5 pieces
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Russel Wright Dinnerware - Designs for the American Table Ann Kerr Collector Books/Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc. Paducah, KY 1985 B &
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Modernism Surveys II - 22 pieces176 - Modernism Surveys II - 22 pieces
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Le Dessin et l'Architecte - Excursion dans les Collections de l'Academie d'Architecture Les Editions du Demi-Cercle Paris 1992 Color 16
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Knoll International Ephemera - 14 piece177 - Knoll International Ephemera - 14 piece
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Knoll Design Eric Larrabee and Massimo Vigneli Harry N. Abrams, Inc New York 1990 B & W/Color 320 pages Hardcover DJ Very f
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Interior Design Surveys I - 20 pieces178 - Interior Design Surveys I - 20 pieces
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Design Heute Prestel-Verlag Munich 1988 B & W/Color 325 pages Hardcover DJ Furniture & Interiors of the 1940s Anne Bony
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Start Price : 900.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Interior Design Surveys II - 17 pieces179 - Interior Design Surveys II - 17 pieces
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A Century of Design - Insights Outlook on a Museum of Tomorrow Florian Hufnagl Arnoldsche Munich 1996 Color 245 pages Hardcover<b
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Start Price : 900.00 | Estimate : 1,200.00 - 1,500.00
 
 
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Manufacturer Catalogs Collection - 6 pi180 - Manufacturer Catalogs Collection - 6 pi
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The Herman Miller Furniture Company Zeeland 1941 Hardcover Wear to perimeter The Herman Miller Collection Zeeland 1955 Har
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Modern Chair Surveys - 17 pieces181 - Modern Chair Surveys - 17 pieces
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Thonet: Classic Furniture In Bent Wood and Tubular Steel Alexander Von Vegesack Rizzoli New York 1997 Color 160 pages Hardcover<b
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Modern Furniture Surveys - 7 pieces182 - Modern Furniture Surveys - 7 pieces
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Les Annes 50 D'Anne Bony Editions du Regard Paris 1982 B & W 571 pages Softcover Fine condition Classici Moderni - Mobi
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Modern Plastic Survey - 7 pieces183 - Modern Plastic Survey - 7 pieces
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A Plastic Presence Milwaukee Art Center Milwaukee 1969 B & W/Color 107 pages Softcover DJ Fine Condition Plastic as Pla
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Modernist Wood Survey - 11 pieces184 - Modernist Wood Survey - 11 pieces
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Wood in Architecture Finn Monies F.W. Dodge New York 1961 B & W 100 pages Hardcover DJ Fair-stain on cover Bob Stock
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Start Price : 375.00 | Estimate : 500.00 - 700.00
 
 
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Modernist Silver Survey - 8 pieces185 - Modernist Silver Survey - 8 pieces
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Art Nouveau and Art Deco Silver Annelies Krekel-Aalberse Harry N. Abrams New York 1989 B & W/Color 272 pages Hardcover DJ F
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Modernist Jewelry Surveys - 8 pieces186 - Modernist Jewelry Surveys - 8 pieces
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Bijoux - Art Deco Sylvie Raulet Editions du Regard Paris 1984 B & W/Color 341 pages Hardcover DJ Fine Twentieth-Cent
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Modernist Gardening Surveys A - 17 piec187 - Modernist Gardening Surveys A - 17 piec
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The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx Sima Eliovson Sagapress/Timber Press Portland 1995 Color 237 pages Hardcover DJ Good <
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Start Price : 675.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Modernist Gardening Surveys B - 16 piec188 - Modernist Gardening Surveys B - 16 piec
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The Garden Book Phaidon Press Limited London 2000 B & W/Color 512 pages Hardcover DJ Very Good Landscape Plants for Wes
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Start Price : 675.00 | Estimate : 900.00 - 1,200.00
 
 
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Modernist Ceramics Survey - 16 pieces189 - Modernist Ceramics Survey - 16 pieces
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New Ceramics Eileen Lewenstein and Emmanuel Cooper Van Nostrand Reinhold Book New York 1974 B & W/Color 224 pages Hardcover DJ
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Start Price : 450.00 | Estimate : 600.00 - 800.00
 
 
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Modern Glass Survey B - 12 pieces190 - Modern Glass Survey B - 12 pieces
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Venetian Glass 1920-1970 Istituto Italiano di Cultura Toronto 1997 Color 63 pages Softcover Fine Glas Glass Verre Vetri -
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Organic Design A - 1 piece191 - Organic Design A - 1 piece
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Organic Design in Home Furnishings Eliot F. Noyes The Museum of Modern Art New York 1941 B & W Softcover Fine condition. <
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Organic Design B - 1 piece192 - Organic Design B - 1 piece
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Organic Design in Home Furnishings Eliot F. Noyes The Museum of Modern Art New York 1941 B & W Softcover Fine condition. <
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Roberto Burle Marx Monographs - 4 piece193 - Roberto Burle Marx Monographs - 4 piece
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The Gardens of Roberto Burle Marx Sima Eliovson Harry N. Abrams New York 1991 Color Hardcover DJ Fine condition. Robert
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Scandinavian Modernism Surveys A - 16 p194 - Scandinavian Modernism Surveys A - 16 p
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Modern Architecture in Finland Asko Salokorpi Praeger Publishers, Inc. New York 1970 B & W/Color 64 pages Softcover Fine <
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Stig Lindberg Signed Monograph - 1 piec195 - Stig Lindberg Signed Monograph - 1 piec
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Stig Lindberg - Swedish Artist and Designer Berndt Klyvare & Dag Widman Raben & Sjorgen Sweden 1962 Color Hardcover DJ Signed
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Estimate : 700.00 - 900.00
Sold to decoray for (425.00 + 85.00BP) = 510.00
 
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Tapestries/Textiles Surveys - 7 pieces196 - Tapestries/Textiles Surveys - 7 pieces
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Design Quarterly Walker Art Center Minneapolis 1960 B & W 56 pages Softcover Structure and Surface - Contemporary Japanese Te
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Scandinavian Modernism Surveys B - 17 p197 - Scandinavian Modernism Surveys B - 17 p
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Taend - PH Lampens Historie Gyldendal 1994 B & W/Color 304 pages Hardcover Axel Salto Konstindustrimuseet 1989 B & W/Co
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Norwegian Furniture - 1 piece198 - Norwegian Furniture - 1 piece
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Norwegian Furniture Norform Oslo B & W Hardcover This is the first major survey done on twentieth century Norweigan furniture and desig
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Twentieth Century Book Survey - 7 piece199 - Twentieth Century Book Survey - 7 piece
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Avant-Garde Page Design 1900-1950 Jaroslav Andel Delano Greenridge Editions New York 2002 B & W/Color 387 pages Hardcover DJ<b
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