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St Andrew
s Church, Mells, Somerset stained glass window by William Nicholson
By William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer.
Category
1930s Used Designer Books
Materials
Mixed Media
MARY REARDON (AMERICAN, 1912-2002) Vintage 1993 LG Original Painting on canvas
Located in Palm Coast, FL
American artist who was a muralist, designer, and illustrator of children's books. Reardon attended Yale
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Avian Treasures from Buffon
s Natural History: Hand-Colored Masterpieces, 1837
Located in Langweer, NL
Animals" books. The designer of these beautiful illustrations is Édouard Travies (1809-1869), and they
Category
1830s Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
$142 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Plate LXXVIII Pears (Valley, Petit Russelet, Doyenne, or Saint Michael, ...
By George Brookshaw
Located in Fairlawn, OH
vocations as an author of drawing instruction books and designer of painted furniture. Perhaps they were
Category
Early 1800s English School Used Designer Books
Materials
Aquatint
Original Watercolor Artist Proof by Shan Merry Titled "Nevada"
Located in Miami, FL
Merry was also a designer for Hermes, published numerous books and catalogs, created illustrations for
Category
Late 20th Century French Modern Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Wadham College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
By William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer. In
Category
Early 1900s Realist Used Designer Books
Materials
Lithograph
The Last Snapshot - Minimalism
By George Giusti
Located in Miami, FL
the United States.
He was an artist, art director and designer.
He has designed for books, record
Category
1960s Abstract Geometric Used Designer Books
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Gouache
The Wave - Rare early 20th Century British print by George Sheringham
By George Sheringham
Located in London, GB
enthusiastic reviews in Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Used Designer Books
Materials
Screen
Art Deco Dry Bar Cabinet by Meroni
Fossati Gio Ponti attributed, Briar of Elm
By Gio Ponti
Located in Vigonza, Padua
of art books, designer and creator of objects, sets and costumes, organizer of exhibitions and
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
Materials
Walnut, Burl
Visit to the Bazaar - 1916 British watercolour on silk by Sheringham
By George Sheringham
Located in London, GB
Studio he had launched his career as a decorative designer, theatrical designer and illustrator. He
Category
1910s Realist Used Designer Books
Materials
Watercolor
Nevada
By Shan Merry
Located in San Francisco, CA
States. She was also a designer for Hermes, published numerous books and catalogs, created illustrations
Category
Late 20th Century Baroque Used Designer Books
Materials
Lithograph
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams (First edition)
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in New York, NY
, surrealist-inspired oeuvre of prolific Italian designer Piero Fornasetti (1913-1988). Published in 1991 by
Category
1990s American Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
"ESEMPI" Scarce Mid-Century Furniture Reference Books by Roberto Aloi
By Roberto Aloy
Located in Winnetka, IL
, jewelry and silver (volume nine). Invaluable reference books for designers, collectors and museums. Text
Category
1950s Italian Used Designer Books
The Furniture of Poul Kjaerholm - Catalogue Raisonne
By Poul Kjærholm
Located in Tivoli, NY
Matsumoto, one of the most respected designers of art books in the world. Printed entirely in black-and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Writing Table
By Jules Wabbes
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular rosewood top with a stainless steel base. Literature: Jules Wabbes Furniture's designer
Category
1950s Belgian Used Designer Books
Materials
Stainless Steel
$22,500
The Duke
s Doorway - Archival Ink Digital Collage Print on Heavy Rag Paper
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink
Orange Field - Abstract Archival Ink Digital Collage Print on Heavy Rag Paper
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink
Orange Gate - Abstract Archival Ink Digital Collage Print on Heavy Rag Paper
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink
Yellow Door - Abstract Archival Ink Digital Collage Print on Heavy Rag Paper
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink
Beavertail Breaker - Contemporary Landscape Sketch Archival Print
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil
Igraine
s View - Oil on Linen Abstract Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil
Small Hypnotic Wave, Canvas Sketch - Contemporary Landscape Archival Print
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil
The Impact Zone - Contemporary Landscape Sketch Archival Print
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Expressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil
Orange Field
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital
Yellow Door
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink, Rag Paper, Digital
Orange Gate
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Fisher Press in Santa Fe, Benson is also a critical and art historical essayist and the designer and
Category
2010s Abstract Used Designer Books
Materials
Archival Ink, Digital, Rag Paper
Double Ali Chanel
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Krylon Basquiat
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Jackie Comes to Life
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Audrey Chanel No 5 Blush
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Superstar Audrey in Veuve
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Double Trouble Marilyn and Superman
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Double Ali Fight Poster
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Uncle Sam
By John Stango
Located in Washington, DC
advertising, comic books, fashion designers, and mundane objects, is often visually removed from its known
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$9,120
A Fine Set of Seven Chippendale Mahogany Chairs
Located in New York, NY
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Philadelphia cabinetmakers were clearly influenced by the English designer Thomas
Category
18th Century and Earlier American Used Designer Books
$85,000 / set
Gouache by Italian Painter Leon Gischia
By Léon Gischia
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Populaire, where he was appointed Jean Vilar's official designer. He also wrote two books, Les Arts Primitif
Category
20th Century Italian Used Designer Books
FORNASETTI - Designer of Dreams (books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
important of Italian designers, who created a unique style based on illusion, architectural motifs, and
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Women Artists Designers Sculptors Bourgeois Gray Parsons Aycock Pepper S/6 Books
By Various Makers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A collection of six coffee table sized books of women artists. Covering a fascinating group of
Category
Late 20th Century American International Style Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Star Interior Designers. Book.
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
invaluable resource for interior designers, architects and students alike.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Used Designer Books
"Pierre Chareau" Architect / Designer Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a first edition of the monograph on the important architect and designer Pierre Chareau
Category
1980s Used Designer Books
Andree Putman: A Designer Apart
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Putman - a designer with her roots in the thirties taking inspiration from the likes of Rene Herbst, Jean
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Eileen Gray, Architect/Designer
Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
designer Eileen Gray. She was a self taught architect who designed and built 2 legendary modern houses
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Fashion Designers A-Z, Akris Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fashion masterpieces
Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Used Designer Books
Materials
Acrylic
$500 / item
Fashion Designers A-Z, Etro Edition
By Etro
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fashion masterpieces
Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Used Designer Books
Materials
Acrylic
$500 / item
Andree Putman, A Designer Apart Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
was one of the foremost designers of the second half of the 20th century. Her roots were very much in
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Camillo Bertuzzi 1819-1894 (Jewellery Designer)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a large volume which is dedicated to the life and work of this prolific Italian designer
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
"PIERRE CHAREAU - Designer and Architect" Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A large paperback book which was published in 1992. The book focuses in depth on probably his most famous design "La Maison de Verre" (the Glass House), along with other houses, furn...
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Fashion Designers A-Z, Stella McCartney Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fashion masterpieces
Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Used Designer Books
Materials
Acrylic
Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams - Mauries, 1991 Bullfinch Press - 1st Edition
By Piero Fornasetti
Located in Rochester, NY
Fornasetti - Designer Of Dreams - Mauries, Patrick w/ an essay by Ettore Sottsass - 1991 A
Category
1990s Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Arne Jacobsen Arkitekt
Designer by Poul Erik Tojner
Kjeld Vindum (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book follows Arne Jacobsen from the early years. It starts with a dream about the house in the future and about new ways of living and working. It ends nearly two generations la...
Category
20th Century Used Designer Books
Materials
Paper
Graham Greene, The Power And The Glory, First Edition in a Designer Binding 1940
Located in Hillsborough, NJ
Ltd., 1940.
Description: First edition in a designer binding. 1 vol., 7-1/2" x 5", bound in full
Category
1940s British Used Designer Books
Materials
Leather
Very Rare Bauhaus Brass Table Lamp by Franta Anyz for House by Adolf Loos, 1930s
By Franta Anyz, Franta (Frantisek) Anýž
Located in Praha, CZ
- designer: Franta Anyz
- publicated in books and catalogues
- original and perfect condition
Category
1930s Czech Bauhaus Used Designer Books
Materials
Brass
In The Field
By Lucien Pissarro
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
engraver and designer and printer of fine books. His landscape paintings employ techniques of Impressionism
Category
1890s Impressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Woodcut
Pergolese 2 - Painting, Acrylic on canvas
Located in London, GB
structure and mood. The interior is vivid yet peaceful: patterned rugs, designer furniture, art books, and
Category
2010s Contemporary Used Designer Books
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Impressive Oak Draw Leaf Table of Generous Proportions
Located in Cheshire, GB
introduced into England through immigrant craftsmen and continental pattern books by designers such as Wendel
Category
Early 20th Century British Used Designer Books
"Surf Glow, " Frederick Judd Waugh, Seascape, Waves on a Sunny Day, Impressionism
By Frederick Judd Waugh
Located in New York, NY
of the water and the smell of the brine. He was also an illustrator, a writer of children's books, a
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Used Designer Books
Materials
Oil, Board
A Challis and Taffeta Bustle Cage Fashion Dress - France circa 1880
Located in Toulon, FR
, a variation of the bustle that could be reproduced by wise seamstresses. Several designer houses
Category
1870s French Used Designer Books
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Used Designer Books For Sale on 1stDibs
An assortment of used designer books is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, metal and other, all used designer books available were constructed with great care. Used designer books have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Used designer books bearing Mid-Century Modern or Modern hallmarks are very popular at 1stDibs. Used designer books have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Chris Casson Madden, Hans Höger and David Hicks are consistently popular.
How Much are Used Designer Books?
Prices for used designer books can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, used designer books begin at $45 and can go as high as $3,950, while the average can fetch as much as $375.
Questions About Used Designer Books
- How were book presses used?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A book press was used to bind books with pressure. When a book is placed in the center of the press, the platen is lowered to firmly press the book to hold its shape. Today, book presses are a popular home decor choice for collectors and avid book readers alike. Shop a selection of vintage book presses on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertNovember 21, 2023Yes, many designer bags use real leather. Leather is one of the most commonly used materials in luxury handbag design due to its durability, attractive appearance and supple texture. Many fashion houses also produce bags out of other materials like cotton canvas, silk and satin. On 1stDibs, explore a variety of leather bags from some of the world's top boutiques.
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