Machine Art by Philip Johnson (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Anniversary. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book has light wear to the edges and corners, light rubbing and smudging to covers with a hint of yellowing to the back cover. Aside from the items listed, this is a great copy that remains well-bound with bright pages that are crisp and unmarked.

Sixtieth edition. Softcover. Facsimile of a landmark show that ran March 6 through April 30, 1934. Features a brief text by Philip Johnson. Includes numerous black and white images. A very near fine copy in wrappers.

Paper. Sixtieth-Anniversary Edition. Very nice reprint 60th anniversary edition of the very scarce original edition of the important early Museum Of Modern Art exhibition on objects found in the home, office, factory and scientific labs. The catalog is about 100pgs. and illustrated with 397 sharp b&w photos of the objects exhibited. What is fascinating is that 1934 store prices are listed for each object. Also includes short essays by Alfred Barr and Philip Johnson. Fine. Book.…

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VG bright tight copy in publishers decorated wrappers. 120pp. Illustrated. Reissue. In 1934 the five-year-old Museum of Modern Art, New York, opened an exhibition of machine-inspired design. Some 100 objects formed the basis for this collection of new ideas in modern design for industrial, commercial and domestic objects. To mark the 60th anniversary of the exhibition, the Museum has published a facsimile edition of the original catalogue. The book includes names and addresses of manufacturers and retail prices of objects in 1934 currency. It illustrates such items as drill presses, turbines, toasters, tea kettles, billiard balls, clocks, chairs, microscopes and laboratory flasks. The divisions of the exhibition are: industrial units, household and office equipment, kitchenware, house furnishings and accessories, scientific instruments, laboratory glass and porcelain. ISBN 0870701355. …

Hardcover with dustjacket, unpaginated, very good condition, except light rubbing to dj with small tears along top edge; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Rare HARDBACK first edition. Leaves are clean and binding tight. Thick grey cloth boards are solid with no hinge issues. Raised plate frontispiece. Spine is a bit scuffed and browned. Grey boards a little rubbed and stained. Endpapers lightly browned. Profusely illustrated with photographs of everyday objects of the 1930s, with the names of their suppliers and dollar prices. An important record of this seminal MOMA exhibition, hardly ever found in the hardback first edition. Hardback. No dj. International buyers can get DHL Express delivery with tracking number, only takes about a week anywhere in the world, for an extra charge.Bargain price.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Museum of Modern Art (NY) 1934 First Edition, First Printing. Good minus in hardcover cloth binding (covers are soiled and stained, heavy rubbing along the bottom edge and some wear on the side edge as well as a chip on the bottom of the spine. Foxing on the boards as well as the end pages and also on some of the interior pages) in a Poor DJ (missing the rear panel and the front flap). A rare book in rough shape but still presents well all things considered. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates. The Museum of Modern Arts first Design Exhibition.…