5 illustrated volumes. Various sizes and bindings. First Editions. Three of the volumes feature the artwork of John Vassos whose career as an American industrial designer and artist helped define the shape of radio, television, broadcasting equipment, and computers for the Radio Corporation of America for almost four decades. Includes: Erte. Text by Roland Barthes. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates. (Folio) printed on blue handmade Fabriano paper. Gilt-stamped black silk cloth, mounted cover illustration, ornately gilt on front cover and spine, black clam shell box. very good or better. No. 1236 of 2000 copies. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Savinio, Alberto. Isadora Duncan. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates. (Folio) printed on blue handmade Fabriano paper. Gilt-stamped black silk cloth, mounted cover illustration, ornately gilt on front cover and spine, black clam shell box. Some wear to box; volume near fine. No. 814 of 3000 copies. Signed by Ricci at the limitation. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1979. Vassos, John. Contempo: This American Tempo. Text by Ruth Vassos. Illustrated with numerous b&w plates. (4to) blue cloth decorated in silver. Wear and rubbing to cloth, bump to top corner; rear hinge cracked; about very good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1929. Vassos, John and Ruth. Ultimo: An Imaginative Narration of Life Under the Earth with Projections by John Vassos and the Text by Ruth Vassos. Frontispiece, black & white plates by John Vassos. Red cloth decorated in gilt, black and white. Some wear and soiling to cloth; toning to interior; very good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930. Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Illustrated by John Vassos. Cloth and boards. Some wear and staining; hinges cracked, toning; good or better. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1928.
5 illustrated volumes. Various sizes and bindings. First Editions. Three of the volumes feature the artwork of John Vassos whose career as an American industrial designer and artist helped define the shape of radio, television, broadcasting equipment, and computers for the Radio Corporation of America for almost four decades. Includes: Erte. Text by Roland Barthes. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates. (Folio) printed on blue handmade Fabriano paper. Gilt-stamped black silk cloth, mounted cover illustration, ornately gilt on front cover and spine, black clam shell box. very good or better. No. 1236 of 2000 copies. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1972. Savinio, Alberto. Isadora Duncan. Illustrated with numerous mounted color plates. (Folio) printed on blue handmade Fabriano paper. Gilt-stamped black silk cloth, mounted cover illustration, ornately gilt on front cover and spine, black clam shell box. Some wear to box; volume near fine. No. 814 of 3000 copies. Signed by Ricci at the limitation. Parma: Franco Maria Ricci, 1979. Vassos, John. Contempo: This American Tempo. Text by Ruth Vassos. Illustrated with numerous b&w plates. (4to) blue cloth decorated in silver. Wear and rubbing to cloth, bump to top corner; rear hinge cracked; about very good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1929. Vassos, John and Ruth. Ultimo: An Imaginative Narration of Life Under the Earth with Projections by John Vassos and the Text by Ruth Vassos. Frontispiece, black & white plates by John Vassos. Red cloth decorated in gilt, black and white. Some wear and soiling to cloth; toning to interior; very good. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1930. Wilde, Oscar. The Ballad of Reading Gaol. Illustrated by John Vassos. Cloth and boards. Some wear and staining; hinges cracked, toning; good or better. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 1928.
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