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The Ramones , Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, The New York Dolls and Lou Reed, amongst others. This is the scarcer<br />

English Language edition <strong>of</strong> this title. It was in parallel published in Dutch. [ 18248 ] £75<br />

Design ideas in the 60s, 70s and 80s and their<br />

precursors<br />

35. (ARCHITECTURAL PRESS) Your Inheritance - Uncomic Strip Architectural Press nd c1941 Unpaginated<br />

c80pp. Small 8vo. Decorated wrappers. Very good copy. Also advertises a competition (1940) run by the<br />

Housing Centre for ideas on improving the state <strong>of</strong> the environment in Britain. Attractive item from the<br />

authors <strong>of</strong> the Architectural Review although none are named directly. The subject <strong>of</strong> the uncomic strip is a<br />

piece <strong>of</strong> land aimed at indicating the future <strong>of</strong> the Countryside. [18014] £30<br />

36. CARDINAL, Roger. <strong>Out</strong>sider Art<br />

London Studio Vista 1972 192pp illustrated with colour and b/w plates. Small 4to. Good<br />

copy in rather worn and chipped dust wrapper which has ancient sellotape stains on<br />

underside <strong>of</strong> dust wrapper. Some minor foxing to prelims. A few pencil margin<br />

annotations. Introductory text and then chapters on known artists outside culture<br />

including Adolf Woolfi, Clarence Schmidt and many others. Cardinal was writing<br />

primarily about extremely marginalized European artists: psychotics, mediums, and<br />

eccentrics but the book essentially champions Art Brut . (Raw Art). When published it<br />

was effectively the first assessment <strong>of</strong> artists working outside the art historical<br />

conditioned environment. [ref: 18325 ] £68<br />

37. CELANT, Germano. (author) GOLDBERT, Roalee. (editor) Record as<br />

Artwork 1959-1973<br />

London Royal College <strong>of</strong> Art nd 1973 unpaginated. c28pp, still card<br />

wrappers - form <strong>of</strong> book as an EP record. 175x175mm. Possibly the first<br />

publication about artists records [ 18302 ] £35<br />

38. (CEMA: COUNCIL FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MUSIC AND THE<br />

ARTS) Design at Home. Lund, Humphries, 26pp, b/w illus. Long 8vo.<br />

Wrappers. Covers a bit foxed and dusty but still a good item.<br />

Introduction by Noel Carrington A catalogue to accompany the exhibition<br />

<strong>of</strong> Furniture and Furnishing, 'Design at Home', organised for C.E.M.A. [<br />

18252 ] £18<br />

39. COUNCIL OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Britain can make it: Exhibition Catalogue<br />

London CoID 1946 160pp decorated wrappers. Preserved in sticky backed plastic.<br />

Rusted staples. Essential guide to the exhibits in this pioneering exhibition. Held at<br />

the V&A opened 24th September 1946. Focused on domestic products, fabrics,<br />

glass, pottery furniture etc. Chief designer was James Gardener and this was an<br />

early commission too for Misha Black and the Design Research Unit. [18536] £40<br />

40. (CoID) RUSSELL, Gordon. How to buy Furniture Council <strong>of</strong> Industrial Design<br />

1947 32pp illustrated with b/w plates. The Council was set up in 1944 and this was<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the books which postdate the “Britain Can Make it” exhibition. Decorated<br />

wrappers. Good. [ 18270 ] £25<br />

41. CoID: NEWMAN, W. H. (Editor) Design 46 A Survey <strong>of</strong> British Industrial Design as<br />

displayed in the “Britain can make it” Exhibition organised by the Council <strong>of</strong> Industrial<br />

Design HMSO for the Council <strong>of</strong> Industrial Design 1946 144pp illustrated with b/w plates and<br />

line ills. Colour decorated wrappers. 4to. Sl. worn along edges and a little bumped on<br />

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