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DECORATIVE ARTS Official Catalog, Department of Fine Arts, Division of Decorative Arts

San Francisco: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939
Quarto. 107 pp. Catalogue of 968 items, with approx 100 illustrated in b/w. Paperback. Covers show light wear at head & tail of spine & along edge of spine. A landmark catalog of this period,
Inventory number #007834

Price:
$150.00

DEUTSCHE WERKSTATTEN-MOBEL

Hellerau: Verlag der Deutsche Werkstätten, 1935
Quarto. 80 pp; 75 pages of b/w photographs of German workshop furniture. Text in German. Wraps. Top right corner creased, front cover detached.
Inventory number #000999

Price:
$75.00

Ash, Douglas
DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ANTIQUE SILVER

London: Pelham, 1972
Octavo, 189 pp; b/w frontispiece; line drawings throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket.
Inventory number #007008

Price:
$20.00

Ashley, Merrill [Signed]
DANCING FOR BALANCHINE

NY: E.P. Dutton, 1984
First edition. Small quarto. xxxiii, 236 pp; numerous b/w photographs. Cloth-backed boards with dj. Near fine/Near fine. INSCRIBED to Fred Greenhill, fashion illustrator.
Inventory number #001683

Price:
$100.00

Baeder, John
DINERS

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1995
Revised edition. Oblong octavo. 144 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; index. Paperback. VG.
Inventory number #000853

Price:
$15.00

Bandy, Way
DESIGNING YOUR FACE

NY: Random House, 1977
Second printing. Quarto. 101 pp; color illustrations. Black cloth-backed boards with dj. VG/VG, jacket has small chip at top of spine, jagged tear & crease on back cover. not price-clipped
Inventory number #007474

Price:
$15.00

Bemelmans, Ludwig
DIRTY EDDIE

NY: Viking Press, 1947
First edition. Octavo. xii, 240 pp. Blue cloth with yellow stripes, with dj. VG/VG-, head & tail of dj spine & corners lightly chipped. A satire of Hollywood -- Dirty Eddie is a sleek black pig with a fat movie contract.
Inventory number #001745

Price:
$17.50

Borrel, Anne, Alain Senderens & Jean-Bernard Naudin
DINING WITH PROUST

NY: Random House, 1992
First edition. Quarto. 192 pp; profuse color illustrations; index; bibliography; sources of quotations. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. A blend of food, literature, art, and history, illustrated with vintage photographs, master paintings, excerpts from Proust's masterpiece In Search of Lost Time, and recipes from the novel revised for the modern kitchen.
Inventory number #008125

Price:
$20.00

Campana, D.M.
DECORATIVE DESIGNS for Decorations of All Kinds. No. 1

Chicago: D.M. Campana, n.d.
Fourth edition. Quarto. 24 pp, printed on one side only. Full page b/w line drawings; no text. Tan stapled card covers with blue decoration & brown lettering. VG, small, light stain on fore edge. Full of decorative borders.
Inventory number #006288

Price:
$30.00

Capitman, Barbara Baer
DECO DELIGHTS: Preserving the Beauty and Joy of Miami Beach Architecture

NY: E.P. Dutton, 1988
First edition. Quarto. 116 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; bibliography. Paperback. VG.
Inventory number #004950

Price:
$25.00

Christies. London
DUNDAS MASTERPIECES: The Property of The Marquess of Zetland and The 3rd Marquess of Zetland's Will Trust. 3 July 1997.

London: Christie's, 1997
Quarto. 67 pp; color photographs. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Auction catalogue of a pair of sofas and pair of armchairs from the suite designed by Robert Adam and made by Thomas Chippendale for Sir Lawrence Dundas's town house, 19 Arlington St, in 1765. Also a pair of Dundas commode made by Pierre Langlois.
Inventory number #006668

Price:
$20.00

Clifford, Timothy
DESIGNS OF DESIRE: Architectural and Ornament Prints and Drawings 1500-1850

Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 1999
Narrow quarto. 328 pp; 19 color plates; 167 objects illustrated & described; 82 text figures; index of artists. Stiff card covers with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Exhibition catalogue.
Inventory number #006792

Price:
$50.00

de Groer, Leon
DECORATIVE ARTS IN EUROPE 1790-1850

NY: Rizzoli, 1986
Quarto. 357 pp; 640 illustrations, some in color; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A comprehensive and well-illustrated study devoted to the neoclassic style -- French Empire, English Regency, American Federal, German Biedermeier. The author, curator-in-chief of objets d'art at the Louvre, looks at furniture, interior decoration, lighting, bronzes, pendulum clocks, vases, curtains, wallpaper, and carpets.
Inventory number #008760

Price:
$125.00

Diamond, William & Anthony Baratta
DIAMOND BARATTA DESIGN

NY: Bulfinch Press, 2006
First edition. Quarto. 272 pp; profusely illustrated in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine, a new copy. This book presents 24 of the duo's most spectacular homes and the elements that make them extraordinary: custom-made giant patterns on rugs, pillows, and upholstery, bold themes that run throughout the interiors, and decorative objects made by artisans and craftsmen.
Inventory number #004329

Price:
$55.00

Dickey, Page
DOGS IN THEIR GARDENS

NY: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 2001
Octavo. 96 pp, color photographs throughout. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #002212

Price:
$16.95

Drahonovsky, Josef & Jindrich Cadik
DILO JOSEFA DRAHONOVSKEHO

Praha: Vladimir Zikes, 1933
Limited edition. Quarto. 310 pp; 65 plates. Text in Czech, introduction and captions in Czech, German, French and English. 1/2 Leather with raised bands and marbled boards, front hinge rubbed, contents VG++. Catalogue of the work of master glass artisan Josef Drahonovsky, many fine examples, often several pieces per plate. Rare.
Inventory number #006802

Price:
$450.00

Draper, Dorothy
DECORATING IS FUN!

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1962
New edition. Quarto. 188 pp; b/w drawings by Gary Pizzarelli; bibliography. Striped boards with matching dustjacket. VG/VG. New material added and updated by Draper.
Inventory number #007765

Price:
$125.00

Ebe, Gustav
DIE SCHMUCKFORMEN der MONUMENTALBAUTEN in den Stilepochen der Zweiten Klassizirenden Barockperiode des Rokoko und Klassizismus

Berlin: W&S Loewenthal, n.d.
n.d. (1897). Band VII, VIII. Quarto. vii, 359 pp; 270 b/w photographs of exteriors and interiors. Text in German. Cloth. VG- wear to spine ends, small tear in center of spine. The decorative styles of monumental buildings in Italy, France, Germany, the Netherlands, England, and Spain in the 17th and early 18th centuries..
Inventory number #004180

Price:
$65.00

Fabretti, Raffaelo
De Aquis et Aquaeductibus Veteris Romae

Portland, OR: Collegium Graphicum, 1972
Octavo. 216 pp; illustrated in b/w, including 3 fold-out plates. Printed wrappers in matching slipcase. VG/VG, slight wear at corners of slipcase. Facsimile reprint of 1680 work by Fabretti (1618-1700). A comparison of the aquaducts and topography of Rome with the classical printed texts of the day.
Inventory number #003061

Price:
$30.00

Field, Andrew
DJUNA: The Life and Times of Djuna Barnes

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983
First edition. Octavo. 287 pp; b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Grey cloth-backed boards. No jacket.
Inventory number #007925

Price:
$5.00

Geller, Laurence
DO NOT DISTURB

Los Angeles: Volt Press, 2006
First edition. Octavo. 418 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. A new, unread copy. Inspired by personal experience, this novel is a fast-paced journey through the world of international hotels.
Inventory number #007861

Price:
$15.00

Gilbert-Carter, Humphrey
DESCRIPTIVE LABELS FOR BOTANIC GARDENS

Cambridge: At the University Press, 1924
Oblong twelvemo. 97 pp; 61 descriptive labels printed on heavy paper; written by the director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. This is a unique item as far as we can tell. Once a paperback, it was re-bound with heavy orange buckram and the original orange cover was trimmed and glued onto the new binding. This is sturdy, durable, library-grade work, we have several other items from the same group that are bound like this and we believe these bindings were a custom job for a collector. Overall, the binding has done a wonderful job of preserving the book and its cover, VG+
Inventory number #001267

Price:
$50.00

Greene, Sarah Pratt McLean
DEACON LYSANDER

NY: The Baker & Taylor Co., 1904
First edition. Octavo. 223 pp; frontis & 3 b/w illustrations. Dark blue decorated cloth depicting an open lock with skeleton keys in gilt, with gilt lettering on cover and spine, top edge gilt. Binding cocked, some residue from removal of bookplate on front & rear pastedowns, light brown stains on several pages. Front cover is clean and free of marks, gilt lettering on cover & spine still bright.
Inventory number #000459

Price:
$10.00

Hamill, Pete
DOWNTOWN: My Manhattan

Boston: Back Bay Books, 2005
First paperback edition. Octavo. 289 pp. Paperback. Near Fine - a clean, tight copy. New York native Pete Hamill has never stopped loving his city. In this memoir of his life there, he begins with his first sight of the skyline, from Brooklyn, when he was a boy, and goes on to walk the city's streets, from Times Square south to the tip of the island. Mixing history and architecture with personal recollections, Hamill conveys a deep appreciation for New York and an awareness that the basic tolerance New Yorkers develop toward each other is what holds the place together in all its staggering diversity.
Inventory number #007853

Price:
$8.00

Hentschel, Walter
DIE ZENTRALBAUPROJEKTE AUGUSTS DES STARKEN: Ein Beitrag zur Rolle des Bauherrn im deutschen Barock

Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1969
Quarto. 93 pp + 113 plates from photographs, drawings, engravings, and plans. Text in German. Original paperback with dustjacket.
Inventory number #006788

Price:
$95.00

Hillerin, Jean De & Roger Baschet
DECORATION DE FRANCE a la Campagne

Paris: Le Rayonnement Francais, n.d.
Quarto. 219 pp; profuse b/w illustrations, and some in color. Text in French. Pictorial laminated boards with a silhouette on the cover of an 18th-century image of two peasants and a cow under a large tree. White background lightly soiled, top corners gently bumped. Many, many examples of French country houses - constructing the new house, converting various rural buildings, and restoring old houses. In addition, each element of a house is illustrated with many examples - the entry (doors, driveways, gates), facades, roofs, gable windows, floors (parquet, carpet, rugs, tile, bricks); walls, ceilings, fireplaces.
Inventory number #007252

Price:
$75.00

Hinckley, F. Lewis
DIRECTORY OF THE HISTORIC CABINET WOODS

NY: Crown Publishers, 1960
Quarto. 186 pp; 172 b/w illustrations; appendix; bibliography; index. Blue cloth-backed boards. VG. Characteristics and applications of hardwoods - growth, structure, color, texture, grain, weight, cutting methods, veneers - in American and European furniture making.
Inventory number #003794

Price:
$35.00

Holme, Rathbone & Kathleen Frost
DECORATIVE ART. Volume 47. 1957-1958. The Studio Year Book of Furnishing & Decoration

London: Studio Publications, 1958
Quarto. 160 pp; profusely illustrated with b/w & color photographs; index. Gray cloth with gilt lettering. VG. Excellent examples of mid-century architecture, furniture, textiles, ceramics, lighting and art.
Inventory number #003387

Price:
$75.00

Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts
DALE CHIHULY : JAPAN, 1990

Tokyo: Japan Institute of Arts and Crafts, 1990
Limited edition. Quarto, unpaginated; full-page color plates; artist information; list of installations. Text in Japanese and English. Black wrappers, lacking dust jacket. VG- slight scuffs to covers. Deep rich illustrations of many of Chihuly's fantastic glass designs along with introductory text on each group of work in the exhibition. Limited to 10,000 copies.
Inventory number #003875

Price:
$25.00

Kammner, Walter
DEUTSCHE WALDBAUME

Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1934
Small octavo. 74 pp; high contrast b/w illustrations for the identification of trees, each listed tree has descriptive text, a silhouette of the tree and a plate of leaf and fruit details. Text in gothic German. Paper covered boards with inked titles, spine sunned, pages sl yellow. VG-
Inventory number #001330

Price:
$25.00

Kimball, Fiske
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic

NY: Dover, 1966
Quarto. 314 pp; 219 b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. First published in 1922, this book presents a comprehensive history of the evolution of American domestic architecture between 162 and 1825 in all states once ruled by England. Profusely illustrated with 219 photographs, floor plans, drawings & elevations.
Inventory number #008434

Price:
$15.00

Levallois, Pierre
DECORATION, Vol. 1

NY: French & European Publications, 1963
First edition. Folio. 322 pp; profuse color & b/w illustratrions. Off-white cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small triangular chip to top edge of back panel, tear on front panel next to spine; light stain on back cover, with matching stain on reverse of jacket (faintly visible on top edge).
Inventory number #006620

Price:
$85.00

Levallois, Pierre
DECORATION, Vol. 2

NY: French & European Publications, 1963
First edition. Folio. 317 pp; profuse color & b/w illustratrions. Off-white cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, light wear to jacket edges & corners.
Inventory number #006621

Price:
$85.00

Lockwood, Sarah M.
DECORATION Past, Present & Future

NY: The Literary Guild, 1934
Quarto. xi, 198 pp; title-page decoration by Rex Whistler, text illustrations by Robert B. Haberstock; chronological chart of decorative periods; bibliography. Blue cloth with illustration affixed to cover, paper spine label, in dustjacket. VG/VG-, jacket top edge lightly chipped.
Inventory number #005470

Price:
$45.00

Macleod, Dawn
DOWN-TO-EARTH WOMEN: Those Who Care for the Soil

Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1982
First edition. Octavo. xx, 186 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; book list; index. Green cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dj. VG/VG. Well-known gardeners - Gertrude Jekyll, V. Sackville-West, Margery Fish are included, as well as others lesser known - Caroline Hamilton, Theresa Earle, Ellen Willmott, Dorothy Hewer, Margaret Brownlow, Mairi Sawyer, Phyllis Reiss, Elsie Matley Moore, Cecily Mure, Enid Money and Betty Prentice.
Inventory number #000026

Price:
$40.00

McMillan, Patricia Hart & Rose Bennett Gilbert
DECORATING COUNTRY-STYLE : The Look and How to Have It

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1980
Small quarto. 224 pp; b/w photographs throughout. Cloth-backed boards with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #002220

Price:
$15.00

Miers, Mary
DOORS & WINDOWS: 100 Period Details from the Archives of Country Life

London: Aurum Press, 2000
Square octavo. 108 pp; fully illustrated with b/w photographs; list of houses. Paperback. Fine, The b/w photos are high quality, and show many close-ups
Inventory number #008298

Price:
$50.00

Monory, Jacques
DERRIERE LE MIROIR No. 217 Jacques Monory Opéra Glacés

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1976
Folio. 30 pp; 13 illustrations including 3 double page and 1 triple page (serigraphs?) loose as issued in chrome wraps. VG+.
Inventory number #002123

Price:
$75.00

Muthesius, Hermann
DAS MODERNE LANDHAUS und Seine Innere Ausstattung

Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1905
Second revised edition. Quarto. xv pp text, 216 pp of b/w photographs, some with floor plans. Text in German. Brown cloth with red lettering on cover & spine, along with decorative motif in black, and art nouveau designed floral endpapers. Covers somewhat soiled, spine title slightly faded. Former owner bookplate on front free endpaper. The photos are of German, Austrian, English, Scottish, American, and Finnish country houses and interiors. The architect is listed for each house.
Inventory number #008565

Price:
$160.00

Nelson, George
DISPLAY: Interiors Library 3

NY: Whitney Publications, 1956
Second printing. Quarto. 190 pp; fully illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings; manufacturers of systems; architects and designers; general index. Cloth. spine sunned w/ 1/2 in. tear at top of spine & 2 in. split at bottom; extremitites rubbed, part. ends of spine & corners; front free endpaper neatly removed. Text block is clean & bright. Features shops, show rooms and window displays as well as exhibitions from small shows to World's Fairs, presenting the original work of over 125 designers and architects of international note, including Herbert Bayer, Charles & Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Florence Knoll, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti, Edward Wormley & many others.
Inventory number #007641

Price:
$100.00

Otis, Denise
DECORATING WITH FLOWERS

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1978
Large quarto. 244 pp; profusely illustrated, mainly in color; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. Flower design by Ronaldo Maia
Inventory number #005252

Price:
$30.00

Patmore, Derek
DECORATION FOR THE SMALL HOME

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1938
Octavo. xii, 202 pp; 65 b/w plates. Burgundy cloth, gilt spine titles, VG, no jacket. Some light soiling to front cover, spine titles somewhat age-darkened, foxing to prelims and rfep, plates are clean and bright. "A practical book on interior decoration of the smaller home, including "the small country house." It deals with fabrics, color, lighting, and furnishings for living room, dining room, and bedroom...." Karpel E379.
Inventory number #002308

Price:
$75.00

Phillips
DIANE ARBUS: Hubert's Museum Work 1958-1963

NY: Phillips de Pury, 2008
Large quarto. 28 Lots, illustrated with full-page photographs. Paperback. Near Fine. Auction cancelled just days before over ownership issues.
Inventory number #008496

Price:
$200.00

Queant, Olivier, Roger Baschet, J.-Ch. Moreux, Ernest de Ganay, Jacques de Wailly
DEMEURES ET JARDINS EN FRANCE

Paris: Publications De France, 1953
Quarto. 246 pp, profuse color & b/w photo illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Printed fabric cover designed by J. Leleu. VG+, spine darkened. Features all types of country houses - cottages; houses created from an old stable, farmhouses, and mills, large vacation houses, and chateaux. Also examples of paths, entry ways, allees and pavement, lawns & prairies, trees & shrubs, terraces, flowers & plants, pools & swimming pools, and garden furniture.
Inventory number #007253

Price:
$75.00

Richardson, A.E. & Hector O. Corfiato
DESIGN IN CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. Vol. 1 Elevational Treatments

NY: Philosophical Library, 1956
Large quarto. 216 pp; hundreds of elevations; index. Original publisher's purple cloth with gilt-lettered cloth in dustjacket. VG/VG,
Inventory number #007147

Price:
$60.00

Roosevelt, Felicia Warburg
DOERS & DOWAGERS

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1975
First edition. Octavo. ix, 228 pp; b/w photographs. Cloth with dj. G+/G, dj soiled & chipped along edges. Intimate portraits of Diana Vreeland, Peggy Guggenheim, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Mrs. William Buckley, Mrs. Malcolm Peabody, Rose Kennedy, Mrs. Arthur Hays Sulzberger, Clare Boothe Luce, Marian Anderson, Lila Acheson Wallace, Louise Nevelson, and others.
Inventory number #000055

Price:
$8.00

Saylor, Henry H, ed.
DISTINCTIVE HOMES OF MODERATE COST Being a collection of country and suburban homes in good Taste

NY: McBride, Winston & Company, 1910
First edition. Quarto. 173 pp; well illustrated with b/w photographs and some floor plans. Pictorial cloth with image of Tudor-style house with reflective pool and flanked by two potted trees. Binding shaken, with break visible between a few pages, but holding. Background of front cover soiled, but image is clean and bright. Spine lettering faded but still readable. A practical guide to the design, construction & decoration of moderately sized houses, with over 400 photos of exteriors, interiors, and architectural details.
Inventory number #005497

Price:
$125.00

Schaefer, Vincent J.
DUTCH BARNS OF NEW YORK: An Introduction

Fleischmanns, NY: Purple Mountain Press, 1994
First edition. Quarto. 80 pp; b/w photographs & line drawings; glossary; bibliography. Paperback. A fine copy . The author describes and illustrates ten Dutch barns built between 1680 and 1800 in the Mohawk valley. Sketches and photographs by the author, who studied and photographed nearly 100 Dutch barns on the Mohawk River.
Inventory number #008354

Price:
$150.00

Schlesinger, Peter
DEUTSCHE MOBEL DES KLASSIZISMUS

Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1923
Quarto. xl text, 242 pp containing 460 b/w photographs. Text in German. Tan cloth with black label & gilt lettering on cover & spine. Ex-library copy -- bookplate on front pastedown, label glued to front free endpaper, perforated stamp on title page, call numbers at top of preface page; last signature sprung & oddly but strongly repaired, library stamps inked out on top & bottom edges. Overall a good copy, with all library markings confined to preliminary pages.
Inventory number #001007

Price:
$75.00

Schoenberger, Nancy
DANGEROUS MUSE: The Life of Lady Caroline Blackwood

NY: Doubleday, 2001
First edition. Octavo. 377 pp; b/w photographs. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, unclipped jacket lightly soiled.
Inventory number #007915

Price:
$15.00

Skinner, Cornelia Otis
DITHERS AND JITTERS

NY: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1944
Ninth printing; octavo; 167 pp; numerous illustrations by Alajalov. Cloth in an unclipped dj. VG/G++ edgewear to dj face and spine, closed tear on upper spine, 1/2cm chip over title, some visible wear to foldover. contents VG except for very minor foxing and previous owner bookplate to ffep.
Inventory number #002015

Price:
$15.00

Sotheby's
DECORATIVE WORKS OF ART: Furniture, Silver, Decorations, Tribal & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Rugs & Carpets

NY: Sotheby's, 2001
Quarto. 124 pp; 1198 lots. Near Fine, gentle bump at bottom of spine. Photograph of a George III mahogany library armchair on cover. Sale held February 13, 14 and 15, 2001.
Inventory number #008422

Price:
$12.00

Spar, Francis, ed.
DECORATION Tradition et Renouveau

Paris: Realites/Hachette, 1973
Quarto. 287 pp; profuse color & b/w photographs; index. Text in French. Cloth, lacks jacket. Near Fine. This sought-after book contains the work of many well-known interior designers, including Alberto Pinto, Gae Aulenti, Didier Aaron, Jacques Grange, John Stefanidis, David Hicks, and Francois Catroux, among others. Scarce.
Inventory number #007290

Price:
$650.00

Squire, Geoffrey
DRESS AND SOCIETY 1560-1970

NY: Viking Press / Studio, 1974
First U.S. edition. Quarto. 176 pp; numerous b/w & color illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The author gives a lively account of dress during the various periods, beginning with the late Gothic and early Renaissance, showing how costume reflects the same attitudes as those apparent in art.
Inventory number #001738

Price:
$35.00

Stalley, Roger, ed
DANIEL GROSE THE ANTIQUITIES OF IRELAND A Supplement to Francis Grose

Dublin: The Irish Architectural Archive, 1991
Quarto. xxiv, 214 pp; color illustrations;. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Wonderful watercolors of monumental and ancient architecture in Ireland as painted by Daniel Grose (c. 1766-1838).
Inventory number #001489

Price:
$50.00

Stavenow, Ake
DESIGN IN SWEDEN

Stockholm: Gothia, 1961
Quarto. 268 pp; color and b/w photographs throughout. Photographic boards with cloth spine. VG- faint browning to board edges. Broad survey of Swedish design and its history. Large section of examples of work.
Inventory number #005241

Price:
$65.00

Twitchett, John
DERBY PORCELAIN

London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980
First edition. Quarto. 319 pp; 79 color and 400 b/w illustrations; appendix; notes and references; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The author's copy -- bookplate "John Twitchett" on front pastedown. The history of the first century of derby porcelain, from 1748 to 1848.
Inventory number #002648

Price:
$95.00

Van Ravenswaay, Charles
DRAWN FROM NATURE : The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984
Quarto. 357 pp, illustrated with 95 color plates, 40 b/w illustrations in the text; bibliographic references; index. Hardcover with jacket. Near fine/Near fine. Joseph Prestele (1796-1867), a native of Bavaria, was one of America's first professional botanical artists.
Inventory number #003063

Price:
$45.00

Van Velde, Bram
DERRIERE LE MIROIR No. 216 Bram Van Velde

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1975
Folio. unpaginated; 3 original lithographs by Bram van Velde, and 5 color and 8 b/w illustrations. Text in French. Printed wraps. VG
Inventory number #002122

Price:
$150.00

Vreeland, Diana
D.V.

NY: Da Capo Press, 2003
Octavo. 195 pp; a few b/w photos. Paperback. VG, light crease to front cover. New foreword by Mary Louise Wilson, star and co-author of the theatrical hit Full Gallop, a one-woman play about Vreeland.
Inventory number #005564

Price:
$15.00

Vreeland, Diana
D.V.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984
First printing. Octavo. 195 pp. Red cloth with 'D.V.' blind stamped on cover & silver lettering on spine in dustjacket, pictorial endpapers. VG/VG, price-clipped jacket lightly rubbed, edges of inside flaps tanned. Edited by George Plimpton & Christopher Hemphill.
Inventory number #008795

Price:
$15.00

Waggerl, Karl Heinrich
DAS WIESENBUCH Mit 16 Scherenschnitten des Verfassers. (Insel Bucherei Nr. 426)

Leipzig: Insel Verlag, n.d.
c.1934 sm. octavo, 79 pp; 16 "shear-cuts" (silhouettes) by the author. Gothic German text. Decorated paper covered boards. VG. Book number 426. Rough translation = The meadow book with 16 shear cuts by the author. Island Books No. 426.
Inventory number #001335

Price:
$30.00

Workman, Liz
DR JOHNSON'S DOORKNOB and Other Significant Parts of Great Men's Houses

NY: Rizzoli, 2007
First edition. Square octavo. 207 pp; color illustrations & photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket in slipcase. A new copy
Inventory number #007717

Price:
$25.00