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L'AMOUR Epigrams and Witticisms on Love

Mt. Vernon, NY: The Peter Pauper Press, 1957
Twelvemo. 61 pp; numerous color illustrations by Ruth McCrea. Decorated boards with dustjacket. VG / VG- minor edgewear and mild toning to jacket.
Inventory number #004185

Price:
$10.00

LE PALAIS DE FONTAINEBLEAU

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NP: n.p., n.d. (mid 20s) Oblong quarto. 24 hand-colored plates of exteriors & interiors, bound on tabs. Gray cloth with gilt spine title, with original cover bound in. VG, bookplate neatly removed from front pastedown. Very nice plates.
Inventory number #003537

Price:
$40.00

Adams, John
LETTERS OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS 1762 - 1826

NY: Westvaco, 2001
Limited edition. Octavo. 134 pp; several color illustrations. Cloth-backed illustrated boards in slipcase. Near fine in near fine slipcase. Presentation slip laid in.
Inventory number #008614

Price:
$15.00

Amery, Colin; Hayward Gallery
LUTYENS: The Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944)

London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1984
Exhibition catalogue. Square octavo. 200 pp; 24 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; list of works by Lutyens; list of books in Lutyens' office library; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine.
Inventory number #006204

Price:
$100.00

Apollinaire, Guillaume
LE BESTIAIRE OU CORTEGE D'ORPHEE ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS BY RAOUL DUFY

NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1977
Reprint of 1911 edition, unpaginated, 30 full-page b&w woodcuts after the originals by Raoul Dufy with facing text; some additional vignettes are present in the text. Translation by Lauren Shakely. Near fine in near fine slipcase. Slipcase still has shrinkwrap attached.
Inventory number #001554

Price:
$50.00

Auction Catalogue
LA CREATION EN LIBERTE: Univers de Paul et Denise Poiret 1905-1928

Paris: Piasa, 2005
Two volumes. Quarto. 176, 205 pp; illustrated. Auction catalogue of fashions and personal effects of couturier Paul Poiret and his wife Denise. The first volume features color photographs; the second volume contains descriptions & estimates of the 532 lots. Housed in Illustrated paper-covered slipcase; illustrated paper pouch containing mini disk laid in. Near Fine in VG+ slipcase, short tear at one side of slipcase. The lots consist of dresses, coats, hats, shoes, lingerie designed by Poiret, personal objects of Paul Poiret, wallpaper & printed fabric samples, small furniture & models from Atelier Martine, and objects from his Rosine perfume line. Includes contemporary photographs of the Poirets at home.
Inventory number #008252

Price:
$295.00

Ballu, Nicole
LA PORCELAINE FRANCAISE

Paris: Editions Charles Massin, n.d.
n.d. (1950s). Quarto. 16 pp; 37 plates some in color. Text in French. Cloth with dj. VG/VG- some soil and wear to dj.
Inventory number #002043

Price:
$35.00

Bayard, Emile
L'ART APPLIQUE FRANCAIS D'AUJOURD'HUI: Meuble, Ferronnerie, Ceramique, Verrerie, Tissus, Etc.

Paris: Ernest Grund, 1926
Quarto. 317 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w photos; index of designers. Text in French. Tan cloth with green-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Backstrip worn, 3 1/2" split at bottom but holding.
Inventory number #002728

Price:
$150.00

Beard, James. Ed. by John Ferrone
LOVE AND KISSES AND A HALO OF TRUFFLES : Letters to Helen Evans Brown

NY: Arcade Publishing, 1994
First edition. Octavo. xvi, 418 pp; b/w photos; recipes; general index; food index. Cloth with dj. VG/Near fine, small dent in top edges, else a very good, unused copy. A selection of more than 300 letters written to his close friend and fellow chef Helen Evans Brown over a period of twelve years, from 1952 to her death in 1964. In the 1950s and '60s Helen Brown was the culinary authority of the West Coast -- Beard revered her, placing her on a par with M.F.K. Fisher.
Inventory number #001146

Price:
$25.00

Bernier, Olivier
LOUIS XIV : A Royal Life

NY: Doubleday, 1987
First edition. Octavo. 373 pp; several b/w illustrations; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. Near fine/VG.
Inventory number #001133

Price:
$25.00

Bradley-Hole, Kathryn
LOST GARDENS OF ENGLAND From the Archives of Country Life

London: Aurum Press, 2004
First edition. Large quarto. 192 pp; more than 150 b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine. The forty-five lost English gardens explored in this book are organised by region and they cover a wide range of period and style, from the late 1890s through the 1930s. They include the arcaded hedges at Muntham Court and Cleeve Prior, the topiary gardens of Brockenhurst Park, and Norah Lindsay's garden at The Manor House, Sutton Courtenay.
Inventory number #008659

Price:
$60.00

Braybrooks, Neville
LONDON GREEN: The Story of Kensington gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park & St. James's Park

London: Victor Gollancz, 1959
First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; color frontispiece & 48 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket, map on endpapers. Jacket lightly soiled and price clipped. The author tells the stories of the four royal parks that make up "London Green", and attempts to show why each park with its own character, has attracted a particular kind of person.
Inventory number #005994

Price:
$25.00

Brookner, Anita
LEWIS PERCY

NY: Pantheon Books, 1989
First American edition. Octavo. 261 pp. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, light wear to jacket edges, previous owner name on front free endpaper
Inventory number #007913

Price:
$5.00

Brownlee, David B. & David G. De Long
LOUIS I. KAHN: In the Realm of Architecture

NY: Rizzoli, 1991
Large quarto. 448 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations; list of buildings & projects 1925-74; chronology; bibliography; index. Paperback with dustjacket. Fine. Published to accompany a major traveling exhibition organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, it is the definitive scholarly and illustrative source for Kahn's architecture.
Inventory number #008694

Price:
$50.00

Bryant, Julius
LONDON'S COUNTRY HOUSE COLLECTIONS

London: Scala Books, 1993
Quarto. 144 pp; over 250 color illustrations. Paperback. Near Fine. This book features the art collections of four country houses - Kenwood, Chiswick, Marble Hill, and Ranger's House -- all built as suburban villas in the first half of the 18th century and opened to the public in the 20th century. Together they form one of the finest collections of Georgian painting and decorative arts in the world, displaying masterworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck and other Old Masters.
Inventory number #007735

Price:
$20.00

Charpentier, Henri & Boyden Sparkes
LIFE A LA HENRI: Being the Memoirs of Henri Charpentier

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1934
First edition. Octavo. 328 pp. White patterned cloth. Spine a bit soiled, a few light spots on fore edge, else a very good copy. Memoirs of the famous French chef who created Crepes Suzette.
Inventory number #005080

Price:
$50.00

Connolly, Cyril & Jerome Zerbe
LES PAVILLONS

NY: Macmillan, 1962
First printing. Quarto. 205 pp; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs by Zerbe. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+, jacket price-clipped. The pavillons were the small houses, or petits chateaux, built by the courtiers and mistresses of Louis XIV and Louis XV to escape the castles of their domains and the vast palace of Versailles. They were built by the noted architects of the time -- Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Le Vau, Belanger, and the rooms were filled with paintings by Boucher and Fragonard.
Inventory number #007656

Price:
$75.00

Cruickshank, Dan & Neil Burton
LIFE IN THE GEORGIAN CITY

London: Viking Press, 1990
First edition. Small quarto. 288 pp; numerous b/w & color illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book describes how life was lived in the modest town house during the Georgian period, and provides information about the construction and decoration of the house. The authors draw on a mass of original material, much of it based on London as the largest and first truly Georgian city.
Inventory number #008238

Price:
$125.00

Cruickshank, Dan & Peter Wyld
LONDON: The Art of Georgian Building

London: Architectural Press, 1975
First edition. Quarto. 232 pp; numerous b/w illustrations from photographs & drawings; map of Georgian London; bibliography; street index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. Pattern book and guide to the development, details & materials of Georgian architecture.
Inventory number #006537

Price:
$125.00

Dorat
LES BAISERS Precedes DU MOIS DE MAI Poeme. Compositions Originales De Brunelleschi

n.p. (Saint-Ouen): Eddis, 1947
Limited edition. Octavo. 137 pp; 23 pochoir plates, 18 color chapter-heads, 14 color tail-pieces, with text divided into 8 page sections, plus an extra suite of 23 single plates in folder. Text in French. Contents are loose, as issued, in the original chemise portfolio with glassine jacket & two-part slipcase with spine label. VG-/near fine/near fine. Slipcase has normal wear to the edges, splits are forming around opening. Inner slip spine and label slightly darkened. Portfolio, glassine, plates and contents are all near fine. One of 500 examples numbered 501 to 1000 (#518) with an extra suite of 23 plates.
Inventory number #003968

Price:
$500.00

Doria, Ludovica
LE BELLE CASE ITALIANE

Milan: Mondadori Edizioni Di Grazia, 1964
First edition. Quarto. 177 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Text in Italian. Red cloth with white lettering. VG. A selection of interiors of Italian villas, apartments and palaces. It includes La Malcontenta, Rocca Pisana, Villa Marcello, Villa Emo, Villa Maser, Montegalda, Villa San Bastiano, Palazzo Pallavicino, Villa Paradiso, Villa Necchi, Villa Ceriana Mayneri, Villa a Capo Santa Chiara, Villa Camugliano, Casale di Garavicchio, Ville Cassis e Capodanno, Villa a Porta Latina, Palazzo Pallavicini, La Gaiola, and many others.
Inventory number #006622

Price:
$50.00

Du Cerceau, J.A
LES PLUS EXCELLENTS BASTIMENTS DE FRANCE

Paris: Sand & Conti, 1988
Folio. 316 pp; 137 plates, many double page. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. NF/NF. This book features engravings by Jacques Androuet du Cerceau the Elder (ca. 1520-1584) of thirty of the most beautiful buildings of the 16th C., many of which have been destroyed or drastically altered. They include Vincennes, Chambord, Creil, Coucy, Folembray, Montargis, La Muette, Ancy-le-Franc, Gaillon, Fontainebleau, Charleval, Les Tuileries, Saint-Maur-des-Fosses, Chantilly, Anet, Dampierre, Challuau, Beauregard, Bury-en-Blesois, and others.
Inventory number #008381

Price:
$175.00

Dutton, Ralph
LONDON HOMES

London: Allan Wingate, 1952
Octavo. viii, 132 pp; approx 80 b/w illustrations; index. Original red cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, book is clean & bright; price-clipped jacket has 1-in. triangular chip at top edge of front cover, spine darkened. The author traces the development of the residential areas of London through 350 years. In each succeeding decade the new-built houses followed a different pattern, and were designed for a changing and improving way of life. - Covent Garden, Soho, Bloomsbury, Mayfair or Belgravia.
Inventory number #008058

Price:
$20.00

Eggener, Keith L.
LUIS BARRAGAN'S GARDENS OF EL PEDREGAL

NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001
First Edition. Quarto. 161 pp; b/w illus. throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Barragan considered El Pedregal - 1250 acre site south of Mexico City -, to be his most important project. Critics have described the houses and gardens there as a turning point in Mexican modern architecture.
Inventory number #006052

Price:
$40.00

Ferrari, Fulvio & Napoleone
Light: Lamps 1968-1973: New Italian Design

Turin: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2003
Tall quarto. 135 pp; 178 color photographs; indices of lamps, designers, and companies. Text in English. Paper-covered boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The author has selected 178 memorable lamps from 1968 to 1973, manufactured by 56 different companies and designed by more than 120 designers, from internationally renowned to unknown and forgotten.
Inventory number #008461

Price:
$350.00

Fisher, M.F.K.
LONG AGO IN FRANCE The Years in Dijon

NY: Prentice Hall Press, 1991
First edition. Octavo. xvi, 159 pp. Cloth-backed boards with dj. Near fine/Near fine.
Inventory number #001147

Price:
$35.00

Fox, Celina
LONDON - WORLD CITY 1800-1840

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press / Museum of London, 1992
First edition. Quarto. 624 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book provides a portrait of the city of London in a period when Britain enjoyed cultural, artistic, technological and material pre-eminence.
Inventory number #007572

Price:
$50.00

Francis, Raymond
LOOKING FOR GEORGIAN ENGLAND

London: Macdonald, 1952
First edition. Octavo. 243 pp; 103 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Blue gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. The author, a life-long student of the Georgian period, has selected towns and villages in which the Georgian style either predominates or is well represented. These include Farnham, Chicester, Brighton & other South Coast resorts, Bath and Bristol, Cheltenham, Winchester, South London, and many more.
Inventory number #008054

Price:
$25.00

Gallotti, Myriam
LES RIDEAUX ET LE DECOR DE LA FENETRE

Paris: Charles Massin, n.d.
Quarto. 76 pp; 8 color & 104 b/w photographs. Text in French. Original red cloth with black lettering in dustjacket. VG/VG, previous owner name & address stamp (small) on front free endpaper. Well-illustrated look at draperies, curtains and window treatments in a wide range of rooms and settings -entires & foyers, bay windows, glass doors, room separators, bedrooms, living rooms, trim & passementerie, modern or rustic furniture, mansard windows.
Inventory number #004980

Price:
$35.00

Gauthier, Joseph-Stany
LES MAISONS PAYSANNES des Vieilles Provinces de France

Paris: Charles Massin, 1951
New edition. Quarto. 263 pp; 462 b/w photographs, drawings & plans; bibliography. Text in French. Green cloth with gilt lettering in dustjacket. VG/VG, first & last page browned, one-in. loss at bottom of jacket spine, and a few smaller chips to top & bottom edges.
Inventory number #006254

Price:
$65.00

Gebhard, David & Harriette Von Breton
L.A. IN THE THIRTIES 1931-1941

Layton, UT: Peregrine Smith, 1975
Narrow quarto. 165 pp; 164 b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled. Gebhard, the author of many books on southern California, begins this work with what he calls the scene during the 30s. This is followed by 3 chapters on imagery and its uses in commercial, public and residential architecture.
Inventory number #005533

Price:
$45.00

Girouard, Mark
LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE: A Social and Architectural History

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978
Octavo. 344 pp; 32 color & 204 b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dj. Near fine in near fine dustjacket.
Inventory number #008604

Price:
$20.00

Girouard, Mark
LIFE IN THE FRENCH COUNTRY HOUSE

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000
First American edition. Quarto. 352 pp; 200 illustrations, most in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Using letters, diaries, inventories, books of etiquette, illustrations, and photograph, the author conjures up the days and nights of the original inhabitants of the chateaux and manor houses of France.
Inventory number #007817

Price:
$30.00

Green, Bert
LOVE LETTERS OF AN INTERIOR DECORATOR: Romantic Outbursts of a Bootlegger

NY: Frederick A. Stokes, 1929
Second printing. Twelvemo. 184 pp, illustrated with b/w drawings by the author. Illustrated boards with new cloth spine. lacking dj. VG-, corners lightly rubbed. Humorous book by Liberty Magazine cartoonist Bert Green. Great Art Deco cover. Love letters from "interior decorator" Mike to his girlfriend Marg. Mike's fee for plastering was $12.00 per quart!
Inventory number #002916

Price:
$25.00

Guerlain, Jean-Paul
LES ROUTES DE MES PARFUMS

Paris: Le Cherche Midi, 2002
Quarto. 135 pp; color & b/w illustrations by Marc Lacaze. Text in French. Paper-covered boards with opaque illustrated jacket. VG/VG, small chip at bottom of jacket spine & at bottom corner. Inscribed by the illustrator Marc Lacaze on front free endpaper. Jean-Paul Guerlain has chosen to tell his story in the House of Guerlain. Under his pen, we discover the history of the famous house where Jean-Paul Guerlain will emerge as a leading designer perfumer.
Inventory number #008117

Price:
$60.00

Guignard, V.
LA TOURAINE Jardin de la France

Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1910
Quarto. 25 pp; 10 photogravures & 10 drawings. Text in French. Paper covers. Light wear to covers, random foxing.
Inventory number #002149

Price:
$25.00

Hampton, Mark
LEGENDARY DECORATORS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

NY: Doubleday, 1992
First edition. Small quarto. 293 pp; many color & b/w illustrations from watercolors by the author. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. A behind-the-scenes look at the great decorators -- Elsie de Wolfe, Elsie Cobb Wilson, Ruby Ross Wood, Rose Cumming, Marian Hal, Eleanor Brown/McMillen, Frances Elkins, Syrie Maugham, Billly Baldwin, Dorothy Draper, William Pahlmann, John Fowler, Stephane Boudin, Jean-Michel Frank, George Stacey, Sister Parish, Albert Hadley, Geoffrey Bennison, Madeleine Castaing, Renzo Mongiardino, David Hicks, and Michael Taylor. Errata slip laid in at page 238.
Inventory number #008753

Price:
$100.00

Herve, Lucien
LE CORBUSIER: As Artist, As Writer

Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1970
Square octavo. 131 pp with 5 color and profuse b/w photographs by the author throughout. English text. Yellow cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #007639

Price:
$50.00

Hessling, Egon
Le MOBILIER de la RENAISSANCE FRANCAISE Collections du Musee De Cluny

Berlin: Bruno Hessling, 1910
Folio. 14 pp; 72 pp. of b/w plates of Renaissance furniture from the collection of the Musee de Cluny. Loose in portfolio boards with ties. ex-reference library copy with perf-stamps on all pages, otherwise a very good clean copy
Inventory number #004716

Price:
$75.00

Hillerin, Jean De
LES STYLES FRANCAIS : Le Mobilier

Paris: Plaisir de France, 1964
Quarto. 90, 90 pp; illustrated with b/w & color photographs throughout. Text in French. Simulated leather with gilt titles. VG Two volumes in one, as issued. Minor browning to edges of the heavy paper used for chapter heads.
Inventory number #003070

Price:
$35.00

Holdsworth, Irene
LITTLE MASKS

London: Seeley Service & Co., 1956
First edition. Octavo. 62 pp, illustrated with b/w photographs. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A charming tale of two Siamese cats.
Inventory number #003182

Price:
$28.00

Hornung, Clarence P.
LETTERING FROM A TO Z

NY: Wm. Penn Publishing, 1954
Quarto. xx, 153 pp; 116 full-page plates, with multiple images. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. Introduction by Frederic W. Goudy.
Inventory number #006289

Price:
$20.00

Hughes, Ted
LUPERCAL

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1960
First edition. Octavo. 63 pp. Purple cloth. VG with a touch of wear to top of spine. Collection of 41 poems.
Inventory number #007935

Price:
$20.00

Jenner, Michael
LONDON HERITAGE The Changing Style of a City

London: Michael Joseph, 1988
First edition. Quarto. 255 pp; profuse color & b/w photographs; bibliography. Hardcover with dustjacket. VG-/VG, 4 pp dog-eared, else a very good, clean copy. Jacket not price-clipped. The author demonstrates London's growth from its Roman beginnings to 1914, showing the forces that shaped its development, and the architects and personalities who determined its fabric. Photographs feature architectural details.
Inventory number #003160

Price:
$12.00

Jullian, Philippe
LES MOROT-CHANDONNEUR ou une Grande Famille

Paris: Plon, 1955
First edition. Twelvemo. 230 pp; illustrations by Philippe Jullian. Text in French. Paperback with original glassine wrap. VG to nearly fine.
Inventory number #008503

Price:
$60.00

Kaplan, Sam
LA, LOST & FOUND : An Architectural History of Los Angeles

NY: Crown, 1993
Quarto. 223 pp; numerous color & b/w photos; bibliography. Paperback. VG+. This well-illustrated book traces the changes in architectural style in Los Angeles, shows examples of notable office buildings, theaters, churches, and homes, and examines the city's unique qualties.
Inventory number #000561

Price:
$25.00

Le Blond, Alexandre & Dezallier D'Argenville
LA THEORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DU JARDINAGE. Ou l'on traite a fond des beaux jardins, apell�s commun�ment les jardins de plaisance et de propret�

Paris: Jean Mariette, 1722
Third edition. Quarto; 293 pp; 38 double plates (4 folding); index. Text in French. Contemporary calf binding with raised bands and gilt tooling. G++. Front hinge split from bottom to lowest band (2 inches), crack and some loss in top compartment up to crown (1cm), slight loss to toe, assorted minor defects as expected with a binding of this age. Some dampstaining to interior prelims near the fore-edge, not affecting plates, some ink transfer in later pages, again not affecting plates. Binding is tight, overall a very nice copy. 'This book, in which the methods of the great Le Notre (1613-1700) were reduced to a system, remains to this day the standard authority on the formal garden. It was written by D'Argenville the elder, under the instructions and supervision of the architect, J.B. Alexandre Le Blond, with whose designs, engraved by Mariette, the book is illustrated. The work is often entered under Dezallier D'Argenville as in the Library of Congress. The Berlin catalog lists the Paris 1713 edition under Dezallier, but the Augsburg 1731 edition is under Le Blond. The British Museum puts the Paris 1722 and the London 1728 editions under Le Blond, but the London, 1712, is under James...' Fowler [170]
Inventory number #002717

Price:
$1100.00

Marchioness of Bath, The
LONGLEAT From 1566 to the Present Time

Longleat, Wiltshire: Longleat Estate Company, 1951
Second edition. 52 pp; 6 color & numerous b/w illustrations. Paper-covered boards. Clear tape over spine & extending 1/2 in. on front & rear panels, else VG.
Inventory number #001922

Price:
$10.00

Marquand, John P.
LIFE AT HAPPY KNOLL

Boston: Little, Brown, 1957
First edition. Octavo. 167 pp; b/w drawings by John Morris. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-, 2" partial loss at top of dj spine, small chips/wear to dj corners. Amusing satire of the pursuit of the American dream - becoming a member of the country club to play golf.
Inventory number #002506

Price:
$12.00

Martin, Van Jones & William Robert Mitchell, Jr.
LANDMARK HOMES OF GEORGIA 1733-1983 : Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens

Savannah, GA: Golden Coast Publishing, 1982
First edition. Quarto. 279 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; appendices; notes on sources; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG
Inventory number #005781

Price:
$150.00

Metman, Louis & J.L. Vaudoyer
LE BRONZE Le Cuivre, L'Etain, Le Plomb

Paris: D.A. Longuet, n.d.
n.d. (c.1915) Folio. 22 pp; 80 b/w plates illustrating 777 objects; bibliography. Text in French. Loose as issued in paper-covered portfolio. Ex-lib, dedication bookplate on pastedown, minimal catalog notations on verso of plates, small stamp on bookplate. sm. list of yearly collation checks from 1915 to 1930 in pencil on title page verso. no other library markings. Portfolio lightly soiled with small tears to cloth and paper library label on heel, contents VG. Sculpture, candlesticks, andirons, clocks, frames, keys & escutcheons from Roman times through the 18th century. Second part of series "Le Metal". Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan.
Inventory number #004721

Price:
$150.00

Mitford, Nancy; Charlotte Mosley, Ed.
LOVE FROM NANCY: The Letters of Nancy Mitford

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993
First edition. Octavo. 538 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; biographical notes; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine; inscription on front free endpaper.
Inventory number #008016

Price:
$25.00

Nichols, Beverley
LAUGHTER ON THE STAIRS

London: Jonathan Cape, 1953
First edition. Octavo. 254 pp; illustrations by William McLaren. Two-toned cloth with dustjacket, illustrated endpapers. VG+/VG+, heel of jacket lightly chipped. The second book in Nichols' Merry Hall trilogy.
Inventory number #007397

Price:
$40.00

Nicholson, Meredith
LADY LARKSPUR

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1919
First edition. Twelvemo. 171 pp. Blue paper-covered boards with cloth spine. VG.
Inventory number #000235

Price:
$20.00

Oliver, Michel
LA PATISSERIE EST UN JEU D'ENFANTS or Making French Desserts and Pastry is Child's Play

NY: Random House, 1966
First English edition. Quarto. Unpaged, color drawings by Michel Oliver. Translation and adaptation by Charlotte Turgeon. Text in French and English. Laminated boards with dustjacket. Jacket has some edge wear & occasional soil -- overall an attractive copy -- vg/vg.
Inventory number #000730

Price:
$60.00

Oostens-Wittamer, Yolande
LIVING THE SOLVAY HOUSE

Brussels: Lebeer Hossmann, 1985
Second printing. Folio (15" x 11"). 30 pp; 5 color & 15 b/w photographs; bibliography. Translated from the French. Stiff portfolio with color photo on cover. VG-. Solvay House was designed by Victor Horta, and built in Brussels between 1894 and 1903. It was commissioned by Armand Solvay.
Inventory number #000862

Price:
$30.00

Page, John F.
LITCHFIELD COUNTY FURNITURE 1730-1850

Litchfield, CT: Litchfield Historical Society, 1969
Square octavo. 124 pp; 78 b/w illustrations; list of cabinetmakers; map. Paperback. VG, white covers lightly soiled, blind stamp on half title page. This exhibition catalogue features 78 items, including beds, chairs, chests, clocks, desks, looking glasses, sideboards, tables, and fancy furniture.
Inventory number #008640

Price:
$25.00

Plume, Christian
LE LIVRE DU FROMAGE Avec Le Dictionnaire Des Fromages Du Monde

Paris: Editions Des Deux Coqs D'or, 1970
Quarto. 315 pp; 100 color & 60 b/w illustrations; index of recipes & index of cheeses by country. Text in French. Green cloth with gilt lettering & decoration in dj. VG/VG, jacket shows minor rubbing. Well-illustrated book of cheeses around the world, organized alphabetically by type. Includes 60 recipes & section on matching wine & cheese.
Inventory number #000843

Price:
$30.00

Pradere, Alexandre
Les Ebenistes Francais de Louis XIV a la Revolution

Paris: Chene, 1989
First edition. Quarto. 438 pp; profusely illustrated in color and b/w; glossaries; list of ebenistes; bibliography; indices. Text in French. Cloth with dj. Fine/Fine. More than 60 of the principal ebenistes active in Paris between 1660 and the Revolution are chronologically presented with details of their careers, clients and production. Included are celebrated makers, Boulle, Gaudreaus, Latz, the Oebens, alongside lesser known figures such as Cucci, Poitou, Doirat and others.
Inventory number #008766

Price:
$275.00

Racinet, M.A.
L'ORNEMENT POLYCHROME

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot, 1869
no date. Folio. 60 pp, plus 100 chromolithographs, each plate followed by leaf of descriptive text. Text in French. Original gilt-decorated cloth. Rebacked - original spine laid down on new maroon cloth, starting to chip at bottom; tape between pastedowns & free endpapers & between following blank pages. Plates are clean & bright. No markings. Complete.
Inventory number #007064

Price:
$1200.00

Ramond, Pierre
LA MARQUETERIE

Dourdan: H. Vial, 1985
Fifth edition. Small folio. 237 pp; many color & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #007784

Price:
$65.00

Rousseau, J.J
LA NOUVELLE HELOISE

Paris: Edition Jouaust, 1889
Limited edition, six volumes. Octavo; 280, 200, 160, 218, 199, 215 pp; 3 engravings in 3 sizes per volume plus frontispiece in Vol I. Recently rebound in quarter black Morocco and marbled boards, raised bands and gilt titles on spines. Includes original paper covers & spines bound-in. All VG+ to near-fine. One of 125 copies printed on Holland paper, from a total printing of 175 copies. Fantastic set of this French literary classic.
Inventory number #002496

Price:
$200.00

Simon, Jean-Paul & Denis Soulie
L'ARCHITECTURE PAYSANNE EN PERIGORD ET SA RESTAURATION

Perigueux: Pierre Fanlac, 1991
Quarto. 207 pp; full of color photographs, sketches & drawings. Text in French. Illustrated hardcover. VG, short pull at top of spine, minor wear to corners. This book shows how to restore various farm outbuildings in rural Perigord using ancient methods of construction. Examples of the many types of stone buildings are shown in the color photos, along with drawings illustrating the various construction methods.
Inventory number #008386

Price:
$65.00

Stoeltie, Barbara, Photos By Rene Stoeltie
LIVING IN TUSCANY

Cologne: Taschen, 2005
Large quarto. 176 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs. Text in English, German & French. Hardcover with dj. Top & bottom of spine gently bumped, else Near fine/Near fine. A new, unused copy. The authors looked for the most beautiful country houses in Chiusi, Montalcino, Sartcano, and in the Chianti disctrict.
Inventory number #003580

Price:
$30.00

Tatton-Brown, Tim
LAMBETH PALACE: A History of the Archbishops of Canterbury and Their Houses

London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledg, 2000
Quarto. 116 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations; site & floor plans; bibliography. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The author chronicles the history of Lambeth Palace, and the other residences of the Archbishops of Canterbury, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon beginnings to the latest additions in 2000.
Inventory number #007987

Price:
$15.00

Vacquier, J.
LES ANCIENS CHATEAUX DE FRANCE. LA TOURAINE. Amboise, Chenonceau, Usse

Paris: F. Contet, 1928
Folio. 12 pp text, 39 b/w plates. Text in French. Loose as issued, in blue cloth-backed marble portfolio with ties. Some edgewear to edges of portfolio, plates clean and unmarked, in VG condition. A visual document of the exteriors and interiors of some of the grand chateaux in Touraine, as they appeared in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Inventory number #003576

Price:
$150.00

Various Contributors
L'ARCHITECTURE D'AUJOURD'HUI Novembre-Decembre 1946 no. 9

Paris: , 1946
Novembre-Decembre 1946, no. 9. Quarto. Approx 125 pp with hundreds of beautiful b/w illustrations, plans, sketches, etc. Original card stock covers. Near fine. Name of former owner in pencil upper LH front cover. The greatest architectural and design journal from the mid-century era.
Inventory number #003984

Price:
$50.00

Vellay, Dominique
LA MAISON DE VERRE: Pierre Chareau's Modernist Masterwork

NY: Thames & Hudson, 2007
Quarto. 160 pp; 83 illustrations in color and duotone, 3 plans. Cloth in dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The most celebrated work of French architect and designer Pierre Chareau. In 1928, Chareau was commissioned to build this private residence in an eighteenth-century Paris courtyard. Dominique Vellay, the granddaughter of his original client, tells here for the first time the story of this extraordinarily inventive house, an embodiment of modern building principles and methods. Its metal framework, glass-brick curtain walls, and sliding partitions and panels have made a remarkable impression on architects and designers worldwide.
Inventory number #007638

Price:
$60.00

Walker, Derek
LOS ANGELES

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981
Quarto. 176 pp; lots of color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG. This book describes the growth and development of Los Angeles, examines the variety of its architectural styles, and portrays the city's popular art and culture.
Inventory number #005277

Price:
$30.00

Wiseman, Carter
LOUIS I. KAHN BEYOND TIME AND STYLE: A Life in Architecture

NY: Norton, 2007
First edition. Quarto. 284 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations. Cloth with dj. Fine in fine dustjacket. This first in-depth biographical study of the brilliant but elusive architect who fundamentally redefined twentieth century architecture draws on more than one hundred interviews with colleagues, coworkers, clients, and family members is illustrated with many previously unpublished photographs documenting the uniquely American rise of a poor immigrant to the pinnacle of the architectural world.
Inventory number #004928

Price:
$60.00

Zaitzevsky, Cynthia
LONG ISLAND LANDSCAPES and the Women Who Designed Them

NY: W.W. Norton, 2009
First edition. Quarto. 304 pp; 20 color & 187 duotones. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. An in-depth look at the work of six designers - Beatrix Farrand, Martha Hutcheson, Marian Coffin, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Ruth Dean, and Annette Hoyt Flanders - as well as a look at a dozen other less-well-known women, focusing on the Long Island projects that constituted a large part of their work from 1890-1940.
Inventory number #007525

Price:
$75.00

Zinsser, Judith P.
LA DAME D'ESPRIT: A Biography of the Marquise du Chatelet

NY: Viking, 2006
First edition. Octavo. 376 pp; 16 pages of b/w photographs; extensive notes; bibliography; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine.
Inventory number #007686

Price:
$15.00