Sheehan, Tom & Marion
ORCHID GENERA ILLUSTRATED
NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979

First edition. Quarto. 207 pp; 61 pages of color illustrations of 61 orchid genera; extensive illustrated glossary describes more than 200 terms; index. Green cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #001432

Bean, W.J.
ORNAMENTAL TREES FOR AMATEURS
London: Country Life, Ltd., 1925

First edition. Octavo. vi, 121 pp; frontis & 14 b/w photographs; index. Green cloth. Scattered foxing on a few pages, small hole bored in edge of spine, else VG.
Inventory number #001421

Swimberghe, Piet
FLANDERS: The Art of Living
NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1995

First edition. Square quarto. 231 pp; profusely illustrated with photographs by Jan Verlinde. Cloth with dj. Near Fine/Near Fine. An inside look at the art, decoration and architecture behind the ornate interiors and magnificent gardens of Flanders. Over 200 photographs explore homes and castles rich with history, as well as the living spaces of contemporary designers, architects collectors and artisans.
Inventory number #001368

Towne, Charles Hanson
AMBLING THROUGH ACADIA
NY: The Century Co., 1923

First edition. Octavo. 250 pp; drawings by W. Emerton Heitland. Pictorial green cloth. VG+, bright, clean covers & spine with no visible wear. Only defect is occasional faint spotting on covers; no markings inside the book.
Inventory number #001274

Gilbert-Carter, Humphrey
DESCRIPTIVE LABELS FOR BOTANIC GARDENS
Cambridge: University Press, 1924

First edition. Oblong 12mo. 79 pp; 61 descriptive labels written by the author, the director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden. Rebound in orange cloth with original orange printed cover pasted on front cover. VG+, a bright, unmarked copy; original paper cover gently soiled. Originally a paperback, this book was re-bound with heavy orange buckram and the original orange cover was trimmed and glued onto the new binding. Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884-1969), botanist, philologist, author, and lecturer, was an Economic Botanist with the Botanical Survey of India from 1913 to 1921. He then became the first Academic Director of the Botanic Garden in Cambridge from 1921 to 1950.
Inventory number #001267

Paul, Anthony & Yvonne Rees
THE GARDEN DESIGN BOOK
London: Collins, 1988

First edition. Quarto. 256 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs & b/w drawings; appendices; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, dj price clipped. Inspiration and instruction for designing all types of gardens and garden features; includes the work of some of today's best designers -- Beth Chatto, Oehme & Van Sweden, Jacques Wirtz, Roberto Burle Marx, and many others.
Inventory number #001199

Joyce, Michael
EDINBURGH : The Golden Age 1769-1832
London: Longmans Green and Co., 1951

First edition. Octavo. 199 pp; color frontispiece from an aquatint by W.L. Leitch; notes; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The book presents a brilliant picture of the social life and personalities of Edinburgh from 1769 to 1832, a period known as that city's "Golden Age." Some of the men portrayed -- David Hume, Adam Smith, Henry Mackenzie, Robert Burns, Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Raeburn, Sir Walter Scott and others.
Inventory number #001087

Gibbings, Robert
TRUMPETS FROM MONTPARNASSE
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1955

First edition. Octavo. 200 pp; 8 color plates & 40 wood engravings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, back cover of jacket lightly soiled, top & bottom of jacket spine lightly chipped.
Inventory number #001026

Conway, J. Gregory
FLOWERS: Their Arrangement
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940

First edition. Octavo. 139 pp; 107 gravure plates. Orange cloth with black stamped lettering & decoration in dj. VG/VG-, dj lightly soiled, a couple short edge tears. Laid in is a blank 1943 order sheet from Conard-Pyle Co., West Grove, PA - Star Rose Growers.
Inventory number #000966

Massingham, Betty
A CENTURY OF GARDENERS
London: Faber and Faber, 1982

First edition. Octavo. 256 pp; 38 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #000938

Davidson, Marshall B. & Elizabeth Stillinger
THE AMERICAN WING at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985

First edition. Quarto. 352 pp; profusely illustrated with 524 color & b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A well-illustrated survey of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum, home of America's most important collection of painting, sculpture and decorative arts, dating from 1630. Separate chapters on the Period Rooms, furniture, silver, pewter, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, drawings and watercolors, and sculpture.
Inventory number #000905

Howarth, Patrick
THE YEAR IS 1851
London: Collins, 1951

First edition. Octavo. 256 pp; over 80 b/w illustrations; index. Green cloth with black spine lettering in dj. Faint 1" stain on fore-edge; dj has red (wine?) stain near right edge of front cover & foxing on back cover. An entertaining account of Britain in 1851, the year of the Great Exhibition, and of its personalities and their way of life. It was an era of amazing ebullience and startling contrasts.
Inventory number #000869

Croutier, Alev Lytle
TAKING THE WATERS : Spirit, Art, Sensuality
NY: Abbeville Press, 1992

First edition. Octavo. 224 pp; numerous color & b/w illustrations; guide to the world's most exclusive spas; bibliography; index. Light blue cloth with blind stamped title on cover & gilt spine lettering, in dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #000852

Richter, Anne
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDONESIA
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994

First edition. Square octavo. 160 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; map; glossary; bibliography. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This book features the diversity of Indonesian decorative arts - textiles and beading, wood and horn carvings, pottery ranging from simple cooking pots to elaborate terracotta modeling, jewelry and metalwork, masks and puppets, and baskets.
Inventory number #000717

Boston, Richard
OSBERT A Portrait of Osbert Lancaster
London: Collins, 1989

First edition. Octavo. 256 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; appendices; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket not price clipped. Biography of Osbert Lancaster (1908-86), one of the great English comic artists of the 20th century. For 40 years a "Daily Express" cartoonist, he designed many theatrical productions and wrote two volumes of autobiography, as well as several other books.
Inventory number #000688

Cerwinske, Laura
MIAMI Hot & Cool
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1990

First edition. Square quarto. 232 pp; profusely illustrated in color; directory; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, jacket not price-clipped. A look inside residences, from bungalows, deco & modern interiors to Mediterranean style, and seven gardens. They include Vizcaya, the 70-room villa on Biscayne Bay; the Pink House, bungalows of salvaged wood in Coconut Grove, and contemporary homes with the Deco curves of Miami Beach.
Inventory number #000681

[Boston]
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF METROPOLITAN PARK COMMISSIONERS, January 1905
Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1905

First edition. Octavo. 115 pages, illustrated with folding maps, diagrams, and 7 full-page photographic plates. Brown cloth, title in gilt to cover and spine. Book is in very good, clean, bright and tight condition.
Inventory number #000601

Port, Weimar
CHICAGO THE PAGAN
Chicago: Judy Publishing Co., 1953

First edition. Octavo. 175 pp; b/w photos & drawings by the author; index to illustrations; subject index. Cloth with black-stamped lettering on cover & spine, map endpapers, in dustjacket. VG/VG, no ownership marks, jacket lightly soiled, minor chipping at head of spine. Pseudonym of Will Judy (1891-1973), non-fiction writer, publisher, diarist, poet, and dog lover. The author depicts Chicago as"'a pagan woman with a come hither look."
Inventory number #000478

Friedman, Mildred & Glenn M. Andres
HHPA: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates: Buildings and Projects 1992-1998
NY: Rizzoli, 1999

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket in protective mylar cover. HHPA is especially renowned for its theater and performing arts complexes. This book features the presentation of 50 projects (interiors and exteriors), plus works in progress and planning projects. They include: Windows on the World restaurant at the World Trade Center and Bryant Park in New York City; Cleveland Library, Hawaii Theatre Center in Honolulu; the comprehensive development plan for Warner Bros. Hollywood Studios; and the Los Angeles Public Library, Central Library, built in 1926 by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue.
Inventory number #000351

Trocme, Suzanne
RETRO HOME
NY: Rizzoli, 2001

First edition. Octavo. 143 pp; profusely illustrated in color; directory; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; no wear to jacket. A nostalgic look at 20th-century house style decade by decade from 1910 to 1990. Each chapter features a guide to the trends of the times, followed by advice on re-creating the look. In addition, the book offers a glimpse into the homes of people whose authentic interiors reflect that era today.
Inventory number #000350