Wilson, Angus & Philippe Jullian
FOR WHOM THE CLOCHE TOLLS: A Scrap-Book of the Twenties
NY: Viking Press, 1973

Reissue. Octavo. 110, (5) pp; illustrations by Philippe Jullian. Blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly yellowed at edges. First published in 1953 and now reissued in a new format, this book offers a kind of scrapbook of 1920's London.
Inventory number #013105

Early, Eleanor
NEW YORK HOLIDAY
NY: Rinehart & Co., 1950

First edition. Octavo. 376 pp; index. Black cloth with silver-lettered spine, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; top & bottom of spine show light wear. More than a travel guide, the veteran writer gives a sense of the people and neighborhoods.
Inventory number #013104

James, Edward
Swans Reflecting Elephants: My Early Years
London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1982

First edition . Octavo. 178 pp; 88 pp b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, former owner name on front free endpaper, also quote by Seneca;; unclipped jacket
Inventory number #013090

Desmarest, Bruno & Laure
DIDIER AARON: Catalogue IX
Paris London New York: Didier Aaron, 2006

Quarto. Unpaginated. Illustrated with over 50 full-page color plates. Text in French & English. Terracotta cloth with white-stamped title on both covers & spine. A fine copy, with no markings or wear.
Inventory number #013079

Pallot, Bill G.B.
L'ART DU SIEGE AU XVIII SIECLE EN FRANCE
Paris: ACR-Gismondi, 1987

Quarto. 332 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; biographies of French chair makers 1730-1775; bibliography; index. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket glossy with no tears, spine lightly sunned. The definitive book on the French chair in the 18th century.
Inventory number #013068

Trade Catalogue
COLUMBIA WINDOW SHADES
Spokane, WA: Spokane Dry Goods Co., n.d.

2 5/16" x 4 3/16". Contains samples of sixteen window shades in various colors, including water color, machine oil, and hand made oil types. Printed wraps. Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy.
Inventory number #013025

Trade Catalogue
Manufacture de Carreaux Mosaiques en Portland Comprime. Mosaiques en Marbres des Alpes
Paris: Paul-Dubos & Cie., n.d.

ca. 1900. First edition. Folded size: 7 1/8" h x 4 5/8" w - opens up to 7 1/8" x 23 1/4". 9 pp, full of color illustrations of tile designs. Text in French. Folding stiff cardstock. Near Fine, minor rubbing to fore edge. The catalogue depicts fifteen tile designs with interchangeable borders. Also 2 pp showing several stone balustrade designs.
Inventory number #013022

Cadwell, Mike
Small Buildings: Pamphlet Architecture 17
NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999

Second printing. Octavo. 63 pp; b/w photographs throughout. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, light rubbing at edge of spine.
Inventory number #013002

Depol, John
FIVE DECADES OF THE BURIN: The Wood Engravings of John DePol
Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine, 2004

Quarto. xvi, 78 pp; illustrated with wood engravings. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. The book features more than 100 of John DePol's best engravings from five decades with an extensive text examining his place in American graphic art. He worked with most letterpress printers and private presses of the latter half of the 20th century.
Inventory number #012995

Hecke, Roswitha
LOVE LIFE: Scenes with Irene
NY: R&B/Grove, 1982

First printing. Octavo. Unpaginated. Full of b/w photographs by Roswitha Hecke. Paperback. VG, light wesr to extremities; former owner writing on half title page.
Inventory number #012994

LePape, Claude & Thierry Defert
FROM BALLETS RUSSES TO VOGUE: The Art of Georges Lepape
NY: Vendome Press, 1984

First American edition. Folio; 175 pp.; 296 illustrations from photographs & drawings, including 136 in color; bibliography. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has light wear to spine ends, short edge tear, faint dampstain at top corner of back cover. "A well-illustrated monograph on the enduring illustrator whose distinctive style helped define art deco. Lepape's work appeared in leading fashion magazines--most notably pochoir prints for "La Gazette du Bon Ton" and Vogue covers--as well as in advertisements for leading couture houses and costume designs for
Inventory number #012992

Trade Catalogue
KELSEY Health Heat. Type R
Syracuse, NY: Kelsey Heating Company, 1927

Quarto. 20 pp; full of b/w photographs & drawings. Stiff brown wraps. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy
Inventory number #012989

Trade Catalogue
WINDOWALLS: Ways to use Andersen complete wood window units in your new Home
Bayport, MN: Andersen Corp., n.d.

ca. 1950's. Quarto. 24 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs & drawings. Illustrated stapled paperback. VG-, no ownership marks; cover has 3" split at top & bottom of spine, tiny chip to top corner. This brochure presents eighteen "Windowalls" or walls of windows. Includes sizes, uses, prices, etc.
Inventory number #012987

Bramwell, Martyn, editor. Foreword by Hugh Johnson
THE INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF WOOD
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1976

Firdt edition. Quarto. 176 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; index. Off-white cloth with brown-lettered spine in dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket fresh & clean, just a touch of edgewear. An impressive book.
Inventory number #012983

Reiff, Daniel D.
HOUSES FROM BOOKS: The Influence of Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950. A History and Guide
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000

Quarto. xi, 412 pp; 734 b/w photographs, drawings, floor plans & graphs; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; binding slightly cocked; jacket slightly rubbed.
Inventory number #012979

Weir, Rosemary
THE MAN WHO BUILT A CITY: A Life of Sir Christopher Wren
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971

First edition. Octavo. viii, 208 pp; b/w illustrations; chronological table; sources; index. Black cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with lightly toned spine, back cover lightly soiled. Publisher's review slip laid in.
Inventory number #012976

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Folio. xxiv + 298 pp; the featured estates are illustrated with b/w photographs by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Green pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG, small loss at base of spine, head of spine & corners rubbed, bottom edges of cover lightly rubbed, binding a bit loose. Name of Boston architect Andrew H. Hepburn at top of title page, dated 1905.
Inventory number #012974

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume Two. Folio. xli + 284 pp; is illustrated by b/w photos by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Gray pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG,
Inventory number #012973

Partington, Frederick E.
THE STORY OF MOHONK
NY: Smiley Brothers, 1932

Second edition. 7" high x 4.75". 85 pp; sepia photographs; chronology of Mohonk, list of flora and fauna. Tan paper-covered boards with brown-lettered title on cover & spine. VG, covers lightly soiled, bottom of spine chipped. History of the Mohonk resort in Upstate New York.
Inventory number #012965

Walton, Frank L.
TOMAHAWKS TO TEXTILES: The Fabulous Story of Worth Street
NY: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1953

First edition. Octavo. xii, 177 pp plus 19 maps & b/w illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-lettered cover & spine, lacks dustjacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; minor rubbing to spine ends & corners.
Inventory number #012964