Teall, F. Horace
THE COMPOUNDING OF ENGLISH WORDS. When and Why Joining or Separation is Preferable with Concise Rules and Alphabetical Lists
NY: John Ireland, 1891

12mo. 223 pp; index. Gilt-lettered brown cloth. VG, light fraying at top of spine, small dark red ink stain near top edge of front & back covers (old stain & not that noticeable).
Inventory number #010517

Booth, Charles
MODERN SURFACE ORNAMENT
NY: J. Sabin & Sons, 1877

First edition. 15" high x 12" wide. 24 plates illustrating designs by stained glass craftsmen, illustrators and architects, including Charles Booth. Three-post cloth binding (not original) has been re-covered. The plates are on tabs for the binding holes. VG+, Plates are clean; there are some stray pencil marks & smudges in the margins of some plates, not affecting the images. Originally issued in six parts, this book features 24 Anglo-Japanesque designs by Booth (Plate 1) and several other ornamentalists, including W.H. Wood, Arthur Halliday, Charles R. Lamb, O.S. Teale, H.E. Ficken, Charles M. Jenckes, Milton See, Otto Heinigle, George E. Harney, Louis D. Berg, and publisher J. O'Kane. "This work contains a great variety of detail ornament, such as panel and corner filling, borders, centers, diapers, etc., all of original design by artists of undoubted standing, and mostly prepared specially for this work." [Building Age. Vol. 5, No. 2, Feb. 1883] Charles Booth (1844-1893), a stained-glass artist from Liverpool, came to work in the United States by 1875, bringing with him the English aesthetic design principles espoused by Christopher Dresser and thereby adding a certain abstraction, a totally different dimension, to the window form. Booth adhered remarkably closely to Dresser's advice, his work dominated by Dresser's principles governing two-dimensionality of design and simplification of ornamental forms. Scarce
Inventory number #010498

Bauer, Wolfgang
BEL ETAGE: la Galerie Bel Etage au Grand Palais a l'occasion de la XXIVe Biennale des antiquaires a Paris, 11-21 septembre 2008
Vienna: Galerie Bel Etage, 2008

Quarto. 94 pp; catalog of 37 objects, each described and illustrated in color. Text in French & English. Hardcover. Near Fine. The catalog for the gallery's exhibition at the XXIVe Biennale des Antiquaires, 11-21 Sept 2008.
Inventory number #010497

Sotheby's
UN INTERIEUR PARISIEN DES ANNEES 30. Paris, 22 Novembre 2011
Paris: Sotheby's, 2011

Quarto. 92 pp; 63 lots, each illustrated in color; index. Text in French & English. Paperback. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. Bought to furnish a home designed by Michel Roux-Spitz in 1934, this collection contains pieces designed specifically for the family by Dominique, Dunand, Ruhlmann, and Porteneuve.
Inventory number #010496

Comstock, Helen
THE LOOKING GLASS IN AMERICA 1700-1825
NY: Viking Press, 1968

Oblong octavo. 128 pp; 85 b/w illustrations; list of makers & dealers; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, previous owner name on first blank page, else unmarked; jacket has tape repair on front panel, extremities rubbed.
Inventory number #010493

Donzel, Catherine
PAQUEBOTS, Vivre a Bord
Paris: Editions Solar, 2005

Small folio. 190 pp; full of b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Hardcover, no jacket. VG, a clean unmarked copy; corners & bottom of spine bumped though barely affecting text block, a couple of small dents to bottom edge. An illustrated history of the life on board the great ocean liners that ruled the seas from the 1850s to the launch of the Queen Elizabeth II in 1969. Many photographs of the interiors of these luxury liners, particularly the Ile de France.
Inventory number #010479

Powys, T.F. Edited by Peter Riley
TWO STORIES: Come and Dine and Tadnol
Hastings: R. A. Brimmel, 1967

Octavo. 71 pp; illustrated with wood engravings by Reynolds Stone. Blue paper-covered boards. #381/525 copies. Near Fine, small bookplate on front pastedown, else a clean, unmaked copy.
Inventory number #010459

Sharp, Dennis
THE PICTURE PALACE and other Buildings for the Movies
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; 5 color & profuse b/w illustrations; selected list of cinemas in Great Britain and the United States; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has 1 3/4" closed tear at top of spine, spine & back panel lightly soiled. This is an entertaining and well-researched history of the movie house - from nickelodeons and Kinetoscope parlors to drive-ins, from the picture palace to the art theater - in America, England, and continental Europe. It features the colorful 1920's, the depression years of the 1930's, and the post-World War II era, with the trend toward small, intimate, simply decorated theaters. The author treats problems of sight lines, ventilation, acoustics, projection, and decoration; discusses the styles and innovations of important theater architects such as Thomas W. Lamb, John Eberson, and Ben Schlanger.
Inventory number #010437

JAPANESE TEXTILE DESIGNERS
: , 1996

Quarto. 93 pp; 93 color illustrations; index. Text in Japanese (no English) Color illustrated covers, perfect bound. Near Fine.
Inventory number #010436

Rathbone, Perry
In Memory of Curt Valentin 1902-1954: An Exhibition of Modern Masterpieces Lent by American Museums October 5 - October 30, 1954
NY: Curt Valentin Gallery, 1954

Twelvemo. Unpaginated; b/w illustrations of selected works in the exhibition. Stapled paperback. Near fine. Catalogue of 30 masterworks of painting and sculpture.
Inventory number #010423

BAZAINE Peintures Recentes Aquarelles
Paris: Galerie Adrien Maeght, 1984

Small folio. Unpaginated. color illustrations. Paper portfolio. Good - light dampstaining to edges of portfolio & pages, heavy wear to spine with 2-in. loss at top,
Inventory number #010409

Shawe-Taylor, Desmond
THE ARTS. Number One
London: Lund Humphries, 1946

Folio. 83 pp; color & b/w illustrations. 1947. Lond: Lund Humphries & Co., (1946-1947). 4to. In the orig. illust. wrappers as issued. With orig. col. lithographs, num. b/w illusts., and adverts. Fine. NOTE: An important modern art journal under the editorial supervision of Herbert Read, Edward Sackville-West, and Desmond Shawe-Taylor. Only two issues published. Binding loose, back cover starting to come unglued at top. Spine moderately worn, with some loss, edge wear, bottom front corner creased.
Inventory number #010406

Tarr, Patsy
2WICE. Uniforms. Vol. 2, No. 2
NY: 2wice Arts Foundation, 1998

Quarto. 109 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. Near Fine, minor wear to top corner, a few random numbers written in ink on page 5, else a clean copy.
Inventory number #010393

Moore, George
A COMMUNICATION TO MY FRIENDS
London: Nonesuch Press, 1933

Octavo. 86 pp. Leather backed boards. VG-. Leather worn and frayed at spine ends, pages somewhat toned, New Republic's review of "Epitaph on George Moore" pasted down to blank preliminary page, dated Feb 26, 1936. 1/1000 copies
Inventory number #010391

Herdeg, Walter, ed.
GRAPHIS 34. Volume 7, 1951
Zurich: Graphis Press, 1951

Quarto. 102 pp; color & b/w illustrations. Text in English, French & German. Paperback. VG, bottom of spine chipped w/ small piece loose, moderate wear to edges of backstrip, light edgewear. Cover art by Antoni Clave.
Inventory number #010389

Weidenfeld, A.G., ed.
GOOD LIVING. The Thirteenth Contact Book
London: Contact Publications, 1948

Quarto. xlvii, 80 pp; mostly b/w illustrations, with some color ads. Thin paper-covered boards, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy. bottom 1/2 in. of spine missing, with 1/2 in. splits to sides of backstrip. A delicate book. The Contact book was published every 2 or 3 months, with a different theme. This issue deals with good living - with hedonism, happiness and pleasurable activity in its broadest sense. Authors include Elizabeth Bowen, James Pope-Hennessy, Lesley Blanch, Cyril Ray, Patrick Leigh-Fermor, Philip Toynbee, Enid Bagnold, and John Carter.
Inventory number #010382

Roolfs, Kerstin
BERLIN-NEW YORK I. DECADE. Eine Auswahl Von Arbeiten = selected Works 1990-1999
Berlin: , 1999

Quarto. 77 pp; color & b/w illustrations; list of exhibitions. Text in German & English. Pictorial boards. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Inscribed by artist on half title page.
Inventory number #010379

Hunter, Sam
BLACK & WHITE
NY: Marisa del Re Gallery, 1988

Quarto. Unpaginated, profuse b/w illustrations; catalogue of the exhibition. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; small loss at base of spine on back cover.
Inventory number #010373

Drutt, Matthew J.W. et al
WILLIAM P. DALEY 1990-1980. An Exhibition of Ceramics
Philadelphia: University of the Arts, Haviland Hall Galleries, 1990

Quarto. [16] pp; 12 color plates of ceramic vessels made of unglazed stoneware; essay; chronology. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Near Fine, signed by author at bottom, inside corner of inside front cover.
Inventory number #010372

Daughters of the American Revolution
Genealogical Guide: Master Index of Genealogy in the Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine Volumes 1-84 (1892-1950) With Supplement Volumes 85-89 (1950-1955) Combined Edition
Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1994

Octavo. 137, 26 pp. Cloth with gilt titles. Near fine, small notation on rfep. no jacket. The master index for family names listed in the DAR magazine between 1892 and 1955.
Inventory number #010360