MacKay, Sheila
EARLY SCOTTISH GARDENS: A Writer's Odyssey
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2001

Small quarto. 216 pp; 16 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; map; bibliography; index. Paperback. Near Fine. The author explores early Scottish designed landscapes from the Royal Gardens around 1500 to The Hermitage in 1750, and details the dramatic developments that occurred during this period.
Inventory number #008243

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

Mannes, Marya
OUT OF MY TIME
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1971

First edition. Octavo. 251 pp; 48 b/w illustrations. Publisher's burgundy cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small erasure spot on front flyleaf, else a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket lightly chipped at top & bottom of spine, short edge tear, light soil on back panel. Autobiography of Marya Mannes (1904-1990) American writer and critic, known for her insightful observations of American life. Marya describes her childhood in an uncommon family - her parents, Clara Damrosch & David Mannes founded the Mannes College of Music, and her musician brother co-invented the Kodachrome process - and her uncommon education.
Inventory number #008180

Watkin, David
RADICAL CLASSICISM: The Architecture of Quinlan Terry
NY: Rizzoli, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp, full of color photographs. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new copy. This book contains hundreds of lavish color illustrations and thirty of Quinlan Terry's designs, including state rooms at #10 Downing Street, a library and residential building at Cambridge University, a cathedral in Essex, a church in Bishopsgate, four buildings in Williamsburg, VA, townhouses in London, and ten large country houses in England, Germany, and the U.S. Buildings include Juniper Hill in Buckinghamshire; Ionic Villa, Corinthian Villa, and Regency Villa in Regents Park, London; Abercrombie House in KY; Latourette Farm, NJ; and Highland Park House, Dallas
Inventory number #008162

Christie's
The T. Crowther & Son Collection of Architectural Furnishings
London: Christie's, 1992

Quarto. 221 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w. Paperback. Very good. Huge sale of 18th to early 20th century architectural elements, garden ornament, interior furnishings, statues, doors & doorways, mantels, columns, fenders, carvings, moldings, and panelled rooms from the British firm of T. Crowther & Son.
Inventory number #008121

Andree, Herb, Noel Young & Wayne McCall
SANTA BARBARA ARCHITECTURE: From Spanish Colonial to Modern
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1980

Second edition. Oblong quarto. 297 pp; b/w photographs throughout; architects' biographies; index of architects/designers. Black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and inlaid photograph on cover in original plastic jacket. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Originally published in 1975, this edition is completely redesigned and includes nearly 150 new photos and many new buildings created since 1975. Architects featured include William Albert Edwards, Reginald Johnson, Harriet Moody, Wallace Neff, Lutah Maria Riggs, Winsor Soule, George Washington Smith, Francis Townsend Underhill, and others.
Inventory number #008116

Koues, Helen
HOW TO BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME and Be Your Own Decorator
NY: Good Housekeeping, 1932

Third edition. Octavo. 224 pp; numerous b/w photos & drawings; . Offers a charming glimpse into the American home of the 1920's. "Dedicated to every woman who is seeking suggestions to make her home more attractive."
Inventory number #008092

Artaria, Paul
VOM BAUEN UND WOHNEN: ein Bilderbuch fur Laien und Fachleute
Basel: B. Wepf & Co., 1944

Second edition. Octavo. 165 pp; 299 b/w photographs, drawings, floor plans & elevations. Text in German. Brown cloth with white-stamped lettering on spine & cover. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, page edges lightly toned. Top & bottom of spine lightly frayed, bottom corners rubbed, front endpaper has 2" split.
Inventory number #008084

Colman, Julia et al
YEAR 10
Bejing: Chinese Contemporary Gallery, 2006

First edition. Quarto. 114 pp; Illustrated throughout in color. Paperback. Fine. Text by Julia Colman, Ludovic Bois and Kent Logan. Featuring over 20 artists and celebrating 10 years of the Chinese Contemporary Gallery.
Inventory number #008031

[WARHOL, Andy] The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 20-Year Report 1987-2007
NY: The Andy Warhol Foundation For the Visual Arts, 2007

First edition. Three volumes. Square octavo. 94; 82; 95 pp; illustrated in color. Paperbacks housed in slipcase. Fine in fine slipcase
Inventory number #008029

Changdong, Tang
Magnificent Frescos from the Great Tang Dynasty
Shaanxi, China: Shaanxi Tourism Publishing House, 1996

Quarto. 147 pp; numerous color illustrations throughout. Text in Chinese and English. Paperback with dustjacket (overwrap) Very Good in very good dustjacket.
Inventory number #008027

Hastings, Selina
NANCY MITFORD : A Biography
NY: E.P. Dutton, 1986

First American edition. Octavo. xii, 274 pp; 16 pages of b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, previous owner name at top of front free endpaper.
Inventory number #008014

Willes, Margaret
HISTORIC INTERIORS of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, A Photographic Tour
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1999

First American edition. Quarto. 144 pp; color photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has minor edgewear. This book features interior photographs of some of the great estates, manors, and country houses owned and maintained by Britain's National Trust, with a text that assesses changes in style and use
Inventory number #008001

Hunting, Penelope
ROYAL WESTMINSTER
London: Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyers, 1981

First edition. Octavo. 224 pp; nearly 400 b/w & color illustrations; bibliography; list of exhibits. Paperback. Near Fine.
Inventory number #007988

Priestley, J.B.
THEATRE OUTLOOK
London: Nicholson & Watson, 1947

First edition. Octavo. 76 pp; 8 color & 32 b/w photogravure plates & 6 charts. Original yellow cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, light chipping to top edge of jacket, with slightly bigger chips at top of spine & corners; wear to sides of backstrip and flap folds.
Inventory number #007973

Robinson, John Martin
TEMPLES OF DELIGHT: Stowe Landscape Gardens
London: National Trust / George Philip, 1990

First edition. Octavo. 176 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine; a clean, unmarked copy in price-clipped jacket.
Inventory number #007961

Downes, Kerry
SIR JOHN VANBRUGH: A Biography
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1987

First American edition. Octavo. 560 pp; 40 b/w photographs, 22 elevations, floor plans & drawings; chronology; genealogical tables; bibliography & references; glossary; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+, unclipped jacket spine lightly sunned. The biography of a remarkably multitalented man whose life spanned the Restoration and the Early Georgian period. As an architect, he designed Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace; as a playwright, he wrote two of the Restoration's best comedies.
Inventory number #007958

Sarde, Michele
COLETTE
NY: William Morrow & Company, 1980

First edition. Octavo. 475 pp; numerous illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket.
Inventory number #007933

Francis, Claude
CREATING COLETTE: From Ingenue to Libertine 1873-1913
VT: Steerforth, 1998

First edition. Octavo. 367 pp; b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine..
Inventory number #007932

Phelps, Robert
BELLES SAISONS: A Colette Scrapbook
NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978

First edition. Square octavo. 302 pp; illustrated chapter titles and b/w photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG. Jacket has light soiling & a closed tear on back panel.
Inventory number #007931