Kemper, Rachel H.
COSTUME
NY: Newsweek Books, 1977

Quarto. 191 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Red cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, minor wear at top of jacket spine. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper.
Inventory number #007437

Langner, Lawrence
THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING CLOTHES
London: Constable, 1959

Octavo. 349 pp; over 300 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Dark blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/Good, This is the classic history of clothing that inspired the bold, young designers of the 1960s to create the controversial styles of the period, including the mini-skirt, the topless bathing suit, & the unisex look. It is essential reading for social scientists, historians, students, artists, librarians & all those who cover & adorn their bodies.
Inventory number #007436

Aguttes, Claude
ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO Hotel des Ventes de Neuilly. 1er Juillet 2003
Neuilly-sur-seine: Claude Aguttes, 2003

Quarto. 97 pp. 449 lots, illustrated with color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #007428

Roberts, Cecil
AND SO TO ROME
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950

First edition. Octavo. 245 pp; b/w illustrations. Cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket; a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #007422

Jullian, Philippe
EDWARD AND THE EDWARDIANS
NY: Viking Press, 1967

First American edition. Octavo. 312 pp; illustrations by William Nicholson; bibliography; index. Burgundy cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, old dampstain near top of fore edge, only visible on 3 pp, else a bright, clean copy; jacket lightly chipped at spine ends.
Inventory number #007406

Bernstein, Aline
MASTERPIECES OF WOMEN'S COSTUME of the 18th and 19th Centuries
NY: Crown Publishers, 1959

Small folio. xxii, 32 color plates of period costumes & 51 correlated line drawings of appropriate accessories -- shoes, undergarments, gloves, headgear -- as well as pattern plates. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, gift inscription on front flyleaf; price-clipped jacket has 1-in. triangular chip at top of spine, corners lightly chipped, top edge of rear panel has small chips. Written and illustrated by noted theatrical designer Aline Bernstein.
Inventory number #007325

O'Hagan, Helen, Kathleen Rowold & Michael Vollbracht
BILL BLASS: An American Designer
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002

First edition. Quarto. 272 pp; color & b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, small black dot on bottom edge. Published to accompany a major retrospective of the designer's 50-year career, this volume features over 100 new photographs by such notables as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Horst, and Guy Bourdin, in addition to Blass's own sketches.
Inventory number #007311

Muthesius, Stefan
THE POETIC HOME: Designing the 19th-Century Domestic Interior
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2009

First edition. Quarto. 352 pp; 120 color & 276 b/w illustrations; bibliography; notes; index. Cloth with dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. This book traces significant changes in logic-based home design in America and Europe throughout the 19th century, outlining the practice of "poetic home" design through which a structure was built for atmosphere and character and embellished with new decorative materials and light-enhancing features.
Inventory number #007264

Queant, Olivier, Roger Baschet, J.-Ch. Moreux, Ernest de Ganay, Jacques de Wailly
Demeures et Jardins de France
Paris: Publications de France, 1953

Quarto. 246 pp, profuse color & b/w photo illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Printed fabric cover designed by J. Leleu. VG+, spine darkened. Features all types of country houses - cottages; houses created from an old stable, farmhouses, and mills, large vacation houses, and chateaux. Also examples of paths, entry ways, allees and pavement, lawns & prairies, trees & shrubs, terraces, flowers & plants, pools & swimming pools, and garden furniture.
Inventory number #007253

Murphy, Veronica & Rosemary Crill
TIE-DYED TEXTILES OF INDIA: Tradition and Trade
Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing, 1991

First edition. Quarto. 206 pp; approx 174 color & 14 b/w illustrations; map; appendices; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, short tear at top of jacket spine. This book illustrates 140 key pieces in the collection of Victoria & Albert Museum's Indian Dept. Rosemary Crill discusses the indigenous tradition of tie-dying; Veronica Murphy discusses her pioneering study of the Bengal export trade in tie-dyed handkerchiefs, and their Indian and European imitations.
Inventory number #007215

Fukai, Akiko & Jun Kanai
MARIANO FORTUNY 1871-1949
Kyoto: Kyoto Costume Institute, 1985

Square octavo. 48 pp; 21 full-page color photographs & a number of b/w illustrations. Text in Japanese. Paperback. Top corner gently creased, else in very good condition. Catalogue of an exhibition held November 9 - Dec 1, 1985.
Inventory number #007209

Esten, John & Rose Bennett Gilbert
MANHATTAN STYLE
NY: Little, Brown, 1990

First edition. Quarto. vii; 215 pp; fully illustrated with color photographs by George Chinsee; bibliography, index. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has short crease at upper corner of back cover, two corners lightly rubbed. Also paper clip indentations at the top of several pages. This book profiles the interiors of Elsie de Wolfe, Rose Cumming, Sister Parish, Albert Hadley, William Odom, Van Day Truex, Billy Baldwin, David Easton, and many other Manhattan designers.
Inventory number #007152

Richardson, A.E. & Hector O. Corfiato
DESIGN IN CIVIL ARCHITECTURE. Vol. 1 Elevational Treatments
NY: Philosophical Library, 1956

Large quarto. 216 pp; hundreds of elevations; index. Original publisher's purple cloth with gilt-lettered cloth in dustjacket. VG/VG,
Inventory number #007147

Baltanas, Jose
WALKING THROUGH LE CORBUSIER: A Tour of His Masterworks
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2005

First edition. Oblong quarto. 191 pp; 247 color & 130 b/w illustrations. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book features some of Le Corbusier's most important European buildings, complemented by others that are less well known. The photographs, taken sequentially by the author, provide a narrative description of each building.
Inventory number #007141

Brooks, David
BOBOS IN PARADISE: The New Upper Class and How They Got There
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2000

First printing. Octavo. 284 pp. Cloth-backed hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minor rubbing, no tears or chipping.
Inventory number #007075

Gaxotte, Pierre
MERVEILLES DES CHATEAUX ROYAUX
Paris: Realites/Hachette, 1976

Quarto. 255 pp; fully illustrated in color & b/w. Text in French. Cloth in dustjacket. Near Fine (top corners gently bumped) in Near Fine jacket.
Inventory number #007057

Jackson-Stops, Gervase
VIEWS OF THE ROYAL PAVILION
London: Pavilion, 1991

Oblong quarto. 128 pp; profusely illustrated in color. Laminated boards with cloth spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, narrow lightly sunned strip along spine edge of jacket, extending half way across the top. This book reproduces the picture-book of Brighton Pavilion that George IV commissioned in 1820 from the architect John Nash. It contains aquatints of many exterior views as well as aquatints of the rooms.
Inventory number #007030

Davidson, Caroline
WOMEN'S WORLDS The Art and Life of Mary Ellen Best 1809-1891
NY: Crown Publishers, 1985

First American edition. Octavo. 160 pp; 137 color illustrations; bibliography. Cloth with dust jacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. A record of the work of an amateur [watercolor] artist who specialized in interior views [of her native Yorkshire, Wales, Germany, Holland, Belgium] - a useful source book for the recreation of early 19th century rooms.
Inventory number #007017

Holland, Margaret
ENGLISH PROVINCIAL SILVER
NY: Arco Publishing, 1971

Octavo. 240 pp; color frontispiece; b/w plates; bibliography; index. Hardcover with dustjacket. VG in VG dj. An account of old country silver, with sections on Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Inventory number #007009

Ash, Douglas
DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ANTIQUE SILVER
London: Pelham, 1972

Octavo, 189 pp; b/w frontispiece; line drawings throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket.
Inventory number #007008