John, Richard & David Watkin
JOHN SIMPSON: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, and other Works
London: Andreas Papadakis, 2002

Quarto. 136 pp; including 150 color illustrations. Paperback. VG+ minor soiling to back cover. John Simpson is one of the leading architects in Europe who have returned in recent years to classical architecture. His public and private works show how this language lends itself with particular ease to the incorporation of technology's latest developments. Describing a range of work from furniture design to town-planning, this book features his principal commission so far, the new Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, a major new center for the visual arts in London, opened in May 2002.
Inventory number #007006

Guinness, Desmond & William Ryan
IRISH HOUSES & CASTLES
NY: Crescent Books, 1978

Quarto. 352 pp; 51 color plates & 320 b/w photographs, 33 plans; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The authors trace the development of Irish architecture from the castle stronghold to the Gothic revival. The principal houses and castles are fully described, ranging in time from Beaulieu (1660) to Glenveagh (1870).
Inventory number #006994

Cliff, Stafford
FRENCH STYLE AND DECORATION: A Sourcebook of Original Designs
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 248 pp, over 600 illustrations in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Patterned boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This profusely illustrated reference offers a panoply of original sketches, engravings, and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis XVI and Empire periods, through the 19th century to Art Deco and modernism in the 20th century.
Inventory number #006968

Baschet, Roger & Rene Briat
STYLES REGIONAUX: Architecture, Mobilier, Decoration. Vol. 1: Provence, Flandre, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne
Paris: Baschet & Cie., n.d.

ca. 1967. Quarto. 194 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Tan boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket chipped at base of spine & two corners, edges lightly chipped. Architecture, furniture and decoration of the following regions: Provence, Flandres, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne.
Inventory number #006964

Remon, Georges
INTERIEURS D'APPARTEMENTS MODERNES
Dourdan: E. Thezard Fils, n.d.

Elephant folio (20.5 x 15). 30 color plates (chromolithographs), incl. 3 double (folded) plates. Text in French. Original publisher's brown quarter cloth over brown boards. G++ to VG- Covers show moderate wear and water stains, not effecting interior or plates - edges & corners rubbed, top corner bent on the cloth-line, spine ends worn, front hinge cracked but holding. Complete - all 30 plates present. Title page: par Georges Remon, architecte decorateur, successeur de E. Prignot, Paris.
Inventory number #006944

Parke-Bernet Galleries
Valuable French XVIII Century & Other Furniture, Paintings & Objets d'Art, From the Collection of Rodolphe, Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge, and from Other Owners
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1955

Octavo. 168 pp, 423 lots, b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy. The catalog to an auction held in New York by Parke-Bernet Galleries on April 22-23rd, 1955.
Inventory number #006916

Cliff, Stafford
ENGLISH STYLE AND DECORATION: A Sourcebook of Original Designs
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 248 pp, illustrated with over 600 designs, patterns, and settings in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Patterned boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This beautifully illustrated book presents original designs developed in England for almost 3 centuries, beginning in 1700. Included are original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware to light fittings.
Inventory number #006907

Gillan, John, Leonardo Alvarez & Joseph Dillon Ford, eds.
PLACES IN TIME: Historic Architecture and Landscapes of Miami
Miami: Florida International University, School of Design, 1994

First edition. Octavo. ix, 181 pp; b/w photographs by John Gillan; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, bit of edgewear to bottom front corner. The first publication to examine the historic architecture and landscapes of Dade County by juxtaposing art-quality photographs and authoritative texts written by experts in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, south Florida history, and environmental preservation.
Inventory number #006886

Oakes, Donald T., ed.
A PRIDE OF PALACES: Lenox Summer Cottages 1883-1933
Lenox, MA: Lenox Library Association, 1981

Square quarto (12" x 12"). 83 pp, 60 b/w photographs, most full page. Paperback. VG, short crease at bottom edge of front cover, light scratches on back cover. Sixty photographs by Edwin Hale Lincoln of the large estates built in Lenox, Mass. from 1883 to 1933. The photographs, printed from the original glass plate and film negatives, depict six estates - Bellefontaine, Blantyre, Elm Court, Erskine Park, Pinecroft, and Shadowbrook.
Inventory number #006885

McCarthy, Mary. Foreword by Elizabeth Hardwick
INTELLECTUAL MEMOIRS: New York, 1936-1938
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992

First edition. Octavo. xxii, 114 pp. Blue cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, gift inscription on ffep, else an unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket bright with no wear. This slender sequel to How I Grew (1987), left unfinished at McCarthy's death in 1989, vibrates with the wicked wit and moral astringency that made the author a giant of American belles-lettres.
Inventory number #006827

Whistler, Laurence
THE IMAGINATION OF VANBRUGH AND HIS FELLOW ARTISTS
London: Batsford, 1954

Large quarto. xv, 269 pp + 140 b/w illustrations; sources; bibliography; index. Original gilt-lettered & illustrated cloth with dustjacket. Book itself in very good condition; jacket edges & flap folds chipped, half-inch chip at head & one inch chip at tail of jacket; rear flap detached but present.
Inventory number #006785

Wheeler, Daniel
THE CHATEAUX OF FRANCE
NY: Vendome Press, 1979

Quarto. 211 pp; survey of some of the major mansions, each of which is illustrated by photographs of the architecture and grounds, 50 color and 300 b/w in all. Paperback, in very good condition. This book was adapted from the Hachette-Realites collection "Merveilles des chateaux de France."
Inventory number #006782

Roberts, Hugh
FOR THE KING'S PLEASURE: The Furnishing and Decoration of George IV's Apartments at Windsor Castle
London: Royal Collection, 2001

Large quarto. 453 pp, including 486 color illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This pioneering study of one of the most lavish and costly interior decoration schemes ever carried out in England provides an unparalleled insight into George IV's patronage of the arts. The author reconstructs the history of George IV's last and greatest commission - the rebuilding and refurnishing of the Private Apartments at Windsor Castle.
Inventory number #006774

Franke, G.
HANDBUCH DER BRIKETTBEREITUNG. Zwei Bande
Stuttgart: Von Ferdinand Enke, 1910

1909-10. Two volumes in one. Octavo. xv, vii, 653, 215 pp; 9 plates, 255 text images; 4 plates, 70 text images. Text in German. Leather-backed marbled boards. VG, chip at top of spine. A handbook on briquetting. This illustrated book demonstrating the briquetting process and example designs for factories, presses, grinders, conveyors and more.
Inventory number #006759

Hautecoeur, Louis
LA BOURGOGNE. L'Architecture
Paris: G. Van Oest, 1929

Three volumes. Folio. xvii, 198 pp. plans in the text, 189 b/w plates. Self wraps. VG, spines darkened and all wraps have closed tears on hinges, protected with heavy mylar overwrap, bindings tight. The old architecture of the Burgundy region of France in 189 plates with floor plans and detailed plate information in the text, complete set. Many examples of churches, chateaux, houses, palaces and government buildings.
Inventory number #006757

Henriot, Gabriel
BRONZES ET BOIS SCULPTES des Collections Privees
Paris: Ch. Massin, n.d.

Quarto. 6 pp text, 40 b/w loose plates, as issued. Text in French. Paper-covered portfolio with cloth spine, ties. VG. With photographs of decorative objects in sculpted and gilded wood from the era of Louis XV and Louis XVI, including clocks, small tables, wall and door panels
Inventory number #006754

Gloag, John
THE ARCHITECTURAL INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1977

First American edition. Octavo. xvii, 348 pp; 48 b/w plates, numerous text illustrations; index. Red cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, short edge tear to jacket. The history of a country comes alive through its buildings, whether they are ancient, ruinous or aggressively up-to-date. This book examines Mediterranean and Western architecture.
Inventory number #006729

Colby, Reginald
MAYFAIR: A Town within London
NY: A.S. Barnes, 1966

First edition. Small quarto. 178 pp; 47 b/w illustrations; index. Map of Mayfair on endpapers. Green cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket is lightly chipped at top & bottom of spine & corners, spine & part of back panel a bit sunned. The author has written an enlightening history of Mayfair's parks, squares, buildings, and people, past and present.
Inventory number #006690

Dale, Antony
FASHIONABLE BRIGHTON 1820-1860
London: Oriel Press, 1987

Reprint of 1967 second edition. Octavo. 192 pp; 91 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Blue cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+. The classic account of the architecture, planning, development and social life of Brighton, first published in 1947.
Inventory number #006689

Parissien, Steven
THE GEORGIAN HOUSE in Britain and America
NY: Rizzoli, 1995

First edition. Quarto. 240 pp; full of color plates; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book enables the reader to understand the craftsmanship and context of the Georgian house. The first part describes the development of the Georgian style; the second part focuses on each element of the house itself.
Inventory number #006672