Varnedoe, Kirk
VIENNA 1900 : Art, Architecture & Design
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1986

Quarto. 264 pp; full of color & b/w photographs; notes; chronology; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG. Exhibition catalogue of the major show at the Museum of Modern Art in 1986.
Inventory number #003017

Nichols, Beverley
THE ART OF FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
NY: Viking Press, 1967

First American edition. Quarto. 239 pp; many color plates; drawings by William McLaren; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a small strip of loss to bottom edge of jacket, else a clean, tight copy. A delightful history of flower arranging from ancient Egypt and Rome into the twentieth century, in which Nichols explores the parallels between flower paintings and flower arrangements
Inventory number #002966

Storey, Walter Rendell & Helen Anderson Storey
A HANDBOOK OF HOME DECORATION
Pelham, NY: Bridgman Publishers, 1941

Octavo. 208 pp, illustrated with b/w photographs & line drawings; index. Tan cloth with red lettering. VG, light soil on spine.
Inventory number #002962

Brouwer, Norman J.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC SHIPS
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press / Sea History Press, 1985

Quarto. xii, 321 pp; hundreds of b/w photographs; appendix, listing vessels by type; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A comprehensive directory of the full range of waterborne craft, sail and steam, naval and commerical vessels. This book aims to include every ship in the world that is currently being preserved for its historic value. Historical and statistical information is provided on over 700 ships, representing 43 nations or territories, and every continent.
Inventory number #002950

Marcuse, Maxwell F.
THIS WAS NEW YORK! A Nostalgic Picture of Gotham in the Gaslight Era
New York: Carlton Press, 1965

Octavo. 447 pp; numerous b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, top of dj spine lightly chipped. A well-illustrated history of Old New York in the gaslight era.
Inventory number #002913

Dierauff, Eva & Anny Jacob
OLD GARDEN ROSES and Selected Modern Hybrids
NY: Thames and Hudson, 1988

Oblong quarto. 136 pp; fully illustrated with color photographs by Josh Westrich. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, front free endpaper creased in center. Beautiful full-page color photographs of many of the old rose varieties that are popular today, including the Bourbon, the Damask, the Multiflora. Witha foreword by Helene von Stein-Zeppelin, a German horticulturist, and notes on roses by Anny Jacob.
Inventory number #002896

Douglas-Home, Jessica
VIOLET: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse
London: Harvill Press, 1996

Second printing. Octavo. 342 pp; 32 pages of b/w photographs; appendices; discography; bibliography; index. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, in dustjacket. VG/VG-, light jacket wear & mild creasing at bottom edge on back cover. Violet Gordon-Woodhouse (1872 - 1948) was an acclaimed British harpsichordist and clavichordist, highly influential in bringing both instruments back into fashion. She was the first person to record the harpsichord, and the first to broadcast harpsichord music.
Inventory number #002888

Wetzsteon, Ross
REPUBLIC OF DREAMS : Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960
NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002

First edition. Octavo. xvii, 617 pp; 24 pages of b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards wirh dj. Near fine/Near fine.
Inventory number #002857

Christopher, Thomas
IN SEARCH OF LOST ROSES
NY: Avon Books, 1993

First paperback printing. Octavo. 240 pp; small b/w line drawings of roses as chapter heads; index of roses. Paperback. VG. Of "the so-called old roses", Thomas Christopher writes, "They were for generations virtually unobtainable, lost entirely due to commercial cultivation. Today they are once again filling gardens with their subtle, unfamiliar colors and perfume. Behind their reappearance lies an extraordinary story, a tale of flowers that have persisted for centuries and of the unlikely band of experts who united to rescue them."
Inventory number #002821

Plomer, William, ed.
KILVERT'S DIARY 1870-1879
Boston: David R. Godine, 1986

First American edition. Quarto; 288 pp; numerous color illustrations and photographs; index. Cloth decorated with pastedown border and inset color illustration, in unclipped dustjacket. Fine/Fine in mylar. Life in the English countryside in mid-Victorian times.
Inventory number #002802

Worsley-Gough, Barbara
FASHIONS IN LONDON
London: Allan Wingate, 1952

First edition. Octavo; 118 pp; numerous b&w illustrations. Cloth in unclipped dj designed by Paul Hogarth. VG/VG- moderate sized chip to top of spine and closed tear to face of jacket, other minor dings and chips to top edge, still very nice.
Inventory number #002799

Bayley, John
ELEGY FOR IRIS
NY: St. Martin's Press, 1999

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 275 pp; a few b&w photos; note on the author. Cloth backed boards in unclipped dj. NF/NF. A loving tribute to the British writer Iris Murdoch by her husband of forty years.
Inventory number #002748

Bayard, Emile
L'ART APPLIQUE FRANCAIS D'AUJOURD'HUI: Meuble, Ferronnerie, Ceramique, Verrerie, Tissus, Etc.
Paris: Ernest Grund, 1926

Quarto. 317 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w photos; index of designers. Text in French. Tan cloth with green-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Backstrip worn, 3 1/2" split at bottom but holding.
Inventory number #002728

Peters, Ruth Marie
YOUR GARDEN IN TOWN
NY: Henry Holt and Company, 1957

First edition. Octavo. 180 pp. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-
Inventory number #002655

Twitchett, John
DERBY PORCELAIN
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980

First edition. Quarto. 319 pp; 79 color & 400 b/w illustrations; appendix; notes and references; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, minor wear at base of spine & bottom corners; unclipped jacket shows light scuffing. The author's copy - his bookplate on front pastedown. The history of the first century of derby porcelain, from 1748 to 1848.
Inventory number #002648

Klesse, Brigitte
MUSEUM FUR ANGEWANDTE KUNST Querschnitt Durch Die Sammlungen
Koln: Museum Fur Angewandte Kunst, 1989

Quarto. 184 pp; profuse color photographs. Text in German. Paperback. VG. A well-illustrated survey of the collections of the Museum of Applied Art, Cologne from the Middle Ages to Post modern.
Inventory number #002629

Neininger, Rita & Gunter Sulz
WOHNEN MIT GUTEM DESIGN Sitzen, Liegen, Aufbewahren
Stuttgart: Gerd Hatje, 1991

Quarto. 210 pp; profusely illustrated with b/w photographs; indices of manufacturers and designers. Text in German. Paperback. VG. Title: "Living with Good Design: Chairs, Beds, Storage"
Inventory number #002626

Lester, Katherine Morris
HISTORIC COSTUME A Resume of the Characteristic Types of Costume from the Most Remote Times to the Present Day
Peoria, IL: The Manual Arts Press, 1942

Thrid edition, revised & enlarged. Octavo. 256 pp; color frontispiece, numerous photographs, plates, and drawings. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, forner owner name on front flyleaf, else a crisp, unmarked copy, binding tight, cover clean & bright; jacket spine toned, spine ends lightrly chipped, a few pin-size holes. A remarkably well-preserved copy.
Inventory number #002599

Byrne, Donn
A PARTY OF BACCARAT
NY / London: The Century Co., 1930

First printing. Twelvemo. x, 212 pp; 4 illustrations by Arthur William Brown. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket soiled with some loss at top of spine & price-clipped; book is in very good condition. Byrne's tale of love and gambling set on the Riviera. In this book the Irish novelist is a bright, hard, dazzling observer of modern life among the moneyed sophisticates of the Azure Coast.
Inventory number #002591

Halliday, Nigel Vaux
MORE THAN A BOOKSHOP Zwemmer's and Art in the 20th Century
London: I. B. Tauris & Company, 2003

Octavo. 325 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG+/VG+, -almost near fine-. Zwemmer's was a meeting place for a cross-section of the art world - artists, collectors, academics and laymen - attracted by a range of books covering all arts of all periods. Anton Zwemmer was a friend and patron of many leading artists, from Picasso to Wyndham Lewis.
Inventory number #002578