McIlvaine, Frances Edge
SPRING IN THE LITTLE GARDEN
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1928

First edition. Octavo. viii, 88 pp; illustrated with 8 halftone plates from photographs. Light green cloth with dark green lettering & decoration. VG, light wear to spine. One of the volumes in the "Little Garden" series, edited by Louisa Yeomans King.
Inventory number #003059

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

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

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

Fowler, Marian
BLENHEIM: Biography of a Palace
NY: Viking, 1989

First edition. Octavo. 272 pp; a number of b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Blue cloth with dj. VG/VG.
Inventory number #002399

Reynolds, James
FABULOUS SPAIN
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1953

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 319 pp; drawings by the author. Cloth with dustjacket, colorful illustrated endpapers. VG/VG-, chip missing at top of jacket spine, light edgewear.
Inventory number #002283

Rowe, Vivian
RETURN TO NORMANDY
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1951

First edition. Octavo. 191 pp; frontispiece & 16 b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket; map on endpapers. VG/VG-, scattered foxing on fore edges. Part of the "Windows on the World" series.
Inventory number #002142

Gilmartin, Gregory F.
SHAPING THE CITY : New York and the Municipal Art Society
NY: Clarkson Potter, 1995

First edition. Octavo. xii, 532 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs; notes; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, light waterstain at top corner of last 200 pp.
Inventory number #002096

Meister, Peter Wilhelm & Horst Reber
EUROPEAN PORCELAIN OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983

First edition. Quarto. 320 pp; illustrated in color and b/w; notes; bibliography; maps and chronological tables; index. White cloth with black titles. Lacking dj. VG. minor soiling to covers.
Inventory number #002022

Kirk, John T.
AMERICAN FURNITURE & THE BRITISH TRADITION TO 1830
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982

First edition. Quarto. xiv, 397 pp; 1508 b/w & color illustrations; notes; indexes. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #001978

Van Dyke, Henry
THE GRAND CANYON and Other Poems
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1914

First edition. Octavo. 78 pp, with 23 poems. Cloth with gilt titles on face and spine. VG, slight wear to spine ends, front free endpaper removed.
Inventory number #001963

Crawford, Mary Caroline
OLD NEW ENGLAND INNS
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1924

New edition. 8" x 5.5" x 1.5". xiii, 381 pp; 48 photographs. Original pictorial cloth with gilt lettering & rules, with color illustration pasted on front cover, in dustjacket with identical image. Near Fine copy - cover and spine are as bright as the day it was printed; jacket has two small edge chips & a small edge tear on the back panel. Former owner name on front pastedown (under jacket flap). The first edition was published 1907 under the title: Among old New England inns. This is a volume in the series "Little Pilgrimages." Uncommon in jacket.
Inventory number #001864

Bemelmans, Ludwig
THE EYE OF GOD
NY: Viking Press, 1949

First edition. Octavo. vi, 312 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG-, bottom of jacket spine lightly chipped. Novel set in Bemelman's native Tyrol. Color illustration by Bemelmans on endpapers.
Inventory number #001747

Strohl, Mike
NEW AMERICAN STYLE
Glen Cove, NY: PBC International, 1997

First edition. Quarto. 175 pp; color photographs. Cloth with dj. VG+/VG+. Foreword by Suzanne Slesin. Very nicely presented, a wide selection of styles, from folk art to modern.
Inventory number #001732

Stevens, Michael
V. SACKVILLE-WEST A Critical Biography
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 192 pp; b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj "a perceptive study of the relationship between V. Sackville- West's life and her work, in which [is explored] her poems 'The Land' and 'The Garden', biographies, novels, shorter poetry, and all her writings, published and unpublished." [dj]
Inventory number #001558

Shirley, Andrew
SOUTH FROM TOULOUSE
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1959

First edition. Octavo. xvii, 255 pp; 12 pages of b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Journeys in southwestern France.
Inventory number #001522

Shirley, Andrew
THE LION AND THE LILY A Journey through Some Former English Provinces in Western France
London: Putnam, 1956

First edition. Octavo. ix, 252 pp; frontis & 14 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dj, maps on endpapers. VG/VG-, jagged tear on rear panel of dj, else a clean, tight copy.
Inventory number #001521

Cescinsky, Herbert
THE OLD-WORLD HOUSE Its Furniture and Decoration
London: A.& C. Black, 1924

Two volumes. First edition, quarto; v1: xi, 307 pp; v2: iii, 371 pp; numerous illustrations and photos; index. Publisher's half leather binding with red pebbled boards; red morocco spine with raised bands & gilt tooling; marbled endpapers. T.E.G.G+ Spines have a fair amount of rubbing, on vol 1 the spine is darkened. Inside, the books are quite nice, volume 1 is just a tad loose, nothing serious.
Inventory number #001476