Parsons, Frank Alvah
INTERIOR DECORATION: Its Principles and Practice
NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915

First edition. Octavo. xiv, 284 pp; numerous b/w photographs; index. Original dark green cloth, top edge gilt. VG, minor wear to cloth binding, gilt spine title dulled, back hinge cracked but holding. In 1904, arts educator Frank Alvah Parsons joined the New York School of Art. Six years later, he became its sole director. Recognizing Parson's profound impact on American life, the school was renamed Parsons School of Design in 1941.
Inventory number #008628

Cecil, Mirabel & David Mlinaric
MLINARIC ON DECORATING
London: Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2008

First edition, first printing. Large Quarto. 320 pp; lavishly illustrated in color, many full-page plates; index; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. A new, unused copy. David Mlinaric's designs are featured in buildings world-wide, including London's National Gallery, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Spencer House, and the Primary Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He's also done embassies in Washington, DC, Paris, and Brussels, and houses for the Rothschilds, Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, and other private clients.
Inventory number #008580

Klesse, Brigitte
WILHELM WAGENFELD: 50 Jahre Mitarbeit in Fabriken
Koln: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, 1973

First edition. 11.75" high x 8.25" wide. 134 pp; b/w illustrations of 581 objects in the exhibition; bibliography. Text in German. Original pictorial wraps. VG+, bookplate on inside front cover, else a clean, unmarked copy; light wear to top & bottom of spine and corners. Errata slip inserted. catalogue of the exhibition held in 1973 at the Overstolzenhaus in Cologne; it then travelled to Darmstadt, Hannover, and Munich in 1974. Uncommon.
Inventory number #008518

Schroll, Herman T.
HAROLD PINTER: A Study of his Reputation (1958-1969) and a Check List
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1971

First edition. Twelvemo. 151 pp. Cloth binding. numerous strokes in the checklist margins. VG-
Inventory number #008517

Galsworthy, John
SWAN SONG
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928

First edition. Octavo. 360 pp. Publisher's purple cloth with unclipped dustjacket. VG in G+ to VG- jacket. Jacket has light edgewear and a 1/3 inch chip to top edge of front cover.
Inventory number #008488

Christie's
Important Antique and Period Jewelry from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin
NY: Christie's, 1995

First edition. Quarto. 117 pp. 115 lots, illustrated in color. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; light edgewear.
Inventory number #008364

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

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

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

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

Williams, Tennessee & Maria St. Just
FIVE O'CLOCK ANGEL: Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St. Just, 1948-1982
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990

First edition. Octavo. xix, 407 pp; b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Letters written over the course of three decades shed light on Williams' works, his friends and colleagues, and his dependency on alcohol and drugs.
Inventory number #007923

Koyama, Ori
INSPIRED SHAPES: Contemporary Designs for Japan's Ancient Crafts
NY: Kodansha International, 2005

First edition. Quarto. 111 pp; color photographs, artist biographies. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #007895

Colvin, Howard
ESSAYS IN ENGLISH ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999

First edition. Quarto. viii, 310 pp; 223 b/w illustrations, bibliographical references; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This volume contains eighteen new and revised essays written throughout Howard Colvin's career.
Inventory number #007808