Beng, Tan Hock
INDONESIAN ACCENTS : Architecture, Interior Design, Art
NY: Visual Reference Publications, 1999

Square quarto. 216 pp; profusely illustrated with color & b/w photographs; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG
Inventory number #009277

Sweeney, John A.
THE TREASURE HOUSE OF EARLY AMERICAN ROOMS
NY: Bonanza, 1978

Reprint. Quarto. 179 pp; profusely illustrated in color and b/w; index. Cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. The rooms, furniture and objects are from Winterthur collections. 17th - 19th century decorative arts are well represented.
Inventory number #009166

AMERICAN FABRICS Number Eight, 4th Quarter 1948
NY: Reporter Publications, 1948

Folio. 155 pp; color & b/w illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG Trade periodical. Articles in this issue include: the MMA collection of textiles, using apparel woolens in interior design, chinchilla, Christopher Marlowe, moths, block-printed cottons of Jouy, hand-weaving part I of III.
Inventory number #008776

Gere, Charlotte
NINETEENTH-CENTURY DECORATION: The Art of the Interior
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1989

Large square quarto. 408 pp; profusely illustrated; biographical index; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author, a noted expert on 19th-century decorative arts, takes a detailed look at the design and decoration of domestic interiors in Europe and America.
Inventory number #008710

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

Gregory, Jamee
NEW YORK APARTMENTS: Private Views
NY: Rizzoli, 2004

Quarto. 208 pp; color photographs throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new unused copy with no internal marks; jacket crisp & unblemished. This book offers a rare glimpse into the opulent world of the Manhattan elite, this book features the interiors of 25 of the most elegant NYC apartments by such renowned designers as Mario Buatta, David Easton, Charles Gwathmey, Albert Hadley, Mark Hampton, Bunny Williams, and many others.
Inventory number #008568

Koues, Helen
HOW TO BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME and Be Your Own Decorator
NY: Good Housekeeping, 1932

Third edition. Octavo. 224 pp; numerous b/w photos & drawings; . Offers a charming glimpse into the American home of the 1920's. "Dedicated to every woman who is seeking suggestions to make her home more attractive."
Inventory number #008092

Willes, Margaret
HISTORIC INTERIORS of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, A Photographic Tour
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1999

First American edition. Quarto. 144 pp; color photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has minor edgewear. This book features interior photographs of some of the great estates, manors, and country houses owned and maintained by Britain's National Trust, with a text that assesses changes in style and use
Inventory number #008001

Davis, Evangeline
CHARLESTON HOUSES & GARDENS
Charleston, SC: Preservation Society of Charleston, 1975

Quarto. Unpaginated, full of color photographs by N. Jane Iseley. Paperback. A fine, unused copy.
Inventory number #007872

Bragdon, Lillian J. et al
COLOR GUIDE TO HOME DECORATION by 20 of America's Foremost Interior Decorators
NY: Sterling Publishing, 1956

Small folio. 191 pp; color illustrations throughout; index. Pictorial cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, top of jacket spine lacks 1/8 in. & light wear to bottom, one small edge chip, jacket price-clipped. This book shows how effective the blending of various periods of furnishings and the right use of color can be with the use of over 200 color photographs.
Inventory number #007770

Grimshaw, Chloe
NEW LONDON STYLE
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2009

First American edition. Quarto. 222 pp; over 350 photographs by Ingred Rasmussen. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine.
Inventory number #007718

Workman, Liz
DR. JOHNSON'S DOORKNOB and Other Significant Parts of Great Men's Houses
NY: Rizzoli, 2007

First edition. Square octavo. 207 pp; color illustrations & photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket in slipcase. A new, unused copy This small book of Liz Workman's photographs doesn't stop at doorknobs. It shows us other unexpected details from eminent homes -- George Washington's mantelpiece, for example, Thomas Jefferson's bed, Charles Darwin's soup tureen, Victor Hugo's skirting board, and Sigmund Freud's mirror. The book features 103 items in ten chapters - doorknobs, crockery, mantelpieces, chairs, desks, books, banisters, mirrors, skirting boards and beds. There is no text, just brief captions and an index of addresses.
Inventory number #007717

Racine, Guillemette
ART ET DECORATION: 1946-1959, Les Annees "Nostalgie"
Paris: Charles Massin, 1996

First edition. Quarto. 155 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #007552

Art & Decoration
COMMENT DECORER SA MAISON: Interieurs, Mobilier, Amenagement - 200 Realisations
Paris: Art & Decoration, n.d.

Quarto. Unpaginated, full of b/w & color photographs. Text in French. Quarter leather with light green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, no dustjacket. VG, light rubbing to corners, else a clean, tight copy. Contains hundreds of illustrations of interiors and furnishings from Art & Decoration magazine. Not dated, circa 1960.
Inventory number #007551

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

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

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

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

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