Melly, George
PARIS AND THE SURREALISTS
NY: Thames and Hudson, 1991

First edition. Quarto. 159 pp; 104 duotone illustrations; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author offers a narrative history of Surrealism, and also analysis of the major works of Surrealist literature, all of which are imbued with the essence of Paris.
Inventory number #007796

Beukers, Alan, introduction by Paul Theroux
EXOTIC POSTCARDS : The Lure of Distant Lands
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2007

Square quarto. 208 pp; 200 coilor illustrations; notes on the postcards. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. A collection of antique postcard images from the non-Western world features representations from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Inventory number #007682

Roberts, Cecil
AND SO TO ROME
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1950

First edition. Octavo. 245 pp; b/w illustrations. Cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket; a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #007422

Reynolds, James
SOVEREIGN BRITAIN
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1955

First edition. Octavo. xvi, 368 pp; many b/w illustrations, color endpapers & jacket by the author; index; map on rear pastedown. Cloth with fully illustrated dustjacket. VG/VG, top of jacket spine & corners chipped, light wear to bottom of pine & edges, residue of removed bookplate on reverse of front flyleaf.
Inventory number #005698

Jacobs, Karrie
THE PERFECT $100,000 HOUSE: A Trip Across America and Back in Pursuit of a Place to Call Home
NY: Viking, 2006

First edition. Octavo. 291 pp; b/w drawings by Gary Panter; bibliography; web sites; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. An architecture and design critic's coast-to-coast search for an ideal American home that is both aesthetically pleasing and affordable cites the challenges facing prospective homeowners today, describing the author's meetings with architects and builders who are revolutionizing the ways people think about homes, construction techniques, and community.
Inventory number #005555

Suleiman, Susan Rubin
BUDAPEST DIARY: In Search of the Motherbook
Lincoln, NE: Univ of Nebraska Press, 1996

First edition. Octavo. 232 pp. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine. A clean, unmarked copy; jacket has light edgewear with minor wear to spine ends & bottom corner. The author left Budapest in 1949 as a young child with her parents, fleeing communism. This is the diary of her return 35 years later and her search for personal history.
Inventory number #004165

Antonelli, Paola (ed.)
WORKSPHERES Design and Contemporary Work Styles
NY: Harry N. Abrams & MoMA, 2001

Quarto. 223 pp; fully illustrated in color. Illustrated thin boards. Near Fine, an unused copy with no marks internal or external; covers with no visible wear. Modern design for office spaces. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition Workspheres: Innovative Design Solutions for the Workplace of the Near Future. This book introduces work concepts originated by internationally recognized designers who address the unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for group interaction. Also includes essays by Larry Keeley, Christopher Budd, John Thackara, Aura Oslapas, Kayoko Ota, Jim-hee Chang, Hui-Chi Chou and Rachaporn Chouchouey.
Inventory number #004037

Dwight, Eleanor, Ed.
THE LETTERS OF PAULINE PALMER: A Great Lady of Chicago's First Family
NY: M.T.Train / Scala Books, 2005

Quarto. 332 pp; full of duotone illustrations; notes; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. Three generations of the Potter Palmer family of Chicago emerge from the letters of Pauline, as the young bride of Potter Palmer II writes to her mother Mabel Blake Kohlsaat, wife of newspaper owner, Herman H. Kohlsaat. In a lively and intimate style, they tell of family life, European travel, art collecting and Chicago history in the first decades of the 20th century.
Inventory number #003904

Thiede, Arthur & Cindy Teipner
AMERICAN LOG HOMES
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1992

Oblong quarto. 194 pp; full of b/w & color photographs; list of architects & designers, list of builders, list of log-home companies; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG. The authors, after spending 3 years traveling across the U.S. in search of log homes, present over 50 examples. They range from Abe Lincoln's original log cabin to lavish new homes. Floor plans are provided for 24 houses.
Inventory number #003549

Lucas, E.V
A WANDERER IN HOLLAND
London: Methuen, 1906

Fourth edition. Octavo; 309, pp; color and b&w plates; 40-pp catalog of books available from publisher. Cloth with gilt titles on spine. VG
Inventory number #003242

Muirhead, Findlay & Marcel Monmarche
MUIRHEAD'S NORTH-WESTERN FRANCE
London: Macmillan & Co., 1926

Second impression. 6.25" x 4.5". 392 pp; numerous color illustrations & 44 maps, many folding. Cloth with gilt titles. Good++, some loss to spine tips, joints rubbed; a couple of minor closed tears to maps and one more severe that has been repaired.
Inventory number #003198

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

Knight, Charles Brunton. Signed by Illustrator Alfred Gill
THIS IS YORK: A Personally-Conducted Tour
York & London: Herald Printing Works, 1954

Second printing. Octavo. xxiv, 244 pp; 7 color plates & numerous b/w drawings by Alfred Gill; index. Maroon cloth with gilt lettered spine in dustjacket, map of York on endpapers. VG/VG, chip at top of jacket spine and small tears on rear panel. SIGNED by illustrator Alfred Gill.
Inventory number #002284

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

Patmore, Derek
ITALIAN PAGEANT: A Tour Through the Cities of Tuscany and Umbria
London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950

Later printing. Octavo. 136 pp; frointispiece & 16 b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket; map on endpapers. VG/VG. Part of the "Windows on the World" series.
Inventory number #002140

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

Towne, Charles Hanson
AMBLING THROUGH ACADIA
NY: The Century Co., 1923

First edition. Octavo. 250 pp; drawings by W. Emerton Heitland. Pictorial green cloth. VG+, bright, clean covers & spine with no visible wear. Only defect is occasional faint spotting on covers; no markings inside the book.
Inventory number #001274