The Country Gentleman. Vol. 92, No. 8. August 1927
Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Co., 1927

Small folio. 116 pp; profuse illustrations. Stapled wraps. VG, an unmarked copy, 3 pp with edge tears, one extending far into text; old mailing label & small brown stain on front cover, minor edge wear, small tear at one staple, overall light cover soil.
Inventory number #013489

Beach, Stewart
THEATRE Magazine, February 1931
Jamaica, NY: Theatre Magazine Company, 1931

Small folio. 72 pp; numerous b/w photographs. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; top & bottom corners wavy due to moisture, small loss near front cover bottom corner & first 4 pp where pages had been stuck together. The cover features Edith Barrett in Mrs. Moonlight by Franz Felix.
Inventory number #013487

Rae, Isobel
CHARLES CAMERON: Architect to the Court of Russia
London: Elek Books, 1971

First edition. Quarto. 111 pp; 32 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. VG/VG, small spot of tape residue on front flyleaf, else an unmarked copy; jacket shows moderate wear with small tear & creases to fore edge, top corner & spine ends lightly chipped. Illustrated biography of the Scottish architect who became the favorite designer of Catherine the Great.
Inventory number #013484

Percival, MacIver
THE CHINTZ BOOK
London: William Heinemann, 1923

Quarto. xvi, 103 pp + 4 tipped-in color plates with tissue guards & 32 b/w plates; appendix; glossary. Two-tone cloth with paper labels on cover and spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy, incl. covers & paper labels, page edges lightly foxed; jacket with 2 large edge chips & repaired jagged tear on front cover, approx 1-in. loss to spine ends. The book features many examples of English, French and Indian chintz.
Inventory number #013483

Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1938. Volume III, Number 3
NY: Pynson Printers, 1938

Octavo. pp 335-476; several b/w illustrations. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; old dampstain at bottom edge of front & rear covers, bottom edge of first 25 pp shows minor wrinkling; else covers clean & unmarked.
Inventory number #013479

Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Autumn 1937. Volume II, Number 4
NY: Pynson Printers, 1937

Octavo. pp 481-628; 1 color & several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled.
Inventory number #013478

Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1937. Volume II, Number 3
NY: Pynson Printers, 1937

Octavo. pp 311-480; 4 color plates & several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. Near Fine, a crisp, clean, unmarked copy; minor rub at base of spine, else unmarked.
Inventory number #013477

Adams, Frederick B., Jr, Elmer Adler, Alfred Stanford & John T. Winterich
The Colophon New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Winter 1937. Volume II, Number 2
NY: Pynson Printers, 1937

Octavo. pp 159-310; several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled, light stain along bottom edge of rear cover.
Inventory number #013476

Maeterlinck, Maurice
THE BLUE BIRD: A Fairy Play in Six Acts
NY: Dodd, Mead, 1911

First Illustrated American edition. Quarto. xvi, 211 pp; 25 tipped-in color plates by F. Cayley Robinson. Pictorial blue cloth with gilt-lettered cover and spine, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, fore edge of one page has large chip due to careless opening.
Inventory number #013472

Wilk, Christopher
MARCEL BREUER: Furniture and Interiors
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1981

First printing. Small quarto. 192 pp; 199 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked, tight copy, covers bright & glossy. The first comprehensive study of Breuer's furniture & interiors; companion to the 1981 MOMA exhibition. Exhibition brochure laid in; errata slip taped to front flyleaf.
Inventory number #013463

Porter, Allan
CAMERA. June 1981. No. 6
Munich: Herring, Publishers, 1981

Quarto. 48 pp; many b/w photographs. Paperback. VG+, a clean, tight, unmarked copy; minor edgewear, faint old price in upper corner of front cover. This issue features "Soviet Photography Between the Wars 1917-1941.: Cover by Alexander Rodchenko.
Inventory number #013450

Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. Catalog by Pontus Hulten et al.
Paris-Moscou, 1900-1930
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979

First edition. Quarto. 580 pp; profuse b/w & color photographs; biographies & bibliographies. Text in French. Paperback. VG, rear corner of spine bumped, small edge tear, binding crack at pp 560, spine edge lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. No internal marks. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and the Centre Georges Pompidou, and held at the Centre from May 31 to November 5, 1979.
Inventory number #013447

Buhler, Kathryn C.
AMERICAN SILVER 1655-1825 in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1972

Two volumes in slipcase. Quarto. 708 pp; 689 illustrations; index. Half cloth in slipcase. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy in ndar fine slipcase - appears unused.. "A detailed catalogue of more than 600 pieces of American silver by more than 150 known makers in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which is unsurpassed in examples of New England manufacture. The catalogue is arranged geographically, then chronologically by makers' dates under place of origin." Arntzen
Inventory number #013432

Duncan, Irma
THE TECHNIQUE OF ISADORA DUNCAN
NY: Kamin Publishers, 1937

Quarto. x, 35 pp; b/w photographs by Hans V. Briesen of poses by Isadora, Irma, and the Duncan pupils. Light blue illustrated paperback. VG, former owner address label at top of title page, else a clean, unmarked copy; cover edges lightly toned, corner of back cover very gently creased. Published after Isadora Duncan's death in 1927 by Irma Duncan, one of the famous Duncan dancers who started studying with Isadora at the age of six, and later, with Isadora's permission, took Isadora's name. Cover photograph by Arnold Genthe. Foreword by Mary Fanton Roberts. Printed in Austria.
Inventory number #013427

Morrison. A.G.
Drapery, Interior Decoration and Architecture: A Practical Hand-book for the Dealer, Decorator and the Workroom
NY: T.A. Cawthra & Co., 1906

4to. 139 pp; 245 b/w photos, drawings & plans, 33 pp of advertisements. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on cover. VG, former owner name on front pastedown, else an unmarked copy; cover has light wear to spine ends & corners, light spotting to cloth at edges of front cover
Inventory number #013425

Chropovsky, Bohuslav
Krasa Slovienskeho Sperku
Bratislava: Pallas, 1978

Octavo. 121 pp; 67 color & b/w photographs. Text in Slovak, French, German & Russian. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket with light edgewear, delamination along spine. Archaeological finds in Slovakia.
Inventory number #013421

Tracy, Berry B. & William H. Gerdts
CLASSICAL AMERICA 1815-1845: An Exhibition at The Newark Museum
Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1963

First edition. Quarto. 212 pp; 295 objects described, many with b/w photographs; bibliography. Cloth in very good+ condition. A crisp, unmarked copy; ;white covers arte clean & bright, spine a biy darkened. Major exhibition catalogue of American decorative and fine arts of this period, with many high-quality examples. Includes furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, wallpaper & textiles, lamps, stoves & clocks, as well as the fine arts.
Inventory number #013418

Macknight, Nancy, ed.
DEAREST ANDREW: Letters from V. Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber 1951-1962
London: Michael Joseph, 1980

First edition. Octavo. 127 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs & drawings. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly foxed on reverse, short closed tear at top edge, edge of front flap creased.
Inventory number #013417

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel
Dictionnaire raisonne du mobilier francais de l'epoque carlovingienne a la Renaissance (6 volumes)
Paris: Vve. A. Morel et Cie, 1872

Six volumes. Octavo. 443 + 535 + 478 + 506 + 498 + 488 pp; illustrated with chromolithographs, steel engravings & wood engravings. Quarter morocco over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked set, occasional foxing; extremities lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #013413

Nichols, Beverley
GARDEN OPEN TODAY
NY: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1963

First American edition. Octavo. 252 pp, with drawings by William McLaren. Red cloth with dustjacket, illustrated endpapers. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, minor bumping to spine ends; unclipped jacket is lightly creased at top of spine, minor soil on back cover.
Inventory number #013405