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

French, Lillie Hamilton
THE HOUSE DIGNIFIED: Its Design, Its Arrangement and Its Decoration
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908

First edition. Small quarto. xiii, 157 pp; numerous b/w plates. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering & decoration, top edge gilt. VG copy.
Inventory number #013398

Ephemera
KID GLOVES 1897
New York: P. Centemeri & Co., 1897

5.25" x 3.25". 20 pp illustrated with 3 b/w photographs. Order form & envelope laid in. Stapled wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #013396

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins
THE FEASTS OF AUTOLYCUS: The Diary of a Greedy Woman
London / NY: John Lane / Merriam Co., 1896

First edition. Octavo. 264 pp. Decorated cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edge. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, a few pp uncut; top corners & base of spine bumped, spine gilt dulled. "These papers were first published in the 'Pall Mall Gazette, ' under the heading, 'Wares of Autolycus.'"
Inventory number #013394

Hackens, Tony
CLASSICAL JEWELRY
Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1976

Quarto. 159 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. VG, bumped at head of spine, one corner lightly creased, light edgewear.
Inventory number #013376

Foss, Kenelm
Beardsley: His Best Fifty Drawings
London: Unicorn Press, 1955

4to. 165 pp. Bright blue cloth with silver lettering on spine, harp & decorative designs on cover. Spine cocked. Edition limited to 1000 copies.
Inventory number #013372

Sembach, Klaus-Jurgen
STYLE 1930: Elegance and Sophistication in Architecture, Design, Fashion, Graphics, and Photography
NY: Universe Books, 1972

Small quarto. 175 pp; 8 color & 118 b/w plates; biographies; notes on the plates. Paperback bound in printed wrappers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light edgewear.
Inventory number #013358

Capitaine, Jean-Louis & Balthazar J.M. Charton
L'Affiche de Cinema: Le Cinema Francais
Paris: Editions Frederic Birr / Ateliers Henry Labat, 1983

Quarto. 159 pp; fully illustrated with 270 color & b/w illustrations, some full-page; index of poster artists including a brief biography. Text in French. Paperback with illustrated covers. Near Fine, a tight, unmarked copy; minor upturn to corners of front cover. A chronological survey of French film posters from the late 19th century to 1959. Includes a 10-pp historical overview by Jean-Louis Capitaine.
Inventory number #013357

Creux, Rene & Jacques Adout
IMAGES DANS LE CIEL: Belles Enseignes
Paudex: Editions de Fontainemore, 1962

Quarto. 270 pp; approximately 200 b/w & color photographs; bibliography. Text in French. Red cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, jacket is lightly edge chipped, mostly at spine ends.
Inventory number #013356

Yefimova, Louisa & Rina Belogorskaya
RUSSIAN KERCHIEFS AND SHAWLS
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1985

Octavo. 166 pp; 100 color plates & b/w illustrations; list of trademarks of the Russian factories. Laminated color-illustrated cover. Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy; Textile Museum label on front flyleaf. This book presents all types of Russian kerchiefs and shawls of the 18th to 20th century. Included are a number of paintings and portraits by Russian & Soviet artists as well as Palekh wooden ware to provide a better idea of the development of this industry.
Inventory number #013352

Asenbaum, Inge
Jugendstil: 20er Jahre. Verkaufs-Ausstellung
Vienna: Kunstlerhaus-Galerie, 1969

Octavo. Unpaged. Exhibition catalogue containing 163 objects, all illustrated in b/w, with 8 in color; marks; catalogue of additional 108 objects; biography of designers; bibliography. Text in German. Paperback. VG, a clean copy with no markings; front cover scratch with slight loss of image, minor edgewear. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Kunstlerhaus in Vienna from October 29 to November 20, 1969.
Inventory number #013350

Plinval de Guillebon, Regine de
Faience et Porcelaine de Paris XVIIIe-XIXe Siecles
Dijon: Faton, 1995

Quarto. 475 pp; over 400 color & b/w photographs; section of marks, notes; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket in marble paper-covered slipcase. Near Fine/Near Fine in NF slipcase. A clean, unmarked copy; jacket glossy & bright with no wear; one corner of slipcase lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #013345

Vedrenne, Elisabeth
Fauteuils et Canapes / Armchairs and Sofas (Les Carnets du Design)
Paris: Madcap Publications, 1986

Quarto. 90 pp; b/w & color photographs throughout. Text in French & English. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy, covers glossy & bright.
Inventory number #013331

Battersby, Martin
THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
NY: Walker and Company, 1969

First edition. Quarto. 213 pp; 210 illustrations, some in color; notes on illustrations; list of source books; index. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows minimal surface wear, slight toning at top edge. An illustrated survey of the interiors & furnishings, fashion & textiles, decorative & applied arts in France, England and America during the 1920s.
Inventory number #013330

Turner, Laurence. Intro. by Arthur T. Bolton
Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain
London: Country Life, 1927

First edition. Folio. xxxviii, 271 pp; 348 photographs & drawings. Original gilt-decorated red cloth, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket has small loss of base of spine & a few short edge tears, shows light soil. A comprehensive illustrated survey of British decorative plasterwork from 1509 to the start of the French revolution in 1789. Includes the work of Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Grinling Gibbons, Robert & James Adam, and many others.
Inventory number #013320

Lees-Milne, James
TUDOR RENAISSANCE
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951

First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 pp; color frontispiece, 126 b/w illustrations (a few in color); index. Light gray cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG+/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has lightly chipped spine ends & corners, extremities lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #013302

Cooke, Robert [Signed]
WEST COUNTRY HOUSES: An illustrated account of some country houses and their owners, in the counties of Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Being also a guide to domestic architecture from the reign of Henry II to Victoria
Clifton, Bristol: The Author, 1957

First edition. Quarto. 183 pp; 319 b/w photographs. Gilt-lettered blue cloth, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine lightly sunned. Inscribed on title page to J.I.M. Stewart.
Inventory number #013290

Kellenberger, Eric
Objets, realismes : affiches suisses, 1905-1950 : [exposition], 22 janvier-20 mars 1982, Bibliotheque Forney, Hotel de Sens, Paris : [catalogue]
Paris: Bibliotheque, 1982

Square octavo. 94 pp; color & b/w illus. Stapled wraps. Near Fine
Inventory number #013265

Fontaine & Cie.
ALBUM DE SERRURERIE DECORATIVE
Paris: Fontaine & Cie., 1900

Not dated - preface mentions previous 1900 edition. Small folio. 54 pp text followed by hundreds of b/w plates with multiple images. Cloth-backed marbled boards, remnants of illegible paper spine label. VG, rubber stamp of Fontaine & Cie, 247 Park Ave, New York City, at the top of numerous pages. Text pages toned, coated stock of plate pages clean & unmarked, edges of boards rubbed. Name of Fontaine NYC employee written at top of second blank page with notation, "offert a Monsieur Corbett architecte."
Inventory number #013245

Olson Rug Company
The New Type Olson Rugs: "Best Known Rugs in America"
Chicago: Olson Rug Co., 1933

Catalogue No. 118. Oblong octavo. 7" x 8.25". 55 pp; full of color illus of rug designs, mainly Persian & Oriental, as well as color illus of room setting incorporating the firm's solid color rugs. Includes dimensions, prices, order blank, envelope and testimonials. Stapled wraps. VG, short edge tear on front cover, minor rubbing to spine.
Inventory number #013240