Moss, Charlotte [Signed]
A PASSION FOR DETAIL
NY: Doubleday, 1991

First edition, first printing. Octavo. 179 pp; illustrated with color photographs by Joe Standart and watercolors by James Steinmeyer; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Signed by author on title page. NF/NF, a bright clean copy, jacket price-clipped. NY interior designer Charlotte Moss shares her ideas on the details that add richness and personality to a home. Adding a special touch are Jim Steinmeyer's watercolors of the rooms of Cecil Beaton, Coco Chanel, Ogden Codman, Elsie de Wolfe, Billy Baldwin, Diana Vreeland, Vita Sackville-West, and others.
Inventory number #008412

Hogg, Min, Wendy Harrop & The World of Interiors
INTERIORS
NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1988

First American edition. Large quarto. 256 pp; profusely illustrated in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Foreword by Mark Hampton. Features the eight major decorating styles seen in the pages of The World of Interiors magazine -- Ancestral, Cluttered, Designer decorated, Eccentric, Hot Climate, Minimal, Shabby Chic, and Simple.
Inventory number #008341

Praz, Mario
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF INTERIOR DECORATION from Pompeii to Art Nouveau
NY: Thames and Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 396 pp; 64 color & 336 b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This wonderfully rich collection of paintings and watercolors, mostly dating from 1770 to 1860, and coming from all over Europe, Russia and America, provides an indispensable reference source of the details of the domestic interior.
Inventory number #008197

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

Girouard, Mark
LIFE IN THE FRENCH COUNTRY HOUSE
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000

First American edition. Quarto. 352 pp; 200 illustrations, most in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Using letters, diaries, inventories, books of etiquette, illustrations, and photograph, the author conjures up the days and nights of the original inhabitants of the chateaux and manor houses of France.
Inventory number #007817

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

Levallois, Pierre
DECORATION, Vol. 2
NY: French & European Publications, 1963

First edition. Folio. 317 pp; profuse color & b/w illustratrions. Off-white cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, light wear to jacket edges & corners.
Inventory number #006621

Leopold, Allison Kyle
VICTORIAN SPLENDOR: Re-Creating America's 19th-Century Interiors
NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1986

Quarto. ix, 272 pp, color photographs throughout. bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. More than 150 color photos show the range of the 20th-century revival of the Victorian interior. The author focuses on the historic significance of each room in the house.
Inventory number #006558

Wood, Martin
JOHN FOWLER: Prince of Decorators
London: Frances Lincoln, 2007

First edition. Quarto. 288 pp; over 400 illustrations, including sketches and swatches, many never previously published; bibliography; list of published projects; index. Gray cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. Called the Prince of Decorators by Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire - John Beresford Fowler (1906-1977)
Inventory number #005944