Dariaux, Genevieve Antoine [Inscribed]
Elegance: A Complete Guide for every Woman Who Wants to Be Well and Properly Dressed on All Occasions
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1964

First edition. Octavo. 319 pp. Black cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with a few short edge tears & light edgewear, small chip at top of spine, white portion of jacket toned. Inscribed by Dariaux. Madame Dariaux was the directice of Nina Ricci for many years. She had opened her own fashion house before going to Nina Ricci.
Inventory number #014425

Howell, Georgina
Vogue Women
NY: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2000

First edition. Quarto. 176 pp; profuse photographs, some in color; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor edgewear. Georgina Howell's review of the achievements of the key female icons of our times with over 120 of the finest photos from the Vogue archives.
Inventory number #014423

Israel, Andrea; Pamela Mitchell
Taking Tea: The Essential Guide to Brewing, Serving, and Entertaining with Teas from Around the World
NY: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987

First edition. Square quarto. 144 pp; color photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small tea stain! on bottom edges, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with small tear at base of spine. A very attractive book featuring the origins of tea drinking in countries around the world, as well as indigenous tea foods for those countries, including Africa, the Caribbean, China, France, India, Japan, Morocco, Russia, and of course England.
Inventory number #014420

Chamberlain, Samuel & Narcissa Chamberlain
Southern Interiors of Charleston, South Carolina
NY: Hastings House, 1956

First edition. Large quarto. 172 pp; color frontispiece & hundreds of b/w photographs; list of houses illustrated. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with light edgewear. Still one of the best photographic books of the interiors of Charleston's historic homes. Photographs by the noted photographer Samuel Chamberlain, and text by Narcissa Chamberlain, his wife.
Inventory number #014419

Editors of House & Garden
House & Garden's Best in Decoration
NY: Conde Nast Books / Random House, 1987

First edition. Quarto. 303 pp; lavish color photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy in unclipped jacket. This book features designers and their clients, as well as designers at home. Includes Benjamin Baldwin, Mica Ertegun, Suzie Frankfurt, Albert Hadley, William Hodgins, Juan Pablo Molyneux, Renzo Mongiardino, Sister Parish, John Saladino, Stephen Sills, John Stefanidis & others.
Inventory number #014416

Corbett, Patricia
Verdura: The Life and Work of a Master Jeweler
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; 182 color & 56 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket shows light wear. Since the mid-20th century, Sicilian duke turned jewelry designer Fulco di Verdura has fashioned neo-Baroque jewelry which has become a status symbol. Verdura's patrons included Wallis Simpson, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Diana Vreeland.
Inventory number #014414

Simpson, Jeffrey
Rose Cumming : Design Inspiration : Dessin Fournir Collections
NY: Rizzoli, 2012

First edition. Large quarto. 224 pp; profuse color photographs. Hardcover with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a crisp copy with no inscriptions; jacket glossy with no wear. Rose Cumming was the most flamboyant of the "great lady decorators."
Inventory number #014412

Costin, Lucinda
American Elegance: Classic and Contemporary Menus from Celebrated Hosts and Hostesses
NY: Abbeville Press, 1988

First edition. Square quarto. 246 pp; color photographs throughout. Red cloth with dustjacket, Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; rear cover of jacket shows light scuffing. A fascinating book with menus and recipes contributed by well-known hosts and hostesses. It is illustrated with fine examples of American decorative arts from Winterthur's vast holdings, arranged in some of the museum's over 200 period rooms.
Inventory number #014407

Kerouac, Jack
Satori in Paris and Pic. Two Novels
NY: Grove Weidenfeld, 1988

Fourth printing. Octavo. 238 pp. Illustrated paperback. VG, a clean copy; edges show light wear. Satori is an autobiographical saga in which the protagonist goes to France to seek the origins of his surname. Satori is Japanese for "sudden awakening" or simply "kick in the eye." Kerouac's last novel, Pic, set in 1948, is narrated by 10-year-old Pictorial Review Jackson in the dialect of rural North Carolina.
Inventory number #014406

Grigson, Geoffrey
Wild Flowers in Britain
London: Collins, 1947

Fourth impression. Octavo. 47 pp; 12 color plates & 22 b/w illustrations. Paper-covered boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket wtih minor wear. Part of the 'Britain in Pictures' series.
Inventory number #014403

Thomas, Robert McG., Jr. Edited by Chris Calhoun
52 McGs.: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Writer Robert McG. Thomas Jr.
NY: Scribner, 2001

First edition. Octavo. 192 pp; occasional b/w photograph. Cloth-backed hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket slightly yellowed along top edge.
Inventory number #014398

Trillin, Calvin
A Heckuva Job: More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme
NY: Random House, 2006

First edition. Twelvemo. 116 pp. Red paper-covered boards with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor wear.
Inventory number #014395

Carmen, Arlene & Howard Moody
Working Women: The Subterranean World of Street Prostitution
NY: Harper & Row, 1985

First edition. Octavo. 208 pp. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a crisp, tight copy with no inscriptions; unclipped jacket glossy with no visible wear.
Inventory number #014391

Kyne, Peter B.
The Go-Getter: A Story That Tells You How to be One
NY: Cosmopolitan Book Corp, 1928

Early printing. Twelvemo. 62 pp. Cloth-backed boards with paper label with title/author on cover with dustjacket. VG/VG, inscribed on ffep, dated 1929, former owner on front pastedown under jacket flap; jacket has light wear. First published in 1921, this is a parable about a 'never-say-die' salesman who is given a challenge and succeeds.
Inventory number #014389

Giles, Dorothy [Inscribed]
The Road Through Spain [with original box]
Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Co., 1929

Deluxe edition. Octavo. 408 pp; color frontispiece, numerous b/w plates; index; map on endpapers. Burgundy pictorial cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on cover & spine, in original glassine wrap with original box. VG book - clean & unmarked, glassine lightly chipped at edges. Box split at corners. In 1928, Dorothy Giles drove her own Ford across the Iberian Peninsula with a female friend. A native of Cold Spring, NY, she had studied art and languages at a high school in Garden City, Long Island. Prior to her Spanish road trip, she had published two books but she is chiefly remembered for her two travel books - this one and The Road Through Czechoslovakia (1930).
Inventory number #014388

Trade Catalogue
A Catalog of Good Iron Fences
Indianapolis: Enterprise Iron & Wire Fence Co., 1919

12" x 9". 36 pp; illustrated throughout. Staple-bound with illustrated wrappers. VG, dampstain at base of spine, visible on all pages, spine splitting. With original mailing envelope.
Inventory number #014382

Trade Catalogue
Entrance Gates for Country Places
NY: Anchor Post Iron Works, n.d.

One folded sheet 9" x 16" (8 unnumbered pp), several b/w photos, drawings. VG, minor soil.
Inventory number #014381

Trade Catalogue
Stanley Especially Designed Garage Hardware
New Britain, CT: Stanley Works, 1920

Octavo. 24 pp; b/w photos & drawings throughout. Pictorial stiff card covers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #014380

NYC Menu
Menu from Reuben's Restaurant New York
NY: Reubens, 1950

13" x 10". Fold-out menu and cocktail & liquor list. Illustrated cover. Good+, covers are toned, with hand soil and minor staining, light middle fold. Arnold Reuben founded his restaurant in 1908; it moved to 6 East 58th St in 1935 and is illustrated on the front, along with caricatures of 16 of the restaurant's celebrity customers. The menu is not dated - circa 1950's, based on prices. The menu offers 44 "famous sandwiches", each named for a celebrity, including Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Milton Berle, Ed Sullivan, and Jackie Gleason.
Inventory number #014367

Trade Catalogue
GKS Suntone Furniture. Catalog No. 6R
Evansville, IN: George Koch Sons, 1940

Quarto. 16 pp; profuse b/w photographs on every page showing the furniture. Staple bound with illustrated cover. Includes original order form, return envelope, and discount notice. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil. The catalog introduces Suntone, the company's new line of wrought iron furniture. Illustrated are table and chair sets, chaise lounge, small tables for lamps, plant stands, wall shelves, and more.
Inventory number #014366