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

Parke-Bernet Galleries
French Provincial Furniture & French Garden Furniture and Statuary Assembled by Mme Renee Guibal, Haut du Val (near Versailles)
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952

Octavo. 81 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 411 lots. Wraps. VG, minor toning to covers, one corner creased. Sale no. 1353, Wednesday & Thursday May 28-29, 1952.
Inventory number #014331

Barron, Stephanie & Maurice Tuchman
The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930: New Perspectives
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980

Quarto. 288 pp; profuse b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG, a clean, tight, unmarked copy; two corners gently bumped, page edges slightly yellowed, spine toned. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, July 8 to Sept 28, 1980, and at Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC November 20, 1980 to February 1981.
Inventory number #014299

Barron, Leonard, editor
Garden Magazine & Home Builder. January 1925
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925

Quarto. pp 281-356. Numerous b/w photographs & plans. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine ends torn with minor loss, vertical crease near spine (barely visible) of cover, light edge wear. Cover illustration by Leonard A. Simonsen. Articles by Eslelle H. Ries, Elizabeth Leonard Strang, Joseph Henry Sperry, Henry Wangner, Loutrel W. Briggs, and others.
Inventory number #014103

Stowell, Kenneth K.
HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. May 1938
NY: Hearst Magazines, 1938

Vol. 80, No. 5. Folio (13 in. x 10 in.). 156 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy; spine lightly rubbed with short tear at base. Cover photograph by Paul Outerbridge, Jr. Articles include several for the Brides of 1938 on choosing silver and linen; draperies; wedding invitations; "Philadelphia Gardens" by Helen van Pelt Wilson, Portfolio of Details - Bay Windows, and photographs & floor plans for two houses. Advertisements include many by silver and linen companies, and travel ads.
Inventory number #014002

Shewell-Cooer, W.E.
The A.B.C. of the Greenhouse
London: English Universities Press, 1951

Fourth impression. Octavo. 328 pp; 4 color, 9 b/w photos, and numerous line drawings. Bright green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, an unmarked copy with scattered faint foxing on front & rear endpapers & edges of text block; price-clipped jacket with light edgewear, inside of jacket with faint foxing.
Inventory number #013974

Harris, Leslie & Gervase Jackson-Stops
Robert Adam and Kedleston: The Making of a Neo-Classical Masterpiece
London: National Trust, 1987

Oblong quarto. 96 pp; 82 color & b/w plates and several b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; edges of back cover lightly toned. House & Garden article, "Adam's Glory" by James Lees-Milne laid in. Catalogue to accompany "The Treasure Houses of Britain" exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, in which Kedleston was well represented. Edited & with foreword by Gervase Jackson-Stops.
Inventory number #013917

Littlefield, Doris Bayley & Steven Brooke
VIZCAYA
Miami: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, 1984

First edition. Octavo. 94 pp; profuse color photographs by Steven Brooke. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Vizcaya, the lavish estate on Miami's Biscayne Bay built by wealthy industrialist James Deering in the 1910's, featured a 70-room Italian baroque mansion, magnificent Italian Renaissance gardens, lagoons, canals, citrus groves, a farm village, and a yacht harbor. Originally 180 acres, the mansion and gardens today occupy 50 acres, and are open to the public.
Inventory number #013908

1945 Luncheon Menu
Bill of Fame! Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant Mailing Menu - Luncheon
NY: Jack Dempsey's, 1945

11" x 5.5" folded mailer, 11" x 16.5" open. Luncheon menu features complete special luncheons, a la carte, sandwiches, and cocktails, wine, and beer. Cover features quotes from nine newspapers, including Walter Winchell/Mirror; Earl Wilson/Post, and Ed Sullivan/News. Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant at 49th-50th St on Broadway. William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (1895-1983) held the world heavyweight title between 1919 and 1926. From 1935-1974, he ran Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant in New York City's Times Square, on the site of the old car barn across from Madison Square Garden. Most nights for those nearly forty years would find the proprietor on hand to greet guests, sign autographs, pose for pictures, and hold court.
Inventory number #013882

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

Horvat, Frank & Catherine Join-Dieterle
De La Mode & Des Jardins: Au Musee Galliera
Paris: Paris-musees / Imprimerie nationale Editions, 1997

First edition. Small folio. 203 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, crisp, unmarked copy; jacket glossy & bright with no wear. Presenting an historical review of botanical and floral motifs in French fashion while exploring parallels between general principles of textile and garden design, this catalogue features a multi-part text along with photographs of nearly 100 garments and fashion accessories from the museum's collection dating from the late 17th century to the 1990s, including pieces by Chanel, Lanvin, Balenciaga, Cardin, Dior and Saint Laurent.
Inventory number #013217

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Folio. xxiv + 298 pp; the featured estates are illustrated with b/w photographs by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Green pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG, small loss at base of spine, head of spine & corners rubbed, bottom edges of cover lightly rubbed, binding a bit loose. Name of Boston architect Andrew H. Hepburn at top of title page, dated 1905.
Inventory number #012974

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume Two. Folio. xli + 284 pp; is illustrated by b/w photos by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Gray pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG,
Inventory number #012973

Jones, Louise Seymour
WHO LOVES A GARDEN
Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1935

Second printing. Octavo. 205 pp. Decorated paper-covered boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy except for toning on front & rear free endpapers from jacket flaps, spine a bit toned, small stain at bottom edge of back cover; price-clipped jacket has toned spine, old water stain ring near bottom of spine, top edge of back cover lightly chipped with small loss at top corner. A delightful account of the gardens of poets, philosophers and kings.
Inventory number #012549

Beharrell, C.H.
CLAREMONT LANDSCAPE GARDEN Surrey
London: National Trust, 1994

Reprint. Octavo. 38 pp; 24 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Staple-bound illustrated stiff card covers. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; no cover wear.
Inventory number #012316

Rorschach, Kimerly
THE EARLY GEORGIAN LANDSCAPE GARDEN
New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 1983

Quarto. 107 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, clean copy. Exhibition catalogue with 85 entries.
Inventory number #012284

HOMES OF DOUBLEDAY, DORAN AND COMPANY, INC. Garden City, London, Kingswood, Surrey, Toronto
Garden City, NY: Privately Printed, 1930

Octavo. unpaginated. Fold-out frontispiece by Chester Price, b/w plates throughout; list of offices and bookstores. Original blue cloth with gilt rules and titles on cover. VG, minor wear to corners, crown bumped. Views of Country Life Press in Garden City, NY; Windmill Press in Kingswood, Surrey, England; 99 Great Russell St in London; and Amen House in Toronto, Canada.
Inventory number #011649

Batey, Mavis & Jan Woudstra
THE STORY OF THE PRIVY GARDEN AT HAMPTON COURT
London: Barn Elms, 1996

Reprint. Octavo. 35 pp; profuse color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. Near Fine. For well over 200 years, the outlines of King William's private garden at Hampton Court lay in secret under the soil. Today, after pioneering archaeology and exciting discoveries in the archives, an ambitious garden reconstruction has brought the magnificent ensemble back to view.
Inventory number #011001

Sotheby's
Garden, Architectural and Fossil Decoration. Sept. 26th 2006; Sale #B06821
West Sussex: Sotheby's Publications, 2006

Oblong quarto. 192 pp; illustrated throughout in color. Paperback. Near Fine.
Inventory number #010980

Eaton, Walter Prichard
WILD GARDENS OF NEW ENGLAND
Boston: W.A. Wilde Co., 1936

Octavo. 124 pp; illustrated by b/w photographs; appendix on wild flower preservation. Dark blue cloth, no jacket. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine gilt dulled.
Inventory number #010726