Cleveland, OH: Sherwin-Williams Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with gilt titles and illustration mounted on front board. 4 preliminary leaves, 204 pages 1 leaf color frontispiece, illustrations, color plates 24 cm. More
New York: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Tweed-like cream with black specks cloth boards with white lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with black, cream, salmon, and white lettering; frontispiece photograph in color; 320pp; colorfully illustrated throughout. "From renowned photographer Melanie Acevedo and founding editor of domino magazine Dara Caponigro, comes..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1916. Hardcover. Red library buckram, gilt letters on spine, 315 pp., 49 BW illus., one fold-out chart. Outlines decor ideas for the modern American home of the early 20th century. Interesting, in hindsight. More
Mexico: Artes de Mexico, 2001. Softcover. Color illus wraps with french flaps and white lettering. [125] pp. Lavishly illus in color. Text in Spanish and English. More
Chicago, Illinois: American Seating Company, 1927. Hardcover. purple cloth boards w/ gilt printing, black leather spine w/ gilt printing. 88 pgs w/ 10 tissue-guard bw plates, additional bw illustrations throughout text. Page edges variously tanned. Tissue-guards creased with some tearing. More
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1956. Hardcover. grey & white cloth w/ blue cover illustration; blue spine printing. 191 pgs w/ color illustrations. blue & red illustrated dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated history of 1950s American Dream-era interior and exterior design. Tanning and smudges to pastedowns. Pages have light age specklling..... More
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1878. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Maroon and black cloth binding with gilt label and profuse gilt decoration. 336 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates: 112 illustrations (1 color). Mylar dust jacket. Features a lovely Victorian decorative binding. The best-known work of Clarence Cook, an American..... More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1939. Hardcover. Black cloth boards w/ silver printed spine. illustrated pasteodowns & endpapers. 244 pgs w/ illustrations & bw plates. no dustjacket. Dorothy Draper's classic guide on the bold interior design style that became known as Hollywood Regency. More
Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1876. Hardcover. Twelvemo. Hardcover. Bound in yellow cloth with gilt titles on spine and black designs on boards. More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Bound in navy cloth with gilt stamped titles. xxvi, 465 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. More
New York: Wiley, 2003. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Color-illustrated boards with black lettering. xii, 292 pp. Mainly BW illustrations. The inspired illumination of any given space can amplify its aesthetic impact and take it from the pedestrian to the sublime. And, for years, this excellent reference has guided architects and designers..... More
New York: Acanthus Press, 2008. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with silver spine lettering. Glossy blue and color-illustrated dust jacket with white and cream lettering. 318 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Contents: The history -- The legends -- The first ladies -- In the Parsons style -- The European traditionalists -- The..... More
New York / London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1945. Revised edition. Hardcover. Green cloth over boards, black lettering and illustration on front cover; bw frontispiece; x, 198 pp, 31 bw plates (including the frontispiece). Contents include: Preface; How to Plan and Make Draperies; Slip Covers and How to Make Them;..... More
New York: William T. Comstock, 1903. Hardcover. brown boards w/ black printing. 155 pgs w/ bw, color plates; closing appendix pgs, advertisements & three fabric swatches. Three color plates; plates remain vibrant. Light toning to glossy pages, otherwise remain bright; text and black/white plates dark and detailed. More
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2012. First. Hardcover. Illustrated cloth boards with white lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with white and black lettering and red illustration; illustrated endpapers; color frontispiece/photo; 368 pp; richly illustrated. "Ralph Kylloe is the foremost authority on rustic style. A privileged look at never-before-photographed rustic homes, Ralph Kylloe's..... More
New York: Nancy McClelland, Inc / Powelson, Church Inc, circa 1925. Softcover. black & cream floral design wraps w/ black printing. 68 pgs w/ bw illustrations throughout. An illustrated catalogue from Nancy McClelland, Inc.; items include dimensions, descriptions and pricing. Undated; WorldCat lists publishing dates under this title as 1925..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1957. Hardcover. Quarter-bound yellow cloth spine with dark green lettering and dark green paper boards; 215 pp; richly illustrated in bw. This copy is inscribed and signed by Betty Pepis. Pepis' designs served as inspiration for Don Draper's apartment in the television show, "Mad Men,"..... More
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Taupe cloth boards with gilt lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with taupe lettering; colorful portrait frontispiece; 325 pp.; richly illustrated in color. "Michael Taylor (1927-1986)-dubbed "the James Dean of interior design" by the legendary Diana Vreeland and "the best decorator in..... More
New York, NY: Assouline, 2010. Hardcover. White and BW illus. boards, white & color illus. dust jacket, 279 pp., color illus. Offers a "tour of the personal spaces of more than one hundred of the best-known names in American fashion. ... The result is a book filled with smart, colorful..... More
New York, NY: Pointed Leaf Press, 2008. First Edition; signed by Carleton Varney; #465 of 600 copies. Hardcover. Colorfully illustrated glossy boards with pink and black lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with black, pink, and white lettering; colorfully illustrated endpapers; title page is signed and illustrated by Carleton Varney, along with..... More
Bogotá, Colombia: Villegas Editores, 1998. Hardcover. Gray cloth, blue and color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 391 pp., 400+ color illus. Showcases work by Colombian-born American archtitect and interior designer Juan Montoya. "Presents a selection of 37 of Montoya's internatonal projects, ranging from private dwellings to corporate interiors. Collected..... More
Los Angeles: AMMO, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. Cream-colored cloth boards with debossed lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with pink lettering; colorfully illustrated endpapers; unpaginated. richly illustrated throughout, primarily in color. "Kelly Wearstle (Born November 21, 1967) is an American designer. She founded her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Design (or..... More
New York / London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1997. Hardcover. black boards w/ cloth spine; gilt spine printing. 294 pgs w/ bw illustrations & 16 color plates. glossy, pictorial & orange dustjacket w/ white printing. Pages have a few instances of light pencil arrow notations/parentheses to edges, otherwise, appears clean..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. B&W frontispiece and illustrations, deckled edges. 227 pp. Contents: Decoration as an art -- Decoration in American homes -- Woman's influence in decoration -- Character in homes -- Builders' houses -- Expedients -- Colour in..... More
New York: H.T. Williams, 1878. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with black title lettering. Spine has gilt title block. 314 pages illustrations. More
