Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Museum, 2003. Hardcover. Black boards, black and BW-photographic dust jacket with white lettering. xi, 219 pp. BW and some color illustrations. This book documents the work of designer Brooks Stevens. It includes 250 illustrations of designs by Stevens and his firm, many in color, detailed studies of... More about Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1974. Hardbound. Grey cloth with white lettering; grey dj with white and multi-colored lettering; mylar cover; 232 pp. with numerous bw and color photographs. A resplendent memoir by the dean of decorators of his more than forty years of creating beautiful things for fascinating people. More about Billy Baldwin Remembers
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2009. Hardcover. Red boards with white/yellow/black spine lettering. Matching dj with color illus. 270 pp. with 220 mostly color photos. Guidance from the Roman-American interior designer in how to make a home graceful, comfortably elegant and artful. Beautiful, inspiring photos. More about New Classic Interiors
New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering and design. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with black lettering. 288 pp. Over 350 full color illustrations. Presents an extensive historical, analytical and descriptive survey of the major Post-modern designers and their works. Features a wide range of designer... More about Post-Modern Design
Montreal, Canada: Le Musee des Arts, 1991. Hardcover. Black cloth, black DJ. 424 pp. 60 color, 470 bw plates. From the DJ..."The first serious book on a period just beginnning to be researched by scholars and little known to collectors, it focuses on 200 of the finest objects from the... More about Design, 1935-1965: What Modern Was
New York, New York: Abbeville Press, 1991. First. Hardcover. Lavender cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 228 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A wonderful guide to Art Deco-inspired mass-produced items of the Depression Era, including radios, furniture, wallpaper, kitchen items, and much more; Extensive text; Nicely illustrated. More about Popular Art Deco: Depression Era Style and Design
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2011. Hardcover. Pale red cloth/boards; white lettering on spine. Red place-holder ribbon. Color-illus. dj with red spine. 256 pp. with color photos throughout. Artistic Interiors is an extraordinary volume featuring the work of prestigious architectural interior designer Suzanne Lovell. Hundreds of full color photographs... More about Artistic Interiors: Designing with Fine Art Collections
New York, New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1989. Hardcover. Light brown cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 240 pp.; Approx. 600 color photos. A guide to creating the feel of different periods of design in your home, including Medieval, English Baroque, Regency, Georgian, Rococo, American Colonial, Victorian, Biedermeier, Shaker, and more. Wonderfully illustrated. More about Period Design & Furnishing: A Sourcebook for Home Restoration and Decoration
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965. First. Hardcover. Oatmeal linen cloth/boards with black spine lettering. Color-photographic dj with white lettering. 240 pp. with 238 bw photos and 24 full-color gravure plates. Includes all sorts of ideas for apartments, houses, and vacation homes, very trendy for the times. With a.... More about The New York Times Book of Interior Design and Decoration
New York: Rudolf Wendel, [1930s?]. Softcover. Tan textured stapled paper wraps, [20 pp.], 11 BW plates. Undated catalogue advertising the services of the lighting firm of Rudolf Wendel. Includes some text and 11 BW illustrations depicting examples of interior lighting work done in exclusive venues: at Musee Royal in Brussels... More about Rudolf Wendel, Artistic Lighting
London: Atchley & Co., 1869. Hardcover. Black buckram, [iv] 65 bw engraved plates. "Incorporated with which are the plates of "Page's Decorator." Plates are steel and copper engravings. A very scarce volume. More about Architectural and Decorative Designs: for the Use of those engaged in Architecture, Sculpture,...
New York: Rizzoli, 2004. First. Hardcover. Lime green cloth/boards with blind stamp cover lettering. Color-illus. dj with black spine lettering. 208 pp. with color photos throughout. As a colony of both France and Spain, New Orleans is the most European city in the US, exhibiting a mix of many kinds... More about New Orleans Style Past & Present
New York: Rizzoli, 2013. Hardcover. White & blue colored boards with dark blue spine & corners, gilt letters on spine, inlaid title block on front cover, illus. flyleaves, 432 pp.,profusely illus. in colorl weighs 6.5 lbs. Showcases the work of American interior designer Mario Buatta (b. 1935). Lavishly illustrated, as... More about Mario Buatta: Fifty Years of American Interior Decoration
New York: Abrams, 2014. First. Boxed. Color-illustrated boards with orange lettering and embossed orange insignia; blue cloth spine. Color-photographic end papers; color frontis. 255 pp. with color and bw photos throughout. Housed in a beautiful blue gift box with Tory Burch tissue and an orange gros-grain ribbon to access the... More about Tory Burch in Color
Crans-Près-Céligny, Switzerland: RotoVision SA, 1999. Softcover. Black wraps. 160 pp. Numerous color & bw plates. Examines bar and restaurant lighting schemes from around the world through 19 case studies of real projects. More about Designing With Light: Bars and Restaurants
New York: Powerhouse Books, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Black cloth stamped with red letters, red & illus. dust jacket, 208 pp., 70+ color plates, weighs 5.5 lbs. "Jeremiah Goodman has had the rare opportunity to enter and paint his impressions of the residences of the rich and famous for the... More about Jeremiah: A Romantic Vision
New York: Monacelli Press, 2010. First. Hardcover. Grey cloth/boards with silver spine lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering on maroon spine. 208 pp. with color photos throughout. "Celebrates the best in interior decoration over the past 200 years. Fifty of the most beautiful and influential rooms in America have been... More about The Finest Rooms in America
NY: Oxford Library, 1954. Hardcover. Oatmeal and brown cloth. 384 pp. No illus. More about Survival Through Design
1995. Hardcover. Grey boards. 128 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. More about Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design
New York: The Viking Press, 1955, 1960, 1963. Revised Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Gray-blue stamped cloth, black & color illus. dust jacket, 252 pp., many BW illus., some color. Presents the eclectic style of New York-based interior designer William Pahlmann (1900-1987). His "primary concern in writing this book was an... More about The Pahlmann Book of Interior Design
London: Phaidon, 2002. Hardcover. Green cloth/boards; black spine. Black dj with color image; white lettering on spine. French folds. 272 pp. full of color and bw photographs. Dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve/cover (not Brodart). A bit heavy at 5 pounds and may require extra postage. A comprehensive monograph on... More about Alexey Brodovitch
