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
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
New York: Art Direction Book Company, 1981. Hardcover. black cloth w/ silver spine printing. unpaginated pgs w/ color & b&w illustrations. An extensive, interesting glimpse of 1980s advertising art & design. More
New York: Abbevile Press Publishers, 1991. Hardcover. Black cloth with stamped black lettering on spine and front, glossy color illustrated dust jacket, 240 pp, over 500 mostly full color illustrations. "Now in its sixth year, this highly acclaimed volume features hundreds of illustrations of the best and most exciting in..... More
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. Branca learned early that..... More
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
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1974. Softcover. Gray wraps with color illus., 32 pp., profuse 2-color llustrations. Includes three 2-sided pictorial selectors with rotary dials, one for each topic. Clear plastic slipcase with labeling on spine. From the book: Humanscale is an important tool for everyone who designs for the..... More
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
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
Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2016. Hardcover. Cream cloth boards with yellow illustration and lettering in fuschia and yellow. "Alexander Girard (1907-1993) was one of the most important modern textile artists and interior designers of the twentieth century. He worked closely with designers such as Charles Eames and George..... More
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
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
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
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
New York: Abbevile Press Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Aqua cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket, 240 pp, profusely illustrated in color. "The leading showcase of domestic design, now in its eighteenth edition, brings together 300 of the best designs of the past year... This book is..... More
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
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
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
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
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
New York: Rizzoli, 1993. Hardcover. glossy grey boards with color illustrations and printing. 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. content as follows: A review of men's fashions from the thirties, forties, and post war period. More
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
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
NY: Oxford Library, 1954. Hardcover. Oatmeal and brown cloth. 384 pp. No illus. More
1995. Hardcover. Grey boards. 128 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. More
