New York: B. Blom, 1971. Hardcover. Purple cloth board with gilt and silver design. Gilt design and white lettering on spine. 382 total pages. Each of the 4 volumes numbered seperately within. First published New York, 1883. More
New York: Country life--American home Corp. 1937. Hardcover. Pictorial board covers. [96] pages illustrations (part double). A unique and beautiful title. Features residences highlighted in the "Country Life" magazine. Pictures are grand. Not much information on this title but a wonderful addition to any library. It has a companion! --..... More
New York: 1990-1983? Hardcover. Ilustrated board covers - ribbon tied at spine. 96 pages : illustrations. A unique and beautiful title. Features residences of esquires, collectors, etc and regional styles. Pictures are grand. Not much information on this title but a wonderful addition to any library. 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
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: The Century Co., 1913. Hardcover. Pale blue boards with illustration and gilt stamped lettering. 322 pp. BW frontispiece with tissue paper cover. BW and some color illustrations. Contents: The Development of the Modern House, Suitability, Simplicity, and Proportion, The Old Washington Irving House, The Little House of Many..... More
New York: The Literary Guild Of America, Inc, 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
Boston: J.R. Osgood and Co., 1978. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Front cover has gilt design and black title lettering. Clear mylar dj. xi, [13]-268 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, plates. 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
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988. Softcover. Glossy teal softcover with white lettering and BW-photograph. xii, 267 pp. BW illustrations. n Culture and Comfort Katherine C. Grier shows how the design and furnishings of the mid-nineteenth century parlor reflected the self-image of the Victorian middle class. Parlors provided public facades..... 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
London: The Macmillan Company, 1969. Hardcover. Yellow cloth boards with red stamped design and spine lettering, illustrated decorative end papers. Glossy black and color-photographic dust jacket with multi-colored lettering. 216 pp. BW and color illustrations. "Since its Golden Age in the first flush of the opulent Twenties, Hollywood has housed..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2002. Hardcover. Brown paper boards with gold gilt lettering, pictorial dustjacket with white and black lettering, xxii, 233 pp., color illustrations throughout. "Cabins and Camps offers an intimate view of elegant mountain homes and log cabins from New York's Adirondacks to Idaho's Rocky Mountains..... More
New York: Whitney Publications, 1952. Hardcover. Blue/Grey cloth boards with silver lettering. 145 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans. With this book, Interiors, a monthly periodical published for professionals in all branches of interior design, answers the demand for a popular and comprehensive book on contemporary interiors. The book's editor, architect..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Dark green buckram; gilt lettering. xiv + 284 pp. with bw images throughout. A classic on the subject, written by Frank Parsons, for whom the Parsons School of Design is named (formerly the New York School of Fine..... 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
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
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
New York: The Conde Nast Publications Inc., 1926. Hardcover. blue cloth w/ gilt tiling & title emblem. 223 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Conde Nast's second fantastically illustrated guide to elegant interior design and decor. From stylish New York interiors to the simplicity of New England, a nice collectible of early..... More
London: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997. Hardcover. 2 vols. Dark blue & illus. boards, 1450 total pp., many BW illus. A two-volume set that provides "description and analysis of a range of subjects and individuals related to the history of interiors." (p. vii) Includes profiles of individuals, subject-area articles, and longer..... More
New York / London: Vendome, 2018. Hardcover. Black and white illustrated boards; black spine with white lettering; text block is black tinted; color illustrated frontispiece: vii, 387 pp; profusely illustrated throughout in color. "Most decorating books focus on one designer; the rest focus on one period, one trend, one room..... More
