The Decorated Letter
New York: Braziller, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Forty-color plates, and eighteen black and white figures. Bibliography. With critical commentary on each color plate by the author. Owner notation. More
New York: Braziller, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 40 pages. Forty-color plates, and eighteen black and white figures. Bibliography. With critical commentary on each color plate by the author. Owner notation. More
London: Henry Sotheran, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. 32 pages in text. Folio, 41 x 29 cm. Thirty-six chromolithographs by Firmin-Didot in Paris, a firm that rivaled the color printing in England of Edmund Evans -- many plates with multiple images. MCLEAN, Victorian Book Design, p.98 called the plates, "extremely fine."..... More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. 187 pages. 11 x 9 ". Lavishly illustrated in color and black and white: a collective memory of the American presidency. More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1978. First edition. 221 pages. 26 x 18 cm. 138 photographs. A review of the influence of Egyptian themes on American architecture -- designs by Latrobe and others were inspired by Egyptian revival architecture. Bibliography. Index. More
New York: Reynal, 1957. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. More than 200 half-tone plates and more than fifty line drawings. Index. More
New York: Reynal, 1960. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. More than 200 half-tone plates and more than forty line drawings. Index. More
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1911. Second edition. Hardcover. 201 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated: black and white photographs cover four broad periods -- William & Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheration. Two spots front cover else clean inside and out. Backstrip reinforced with binding tape. More
Berkeley: Univ. of California Press, 1962. First edition. Original Wraps. More
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, genealogical Tree of the Taylor Family opposite title pages. Four plates. List of plates. Bibliography. Introduction. Index of Titles. Limited edition, copy 229 of 350. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1902. Hardcover. 182 pages. 24 x 15 cm. 177 illustrations. Comprehensive analysis of design patterns. More
Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 193 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Host of photographs, plans to scale. A study of origins shaped by central and western European countries with the Fenno-Scandian settlers exerting the largest degree of influence. Bibliography. Index. More
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. 201 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Frontispiece of Dr. Kendall. A compendium of Kendall's sports interests including Dogs and Self Defense. More
London: John Murray, 1841. Jones, Owen. New Edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, approx. 200 pages in text. Four full-page chromolithograph illustrations with borders, colored titles, and ornamental vignettes [all are color lithographs] designed by Owen Jones. Numerous text illustrations from drawings by William Allan, David Roberts, William Simson, Henry Warren, C.E. Aubrey..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. 30 x 25 cm. Host of tipped-in color plates. Notes. Index. More
New Brunswick: Rutgers Univ. Press, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 308 pages. 4to, profusely Illustrated with photographs. Index. Chapters on the dwelling houses, barns and churches of the area. Bookplate. More
London: British Museum, 1963. First edition. Paperback. 32 pages in text. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Twenty-five plates in color and black and white. More
Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott & Francis Griffiths, ca 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 117 pages. 26 x 20 cm. 235 illustrations. A thorough review -- ornament which has a foliage basis, and the anthemion, the acanthus and the miscellaneous ornaments of foliage derivation of the Classic and Gothic schools are..... More
Munich & Leipzig: G. Hirth's Kunstverlag, 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 872 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Jugend (German: "Youth") (1896–1940) was an influential German arts magazine. Founded in Munich by Georg Hirth the weekly was originally intended to showcase German Arts and Crafts, but became famous for showcasing the German version of Art..... More
Munich & Liepzig: G. Hirth's Kunstverlag, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 872 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Jugend (German: "Youth") (1896–1940) was an influential German arts magazine. Founded in Munich by Georg Hirth the weekly was originally intended to showcase German Arts and Crafts, but became famous for showcasing the German version of Art..... More
NY: C.G. Boerner, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 40 pages. 8 1/2 x 11". Illustrated in color. More
New York: Japan Society, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. 195 pages. 30 x 26.5 cm. Japanese, Chinese and Korean collections with illustrations in color and black and white. Contributions by Richard M. Barnhart and Christine M.E. Guth. Distributed by Harry Abrams. Index. More
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 194 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Eight color plates and 184 black and white photographs. Bibliography. Index. Rockingham production was limited, genuine examples of its output are comparatively rare. More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1905. Greenaway, Kate. 301 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Fifty-three full-color and ninety black and white illustrations. Bound by Zahnsforf. Extensive Index. FREITAG 3926. Raised bands, spine panels lettered and decorated in gilt, marbled endpapers, backstrip faded to brown. More
New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1987. Berthe Morisot. First edition. Hardcover. 228 pages. 28.5 x 23.5 cm. 123 color plates plus 116 black and white illustrations. More
London: The Verona Society, 1930. Hardcover. 172 pages. 25.5 x 20 cm, Limited edition, copy 96 of 500 printed at the Alcuin Press. Introduction by D.B. Wyndham Lewis who notes this edition reflects a modern but not an emasculated version of the original fifteenth century manuscript that was anonymously translated..... More