Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1914. Hard Cover. First Edition. 123 pp. Front cover and spine have stamped, gilt lettering. Covers are lightly frayed along edges. Corners are frayed to the boards. Cloth spine is badly frayed at top and bottom, as well as being torn across the middle. Stamped lettering is worn, aged and frayed. Two page introduction by C.H. Baer, otherwise, no text. 120 full color plates of between the wars? (volume is not dated) interior design schemes. Very Good. More

Cleveland, Ohio: W.S. Tyler Company, 1913. Paper Wraps. First Edition. 25 pp. each, eight pamphlets. B/w photo ills. All issues complete, binding (staples) tight. Edges worn, occasional coffee stains. A publication of the W.S. Tyler Company of Cleveland, New York, El Paso, and Pittsburgh, manufacturers of ornamental iron and bronze. Each monthly issue of the small booklet carried pictures of Tyler work plus brief commentaries, short pieces, jokes. Good Plus. More

Paris: Armand Guerinet, n.d. Folio. First Edition. c. 1900. 176 loose, black & white plates. Folio. Folio wrapper consisting of patterned paper over boards attached to a floral-patterned cloth spine. Front cover has a pasted-on title block with an illustration of an iris with Art Nouveau flourishes. Covers and spine are aged and edgeworn. Spine is faded and beginning to fray at the ends. Contents consist of 176 black & white plates, with captions in French, on the decorative arts. Subjects covered include: Vieilles Toiles De Jouy, Della Bella, Jacques, L'Union Centrale Des Arts Decoratifs, Boucher, Classical Motifs, Mythological Motifs, Baptiste Monnoyer, Simon Vouet, Oudry, Tessier, etc. Most groupings appear to be missing more than one plate. The Vouet section appears to be complete as... More

Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1936. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 200 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Subtitle: "A Consideration of the Changes in Style between the Arrival of the Mayflower and the Civil War in the Regions Originally Settled by the English and the Dutch." Cover is scuffed all over, with edge wear. Bright gilt title and design center front. Head of text block gilded, fore- and bottom edges deckled. Previous owner's name in pencil on first free endpaper. This book was designed to examine "period rooms" in more detail than is usual, with 12 rooms examined and pictured, each with historical notes. There are 5 or 6 ills. with each room, and a color schedule is included in the book... More

Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie. 1946. Folder. Unpag. B/w ills. Subtitle: "Collection de l'art regional en France." An apparently home-made folder covered in red corduroy houses this collection. The folder has done its job of keeping this exquisite collection clean and safe. There is a six-page introductory ms. in French, and then 40 individual plates of French furniture, collated by the Conservateur du Musee Archeologique de Rennes. Very Good Plus. More

New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Hard Cover. First Edition. First Printing. 8vo. Dust Jacket is in mylar cover. Inscribed by both authors on half-title page. Fine / Fine. More

Esther Stevens Brazer. Springfield, MA: The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1947. Hardcover. 265 pgs. Third printing (1950). Red-cloth-covered boards. Former owner's name written in ink on first free endpaper. Minimal wear, staining on dust jacket, now in mylar cover. Crisp, clean copy. Very good / very good. More

New York: Viking Studio Books, 1993. Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. ix, 232 pp. 4to. Clean, crisp copy. Dust jacket is price clipped. Fine / Fine. More

Alsace, France: Brustlein & Co., n.d. Hardcover. English Edition. Late 19th Century. 578 pp. 8vo. Green publisher's binding with black embossed titling to cover boards and spine. Soiling and wear to covers, evidence of partially removed sticker at base of spine. Front and rear hinges starting, clean within. Interior pages toned due to quality of paper. Heavily illustrated. Good. More

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1989. Hard Cover. First Edition. 83 pgs. 4to. First Printing. Minor shelf wear only. Jacket now in protective mylar cover. Inside test is crisp and clean. Color photographs throughout. Very Good / Very Good. More

Munchen: Georg D.W. Callwey, 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. 240 pp.; 123 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Pink boards with white spines with green designs on front, green lettering on spines. Wear to corners. Pictorial dust jackets are white with deep pink spine lettering. Front covers have a design of a restaurant, green and white lettering. Text pages aged, first free endpaper in Vol. 1 is creased with a closed tear. Design books on the hotel and restaurant business, these two volumes are lavishly illustrated with photos, sketches, and some colored plates. Text in German. Very Good / Very Good. More

London: W. S. Orr and Co, 1844. Full Leather. Fifth Edition. 103, 10 (ads) pp. 8vo. Full leather binding in a light tan leather with five raised bands at spine, gold titling. Decorative leather onlay to cover board replicates multi-color illustration of Plate II at page 23; blind embossed border on front and rear boards. Top edge gilt. Light foxing within. Five vibrant color plates with tissue guards showing eight examples of colors working together in harmony. Housed in paper covered slipcase with leather border at opening that matches binding leather.
David Ramsay Hay (1798-1866) was best known as a decorator and theorist of color who produced interiors for Sir Walter Scott and Queen Victoria. Important work in color theory that influenced interior design in... More

New York: PBC International, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. 189 pgs. 4to. Crisp, clean copy. Fine / fine. More