Paris: Les Éditions Nomis, 1949. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Folio (12 1/2 x 10"). [6], 227, [5]pp (Text vol.); [4], 140pp (Plate vol.). Original yellow cloth, with a medallion-shaped color illustration pasted to each front cover. Black lettering to spines and front boards. Dark blue lettering to each title... More
Stuttgart: Verlag für Vaterländische Kunst Gesellschaft, ca. 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio (16 3/4 x 11"). Elaborate gold-and brown stamped full vellum with metal clasps. Front cover with gold-embossed illustration of a dagger within double-brown border. Outer margins of front board with continuous lettering inside brown border: "Das eiserne... More
London: V&A Publications, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 128pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial half-title. Color frontispiece. The beautiful jewelry of Nepal, Tibet, and the Himalayas is extraordinarily evocative, with vibrant combinations of gold and silver embellished with turquoise, coral, amber, and pearls... More
New York: The Maple Press, 1947. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. ix. 94,15pp. Quarter cloth over pink paper covered boards in original slipcase. Gilt lettering to spine. Lower edge of slipcase torn but holding. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. "I have adopted the alternative course of discussing in some detail... More
Paris: Ch. Massin, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 6, [1] plus 36 b/w plates, resting in original half cloth over decorative printed paper covered boards portfolio. String ties. Fascinating work on the Modern style in interior design. Heavy abrasion and staining on portfolio with spine rubbed and partly detached. Bottom right... More
Paris: Editions D'Art Charles Moreau, [ca. 1925]. Hardcover. Folio. [2] pp. 32 plates in photogravure (1-3 per plate). Later half-leather red leather binding with gold lettering on spine. Corners and upper edge of spine bumped, lower edge torn. Marble endpapers. Artistic iron workmanship in the 1920s art nouveau and art... More
Paris: Massin, n.d. Hardcover. Portfolio. 6pp. of introduction, followed by 36 loose full-page b/w plates, as issued. 1/2 green cloth over illustrated gray paper covered boards with title-paste-on. 3 green strings. Illustrated title page. Work on the Modern Style in interior design. Magnificently illustrated with 36 full-page semitone photogravure. Very... More
Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 4pp (Title and Introduction), 32 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original quarter cloth over printed paper covered boards. String ties. Title in green and grey lettering. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French Art Deco ironworks... More
Milan: Franco Maria Ricci, 1982. Limited First Italian edition. Hardcover. 1/6000. Folio. 219, [5]pp. Original black moire cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, and color illustration pasted to front board. Decorative endpapers. Book housed in its original black cloth slipcase, with printed title pasted on spine. This... More
London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 551pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Blue buckram boards with blind-stamped roundel decorative motif on the front cover, and white lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Blue ribbon marker. A magnificent look "into... More
San Francisco: Sotheby's Publications - The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 275, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Title page inscribed and signed by Caroline McCoy Jones and Cathryn M. Cootner. This magnificent book is the... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. Folio. XX, 373, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold and black lettering on spine. This remarkable work approaches the study of Indian costumes in two ways. First it examines the general history of the costume, the tools and... More
Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute, 1998. Softcover. 4to. 225pp. Pictorial wrappers with white lettering to wrappers and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Very minor scuffing to wrappers. Blue endpapers. Great work on conservation of historic windows. Delightfully illustrated with many b/w and color photographs. In Spanish. In near... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. 143, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over photographic paper covered boards. Frontispiece. This remarkable work is the perfect introduction for everyone interested in quality ceramic craftsmanship. It is profusely illustrated with 7 tipped-in color plates and numerous b/w... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIV, 192pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative paper covered boards, with white lettering on spine. As she has in her previous books, "Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe" and "African Canvas: The Art of West African Women," Margaret Courtney-Clarke turns... More
London: Cox & Sons, ca. 1868. Third edition. Hardcover. 8vo. iv. 63,40,18pp. Gilt and black decorated maroon cloth. Discoloration, staining and rubbing to boards. Head and tail of spine chipped. Corners bumped and worn. Wear to edges. Red page edges. Bookplate of previous owner to inside of front board. Lower... More
Point Reyes Station, CA: Adraskand, Inc. 1982. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. 93, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated wrappers. Title page signed by the author. Splendidly illustrated with 40 full-page color plates, this striking exhibition catalogue on Belouch camel-ground prayer rugs intends to shed some light on the Belouch and their weavings. Wrappers... More
London: V & A Publications, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated half-title and title page. Illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1952. Hardcover. 4to. 312 pp. Grey cloth binding w/dj. Some discoloration and rubbing to edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners lightly worn. Dj missing 1" chip to tail of spine and 3" x 1/2" to front top edge. Some creasing. Hinges starting to crack... More
London: The Studio Publications, (1956). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 96pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. The author stresses that whatever the elements of book jacket design - typography, photography, pattern, pen and ink sketch or full color illustration - the artist's own integrity... More
Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 448pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine in original dj. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Minor creasing to dj. Frontispiece."This is a comprehensive and fascinating overview of the manufacture of porcelain in Great Britain from the mid-eighteenth century... More
Paris: Librairie Gründ, 1948. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/450. Folio (13 x 10"). [2], 301, [3]pp (Text volume); [4]pp, i-ccxlviii (1 to 248, ie 259) leaves (Plates), as issued (Plate volume). Original half green decorative morocco over green silk moire, with gold lettering to spines. Raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Top... More
Paris: Librairie Honore Champion, 1907. Limited ed. Hardcover. 227 pp. plus plates. text in French, 39 full-page plates. Quarto. Half leather over marbled paper boards, t.e.g. 1/200 copies signed by the author. Very good. More
Nuremberg: Reichs- und Auslandspalerie, n.d. (ca. 1932). Third edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 21pp. 21pp. 21pp. [pagination of all sections start at p. 16]. 3/4 purple linen over decorated paper-covered boards. Furniture trade catalog. Mix- match strips demonstrate furniture component options. Binding folds out into three sections: One section is bound to... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 1986. First edition, second printing. Hardcover. Folio. 319, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over purple cloth, with gold lettering on spine, and blind-stamped lettering on front cover. Color frontispiece. Superbly illustrated with hundreds of color photographic reproductions, this remarkable work depicts garments such as coats, jackets, and... More