Decorville Catalogue
Montreal: Decorville. Soft cover. 8.5" x 6" N.d., [ca. early 1970s]. Oblong pamphlet, staple bound. Unpaginated, [24 pp.]. B&W photos. Some rust stains to rear cover, else fine. More
Interior Design & Home Decor
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The Toronto Silver Plate Company's Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Electro Silver Plate on Nickel, Silver and White Metal
Peterborough: Clock House Publications, 1977. Soft cover. 8vo. Facsimile reprint of 1888 catalogue. Orig. card covers, staple bound. 127 pp. B&W illustrations. Light sunning to extremities, else fine. More
Style in Furniture
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Baldock, W.C. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi, 338 p.p., [40 p.p. ads]. 102 unnumbered B&W plates, incl. frontis. w/ tissue guard, plus in-text B&W illustrations. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Sunning to spine, bumping and rubbing to spine ends, joints, edges, and corners..... More
A Splendid Harvest: Germanic Folk and Decorative Arts in Canada
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 9" x 9.5" Orig. mustard paper boards. 240 pp. Spine tilted. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed to covers and edges. Near fine. More
Canadian Country Furniture 1675-1950
Toronto: Stoddart, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full burgundy paper. 403 pp. Over 700 colour and B&W photographs throughout. Fine condition. This outstanding book is certain to be the essential reference work on Canadian country furniture for decades to come. Folk-art authority Michael Bird's painstakingly researched - but lively -..... More
The Design Art of Nicos Zographos
New York: The Monacelli Press, 2000. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 10" x 11.25" Full black cloth. 192 pp. Rear hinge cracked, else fine. The world's mosst singular and severely elegant collection of contemporary furniture has been created by Nicos Zographos. This book gathers and assesses his furniture and interiors for the..... More
Angel Chairs: New Work By Wendell Castle
New York: Peter Joseph Gallery, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 4to (small). Essays and photographs of the designs of Wendell Castle. 111 p.p. Purple buff wraps. B&W/colour photography throughout, as well as drawings by Castle. Photography by Michael Galatis. P.p. 61 and 67 creased. Sunning to spine. Spine unlettered. Catalogue..... More
Art Nouveau
Koln: Konemann, 1997. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and foot of front board. B&W pictorial endpapers. 425 p.p. Lavish colour photographs and reproductions of artwork in-text throughout. Light bumps to spine head and tail edge of rear board, small spot to head of front board..... More
Caucasian Rugs of Yesterday: An Illustrated, Authoritative Guide
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. SIGNED with inscription to ffep. Full green paper boards. Spine tilted. 144 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in colour. Spine tilted, light rubbing to tail edges. Dust jacket is bumped to extremities, chipped to spine head. More
The Work of Sir Robert Lorimer
London: Country Life Limited, 1931. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First edition. Orig. cloth bound boards, blue title labels with gilt lettering to spine and front board. xvi, 111 pp. Numerous B&W plates with 267 photos. A few spots of wear and staining to cloth..... More
Indian Blankets and their Makers
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1937. Hardcover. 8vo (royal). Orig. red stamped cloth. xvi, 213 pp. [72] B&W plates of illustrations, some double-sided. Spine tilted and sunned, rubbing to extremities, some light foxing to cloth. Some light staining and foxing to interior. More
Kittinger Price List: March, 1969
Buffalo, New York: Kittinger Company Inc., 1969. Hardcover. 4to. Binder tooled in gilt with company name on upper cover, unpaginated, indexed with dividers. Illustrated throughout. Rubber stamp on title page and sporadically throughout. About fine. This catalog features a number of home furnishings for dining rooms, bedrooms, cabinets and upholstery..... More
Color in Hooked Rugs
Boston: Self-published, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Full maroon cloth. 304 pp. Numerous illustrations, several in colour. Spine tilted. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, rubbed to joints, bumped and creased to extremities. More
Glass in Architecture and Decoration
London: The Architectural Press, 1961. Hardcover. 4to. New and revised edition. Full green cloth. 712 pp. B&W plates [incl. in pagination] with over 500 illustrations, with some illustrations in colour. Rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket has several long and short tears, repaired to reverse with tape, chip to foot of..... More
The Function of Ornament
Barcelona: Actar, 2008. Soft cover. 8vo. Soft cover. Unpaginated, approx. [189] pp. B&W illustration. Spine tilted. Light rubbing and some creasing to extremities. Binding is very tight. Architecture needs mechanisms that allow it to become connected to culture. It achieves this by continually capturing the forces that shape society as..... More
Painting and Decorating Craftsman's Manual and Text Book, Incorporating the Fundamental Principles and Practices of the Painting and Decoration Craft, with Detailed Data on New Materials, Practical Methods, Brushes, Tools, and Equipment, Together with an Introductory Outline to the Study of Color, Color Mixing and Matching and Color Styling ... For Apprentices, Journeymen Painters and all Others Concerned with the Professional Aspects of the Painting and Decorating Industry
New York: Theo. Audel & Co. Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. 18mo. Full black leatherette. A.E.R. Spine tilted. [20],430 pp., [ads]. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted. Some white spotting to boards. Staining to edges of text block. More
The Elements of Domestic Design
Westminster: The Architectural Press, 1930. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. vi, 102 p.p. Four unnumbered B&W plates of photographs, incl. frontis, plus many additional B&W illustrations. Green cloth with black stamped lettering to front and spine. Bumping and chafing to edges, corners, joints, and spine ends. A few small damp stains..... More
Fiber to Fabric: A Textbook on Textiles for the Consumer
New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, 1945. Roffman, Alfred. Hardcover. 8vo. Orig. green clothv, 314 pp. B&W photos, and line drawings by Alfred Roffman. Corners and spine ends bumped and lightly rubbed. A few pencil notations to text. A helpful overview of various types of fabric and textiles, their production..... More
Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania
Exton, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1977. Hardcover. 4to. Full black leatherette. [17], 158 plates B&W illustrations. Fine. More
Corporate Interiors
New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1997. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full black paper boards. 312 p. Fully illustrated in colour. Lightly rubbed to extremities. Dust jacket is lightly bumped to edges, some spots of delamination to corners. Near fine overall. More
House Wiring Made Easy
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1942. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Full black cloth. 92 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine cocked and sunned, rubbing to extremities, wear to corners, a few light stains. Interior age toned. A practical, clearly written, easily understood guide for the..... More
In a Canadian Attic
Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1963. Vanschnydel, Jan. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to ffep. Full green cloth. viii, 267 pp. Acid migration from tape to rfep. Dust jacket is sunned, generally rubbed, chipped to spine head and top front corner. An invaluable guide..... More
A Book of English Clocks
London: Penguin Books, 1950. Hardcover. 12mo. Pictorial paper boards, in matching dust jacket. 80 pp., 64 pp. B&W photo plates (separately paginated). Slight tilting to spine, light bumping to spine ends and corners. Staining to top edge of text block. Dust jacket has small chips to spine ends, short tear..... More
The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art: A Review of the Latest Developments in the Artistic Construction Decoration and Furnishing of the House
London: Offices of the Studio, 1913. Soft cover. 8vo (imperial). Orig. illustrated card wrappers, sewn and glued binding. vi, 248 pp. Over 400 illustrations, 16 coloured plates. Wraps are chipped at corners and extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to head of front cover and ink stamp to foot. Damp stain to..... More
A Japanese Touch for Your Home
Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1982. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Full textured brown paper boards. 84 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in colour, with photographs by Ryo Hata. Dust jacket is price clipped, with previous price stickers to front flap. Small perforation and some sunning to spine. More
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