New York: The Butterick Publishing Company, 1927. Hardcover. 255p. A green cloth hardcover book in very good condition. Spine tanned. Otherwise clean and tight. A thoroughly illustrated guide to sewing clothing for the whole family, with tips for hemming, stitches, embellishment, and more. More about THE ART OF DRESSMAKING
New York: The Grolier Club, 2017. Hardcover. 118p. An oversize red gilt cloth hardcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inisde the front cover. An exhibition catalogue for a calligraphy collection on display at the Grolier Club in New York from May 17 to... More about THE CALLIGRAPHY REVIVAL 1906-2016
London: Architectural Association, 1987. Paperback. 64p. A green softcover book in very good condition. Mild shelf wear to cover. Neat bookplate inside front cover. Pale dampstain on top left corner. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight. A study of the architectural style of Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel. Contains black and white photographs. More about H.S. GOODHART-RENDEL 1887-1959
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. Hardcover. 258p. A green cloth hardcover book in good condition. Edges lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Former owner's pen inscription on front free endpaper. Pencil notes in margins. Occasional foxing. Binding tight. Contains many black and white plates, most depicting architectural details of cathedrals. More about ARCHITECTURE AND THE ALLIED ARTS: Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic
England: Avebury, 1979. Hardcover. 160p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a dustjacket in very good condition. The book is like-new apart from a former owner's bookplate inside the front cover. The jacket is a bit crinkled at the corners, but is otherwise fully intact and glossy. Measures... More about THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS COLLECTION OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE: A Catalogue and Historical...
New York/New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2004. Paperback. 257p. An oversize softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A catalogue for an exxibition on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from May..... More about PAINTERS OF REALITY: The Legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1965. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. 110p. Facsimile reprint. An oversize softcover book in very good condition. Former owner's private library stamps inside covers and on title pages. Otherwise clean and tight. The text is a facsimile of the Isaac Ware English edition from 1738. Introduction by... More about THE FOUR BOOKS OF ARCHITECTURE
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. 3rd Printing. Paperback. 487p. A softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a faint crease near the top and a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. An architectural biography. More about RICHARD NORMAN SHAW
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. First American Edition. Hardcover. 224p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Contains a section of photographs. More about MY GRANDFATHER'S GALLERY: A Family Memoir of Art and War
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1979. Hardcover. 306p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A survey of the Gothic Revival architect's career. More about JOHN LOUGHBOROUGH PEARSON
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1956. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 128p. A large hardcover book in very good condition with a dustjacket in acceptable condition. Bookplate inside the front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. The jacket is heavily rubbed along the edges; some spots are torn or chipped. The head of... More about CONTEMPORARY CHURCH ART
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1993. Paperback. 166p. A red softcover book in fine condition. Filled with black and white photographs. More about IMAGES OF LUST: Sexual Carvings on Medieval Churches
Milan: 5 Continents, 2005. Paperback. 88p. A light grey softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A catalogue of artistic plates from the Louvre Drawing Gallery series. More about GERARD, GIRODET, GROS: David's Studio
Milan: 5 Continents, 2005. Paperback. 82p. A light grey softcover book in fine condition. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A catalogue of art by Jacques-Louis David from the Louvre Drawing Gallery series. More about DAVID
London: The Tate Gallery, 1985. Paperback. 136p. A softcover book in very good condition. Head of spine bumped. Bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. An illustrated life of the British sculptor. More about BARBARA HEPWORTH: A Pictorial Autobiography
New York: The New-York Historical Society, 2013. Hardcover. 184p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. Filled with color paintings and black and white photographs. Measures approx. 11.25" x 9.25" More about BEAUTY'S LEGACY: Gilded Age Portraits in America
New York/New Haven: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, 2005. Paperback. 366p. An oversize softcover book in fine condition except for a small dent on the edge of the spine. A medieval art exhibition catalogue. Measures approx. 12" x 9" More about PRAGUE: The Crown of Bohemia 1347-1437
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 320p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. An account of the career of Cass Gilbert (1859-1934). Introduction by Robert A.M. Stern. More about CASS GILBERT, LIFE AND WORK: Architect of the Public Domain
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1983. First American Edition. Hardcover. 319p. A hardcover book in near-fine condition with a like dustjacket. Bookplate inside front cover; otherwise clean and tight. The jacket has a tiny closed tear on the top front edge, and the spine is mildly faded. Otherwsie intact... More about MARY BERENSON: A Self-Portrait from Her Letters & Diaries
Devon: David & Charles Reprints, 1969. Later printing. Hardcover. 296p. A hardcover book in very good condition with a like dustjacket. Inscription inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. the jacket is mildly edgeworn and sunned, but intact. Contains black and white plates. More about CHURCH BUILDERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: A Study of the Gothic Revival in England
Brookgreen, SC: Brookgreen Gardens Trustees, 1943. Hardcover. 510p. A tan cloth hardcover book in near-fine condition. Former owner's private library stamps on endpapers; otherwise clean and tight. Offers brief career sketches of the sculptors whose work is featured at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina. Black and white photograph of each... More about BROOKGREEN GARDENS SCULPTURE
Los Angeles/Princeton: Los Angeles County Museum of Art/Princeton University Press, 2003. Hardcover. 207p. An oversize hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. An art exhibition catalogue featuring essays and color images of John Singer Sargent's paintings. Measures approx. 12.25" x 9.5" More about SARGENT AND ITALY
New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library/Dover Publications, Inc., 1981. Paperback. 291p. A large grey softcover book in very good condition. Light shelf wear to cover. Bookplate inside front cover. Otherwise clean and tight. A catalogue of black and white drawings by European artists spanning medieval times to the 19th century... More about EUROPEAN DRAWINGS 1375-1825
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999. Hardcover. 303p. A hardcover book in fine condition with a like dustjacket. Like-new apart from a former owner's neat bookplate inside the front cover. A history of a group of prominent Victorian artists on the London scene, involving G.F. Watts, Frederic Leighton, Valentine Prinsep... More about THE HOLLAND PARK CIRCLE: Artists and Victorian Society
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited, 1927. Cecil Aldin. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 116p. FIRST EDITION IN SUPERLATIVE CONDITION. A gilt brown pictorial cloth hardcover book in fine condition, apart from very mild rubbing to the corners, a mild bump to the head of the spine, and scattered pale finger-smudges. Clean and... More about DOGS OF CHARACTER