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New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, 1892. First Edition. Red cloth spine to titled boards with ribbon tie. Full color plates of fashionable Parisian furnishings, especially window dressing.
Washington, D. C. National Geographic Books, 2000. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Seeing Gardens lets its 150 pictures speak for themselves with a spare text that offers context rather than commentary. The book is at once thoughtful and elegant, and the anecdotes, recollections and aesthetic philosophy amount.....
New York: Vendome Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
New York: W.W. West Inc., 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. There are hundreds of lodges, inns, and hotels in the U.S. and Canada, but only a handful of historic Great Lodges. Through stunning color photographs, historical pictures, and evocative text, learn the stories.....
Des Moines: Meredith Publishing Corporation, 1985. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Shows a country-style approach to interior design, looks at rural homes, antique furniture, and country crafts, and offers suggestions on planning a garden.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. Pia Tryde: Photography. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Floral House proves that it doesn't take a lot of time or money to transform the look of your home. Small simple accents have dramatic results. Arranged by color palette, Floral House offers a variety.....
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Lark Books, 1999. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Background Information: This is a comprehensive manual that covers all the basics: siting; design and positioning of a path; discussions of all manner of materials that can be used; and basic how-to advice for planning, grading, clearing, marking, leveling, digging.....
Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Comprehensive study includes historical theory such as Buddhism, domestic versus urban space, the Metabolist movement.
France: Stichting Kunstboak (Acc), 2007. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Hardcover. Floral structures are the in-thing. They make a base for decoration and can be used over and over again. Gil Boyard and Muriel le Couls, both Meilleur Ouvrier de France (Best Craftsman of France), designed structures for tables.....
New York: Chartwell Books, 1994. Photography by Yukichi Watabe. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. A compilation of illustrations enhances this history of stained glass that covers its evolution, historical tradition, techniques, materials, and modern developments.This text provides an outstanding and comprehensive historical review of.....
Italy: Et/As Kompass, 1965. Very Good in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Fallingwater is a house designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 in the Laurel Highlands of southwest Pennsylvania, about 70 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. It is built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run in the.....
London: Hutchinson & CO., 1957. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wear with rubbed spine tips. Lacking Dust Jacket. 11.25 inches tall. 118 pages. Fully illustrated in B/W drawings. First Edition - First Printing.
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New York and London: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1906. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. A collection of short stories based on the legends surrounding the villas of northern Italy.Background Information:Elizabeth "Lizzie" Williams Champney (born Elizabeth Johnson Williams) was an American author of books for young girls and.....
New York, NY: Loft Publications, 2001. Soft cover.
Key West, Florida: Historic Florida Keys, 1992. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. A revised and expanded version now covers a dozen lighthouses along the southern coast of Florida.
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Moorehead City, NC: Jack Dudley, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Explanations of types of outhouses, architectural designs, ventilators, and seat designs supplement the photography.
Paris: F. Contet, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Folio Portfolio of Unbound plates. Portfolio is with handling wear, darkened perimeter, with light corner wear, text and plates toned, with minor occasional thumb-soiling.
New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition, Thus. A Near Fine Hardcover in a Very Good Box. Connecting links between cities and towns of New England and those of the same name in England Ireland and Scotland. Containing narratives, descriptions, and many views some done from old prints. Additionally.....
Universe Publishing, 1999. Illustrations by David Hawcock. A Fine Hardcover.
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2013. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Background Information:A sweeping saga of Florida’s built landscape from 6000 b.c. to the present, Heart and Soul of Florida begins with pre-Columbian archaeological sites. Architectural historian Elsbeth Gordon re-creates the original atmosphere.....
New York: Knopf, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
San Diego: Chronicle Books, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Hardcover. Renowned for its tranquility and serenity, its simple, elegant lines, and harmonious use of natural forms, Japanese architecture is admired by designers, architects, and homeowners alike for its easy grace. Now with a striking new cover, Japanese Detail.....
The Lyons Press, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The late son of the Huxley dynasty of scientists chronicles the derived-from-agriculture gardening techniques and implements invented and used across cultures and the centuries (everything but power mowers it seems). Huxley also considers more recent trends: greater numbers.....
Paris: F. Contet, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Portfolio of Loose Plates. The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts was a World's Fair held in Paris, France, from April to October 1925. It was designed by the French government to highlight the new style moderne of architecture, interior.....
Paris: F. Contet, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. Folio Portfolio of Unbound Plates. Publisher’s portfolio of purple cloth backstrips over marbled boards, with cloth ties. Folio with 4 pp. of text and 40 unbound plates [complete]. 12.5 by 17.25 inches (44 by 32.3 cm). Text in French.Portfolio is worn, spines.....