Trevian Books
Washington: Preservation Press, 1988. A collection of illustrations--perspective drawings, floor plans, etc., from catalogs published by Sears between 1908-1940, and descriptions of Sears' houses. Showing sonme interiors. An invaluable aid for identification. 25.5 cm; 365 pp.; illustrated from plans and drawings. A fine copy inwrappers.
Turin: Strum Group, 1972. [Three volumes] Strum Group was an ad hoc group formed specifically to provide edgy but safe contemporary "radical" material for Ambasz’s 1972 "Italy: The New Domestic Landscape" exhibition at MOMA (Ambasz catalog pp. 252-9). As explained by founder Pietro de Rossi in "Clip Stamp Fold", he.....
Chicago: National X-Ray Reflector Co., 1913. Offprint of an article from the Fine Arts Journal by Stuart, promoting the company’s products. With illustrations of lamps, prices, etc. Offprint. 8vo (23.5 cm); 32 pp.; illustrated from photographs and engravings. A fine copy in original wrappers.
London: John Tiranti & Co., (1928). Revised edition thus. Folio (27 x 39 cm); 7 pp.; 64 plates printed recto only. Tear to top of spine; else a good copy or better in original gray cloth. Selections from Swan's works from the mid-18th century detailing interior treatments. This compilation originally.....
Usmanpura: Mapin Publishing, 2002. A documentation of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the conception of Chandigarh. With essays and summaries of panel discussions including contributions from Frampton, Phyllis Lambert, Michael Sorkin, Charles Correa, Smithson, Lim, others. First edition. 21.5 cm; 455 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings.....
Koln: Taschen, (1992). First edition. 4to; 160 pp.; many illustrations from photographs, most in color; bibliography. Owner's name; else a very good copy or better in original self-wrappers. A monograph on the French architect and furniture designer Pierre Chareau. Text in French, English and German.
London: Studio, N.d. [1946], 1946. First English edition. 8vo; 237 pp.; 128 illustrations from photographs and drawings. A very good copy or better in original black cloth, in a worn dust jacket with rubbed patch to front panel. The classic study of design in the machine age, updated and revised.....
Washington (D.C.): Smithsonian Press, 2009. First edition. 4to; 77 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original wrappers. Articles on Dorothy Liebes, Robsjohn-Gibbings, Esther McCoy, Venturi, Claes Oldenburg, Elizabeth Eyre de Lanux.
Milano: Domus, 1945. This volume in the series shows modern designs for the fireplace and chimney. An essay by Tevarotto is followed by photograhs of contemporary rooms with fireplaces and chimneys. Showing work by Antonin Raymond, Corbusier, others. Text in Italian. First edition. 23 cm; 90 pp.; illustrated from photographs.....
Bound volume of The Architectural Review, containg the January, February, and March 1971 issues. Ex-library (unknown); covers present; slightly musty; good in original gilt-stamped greeen cloth with some spotting to covers. Considered the most important architectural periodical of the 20th century.
New York: The Japan Society, (2003). First edition. 4to; 71 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original self-wrappers. Catalog of an exhibitionat the Japan Spociety in New York to promote the works of the design firm Tripod.
London: Mitchell Beazley, (1990), 1990. Later printing 4to; 192 pp.; illustrated from photographs, most in color; bibliography. A fine copy in a VG dust jacket.
Milano: Museo Minguzzi, 2002. Catalog for the 2002 exhibition in Milan of recent work by Uchida, including the Tearoom Sankio, the text of his Weimar 2001 lecture on the tea room in Japan, and other pieces of furniture. Invitation to opening laid-in. Text in English, Italian, and Japanese. First edtion.....
Munich: Ketterer, 1990. First edition. 4to; 62 pp.; illustrated. A very good copy in original pcitorial wrappers. Catalog for the auction of the Esche House, built in 1903, designed and furnished by van de Velde.
Milano: Centro Di, (1979). First edition. Square 8vo; 179 pp.; illustrated. A good copy in original printed wrappers. A monograph on post-war Italian design. Text in Italian.
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (2018. Mid-century American suburban interiors, and how they got that way. First edition. 20 cm; 320 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
Paris: A. Sinjon, 1928. A collection of 56 photographic plates documenting contemporary French interiors as well as more conventional rustic decoration, the latter mostly in commercial applications. 56 photographic plates show work in apartments, shops, hotels, ocean liners, country houses, restaurants, etc. by Patout, E. Lecompte, G. Raymond, A.Thomas, Guindez.....
Paris: A. Sinjon, 1928. A collection of 56 photographic plates documenting contemporary French interiors as well as more conventional rustic decoration, the latter mostly in commercial applications. Showing examples of work in apartments, shops, hotels, ocean liners, country houses, restaurants, etc. by Patout, E. Lecompte, G. Raymond, A.Thomas, Guindez, others.....
New York: Collins Design, (2007). First edition. 12mo; 639 pp.; illustrated from photographs. A very good copy ion original pictorial self-wrappers. A survey of 21st century interior design.
New York: Rizzoli, (1977). First American edition. 4to; 144 pp.; illustrated. Erratum slip tipped to copyright page; owner's bookplate; else a very good copy or better in original red cloth, lacking the dust jacket. A survey of the arts in Vienna at the end of the 19th century.
Art Galler of New South Wales, 2000. A monograph on what is essentially French wall paper manufactured by Joseph Dufour & Cie in 1805. The woodcut and gouache panels comprise twenty scenes in one vast panorama. The images, drawn by Jean-Gabriel Charvet, are from accounts of European voyages to the.....
New Haven: Yale /BGC 2013, 2013. Catalogue for the 2013 exhibition on the work of William Kent originating at the Bard Graduate Center for Decorative Arts and then traveling to the V&A Museum. First edition. 31 cm; 688 pp.; illustrated from photographs, plans, and drawings. A fine copy in original.....
Buffalo: Burchfield-Penney Art Center, (1998). First Edition. First edition. 8vo; 100 pp.; illustrated. A fine copy in original wrappers. Catalog of the major Roycroft collections at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center.
New York: BeeLine, 2009. Trade catalog for Williams's furniture collection consisting of "limited editions of each item and my goal is to introduce a new collection every years..." Alas. Business renamed a few years later; now with a newer, post-pandemic iteration. First edition. 25 cm; 73 pp.; illustrated from photographs.....
New York: Monacelli Press (1998)). irst edition. 4to; 208 pp.; illus.trated from photographs. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
