House and Garden's Book of Color Schemes
by Wright Richardson & Margaret McElroy (Ed)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 1929. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 13" x 9 7/8. From Photographs and Drawings. New York: The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 1929. First Edition. Oversized at 13" x 9 7/8". 227 pp. Yellow cloth, silver title and a nice Art Deco silver cover design. House and Garden's memorable and now increasingly scarce compendium of more than 200 color schemes and 300 illustrations on the subject of the deocration of a wide variety of inerior and exterior rooms and spaces in a variety of modes. Accompanied by informed articles from a panoply of expert decorators and architects; the text may be even more of an attractive to some than the lavish illustration. Some soiling, a bit of spine darkening, moderate small scale wear at corners and spine ends, a small 1932 pencil inscription by Catherine Herbst in Washington D.C. on ffep, otherwise a very handsome and sturdy copy, a solid Very Good. Contents near fine. - G
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000877
- Title
- House and Garden's Book of Color Schemes
- Author
- Wright Richardson & Margaret McElroy (Ed)
- Illustrator
- From Photographs and Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 13" x 9 7/8
- Keywords
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