Search Results: Authors starting with A from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: T.A. Cawthra & Co., 1906. 4to. 139 pp; 245 b/w photos, drawings & plans, 33 pp of advertisements. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on cover. VG, former owner name on front pastedown, else an unmarked copy; cover has light wear to spine ends & corners, light spotting to cloth at edges of front cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

St. Louis, MO: A.S. Aloe Company, 1910. Twenty first edition. Octavo. 382 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w drawings of instruments. Discount sheet laid in. Red cloth-covered card cover with black embossed lettering on spine and cover. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; cover extremities lightly rubbed, cloth soiled. The catalogue features a full range of engineering instruments and drawing materials, from drawing paper, surveying instruments, hand levels, compasses, barometer, odometer, tape measures, a wide selection of drawing instruments from different manufacturers, slide rules, T squares, drawing tables, erasers, etc. Two copies of this edition on OCLC but no other editions.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 481-628; 1 color & several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1938. Octavo. pp 335-476; several b/w illustrations. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; old dampstain at bottom edge of front & rear covers, bottom edge of first 25 pp shows minor wrinkling; else covers clean & unmarked.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Pynson Printers, 1937. Octavo. pp 159-310; several b/w illustrations, index. Decorative cloth-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled, light stain along bottom edge of rear cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Houston: Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, 1978. Small quarto. 96 pp; profusely illustrated in b/w and color; biographies of designers; marks; bibliography. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine lightly toned. Catalogue of exhibition organized by the Sarah Campbell Glaffer Gallery.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Neuilly-sur-seine: Claude Aguttes, 2003. Quarto. 97 pp. 449 lots, illustrated with color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1987. First edition. Folio. 191 pp; 16 color & numerous b/w photographs, drawings, plans & elevations; index. Red-lettered black cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly chipped at top & bottom of spine, 1/2-in. tear at top corner fold, several tiny edge tears, edges of spine lightly rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Grand Rapids, MI: The Alabastine Co., 1908. Narrow quarto. 32 pp; 13 color illustrations; 27 panel designs & b/w photos. Red & beige embossed wrapper with string tie. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil, 2-in. watermark on bottom edge of front cover. The Alabastine Company, founded in 1879, produced a variety of paint products from the gypsum that was mined from the shale beds near Grand Rapids, Michigan. It's earliest product, a dry pigment wall paint, was marketed as a "sanitary" and "hygienic" alternative to more traditional wall coverings of the day, such as lead-based paints, whitewash, and wallpaper. This booklet offers color schemes for various rooms in a house, in addition to a church and a schoolroom. Not in OCLC.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966. Octavo. 32 pp text plus 100 b/w plates. Paperback. VG. All pieces identified by maker, with dimensions.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Monacelli Press, 2008. Tall quarto. 240 pp; over 250 color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. A new copy. Twelve essays by leading French and American scholars and 250 illustrations vividly recreate the contributions of the era's legendary figures, including Josephine Baker, Chanel, Salvador Dali, Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, Raymond Loewy, Paul Poiret, Helena Rubinstein, and Henri Soule. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 2002. Large quarto. 479 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations; index; extensive bibliography; list of exhibitions. Text in French. Hardcover, no jacket, as issued. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; a couple of abrasions on back cover, else near fine. This catalogue, published to coincide with an exhibition at the Grand Palais, presents nearly 350 examples of bronzes, enamels, furniture, watches, weapons, liturgical objects, tapestries, and more from the reign of Louis XIII and his wife, Anne of Austria. This is one of the few books covering the decorative arts of this period.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1884. Octavo. 146 pp; 8 full-page b/w illustrations. Patterned paper over boards with gilt-lettered spine & red-lettered title on cover; bevelled edges, all edges gilt. VG, former owner name on front endpaper, bottom corners & leading edge of covers damp stained as well as the bottom corner of a few pages. Translated and illustrated by Francesca Alexander.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Atlanta: The Coca-Cola Company, 1932. Twelvemo. 124 pp; numerous b/w photos and illustrations throughout. Hardcover. VG- some wear to spine. Numerous recipes for entertaining, all involving Coca-Cola, presented by radio personality Ida Bailey Allen of Ask Ida fame. The table settings in the photographs were provided by Marshall Field & Company.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. Octavo. 354 pp; b/w photos and illustrations; chart of Shakesperian plays performed; list of non-Shakesperian plays performed; notes; select bibliography; index. Cloth in priceclipped dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket. small closed tear to top edge and minor soiling evident on lighter portions of jacket, spine darkened.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

Rochester, NY: Alling and Cory Co., 1944. Quarto. 76 pp; illustrated with line drawings. Tan cloth-backed boards, illustrated endpapers. VG, former owner name on first blank page, offsetting from illustrations; cover edges lightly toned, corner tips lightly rubbed, couple of small tears to top edge of rear cover, rear hinge starting. Includes "Paper, a brief account of how it is made," by Joseph T. Alling, with additions and revisions contributed by Ellsworth Geist. [5th edition], which includes a special title page.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: AIGA, 1964. Quarto. unpaginated; b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. VG-. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Viking, 1968. First edition. Quarto. 238 pp; several sections of b/w photograph pages; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket, some wear on spine extremities and jacket edges. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Abbeville Press, 1979. Quarto. 156 pp; illustrated with 73 color engravings by the masters of botanical art. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1980. Second edition. Oblong quarto. 297 pp; b/w photographs throughout; architects' biographies; index of architects/designers. Black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and inlaid photograph on cover in original plastic jacket. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Originally published in 1975, this edition is completely redesigned and includes nearly 150 new photos and many new buildings created since 1975. Architects featured include William Albert Edwards, Reginald Johnson, Harriet Moody, Wallace Neff, Lutah Maria Riggs, Winsor Soule, George Washington Smith, Francis Townsend Underhill, and others.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.