Search Results: Authors starting with L from Carnegie Hill Books

Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882. Second edition. Quarto. 581 pp; 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings created under the direction of M.A. Racinet; all edges gilt. Text in French. Bound in original leather-backed pebbled cloth with coat of arms of the city of Paris on cover and gilt tooling and titles on spine. VG- scattered moderate foxing throughout including the margins of several plates, but mostly in prelims, the plates are otherwise bright and clean. This book features manners and customs, literature, the sciences and arts in France from 1590 to 1700.. Quarter-Leather. Very Good.

ICA-forlaget: Vasteras, 1972. Small octavo. 98 pp; b/w & color photographs. Text in Swedish. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, covers bright.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

London: John Murray, 1973. Octavo. 94 pp; approx 40 b/w illustrations by Lancaster. Original gilt-lettered yellow cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy in price-clipped jacket. With a foreword by Roy Strong.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1981. Exhibition catalogue. Quarto. 108 pp; 8 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; checklists of Wight's publications, his buildings and projects, and buildings by Carter, Drake and Wight, 1872-1874; and provenance and checklist of 184 architectural drawings, plans and elevations in the Wight collection by John Zukowsky. Paperback. VG. P.B. Wight was a designer of furniture, critic and historian of contemporary architecture and fireproofing techology, as well as an architect.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Constable, 1959. Octavo. 349 pp; over 300 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Dark blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/Good, This is the classic history of clothing that inspired the bold, young designers of the 1960s to create the controversial styles of the period, including the mini-skirt, the topless bathing suit, & the unisex look. It is essential reading for social scientists, historians, students, artists, librarians & all those who cover & adorn their bodies.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Strahalm: Graz, 1987. Quarto. 212 pp; color & b/w photographs; appendix includes assay marks and official hallmarks. Text in German, French, Italian & English. Illustrated paper-covered boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; top & bottom edges of jacket lightly toned.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Vincent, Freal & Cie, 1957. Oblong quarto. 4 pp text; list of plates; 70 plates of line drawings, elevations, facades and architectural details, text in French. Loose as issued in portfolio with ties. Very good condition. Some toning to cloth spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Vincent, Freal & Cie, 1950. Oblong quarto. 4 pp text; list of plates; 70 plates of line drawings, elevations, facades and architectural details, text in French. Loose as issued in portfolio with ties. Very good condition. Some toning to cloth spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Vincent, Freal & Cie, 1942. Oblong quarto. 5 pp text; list of plates; 60 plates of line drawings, elevations, facades and architectural details, text in French. Loose as issued in portfolio with ties. Very good condition. Some toning to cloth spine.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Viking Press, 1981. First edition. Oblong octavo. 160 pp; numerous illustrations, some in color; index. Cloth with dj. near fine in near fine dust jacket. This book traces the changing character of English homes from Queen Victoria's birth in 1819 to her death in 1901. Lasdun includes the homes of families from widely different backgrounds. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London: Hulton Press, 1954. First English edition. Octavo, 256 pp. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. VG/VG- minor tanning to spine. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Viking Press / A Studio Book, 1968. First edition. Quarto. 195 pp; color & b/w photographs by Horst. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price clipped jacket rubbed at spine ends - 0.5 in. at head of spine now mostly white rather than red; light edgewear, usual delamination issue. Features Madame Jacques Balsan; Mr & Mrs. Carter Burden, Jr; Miss Doris Duke; Mr. Henry Francis du Pont; Lord & Lady Eliot; Mrs. Charles Fuller; the Desmond Guinnesses; Horst's house on Long Island; Mrs. Nancy Lancaster; Marchese Emilio Pucci, Baron & Baroness Philippe de Rothschild; Duke & Duchess of Windsor and others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Modern Library, 1922. Modern Library #109. Octavo. 491 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, former owner name stamp on half title page, else an unmarked copy, binding bright & solid; price-clipped jacket has small loss at top right corner, spine faded, minimal edgewear, back cover lightly soiled.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY & Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1940. Reprint. Octavo. 262 pp; frontispiece portrait photo of Eva at 33, numerous b/w photographs in text. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on front cover and spine. Lacks dustjacket. VG-. Signed by author. The first of two memoirs (published 19 years apart) written by the London-born American stage actress. First published in 1934.. Inscribed by Author. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1986. Quarto. 160 pp; numerous color photos and illustrations; materials; suppliers; recommended reading list. Paperback. VG.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Louis Carrier & Co., 1930. Sixth printing. Octavo. 127 pp; illus. by Maurice van Moppes. Red cloth with black lettering in dustjacket. VG/VG, covers lightly soiled, old splash stains on p 49; jacket chipped with small loss at head of spine, tail & corners lightly chipped, light edgewear, spine sl. darkened/toned.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Maurice Van Moppes.

Paris: Le Louvre des Antiquaires, 1981. Quarto. [120] pp; profuse b/w photographs showing 173 items. Text in French. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, cover edges slightly yellowed. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Cleveland,: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1983. First edition. Quarto. xii, 292 pp; 16 color plates, numerous b/w illustrations; catalogue; bibliography. Gilt-stamped red cloth with dustjacket. Eight-pp stapled index & errata pamphlet laid in. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket bright, with minor wear at top of spine & light rub at front edge of spine. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 pp; color frontispiece, 126 b/w illustrations (a few in color); index. Light gray cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG+/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has lightly chipped spine ends & corners, extremities lightly rubbed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good.

London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1951. First edition. Octavo. viii, 152 pp; color frontispiece, 126 b/w illustrations; index. Red cloth with black-lettered spine. VG, spine lightly sunned.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.