Search Results: Titles starting with L from Carnegie Hill Books

Paris: G. Van Oest, 1929. Three volumes. Folio. xvii, 198 pp. plans in the text, 189 b/w plates. Self wraps. VG, spines darkened and all wraps have closed tears on hinges, protected with heavy mylar overwrap, bindings tight. The old architecture of the Burgundy region of France in 189 plates with floor plans and detailed plate information in the text, complete set. Many examples of churches, chateaux, houses, palaces and government buildings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Editions Charles Massin n.d. (1950s). Quarto. 16 pp; 37 plates some in color. Text in French. Cloth with dj. VG/VG- some soil and wear to dj..

Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et Fils, 1910. Quarto. 25 pp; 10 photogravures & 10 drawings. Text in French. Paper covers. Light wear to covers, random foxing. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston: American Humane Education Society, 1910. Twelvemo. 194 pp + (8) pp of advts for the publisher. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover. VG, light fraying to spine ends, spine a bit darkened, else a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: William Penn Publishing, 1946. First edition. Octavo. xi, 602 pp. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, price-clipped jacket edges lightly chipped, small loss at base of spine. An anthology of short stories, poems, articles, reminiscences, sketches and other pieces of nonfiction by renowned authors, both male and female.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: Editions Albert Levy, 1930. First edition. Quarto. 104 pp plus 72 plates of b/w photos & drawings, also b/w photos & plans in the text. Text in French, 1/4 leather binding with marbled boards, gilt spine lettering with rules. VG condition. Leather shows light wear & soiling. A clean, unmarked copy. Monthly Architectural art review published with the support of government licensed architects. New series for 1930. Large plates of everything from domestic to civic to recreational, interiors & exteriors. Handsome examples of art deco architecture.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Ernest Grund, 1926. Quarto. 317 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w photos; index of designers. Text in French. Tan cloth with green-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Backstrip worn, 3 1/2" split at bottom but holding.. Hard Cover. Good+.

Paris: ACR-Gismondi, 1987. Quarto. 332 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; biographies of French chair makers 1730-1775; bibliography; index. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket glossy with no tears, spine lightly sunned. The definitive book on the French chair in the 18th century.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Portland, OR: Mark Publishing Co., 1984. Quarto. 149 pp; numerous b/w photographs; chronological inventory; map; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG, light edgewear & wear at base of spine. Inscribed by author to NYC landmark preservationist Harmon Goldstone in year of publication.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. Second printing. Octavo. 208 pp; frontispiece & 11 b/w photographs; index. Green cloth with gilt lettering in dj. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket has light edgewear. Dame Edith Sitwell was 69 when she invited Elizabeth Salter, a young Australian, to be her secretary. Over the next eight years she became friend, confidante and aide-de-camp, in the thick of the crises, the controversy and the celebrity that surrounded the British poet and critic.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Nonesuch Press, 1929. Limited edition. Twelvemo. xvi, 367 pp; copperplate engraved title page, headpiece and colophon by Stephen Gooden. Text in Latin & English. Polished buckram with gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt in marbled slipcase. Very good in good+ slipcase. Spine darkened, as usual, some pages uncut. Slipcase rubbed with some splitting to top and bottom seams, however still holding together firmly. Number 185 of 1050 numbered copies. The works of 21 poets translated from the original Latin by over 70 English poets.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Editions Frederic Birr / Ateliers Henry Labat, 1983. Quarto. 159 pp; fully illustrated with 270 color & b/w illustrations, some full-page; index of poster artists including a brief biography. Text in French. Paperback with illustrated covers. Near Fine, a tight, unmarked copy; minor upturn to corners of front cover. A chronological survey of French film posters from the late 19th century to 1959. Includes a 10-pp historical overview by Jean-Louis Capitaine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Paris: D.A. Longuet n.d. (c.1915) Folio. 22 pp; 80 b/w plates illustrating 777 objects; bibliography. Text in French. Loose as issued in paper-covered portfolio. Ex-lib, dedication bookplate on pastedown, minimal catalog notations on verso of plates, small stamp on bookplate. sm. list of yearly collation checks from 1915 to 1930 in pencil on title page verso. no other library markings. Portfolio lightly soiled with small tears to cloth and paper library label on heel, contents VG. Sculpture, candlesticks, andirons, clocks, frames, keys & escutcheons from Roman times through the 18th century. Second part of series "Le Metal". Le Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Pavillon de Marsan. . Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition. Limited. Octavo. 76 pp. Linen-backed boards with paper spine labels. Signed and inscribed and outside numbered by the author. VG- Call number on spine in ink, plc bookplate on pastedown. call number on corner of front free endpaper, several small plc blindstamps in the text, catalog card affixed to back board with paper strap. Author dedication to the plc collection on ffep, signed and numbered 0/0 on limitation page by author. Ex library Philadelphia Library Company research library and deaccessioned in the 1930s.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Bruxelles: Archives d'Architecture Modern, 2002. Large quarto. 286 pp; color photographs throughout, plans. Text in French. Silver-lettered gray cloth with dustjacket. NF/NF, attractive 4" x 6" bookplate affixed to front free endpaper, else a crisp, unmarked copy, top of spine gently bumped. Rene Pechere (1908-2002), Belgian landscape architect, became known by the garden of four seasons and the Congolese garden he conceived for the Exhibition of Brussels in 1958. He created gardens for castles or simple houses in Belgium, France, Germany and Holland. The labyrinth and the garden of the heart he drew for Mr and Mrs Van Buuren in Uccle insured him an international fame. Sylvie Desauw photographed the gardens during the different seasons.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 1948. Octavo. 340 pp. color frontis & 2 color plates, 8 photos, illustrated chapter heads. Brick red cloth with silver lettering & decoration on cover & spine, no jacket. VG- some toning to pages, binding ttight. Adventures and recipes of the White Turkey Inn, located on Rt. 7 below Danbury Ct. A large collection of recipes from the restaurant and also vintage photos and stories about the inn.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: A & C Black no date. Octavo. 125 pp; 20 color reproductions of paintings by A. Forestier. Decorated cloth with gilt titles on front cover and spine. VG, small pull on crown, light wear to heel. Internally clean and bright.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Forestier, A..

London: Viking Press, 1990. First edition. Small quarto. 288 pp; numerous b/w & color illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This book describes how life was lived in the modest town house during the Georgian period, and provides information about the construction and decoration of the house. The authors draw on a mass of original material, much of it based on London as the largest and first truly Georgian city.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First printing. Quarto. 216 pp; b/w illustrations; erattum slip laid in. Gilt decorated cloth with illustrated endpapers in unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. New Yorker writer Brendan Gill documents Lindy's historic trans-atlantic flight and the events that brought him to this important juncture in his life.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NP: Printed for The Annual of Bookmaking, 1938. Octavo. (16) pp. Bound wraps with paper label. Very good. Some edgewear to covers with a couple small closed tears. "This signature was composed and printed for The Annual of Bookmaking in April 1938. The typography by W.A. Dwiggins and Paul Bennett. The decorative material, designed for Linotype by Mr. Dwiggins, is shown here for the first time." [colophon]. Soft Cover. Very Good.