Search Results: Titles starting with S from Carnegie Hill Books

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. Second printing. Octavo. Unpaginated, color illustrations throughout. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with minor wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: The Macmillan Company, 1955. First American edition. Octavo. xv, 336 pp; 55 b/w photographs, appendices; bibliography of sources; index. Maroon cloth with silver-stamped lettering on spine in dj. VG/VG-, dj spine slightly darkened, price clipped at bottom of dj flap. Well-written history of the Sadler's Wells Ballet, founded in 1931 by Ninette de Valois, with the help of Frederick Ashton and Constant Lambert.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: De Witt C. Lent and Company, 1872. Octavo. viii, 526 pp; 52 original designs from contemporary American artists. Original rust cloth with gilt-lettered spine, gilt & black lettering on cover. VG minus, a clean, unmarked copy, binding split in middle but held in place by the stitching. Cover has black ink thumbprint at fore edge, top & bottom of spine lightly frayed with small chips, bottom edge has small split at corner, covers lightly soiled overall.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Hazan, 1996. First edition. Folio. 293 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs; bibliography. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket has light wear at top edge. This book focuses on the influence Europe has had on Indian architecture, decorative arts, and the Indian way of life by featuring twenty of the Maharajas' palaces.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Pace Gallery, 1979. Oblong octavo. [32] pp; b/w & color illustrations throughout; list of one-man shows; bibliography. Paperback with French fold covers depicting large purple "glitter" scissors on black & white decorative background. Very good copy, light rubbing to edges.. Soft 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.

NY: Thames & Hudson, 2010. First edition. Quarto. 200 pp, with over 200 color illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new copy. For 150 years Sanderson has been at the vanguard of significant movements in European decorative arts, from Arts and Crafts and Art Deco to 1980's country-house style to the vibrant interiors of the twenty-first century. The book features over 200 patterns specially selected from the Sanderson archives and reproduced in color.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

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.

Los Angeles: Patten & Davies Lumber Co., 1923. 7" x 5.25". 262 pp; full of b/w illustrations, some color. Stiff card covers. VG, cover worn, soiled, covers a bit loose. This catalogue contains illustrations of sashes and doors - entry, interior, screen, garage, china closet doors, side lights, mirrored cabinets, houses, storefronts, windows, shutters, and leaded glass.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Henley-on-Thames: Aidan Ellis, 1992. First edition. Octavo. 150 pp; 12 b/w photographs; sources; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The account of how Kenwood, one of London's finest open spaces, was saved for public use, along with the house.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press, 1931. First edition. Quarto. xvi, 95 pp; tipped-in color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Green cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with small triangular tear on rear cover, spine ends lightly chipped, jacket lightly soiled.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1982. First edition. Quarto, 191 pp; numerous color plates, many b/w sketches in the text. Cloth with dust jacket. VG+/VG+ to near fine, jacket price-clipped. A great copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers (ca 1904) unpaginated (pps 281 through 349); b/w tables, charts, and graphs. Paperback. VG, back cover corner folded, original owner name on top margin of cover. reprinted from the Journal of the american Society of Naval Engineers Vol. XV, No. 2. May, 1903.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Averell House, 1933. Exhibition catalogue. Quarto. 30 pp; with 20 b/w photographs. Stapled wraps. Covers lightly soiled, small stain on front cover, else VG. This catalogue contains the highlights of the exhibition: the statue of Abraham Lincoln as a youth of twenty-one, and over life size animals, models for the bronze statues adorning the Paul J. Rainey Memorial Gate at the entrance to the New York Zoological Park.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Knoedler & Company, 2001. Oblong Octavo. 17 pp text + 12 color & 1 b/w plate. Rust cloth, no jacket as issued. Fine copy. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Sean Scully: Light and Gravity, March 8 - April 2001.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1940. Oblong quarto. [12] pp; b/w drawings throughout. Illustrated staples wrappers. VG, covers show light soil, minor edgewear, gentle crease. This catalog features a complete new line of modern cabinet sinks, with b/w illustrations, dimensions, and possible lay outs depending on shape of the kitchen.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Enghien: Beta-Plus, 2006. First edition. Quarto. 204 pp; full of color photographs throughout. Cloth with dj. Fine/Fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

NY: New York Historical Society, 2002. Quarto. 39 pp; 18 color photographs; checklist. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This catalogue was produced in conjunction with the exhibition 'Seat of Empire' held at the New-York Historical Society from October 8, 2002 to January 12, 2003.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New.

Paris: Musee de La Mode et Du Costume, 1979. 8vo. 61 pp; sq. sm. 8 . orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. 59pp. many ills. of which 8 full-page. An interesting exhib. catalogue as held at the Paris Museum of Fashion depict. & descr. mainly female fashions fr. the period, incl. corsets, lingerie & gloves.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Zodiac Books, 1943. Small octavo. 63 pp; facsimile of 1612 title page. Decorated paper-covered boards. VG- moderate soiling to covers, light foxing to prelims. A collection of 23 of Bacon's sixty essays.. Hard Cover. Very Good.