Search Results: Titles starting with U from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Pointed Leaf Press, 2007. First edition. Large quarto. 216 pp; over 200 illustrations, most in color. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a clean, unmarked copy in fine jacket. This is the first monograph on American architect and furniture designer Samuel A. Marx 1885-1964). 20th-century decorative arts dealer and Marx expert Liz O'Brien reveals many of Marx's undiscovered projects, including houses that have been razed despite preservationist protests, as well as his range of furniture designs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

Paris: Sotheby's, 2011. Quarto. 92 pp; 63 lots, each illustrated in color; index. Text in French & English. Paperback. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. Bought to furnish a home designed by Michel Roux-Spitz in 1934, this collection contains pieces designed specifically for the family by Dominique, Dunand, Ruhlmann, and Porteneuve.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine.

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: New Directions, 1954. Sixth printing. Twelvemo. 107 pp. Paperback. VG, lightly soiled spine & back cover, light wear to spine ends, an unmarked copy. Completed just before his death at age 39, this is a moving and hilarious account of a spring day in a small Welsh coast town. Book design by Stefan Salter.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: The C. Spiro Mfg. Co., 1921. Octavo. 15 pp; illustrated in b/w with some color. Stapled wraps - self mailer. VG, mailing address written in ink on one side, covers lightly soiled.. Soft Cover. Very Good-.

London: Century, 1988. Octavo. 118 pp; frontispiece & 14 b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, crisp copy, spine sunned. The authors relate the history of the successive people who lived at Uppark, drawing on letters and documents preserved in the house.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Viking Press, 1983. Octavo. 100 pp; illustrated with the author's pen and ink drawings. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. VG/VG. A clean, unmarked copy; small chip at top of unclipped jacket spine. Author is a New Yorker writer and illustrator.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. First printing. Octavo. 45 pp; illustrated by Lady McCrady. Green cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket lightly soiled. A Chinese paper umbrella, lost on the upper west side of New York City, passes through the hands of many people, including a cleaning matron, street gang, alcoholic vagrant, and piano teacher, before it gets home to its loving little mistress again.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Lady McCrady.

Paris: Javal et Bourdeaux, 1927. Limited edition, #109/490 copies on velin d'Arches paper. Small folio. 123 pp; illustrated with 17 watercolors, including frontispiece, by Andre Suréda, engraved on wood by Robert Dill, and decorated by the artist's headbands, initials, motifs and culs-de-lampe in black and gold. A fine copy in wraps in near fine chemise with sunned spine & lightly split at bottom. Paper-covered slipcase is VG, with one split corner extending mid way down spine. An extravagant and beautifully illustrated edition of this classic. Between travel diary and geopoetic introspection, this is a story about Maurice Barres' passion for the Orient: exoticism, poetry, spirituality, anecdotes.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Andre Sureda.