Architecture & Design from The Wild Muse

NY: Praeger, 1965. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Praeger, 1965, second printing. Folio, 10" x 13 1/2", 200pp., illustrated with 120 plates in four colors and 80 plates in gravure, representing more than 4,000 individual figures and details of costume. Brown cloth with gilt titles and cover design. Mild foxing on top corner and top… Read more about this item

Cologne: Konemann, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cologne: Konemann, 1997. Text in English. Heavy folio, 11 1/4" x 12 3/4", 481pp., lavishly illustrated in color. Blue linen cloth with white titles, orange endpapers. Mild, light foxing on edges of pages block. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2001, first printing. Oblong 4to., 12 1/2" x 9 1/2", xv+326pp., illustrated with photographic reproductions and renderings. Pale green cloth with black titles and design. Faint splash stain to top corner of rear cover, else fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st.… Read more about this item

Austin/New Haven: Harry Ransom Center / Yale University Press, 2019. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Austin/New Haven: Harry Ransom Center / Yale University Press, 2019, first printing. 4to., 9 3/8" x 11 1/4", xi+243pp., lavishly illustrated with period reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to.

NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1916. Hard cover. Published NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1916. Oblong 8vo., 10 3/4" x 8", vii+73pp., illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions. Blue cloth with gilt spine titles. The Wiley Technical Series for Vocational and Industrial Schools. Ex-library with library treatments. Closed tears to pages at bottom edge, light soiling. Good, sturdy copy. .… Read more about this item

Cologne: Konemann, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Cologne: Konemann, 1998, first printing. Text in English. Heavy folio, 11 1/4" x 12 3/4", 521pp., 780 color illustrations. Beige linen cloth with red titles, beige endpapers. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.

London and NY: E. & F. Spon, Ltd. & Spon & Chamberlain, 1915. Paint & Colour Mixing: A Practical Handbook For Painters, Decorators, Paint Manufacturers, Artists, and All Who Have To Mix Colours: Containing over 300 samples of actual oil- and water-paints and water-colours of various colours, and upwards of 1,500 different colour mixtures, with seventeen coloured plates. Fifth Edition,… Read more about this item

NY: Praeger, 1971. First U.S. edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Praeger, 1971, first printing. 8vo., 7" x 9 5/8", viii+337pp., over 400 illustrations, of which 154 are in color. Teal cloth with silver spine titles. Mild dust foxing on edge of page block, else near fine, clean, bright, attractive in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard.… Read more about this item

Chicago: D. M. Campana Art Co. First edition. Trade Catalog. Hard cover bound original wrappers. Published Chicago: D. M. Campana Art Co., no date [1909-1912]. Oblong 8vo., 8 1/2" x 6 3/4", illustrated with 120 full color single sided plates (plates numbered No. 37 - No. 156). Burgundy cloth with gilt spine titles containing original publication in wrappers, with mustard… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford, 1912. First edition. Hard cover in original decorative cloth. Published London: B. T. Batsford, 1912 (not dated). 8vo., 6 1/4" x 8 1/2", xv+247pp., 140 illustrations. Gray cloth with black titles and ornate Nouveau pattern on cover and spine, text and plates printed on heavy gloss paper. Mild bump crease to top corner of first six… Read more about this item

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1948. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published London: B. T. Batsford, 1948, first printing. 8vo., 5 3/4" x 8 3/4", vi+120pp., illustrated with 187 figures, some color. Blue cloth with yellow titles. Light trace of wear at spine ends and lower tips. Near fine in very good, price clipped dust jacket with fray… Read more about this item

London: Thos. Parsons & Sons, 1908. First edition. Trade catalogue in original publisher's hard cover. Published London: Thos. Parsons & Sons, 1908, 8vo., 5 3/4" x 8 1/2", 130pp., illustrated with full color and b/w plates and four leaves of color samples for Parsons paints. Green cloth with gilt stamped cover design and titles. Thomas Parsons were manufacturers of varnishes,… Read more about this item

NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and paper covered boards. Published NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. Small 4to., 7 7/8" x 10 1/4", 86pp. text, plus 31 full color and b/w plates, plus plate of Color Wheel. All plates present. Blue cloth with gray paper covered boards, blue cover titles. Ex-library with… Read more about this item

NY: Kodansha International, 1982. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Kodansha International, 1982, sixth printing, 1990. Folio, 10 1/2" x 14 5/8", 48pp., illustrated with full color photographs of Kazunori Tsunenari, b/w reproductions. Burgundy cloth with silver spine titles. Mild edge fade to the cloth, light soiling, else very good in very good, price clipped dust jacket. . Hard.… Read more about this item

NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and paper covered boards. Published NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. Small 4to., 7 7/8" x 10 1/4", 78pp. text, plus 24 full color and b/w plates, plus plate of Color Wheel. All plates present. Blue cloth with gray paper covered boards, blue cover titles. Some wear… Read more about this item

NY: Binney & Smith Company, 1928. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and paper covered boards. Published NY: Binney & Smith Company, 1928. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13", 75pp., illustrated throughout with b/w reproductions. Brown cloth and brown laid paper over boards, publisher's paper label on cover, brown endpapers. Some wear at the tips, minor rub to the cloth… Read more about this item

NY: Brooklyn Museum/Harry N. Abrams, 1986. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Brooklyn Museum/Harry N. Abrams, 1986. 4to., 9 1/4" x 11 1/4", over 400 illustrations, 55 plates in full color. Red cloth with black spine titles and cover design, pictorial endpapers. "A stunning array of images of art, architecture, industrial design and household objects from the… Read more about this item

NY: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 1988. Trade Softcover. Published NY: Thames and Hudson, 1988, reprinted 2001. 4to. wrappers, 9" x 11 1/4", 288pp., with 305 illustrations, including 56 plans and drawings. "An enormously detailed and insightful study of the architecture, structure and liturgy of Justinian's Great Church in Istanbul. The examination of the structure enables Mainstone to disentangle the various… Read more about this item

Minneapolis: Madhatter Press , 1981. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Published Minneapolis: Madhatter Press, 1981. 4to. plastic comb-bound wrappers with printed comb, 8 1/2" x 11", 200pp., illustrated with numerous b/w reproductions. "For the past thirty years, From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking has been the bible of hatmaking for milliners working in theater, film and entertainment.… Read more about this item

NY: Norton, 1996. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. 4to., 9" x 12", 474pp., 830 illustrations, 775 in color. Gray linen cloth with silver spine titles. "The essential reference for amateur and professional alike, The Handbook of Painted Decoration is the first book to cover the whole spectrum of trompe l'oeil decorative painting,… Read more about this item