Rare books from Carnegie Hill Books

Paris: Osmont et Dezon n.d. (ca. 1820-1825). Volume 4 of seven stand-alone volumes. Oblong quarto. Title page followed by 48 (of 50) hand-colored engravings. Quarter calf and marbled boards with gilt title on spine. Existing examples of this book do not appear to have a title except for the first cahier, with the following volumes designated only by their number (2eme cahier, 3eme cahier...). A French bookseller list from 1819 shows the title as - Recueil de draperies d'Hallavant, a l'usage des marchands de meubles, tapissiers, decorateurs, mis au jour et augmente par Osmond et Dezon -, with a publication date of 1818. Two versions were available, one in black & white for 18 francs, and one in color for 25 francs. Volumes in the series also lack any dates except for the 7eme cahier, which was issued by Pinsonniere in 1839. The accepted date range of this series is 1810-1839 as based on internal evidence of drapery styles [Cf. Gail Caskey Winkler], and this volume falls into the 1820-1825 date range.… Read More

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, 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, 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: High Tide Press, 1995. Limited to 15 numbered copies signed by Ross. Quarto. One sheet (56 cm. x 117 cm.), printed on both sides, folded in two (top to bottom), then folded again accordion style and pasted to the lower board. Turquoise cloth boards with a wave pattern, lined in blue slubbed silk, matching silk slipcase with recessed paper title label. Near Fine, a crisp, clean copy, with no markings. Slipcase shows light sunning where a smaller book rested on top. #11 of 15 copies. Conceived, designed, illustrated and printed by John Ross in the High Tide Press workshop on Rives BFK; set in Janson and printed on a Vandercook proofing press. Printed Accordion fold. Collagraph images of Venice with two three-page fold outs. When open the pages can be unfolded to show a pull-out soft ground etching of very large proportion with hand coloring. Prints done on a Brand etching press. The binding is by James Di Marcantonio.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: American Art Association, 1907. Octavo. Unpaginated. 409 lots of furnishings, followed by 122 lots of old and modern paintings, water colors and drawings. [24] b/w interior photographs of the house. Illustrated tan wrappers. VG, pencil notations on ffep & a few scattered ticks & prices in catalogue; spine chipped with considerable loss but still tight copy, edges rubbed, lightly soiled. The sale was held on premises at 121 East 21st St.; the catalog is organized by room - from the entrance hall, dining room, music room, library, to the picture gallery. Plus separate catalogue "Supplementary Sale" - Illustrated Catalogue of Valuable Artistic Property Collected by the late Stanford White to be sold at the American Art Galleries on Nov. 25th, 26th, 27th, 1907. Octavo. Not paginated. A total of 651 lots, some b/w photographs of the items in situ. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine has 1" loss at head, closed tear at tail, light edgewear, light soiling. The sale includes a large… Read More

London: Constable, 1953. First edition. Octavo. xii, 264 pp; color title page (same as dustjacket), numerous b/w photographs & drawings; index. Purple cloth with silver-lettered spine in dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a bright, crisp unmarked copy, erratum slip tipped in; unclipped jacket has touch of wear to spine ends, slight creasing at top of front panel. Bookseller label from Holliday Bookshop affixed to rear board. Written and illustrated by the artist Barbara Mildred Jones (1912-1978). Jones studied Mural Decoration at the Royal College of Art - where she became part of that distinctive group of artists and illustrators of whom John Piper, Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious and Edward Ardizzone are the best known.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

NY: J.J. Augustin Publishers, 1944. First edition. Quarto. 133 pp, nearly all full-page b/w photographs. Original cloth with scarce dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, binding firm; price-clipped jacket has small loss at top of spine & corners with a few tape repairs on the reverse of jacket. Horst's first book and uncommon in jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Crown Publishers, 1994. First printing. Octavo. 224 pp; profusely illustrated in b/w & color; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows slight toning at top edge. The authors have selected the most stylish women of the 20th century - Rita Lydig, Elsie de Wolfe, Millicent Rogers, Daisy Fellowes, Duchess of Windsor, Mona, Countess of Bismarck, Pauline de Rothschild, Diana Vreeland, Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness, Slim Keith, C.Z. Guest, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Coco Chanel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.