Lasting Elegance: English Country Houses 1830-1900.
New York: Monacelli Press, 2009. Numerous color illustrations, tall 4to, black cloth, d.w. (New York): Monacelli Press, (2009). First Edition. Fine. More
New Arrivals
Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912
New York: Pennwick Publishing, Inc., 1978. Foreword by Harrison Salisbury. Profusely illustrated with sepia photographs. 151 pages, slim oblong 4to, gilt-stamped red boards, dust wrapper. New York: Pennwick Publishing, Inc., (1978). First Edition. Fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Paul Cadmus.
New York: Imago, 1984. Frontispiece and 150 other illustrations, many full-page, including 49 in color. 144 pages. Slim square 4to, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Imago, 1984. First edition. A very near fine copy. More
Millay in Greenwich Village.
Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1975. Some b/w photos. 160 pages. Slim 8vo, red cloth, pictorial d.w. The University of Alabama Press, (1975). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
The Chop Suey Club
Santa Fe: Arena, 1999. Profusely illustrated with Weber's homoerotic photographs, some in color or tinted. Book edited and designed by Dimitri Levas. Thick square 8vo, green cloth, d.w. Santa Fe: Arena, 1999. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Cien anos de soledad
Valencia: Circulo de Lectores, 1970. 8vo, pictorial cloth. (Barcelona): Circulo de Lectores, (1970). Early Spanish edition of this book, originally published in Buenos Aires in 1967. Minor rust spots on 2 pages; otherwise fine. INSCRIBED BY MARQUEZ on the dedication page in 1975: "Para Claudia, que es la unica persona que escribe major que yo, con un abrazote". Laid in is a 5x7 black & white photograph of Marquez with 3 women, including Claudia de la Espriella, the daughter of..... More
The Sacred Spring: The Arts in Vienna 1898-1918.
London: Studio Vista, 1974. With an introduction to the cultural background by Adolf Opel. Profusely illustrated in color & b/w. 224 pages. Small 4to, cloth, d.w. London: Studio Vista, (1974). First English edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Royal Dress: The Image and the Reality 1580 to the present day
London: Batsford, 1989. Illustrated. 223 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped. London: B. T. Batsford, (1989). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Vanderbilt Women: Dynasty of Wealth, Glamour, and Tragedy
New York: St. Martin's, 1991. Illustrated. xiv + 449 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; spine lightly sunned. New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Zwinger Palace Dresden
London: Tauris Parke, 1990. Photographs by Nicolas Sapieha. 128 pages, tall thin 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly worn. London: Tauris Parke Books, (1990). A fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Travel to Landmarks. More
Henning Kronstam: Portrait of a Danish Dancer
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002. Illustrated. xiv + 572 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, (2002). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
After the Ball: Gilded Age Secrets, Boardroom Betrayals, and the Party that Ignited the great Wall Street Scandal of 1905
New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Illustrated. xiv + 402 pages, 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: HarperCollins, (2003). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Diana Vreeland: Bazaar Years
New York: Universe, 2001. Illustrated throughout. 79 pages. Slim 8vo, white glossy boards, printed mylar d.w. New York: Universe, 2001. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Including 100 audacious Why Don't Yous...? More
The Journals of Denton Welch
New York: Dutton, 1984. xiii + 378 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; some staining to edges of rear inner flap. New York: E. P. Dutton, (1984). First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Bloomsbury at Home.
New York: Abrams, 1999. Color frontispiece with many color and b/w illustrations throughout. 192 pages. Small 4to, black boards, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (1999). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Made for Maharajas: A Design Diary of Princely India
New York: Vendome, 2006. Extensively illustrated. 275 pages, 4to, glossy pictorial boards, d.w. New York: Vendome Press, (2006). A fine copy in a fine dust wraper. More
Out of the Studio
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991. 71 photographic plates of male nudes. Slim square 4to, white cloth, d.w. (some fading on front panel, else fine). New York: St. Martin's Press, (1991). First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Cecil Beaton: War Photographs, 1939-45.
London: Imperial War Museum, 1981. Illustrated with 160 b/w plates. 191 pages. Slim square 4to, gray cloth, d.w. (London): Imperial War Museum/Jane's, (1981). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Perceptions and Evocations: the Art of Elihu Vedder.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1979. Profusely illustrated with 308 images, several in color. 245 pages. Square 4to, printed wrappers. Washington: National Collection of Fine Arts & The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979. A near fine copy. More
A Hundred Years of Royal Style
London: Muller, Blond & White, 1985. Illustrated. 192 pages, tall 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. London: Muller, Blond & White, (1985). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Edwardian Era
London: Philosophical Library, 1987. 230 illustrations, 41 in color. 176 pages, 4to, black cloth, d.w. London: Phaidon Press and Barbican Art Gallery, (1987). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble Resurrection.
New York: Viking, 1973. 179 illustrations. 160pp. Square 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: The Viking Press, 1973. A fine copy. More
Transition Workshop
New York: Vanguard, 1949. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Vanguard, (1949). First Edition. Anthology of the literary periodical. More
Cuban Elegance.
New York: Abrams, 2004. 185 color illustrations, square 4to, decorative yellow boards, d.w. (New York): Abrams, (2004). First Edition. Fine. More
City in the Woods: The Life and Design of an American Camp Meeting on Martha's Vineyard
New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. Illustrated. xv + 167 pages, thin 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; dust wrapper spine lightly sunned. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More