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Interior Design & Applied Arts

16846. Adams-Acton, Murray

DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE & OLD FURNITURE. 4to., xv, pp.123 + 183 plates. 183 plates; Blue pub.cl., gilt titles, Sl.wear bottom edge boards, good internally, bookplate & sig.ep., Geoffrey Bles, London, n.d. (1930?).
Author presents a series of photographs representing fine features of past periods in architecture; and with their aid discusses a number of objects of historical and artistic interest..
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$120

20800. Bick, A.F.

CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE. Tall 8vo, pp.89. Ill. with many line drgs. & diagrams; Sl.worn top & tail of spine, small white paint mark on back cover, Bruce Publishing Co., Milwaukee, USA, 1954.
This is a teaching manual, directed at school or technical college students. Interesting to see the 'fifties styles at their most basic. Also included are craft projects of unrelieved ugliness, e.g. a free form pressed plate, candy dishes etc...
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$25

20065.

BIG ART. Megamurals & Supergraphics. Environmental Communications, created and edited by David Greenberg, Kathryn Smith, Stuart Teacher. square 4to., n.p.. 158 colour photo ills.; wraps., covers sl.soiled, internally v.good, Running Press, Philadelphia, n.d. (c.1977).
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$30

20213. Bridgewater, Alan & Gill

THE CRAFT OF WOOD CARVING. 4to., pp.159. 120 drawings, 40 photos; v.good in d/w, Reed, Sydney, 1981.
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$45

10474. Carney, Clive

FURNISHING ART AND PRACTICE. 4to., pp.360. well ill., plates & text drgs.; hardcover, lacking d/w and prev, owner's name on ffep, o/w good, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1950.
Includes a wealth of practical information embodying all aspects of interior home design, as well as practical other tips for the amatuer, such as the specific instruction: 'Don't have funny little frills on everything and anything in the bedroom. The effect may be charmingly feminine, but noticeable inartistic'..
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$45

22492. Casson, Hugh

INSCAPE. The Design of Interiors. Sm.4to, pp.208. many b/w photos; hardcover, v.good in d/w, Architectural Press, London, 1968.
This book, which deals with the design of post WWII public interiors in Britain, is an amplified version of the special issue of The Architectural Review published under the same title and editorship in May 1966..
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$50

21802.

DECORATIVE HARDWARE. by Mark and Diane Kender Dittrick. large 4to., pp.327. hundreds of photo ills.; v.good in d/w, Hearst Books, New York, 1982.
A great source-book for just about every sort of architectural hardware..
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$30

16861. Dizik, A.Allen

CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INTERIOR DESIGN. 4to., 2nd.Ed.; pp.220. new in d/w, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1988.
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$30

16905.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VICTORIANA. Edited by Harriet Bridgman and Elizabeth Drury. large 4to., pp.368. many ills.; v.good in d/w., Bookplate by Norman Lindsay for Mary Nilsson, Country Life, London, 1975.
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$35

16865. Garner, Philippe

THE CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ARTS. from 1940 to the present day. 4to., pp.224. very well ill., some col.; v.good in d/w, The Apple Press, London, 1980.
A serious survey of the developments in every category of the applied arts from 1940..
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$110

10406. Gilbert, Christopher

The Life and Work of THOMAS CHIPPENDALE. 4to., 2 vols. in 1, pp.329 text in Vol.I. 25 col.plates in Vol.I, 525 ills. on 288 plates in Vol.II; v. good in d/w, Studio Vista + Christies, London, 1978.
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$225

16836.

GREAT INTERIORS. Edited by Ian Grant, Preface by Cecil Beaton, Photographs by Edwin Smith. Large 4to.310 x 240, pp.288. 40 col.plates, 200 ills.; Pict.eps.from a design by Bibiena for a play, Good in sl.chipped d/w, Weidenfeld and Nicholson, London, 1967.
Interiors from 1650 to 1960, in seven sections each written by an acknowledged authority. "The guiding principle behind this selection has been a search for a quality best defined as unity..." (Introduction)..
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$60

17534. Haack, Hermann

ORIENTAL RUGS. An Illustrated Guide. 4to., 1st.Ed., 2nd.Impr.; pp.76. 8 col.plates, 36 monochrome plates, folding map; good in d/w, Faber, London, 1960.
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$55

16643. Halsey, Elizabeth T.

Ladies' Home Journal BOOK OF INTERIOR DECORATION. sm.folio 350 x 260, pp.237. many ills.; patterned papered boards, cl.spine, good, Curtis Publishing, Philadelphia, 1954.
Written in three parts, being; Part One Background - Fundamental Information on which to build Decorating Knowledge; Part Two Practical Planning - Suggestions to make Decorating easy and Effective; and Part Three rooms for Every Use and Taste - with almost one hundred illustrations of rooms, inlcudes a Glossary. A book of its time..
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$45

16833. Holmes, John M.

THE ART OF INTERIOR DESIGN AND DECORATION. 8vo., 1st.Ed.; xii, pp.195. Dec.eps., many ills.+ some diagrams; Good, in soiled, sl.torn d/w, Longmans, Green & Co Ltd, London, 1951.
The author lectured at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London. A thoughtful study, drawing on architecture, painting, sculpture and ornament and the parts they play in interior decoration. Not just a "which goes with what" book..
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$35

10310. Jennings, Arthur Seymour

THE MODERN PAINTER AND DECORATOR. A Practical Work on House Painting and Decorating. Revised by J.G.E.Holloway, with special contributions by Guy Cadogan Rothery. 245 x 180, 3 vols, Fourth ed.; ppvi, 247; ppvii, 248; ppv, 232. 54 full-page b/w plates, and 11 col. plates; blind-stamped covers, gilt titles on spine, good, Caxton Publishing Company, London, 1947 (1921).
A very comprehensive manual with much useful information on subjects such as distempering, paint and colour mixing, gilding, stencils, colour glazing and broken colour, etc. Included with volumes is a Book of Coupons, entitling the account holder for advice (free of all charge) from the Modern Painter and Decorator Information Bureau..
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$120

22459. Koues, Helen

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DECORATING. large 8vo, pp. 976. Garden City Publishing Company, New York, 1948.
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$45

16828. Lister, Raymond

DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRONWORK IN GREAT BRITAIN. A New Impression. pp.267. 24 plates, 59 text ills.; fine in d/w, David & Charles, UK, 1970 (1957).
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$65

16899. Lord, Margaret

INTERIOR DECORATION IN PRACTICE. 1st Ed.; pp.145. Ill. with drgs.; paperback, v.good, previous owner's bookplate, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1971.
A scarce, later work from this successful decorator..
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$20

22310. Morton, Peter

THE CARVER'S COMPANION. A Guide to Carving in Wood and Stone. sm. 4to., pp.70. b/w illus; hardcover, v. good in prot. d/w, A. and C. Black Ltd, London, 1958.
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$50

22338. Neuhart, Neuhart and Eames John, Marilyn and Ray

EAMES DESIGN. The Work of the Office of Charles and Ray Eames. 4to., 1st ed.; pp. 456. copiosly illustrated throughout with over 3,500 b/w and colour photographs and two fold-outs; hardcover, v. good in prot. d/w, Thames and Hudson, Great Britain, 1989.
The book comprehensively presents the work of the husband-and-wife team whose creative imprint revolutionised the look of post-war American society. Every project - over 200 in all - produced by the eameses and their office from 1941 to 1978 is presented..
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$105

17072.

NEWS OF THE WORLD BETTER HOMES BOOK. Edited by Roger Smithells. 4to., pp.200. profusely ill.; hardcover, edges sl. soiled, prot. chipped d/w, News of the World, London, n.d. (c.early 1950's).
An interesting record of the Festival of Britain home-making period..
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$25

17616. Oughton, Frederick

THE COMPLETE MANUAL OF WOOD FINISHING. large 8vo., pp.288. frontis. portrait, 58 text ills.; fine in d/w, Stobart & Son, London, 1982.
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$60

20519. Oughton, Frederick

GRINLING GIBBONS. and the English Woodcarving Tradition. 4to., pp.224. 121 photos, num.text ills.; ill.eps., Fine in d/w, Stobart, London, 1979.
This scholarly study is the result of twenty years research by the author, who is a well-known authority on the subject - as well as being a woodcarver himself..
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$175

17624. Schoeser & Rufey, Mary & Celia

ENGLISH AND AMERICAN TEXTILES. from 1790 to the present. Lge.4to., 1st Ed.; pp.256. Lavishly ill., mostly in col.; fine in d/w, Thames & Hudson, London, 1989.
A valuable reference on two centuries of furnishing textiles, splendidly illustrated and dealing with every style of interior from the very grand to the extremely humble. A fascinating and authoritative study of technical innovations and changing tastes..
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$110

16860. Whiton, Sherill

ELEMENTS OF INTERIOR DECORATION. pp.838. col.frontis., many text ills.; J.B. Lippincott, USA, 1937.
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$50

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