Search Results: Authors starting with J from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Dover Publications, 1964. Second edition, revised & enlarged. Quarto. xv, 747 pp; over 13,000 marks; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, previous name on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows no wear. A history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland with over 13,000 marks.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Dover Publications, 1969. Reprint of the original 1911 edition. Two volumes. Quarto. xxxviii, x, 1085 pp; color frontispiece; 76 b/w plates & 1506 b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjackets. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jackets have light edgewear, spine of Volume 1 slightly faded, small chip at top. A comprehensive study of ecclesiastical and secular English plate describing the development of form and decoration in the silver and gold work of the British Isles, from the earliest known examples to the latest of the Georgian Period.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Pavilion, 1991. Oblong quarto. 128 pp; profusely illustrated in color. Laminated boards with cloth spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, narrow lightly sunned strip along spine edge of jacket, extending half way across the top. This book reproduces the picture-book of Brighton Pavilion that George IV commissioned in 1820 from the architect John Nash. It contains aquatints of many exterior views as well as aquatints of the rooms.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Viking, 2006. First edition. Octavo. 291 pp; b/w drawings by Gary Panter; bibliography; web sites; index. Cloth-backed boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. An architecture and design critic's coast-to-coast search for an ideal American home that is both aesthetically pleasing and affordable cites the challenges facing prospective homeowners today, describing the author's meetings with architects and builders who are revolutionizing the ways people think about homes, construction techniques, and community.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1982. First edition . Octavo. 178 pp; 88 pp b/w photographs; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, former owner name on front free endpaper, also quote by Seneca;; unclipped jacket. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Washington, D.C.: Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, 1913. Octavo. reprint of pages 563-592 from the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers Vol. XXV, No. 4 November 1913.; b/w graphs, charts and tables. Stapled wraps, reprinted in 1913 by Beresford printers. VG, moderate foxing to top edge of front cover and spine. Compliments of the author penciled on cover.. Paperback. Very Good.

NY: William Morrow, 1976. First English edition. Square octavo. 127 pp; numerous color photographs, numerous b/w designs & text illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Taipei: Textile and Clothing Graduate Institute, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2000. Quarto. 436 pp; illustrated throughout with full-page color plates and color images in the text. Text in Chinese. Printed silk over boards with illustrated endpapers and gilt titles. Near FIne. An iIllustrated research directory. Scarce copy of this landmark work by the Graduate Institute.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

London: Andreas Papadakis, 2002. Quarto. 136 pp; including 150 color illustrations. Paperback. VG+ minor soiling to back cover. John Simpson is one of the leading architects in Europe who have returned in recent years to classical architecture. His public and private works show how this language lends itself with particular ease to the incorporation of technology's latest developments. Describing a range of work from furniture design to town-planning, this book features his principal commission so far, the new Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, a major new center for the visual arts in London, opened in May 2002.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Chicago: Aldine Publishing, 1966. Large quarto. vi, 375 pp; profuse b/w photographs, plans & diagrams; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has light wear to extremities, small edge tear on back panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1950. Second revised edition. Quarto. 58 pp; full of b/w illustrations. Red cloth with orange dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket is lightly soiled & spine is lightly sunned. This is the revised edition, with many new illustrations.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1935. Second printing. Octavo. 205 pp. Decorated paper-covered boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy except for toning on front & rear free endpapers from jacket flaps, spine a bit toned, small stain at bottom edge of back cover; price-clipped jacket has toned spine, old water stain ring near bottom of spine, top edge of back cover lightly chipped with small loss at top corner. A delightful account of the gardens of poets, philosophers and kings.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Gottingen: Steidl, 2006. Quarto. 183 pp; illustrated throughout with color plates. Cloth with illustrated pastedown. Signed by Marc Joseph 11.1.06 at Strand Books, NYC, one of the stores captured in his photos. Growing up in Ohio in the 1970s, photographer Marc Joseph was first exposed to art, writing and music in the eccentric smaller book and record shops of downtown Cleveland. Most Saturday afternoons were spent combing through the stacks in anticipation of a major future purchase--like his first, London Calling by the Clash--or studying certain talismanic book covers like George Orwell's Animal Farm or Allen Ginsberg's Howl. This was the beginning of Joseph's permanent fascination with books and records--both as public artworks and as formative private experiences.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New.

Singapore: Archipelago Press, 2006. Square octavo. 232 pp; color photographs throughout; index. directory. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine. Almost 50 hotels, spas and shops are presented in detail, each selected for its style appeal. Includes descriptions of architecture, ambience and cuisine of the various regions.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New.

NY: Harcourt Brace & World, 1963. Octavo. 22 pp. Stapled wraps. Very good, covers toned. This essay was written for friends and staff members of the company on the occasion of their move to new headquarters.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Longmans Green and Co., 1951. First edition. Octavo. 199 pp; color frontispiece from an aquatint by W.L. Leitch; notes; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. The book presents a brilliant picture of the social life and personalities of Edinburgh from 1769 to 1832, a period known as that city's "Golden Age." Some of the men portrayed -- David Hume, Adam Smith, Henry Mackenzie, Robert Burns, Francis Jeffrey, Sydney Smith, Henry Raeburn, Sir Walter Scott and others.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Paris: A.C.E., 1981. Quarto. 117 pp; b/w & color photographs by Janine Niepce. Text in French. Paperback. VG. Photographs of Paris's fountains and pools by Janine Niepce.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Janine Niepce.

NY: Viking Press, 1967. First American edition. Octavo. 312 pp; illustrations by William Nicholson; bibliography; index. Burgundy cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, old dampstain near top of fore edge, only visible on 3 pp, else a bright, clean copy; jacket lightly chipped at spine ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Oxford: Phaidon, 1977. First English edition. Oblong quarto. 210 pp; 24 color & 116 b/w illustrations; appendices. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, jacket has small chip where head of spine meets top of front panel, also two 1-in. closed tears at head of spine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.