Search Results: Titles starting with P from Carnegie Hill Books

Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1981. Exhibition catalogue. Quarto. 108 pp; 8 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; checklists of Wight's publications, his buildings and projects, and buildings by Carter, Drake and Wight, 1872-1874; and provenance and checklist of 184 architectural drawings, plans and elevations in the Wight collection by John Zukowsky. Paperback. VG. P.B. Wight was a designer of furniture, critic and historian of contemporary architecture and fireproofing techology, as well as an architect.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1959. Octavo. 39 pp; full of b/w photgraphs. Stapled illustrated wraps. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers have light rubbing & edge wear, 1" slit at base of spine, which has small nick. An early exhibition of package design, both re-usable and disposable. Checklist of 142 objects, with 53 objects, each described & illustrated with b/w photo.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Yucca Valley, CA: Manzanita Press, 1960. Twelvemo. ix, 99 pp; bibliography. Printed stiff card covers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, short split at base of spine, covers lightly soiled.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

NY: Te Neues, 2002. Quarto. 142 pp; 100 color & 60 b/w illustrations. Paperback. A Near Fine copy. The author celebrates the culture of the beauty contest, from the well-known spectacles of Miss World and Mr. and Miss Universe to the flamboyance of Alternative Miss World. He looks at international and national beauty pageants alike.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New.

NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927. Edition of 2000 copies. Quarto. xvii, 108 pp; color frontispiece; 92 monochrome plates; brief bibliography; index. Printed cloth. VG, covers are clean and bright. Textiles illustrated were part of the Retrospective Exhibition of Painted and Printed Fabrics at MMA in summer 1927; most are from the Museum's collection. Chapter "Notes on the History of Cotton Printing Especially in England and America" by Frances Morris. . Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good+.

NY: D. Van Nostrand, 1945. Octavo. 98 pp; 32 b/w figures; index. Brown hardcover with black spine lettering. Good, spine ends & corners rubbed, 1-in. split at top of backstrip, front cover scratched.. Hard Cover. Good.

Venezia: L'istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1985. Quarto. 146 p. Ills. 4 color & 96 b/w photographs, elevations, plans. Cloth with dustjacket. Near fine/Near fine. The palazzo, acquired by the Loredan family in 1536, was restructured in the Renaissance style by Antonio Scarpagnino. Remnants of the original gothic building that belonged to the Mocenigo family can be found in the wall towards the canal, the fifteenth-century gothic well-head in the entrance and the arches in Istrian stone resting on late-gothic capitals.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition. Octavo. 266 pp; b/w illustrations. Hardcover with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by authors. An American couple, Sally and Carl Gable, purchased the Villa Cornaro, built by Andrea Palladio in 1532. This is the story of how they came to own this great Renaissance villa outside of Venice, and what they have learned about its history during their six-month stay every year.. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY: Rizzoli, 1999. Quarto. 226 pp; full of color photographs. Gilt-lettered brown cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine in same jacket. A clean, unmarked copy; bright jacket with no tears. This volume celebrates Palladio's architectural achievements and his lasting influence on subsequent centuries of design.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Roberto Schezen.

NY: Thames & Hudson, 1991. Octavo. 216 pp; 163 color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; a touch of yellowing to edges of back cover. Part of the World of Art series.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1981. First edition. Quarto. 130 pp; profusely illustrated in color; indices. Text in French, English & German. Cloth with dj. Fine/Near Fine. . Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Paris: Editions Solar, 2005. Small folio. 190 pp; full of b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Hardcover, no jacket. VG, a clean unmarked copy; corners & bottom of spine bumped though barely affecting text block, a couple of small dents to bottom edge. An illustrated history of the life on board the great ocean liners that ruled the seas from the 1850s to the launch of the Queen Elizabeth II in 1969. Many photographs of the interiors of these luxury liners, particularly the Ile de France.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

NY: Monacelli Press, 2008. Tall quarto. 240 pp; over 250 color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. A new copy. Twelve essays by leading French and American scholars and 250 illustrations vividly recreate the contributions of the era's legendary figures, including Josephine Baker, Chanel, Salvador Dali, Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, Raymond Loewy, Paul Poiret, Helena Rubinstein, and Henri Soule. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New.

NY: Thames and Hudson, 1991. First edition. Quarto. 159 pp; 104 duotone illustrations; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. The author offers a narrative history of Surrealism, and also analysis of the major works of Surrealist literature, all of which are imbued with the essence of Paris.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. First edition. Octavo. xvi, 208 pp. Cloth with dj. VG/VG.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Newport: Ceramic Book Company, 1956. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Quarto. xxv, 104 pp plus 237 b/w plates; bibliography. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. #556/1000. VG-, lighter areas along spine edge & bottom edge. Based mainly on pieces in American collections, this work gives a commentary on the styles and techniques of the 17th and 18th century furniture makers, a list of the masters from Boulle to Jacob, and a useful pictorial review of pieces arranged in chronological order. An appendix lists some architects, sculptors, painters etc. who influenced French furniture design from the latter part of the 17th C. to the beginning of the 19th C.. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good-.

NY / London: The Century Co., 1930. First printing. Twelvemo. x, 212 pp; 4 illustrations by Arthur William Brown. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket soiled with some loss at top of spine & price-clipped; book is in very good condition. Byrne's tale of love and gambling set on the Riviera. In this book the Irish novelist is a bright, hard, dazzling observer of modern life among the moneyed sophisticates of the Azure Coast.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+.

NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988. First edition. Octavo. 355 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a solid, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows mild rubbing on back cover, a remainder mark to the bottom edges of pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

Stamford, CT: Architectural Book Publishing, 1979. Quarto. xv, 254 pp; over 300 b/w photographs & drawings. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. The photos in this book record a myriad examples of outdoor planning and decoration in gardens representing a wide range of periods of Mexican architecture from the 16th-century colonial through contemporary. Included are gates, entrances and paths, walls, terraces, stairs, water fountains, swimming pools, sculpture, furniture, lighting, balconies, roof gardens, and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY: Scribner, 1996. First printing. Quarto. 349 pp; numerous color photographs by Robert Freson throughout. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.