Decorative Art from Royoung bookseller, Inc.

Paris: Editions Albert Levy, 1928. First edition. Boards. Orig. decorative cloth backed boards with full color paper inset on front cover, contents loose as issued in string tied portfolio. Near fine. Folio, 49 x 38 cm. Title leaf: Twenty pochoir lithographs colored by Jean Saude after Benedictus with 86 Art Nouveau and Art Deco textile and wallpaper designs… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. tan cloth spine and brown boards decorated in blind. Very good in nicked dust wrapper. 236 pages. 21 x 19 cm. Also contains reproductions of old catalogue pages. Host of images in black and white. A Weathervane Bibliography. Index.

Sigapore: Sun Tree Publishing Co, 1998. Hardcover. Orig. white cloth lettered in silver. Fine in fine dust warpper. 190 pages. 31 x 23.5 cm. 211 illustrations in color and black and white printed on glossy stock. Ceramics for the After-LIfe. Catalogue. List of Lenders. Glossary.

Basel: Galerie Beyeler, 1989. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Fine. 105 pages. 30 x 25 cm. 106 color plates printed recto only. Essay by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Text in French.

Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white patterned cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Unpaginated. 34 x 26 cm. Seventy five plates, most are full page and in color with extensive descriptions for each. Selected Bibliography and Index of Chinese names and terms.

Paris: Musee Du Jeu De Paume, 1929. First edition. Wraps. Orig. illustrated printed wrappers, front cover in red and black. Very good. Unpaginated. Preface by Albert Maybon. Notre Art Japonais by Kirou Yamata. List of paintings during the Meiji-Taisho period, 1869-1912 & 1912-1926. Sections on Decorative Arts, Ceramiques. Approx. 16 black and white plates printed recto only. Covers… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. decorated cloth. Fine. 169 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Interior design, Batik and other textiles from the Far East for decorating the home.

Np: Steelcase, 1981. Stiff Wraps. Orig. illustrated stiff wrappers. Very good. 6 pages. 20 x 19 cm. Promotional piece for desk designs by FLW re S.C. Johnson Building. Color illustrations plus three page fodlout of black and white sketches of Steelcase designs with explanation of the desk design. Slight toning and small stain front cover.

Torino: Ente Moda, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. white boards. Very good housed in worn plain white box. Unpaginated. Thirty leaves. Folio, 36 x 26.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 150. An unusual, stunning combination, presenting tipped-in color reproduction of art works by prominent modern artists with an accompanying full page color lithograph portraying essential colors in… Read more about this item

Vienna: Munk, 1911. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. cream decorated stiff wrappers. Very good. 24 unnumbered pages. 31 x 26 cm. Twelve Jugendstil full page color designs by the brother-in-laws, Heinrich Lefler and Josef Urban, each plate surrounded by wide decorative borders of flowers, animals, crests and other motifs relating to the image -- enhanced by platinum gray… Read more about this item

London: Jones & Co, 1826. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary sheep rebacked, portions of original spine laid-down, red leather spine label. Very good. 217 pages in text. 27 x 20 cm. 152 plates, colored frontispiece, additional pictorial title page, and thirty-six hand-colored plates, plus 115 plain. Index. Some plates bound out of order, number of leaves remargined, plate offsetting,… Read more about this item

Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Contemporary three quarter blue morocco and marbled boards. Teg. Very good. Avril, Paul. 138 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Illustrated by Paul Avril: Each page with a process border printed in black, or photogravure border or vignette or various shades of blue, red, green, or brown. This work and "L'Eventail," were… Read more about this item

NY: Walker, 1960. Hardcover. Orig. red cloth. Very good in rubbed dust wrapper. 64 pages. Illustrated. Marks.

New York: Walker, 1960. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Very good in chipped dust wrapper. 64 pages. Illustrated. Marks.

London: The Connoisseur, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. three quarter vellum and blue cloth with spine label printed in gilt. Teg. Fine in very good, spotted slipcase.. 238 pages. Folio, 36 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 11 of 100 specially bound copies by Edward Hiscox of London, and signed by the author in blue ink. List of… Read more about this item

London: Methuen, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. crimson cloth. Near fine. 180 pages. 19 1/2 x 13 cm. 37 illustrations: photographs and drawings. Index. Bright, crisp copy. Owner inscription.

London: Hamlyn, 1977. Boards. Orig. black cloth. Fine in chipped dust wrapper. 95 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated, mostly with color plates.

London: Praeger, 1970. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Orig. beige linen cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper.. 246 pages. 28 x 20 cm. 311 plates, nine in color, and nearly 350 drawings of Spode shapes. Marks. Bibliography. Index. The author was a senior executive at Spode with access to primary sources of information at the Spode factory. … Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. ruby cloth. Fine in near fine dust wrapper. 180 pages in text. 25 1/2 x 19 cm. 225 plates and 22 text figures. Glossary. Index. The author, a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum presents a comprehensive guide to English furniture from medieval to modern times.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. patterned boards and black cloth. Fine in slightly nicked dust wrapper. 276 pages. 30 x 22 cm. A record of 2500 cabinet-makers, upholsterers, carvers and gilders with their addresses and working notes illustrated by 165 reproductions of makers' trade-cards. With a chapter by R.W. Symonds on the problem of identification… Read more about this item