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THREE CENTURIES OF ARCHITECTURAL CRAFTSMANSHIP
Written by Colin Amery.
Stock no. 1831587
Published by The Architectural Press. 1986. Very good condition.

A selection of the best drawings from the classic 1920 to 1930 AR series of looseleaf folders entitled A Practical Exemplar of Architecture. These folders represented a source of authentic 17th and 18th century stonework, woodwork, fireplace, doorway and similar building details. Edited by Colin Amery. Large format. White cardwraps. B/w photos and drawings. xiv plus 221 plates and 3 page bibliography to rear. ISBN: 0851396623. Reprint. Cardwraps are lightly browned and lightly scuffed. Foxing to text block else contents clean.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY INTERIOR DECORATION IN ENGLAND, FRANCE AND HOLLAND
Written by Peter Thornton.
Stock no. 1831566
Published by Yale University Press. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

This is the first book to survey and analyze the development of European interior decoration in France, England, and Holland following the stimulus of the Italian Renaissance while relating it to the changes in the political structure and social habits of the landed classes at the end of the sixteenth century. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. xii and 427 pages including index. ISBN: 0300021933. Boards clean. Very light browning to endpapers. Text block browned and foxed. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is browned to flaps, scuffed to rear panel.

THE POTTERTON PICTORIAL TREASURY OF CURTAINS & DRAPERY DESIGN 1750-1950
Written by Clare Jameson.
Stock no. 1831538
Published by Potterton Books. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This book provides an illustrated historical survey of designs taken from eontemporary source books durin ghte period 1780 - 1930 in England, France and North America. An essential work of reference for Interior Decorators and Designers. Compiled by Clare Jameson. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt titles. Green andf white decorative endpapers. B/w illustrations throughout. xvi and 293 plates. ISBN: 1870599004. Light browning to text block. Boards and contents clean. Grey pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-creased. Tobacco odour present.

AIRCRAFT INTERIOR COMFORT AND DESIGN
Written by Peter Vink; Klaus Brauer.
Stock no. 1826640
Published by CRC Press. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Ergonomics and Human Factors. Includes everything that scientists and manufacturers should know about airliner interior comfort. Pictorial glazed boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 9781138401310. Boards lightly scuffed, corners lightly bumped. Contents clean.

THE DECORATIVE TWENTIES
Written by Martin Battersby; Philippe Garner.
Stock no. 1823887
Published by Whitney Library Of Design. 1st USA 1988. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

New edition thoroughly and sympathetically revised by Philippe Garner, with a short biography of Battersby. Large format. B/w & colour photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0823012735. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

GERMANY ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS, LANDSCAPE, GARDENS
Written by Christa Von Richthofen. Illustrated by Oliver Benn.
Stock no. 2117271
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1992. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large square format. Photographs by Benn. ISBN: 0297831534. Wrapper is unevenly faded and creased to edges.

JAN DES BOUVRIE: LEARNING TO LOOK
Written by Leren Kijken.
Stock no. 2116816
Published by Lannoo Publishers. 2nd 2007. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. White covers with blind titles to spine and front cover. Dual-language book - text is in Dutch and English. Filled with colour photographs. ISBN: 9789020971811. A few grubby marks to covers. Contents are fine!

ENTERTAINMENT CENTER
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810447
Published by Rihan. CC. 1st 2010. Fine condition.

Night club interior design. Full of insightful colour photographs. Large format. Glazed boards. 347 pages. ISBN: 9789881780379. Covers lightly scuffed.

THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH INTERIORS
Written by Alan Gore; Ann Gore.
Stock no. 2111086
Published by Phaidon Press Limited. 1st thus 1995. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour and b/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0714834688. A few marks to covers.

THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins.
Stock no. 814966
Published by Harry N. Abrams. 1st USA 1994. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Tracing the history of wallpaper ranging from hand-painted Chinese papers to the myriad patterns and paper types available for use today in the ordinary home. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 0810937301. A lovely, clean copy.