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Holiday 2009
Dear Friends,

We raise our glasses to toast the end of a very challenging year and to thank you for your devotion to our shop. The
season’s books are extraordinary, and our selection here is the best of the best. We hope you find them as exciting
and interesting as we do. During difficult and changing times, we are often forced to realize what’s important and
to choose more carefully. Maybe the pendulum is swinging back a bit to favor the glories of a bookshop as a place
to browse and learn, a place to find the perfect gift for a friend or the right answer to a complex design problem;
a place to be inspired and to revel in the beauty created by architects, designers and artists over time. Books are
everlasting friends that should be lovingly hand-picked.

As William Morris said, “If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing
most to be longed for, I should answer, a beautiful House; and if I were further asked to name the production next
in importance and the thing next to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful Book. To enjoy good houses and
good books in self-respect and decent comfort, seems to me to be the pleasurable end towards which all societies
of human beings ought now to struggle.”

Archivia Books is our passion — we love what we do — and it is our privilege and pleasure to share this with you.
May next year be a prosperous one for all of us.

All best,

Cynthia, Will and Julie

AN ARCHITECTURAL ALPHABET
Andrew Zega & Bernd H. Dams
Foreword by Charlotte Moss
Published by Connaissance et Memoires, Paris, 2009
Printed on vellum paper using the most advanced techniques,
hand-bound in silk in the Chinese fashion and slip-cased,
signed and numbered in an edition limited to 500 copies.
$ 300.00

This exquisite artist’s book reproduces 26 of the

authors’ watercolors in an intimate format, just
8 x 9 inches, with 96 pages. Each letter of the
alphabet is incorporated into a vignette related to an
architectural or garden theme inspired by the Ancien
Regime of France and the Grand Tour. These delightful
watercolors evoke the playfulness and exoticism
of the period and is sure to delight garden lovers,
bibliophiles and collectors.

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Holiday 2009

A Miscellany of Architecture + Design Books

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ARCHITECTURE
FRANK GEHRY
The Houses
Mildred Friedman
320 pages,
500 illustrations, 300 in color
$85.00
Frank Gehry revolutionized the
use of materials and redefined how
architects use computers as a design
tool. He achieved worldwide fame for large-scale public
projects — the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the
Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A. — but it was in private
houses that he first explored the principles of modern
architecture. Color photographs, sketches and plans
create an illuminating record of some of the most
groundbreaking, seminal projects of Gehry’s oeuvre.
TOBI KAHN
Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century
Edited by Ena G. Heller
112 pages,
56 photographs, 50 in color
$ 39.95
This exhibition catalogue to the
Museum of Biblical Art show in
New York discusses the creation of
sacred space through the work of Tobi Kahn. From large
canvasses with biomorphic forms to three-dimensional
pieces such as art nouveau-influenced thrones, Kahn’s
work has a presence that is immediately striking. His
reputation has grown steadily since his inclusion in the
Guggenheim’s New Horizons show in 1985. Much of Kahn’s
art is ambiguously abstract, invoking a contemplative
spirit, inviting the viewer to project their own feelings.
ANJALENDRAN
Architect of Sri Lanka
David Robson
Photographs by Waruna Gomia
240 pages, 300 color photographs,
80 plans + drawings
$ 49.95
Sri Lankan architect Anjalendran is
a unique man whose buildings have
a simple directness and modern spirit while incorporating
the rich traditions of Sri Lanka, in the buildings as well as
the landscape, furniture and decoration. Just as interesting
is the process by which he works ­— from home, never
employing more than 4 student assistants, no office,
no secretary, no car, no cell phone, without a bank
account and has never signed a contract with either a
client or a builder.
FRAMEWORK
Gluckman Mayner Architectures
Richard Gluckman
Introduction by Detlef Mertins
256 pages,
220 illustrations, 200 in color
$ 50.00
Through a careful consideration of the
basic components of architecture—
structure, scale, proportion, material, light— Gluckman
produces buildings and interiors that heighten the
perception of physical space, spaces comparable to
minimalist art. Here are over 15 fifteen projects for
artists, collectors and museums, such the Museo Picasso in
Malaga; the Perelman Building at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art; and the Gagosian and Mary Boone Galleries in New
York; the Mori Arts Center in Tokyo; as well as residential
projects in Tribeca, Austin and Long Island.
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CARIBBEAN HOUSES
History, Style and Architecture
Michael Connors
272 pages, 260 color photographs
$ 60.00
The colonial residences here present
an important historical record of
the material culture as it developed
through the lens of European
heritage in the Spanish Antilles, the Dutch Leewards, the
English Islands, the French Lesser Antilles, and the Danish
Virgin Islands. The authoritative text gives a unique view
of houses that combine the imported traditions and styles
with the vernacular island forms and decorative motifs.
Photographs feature exteriors and a rare look into interiors
with exotic tropical hardwoods, indigenous stone, and a
blending of local crafts and handiwork with antiques and
contemporary furnishings.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF
NATURAL LIGHT
Henry Plummer
256 pages,
400 illustrations, 300 in color
$ 65.00
Shelter and natural light are
fundamental elements of
architecture. One is solid and
static, the other illuminates and animates. This thoughtful
survey explores the specific quality of natural light —
evanescence, atomization, luminescence — and examines
its particular uses through many disciplines from art
history to film and literature. With over 50 case studies
considering the work Tadao Ando, Steven Holl, Herzog &
de Meuron, Peter Zumthor, Rafael Moneo, Rem Koolhaas,
Jean Nouvel and Toyo Ito, among others.
ARCHITECTURE
CASA MEDITERRANEA
Unique Houses, Spectacular Villas
& Glorious Gardens around the Sea
Massimo Listri
360 pages, 400 color illustrations
$ 45.00
A sumptuous selection of over
60 beautifully designed houses
from around the Mediterranean,
with its sun-drenched landscape and turquoise waters.
These houses provide material for dreaming as well as a
concrete source of inspiration, ranging from a traditional,
terra-cotta-roofed home with a big welcoming kitchen, a
courtyard, and colorful tiles and mosaics to a cutting-edge
contemporary design inspired by the forms and tonalities
of the region. Featured countries: France, Spain, Italy,
Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Cyprus and Malta
LAMU
The Art, Interiors and Crafts of Kenya’s
Enchanted Island
George Abungu
Photographs by Carol Beckwith
252 pages, 300 photographs, most in color
$ 65.00
Off the coast of northern Kenya is the
island of Lamu—Kenya’s oldest town
and one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal
East Africa. Listed by UNESCO as a prestigious world
heritage site, Lamu offers visitors the hypnotic experience
of entering another world. With 300 exquisite, specially
commissioned photographs, the volume opens a window
onto the island’s enchanting and inspiring architecture,
interiors, crafts, and traditions.
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ARCHITECTURE
THE DuPONTS
Houses and Gardens in
the Brandywine, 1900–1951
Maggie Lidz
228 pages,
300 color + duotone illustrations
$ 65.00
The du Ponts of Delaware, a
dynasty of French immigrants, built
neighboring houses, gardens, and farms in the rolling
hills of the Brandywine Valley including the celebrated
Winterthur, Longwood, and Nemours estates, as well
as some unexpected surprises: Bellevue, a replica of
James Madison’s Montpelier; and Eleutherian Mills, the
19th-century partnership house on Brandywine Creek.
Winterthur historian Lidz captures the life of the du Ponts
at home with hundreds of rare period photographs from
private archives and family albums and never before
published autochromes, diascopes, and Dufay color images.
SUNNYLANDS
Art and Architecture of the
Annenberg Estate in Rancho Mirage,
California
David G. De Long, Kathleen Hall
Jamieson, Anne d’Harnoncourt
192 pages,
133 illustrations, 119 in color
$ 34.95
Built in the early 1960s by A. Quincy Jones for two of
America’s leading philanthropists, with interiors by the
renowned team of William Haines and Ted Graber, the
estate has come to be regarded as an icon of midcentury
modernism. Housed within are exceptional collections
of modern sculpture, paintings, Steuben glass, Chinese,
Mayan and Hindu objects, all framed by furnishings in a
style know as Hollywood Regency. A richly detailed portrait
of an extraordinary place.
HILL-STEAD
The Country Place of
Theodate Pope Riddle
Edited by James F. O’Gorman
192 pages, 161 illustrations, 63 in color
$ 45.00
Nestled in Connecticut sits what
many architectural historians
consider to be the finest Colonial
Revival house in the U.S, designed
by Theodate Pope Riddle, a self-trained architect of
considerable talent. Just as impressive are the grounds,
designed with landscape architect Warren H. Manning
featuring miles of dry-laid stone walls, lawns, meadows,
and woodlands the crowning jewel of which is the sunken
garden designed by her friend Beatrix Farrand. Long
considered to be largely the work of McKim Mead and
White, Hill-stead is revealed to be the work of one of this
country’s earliest important women architects. Features a
preface by Robert A. M. Stern.
WHITE ON WHITE
Churches of Rural New England
Steve Rosenthal
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
144 pages, 144 tritone photographs
$ 85.00
The early churches of New England
hold a special place in the American
consciousness, revered for their
physical beauty, simplicity, elegance. Places of worship,
but also icons of a particularly American sensibility and
artistic vision. Here are gems of the northeast, from the
18th and 19th centuries, tracing the evolution of church
styles from the early, dramatically simple meetinghouse
form through the changing patterns of Greek and Gothic
revivals. His photographs capture the intrinsic beauty of
the architecture while creating a world of rich order and
rational light.
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THE CAMONDO LEGACY
The Passions of a Paris Collector
Marie-Noel de Gary
Photographs by Jean-Marie del Moral
320 pages, 522 illustrations, 361 in color
$ 95.00
The Camondos arrived from Istanbul
in 1869, bankers and philanthropists
whose presence was noted in
business, music and art in Paris high society. Patriarch
Moïse left a legacy with the Musée Nissim de Camondo,
a magnificent Belle Époque mansion built for his collection
of 18th-century French art, and as a memorial to his son
killed in WWI. With the deaths of Moïse, and the rest
of the family at Auschwitz, the line came to an end.
The exceptional qualities of the architecture, furniture,
decorations and the collection are captured in photographs
and essays, tracing their history and context and bringing
to life the deeply moving story of a remarkable collection.
FIRED BY PASSION
Vienna Baroque Porcelain of Claudius
Innocentius Du Pacquier
Meredith Chilton
Three Volumes, Slipcased. 1300 pages,
1300 color illustrations, CD Rom,
$275.00
The first complete survey of
early Viennese porcelain from the
Du Paquier manufactory, the small,
independently owned firm that made true porcelain in the
manner of the Chinese, in a highly distinctive style that
remained Baroque in inspiration throughout its history.Du
Paquier produced a range of tablewares, decorative vases,
and small-scale sculpture that found great popularity
with the Hapsburg court and the Austrian nobility. This
magnificent work charts the history of the development
of the Du Paquier factory, setting its production within the
historic and cultural context of Vienna in the 18th century.
DECORATIVE ARTS
WALLPAPER
A History of Contemporary Style
Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz
240 pages, 270 color illustrations
$ 75.00
Wallpaper, initially used as an
affordable substitute for lavish
coverings, such as frescoes,
tapestries, leathers, or hangings,
took its current form in 16th century
England, increasing in popularity at the end of the 18th
century following advances in reproduction techniques.
Wallpaper transformed the world of interiors, creating the
illusion of panoramic vistas, and incorporating narrative
sequences, collections of engravings, or brief history
lessons. A wide range of styles have marked four centuries
of decorative art, from Raphael to conceptual art, from
frescoes to photography. This stunning contribution to
wallpaper’s current revival offers a comprehensive review.
ROBERT POLIDORI
Transitional States / Parcours
Museologique Revisitee
744 pages, over 500 photographs
$125.00, Three Volumes, slipcased
A sublime photographic tract on
architectural revisionism charting
the decades-long conservation
project at Versailles. One of the
world’s largest palaces, a symbol of absolute monarchy
in France, Versailles is a supremely apropos building
through which to address matters of revisionism, having
been subjected to 4 building campaigns (1664–1697)
by Louis XIV alone, and several modifications since. The
curatorial decisions inevitably betray political and aesthetic
affiliations that have morphed over the course of the
restoration, and Polidori has been in attendance to record
them. Photographed over a period of 25 years, the ever-
evolving phases of Versailles’ grandeur are here laid bare
for the reader to decode and admire.
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FURNITURE + INTERIORS
GOSLING
Classic Design for Contemporary
Interiors
Stephen Calloway
224 pages, 320 color illustrations
$ 65.00
In the world of furniture and design
Gosling’s name is synonymous
with sophistication, excellence,
and craftsmanship, all on display in this beautiful book.
Known for his ability to tailor-make a room and its
elements to meet the client’s individual tastes and needs,
Gosling involves himself with every aspect of a project.
Irresistibly classic and elegant, Gosling’s designs have
graced yachts, corporate boardrooms, country homes and
city apartments. Fans of classic interior design, as well as
designers themselves, will find much to inspire and ignite
their imaginations.
NEW CLASSIC INTERIORS
Alessandra Branca + Christine Pittel
272 pages, 200 color photographs
$ 60.00
Growing up in Rome surrounded by
exquisite art and architecture, Branca
learned early that beauty is meant
to intermingle with everyday life.
Her interior designs, while abiding by
classical principles, comfortably accommodate her clients’
lifestyles. Branca generously reveals her step-by-step
creative process, offering invaluable guidance to anyone
who wants a home that is both gorgeous and livable.
Beginning with her own Chicago townhouse, interweaving
insights drawn from other prominent projects, she shows
how to assess each space’s form and function, select
foundation elements, choose furniture and lighting, and,
finally, incorporate decorative elements that reflect the
resident’s personality.
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DAVID HICKS
A Life of Design
Ashley Hicks
304 pages, 700 illustrations
$ 65.00
One of the most important interior
designers of the late 20th century,
known for his bold use of color,
eclecticism, and geometric designs
in carpets and textiles. Hicks turned English decorating on
its head by using electrifying color combinations, mixing
antiques, modern furniture, and abstract paintings. By
the 1970s, Hicks was a brand, making wallpaper, fabrics,
and linens, with outposts in eight countries, including
the U.S. where he worked with the young Mark Hampton
on the White House. Written by his son Ashley, with
unprecedented access to archives, personal photos,
journals, and scrapbooks, this is a vibrantly illustrated
celebration of a half century of stunning interiors.
MORE IS MORE
Tony Duquette
Hutton Wilkinson
Foreword by John Galliano
368 pages, 300 color illustrations
$ 75.00
This exquisite sequel delves into
Duquette’s creative process
and personal life, renowned for
his fantastical artwork, sculpture, jewelry, gardens, film
sets and interiors, using “The Enchanted Vision”—a three-
day lecture delivered by Duquette at UCLA in the early
1970s—as its springboard. While his own work receives full
attention, an entire chapter is devoted to the artwork and
persona of his wife, Elizabeth “Beegle”, further enhanced
by countless anecdotes about the fabulous life they led:
their international travels, active social lives among royalty
and the jet-set, their many dinner parties and gatherings,
their homes and studios.
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JUAN MONTOYA
Juan Montoya
304 pages, 250 color illustrations
$ 75.00
Always on the cutting edge,
Montoya’s work exudes refinement
and simplicity. Each design features
an exquisite juxtaposition of textures,
colors, and volumes; an attention
to scale, lighting, and spatial qualities; and objects that
reflect an interest in a variety of cultures. In addition
to creating beautiful, eclectic rooms, these underlying
principles have strongly influenced contemporary design.
Features 25 recent projects, these sumptuous interiors
range from a yacht to apartments and houses in New
York, Florida, Connecticut, and Paris to showhouses and
commercial interiors.
COUNTRY CHIC
Beatrix Kleuver
160 pages, 200 color illustrations
$ 50.00
Country decorating is comfortable
and accessible, forgiving of wear and
tear, sometimes of less than perfect
combinations, but always a popular
style, providing an oasis of warmth in a
high-pressure world. This book shows you how to achieve
this look in your own home, combining simplicity and
warmth, with style and elegance. From the Dutch publisher
Terra, known for their exquisite books on interior design.
FURNITURE + INTERIORS
JACQUES GRANGE
Interiors
Pierre Passebon
268 pages, 200 color illustrations
$ 75.00
Combining good taste and audacity
— a subtle art that Grange has
perfected — as a young man
working for legends Henri Samuel
and Didier Aaron, his talent was soon recognized by the
likes of the Rothschilds, Castaing, and the Vicomtesse
de Noailles. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Grange is
known for being able to disappear behind his designs; he
believes an interior décor should serve as a “self-portrait”
of the occupant and not the designer. His prestigious
commissions in New York, Paris, London, Venice, and
Marrakech blend Oriental and North African influences
with Western styles, from rococo opulence to modern
chic. Grange’s touch is unique.
OUTSIDE IN
Marcel Wolterinck
Photographs by Sigurd Kranendonk
336 pages, over 300 color illustrations
$ 100.00
One of the most popular and
influential stylemasters in the
Netherlands, this gorgeous tome
presents his most recent projects.
The theme here is the organic unity of garden designs that
connect with the rooms of a house. The work comes to life
in restrained earthy colors, providing serenity and rhythm,
and radiating symmetry and luxury throughout his interiors
and exteriors, terraces and gardens.
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BAUHAUS 1919–1933
Workshops for Modernity
Barry Bergdoll et al.
328 pages, 510 color illustrations
$ 75.00
From the major exhibit at MoMA in
New York, the first comprehensive
treatment since its famous Bauhaus
exhibition of 1938, and offering a
new generational perspective on the 20th century’s most
influential experiment in artistic education. The Bauhaus
brought together artists, architects and designers in an
extraordinary conversation on the nature of art in the
industrial age. Aiming to rethink the form of modern life, the
Bauhaus became the site of a dazzling array of experiments
in the visual arts — industrial design, furniture, architecture,
graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics, theater and
costume design, painting, sculpture — that have profoundly
shaped the world today.
ANDRÉE PUTMAN
Complete Works
Donald Albrecht
Preface by Jean Nouvel
324 pages, 275 color illustrations
$ 85.00
This grande dame of modern
design burst onto the scene
25 years ago with her graphic,
black-and-white interiors at Morgans Hotel in New York.
Since then she has gone on to redefine design for a diverse
group of clients, from Karl Lagerfeld to the interior of
the Concorde, from museum interiors, a jewelry line for
Christofle, private residences for global trendsetters, and a
film set for Peter Greenaway. Always the epitome of chic,
incorporating cashmere and leather with affordable ceramic
tiles and industrial metals for interiors that speak the
unmistakable style of quiet luxury.
THE STAR PIECE
The Enduring Beauty of
Spectacular Furniture
David Linley, Charles Cator + Helen Chislett
256 pages, 400 illustrations, most in color
$ 65.00
Furniture has star qualities unlike any
other object: functional and decorative,
yet it connects us to history and
far-flung places. Furniture also appeals to our senses: we see
the way it makes an otherwise dull room into a glamorous
one; we touch its sleek modern lines and soft fabrics; we
hear hinges creaking; we smell the rich scents of antique
wood and leather. The authors introduce 20 golden ages,
from the ancient world to the 20th century, by way of such
rich moments as Ming in China, Italian and French Baroque,
Chippendale in England, the designs of Newport and
Philadelphia in America, Neoclassicism in France, Russia and
Sweden, Biedermeier, Shaker and Art Deco.
GIO PONTI
Ugo La Pietra
427 pages,
800 photographs, many in color
Updated and Revised Edition
$ 85.00
One of Italy’s most influential
designers whose work continues
to inspire young designers who
are increasingly rediscovering it today. This exhaustively
researched monograph chronicles the complete spectrum,
from early ceramic work as design director for Ginori to
his last and most famous architectural works, Milan’s Pirelli
Tower and the Museum of Modern Art in Denver, from
automobile designs for Alfa Romeo and interiors for Italian
luxury liners to bathroom fixtures for American Standard,
from the famous Superleggera chair for Cassina to the
Alitalia offices in New York.
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EILEEN GRAY THE PRIVATE WORLD OF

Her Life and Work
Peter Adam
356 pages, 152 color + duotone plates,
265 illustrations
$ 99.00
One of the most important
designers/architects of the
early 20th century and the most
influential woman in those fields whose work inspired both
modernism and Art Deco. Her design style was distinctive
and an opulent, luxuriant take on the geometric forms and
industrially produced materials used by International Style
designers, such as Le Corbusier, Perriand and Mies. Her
voluptuous leather and tubular steel chairs and tables are
now familiar as icons of the International Style, yet for most
of her career she was relegated to obscurity by the same
proud singularity that makes her work so prized today.
YVES SAINT LAURENT &
PIERRE BERGÉ
Robert Murphy
Photographs by Ivan Terestchenko
280 pages,
256 illustrations, 218 in color
$ 95.00
One of the most talented and
influential couturiers of his time and a legendary arbiter of
20th century style. Saint Laurent’s extraordinary taste went
well beyond the world of fashion. In this lavish volume, the
homes he shared with Bergé are presented in immaculate
detail. From the serene interiors of their Rue Babylone
apartment to the incandescent beauty of the Villa Majorelle
in Marrakech, Bergé and Saint Laurent’s sensibilities come
alive. Terestchenko’s photographs capture these exquisite
surroundings in full, a testament to a rare union of passion,
elegance, and supreme connoisseurship.

THE YVES SAINT LAURENT-PIERRE IN HOUSE

BERGÉ COLLECTION
The Sale of the Century
Edited by Christiane de Nicolay-Mazery
$ 95.00
Published in collaboration with
Christie’s, this book covers the record-
breaking sale in February 2009 of
one of the world’s most exquisite and
largest private collections. 100 of the most important
pieces are documented with detailed commentary, plus
photographs of the collection in situ, estimated value and
final auction prices. Modern paintings, baroque bronzes,
antique silverware, statues, cameos, minerals, major works
by Picasso, Brancusi, Matisse, Mondrian, and furniture by
the Art Deco masters Eileen Gray and Jean Dunand, all from
the pair’s two luxurious residences in Paris. Also available in
very limited quantities: The five-volume, highly collectible,
out of print, boxed Christie’s catalog of the entire 733
piece collection, $1500.00
Photographs by Derry Moore
Mitchell Owens
256 pages,
220 illustrations, most in color
$ 60.00
From an airy and colorful
Moroccan palace to an austere
but whimsical Scottish castle;
from an Art Deco masterpiece in Jodhpur to Alphonse
Mucha’s cluttered apartment in Prague; from the museum-
like home of one of London’s most macabre collectors
to the extravagant remnants of Madrid’s aristocratic
heritage, Moore reveals his impeccable taste and unrivaled
eye for light in some of the most surprising and original
rooms in the world. These extraordinary interiors are
beautifully captured, projecting their shared eccentricity
and commitment to decorative aesthetics. Each house
is accompanied by commentary by noted design writer
Mitchell Owens.
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GARDENS
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
The Botanicals of America
H. Walter Lack
288 pages, 150 color illustrations
$ 185.00, slipcased
Created during the historic expedition
to the Americas, these intricate,
delicately tinted prints record
Humboldt’s revolutionary findings
as he traveled through jungles,
across rivers, and over mountainous
terrain. Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of
his death, this collection of prints, giving the English and
Latin botanical names and followed by an exhaustive index,
contains works never published before. Internationally
renowned botanist H. Walter Lack lends his expertise to
a fascinating essay that discusses Humboldt’s significant
contributions to the world of botany and scientific
research.
THE WIRTZ PRIVATE GARDEN
Photographs by Marco Valdivia
Tania Compton + Roger Malbert
200 pages, 200 color photographs
$ 140.00, slipcased
At his home near Antwerp,
a former gardener’s cottage
attached to an 18th century
estate, Wirtz has created a
laboratory for experimenting with plants, shrubbery,
borders and pathways on an intimate scale. Valdivia has
produced a unique meditation on the subtle effects of
light, space and form through the seasons, shooting on
film, not digital, creating photographs of a depth and
clarity of definition that is unsurpassable. His sensitivity to
the Wirtz aesthetic and to the textures of nature make this
book one of the finest photographic studies of an intimate
garden ever published.
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DANIEL OST
Invitations II
192 pages,
over 180 color photographs
$125.00
The long awaited sequel to
Invitation, long out of print, by
one of the world’s foremost
floral designers. Festive
arrangements, floating pieces, an abundance of flowers
that can change an environment, Ost has the unique ability
to envision life through flowers and create absolute beauty
through his passion and art. This modern-day Belgian has
inverted the old masters’ logic to create arrangements that
seem impossible, yet astonish by their very existence.
ANDREA COCHRAN
Landscapes
Mary Myers
192 pages,
175 color illustrations
$ 50.00
Studies in repetition and
order, orchestrations of
movement in landscape,
elements placed in geometric conversation. This is how
author Myers describes the 25 year career of this San
Francisco-based landscape architect. Poetic language
suits these functional, often lyrical works of art: they
are sensuous, captivating oases. This volume presents
11 residential, commercial and institutional projects in
detail, celebrating Cochran’s highly intuitive and reflective
creative process.
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A CLEARING IN
THE WOODS
Creating Contemporary Gardens
Roger Foley
224 pages, 200 color illustrations
$ 50.00
Collaborating with noted
landscape designers
and architects, many
of whom have transformed the profession with
radical experimentation and diverse ideas to create a
contemporary approach to garden design, Foley brings
luxuriant green spaces, quiet water features, and colorful
plantings to life. These 26 gardens across the U.S. —
seaside and mountain, desert and countryside, urban
and rural — illuminate the work of Raymond Jungles,
Edwina von Gal, Charles Stick, and Oehme, van Sweden
& Associates among others, from classically composed
geometric gardens to eclectic modern green spaces.
POWER OF GARDENS
Nancy Goslee Power
Foreword by Bunny Williams
240 pages,
200 color photographs, 25 plans
$ 60.00
Nancy Power is to landscape
what Frank Gehry is to
architecture, or Bunny Williams
to interiors—a master, a visionary, a seasoned professional
at the pinnacle of her craft. Her designs, whether for
parklands, playgrounds, or private sanctuaries, reflect
the meticulous attention she pays to each place and to
the desires and lifestyles of those who will use them.
From residential gardens in Beverly Hills and Malibu to
street planning for downtown L.A., this book reveals her
multidimensional aesthetic, from the lavishly leafy to the
meditatively restrained, from the comfortably homey to
the superlatively (though always quirkily) formal.
GARDENS
SPIRIT: GARDEN INSPIRATION
Dan Pearson
208 pages, 400 color illustrations
$ 45.00
Taking inspiration from art, sculpture,
prairies and folk architecture, the
acclaimed garden designer and
“green-fingered guru” at the U.K.
newspaper The Observer lays out
his design philosophy and working process, giving readers
direct insight into his collaborative approach of working
with nature. He stresses the importance of being able to
“read” a variety of landscapes (both wild and cultivated),
and of staying open to what those landscapes suggest in
terms of cultivation, inviting us to understand the act of
gardening in the light of contemporary needs and with a
keen environmental awareness.
BEATRIX FARRAND
Private Gardens, Public Landscapes
Judith Tankard
240 pages,
over 200 illustrations, most in color
$ 60.00
Born into a prominent New York
family, Farrand eschewed the
traditional life of the Gilded Age to
pursue her passion, working first for high society clients
with estates in Newport, the Berkshires, and Maine. She
ultimately became a consultant for university campuses
and public gardens —Santa Barbara Botanic Garden,
the Rose Garden at The New York Botanical Garden and
Dumbarton Oaks. Deeply influenced by Jekyll, she was
known for broad expanses of lawn with deep swaths of
borders planted in a subtle palette of foliage and flowers.
Photographed at their peak especially for this book,
complemented by beautiful watercolor wash renderings.
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LILLIAN BASSMAN
Women
Deborah Solomon
240 pages,
140 tritone photographs
$ 50.00
A retrospective view of an
extraordinary career with 140
images reproduced in stunning
tritone, many never published before
and others not seen since they appeared in the pages of
the legendary Harper’s Bazaar of the 1950s. Bassman,
91 and still hard at work, is a beloved figure in the
pantheon of fashion photographers. Her signature style,
once described by Richard Avedon as making “visible that
heart-breaking invisible place between the appearance
and the disappearance of things,” offered a sensuous
and intimate vision of modern women.
100 YEARS OF MENSWEAR
Cally Blackman
320 pages, 347 illustrations, 193 in color
$ 40.00, flexibound
A comprehensive collection of images
covering the revolution in menswear,
from the elegant tailoring of Savile
Row to tough khaki and denim, the
uniform and workplace, giving way
to an exuberant array of styles and colors as the century
progresses. Packed with images of Hollywood style
icons, the artist personalities of the 1930s, and others,
menswear from practical to peacock is explored in an array
of rarely seen photographs. A unique collection that will
prove indispensable for all fashion students, historians of
dress, and lovers of men’s clothes.
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RESORT FASHION
Style in Sun-Drenched Climates
Caroline Rennolds Milbank
Foreword by Amy Fine Collins
272 pages, 200 illustrations, most in color
$ 65.00
The most playful fashion category,
looks sure to inspire any fashionista.
Crossing continents, styles, generations, this is a visually
stunning trip from early beach pajamas by Chanel and
Schiaparelli to sailor stripes, to Pucci and Pulitzer prints,
and, of course, to the bikini. Rare photographs and never-
before-published images by photographer legends — Dahl-
Wolfe, Frissell, Parkinson, Lartigue, Newton, and Scavullo —
showcasing renowned designers, including McCardell, Kors,
Rodarte, and many more. From Palm Beach to Montego Bay
to St. Tropez, this book celebrates a vibrant history with
an allure that extends beyond runways to the most exotic,
far-flung destinations.
NORMAN PARKINSON
A Very British Glamour
Louise Baring, with Grace Coddington,
Jerry Hall + Carmen dell’Orefice
224 pages,
200 illustrations, many in color
$ 65.00
One of the great pioneers of fashion
photography, famous for his sense of
style and glamour, heralded as one
of the true innovators in his field by bringing the model
out of the studio and onto the street against unusual and
daring backdrops, such as the gritty working-class districts
of London. This portrait of his long career is a unique
collaboration with the Parkinson archives in London: his
iconic photographs for Vogue, Queen, and Harper’s Bazaar
are reproduced alongside a trove of previously unpublished
fashion work.
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THE ENGLISH WATCH 1585–1970
A Unique Alliance of Art, Design
and Inventive Genius
Terence Camerer Cuss
504 pages, 830 color illustrations
$ 275.00
Watches, a fascinating combination
of applied art and science flourished
through much of their history and
development in England. By dividing the watches into 6
periods, each with its own introduction, the author has
been able to provide a clear and comprehensive survey,
to describe the pioneering inventions as they were made
and to illustrate the distinctive character of the English
watch as it evolved. The author is the sixth generation of
the family firm Camerer Cuss & Co, founded in London in
1788, has been involved in the world of antique watches
and clocks all his life.
AMAZING CARTIER
Jewelry Design since 1937
Nadine Coleno
252 pages, 400 color illustrations
$ 75.00
Cartier’s peerless designers have
continued to amaze with fanciful and
trendsetting creations. Figurative
pieces comprise a significant portion
of the collection—a menagerie that includes bejeweled
roosters and cobras cohabitating with tigers and angelfish.
In addition to whimsical fauna and resplendent flora,
Cartier crafted items of precisely mastered abstraction,
from virtuoso work in gold to chromatic harmonies ranging
from subtle to bold. Close-ups of hundreds of pieces are
supplemented with archival drawings, as well as society and
fashion photographs.
JEWELRY
VAN CLEEF & ARPELS
The Poetry of Time
Michael Serres et al.
216 pages, 211 color illustrations
$ 85.00
This exquisite volume
showcases the stunning watches
of Van Cleef & Arpels that combine
the spirit of invention with the love
of precious gems, creating watches
with delicate and elegant lines, pushing imagination and
ingenuity to the forefront, endowing each creation with
the Haute Jewelry spirit. The company makes a point
of reviving traditional skills and developing new
techniques, such as three-dimensional enamel and
mother-of-pearl marquetry.
JEAN DESPRÉS
Jeweler, Maker and Designer
of the Machine Age
Melissa Gabardi
224 pages, 575 illustrations, 234 in color
$ 65.00
Jean Després (1889–1980) an
Art Deco designer who captured the
streamlined, modern aesthetic of
the machine age and transformed
it into objects of great beauty. During WWI, he worked
on airplane industrial design and later transferred this
experience and inspiration to his family’s jewelry business.
He also created a wide range of tableware and decorative
objects in gold, silver, and pewter, whose bold looks were
uncompromisingly modern, yet always graceful and refined.
Many drawings and designs are reproduced here for the
first time; original photographs are complemented by new
photographs taken especially for the book.
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ART DECO COMPLETE
The Definitive Guide to the Decorative
Arts of the 1920s and 1930s
Alastair Duncan
544 pages, 1000 color illustrations
$ 125.00
The most glamorous decorative
arts style, and the one that shaped
popular ideas of modern luxury, this
definitive work covers furniture and interior decoration,
sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding,
glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry,
illustrating the work of all of the important Art Deco
designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the
creators of the popular “Streamline Moderne” style. A
lavish and attractive book, as well as authoritative, written
by the expert who ran the 20th century decorative arts
department at Christie’s in New York.
SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME
New Sculpture: The Saatchi Gallery
Introduction by Meghan Dailey
672 pages, 600 color illustrations
$ 85.00
Published for the opening of the
new Saatchi Gallery in London,
one of today’s most important
institutions collecting and
exhibiting contemporary art, this mammoth book is the
most comprehensive volume on contemporary sculpture.
The title refers to H. G. Wells’s eponymous novel which
envisioned the future and was a surprisingly accurate
prophecy reflecting the author’s own time. The book opens
with an enormous, standing monolithic Styrofoam sculpture
of a videocassette of 2001 and, like the Wells book, seeks
to explore how sculpture will evolve in the coming decades.
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MASTERPIECES OF ISLAMIC ART
The Decorated Page from
the 8th to the 17th Century
Oleg Grabar
224 pages, 200 color illustrations
$ 75.00
A wide range of illuminated
manuscripts including the grand epics
of Alexander the Great, mythical
monarchs and sultans, as well as manuscripts of the
Koran, epic poetry, and scientific works from the Egyptian,
Syrian, Persian, Mogul, and Ottoman Empires. Using some
of the world’s most beautiful artistic expressions found
in the Louvre, French National Library, National Library of
Cairo, British Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Topkapi
Museum, Freer Gallery and the Aga Khan and Khalili family
collections, these carefully chosen works not only illustrate
an important period in art history but also serve as a
monument to the achievements of Islamic culture.
A FEAST OF WONDERS
Serge Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
John E. Bowlt + Zelfira Tregulova
320 pages,
340 illustrations, 260 in color
$ 60.00
Diaghilev astonished the world
of dance with his unprecedented
combination of vitality and grace,
originality and technical sophistication. This catalogue
from the Monte Carlo exhibition of over 300 artworks
related to the Saisons Russes between 1909 and 1929
brings to life the legendary productions through stage
designs, costumes, paintings, sculptures, photographs, and
programs. From public and private collections, including the
Fokine collection in the St. Petersburg Theatre Museum,
with rich archival material, including letters, photographs,
choreographic notes, and memoirs, many published here
for the first time.
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ELEGANT ENTERTAINING GORE VIDAL

Seasonal Recipes from the
American Ambassador’s Residence in Paris
Dorothy W. Stapleton + Philippe Excoffier
160 pages, 140 color illustrations
$ 45.00
American flair with French style —
the recipe for refined entertaining.
In the exclusive Faubourg St.
Honoré, the magnificent 19th-century residence of the
American ambassador to France, master chef Excoffier
prepares dazzling meals and parties for foreign dignitaries,
French friends of America, and Americans in Paris. In this
beautifully illustrated volume are 40 favorite recipes,
including American classics such as the Fourth of July
picnic and Thanksgiving dinner. Specially commissioned
photography sets the recipes against the backdrop of the
residence’s splendid interiors.
Snapshots in History’s Glare
Gore Vidal
272 pages, 500 color illustrations
$ 40.00
A remarkable and famously well-lived
life documented with photographs,
letters, manuscripts, and other
selections from Vidal’s personal
archives. Born into public life, Vidal looks back on his days
as an Army officer in WWII, his rise as a controversial
novelist, his years in Hollywood, his forays into the political
arena, and his notoriously public triumphs and feuds.
Written with legendary wit and literary elegance, this is
a captivating social history of the 20th century told by
one of our great raconteurs.

MARCHESA CASATI THE WORLD IN VOGUE

Portrait of a Muse
Scot D. Ryersson +
Michael Orlando Yaccarino
Preface by Diane von Furstenberg
240 pages, 200 illustrations, 80 in color
$ 50.00
Notorious for her extravagant
lifestyle, eccentric personality and
scandalous escapades, painted by Boldini and Augustus
John, photographed by Man Ray and Beaton, praised by
Jean Cocteau for her strange beauty, dressed by Fortuny,
Poiret, and Erte. This visual biography presents the
compelling story of Italy’s richest heiress at turn of the last
century, whose married aristocratic life and progeny were
cast aside to indulge in a dramatically theatrical existence.
She emerges a heroine, living the fantasy,
all the way to the end.
People, Parties, Places
Introduction by Hamish Bowles
384 pages,
418 illustrations, most in color
$ 75.00
A stunning look at portraits, houses,
gardens, and parties of celebrated
figures from the pages of Vogue
captured by Beaton, Becker, Boman,
Horst, Steichen, Penn, Avedon, Halard, Newton, Meisel,
Snowdon, Frissell, Weber, Ritts, and Leibovitz. Writers
like Hamish Bowles, Paul Rudnick, Truman Capote, Francis
Wyndham, Jeffrey Steingarten, Joan Juliet Buck, William
Norwich, Gloria Steinem, Georgina Howell, Vicki Woods,
Marina Rust, Michael Specter, and Jonathan Van Meter tell
you the stories behind these iconic figures and dazzling
events. Delicious!

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CLASSIC YACHTS PARIS AND HER REMARKABLE WOMEN

Francois Chevalier. Photographs by Gilles Martin-Raget
208 pages, 283 color photographs, 84 diagrams
$ 75.00
Striking photographs of 14 classic sailing yachts capture the spirit
and beauty of a glorious tradition.
Lorraine Liscio. 188 pages, color photographs throughout
$ 19.95 paperback
Evoking Paris through 16 exceptional women, bringing to life medieval culture,
Enlightenment ideas, the court of Louis XIV, the chaos of the Revolution, the
19th-century art scene, and 20th-century breakthroughs in science and fashion.

FROM CLASSICS TO CHROME 1925–1960 THE ALLURE OF CHANEL

A Photographic Essay
Michael Furman. 540 pages, 368 color photographs
$ 135.00, Two Volume Boxed Set
Award-winning and acclaimed companion volumes in a beautiful boxed set:
Motorcars of the Classic Era and Automobiles of the Chrome Age.
Paul Morand. 200 pages
$ 19.95, French flaps paperback
This enchanting book is the closest anyone can get to sitting down with
Coco. Written in her voice, full of observations of a wise, if somewhat cranky,
character, by Morand, a citizen of the world with a sharp eye and a neat turn of
phrase.

PLANET GOLF USA
The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses in America
Oliver Darius. 368 pages. 270 color illustrations
$ 60.00
This gorgeous book features superb photographs and detailed reviews
of more than 140 of America’s finest golf courses.
FRENCH FEASTS Traditional Recipes for Family Meals & Gatherings
Stephane Reynaud. 480 pages, 500 illustrations, most in color
$ 40.00
The long, leisurely Sunday lunch, captured in this paean to French cooking. Rustic
and approachable, humorous and convivial, featuring 299 recipes for beloved
dishes - the essence of French weekend fare.

LA CUCINA The Regional Cooking of Italy

UNPACKING MY LIBRARY
Architects and Their Books The Italian Academy of Cuisine
Jo Steffens. 208 pages, 308 illustrations, 284 in color 948 pages, with ribbon markers, 10 illustrations
$ 20.00 $ 45.00
The most complete and authentic Italian cookbook ever published in the English
An intriguing photographic essay of the personal libraries of 14 leading language, featuring more than 2,000 recipes by home cooks for home cooks.
architects alongside conversations about the significance of books to their
careers and lives.

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