NPT Books

Catalogue of the Vernay Collection of Early English Furniture, Porcelains, Old English Silver, Glassware and Other Art Objects, "A Special Sale Prior ...

E. BENEZIT - Dictionnaire Critique Et Documentaire Des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs Et Graveurs 8 Volume Set. The Bible of artists references. The Benezit Dictionary of Artists...

Genesis by Sebastiao Salgado (Photographer) and Edited by Lelia Wanick Salgado. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket and separate page guide to the photos. “In GENESIS, my camera allowe...

The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town by Cyril E. Vetter. Hardcover with dust jacket. A. Hays Town changed the face of the Louisiana house. In a career that includes designing more than five hundred homes, he led architects, builders, and homeowners to embrace the finest elements of Louisiana's architectural past. Almost every home built in Louisiana during the last twenty years is in some way was inspired by Town's work. The Louisiana Houses of A. Hays Town honors his legacy as Louisiana's premier residential architect. Color photographs of many homes -- including his own, by Philip Gould combined with the incisive text by Cyril E. Vetter produce a book that captures the appeal and beauty of the state's finest architectural tradition. He was born and raised in rural southwest Louisiana, Hays Town graduated from Tulane University with a degree in architecture in 1926 and worked for a firm in Jackson, Mississippi, for many years. He established his own successful commercial practice in Baton Rouge in 1939, but in the 1960s, Town turned to his abiding passion, residential architecture. Throughout this chapter of his career, he perfected his inimitable style and emerged as one of the most prominent architects in the South. Town's residential designs are perceptibly influenced by the diverse culture of south Louisiana. His synthesis of the classic Acadian cottage, Spanish courtyards, and exterior French doors...

The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition. Stated 1st Ed and 1st printing hardcover with dust jacket. By William Robert Mitchell...

A Continuing Tradition: Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA 1914-1991 by William R. Mitchell, Jr. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book captures the elegance and style of the resident...

A History of Textile Art by Agnes Geijer. Hardcover with plastic covered dust jacket. Published by Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1982. From the Preface: This volume is a revised translation of...

Treasures of the Smithsonian by Edwards Park. Published by Smithsonian Books, Harry Abrams, 1987. Hardcover with dust jacket. With more than four hundred ...

Diane Arbus: Family Albums, by Anthony W. Lee and John Pultz. Yale University Press, 2003. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) is renowned for her provocative and unsettling portraits of modern ...

Proof: Photography in the Era of the Contact Sheet from the Collection of Mark Schwartz + Bettina Katz by Peter Galassi. Cleveland Museum of Art. A glimpse inside the darkroom--and i...

Brooklyn: An Illustrated History (Critical Perspectives On The Past) by Ellen Snyder-Grenier. Temple University Press, 1996 - Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.). 1st Ed hardcover with dust ja...

Olympic Portraits by Annie Leibovitz. Boston, New York: Bullfinch, Little Brown, (1996). Stated 1st Ed hardcover. Her book's vivid portraits include a double-page group portrait of t...