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WALLPAPER, ITS HISTORY, DESIGN AND USE.
Ackerman, Phyllis
Reprinted from the orginal edition published by Stokes, 1923. A concise history of the rise of an art and an industry, as well as a story of the progressive unfolding of the decorative possibilities of paper as a wall covering. Chapters on wallpaper in early American homes, design problems, manufacture, color, texture, line and scale, period and other rooms, and modernist wallpaper. List of historical designers, printers, and dealers, as appendix. Thirty illustrations, including frontispiece in color. Dust jacket worn at extremities, with a few tears and small pieces missing.
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VIERTEL JAHRESHEFTE ZUR KUNST UND GESCHICHTE AUGSBURGS
by Haemmerle, Albert
First edition. Four volume set of the art and history of Augsburg. (Only three listings in OCLC, which appear to have only three volumes of the series). With essays from a variety of scholars examining the art of Augsburg from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The fourth volume with disclaimer, "Kriegsausgabe" or "war edition" (1947-48) printed on brown paper. Illustrated with tipped-in black-and-white plates. Text reproduced from typescript. Bookplate on front pastedown indicates that this book came from the reference library and stock of H. P. Kraus.
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