This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...artistic designs, and simply stitched upon the linen. Of course its chief excellence lies in the skill and feeling with which these pretty patterns are selected and arranged. This being well done, the whole affair is a most successful rival of the beautiful Oriental screens that are now so famous and familiar. Its ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...artistic designs, and simply stitched upon the linen. Of course its chief excellence lies in the skill and feeling with which these pretty patterns are selected and arranged. This being well done, the whole affair is a most successful rival of the beautiful Oriental screens that are now so famous and familiar. Its practical office is to hide the refrigerator in the dining-room, but its beauty is its own excuse for being, and no one thinks of asking what is behind it. SIXTH DAY. CASINGS, CAPS, AND WINDOW SEATS. "Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I, To mourn and murmur and repine,"--as I did only last week, on account of the trials of my profession! It must have been the result of a dyspeptic attack, for when I am well-dressed and in my right mind my work is a delight to me, with only this cause for grief: the actual performance falls sadly below the ideal conception. The combined perplexities, the unexpected and unreasonable requirements, the meagre and doubtful pecuniary recompense, are mere passing shadows over the sunny delight of artistic creation. In this, as in all human affairs, no man liveth unto himself. While it is, indeed, an irksome task to try to satisfy the Wandering Jew, this light affliction vanisheth before the exceeding satisfaction of striving in behalf of a fellowman of cultured thought and the instincts of a gentleman. St. Augustine is one of these, the colonel is another. Without intentionally wandering from the path of impartial duty, the performance rises more nearly to the sublimity of the conception, for such--of whom is the kingdom of Heaven--than for the more grovelling and earthly-minded. The Colonel came up to-day with the designs for his door and window casings, which are not quite satisfactory, through lack of orig...
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VG coer has some shelf wear. Previous owners name written on ffep. Booko block has age toning. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Front cover has gilt design and black title lettering. Clear mylar dj. xi, [13]-268 pages including frontispiece, illustrations, plates.
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16mo. Original green bevel-edged cloth with black and gilt lettering and pictorial giltstamping. xi, 268pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Very good. Mild edgewear; front inner hinge a tad loose, but discreetly and archivally strengthened, thus strong; faint contemporary ownership signature on front pastedown. Tight and nice first edition, with bright gilt. Gardner was a Springfield, Massachusetts architect who authored several titles about interior design. Rather uncommon. Move over, Christopher Lowell!