Varney, Carleton and Michel Arnaud - Houses in My Heart: An International Decorator's Colorful Journey

New York, NY, Pointed Leaf Press, 2008. First Edition; signed by Carleton Varney; #465 of 600 copies. Hardcover. Colorfully illustrated glossy boards with pink and black lettering; colorfully illustrated DJ with black, pink, and white lettering; colorfully illustrated endpapers; title page is signed and illustrated by Carleton Varney, along with a hand written notification that this copy is #465 of 600; paper laid-in regarding the book's special-edition status; illustrated frontispiece (photo of Carleton Varney); 228 pp; richly illustrated throughout in bw and color. This is a signed copy, with an illustration, and is hand-numbered by Carleton Varney. "Born in Lynn, Massachusetts, Carleton Varney moved to New York shortly after graduating from Oberlin College and soon came into his own as a decorator at the firm of Dorothy Draper & Company Inc under the guidance of and mentoring by the famous Mrs Draper herself. This title features photographs of his projects." -- website. VG/VG(Boards are near-perfect; DJ shows light shelfwear, primarily on corners and edges; signature on title page is accompanied by a delightful illustration of a head and shoulders, also by the author; in addition to the signature, title page is hand-numbered "465/600," also by author; pages are clean and bright; text block is solid) .

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