The Story Of The Sewing Machine

Rense, Paige (editor). Architectural Digest 11/97 Sylvester Stallone. New York: Architectural Digest Publications, 1997.

Architectural Digest November 1997. This magazine is in NEAR FINE condition, with illustrated wraps--very minor shelfwear. 302 pages. Vol 54 No 11. Sylvester Stallone on the cover. Includes: "Guest Speaker: Jane Smiley-Dream House"; "AD Shopping: Bounties of Bath-Hunting for English Antiques with Robert Kime" by Elizabeth Lambert. England and Scotland; "Antique Notebook: Japanese Studio Ceramics-Refined Pieces from Meiji-Period Masters" by Doris Athineos; "Profile: Eyre De Lanux-Remembering an Innovator of Modern Design" by Mitchell Owns; "Architecture: European Unification-Mark Guard's Modernist Touch Links Paris and London Apartments" by Joseph Giovannini; "Gardens: Cultivating the Past-Virgina Robinson's Legacy in Beverly Hills" by Michael Webb. Virginia Robinson Gardens. Harry Robinson. Pasadena landscape architect Charles Gibbs Adams. "AD Travels: Bangkok's Suan Pakkad Palace-Royal Heirlooms Displayed in Thailand" by Carol Lufty. Weekend retreat of Prince and Princess Chumbhot of Nagara Svarga; "AD Estates: Extraordinary Properties on the Market-Essex, South Carolina, The Catskills. Moyns Park, Essex home of Lord Ivar Mountbatten. Architect Peter Marino's 1982 design for a modest weekend house near Woodstock. Ca' Nuovo, stone summer retreat farmhouse of Italian painter Alberto Burri and his wife, Minsa Craig Burri. Located in the Umbrian hills near Citta di Castello and Perugia. Jorstadt, Architect Ernest Flagg's castle built for Frederick G. Bourne, Singer Sewing Machine's president. Located on Dark Island, one of the Thousand Islands on the St. Lawrence River. Architect Alan Wanzenberg and interior designer Jed Johnson's Vermont house. The Summit, Telluride, by Michael Fuller of Conger Fuller Architects in Aspen. Cherokee Plantation (appeared in AD June 1990 and was featured in Forrest Gump) in South Carolina. Frederick Law Olmstead planned the landscape. Architect Darryl Roberson's updated four-story brick residence in San Francisco's chic Pacific Heights area; "Manhattan Modulations: Orchestrating Space and Color in A Renovated Town House" by Steve M.L. Aronson, architecture by Hermes Mallea, AIA, interior design by Carey Maloney; "Malibu, Sting and Styler: A California Beach House Designed for Family Holidays" by Georgina Howell, interior design by Frank K. Pennino. Sting and wife Trudie Styler's Malibu beach house that was purchased from Barbra Streisand in 1985; "Contemporary Eye: Art Dealer Joseph Helman's Stellar Collection in Manhattan" by Dana Micucci. Artists include Bryan Hunt, Edgar Brandt, Joe Andoe, Ellsowrth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Moskowitz, Ralston Crawford, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Gipe, Susan Rothenberg, Chuck Close, Claes Oldenburg. A visit to the art dealers nine-room East Side apartment. "Architectural Digest Visits Sylvester Stallone: Life on the Grand Scale for the Actor in Miami" by Judith Thurman, interior design Massimo Papiri. Biscayne Bay, Florida palazzo, home of Stallone and wife, Jennifer Flavin; "Eaton Square Composition: Practicing the Art of Informal Comfort in London" by Michael Peppiatt. Art dealer, Lucy B. Campbell's town House; "Architecture: Bridging Styles in Vermont-A Modern House Echoes Vintage New England Structures" by Leon Whiteson, interior design by Dee Chenier, ASID, architecture by James Strasman; "Traditionalism Today: Youthful Elegance for An Apartment on Central Park" by Judith Thurman, interior design by Jed Johnson, architecture by Alan Wanzenberg, AIA; "Making Cultures Connect: Islamic Design Meets Western Style in Southern California" by Nicholas Shrady, interior design by Juan Pablo Molyneux. Laguna Beach residence for Syrian couple; "Domestic Policy for George Stephanopoulous-The Former Presidential Adviser in New York" by Jesse Kornbluth, architecture and interior design by Stephen Miller Siegel, AIA; "English Farm Animal Portraits: Nineteenth-Century Paintings That Reflect The Breeders's Pride" by Ann E. Berman; "Before and After: Updating a Family Classic-Color and Texture Add New Energy to a Connecticut Residence" by Cynthia Zarin, interior design by Richard Keith Langham. Chelmsford, a turn-of-the-century Connecticut farmhouse; "White House Agenda: Light Tones and Neoclassical Accents Inform a Serene Retreat Near Washington D.C." by Roland Flamini, interior design by Thomas Pheasant. Chuck and Cynthia Steele Vance's, Georgian-style house overlooking the Potomac in McLean, Virginia. Paperback condition: Near Fine

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Watson, Thomas, Jr. and Peter Petre. Father Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond. New York: Bantam Books, 1990. ISBN: 0553207118

First edition FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. The book has 468 pages including Index and 28 pages of black and white photographs. The condition of the book and jacket are NEAR FINE. The spine of the book is indented slightly at the top and the dust jacket has some very minor shelf wear. Dust Jacket Reads: In the course of sixty years, Thomas J. Watson Sr. and his son, Thomas J . Watson Jr together built the colossus that is IBm, one of the largest and most profitable business enterprises on earth.This is their story: a riveting and revealing account of two men who loved each other-and fought each other-with a terrible fierceness. The father rose from penniless sewing-machine salesman to confidant of presidents; one of America's great entrepreneurs, he was a selliing genius who gave the world the motto THINK. But it was Thomas J. Watson Jr. who put IBM into computers, leading the company through the longest and most spectacular burst of growth in business history. Under Tom Watson Jr. IBM gave birth to the computer age and came to embody the very idea and ideal of the modern corporation. This book JMVINTAGE specializes in Books, Magazines and Treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. Hard Cover condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dj

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Rense, Paige (editor). Architectural Digest 11/99 CLAUDIA SCHIFFER COVER. Los Angeles: Knapp Communications, 1999.

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST 11/99, Vol 56 No 11. 308 pages. The magazine, in illustrated wrapper, is in NEAR FINE condition with minor wear on wrapper. Articles include ARCHITECTURE: HIGH INTENSITY Complex Rhythms Scaled for a Manhattan Pied-a-Terre Architecture by Gwad1mey Siegel, Text by Paul Goldberger, Photography by Paul Warchol; SENATOR AND MRS. EDWARD M. KENNEDY Light and Warmth Define Their Private Family Refuge in Washington, D.C. Interior Design by Josepha B. Faley, ASID, Text by Roland Flamini, Photography by Bruce Katz; CALIFORNIA PERSPECTIVE: Contemporary Lines for a Rancho Santa Fe House Architecture by Ronchetti Design, Interior Design by Melvin Dwork, ASID, Text by Michael Frank, Photography by Mary E. Nichols; LIVING COLOR IN MANHATTAN: Reawakening John and Andrea Stark's Waldorf Towers Apartment , Interior Design by Ann Downey of McMillen Inc., Text by Judy Green, Photography by Bruce Katz, IN THE OLD FRENCH QUARTER Frances and Rodney Smith Restore Their Creole Cottage Text by Michael Frank, Photography by Mary E. Nichols; COVER ARTICLE ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST VISITS: CLAUDIA SCHIFFER The Model and Her Mother, Gudrun, Decorate Their New Family Retreat on Majorca Architecture by Pedro Otzoup, Text by Penelope Rowlands, Photography by Durston Saylor; ON A GRAND SCALE Exotic Elements and Bold Pieces Fill a New Jersey Residence Interior Design by Thomas Britt, ASID, Text by Jeffrey Simpson, Photography by Jaime Ardiles-Arce; A LAKE GENEVA LEGACY Restoring a 1920s Wisconsin Houses Mediterranean Glory Interior Design by Bruce Gregga Interiors, Text by Jeffrey Simpson, Photography by Bruce Van Inwegen; A BALINESE FANTASY Jewelry Designer Carolyn Tyler Polishes a Gem near Ubud Text by Carol Lutfy, Photography by Tim Street-Porter; GEORGIAN ELAN IN PALM BEACH A Couples Art Collection Set's the Tone for a Florida Interior Interior Design by Geoffrey Bradfield, ASID, Text by Nicholas Shrady, Photography by Kim Sargent; HOTELS: THE ROYAL CRESCENT Updating a Legendary Emblem of the English Resort Town of Bath Interior Design by Rupert Lord, Text by Elizabeth Lambert, Photography by Mark Darley; DEPARTMENTS AD SHOPPING: ATLANTA RISING Charles Gandy and William Peace Share Their Best Sources Text by Susan Sheehan, Photography by Alec Marshall; HISTORIC HOUSES: GEORGE WASHINGTON AT MOUNT VERNON The First Presidents Virginia Homestead Text by Garry Wills, Photography by Robert Lautman; PORTRAIT: TERRY McMILLAN The Author's Vibrant California Story Text by Penelope Rowlands, Photography by Grant Mudford. Northern California home of the author; AD TRAVELS: VISITING SANSSOUCI Frederick the Great's Summer Palace in Potsdam Text by Susanne von Meiss, Photography by Reto Guntli. Prussian Emperor's beloved summer place, designed by architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff; DESIGNER Focus: A WEAVING REVIVAL Sally Sirkin Lewis Works Wonders in France Text by Jeffrey Simpson, Photography by Marina Faust; HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE: CUBA'S GOLDEN ERA Rediscovering the Grand Mansions of Havana Text by Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, Photography by Robert van der Hilst. Banker Pablo Gonzalez de Mendosa's home by architect Leonardo Morales. The 1930 Casa del Valle, designed by Rafael de Cardenas in a Venetian Gothic Style. The de Pedro Baro house, designed by Evelio Govantes and Felix Cabarrocas, commissioned by Juan de Pedro Baro in honor of his wife, Catalina Lasa, along the Avenida Paseo. The 1931 Spanish Renaissance-style Crusellas house. Leonardo Morales' 1929 design for friend Mark A. Pollack, a tobacco dealer and amateur painter. Ramon Crusellas house, designed by Cristobal Diaz and finished in 1931. in the fashionable neighborhoods of Vedado, Miramar and Country Club; ART NOTEBOOK: NOVA SCOTIA LANDSCAPES Photographer Sherman Hines's Canadian Arcadia Text by Carol Lutfy, Photography by Brian Vanden Brink; RESTORATION: A MOSCOW MASTERPIECE Inside an Art Nouveau Landmark by Fedor Shekhtel, Text by Roland Flamini, Photography by Jaime Ardiles-Arce; AD ELECTRONICA: MP3 CHANGES THE MUSIC SCENE Turning Your Computer into a Digital Jukebox By Nicholas von Hoffman; AD ESTATES: EXTRAORDINARY PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET San Francisco: San Francisco historic landmark, Sherman House, built in 1876 for Leander Sherman (featured in AD, 4/85) and recently renovated by William Gaylor., Telluride: John and Patricia Aburdene's log house (featured in AD 6/89). Veneto: Architect Andrea Palladio's early masterpiece villa built for the Pisano family of Venice; St. Lawrence River: Jorsdadt Castle, the 1896 hunting, built on an island in the Saint Lawrence River for then president of the Singer sewing machine company. River Forest, Chicago: The Prarie-style Isabel Roberts House by Frank Lloyd Wright. Berkshires. Tony-winning costume deigner's country house, Thimbles, (AD, 11/95). Montecito: A Tusdan-style villa, Sotto II Monte, designed by Santa Barbara's premier architect, George Washington Smith. Tuxedo Park: Frelinghuysen Estate, a Georgian-style mansion, in the gated enclave of Tuxedo Park. Dallas: Turtle Creek 1925 Mediteranean estate designed by architect J. Allen Boyle. Paperback condition: Near Fine.

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