SIGNED  DAVID  LARKIN  TITLES

 David  Larkin's career began at the age of  fourteen at a London illustration studio where he worked as an apprentice commercial artist.  In the 1970s, Larkin was asked to edit and design large format art books for Ballantine Books, the first, a book on the work of the 20th Century Belgian artist, Magritte.   He collaborated on Fairies, a New York Times bestseller in 1978.  Recent works include self-described "big books or illustrated documentaries" such as Frank Lloyd Wright-The Master Works; American Masterworks-The Twentieth Century House; Frederick Law Olmstead-Designing the American Landscape;  Shaker: Life, Work and Art;  Barn-The Art of a Working Building;  Farm-The Vernacular of Working Buildings;  The Essential Book of Rural America;  County Wisdom;  County Acres;  and  Country Wild.  David's most recent titles are  The Treehouse Book; and Mill-The Past and Future of Naturally Powered Buildings.  In addition to books David has written, he has designed a number of other well known and highly regarded books, such as Wendell Garrett's American Colonial and Roger Kennedy's Mission.  David Larkin has come to be recognized internationally as one of the primary portrayers of rural America, especially its structures, in the tradition of Eric Sloane and other authors.  His books are as informative as they are beautiful.

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David Larkin [with Sabra Elliot Larkin], COUNTRY WILD.  (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998)  large format octavo., 160 pp., bibliography, ill. with attractive color photos.  The third work in David Larkin's country trilogy is a sensitive, enlightening and informative book on wild aspects of the American countryside.  fine copy in d.j., signed by the author.  $10

David Larkin, COUNTRY WISDOM.  (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1997)  large format octavo., 160 pp., bibliography, ill. with attractive color photos.  The second work in David Larkin's country trilogy is a fascinating history, lore and practice of the world of country living in America.  fine copy in d.j., signed by the author.  $10

David Larkin, COUNTRY ACRES.  (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998)  large format octavo., 160 pp., bibliography, ill. with attractive color photos.  The first work in David Larkin's country trilogy presents the intriguing world of country outbuildings, fields, gardens, equipment, and farm animals.  fine copy in d.j., signed by the author.  $10

David Larkin, FARM: The Vernacular of Working Buildings.  (NY: Monacelli Press, 1995)  quarto, 240 pp., glossary, bibliography, principal photography by Paul Rocheleau.  This quality original hardcover edition of David Larkin's classic work on the farmhouse, outbuildings and other features of significance which make the American farm so special.  very good copy in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author.  $15

David Larkin [with June Sprigg Tooley], SHAKER: LIFE, WORK AND ART.  (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1987)  272 pp., index, ill. with the fine color photographs of Michael Freeman.  A fine quality original edition of this beautifully designed and illustrated overview of the American Shakers.  very good copy in d.j., signed by the author.  $25

David Larkin [with June Sprigg Tooley], SHAKER: LIFE, WORK AND ART.  (NY: Smithmark, 2000 [1987])  272 pp., pictorial boards, index, ill. with the fine color photographs of Michael Freeman.  A quality reprint edition of this beautifully designed and illustrated overview of the American Shakers.  very good copy in slightly torn d.j., signed by the author.  $5

David Larkin [with June Sprigg Tooley and Paul Rocheleau], SHAKER BUILT: THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF SHAKER ARCHITECTURE.  (NY: Monacelli Press, 1994)  272 pp., ill. with the fine color photographs of Paul Rocheleau.  The first and only edition of the most attractive and  most perceptive book published to date on Shaker architecture.  very good copy in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author, David Larkin.  $20

David Larkin [with June Sprigg Tooley], A SHAKER SISTER'S DRAWINGS: WILD PLANTS ILLUSTRATED BY CORA HELENA SARLE.  (NY: Monacelli Press, 1997)  quarto, unpaginated (ca. 150 pp.).  Color reproductions of watercolors from Sister Sarle's two albums of the 1880's, produced at the Canterbury, NH, Shaker village.  An attractive work designed by David Larkin.  very good copy in d.j. signed by the author.  $15

David Larkin & June Sprigg & James Johnson, COLONIAL: Design in the New World.  (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998)  quarto, 248 pp., index, ill. with the fine color photographs of Michael Freeman and Paul Rocheleau.  a beautiful book on the development of domestic design in early America, designed by David Larkin.  very good copy in d.j.  signed by the author, David Larkin.  $20

David Larkin & June Sprigg & James Johnson, COLONIAL: Design in the New World.  (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998)  quarto, 248 pp., index, ill. with the fine color photographs of Michael Freeman and Paul Rocheleau.  a beautiful book on the development of domestic design in early America, designed by David Larkin.  bottom of first 4 leaves very slightly wrinkled, o/w a very good copy in d.j.  signed by the author, David Larkin.  $5

David Larkin, COUNTRY: Wisdom For a Country Life.  (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2000)  large format octavo, 303 pp., bibliography, ill. with over 250 wonderful color photos.  A lesser known work of Larkin's, produced for a special distribution, which encompasses the many fine qualities of country life in a single work. very good copy in d.j., signed by the author.  $15

David Larkin [with Ramona and Millard Lamprell],  O' APPALACHIA: Artists of the Southern Mountains.  (NY: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1989)  quarto, 256 pp., ill. with fine color photos by Michael Freeman & Paul Rocheleau.  a beautifully illustrated work, designed by David Larkin, documenting the amazing work on twenty contemporary folk artists of the southern mountains.   signed by the author, David Larkin.  small smudge on title page, o/w a very good copy in d.j.  $20

  updated Jan. 10, 2012