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.
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 [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.
v.g. copy in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author.
$5
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.
(Hohenzollernring, Germany: Taschen, 1998 [1995])
quarto, 240 pp., glossary, bibliography, principal photography by Paul
Rocheleau. This quality hardbound
reprint edition of David Larkin's classic work on the farmhouse, outbuildings
and other features of significance which make the American farm so special.
fine copy in d.j., signed by the author.
$12
David
Larkin, FARM: The Vernacular of Working Buildings.
(Hohenzollernring, Germany: Taschen, 1998 [1995])
quarto, 240 pp., glossary, bibliography, principal photography by Paul
Rocheleau. This quality hardbound
reprint edition of David Larkin's classic work on the farmhouse, outbuildings
and other features of significance which make the American farm so special.
v.g. copy in slightly worn 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. v.g. copy
in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author.
$20
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.
v.g. copy in d.j., signed by the author.
$35
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.
v.g. 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.
v.g. copy in slightly worn d.j., signed by the author, David Larkin.
$20
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.
v.g. copy in torn
d.j. signed by the author, David Larkin
$15
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.
v.g. copy in d.j. signed by the author.
$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.
v.g. copy in d.j. signed
by the author, David Larkin. $25
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 slightly
wrinkled, o/w a v.g. copy in d.j. signed
by the author, David Larkin. $15
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.
v.g. copy in d.j., signed by the author.
$20
updated October, 2008