David Hicks. Living with Design

David Hicks, in collaboration with Nicholas Jenkins.

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1979. First edition. Hardback; grey cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 288 pages. 335 colour and 220 b&w illustrations. English. 290 x 225mm. 1.5kg. 9780297776796. Very good, in very good dust jacket; light shelf wear, some creasing to spine ends and forecorners, light crease running down front panel of jacket, knock to lower forecorner, yellowing to jacket.

Decorator David Hicks fills Living with Design with his wisdom and advice on all aspects of decorating. Chapters include Childhood Influences, Taste, Reproductions, Maintenance, Quantity as Quality, Colour, Concealment, Beds and Bedrooms, Ceilings, Storage and Display, Objects and Tablescapes, Shops, Flowers and Plants, Style, Symbols, and Mirrors. Hundreds of images of his work and design accompany the text.