"The Handy Pocket Guide series offers a dazzling array of information in a useful, convenient package. The volume on Asian gemstones features descriptions and notes on over 20 different gemstones such as rubies and zircons. The guide to tropical flowers lists the scientific and family name of each f[...]

This book reveals the designer's taste for the theatrical. Tony Duquette took de Wolf's no-holds-barred style in his manefsto. He crafted rooms that were beguiling, grandiose and pure Hollywood...opulent and overstated with gilded lilies, leopard patters, rock crystal, tented ceilings and endless ro[...]