Elle Decor Goes to . . . West HollywoodNick Harvill Libraries . . . Hip vintage books, smart young dealer.
Elle Decor, March 2009
Elle Decor Goes to . . . West HollywoodNick Harvill Libraries . . . Hip vintage books, smart young dealer.
Vogue, December 2008
Index, 59 Holiday Gifts under $500"13. Nick Harvill. Rare-book selection tailored for recipient, $400."
C Magazine, December 2008
What's Hot Gift GuideLa Jolla Beachcomber
"First-edition copy of The California Islands, 1958, $60, Nick Harvill Libraries, W. Hollywood."
Personal Picks, Heather Thomas
"Activist and author Heather Thomas is known for her generous holiday spirit. Here, she shows us how a sense of humor is foremost great gift giving. . . First Edition Shorthand with Champagne, A Beverly Hills Hotel Tale, 1965, $45, Nick Harvill Libraries."
Los Angeles Times Magazine, November 2008
Between Friends, Gift Guide, Annie Gilbar"Nick Harvill finds rare literary works--I just give him a theme (fashion, architecture, cooking), and he comes up with a vintage book. Nadine, you get Where Paris Dines, 1929; Jan, Around the World with Auntie Mame, 1958; Janie, The Gay Illiterate, 1944. Prices vary."
Vogue, November 2008
Index, Choose Your Own Adventure"First edition of The Jaguar Smile by Salman Rushdie, $50, Nick Harvill Libraries, Los Angeles."
Style.com, July 2008
Vogue Most Wanted"Required Reading. A selection of essential books (topics? Coco Chanel, Diana Vreeland, and Elsa Schiaparelli, to name a few) is a must-have on the bookshelf of any Vogue girl."
Mate, English Language Edition
At Home in West Hollywood, A Relatively Sophisticated Perspective on Life"When he lived in New York, Nick was gallery director of Stubbs Books & Prints. The New York Times described Stubbs as 'Bloomsbury-on-the-Hudson' and a 'salon version of Studio 54.' It became the framework for Nick's current business but with a pop culture spin that is uniquely Californian."
Vogue Living, Spring/Summer 2008
Belle of the Boudoir, Rachel Weisz acts out her fantasy life as a 19th-century salonnière, with an interior to match.Rare books for the shoot provided by Nick Harvill Libraries, West Hollywood.
Los Angeles Times, February 28, 2008
Home Section, Design, A Book Look". . . a certain segment of the population of Southern California has begun to showcase the home library as an image-enhancing badge of literacy. The trend has even spawned a new service: the library consultant.
'People move into new houses or second homes with all these empty shelves, and they just don't have enough books,' says Nick Harvill, who catalogs and curates personal collections . . ."
C Magazine, December 2007
What's Hot, Objects of Desire"Alluring tomes. NICK HARVILL VINTAGE BOOKS. First editions and rare finds on California: The Bicycle Rider in Beverly Hills ($75); The Psychic World of California ($45); The San Francisco Book ($125); Life at the Marmont ($120); Hollywood Costume ($375)."
Vogue Living, Fall/Winter 2007
Shelf Improvement, Interior Designers Reveal Their Favorite Lifestyle Books--and Where to Find Them"Among the best in New York are Jane Stubbs in Bergdorf Goodman, Argosy, Bauman, and Ursus; in Los Angeles, Nick Harvill Libraries."
Style.com, June 2007
Vogue Most Wanted"For the Endless Romantics, First English edition of Love in a Cold Climate, $350, Nick Harvill Libraries."
Vogue, March 2007
Index Checklist, 100 Under $100"18. Vintage books from Nick Harvill Libraries, Los Angeles, $35 to $99."
California Homes, January/February 2007
Designer Profile Thomas BeetonFavorite Design Bookstores
"For the seriously lustful there are great private dealers like Nick Harvill Libraries."
C Magazine, December 2006
The Bold and the Beautiful, Deck the shelves with the best books of the season"And from Nick Harvill Libraries, two must-have rarities: Mansions of Los Angeles by Michael Regan (1965, $375) contains photogravure plates of great mansions from L.A.'s oldest neighborhoods. The Spectacular San Franciscans by Julia Cooley Altrocchi (1949, $80) is the perfect peek into the city's social history."
Angeleno, March 2006
The Radar, Home"THE BOOKWORM. If your book collection has too many servings of Chicken Soup for the Soul, Nick Harvill is the man to fill those shelves with the kind of hard-to-find titles that look like they've come from years of traveling throughout the world, not weekly trips to the supermarket fictions shelves. . ."
California Homes, November/December 2005
Joe Nye's Favorite Things"Nick Harvill, a private book dealer in West Hollywood who has the most fabulous collection of things on architecture and design, social history and entertaining . . . all about the good life."
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