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Stradling, Diana
Fancy Rockingham Pottery' The Modeller and Ceramics in Nineteenth-Century America
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the University of Richmond Museums, from September 2004 to June 2005. Essays by Diana Stradling, Emma Lewis, Richard Waller and William B. Liebeknecht. Illustrated in color throughout. Bibliography. Checklist of the exhibition with 76 works catalogued. 10" high X 8" wide, 96 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Howard, David S.& John Ayers
The Choice of the Private Trader: The Private Market in Chinese Export Porcelain Illustrated in the Hodroff Collection
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light cover wear. Dust jacket spine sunned a bit. Signed in ink, by the author, David Howard, on the front endpaper. Not inscribed, just signed. Otherwise completely clean. Illustrated throughout in color with 350 illust. 11" high X 8" wide, 298 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Immerseel, Frans Van
Manten en Kalle. De Jacquemarts, de uurautomaten.
This is a very good hardcover copy in the original illustrated boards with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in DUTCH. Illustrated in black & white with 16pp. photographic plates, + text-illustrations, Bibliography. Index. 10" high X 6" wide, 287 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Brunov, N. I.
Khram Vasiliia Blazhennogo v Moskve : Pokrovskii Sobor
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a maroon satin cloth binding in the publisher's card slipcase. Slipcase worn at edges. Each volume has a maroon silk pagemark. Completely clean inside and out. Text completely in RUSSIAN. Basically two volumes connected at the spine, bound dos-a-dos. One volume has mostly text and black & white illustrations. The second volume has color plates. This book is a thorough survey of the famous Pokrovsky Cathedral in Moscow. The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat or Pokrovsky Cathedral. It was built from 1555- 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible. Bibliography. 13" high 6" wide (each volume), 255 pages + 123 pages of plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Contet, F.
Les Sieges d'Art: Epoques Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire
This is a very good hardcover portfolio in the original brown paste-paper covered boards with just light wear. Brown cloth spine with title in gilt. Completely clean. 50 black & white photographic plates with 110 objects shown. All portfolio cloth ties are present. 18" high X 13" wide. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Contet, F.
Les Sieges d'Art: Epoques Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire
This is a very good hardcover portfolio in the original blue, brown and cream marbled paper covered boards with just light wear. Brown cloth spine with title in gilt. Completely clean. 50 black & white photographic plates with over 100 objects shown. All portfolio cloth ties are present. 18" high X 13" wide. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The Althorp Attic Sale including The Spencer Carriages
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction at Christie's South Kensington on July 7 & 8, 2010. Sale code: ATTIC' 5467. The sale consisted of property belonging to the Spencer family and associated with one of their oldest family homes, Althorp House in Northamptonshire, completed in 1508 for John Spencer on a property of 550 acres. 549 lots in the sale. Illustrated in color. This sale included the famous Spencer Carriages, 13 of them. 11" high X 8" wide, 351 pages. Prices realized sheets included. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Collectif
Reves d' Alcoves
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out. Spine not creased, binding firm. Slight soft crease to lower rear corner of cover. Text in French. Full title is 'Reves d' Alcoves La Chambre Au Cours Des Siecles'. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in the winter of 1995. The catalog is organized into 2 sections, the first half with essays on the history of the design and decoration of bedrooms, the second half is the catalog of the exhibition itself with more essays. There are 120 objects in the exhibition each with an entry. Essays by about a dozen authors including Odile Nouvel, Nadine Gasc, Francoise Jollant-Kneebone, Monique Blanc. The theme of the exhibition was the various ways that earlier cultures and then the French culture thought about and decorated their bedrooms. Covers Roman culture, the medieval French, 17th -19th centuries and a chapter on the 20th century, including rooms by Majorelle, Jean Royere, the Maharajah of Indore's bedroom designed by Muthesius with furnishings by Louis Sognot, Puiforcat and Silva da Bruhns. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs, drawings and prints. Bibliography. 12" high X 9 1/2" wide, 230 pages.
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Darmstadt
Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst 1901- 1976. 5 Volume Set
This is a near fine softcover 5 volume set with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and very clean outside. (All volumes have one neat signature of previous owner on the front endpaper). Spines not creased, bindings firm. Volume I: Ein Dokument Deutscher Kunst. 78pp. Text in German. Essays by H. W. Sabels, D. Sternberger, J. Hermand, W. Hofmann, G. Mann, G. Reising, M. Müller, C. Pohl, G. Busch. Volume II: Kunst und Dekoration 1851-1914. 208pp. Texts by R. Schoch, H.M. Schmidt, G. Reising, S. Beeh-Lustenberger, W. Beeh, C.B. Heller, H. Georgen. Volume III: Akademie-Sezession-Avantgarde um 1900. 192pp. Texts by H.-G. Sperlich and H. Kleinstück. Volume IV: Die Künstler der Mathildenhöhe. 232pp. Volume V: Die Stadt der Künstlerkolonie Darmstadt 1900-1914. Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe 1899-1914. Die Buchkunst der Darmstädter Künstlerkolonie. 226pp.Texts by E.G. Franz, E. Wiest, A. Wolde, E. Huber, H.-G. Sperlich, H. Paris, B. Rechberg, H.J. Wystrach and K. Wölfing, C. Heelhaar, E. Zimmermann. Texts by Dolf Sternberger, Brigitte Rechberg, among many others. Bibliography. Illustrated throughout in color and black & white with hundreds of photographs. 8.5" square. A beautiful set. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kotaro, Kumano & Anne-Claude
Céramiques et poteries: Collections du Musée d'Art et d'Histoire à Neuchâtel et du Musée d'Histoire à Berne.
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with just a little wear to the spine tips, and a very good hardshell slipcase, with some wear to the corners. Completely clean inside. The black paper-covered slipcase has a few scuffs, but generally clean, the tipped-on color plate fine. Text in French and Japanese. The book was designed and produced in Japan and uses different color Japanese handmade papers of heavy stock on which are mounted the color plates. The subject of the book is 18th century French pottery with floral designs, in Swiss collections, with many pieces from the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel and Musee d'Histoire in Berne. All plates have minimal information about the provenance and date of the pieces. There are also many black & white illustrations reproducing patterns on pottery. Preface by Jean-Pierre Jelmini, Conservateur at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Neuchâtel. The book was edited by Kumano and Anne-Claude Kotaro. 15" high X 11" wide, 208 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Leben, Ulrich
Molitor ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear, and one tiny chip off the rear panel of the jacket. Completely clean. Text in French. This is the first French edition released after the 1989 German edition. The most comprehrensive monograph on Bernard Molitor (1755- 1833), one of the last great ebenistes in France. One of his first orders came from Marie Antoinette, who ordered floor paneling from mahogany wood for her boudoir in Fontainebleau from him. This book provides a catalogue raisonne of 173 of Molitor's works. All illustrated in black & white, also many color plates, 270 illustrations in all. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 247 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Baldini, Umberto, et al.
La Cappella dei Principi e le pietre dure a Firenze
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. Pages just starting to yellow a little at the edges.Text in Italian. This is the original edition, not the new reprint. Edited by Umberto Baldini. With contributions from Anna Maria Giusti and Annapaula Pampaloni Martelli. Lavishly illustrated in color and black & white with 336 plates. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 355 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kazakova, Liudmila
Gus-Khrustalny
This is an almost very good hardcover copy with light wear.The white illustrated boards have some toning. Also tan spots on the page-edges. Generally clean inside. Text in Russian, with English summary at the end. Plate list in English as well. Illustrated in color and black & white with 153 plates. This book is a history of the famous Russian glass company Gus Crystal which is known as one of the oldest centers of glass industry in Russia and stands on the Gus River. Gus-Khrustalny was founded in 1756 with the construction of a crystal plant, Gus Crystal. About half the plates show the glass of the late 18th and 19th centuries, the other half the glass of the 20th century. 12" X 9" wide, 214 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
White Gold 18th Century Porcelain from Vincennes and Sevres
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear to rear cover. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London on May 12, 2010. Sale code: POMPADOUR- 7910. The sale consisted of 'White Gold' 18th century porcelain from Vincennes and Sevres. 80 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Includes 2 pages of color photographs of maker marks, one for each piece in the sale. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 92 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Lenning, H. F.
The Art Nouveau
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 142 pages.This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kirichenko, E. I.
Russkaia arkhitektura 1830-1910-x Godov
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good mylar dust wrapper printed in black with title in Russian. Completely clean. Text in Russian. Brief summary in English. 327 black & white or sepia photographic plates show the range of building types in Russian architecture from the 1830's to 1910. Bibliography. Index. 12" high X 8" wide, 399 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Efremova, Irina, Irina Petruhova
Osvetitelnye pribory. Kollekciya Muzeya- usadby Ostankino/Lighting Devices. Collection of the Museum - Estate Ostankino.
This is a fine hardcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Russian. Captions to plates translated into English at the end. 420 lights, chandeliers, sconces, etc. catalogued here. Collection includes original architect's drawings for the devices as well as original fixtures. Bibliography. White silk page-mark present. 12" high X 8" wide, 446 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Vernova, N. V.
Chto nasha zhizn--Igra! : sobranie A.S. Perelmana : novye postupleniia 2000-2002
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Russian. 10 pages of text followed by 110 pages of color plates of playing cards, usually 20 or so per page. This is the visual record of the A. S. Perlman Collection of playing cards, including recent acquisitions for 2000- 2002. 10" high X 8" wide, 120 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Parke-Bernet Galleries
A Group of Rare Rugs Assembled by Ohan Berberyan
This is an almost very good softcover copy with some cover soil, and a chip to the top right corner. Completely clean inside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Parke-Bernet Galleries on Madison Avenue in New York on November 6, 1965. Sale number: 2378. The sale consisted of a group of rare carpets assembled by Ohan Berberyan, the noted authority, particularly of old English carpets. He maintained a gallery in New York on East 56th Street until he retired in 1967. Almost all the carpets in this sale were European: Aubusson, English needlepoints, Bessarabians, etc. 38 lots in the sale. No prices realized sheet. 10" high X 7" wide, 39 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pellegrini, Antonio
Una Casa in Citta e un Casino in Campagna
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in gray linen cloth with a brown leather title label on the spine, title in gilt, and gilt device on front cover, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Top page-edge gilt. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. Text in Italian. An interesting look at Venetian furniture, decorative arts and paintings in a house in town, and a house in the country. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" high X 8" wide, 225 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Luther, Clair Franklin
The Hadley Chest
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. The jacket is has a chip at the top of the spine, and a tiny chip at the front panel lower corner, otherwise complete. Completely clean inside and out. This is a limited edition of 525 numbered copies. Illustrated in black & white with photographs. 11" high X 8" wide, 144 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Grazia Gobbi
Il ventaglio pubblicitario, 1890-1940
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Text in Italian. Illustrated in color thoughout with 179 color plates of paper fans with advertising imagery on them, from the 19th century to the late 20th century. Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 127 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Jean-Marc Castera
Arabesques. Art decoratif Au Maroc
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with some wear to the edges of the rear panel. Completely clean. Text in French. Massive survey of the arabesques, or ceiling decorations in traditional Moroccan architecture. Hundreds of color photographs of Moroccan architecture + diagrams showing how the designs are built up from small units into elaborate geometrical patterns. Maps. Some black & white photographs as well. Bibliography. White silk page-mark fine. 11" high X 10" wide, 480 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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d`Agnel, J. Arnaud & Jean Perrin
Les Arts Appliqués en Provence
This is a fine hardcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Originally published in softcover, this copy was later bound in brown cloth with a black leather title label, title in gilt on the spine. The original softcovers are bound in. Text in French. Fine survey of the decorative arts of Provence, France. Illustrated with 235 heliogravures (brown or sepia tones) + 32 color plates. List of plates. Limited edition of 900 copies on 'Helio Special' paper. 13" high X 10" wide, 251 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Thiebaut, Philippe et al.
Emile Gallé
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Slight small dent to the top left corner of the front cover near the spine, (not visible internally), probably a binding flaw. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, binding firm. Text in Japanese and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the large traveling exhibition in Japan that started at the Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art from April 28 to June 11, 2000, and then traveled to four other museums. This exhibition of art glass by Emile Gallé was entirely drawn from Japanese museums and private collections in Japan. This is the largest exhibition of Emile Galle glass ever circulated in Japan. Essays by Philippe Thiebaut, Kiyoshi Suzuki, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Makoto Ido, and Yoriko Mizuta. Chronology. Glossary. Bibliography. 111 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in color + vintage or archival photographs of Emile Galle and colleagues in their glass workshops. 12" high X 9" wide, 263 pages. Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sterligova, I. A.
Dekorativno-prikladnoe iskusstvo Velikogo Novgoroda: Khudozhestvennyi metall XI-XV veka
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Russian. Survey of Novgorod Orthodox Eastern Church medieval liturgical objects. Illustrated in black & white. Hundreds of objects catalogued and illustrated. 11" high X 8" wide, 511 pages. This book will be securely packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Molina Londoño, Luis Fernando
Fotografia de Arquitectura en Medellin 1870-1960
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean. Text in Spanish. A photographic record of the city of Medellin, Colombia with old photographs of its' architectural landmarks. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 124 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Marchand, Frederic
Motos-jouets
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear. Jacket a bit worn at the spine tips, the book itself has a tiny bump at the bottom corner of the last pages. Completely clean. Frederic Marchand is an expert on antique toys and the author of several monographs about particular kinds of toys. This book features European metal reproductions of motorcycles, bicycles, and other motorized delivery vehicles. Illustrated throughout in color. 9" high X 10" wide, 163 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Millet, Gabriel
L' Ancien Art Serbe: Les Eglises
This is a very good hardcover copy of a modern reprint of this classic text first published in 1919. Completely clean. Missing a blank front endpaper. Text in French. This edition has a new introduction in English, 'Gabriel Millet and Serbian Medieval Art' by Ivan Stevovic, University of Belgrade (14 pages). Illustrated throughout in black & white with Millet's photographs of old Serbian churches. 249 plates and drawings in the text. 12" high X 9" wide, 208 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gasparini, Graziano
La Arquitectura Colonial De Coro
This is a very good hardcover copy with just light cover wear. Very clean inside and out. Text is Spanish. Illustrated in black & white with a number of color plates. Includes photographs of old buildings, floor plans, details, etc. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 308 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lemos, Kate; William Morrison; Charles D. Warren; Mark Alan Hewitt
Carrere & Hastings, Architects
This is a fine hardcover set with fine dust jackets and hardshell slipcase with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Volume 1: Commercial Buildings, Civic Works, Libraries and City Houses. Volume 2: Country Houses, Churches and Tombs, Expositions, Academic and Institutional Buildings. Illustrated throughout in black & white with hundreds of vintage photographs. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 419 & 335 pages. A beautiful set. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Allen, Charles & Sharada Dwivedi
The Taj at Apollo Bunder
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. The lower right corner of the front board a bit bumped, not affecting text block at all. This is an illustrated history of the celebrated Taj Hotel in Mumbai, known simply as the Taj. It was first established in 1903 and quickly gained a reputatation as India's finest hotel. This book is full of archival or vintage photographs of the hotel in its' heyday. Lots of color photographs of the hotel both exterior and interior shots of rooms, and the many public areas. It also tells the story of the rebuilding of the hotel after the 2008 terrorist attack. 13" high X 11" wide, 336 pages.Scarce. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gori-Montanelli, Lorenzo
L'Architettura Rurale in Toscana
This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition of the author's survey of old rural Tuscan architecture. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Illustrated throughout in black & white. The first section of illustrations are drawn from 15th and 16th century Italian painting. Then the photographic survey begins with the oldest surviving examples of farm and rural residential buildings. Map. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 130 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Chantal Meslin-Perrier; Marie Segonds-Perrier
Limoges, deux siècles de Porcelaine
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in FRENCH. Profusely illustrated with 371 color plates. List of plates. Bibliography. Pages of maker marks identifying the different porcelain makers in the Limoges region. A beautiful copy. 13" high X 10" wide, , 453 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Mindeleff, Victor
A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan & Cibola
This is a very good hardcover copy that has been rebound by a private collector in maroon cloth covers with title in gilt on the spine, and clean white endpapers. Closed tear to one text page. Originally released as the 8th annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, the long piece by Victor Mindeleff on Pueblo Architecture was removed and rebound as a separate book. The contents are generally very clean, but a few tan spots, and some offsetting to title page, and last page of index. Illustrated in black & white with maps, line drawings, engravings, etc. Bibliography. Some pages uncut. A very nice usable copy with a firm binding. 12" high X 8" wide, 298 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sotheby's
A Collection of Berlin (K.P.M.) Paintings on Porcelain
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on December 13, 1989. Sale code: K.P.M. The Berlin Konigliche Porzellan Manufaktur was founded in the mid 18th century. For about 100 years it produced exceptionally high quality paintings on porcelain, mainly in the neo-classical and Empire styles.This sale consisted of what Sotheby's called 'the largest group of the best quality and the greatest variety of subjects, ever to be offered at auction'. 70 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheet, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 57 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
Georgian Furniture; Catalogue of English Ecclesiastical Embroideries; English Domestic Needlework; Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery
This is a very good collection of five catalogs published in softcover, by the Victoria & Albert Museum, and later privately bound together. Completely clean inside and out. Simply bound in dark gray cloth titled and ruled in gilt on the spine. The catalogs are: 1) Georgian Furniture by Ralph Edwards, 1947; 2) Catalogue of English Ecclesiastical Embroideries of the XIII to XVI Centuries, by Eric MacLagan,1930; 3) English Domestic Needlework of the XVI, XVII and XVIII Centuries by Preston Remington, New York 1945; 4) Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries by John Nevinson, 1928 and 5) a small catalog Flowers in English Embroidery 1947. All volumes illustrated with black & white plates (photographs), also 1 color plate frontispiece in the Nevinson catalog. A miscellany of five catalogs all on English textiles, embroideries and needlework. 10" high X 7" wide, 20 & 68 & 30 & 107 text pages + plates. Not ex-library, no previous owner marks. All softcovers bound in. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ostergard, Derek E.et al.
William Beckford, 1760-1844: An Eye for the Magnificent
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket. The book is signed by the editor, Derek E. Ostergard, on the half title-page, not inscribed, just signed. Very clean inside and out, but one short name on the front endpaper. Illustrated mostly in color, some black & white. 12" high X 10" wide, 448 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tamara Preaud
La Porcelaine de Vincennes
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Probably the most comprehensive monograph of the porcelain of Vincennes. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs on practically every page. Page of Makers Marks. List of Porcelain Maufacturers of Vincennes. Glossary. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 239 pages. A beautiful copy. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tinti, Mario
Il Mobilio Fiorentino
This is a very good hardcover copy in the dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles and stool design on the front cover. Very clean inside and out but small light stains to lower margins of a few pages not affecting the plates. No date but usually said to be ca. 1930. Text in Italian. 320 black & white plates. Scarce standard reference for Italian furniture from Florence. 13" high X 10" wide, 78 text pages + plates. Very scarce in this condition, it feels hardly used. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Vial, Henri, Marcel Adrien & Girodie, André
Les Artistes Décorateurs Du Bois, Répertoire Alphabétique des Ébénistes, Menuisiers, Sculpteurs, Doreurs Sur Bois Ayant travaillé en France Aux XVII° et XVIII° Siècles
This is a very good hardcover two volume, mixed set with light wear. Volume 1, Tome Premier: A a L, was published in 1912, Bibliotheque d'Art et d'archeologie, as a limited edition of 600 copies. Volume 2, M a Z & Supplement, was published in 1922 by Jean Schemit, Editeur, Paris. Both volumes are bound in light green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. There is a gift inscription on the front endpaper of Volume 1. Otherwise completely clean throughout. Both volumes have the original softcovers bound in. Text in French. Not illustrated. 10" high X 8" wide, 323 & 261 pages. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Montanelli, Lorenzo Gori
La Tradizione Architettonica Toscana
This is a near fine hardcover copy with a very good original soft mylar dust wrapper. All gilt titles still bright. The top of the spine is bumped, this can be seen in the photograph, but it doesn't affect the inside of the book, just the outside top of the spine. The dust wrapper has a shallow chip at the top of the spine which extends around both front and back covers a few inches. The book is very clean inside and out. The spine is not sunned. Text in Italian. Illustrated in black & white with 202 plates with old photographs, drawings, prints and architectural plans + a section of smaller b/w photos titled 'Alcuni aspetti di case rurale Toscana'. Most of the photographs are by Alinari. This book covers the minor architecture of Tuscany from the XIth century through the XVIIIth century.12" high X 9" wide, 350 pages. A beautiful copy of this classic. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sacconi, Simone F.
The " Secrets " of Stradivari : with the catalogue of the Stradivarian relics contained in the Civic Museum Ala Ponzone of Cremona
This is a fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Bound in brown faux leather with gilt titles. Text in English. Three color plates + many black & white photographic illustrations and line drawings of the violins. Bibliography. Rare. 12" high X 9" wide, 284 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Delfin Rodriguez Ruiz et al.
Francisco Sabatini. La arquitectura como metafora del poder. 1721-1797
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with just light wear to the edges of the jacket. Completely clean. Text in Spanish. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Madrid at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando from October to December 1993. Francisco Sabatini (1721- 1797), was an Italian architect, born in Palermo. His first contact with the Spanish monarchy was when he participated in the construction of the Palace of Caserta for the King of Naples and Duke of Parma and Tuscany. Essays by Delfin Rodriguez Ruiz and over a dozen scholars. Illustrated in black & white with hundreds of reproductions of prints, architectural plans, floor plans, elevations, architectural models, photographs, etc. The monograph is divided into three sections: 1) works for the monarchy; 2) civic buildings; and 3) military architecture. 11" high X 10" wide, 539 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Gabriele Fabiankowitsch; Christian Witt-Dörring
Genormte Fantasie: Zeichenunterricht fur Tischler, Wien 1800-1840 (German Edition)
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. Edited by Peter Noever of MAK. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at MAK from May 10 to November 24, 1996. Essays by Gabriele Fabiankowitsch and Christian Witt-Dörring. Illustrated in color and black & white with photographs of Biedermeier furniture and prints and drawings. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 104 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Poiret, Marie-Francoise et al.
La faience de Meillonnas, 1760-1845 (French Edition)
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. Spine lightly creased, but binding very firm. Text in FRENCH. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee de Brou from April 23 to September 5, 1993 and then at the Musee National de Ceramique a Sevres from September 28, 1993 to January 3, 1994. 231 examples illustrated in color + 52 color and 19 black and white illustrations in the text. Bibliography. Six pages of maker marks. 11" high X 8" wide, 234 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bellenger, Sylvain & Francoise Hamon
Felix Duban: 1798-1870 : les couleurs de l'architecte (French Edition)
This is a very good softscover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in FRENCH. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Chateau de Blois, in France from June 15 to September 29, 1996. Essays by dozens of scholars including Bruno Foucart, Barry Bergdoll, David van Zanten, among many others. 199 illustrations, mostly in color. Chronology. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 264 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
The Barbra Streisand Collection of 20th Century Decorative and Fine Arts Part I, Thursday, March 3, 1994 and Part II, Friday, March 4, 1994
This is a fine two volume set in very good dust jackets with a very good hardshell slipcase with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. These are sale catalogs for a two part auction held at Christie's New York on March 3 and 4, 1998. Sale codes: Part 1: STREISAND- 7844; Part 2: BARBRA- 7533. The sales consisted of the Barbra Streisand Collection of modern decorative and fine arts. Essay by Streisand on how she got started collecting. 179 lots in Part 1. 356 lots in Part 2. Almost all lots in Part 1 illustrated in color. Most lots of Part 2 illustrated in black & white. Price estimates for each lot, but no prices realized sheets. 11" high X 8" wide. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Stoneman, Vernon C.
John and Thomas Seymour Cabinetmakers in Boston 1794-1816
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in burgundy cloth, spine sunned, title in gilt. Completely clean. The illustrated slipcase has a little wear to the edges. The paper title label is intact. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Stated first edition. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 393 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Lobo, Savio
Bandra By Hand
This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear, with a plain black die-cut card slipcase. Also the bookmark designed by the artist with a building outline, laid in. Completely clean. Signed by the architect/artist, Savio Lobo, in ink on the title-page and dated 2014. Not inscribed to anyone, just signed and dated. This book is an album of drawings of buildings in Bandra, India. Many street perspectives, horizon lines, maps etc. Glossary. 8" high X 11" wide, 164 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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