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Baker Wilma Sinclair LeVan
The Silk Pictures of Thomas Stevens: A Biography of the Coventry Weaver and His Contribution to the Art of Weaving with an Illustrated Catalogue of his Work
New York: Exposition Press 1957. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Light blue cloth lettered in darker blue. Light shelf wear mildly toned along bottom edges very slight exposure at base of spine and one bottom corner slightly foxed text block edges. 147 pp. illus. w/ 77 b&w figures. Endpapers slightly foxed. Dust jacket chipped with loss at corners and along both front edges spine extremities with some soil marks now in archival mylar. Uncommon. Exposition Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022514
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Ramljak Suzanne; Darrell Sewell intro.
Crafting a Legacy: Contemporary American Crafts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
New Brunswick NJ and Philadelphia PA: Rutgers University Press for Philadelphia Museum of Art 2002. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Light gray cloth lettered in black. As issued. Very slight shelf wear to dust jacket essentially as issued. 192 pp. illus. in color b&w. Rutgers University Press for Philadelphia Museum of Art Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022547 ISBN : 0813532035 9780813532035
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Schroder Timothy B. catalogue intro.; J. F. Hayward essay
The Art of the European Goldsmith: Silver from the Schroder Collection
New York: American Federation of Arts 1983. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Exhibition catalogue. 208 pp. illus. w/ color b&w photographs. Minor shelf wear. American Federation of Arts Paperback
Bookseller reference : 022607 ISBN : 0917418735 9780917418730
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Hiesinger Kathryn Bloom editor
Art Nouveau in Munich: Masters of Jugendstil from the Stadtmuseum Munich and Other Public and Private Collections
Munich and Philadelphia: Prestel/Philadelphia Museum of Art 1988. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Gray cloth lettered in black. Slight binding lean likely original to issue otherwise virtually "as new." Light shelf wear to dust jacket now in archival mylar. 177 pp. 197 illus. including 50 in color. Prestel/Philadelphia Museum of Art Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022417 ISBN : 3791308815 9783791308814
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Macquoid Percy RI. R. I.
A History of English Furniture: The Age of Oak.With Plates in Colour after Shirley Slocombe and Numerous Illustrations Selected and Arranged by the Author
London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. w/ Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. 1919. Book. Very Good. Buckram. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Olive buckram lettered in gilt. Modest shelf wear covers mildly soiled mostly along edges spine panel darkened by age. Corners and spine extremities a bit rubbed but no exposure. Firm binding intact interior a bit thumbed. Printed on coated "art paper" stock. viii243 pp. illus. w/ 215 b&w figures 15 color plates. W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. w/ Lawrence & Bullen Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022164
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Lenygon Francis
The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions During the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries XVII and XVIII Centuries 17th and 18th Centuries
Clifford's Inn London: T. Werner Laurie 1909. Book. VG. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Dark blue cloth lettered in gilt on front cover and upper spine bevelled edges top text block edge in gilt. Mild shelf wear lightly rubbed at corners and spine extremities. Spine panel and joints are somewhat darkened by age but otherwise intact. Text block edges also a bit dulled by age but interior and plates are clean with only a very occasional instance of slight foxing. xii216 pp. illus. with multiple b&w plates of 2-4 images per page also quite a few full-page b&w plates tipped in. Firm binding. T. Werner Laurie Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022162
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Hartop Christopher
The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680-1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection
London: Thomas Heneage 1996. Book. New. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Burgundy cloth lettered in gold foil. Absolutely as issued. Dust jacket shows mild vertical wrinkling approx. 2" from rear joint the result of having been in publisher's shrinkwrap otherwise as issued now in archival mylar. 432 pp. fully illustrated most in color some b&w. A gorgeous production. Thomas Heneage Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 022000 ISBN : 0946708282 9780946708284
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Sieber Roy;Museum of Modern Art New York NY. N. Y.
African Textiles and Decorative Arts
New York: Museum of Modern Art 1972. Book. VG-. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Color pictorial wraps. Mildly rubbed at corners and along joints with one crease along an otherwise square firm binding. An area on the lower front cover shows surface rubbing. 240 pp. illus. in color b&w. Museum of Modern Art Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021650 ISBN : 0870702270 9780870702273
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The ABC's of Wrought Iron A B C s of Wrought Iron: What It Is - Why It Lasts - How It Is Fabricated - Where to Use It
Pittsburgh PA: A. M. Byers Co. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Booklet. 16 pp. illus. Mild shelf/handling wear a bit rubbed at corners. A. M. Byers Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 021744
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Rathbone Frederick Harry M. Buten editor
Wedgwood By Rathbone: A Reprint in Its Entirety with an Added Index of Old Wedgwood Old Wedgwood: The English Relief Art Work of the XVIIIth Century
Merion PA: Buten Museum of Wedgwood 1968. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Thus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Moss green cloth lettered in gold foil. Facsimile reprint of Rathbone's Old Wedgwood originally published in 1893 and 1898. ii258 pp. newly indexed illus. w/ lxv 65 plates reproduced in black and white. Very slight shelf wear nearly as issued. Buten Museum of Wedgwood Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021360
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Schleifer Luitpold
Dekor - Muster - Struktur. Ein Fachbuch �ber technisch-�sthetische Mittel und Methoden f�r zweckgebundenes dekorativ-visuelles Gestalten
Ulm-Donau Germany: Karl Groner Verlag 1975. Book. Fine. Cloth. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Tan natural linen letterd in black. As issued. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear now in archival mylar. 288 pp. 1500 illus. in b&w. Text in German. Karl Groner Verlag Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020119
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Blakemore Kenneth
The Book of Gold
New York: Stein and Day 1971. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Black cloth lettered in gold foil. Light shelf wear. 224 pp. illus. in color b&w. Dust jacket shows two small areas of surface paper loss along top front edge slight chipping at head of spine approx. 10% surface paper loss to rear panel along top edge now in archival mylar. Stein and Day Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020132 ISBN : 0812814134 9780812814132
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Norton Thomas E.; Douglas Dillon fwd.
100 Years of Collecting in America: The Story of Sotheby Parke Bernet
New York: Harry N. Abrams 1984. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Stiff color illus. wraps. Slight shelf wear lightly creased but firm square binding nearly as issued. 240 pp. illus. w/ color b&w plates. Harry N. Abrams Paperback
Bookseller reference : MISC0049 ISBN : 0810922916 9780810922914
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Smith Elmer L.
Early Iron Ware
Lebanon PA: Applied Arts Publishers 1971. Book. Illus. by Mel Horst. Fine. Original Wraps. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 6th ptg.: 1979. Original wraps. 32 pp. b&w illus. As issued direct from remainder warehouse storage slight edge wear. Applied Arts Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019774 ISBN : 0911410295 9780911410297
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Woollcombe Joan
The Mild Man Who Built a Business on Bones: The Bicentenary of Josiah Spode
New York: Printed by Tri-Arts Press Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Gray stiff paper wraps. Booklet stapled wraps. Unpaginated 20 pp. illus. w/ 4 color plates. Lightly soiled detached at top staple very slight loss along top front edge. Printed by Tri-Arts Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019824
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Fastnedge Ralph curator
The Lady Lever Collection: Port Sunlight
Neston Wirral Cheshire: J. H. Leeman Ltd. 1968. Book. Near Fine. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Booklet stiff illus. wraps. 24 pp. 30 b&w plates separately paginated. Former owner signature along top edge of p. 1 otherwise unmarked. J. H. Leeman Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019384
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Wylie Elizabeth; Cheek Sheldon
The Art of Stained and Decorative Glass
New York: Todtri Productions 1997. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Color laminated boards. As issued; no remainder marks. 128 pp. 90 color illus. Dust jacket as issued now in archival mylar. Todtri Productions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 019494 ISBN : 0765192268 9780765192264
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Yelavich Susan; Stephen Doyle editor; Drenttel Doyle Partners design
Design for Life: Our Daily Lives the Spaces We Shape and the Ways We Communicate As Seen Through the Collections of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum
New York NY: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Rizzoli 1997. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Color pictorial wraps. 192 pp. fully illus. w/ color plates. Slight shelf wear virtually as issued. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, and Rizzoli Paperback
Bookseller reference : 019318 ISBN : 0910503648 9780910503648
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Finlay Ian
Scottish Crafts
London and New York: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd./Chanticleer Press 1948. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Light green cloth spine panel lettered in gilt. Somewhat tanned toward edges with tanned spine panel. 128 pp. illus. w/ 16 color plates numerous b&w plates. Lightly foxed/toned endpapers interior clean and intact. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd./Chanticleer Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018890
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d'Argence Rene Yvon Lefebvre editor
Treasures from the Shanghai Museum: 6000 Years of Chinese Art
Shanghai China and San Francisco: Shanghai Museum/Asian Art Museum of San Francisco 1983. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Catalogue to accompany 1983-84 traveling exhibition in San Francisco Chicago Houston and Washington D.C. Slight shelf wear virtually as issued. 191 pp. 163 catalogued objects illus. w/ color b&w plates. Former owner signature on upper front flyleaf. Shanghai Museum/Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Paperback
Bookseller reference : 018970
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Ensko Stephen G. C. and Edward Wenham
English Silver 1675-1825
New York: Robert Ensko Inc. 1937. Book. Near Fine. Buckram. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Burgundy buckram lettered in silver foil. Slightly rubbed spine extremities slightly bumped not exposed bottom corners. 109 pp. tipped-in b&w frontis. illus. w/ drawings. Short gift inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. Robert Ensko Inc. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017941
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Longenecker Martha editor with Rob Sidner; Joyce Corbett guest curator
Dowry: Eastern European Painted Furniture Textiles and Related Folk Art
San Diego CA: Mingei International Museum 1999. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Red cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. Exhibition catalog. 100 pp. illus. w/ color plates b&w photographs. Dust jacket as issued now in mylar. Hungarian and Eastern European folk art. Scarce. Mingei International Museum Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 018362 ISBN : 0914155113 9780914155119
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Creekmore Betsey B.
Traditional American Crafts
Hearthside Press 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Brown textured paper covered boards. 191 pp. fully illus. w/ color plates additional b&w. Lightly rubbed at corners a bit bumped at top corners. Hearthside Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016888
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Garner Philippe
Emile Galle
New York NY: Rizzoli International 1979. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Thus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 1st softcover edition. Light shelf wear almost as issued. 167 pp. w/ 194 illustrations including 34 in color. Rizzoli International Paperback
Bookseller reference : 017232 ISBN : 0847802272 9780847802272
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Ballinger Louise Bowen and Thomas F. Vroman
Design Sources and Resources
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1965. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dark blue cloth effect paper covered boards lettered in gold foil. Covers are lightly spotted and endpapers very slightly foxed otherwise virtually as issued. 96 pp. illus. in b&w some color plates. Dust jacket shows modest surface rubbing and rubbed edges price clipped front flap. Three-line inscription and signature by first listed author Ballinger at bottom of front flyleaf. Reinhold Publishing Corp. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 017380
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Batterberry Michael
Fashion: The Mirror of History
Greenwich House 1982. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Gray paper covered boards lettered and with front panel device in silver foil. Mere hints of rubbing at extremities essentially as issued. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket virtually as issued. 400 pp. with more than 700 illustrations including 120 in full color. 1st ptg. of Second Edition. Greenwich House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 015928 ISBN : 0517388812 9780517388815
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Braun and Schneider
Historic Costume in Pictures: Over 1450 Costumes on 125 Plates
New York: Dover 1975. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Republication of 125 plates from the 3rd 1907 edition of Costumes of All Nations. 256 pp. illus. Slight shelf wear minimal layering of top front corner portions of rear cover mildly toned. Square uncreased binding. Former owner's embossed seal on title page. Dover Paperback
Bookseller reference : 016035 ISBN : 048623150x 9780486231501
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Selbie Robert
The Anatomy of Costume
New York: Crescent Books 1977. Book. Illus. by Victor Ambrus. Near Fine. Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Color illus. laminated boards. Slight shelf wear virtually as issued. Former owner signature on copyright page embossed seal on half-title and address label on front pastedown otherwise unmarked. 137 pp. illus. w/ color drawings. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket approx. 1/8" closed tear at head of spine. Crescent Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016033 ISBN : 0517223686 9780517223680
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Lewis John and Griselda Lewis; Michael Archer intro.
Pratt Ware: English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Coloured Earthenware 1780-1840
Woodbridge Suffolk and New York: Antique Collectors Club/Leo Kaplan Ltd. 1993. Book. Fine. Cloth. Revised Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Royal blue cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. 320 pp. illus. w/ 95 color plates additional b&w throughout text. Revised edition 1993 after original edition of 1984. Dust jacket as issued. Antique Collectors Club/Leo Kaplan Ltd. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 016320 ISBN : 1851491910 9781851491919
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Drucker Mindy; Pierre Finkelstein
Recipes for Surfaces: Decorative Paint Finishes Made Simple
New York: Fireside/Simon and Schuster 1990. Book. Illus. by Tony Cenicola photographs. Near Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 9th ptg. 255 pp. fully illus. witih color plates. Slight shelf wear almost as issued. Fireside/Simon and Schuster Paperback
Bookseller reference : 015899 ISBN : 0671682490 9780671682491
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Warren David B.; Katherine S. Howe; Michael K. Brown; Gerald W. R. Ward intro.
Marks of Achievement: Four Centuries of American Presentation Silver
Houston and New York: Museum of Fine Arts Houston/Harry N. Abrams 1987. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Greenish-gray cloth lettered and decorated in silver foil. 207 pp. 225 b&w illus. including 60 plates in full color. Remainder dot on bottom text block edge. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston/Harry N. Abrams Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014805 ISBN : 0810914441 9780810914445
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Warren William and Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
Arts and Crafts of Thailand
San Francisco CA: Chronicle Books 1996. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 160 pp. color plates. Very nearly as issued mere hints of shelf wear. Chronicle Books Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014825 ISBN : 0811810011 9780811810012
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The Ladies' Self Instructor in Millinery and Mantua Making Embroidery and Applique Canvas-Work Knitting Netting and Crochet-Work. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. SPINE TITLE: The Ladies Guide in Needle Work
Philadelphia PA: Leary and Getz 1853. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. 16mo - over 5�" - 6�" tall. Original publisher's dark red blind-decorated cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. Undated. Moderate overall wear with soiled covers and surface abrasion along portions of lower front cover. Some exposure at corners and along fore-edges rubbed with a bit of loss at spine extremities. Lacks front and rear flyleaves. Light dampstaining evident at bottom binding corner through most of text block nothing objectionable. Scattered internal foxing generally light. 207 pp. illus. with engraved plates 24-pp. publisher's catalog at rear. Overall worn but not abused. Scarce. Leary and Getz Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014581
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Negus Arthur as told to Max Robertson
Going for a Song: An Informal Guide to English Furniture
New York: Taplinger Publishing Co. 1972. Book. VG. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Light brown cloth. 221 pp. illus. w/ b&w photographs. Modest shelf wear slightly rubbed extremities. Former owner signature inked out on front flyleaf. Taplinger Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 014229 ISBN : 0800832906 9780800832902
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Fox Eleanor J. and Edward G. Fox
Gaudy Dutch
Pottsville PA: Self-Published 1968. Book. Very Good. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Stiff illus. paper wraps. 40 pp. illus. by full page color plates with facing-page commentary. Modestly soiled/foxed covers clean interior. Self-Published Paperback
Bookseller reference : 014032
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Cerwinske Laura
Russian Imperial Style
New York: Prentice Hall Editions 1990. Book. Illus. by Anthony Johnson photographs. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dark red cloth lettered in gold foil. Slight lean original to issue else as issued. 224 pp. illus. w/ color plates. Light edge and corner wear to dust jacket now in Brodart sleeve. Prentice Hall Editions Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012778 ISBN : 0137848102 9780137848102
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Spargo John
Early American Pottery and China
Garden City NY: Garden City Publishing Co. 1948. Book. VG. Cloth. First Thus. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 1st of this reprint edition. Moss green 1/4 cloth tan cloth lettered in gilt on spine panel. Lightly tanned along edges slight shelf wear. Two former owner signatures on front flyleaf. xvii393 pp. illus. w/ b&w plates. Light spotting to a few fore-edge margins around p. 14 a slight distraction. Dust jacket is chipped with loss along top edge and spine extremities now in archival mylar. Garden City Publishing Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012804
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Oldknow Tina essay
Chihuly Persians
Seattle WA: Portland Press 1996. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Green cloth oblong format. Very slightly tanned along edges essentially as issued. Dust jacket shows slight shelf wear. 104 pp. illus. with color plates. Portland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012825 ISBN : 1576840042 9781576840047
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Onassis Jacqueline editor; Audrey Kennett intro.
In the Russian Style
New York: Studio-Viking Press 1976. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Red cloth. 184 pp. illus. w/ color b&w plates. Slight shelf wear. Dust jacket shows light shelf/edge wear with approx. 1/2" closed tear at top rear joint. Studio-Viking Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012888 ISBN : 0670396966 9780670396962
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Craughwell Varda Kathleen
Looking for Jackie: American Fashion Icons
New York NY: Hearst Books 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pictorial paper over boards as issued. 208 pp. more than 200 full color illustrations. Light shelf wear to dust jacket short closed tear at head of spine neatly repaired on verso. Hearst Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 013093 ISBN : 0688167268 9780688167264
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Summary of Lectures and Bibliography: Pennsbury Manor -- Americana Forum 28-30 Sept. 1 Oct. 1967
Morrisville PA: Pennsbury Manor 1967. Book. VG. Original Wraps. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Illus. stiff paper wraps stapled binding. Unpaginated; reproduced typescript with 1-2 pp. abstracts of lectures on various aspects of 18th- and 19th-century American folk and material culture antiques decorative arts. Light shelf wear. A former owner has added extensive and historically valuable annotations in a neat and precise hand. Pennsbury Manor Paperback
Bookseller reference : 013204
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Lockwood Luke Vincent
Colonial Furniture in America
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1901. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 2nd ptg.: 1902. Originally issued Dec. 1901. Newly rebound in burgundy cloth with white lettering on front panel approximating the original binding new endpapers. xix352 pp. illus. w/ 12 artotypes 293 half-tone cuts. Fore-edge slightly shaved to tidy up top gilt edge and bottom deckled edge untouched. Light scattered internal soiling a few leaves showing short closed tears or minor loss along bottom edge. Acceptable interior presenting "as new" exterior thus evaluated as Near Fine with note to rebinding. Excellent reference copy. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011700
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Logan Diann
Designs in Patchwork/30 Bright New Quilts for Machine Piecing
Birmingham AL: Oxmoor House 1987. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. Second Printing. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 144 pp. illus. w/ color plates patterns. Turqouise cloth modest shelf wear. Light edge wear to dust jacket small chip of loss at head of spine. Former owner signature on front flyleaf. Oxmoor House Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010799 ISBN : 084870682x 9780848706821
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Gloag John
The Chair: Its Origin Design and Social History
South Brunswick NJ and New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. 1967. Ex-Library. Good-VG. Cloth. First U.S. Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Light green cloth squarish format. 221 pp. illus. Ex-library typically marked/stamped moderate wear with tape marks on binding edges where dust jacket had been attached slightly exposed bottom corners. Accepable reference copy. A. S. Barnes & Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 010975
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Scott Tim
Fine Wicker Furniture 1870-1930
West Chester PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1990. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 160 pp. illus. with color plates. Light shelf wear one light crease across bottom front corner. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010973 ISBN : 0887402313 9780887402319
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Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of Cooper Union Partial Run of 16 Early Issues: 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.10 1.11 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.10 3.1-3 3.5
New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1939. Book. VG. Original Wraps. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Partial run of a seldomfound decoraive arts publication published irregularly. This partial set consists of 16 issues published in 13 parts from the scarce inaugural issue Vol. I No. 1 Winter 1934-35 through Vol. 3 No. 5 Oct. 1963. All are in original paper wrappers illus. w/ b&w plates ranging from about 20 to about 40 pages with a wealth of informative articles on printed fabrics textiles wall paper ceramics laces and buttons stage designs and more. Most issues have a general subject labeled by hand along top front edge in pen but are otherwise unmarked with clean interiors. Generally lightly soiled covers all at least VG ranging to Near Fine. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Paperback
Bookseller reference : 010969
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Spargo John
The Potters and Potteries of Bennington Limited Edition #686/800 in extremely scarce original Dust Jacket
Boston MA: Houghton Mifflin/Antiques Incorporated 1926. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Black 1/2 cloth pale orange paper over boards. xv270 pp. illus. w/ xliv 44 plates including color frontis. and 43 additional at rear including color b&w with tissue guards. Essentially as issued text block partially uncut slight exposure at bottom corners very slightly rubbed extremities. Exceptionally scarce brown paper dust jacket shows light edge chipping with modest loss at corners and spine extremities most evident at head of spine slight loss along top rear edge now in archival mylar. Color frontis. shows light waviness to paper but no dampstaining. No. 686 of a special first edition limited to 800 copies 750 of which were offered for sale. Houghton Mifflin/Antiques Incorporated Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 011101
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Reinert Guy F.; Albert F. Buffington Preston A. Barba editor
Coverlets of the Pennsylvania Germans / Linguistic Variations in the Pennsylvania German Dialect Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Vol. XIII 13 1948
Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society 1949. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Natural linen decorated and lettered in red deckled text block edges. v264 pp. illus. w/ 118 b&w plates. Scarce annual with a lengthy lead article on Pennsylvania German coverlets still the definitive word on the subject appended to which is a translation into English of the rare "Practical Family-Dyer" published by Solomon Kuder of Trexlertown Lehigh County Pennsylvania in 1858. Top text block edge is a bit dulled and spine panel modestly darkened by age but interior is crisp bright and mostly unopened. Pennsylvania German Folklore Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009337
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McClinton Katharine Morrison
Antique Cats for Collectors
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1973. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Dark lilac cloth lightly rubbed bottom edge with former owner address label on front flyleaf an area of light soiling on verso of flyleaf and half-title. 180 pp. illus. in color b&w. Dust jacket slightly chipped at head of spine with approx. 2" closed tear from top front corner now in Brodart sleeve. Charles Scribner's Sons Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009843 ISBN : 0684133814 9780684133812
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Muncaster Alice L. and Ellen Yanow
The Cat Made Me Buy It! A Collection of Cats Who Sold Yesterday's Products
New York: Crown Publishers 1984. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. 1st edition 1st ptg. 96 pp. illus. w/ 116 full color photographs. Mild shelf wear with gift inscription on title page and approx. 1" x 2" at top corner of title page clipped neatly away probably to remove a former owner's signature. Crown Publishers Paperback
Bookseller reference : 009849 ISBN : 0517553384 9780517553381
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