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IMPORTANT CHINESE ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF SIR QUO-WEI LEE II.
Sotheby's: 2019. The auction was held in Hong Kong Oct. 8 2019 Sale HK0865 198 pages illustrated in color text is in English and Chinese. FINE HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sotheby's: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031144
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AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CHINESE CERAMICS.
Sotheby's: 2019. The auction was held in Hong Kong Oct. 8 2019 Sale HK0896 167 pages illustrated in color text is in English and Chinese. FINE- HARDCOVER. Hard Cover. Fine/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sotheby's: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 031143
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Goldman-Hibel, Carole, John Hibel and John Fontaine
THE HANDEL LAMPS BOOK.
Fontaine Publishers: 1999. 259 pages with over 500 color photographs original Handel sales catalogs portfolios and advertisements and a comprehensive chronologial history of the company." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Fontaine Publishers: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 028023 ISBN : 0967700205 9780967700205
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Raymond, Jay
STREAMLINED IRONS.
Streamline Press: 2008. 190 pages profusely illustrated in color by James B. Abbott and Jay Texter. "Here for the first time is an exhaustive survey of clothes irons made during the era of streamlining a design phenomenon of the 1930s and 1940s. Also presented are 30 of the earliest electric irons. These are the rarest many are one-of-a-kind." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall oblong. Streamline Press: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 029054 ISBN : 0615256562 9780615256566
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Iwamiya, Takeji, Mitsukuni Yoshida and Ricahrd L Gage
FORMS TEXTURES IMAGES. Traditional Japanese Craftsmanship In Everyday Life.
Weatherhill: 1979. First English edition 304 pages illustrated in color and b&w. "The Westerner who is fascinated by traditional craftsmanship and design will find this book a total delight. It comes as a welcome refreshment in the midst of plastic mass production and generally deteriorated taste. Here in superlative photographs and under the headings of wood bamboo paper metal clay stone and symbolic designs are striking examples of the ways in which a culture fits its objects of common use to its spiritual needs." FINE HARDCOVER FINE DUST JACKET. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Takeji Iwamiya. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Weatherhill: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 026419
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Ketcham, Hank
CATALOGUE OF HIGHLY IMPORTANT JAPANESE PRINTS ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE HENRI VEVER COLLECTION: PART 1.
Sotheby & Co.: 1973. 382 pages illustrated in color and b&w. "Henry Vever 1854 - 1943 was among the earliest Europeans to succumb to the lure of Japan and one of the leaders of the new fashion in collecting." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER GOOD DUST JACKET prices realized list is present and each item's price in pounds has been written in pencil next to item described. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Sotheby & Co.: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 027629
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ARTE DECORATIVE 1930 All' Esposizione Di Monza.
Italy: Casa Editrice Ceschina: 1930. 151 b&w plates and 71 pages of text. GOOD HARDCOVER red cloth covers are worn at edges of book spine cloth has been reattched to book internally fine. Scarce. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket Present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Casa Editrice Ceschina: Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 024250
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Blasberg, Robert W; Bohdan, Carol L
Fulper Art Pottery: An Aesthetic Appreciation 1909-1929
Jordan-Volpe Gallery 1979. paperback. Good. 25 to 30 cm tall Quarto 4to. Published in 1979. Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Jordan-Volpe Gallery paperback
Ссылка продавца : 261957 ISBN : 0942410009 9780942410006
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Dudley Wall
Starting Out Collecting South African Militaria
Dudkey Wall 2005. Paperback. Very Good. 7x0x9. . Posted within 1 working day. Royal Mail Tracked 24 to UK. Tracked Airmail worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging. Picture is the actual item. Dudkey Wall paperback
Ссылка продавца : 286730 ISBN : 0620327847 9780620327848
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John Bodman Carrington and George Ravensworth Hughes
The Plate of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
Oxford Uk: University Press Oxford 1926. Excellent book on the plate of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths 158pp with informative text and 83 plates of the tankards bowlscups spoons etc. A informative book slightly faded on spine a little rubbed top of spine and some foxing to first and last few pages and smaller occassional spots to other pages see images Still a pleasing example of this book See images HEAVY BOOK 2.1 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE MAY BE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. DETAILED IMAGES CAN BE TAKEN UPON REQUEST. First Edition. Gold Embossed Cloth. Good Plus/No Jacket. 29 Cms x 23 Cms. Hardcover. University Press Oxford Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 009545
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Gerda Klein with Photographs by Norma Holt
The Blue Rose
New York/Westport : Lawrence Hill and Company 1974. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. dj is price-clipped with tape repairs to verso at spine-ends. worn but all there. only marking is the inscription signed by photographer norma holt on front free endpaper. no bumps. strong binding.; english text.; unpaginated. b/w photos throughout.; scarce as hardcover. Signed by the Photographer. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Children's Book. Lawrence Hill and Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25564 ISBN : 0882080474 9780882080475
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Suzanne Smeaton
"The Art of the Frame": American Frames of the Arts and Crafts Period
NY: Eli Wilner and Company 1988. staple-bound wrappers as issued. no flaws - clean no writing or markings no tears or bumps. sturdy binding. a well preserved copy.; no isbn. 32pp. 47 b/w illustrations. identifies various frame-makers of the period the marks and labels they used. catalogue reference material. First Edition /First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine Plus. Oblong 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. Eli Wilner and Company Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 22922
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H Avray Tipping
Grinling Gibbons and the Woodwork of His Age 1648-1720
London: Country Life and George Newnes Ltd. 1914. hardcover cloth-backed boards with gilt lettering to spine. paper label on cover. top edge gilt. large format. surface wear to some corners edges. no markings of any sort. no bumps or interior flaws. strong binding and hinges.; xi-259pp. 234 b/w photos and drawings. from the country life library of architectural monographs. solid used copy. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Country Life and George Newnes, Ltd. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23336
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LJ Bridgman L J
Guess
New York and Boston : H.M. Caldwell Co. 1910. hardcover cloth-backed illustrated boards. shallow rubbing wear to extremities. a few small spots to corner of several pages. binding is weak in a few places yet being well sewn keeps everything together. no markings or writing. the colors are still vivid. this book had several cover illustrations among the earliest printings. this cover has an olive green background and shows an older woman sitting in a chair while reading something. an easel with a chalkboard on it is nearby. photos on request.; unpaginated. illustrated in color throughout. printed by the colonial press c.h. simonds and co. boston. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by L.J. Bridgman . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Children's Book. H.M. Caldwell Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23332
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Gregory Wittkopp, Claudine Ise, Love Jonsson, Asdis Olafsdottir
Anders Ruhwald at Saarinen House: The Anatomy of a Home
Bloomfield Hills MI: Cranbrook Art Museum 2013. cloth hardcover. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps. tight binding. appears unused.; 80pp. illustrated throughout in color and b/w. three essays. a text by anders ruhwald. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Cranbrook Art Museum Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23570 ISBN : 0989186407 9780989186407
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James M Bradburne, with Federica Rossi and John E Bowlt, Editors
The Adler Collection of Soviet Children's Books 1930-1933: Two Architects in the Land of the Soviets
Mantova: Corraini Edizioni 2021. hardcover illustrated boards. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps or creases. tight binding. an unused copy.; parallel text italian/english.; 351pp. illustrated throughout in color. ten essays by various contributors. a catalogue of the collection. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Corraini Edizioni Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23644 ISBN : 8875709742 9788875709747
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Cindy Kang, et al
Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miro to Man Ray
Philadelphia/New Haven: The Barnes Foundation and Yale University Press 2020. hardcover cloth-backed illustrated boards. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps. tight binding. appears unused.; 159pp. 101 illustrations most all in color. five essays by various contributors. catalogue. reference section. textile versions of artworks by matisse miro rouault le corbusier lurcat dufy derain man ray leger braque. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. The Barnes Foundation and Yale University Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23710 ISBN : 0300251319 9780300251319
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Antonio Frasconi
The House That Jack Built/La Maison Que Jacques a Batie. a Picture Book in Two Languages
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1958. hardcover in dust jacket yellow cloth with red lettering and illustrations. some age-toning to dj spine and outer margins of dj else minor signs of age. no writing markings or labels. flap price intact. no bumps. sound binding.; first edition stated. unpaginated 36 pages illustrated with frasconi's color woodcuts. text in french and english. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Antonio Frasconi. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Harcourt, Brace and Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23874
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Eli Wilner
The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame
San Francisco: Chronicle Books 2000. hardcover in dust jacket in heavy folded mylar protector. no flaws - clean unmarked tightly bound.; 203pp. over 150 illustrations in color b/w. handsome well illustrated book on the history of picture frames in the united states. Second Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Chronicle Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23875 ISBN : 081182070X 9780811820707
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John Cornforth
London Interiors: From the Archives of Country Life
London: Aurum Press Ltd. 2000. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. occasional off-setting detectable minor impact. else no wear or flaws. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. tight binding.; 192pp. b/w illustrations throughout. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Aurum Press, Ltd. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 23993 ISBN : 1854106686 9781854106681
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Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak
Brundibar
USA: Michael Di Capua Books/Hyperion Books 2003. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears clips creases. tight binding.; signed on title page by tony kushner with no added inscription.; unpaginated. illustrated in color. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. Oblong 8vo. Michael Di Capua Books/Hyperion Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 24301 ISBN : 0786809043 9780786809042
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Ormonde De Kay, Jr, Seymour Chwast, Milton Glaser, Barry Zaid
Rimes De La Mere Oie: Mother Goose Rhymes Rendered Into French By Ormonde De Kay Jr.
Boston: Little Brown and Company 1971. cloth with stamped fleur-de-lis hardcover in dust jacket. minor small bits of wear to dj . sparse rubbing. price on flap intact. no markings. no bumps chips. strong binding. english original at back of book. essay at start in english. 89pp. color illustrations throughout by the above members of push pin studios. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Plus/Very Good Plus. Illus. by Seymour Chwast Milton Glaser Barry Zaid . Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 24427
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Cussler, Clive
Autograph Letter Signed Clive Cussler
1990. First Edition . No Binding. Very Good. Handwritten letter signed by Clive Cussler. Reads "Dear Mrs. McCoy Thank you for your nice note and kind words. I'm delighted you enjoyed Dragon. Forgive me for not writing faster. Cheers Clive Cussler." The letter is written on Mr. Cussler's Golden Colorado stationery and includes the envelope. A clean ALS with little wear. <br/> <br/> unknown
Ссылка продавца : 011984
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Tad Runge, Holly Smith
One Woman One Weft: Rugs from the Villages of Hamadan
Yarmouth ME: Tad Runge 2002. cloth hardcover in dust jacket with place-keeping ribbon bound-in. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. tight binding. an unused copy.; english text.; 152pp. 75 full-page color plates of rugs. color and b/w figures in the text including a map. contains history of the hamadan region weavers. catalogue reference section. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Tad Runge Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 24643 ISBN : 0615120385 9780615120386
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Kipling, Rudyard
THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
New York: Century Co. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brick colored cloth blind-stamped motif on front board gilt titles edges rubbed frayed at tail and head top edge gilt text block very good clean and tight. ; 8" x 5.5"; 324 pages; Ladysmith . Century Co. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 19548
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Leonore Klein and Saul Bass
Henri's Walk to Paris
New York: Young Scott Books 1962. hardcover illustrated yellow cloth lacks dj. small spots of wear to spine-ends corners. minor soiling to boards. inside in great condition. no markings. strong binding.; english text.; william scott and young scott are the same publisher and used both designations in the 1960s. unpaginated. first and only children's book designed by noted graphic artist saul bass.; images by request. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. Illus. by Saul Bass . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Children's Book. Young Scott Books Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 24848
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Peter Noever, Hrsg
Die Uberwindung Der Utilitat: Dagobert Peche Und Die Wiener Werkstatte
Ostfildern: Verlag Gerd Hatje 1998. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. slight aura of toning to outer margins which is not smoke caused and has no odor. no other flaws or wear. else clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong binding.; original german text.; has two isbns on copyright page available on request.; 358pp. 363 illustrations in color and numerous b/w figures and photos. 15 essays by various contributors. comprehensive presentation on the viennese designer.; german text. 1. Auflage/First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Verlag Gerd Hatje Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25043
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Autograph Book of Lili Mestern in German with Hand-Drawn Illustrations
1918. Hardcover. Near Fine. Approx. 75 leaves; 17 cm. Maroon faux-leather cloth binding. Gilt-stamped initials on front cover: "L. M." All page edges red. Decorated endpapers. Small bookseller's label on inside of front free endpaper: Emil Barnbrock Papierhandlung Hamburg. Internal evidence indicates that this belonged to Lili Mestern Anna Caroline Mestern 1904-1919. Contains 27 autographs in German some in German script of which 7 also have very attractive illustrations: several of flowers and others consisting of a scene of trees and mountains an ink sketch of a rural scene and a scene of people in strange red outfits playing in the woods. The inscriptions are dated from March 1918 to March 1919 from Lili's relatives and friends primarily in Hamburg. The relatives are her mother Joanna Margaretha Sieveking Mestern 1877-1940; aunts Agathe Käthe Bitter Anna Katharina Wilhelmine Bitter 1873-1956 Käthe Sieveking Catharina Roosen Sieveking 1877-1942 Lulu Magdelana Mestern Magdalene Elisabeth von Bergen Mestern 1888-1970 Helene ink rural scene Helene Henriette Sieveking 1861-1935 and Inge Busse painting of people in red outfits; grandmother Anna Elisabeth Baasch Mestern 1850-1942; great aunt Agathe Henriette Söhle von Kaweczynski 1838-1921; brother Paul Mestern 1905-1998; cousins Friedrich Sieveking Wilhelm Sieveking Tilly Sieveking Lisi Lappenberg Margarethe Lappenberg flower drawing Heinz Lappenberg and Olga Sieveking; and friends including Edith von Gibara flower drawing teacher Lizzie Schulke Leonor Sommer tree drawing Liselotte Asten Agethe Geimichen flower drawing and Marie Beschutz. An unusual and charming collection of German autographs from the end of the First World War. In Near Fine Condition: ends of spine lightly rubbed; clean and solid. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 011586
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Phyllis T Ritvo and Gene Ritvo
The World of Gouda Pottery
Weston MA: Font and Center Press 1989. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. dj has one very small edge-tear. no other flaws or wear. clean. no text or exterior markings. no bumps. strong binding.; english text.; title page has a gift inscription from the author.; x-182pp. 230 color illustrations several b/w period photos and four pages of illustrated maker's marks. comprehensive and well illustrated. Signed by Author. First Edition /First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine Plus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Font and Center Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25125 ISBN : 1883280117 9781883280116
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Dieter and Reinhold Schletzer
Old Silver Jewellery of the Turkoman
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer Verlag 1983. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. very small owner name to front free endpaper. a bit of sun-fading to dj margins. minute wear to dj corners minor. no other flaws. no text markings. strong binding.; english text.; 300pp. 269 illustrations in color b/w. two gatefold maps. detailed history scholarship and well illustrated. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Dietrich Reimer Verlag Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25173 ISBN : 3496010215 9783496010210
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Oliver Watson
Bernard Leach: Potter and Artist
London: Crafts Council 1997. softcover in dust jacket. a few tiny dust-spot traces to top edge. no other flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears creases. strong sewn binding.; english text.; 167pp. 177 color illustrations and numerous b/w photos. catalogue and reference section. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Crafts Council Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 25285 ISBN : 1870145747 9781870145749
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Bernard Leach
Kenzan and His Tradition: The Lives and Times of Koetsu Sotatsu Korin and Kenzan
New York: Transatlantic Arts Inc. 1967. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. there are a few over-opened places though the sewn binding remains intact. the front free endpaper has a very small owner name which was partly erased and the front pastedown has a very small ink date/place.dj has rubbing and minor wear to spine-ends. else clean no other writing or markings. binding feels sturdy despite above note. dj price is intact.; pre-isbn. english text.; 173pp. 12 color plates 102 b/w illustrations. japanese ceramics. the author was a master of the techniques himself. First American Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good Minus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Transatlantic Arts, Inc. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25326
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Bernard Leach
Kenzan and His Tradition: The Lives and Times of Koetsu Sotatsu Korin and Kenzan
New York: Transatlantic Arts Inc. 1967. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. dj has minor rubbing and very slight wear one short closed edge-tear. couple of very small old smudge spots to top edge minor. else clean no writing or markings. dj price is intact. sturdy binding.; pre-isbn. english text.; 173pp. 12 color plates 102 b/w illustrations. japanese ceramics. the author was a master of the techniques himself. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Transatlantic Arts, Inc. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25335
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Martha Bowen
Scrimshaw: Variations on a Theme
San Francisco/Gloucester: Martha Bowen 1988. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. sparse faint dust-spoting to top edge minor impact. minute cut to board edge. dj has minor rubbing in a few small spots. no other flaws. no markings. no bumps. strong binding.; this trade edition copy has a gift inscription on the second front free endpaper from one of the artists featured in the book.; english text. shows no isbn.; xvi-306pp. illustrated throughout in b/w. exstensive history of scrimshaw up to the time of publication. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Martha Bowen Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 25469
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Cyrus Parham
Masterpieces of Fars Rugs Bilingual edition
Tehran: Soroush Press 1996. hard cover in dust jacket. slight minor bits of wear to exterior. clean. no markings. no tears chips bumps. strong binding.; english/farsi text.; xiv-291pp. plus unpaginated section of farsi text. over 100 color plates full-page. map. comprehensive monograph on persian rugs of the fars area in iran. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Soroush Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 20870
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Brock Jobe, Editor
Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast
Boston MA/Hanover NH: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England 1993. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. only slightest signs of handling to exterior negligible. no real flaws or wear - clean no markings tightly bound. large heavy book.; 454pp. 14 color plates illustrated in b/w throughout. three essays and two appendices by various contributors. catalogue and reference material. detailed comprehensive. this copy is signed by brock jobe on the title page under his printed name with no added inscription.;laid-in are exhibition promotional material and correspondence pertaining to delays in delivering pre-ordered copies of this book. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Exhibition Catalogue. Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities/University Press of New England Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 20879 ISBN : 0874516072 9780874516074
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ANONYME
Manuscrit illustré de dessins originaux et composé de deux parties ""La Porcelaine de Chine"" et ""Le Bronze chinois"" Manuscript with original drawings and made up of two parts ""Chinese Porcelain"" and ""Chinese Bronze""
Paris 1888. Fine. Paris 1888 18 x 23 cm relié Manuscript with original drawings and made up of two parts Chinese Porcelain and Chinese BronzeParis 1888 18 x 23 cm contemporary half shagreenManuscript entitled Chinese Porcelain with numerous original drawings in and hors texte in black and white and color some full-page on delicate bits of China paper and stuck in to illustrate text or on occasional leaves of thick paper. The text is also enriched with a plate from Racinet's Costume historique 1888 as well as a printed page from the same text. This is a made-up volume from several texts: Octave de Sartel La Porcelaine de Chine 1881 Stanislas Julien Histoire et fabrication de la porcelaine chinoise 1856 Maurice Paléologue L'Art chinois 1887 and Louis Figuier Les Merveilles de l'industrie 1873. One final part on Chinese bronze comes from Paléologue's L'Art chinois. All the drawings are after the illustrations in the above mentioned works and are often heightened in watercolors. The entire manuscript is in black ink on squared paper in a fine and careful hand. Contemporary half brown shagreen over paper boards richly decorated spine in six compartments multiple blind-ruled fillets to covers marbled endpapers and pastedowns top edge gilt. Corners bumped and a little rubbed. Table of contents at end. A very rare and important manuscript combining studies of Chinese art at the end of the 19th century carefully executed and plentifully illustrated by a talented amateur. hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 73849
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Emmanuel Cooper
Bernard Leach: Life and Work
New Haven: Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2003. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. clean. no writing or markings. no tears chips. strong binding. great copy.; xvii-419pp. map photos and illustrations in color and b/w. major figure in 20th century ceramics and pottery in britain and the east. First Edition /First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine Plus/Near Fine Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Yale University Press for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 21049 ISBN : 0300099290 9780300099294
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Graham Hughes
Renaissance Cassoni: Masterpieces of Early Italian Art: Painted Marriage Chests 1400-1550
Polegate/London: Starcity Publishing and Art Books International 1997. cloth hard cover in dust jacket. no flaws or wear. no markings. tight binding. appears unused.; english text.; 256pp. illustrated in color. detailed history of the existing chests the artists those who owned and collected them materials and techniques and much else. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Starcity Publishing and Art Books International Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 21161 ISBN : 1874044244 9781874044246
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Enrique A Cervantes
Loza Blanca y Azulejo De Puebla Tomo Segundo Volume Two ONLY
Mexico: Self Published 1939. soft cover. VOLUME TWO ONLY. minor exterior wear to spine-ends corners. owner name to front free endpaper. else clean. no other markings. strong binding.; spanish text. 333pp. illustrated throughout in color and b/w all are tipped-in. history and reference work on mexican tiles and ceramics. this vol. has maker's marks and signatures. VOLUME TWO/2 ONLY. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self Published Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 21178
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Grace Slick with Jefferson Airplane poster
1966. Poster. Very Good. 1 black-and-white poster 32 x 22 inches folded. Apparently removed from a magazine. No text except "please cut along dotted line" on tab at upper left-hand corner. No publication information. Appears to be from late 1966 or 1967. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: folded as issued; minor rubbing at a few folds; closed 7 cm. tear from left side below tab into background image; small scrape in upper right; clean and bright. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 008763
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Richard Pennington
Low Art Tile: John Gardner Low and the Artists of Boston's Gilded Age
Massachusetts: Self Published 2010. soft cover as issued. no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps tears. tight binding.; inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.; 240pp. illustrated throughout in color duotone and b/w. detailed well illustrated history of low and the tile company. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Self Published Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 21615 ISBN : 1450562558 9781450562553
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Brother Thomas, Rosemary Williams
Creation Out of Clay: The Ceramic Art and Writings of Brother Thomas
Boston/Grand Rapids: Pucker Gallery in Association with Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1999. cloth hardcover in dust jacket. large heavy book. no flaws clean no writing or markings. strong binding. a well preserved copy.; 218pp. 122 color plates of the ceramics. numerous unnumbered color and b/w illustrations photos. a most beautiful book. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Pucker Gallery in Association with Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 21945 ISBN : 0802838707 9780802838704
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Titus M Eliens, Marjoleine Groen, Sebastiaan Ostkamp, Loet A Schledorn
Delftware History of a National Product: Volume III De Porceleyne Fles
Zwolle: Waanders Publishers 2003. cloth hard cover in dust jacket. volume three ONLY. several pages at either end have a faint darker aura at outer margins. no other flaws or wear. no markings. no bumps tears. tight binding.; english text.; 248pp. illustrated throughout. this volume gives the history of the 370 year old porcelain works in delft. major reference with section on the various marks used. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine Plus. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Waanders Publishers Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 22324 ISBN : 9040089094 9789040089091
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Harold Gaze
Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child
New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers 1924. hard cover lacks dust jacket. light brown cloth with dark brown lettering and illustration. very light wear to exterior no fraying. dulling to textblock edges on exterior. front hinge weakening though fully connected. no markings or writing. no foxing bumps or tears. sound binding including above.; has 1924 and B-Y on copyright page. x-338pp. 31 illustrations including frontispiece 11 in color. there seems to be some confusion among book sellers as to whether the true title is coppertop or copper top. this may result from the cover of the usa ed. which appears to use the space between copper and top. this may have led to further confusion regarding the relative scarcity of the book. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Gaze. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harper and Brothers Publishers Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 22632
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Beckett Collectibles Inc
Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide #38
Beckett Pubns 2016-02-03. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Beckett Pubns paperback
Ссылка продавца : Q-1887432000 ISBN : 1887432000 9781887432009
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Charles Scribner, III
The Triumph of the Eucharist: Tapestries Designed By Rubens
Ann Arbor: UMI Research Press 1982. hardcover illustrated boards cloth. front free endpaper has name/place/date of the art historian prior owner. no other flaws or wear - clean no text or exterior markings. strong binding. no bumps spotting odor or any other issues.; xv-224pp. 50 b/w illustrations. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. UMI Research Press Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 19109 ISBN : 0835712885 9780835712880
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Ann Rosalind Jones and Peter Stallybrass
Renaissance Clothing and the Materials of Memory
Cambridge U.K./NY: Cambridge University Press 2000. soft cover. small name/place/date on ffep and circular blindstamp on title page both of the art historian who was the prior owner. no other markings or flaws or wear. clean no bumps has tight sewn binding.; xiii-368pp. 58 b/w illustrations. costume clothing in reanaissance era europe and britain. First Softcover Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cambridge University Press Paperback
Ссылка продавца : 19137 ISBN : 0521786630 9780521786638
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Guy Monreal
The Teletrips of Alala
USA: Harlin Quist 1970. hard cover in dust jacket. price-clipped dj has minor bits of wear to some corners edges. moderately used copy. no markings or bumps. strong binding and hinges. a few corner-tip creases from place-keeping.; unpaginated. illustrated in color. sixties psychedelic style artwork. No Edition Stated. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Nicole Claveloux. Square 4to. Harlin Quist Hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 20010
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Lawrence DURRELL - Karen HOROWITZ
Original poster inscribed by Lawrence Durrell
s. l.: S. n. 1974. Fine. S. n. s. l. 1974 62 x 45 cm une affiche Original poster by Karen Horowitz numbered 145/200 dated 1974 and signed in pencil showing a photograph with a superimposed quote from Lawrence Durrell's Justine: The world is like a cucumber today it's in your hand tomorrow up your ass. A few tiny wormholes. Manuscript inscription in felt tip pen by Lawrence Durrell to the left of the quote: Buttons dear Attention! Larry Durrell. 1978 This poster was given to a young lover of the author's who in both Sommières and Paris livened up his lonely days at the end of the 60s and in the 70s. Janine Brun also known as Buttons in the author's letters and postcards was described thus by Durrell's biographer Ian McNiven: She was almost thirty but she looked much younger with a girl's small-breasted figure as dark-haired as Claude Kiefer was blonde and not languorous but tremendously energetic Lawrence Durrell: A Biography page 591. Their affair stretched to the end of the 1970s Jani/Buttons appearing now and then in the works of Durrell most notably in the poem Vaumort Collected Poems: 1931-1974 and in the author's famous correspondence with Henry Miller: that little demon Buttons . turned up for a New Year TRINC and stayed the night with me finally in my eternal little Room 13 at the Royal. letter from Durrell to Miller 6 January 1979. She also got postcards and letters full of solicitude intimate allusions and suggestions for reading from Durrell and his great friend Henry Miller as well as works of art signed by Durrell himself. S. n. unknown
Ссылка продавца : 67958
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