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Hornung Clarence P. Edited by
Will Bradley His Graphic Art: A Collection of his Posters Illustrations Typographic Designs & Decorations
New York: Dover Publications 1974 31 pages text followed by 89 full-page illustrations color duotone and b&w. A late 19th- early 20th-century artist of the American Arts & Crafts movement he created bold designs with layout and type faces for a number of books magazines and other commercial interests. A finger-smudge in the margin of plate 20 otherwise fine clean throughout tight binding. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12" x 9". Dover Publications hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004309 ISBN : 0486221202 9780486221205
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Anonymous
The Estate and Collection of Works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at the Hunterian Art Gallery University of Glasgow
Hunterian Art Gallery University of Glasgow 1991 55 pages; illustrations throughout most are color. The Mackintosh Estate their Glasgow House and its contents were given to the University of Glasgow. Includes biographical sketches of Mackintosh his wife and his circle. Clean throughout. 1st edition. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. 8vo. Collection Guide. Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow paperback
Bookseller reference : 004247 ISBN : 0904254100 9780904254105
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Thyssen Bornemisza Hans Heinrich Premessa; Anna Somers Cocks Introduzione; Elisabeth Nagy; Maria de Peverelli
Capolavori di Oreficeria della Collezione Thyssen-Bornemisza
Lugano / Milano: Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza / Electa 1989 110 pages; 124 items illustrated in color and b&w with full catalogue entries. Clean throughout tight binding. Small tear at the head of the back panel of the jacket . First Edition. Stiff Card Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza / Electa paperback
Bookseller reference : 004227
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Burke Doreen Bolger; Jonathan Freedman; Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen; et al
In Pursuit of Beauty: Americans and the Aesthetic Movement
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Rizzoli 1986 511 pages; numerous illustrations in color and b&w; text from 11 contributors. One of the most beautiful most thorough and most sought exhibition catalogues of the Met. Clean tight and bright; nearly fine. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 12" x 9 1/2". The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Rizzoli paperback
Bookseller reference : 004205 ISBN : 0847807681 9780847807680
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Chris Ward Johnson; Illustrator Laughing Gravy Design
Internet: A Magic Mouse Guide Magic Mouse Guides
Enslow Elementary 2003-06. Library Binding. Good. Enslow Elementary unknown
Bookseller reference : SONG0766022609 ISBN : 0766022609 9780766022607
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Anonymous
Mid Century Design: Decorative Arts 1940-1960
Bass Museum of Art 1985 62 pages; well more than 100 items are shown: furniture ceramics glass jewelry metalwork. Clean throughout; tight binding. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. Small 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. Bass Museum of Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 004063
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Russell Gordon
The Things We See: Furniture - No. 3
West Drayton Middlesex: Penguin 1947 64 pages; numerous b& w illustrations. The discussion begins in earlier times of artisan handwork and follows through to modern furniture. The purpose of this series of books was to encourage improvements of design and likewise craftsmanship. Card wrappers with a paper jacket matching in design. Clean throughout; tight binding. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Penguin paperback
Bookseller reference : 004176
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Rodel Klaus
N�rnberger Exlibris: 28 ausgew�hlte Bucheignerzeichen von Albrecht D�rer bis zur Jahrhundertwende
Frederikshavn: Exlibristen 1979 67 pages; 28 illustrated bookplates. The use of bookplates in Germany to the turn of the century 20th. Illustrated are plates from the 15th to the 20th centuries. Some made by D�rer some by his workshop some incorrectly attributed to him. No. 281 of 400 copies. Text in Danish German and English. Book and jacket clean throughout. Limited Numbered Edition. Stiff Card Boards. Very Good/Very Good. Square 8vo. Exlibristen paperback
Bookseller reference : 003911 ISBN : 8773170585 9788773170588
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Ward Michael Introduction
Origins of Design: Bronze Age and Celtic Masterworks
New York: Michael Ward Inc. no date. 75 catalogued items; 38 are illustrated in color or b&w photographs. Each catalogued item is well described. Short bibliography. Axes spear heads bracelets dress pins neck rings armbands handles and other. Clean throughout no tears or marks; light smudge on the front panel. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Slim 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Michael Ward, Inc. paperback
Bookseller reference : 003790
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Holstein Jonathan
the Pieced Quilt an American Design Tradition
Greenwich Connecticut: New York Graphic Society 1973 192 pages; 96 color plates most full-page; 59 b&w illustrations. A celebration of "the skilled hand and the practiced eye" of this "feminine art". Clean throughout; dustjacket lightly discolored. First Printing. Cloth. Very good/Good. 4to. New York Graphic Society hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003696
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Davis Mary Kay and Helen Giammattei
More Needlepoint from America's Great Quilt Designs
New York: Workman Publishing 1977 208 pages; "sixty-two designs each shown in both full-color and b&w photographs; for every design easy-to-follow stiching diagrams." Featuring coverlets and samplers. Clean throughout; covers lightly worn. First Printing. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Meyer. 4to. Workman Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 003694 ISBN : 089480006x 9780894800061
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Davis Mary Kay and Helen Giammattei
Needlepoint from America's Great Quilt Designs
New York: Workman Publishing 1974 170 pages; "Over fifty classic patterns to needlepoint each with full-color and b&w photographs and large stich-by-stich diagrams". Clean throughout; covers lightly worn. First Printing. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Illus. by Elizabeth Meyer. 4to. Workman Publishing paperback
Bookseller reference : 003695 ISBN : 0911104410 9780911104417
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Jones Julie; Heidi King
Gold of the Americas / The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 2002 56 pages generously illustrated in color. MMA Bulletin Spring 2002. Edges lightly rippled no stains or other discoloring. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Good. 4to. Art periodical. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 003635
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Beauchamp Monte Editor Art Director Design and more
Blab 14
Seattle: Fantagraphics Books 2003 120 pages; The Forlorn Fungus; The Birth of Porn; Lower Broadway Stash; and lots more. Clean throughout; tight binding. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. Square 4to. Fantagraphics Books paperback
Bookseller reference : 003515 ISBN : 1560975571 9781560975571
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Bell Joseph Text; Alvin Grossman Design
Metropolitan Zoo
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams 1985 112 pages; 150 illustrations 111 in color. The beautiful catalogue of many of the exotic animals birds reptiles fish and insects that might be seen at the museum. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003565 ISBN : 0810914174 9780810914179
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Anonymous
Alivar Museum
Firenze: Alivar c. 2001. 216 pages; chairs sofas benches shelving tables lamps. Color illustrated. Printed Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Square 8vo. Catalogue. Alivar paperback
Bookseller reference : 003589
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Hambourg Maria Morris; Francoise Heilbrun; Philippe Neagu; et al
Nadar
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1995 272 pages; 97 full-page plates; 103 text illustrations; the Catalogue offers full commentary for each plate. The exhibition was held at the Mus�e d'Orsay Paris before traveling to The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York. A biography of F�lix Tournachon Nadar and examination of his work and its legacy. His portraits beautifully reveal the individual and the dress of the period. There is a scratch on the back panel of the cover. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 003455 ISBN : 0870997378 9780870997372
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Muybridge Eadweard; Lewis S. Brown Edited by
Animals in Motion
New York: Dover 1957 183 plates: animals of all kind. Previous owner's small ink stamp on the front free endpaper. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. Dover hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003450
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Johnson J. Stewart Curator of Design
Alvar Aalto: Furniture and Glass
New York: The Museum of Modern Art 1984 24 pages; more than 30 b&w illustrations. Clean; corners lightly rolled; some soiling to the front cover. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Good. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. The Museum of Modern Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 003307
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Christensen Erwin O.
Early American Designs: Toleware
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation 1952 Unpaginated but 40 pages. Pages are filled with renderings of objects such as coffee pots tea pots trays boxes etc. Many objects have attributions; colors are listed for each. The renderings are in b&w. Short bibliography. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Small 4to. Pitman Publishing Corporation paperback
Bookseller reference : 003329
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Christensen Erwin O.
Early American Designs: Ceramics
New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation 1952 Unpaginated but 48 pages. Pages are filled with renderings of the various pots carrying the decorations. Objects are shown full-size. Otherwise the actual size is noted. Some have attribution. Renderings are b&w. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Slim 4to. Pitman Publishing Corporation paperback
Bookseller reference : 003330
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Casson Lionel
The Thracians / The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1977 80 pages; well illustrated. MMA Bulletin Summer 1977. Prelude to the exhibition Thracian Treasures from Bulgaria. Clean and tight top outside corners bent. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 4to. Art periodical. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 003224
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Physick JF. J. F.
The Engraved Work of Eric Gill with the companion picture book The Engraved Work of Eric Gill
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1963 266 pages; 993 entries in the Catalogue. The work the result of the gift to the Victoria and Albert Museum by Mrs. Gill of the artist's own proof copies. Listed here in chronological order. The companion picture book 1963 94 pages is softcover and illustrates 205 of Gill's engraved work; also in very good condition. The dustjacket of the Catalogue is soiled; the wrappers of the picture book are faded along the spine. Both books clean and tight within. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Her Majesty's Stationery Office hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003190
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Iverson Marion Day
The American Chair 1630-1890
New York: Hastings House Publishers 1957 241 pages; 176 b&w illustrations; bibliography; index. An account of the changing style of the American chair and furniture generally. The book is clean and tight nearly fine; the jacket is chipped at the spine edges. First Edition. Paper covered boards. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Ernest Donnelly. 4to. Hastings House Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003104
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Collins Michael
Towards Post-Modernism; Decorative Arts and Design Since 1851
Boston: Little Brown 1987 176 pages; 16 color 149 b&w illustrations; A-Z of Artists and Designers. 1st U.S Edition. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. 8vo. Little, Brown paperback
Bookseller reference : 002175 ISBN : 0821216872 9780821216873
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Pedersen B. Martin Edited
Graphis Corporate Identity 1: Visual Corporate Identities
Zurich: Graphis Press Corp 1989 261 pages; filled with color illustration; commentaries by Saul Bass and Eugene J. Grossman; text in English French German. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Graphis Press Corp hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002458 ISBN : 3857094273 9783857094279
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Le Corbeiller Clare
Gold Boxes: The Wrightsman Collection
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1977 22 boxes illustrated with color photographs usually showing two or more sides. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. narrow 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art paperback
Bookseller reference : 002036 ISBN : 0870991663 9780870991660
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Dolmetsch Heinrich; Hilary Young Introduction
The Treasury of Ornament: Pattern in the Decorative Arts
New York: Portland House 1989 11 pages of text followed by 85 full-page color plates illustrating a variety of patterns with descriptions on the facing verso. A few minor tears to the edge of the jacket otherwise clean and bright. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Folio. Portland House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002704 ISBN : 051766299x 9780517662991
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Laver James introduction
Costume Illustration: The Nineteenth Century
London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1947 100 illustrations all b&w. The catalogue reproduces costume illustration men's and women's not actual clothing from the collection of costume prints and books at the Victoria & Allbert Museum. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Small 4to. Museum Gallery Catalogue. His Majesty's Stationery Office paperback
Bookseller reference : 001568
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Snowman A. Kenneth
The Art of Carl Faberg�
Boston: Boston Book & Art Shop no date; Second Edition; 186 pages; 407 b&w illustrations; 84 color plates; foreword by Eug�ne Faberg�. A comprehensive history. Clean and tight. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Boston Book & Art Shop hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002306
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California Design Eleven
Pasadena California: Pasadena Art Museum 1971 176 pages; numerous illustrated products. A triennial exhibition of manufactured products and the work of California's artist craftsmen. Decorated paper-covered boards. Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Pasadena Art Museum hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002115 ISBN : 0378060813 9780378060813
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Klein Dan.
All Colour Book of Art Deco
London: Octopus Books 1974 72 pages. Imaginative survey of Art Deco design illustrated with photographs. Clean and tight. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photography By Angelo Hornak. 4to. Octopus Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000003 ISBN : 0706403231 9780706403237
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Vaillant George C.
Artists and Craftsmen in Ancient Central America
New York: The American Museum of Natural History 1949 102 pages; profusely illustrated. Clean and tight; light wear to the covers. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 4to. The American Museum of Natural History paperback
Bookseller reference : 000671
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Yohe Ralph S. and H. McCoy Jones Edited by; Joseph V. McMullan introduction
Turkish Rugs
Washington D.C.: The Washington Haji Baba - The Rug Society of Washington D.C. - The Textile Museum 1968 89 rugs pictured full page with a descriptive entry. Most are black and white; four are in color including a centerfold 6-niche Saff rug. Map and reading list at back. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. The Washington Haji Baba - The Rug Society of Washington D.C. - The Textile Museum paperback
Bookseller reference : 001602
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Onassis Jacqueline Edited by; Audrey Kennett Introduction; Bryan Holme Designed by
In the Russian Style
New York: The Viking Press 1976 184 pages. 10 color plates; numerous b&w illustrations. Published with the cooperation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Second Printing. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. 4to. The Viking Press paperback
Bookseller reference : 001675 ISBN : 0670396966 9780670396962
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Phillips
Phillips de Puy & Luxembourg 20th - 21st Century Design Art
New York: Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg 2001 261 pages; 237 items/lots of designer furniture and decorative arts illustrated in color with full description including designer/manufacturer materials size often provenance estimate. Index of artists. Something of a primer on 20th-century design. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. 4to. Auction Catalogue. Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg paperback
Bookseller reference : 002156
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Cox John Introduction
Ert�'s Costumes & Sets for Der Rosenkavalier in Full Color / Erte's Costumes and Sets for Der Rosenkavalier
New York: Dover Publications 1980 41 pages. The 1980 Glyndebourne Festval Production. Covers lightly bumped at the corners; pages are clean and flat; illustrations bright and unmarked. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. Slim folio. Dover Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 003061 ISBN : 0486239985 9780486239989
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Nutting Wallace
Furniture Treasury
New York: Macmillan 1948 2 vols in slipcase. Some fading and rubbed spines. Edge of slipcase worn. One of the classic investigations of the development of American furniture styles. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket but a Slipcase. 4to. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000190
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Victoria & Albert Museum
Ornate Wallpapers
Devon UK: Webb & Bower 1985 Well over 100 wallpaper samples taken from pattern books belonging to the Victoria & Albert Museum; the papers run chronologically 1837 to 1852. A pretty book: the endpapers and boards are likewise decorated. Decorated paper boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Webb & Bower hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001700 ISBN : 0863500870 9780863500879
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Fernandez Justino
Mexican Art
London: Spring Books 1965 43 pages with 59 color plates. A general survey of Mexican art and architecture of nearly 2000 years including ancient pottery jade gold wall painting sculpture pyramids as well as palaces churches and oil paintings of the colonial period and modern murals. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Photographs by Constantino Reyes. 4to. Spring Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000207
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Gould G. Glen Mr. & Mrs.
Period Lighting Fixtures
New York: Dodd Mead & Company 1928 274 pages; 121 b&w illustrations plus a color frontispiece. The Renaissance forward provides most examples in this work yet attention is given to earlier periods. The book is divides by country of origin: Italy Spain France England America. Pages are very clean and white; text and illustrations are bright; foredges are spotted with foxing. Handsome blue boards with bright gilt titles and decoration. A slight lean to the binding which is otherwise sound. A portion of the dustjacket laid-in at the back. First Edition. Decorated cloth boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Dodd, Mead, & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 001369
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Conran Terence
Terence Conran's New House Book
New York: Villard Books 1985 367 pages; hundreds of color illustrations; ideas; checklists; fixtures; options. One of the best coffee table books: never tiresome looking through it. Clean and tight nearly fine throughout. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Villard Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002265 ISBN : 0394546334 9780394546339
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Fontana Paolo Text; Patrizia Balocco Design
Inside Venice
New York: Crescent Books 1991 96 pages; 101 color photographs many full-page. First Edition. Decorated paper boards. Fine/Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Crescent Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002737 ISBN : 0517058804 9780517058800
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Eidelberg Martin and Nancy A. McClelland; Leslie Hayden Nash
Behind the Scenes of Tiffany Glassmaking / The Nash Notebooks including Tiffany Favrile Glass
New York: St. Martin's Press 2001 236 pages; heavily and beautifully illustrated in color and in black and white. Reproductions of images of early Tiffany pieces. Leslie Nash's father Arthur developed Favrile Glass; Leslie was the director of various Tiffany Furnace operations. So much of this book is firsthand not only in the writing but in its images too. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 4to. St. Martin's Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000883 ISBN : 0312282656 9780312282653
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Anton Ferdinand
Art of the Maya
London: Thames and Hudson 1970 344 pages. Some fading to edge of pages. 365 illustrations; 37 full color. Survey of the Maya from their origins in the second millenium B.C. through their emergence and final conquest by the Spanish in the 16th century of the Common Era. 1st American Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good; jacket chipped. 4to. Thames and Hudson hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000238
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Solodkoff Alexander von
Russian Gold and Silverwork: 17th-19th Century
New York: Rizzoli 1981 238 pages; 245 illustrations 70 in color. All manner of decorative arts tableware jewelry other personal items. Encyclopedic an excellent reference for collectors or students of the goldsmiths' arts; bibliography. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Square 4to. Rizzoli hardcover
Bookseller reference : 002760 ISBN : 0847803988 9780847803989
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Atil Esin
Art of the Arab World
Washington D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution 1975 154 pages; 80 objects including ceramics glass brass manuscripts bindings jewelry illustrated in color. The wrappers which wrap around with a flap simulate a leather binding item no. 80 from the 14th century. A very attractive book unusually designed. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Fine. Square 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution paperback
Bookseller reference : 002111
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Petit Judith
Decouverte De L'Art Thrace: Tresors Des Musees De Bulgarie
Paris: Petit Palais 1974 unpaginated. 502 catalogued items; numerous photo-illustrations color and b&w. Clean and tight. A collection of gold and metalwork that predates the first century B.C. French text. Pictorial Wrapper softcover. Very Good. 8vo. Exhibition Catalogue. Petit Palais paperback
Bookseller reference : 000525
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Frackman Noel
John Storrs
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art 1986 143 pages; 145 illustrations; chronology; exhibiton list; bibliography. The early twentieth-century artist and sculptor of abstract geometric and architectural Modernist forms. Paper covered boards. Very Good. 4to. Exhibition Catalogue. Whitney Museum of American Art hardcover
Bookseller reference : 003057 ISBN : 0874270510 9780874270518
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Smith Bradley
Mexico: A History in Art
Garden City: Doubleday & Company 1968 296 pages. Light fading to outer edges otherwise very good. Beautifully illustrated history of Mexico from the 18th century B.C. to the 1940s A.D. Front edges of board and jacket are chipped. Cloth. Good/Fair. 4to. Doubleday & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000223
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