MEXICAANS ZILVER/ MEXICAN SILVER.
Gent, Belgium: Museum vor Sierkunst, 1993. First edition. Paperback. 173pp. Illustrated from b&w photographs. Text in Dutch and English.
Antiques and Collectibles
PALMETTO SILVER, RICHES OF THE SOUTH.
Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. Hardcover. 4to. 83pp. Nicely illustrated from photographs. Silver maker's marks included.
TO THOSE PARENTS. A Compendium of Pennsylvania German Taufscheine. Volume Two. Southcentral Pennsylvania.
Marion. The Pennsylvania German Society. 2021. First edition. Hard cover. 11 1/4'' x 8 3/4''. 309pp. with index.
EL MUEBLE MEXICANO.
Mexico City: Fomento Cultural Banamex,A. C., 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 13'' X 9 1/4''. 219pp. Color illustrations throughout. Spine of dustjacket faded from brown to green, with general light wear. Evidence of previous pricing to top corner of endpaper.
EL ARTE DE LA PLATERIA EN LA CAPITANIA GENERAL DE GUATEMALA. (Two volumes). (THE ART OF SILVERWORK IN THE CAPITANIA GENERAL OF GUATEMALA).
Guatemala: Universidad De San Carlos De Guatemala, 1980. Softcover. Two Volumes. Quarto. 10.75 x 8.5". Volume I : Glosario. 296pp.; Volume II : Plateros Y Batihojas. 303pp. Comprehensive survey of the silversmiths and the collection, profusely illustrated in b&w with a couple color plates. Includes full descriptions with signatures and.....
CALIFORNIA DESIGN 1910.
Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1980. Reprint. Hardcover. 12 3/8'' x 9 3/8''. 143pp. with index. A comprehensive survey of architecture, furnishings, and arts in California from 1890 to 1920. Mild fading to spine of dust jacket.
DELTWARE. The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
London: Victoria and Albert Museum / The Stationery Office, 1997. Hardcover. Quarto. 11 1/8 x 9". 642pp. Incl. indexes and appendices. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. 643 pieces fully described including exhibition notes. Blue cloth, stamped in gold in pictorial dust jacket and matching slipcase. (Very heavy book, overseas.....
THE COSTUMES OF CHIOS.
London: B. T. Batsford LTD, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 10 1/2'' X 8''. 338pp. This edition is limited to 500 copies. The original blue cloth has fading to spine.
AN IN-DEPTH STUDY OF THE CINCINNATI SILVERSMITHS, JEWELERS, WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS.
Cincinnati: B. B. & CO., 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 0ctavo. 168pp. Without dustjacket, as issued. Gift inscription from author to another author.
BRONZES SCULPTORS & FOUNDERS. 1800-1930 (Four Volumes, complete).
Chicago: Abage, 1974-1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 4 Volumes. Continuous pagination 1216pp. total. Each volume has its own index. Profusely illustrated. Orange cloth, rubbing and a little fraying to bottom edge of volume IV. General aging, light soiling to fore-edges. Price-clipped blue and white dust jackets are mildly faded on.....
RARE ENGLISH GLASSES OF THE SEVENTENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
Boston and New York. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY. 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 12 3/4'' x 10 1/2''. 269pp. With 147 examples, tipped-in on 100 plates. This copy is one of the 750 copies printed for Great Britain and the United States. Previous owners ink signature on fly-leaf. A couple of tiny.....
SILVERSMITHS JEWELERS, CLOCK AND WATCH MAKERS OF KENTUCKY 1785-1900.
Lexington: Privately Printed, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. 4to.368pp. with index. Makers marks.
TOILES DE JOUY.
London: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 12 1/2'' X 10''. 184pp. with index. With 196 illustrations, 98 in color. General light wear to book and dustjacket.
THE WOOD CARVERS OF CORDOVA NEW MEXICO.
Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1980. Hardcover. Tall Octavo. 253pp. Illustrated with many color and 109 b&w plates. includes index, reference cited and a geneaology of the Lopez and Aragon families. Mild toning to edges of end papers. Dust jacket has rubbing and two edge tears.
IN PURSUIT OF BEAUTY.
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 12 1/4'' x 10''. 511pp. Aesthetic movement of the 1870s and 1880s in the United States.
TENNESSEE SILVERSMITHS.
Winston-Salem: The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2'' x 9''. 216pp. index.
LOZA BLANCA Y AZULEJO DE PUEBLA. (Two volumes).
Mexico: 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition #1311 of 2000 copies. Half leather with blue boards, decorative title label. Quarto. 11 x 8 3/4". Two volumes: 303pp.; 331pp. Text in Spanish. Illustrated with tipped-in monochromatic, plates of tile designs, ceramic pieces, and tile work in architecture with color plates of.....
WORLD MIRRORS 1650-1900.
London: Soheby's Publications, 1990. Hardcover. Quarto. 10 x 11.5" 400pp. Incl. glossary and list of names. Over 800 mirrors photographed and described. Although most illustrations are b&w, there are many full page color plates.
JOHN CONEY, SILVERSMITH 1655-1722.
Boston. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY. 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 10 1/4'' x 7 3/4''. 92pp. This is copy number 269 of 365 numbered copies printed. Examples of coney's work illustrated from photographs. Shows makers marks. Toning to endpapers, minor wear to covers. Lacks slipcase.
THE PORTRAIT MINIATURE IN ENGLAND.
London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998. Hardcover. Quarto 10.75 x 8.75". 128pp. Nicely illustrated in color. Black cloth in glossy black dust jacket that has light scuffing.
BELOUCH PRAYER RUGS.
Point Reyes Station: Adraskand, Inc., 1982. Paperback. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 93pp. Full page color illustrations.
MARKS OF EARLY AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS.
New York: Robert Alan Green, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. 179pp. Gift inscription from publisher '' Robert Alan Green''. Edition limited to 1000 copies. General wear to dustjacket, a couple of small chips.
PICTURING AMERICA, 1497-1899: Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory That Is Now The United States (Two Volume Set).
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Two Volumes. Thick quarto. Volume I: Text. 657pp.; Volume II: Unpaginated-16 full-page color plates, 880 illustrations. Maps, prints and drawings from the Stokes Collection and other collections in the New York Public Library. Bit of dust soiling to top edges. Dust Jackets have light.....
CATALOGUE OF EUROPEAN COURT SWORDS AND HUNTING SWORDS.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 13'' X 10 1/2''. 86pp. of text ; 101pp. of plates. Some general wear to cloth.
CATALOGUE OF EUROPEAN DAGGERS.
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of art, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. 12 3/4'' x 10 1/2''. Volume one. 196pp. of text ; 85 pages of plates. plus marks. Volume two.196pp. of text; 85 pp. of plates. Edition limited to 900 copies. Some spotting and general wear to cloth.....