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.
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.
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.
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.
CARPETS IN THE BALUCH TRADITION.
Munich: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 214pp. With a precise analyses of 64 rugs, all illustrated in color.
HEREND PORCELAIN: The History of a Hungarian Institution.
Budapest: Herend Porcelain Manufactory Ltd., 2003. Hardcover. Quarto. 12 x 9.5". 350pp. Nicely illustrated from color photographs. Substantial text in English. Lightly bumped bottom corners. Light scuff to matte black dust jacket.
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.
G. ARGY-ROUSSEAU GLASSWARE AS ART.
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 9 1/2''. 229pp. With 528 illustrations, 159 in color. Spine of dustjacket faded. Some minor soiling to dustjacket.
BALUCHI WOVEN TREASURES.
Alexandria, Virginia: Jeff W. Boucher, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/4'' x 8 7/8''. 152pp. With 65 full-page plates in full color.
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.
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.
BELOUCH PRAYER RUGS.
Point Reyes Station: Adraskand, Inc., 1982. First edition. Paperback. 11'' x 8 1/2''. 93pp. 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.
LOWY: THE SECRET LIVES OF FRAMES. One Hundred Years of Art and Artistry.
New York: Filipacchi Publishing, 2007. Hardcover. Quarto. 223pp. Nicely illustrated in color, with extensive photographs of frames and framed works of art in splendid real-life settings by Gerardo Somoza.
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.....
CHINESE EXPORT SILVER 1785 TO 1885. (Limited, Signed Edition).
Milton, Ma: Museum of the American China Trade, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 303 pp. includes Marks and Index. Limited edition #34 of 500 Numbered, Signed copies. Signed by H.A. Crosby Forbes, with small inscription to another author of books on silver. Blue cloth, stamped in silver. In dust jacket.....
MORE BEAUTIFUL PURSES.
Carmel: GALLERY GRAPHICS PRESS. 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 11 1/2'' x 9''. 575pp. General wear to dustjacket.
AMERICAN SILVER Collected by Philip H. Hammerslough. Volume IV.
1973: Privately Printed. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 142pp. Incl. index. Limited edition #67 of 350 copies. Photographic illustrations by Frank Beaudin. Paper covered boards with cloth spine. Lettering on spine rubbed-off. Minor bump to one corner not effecting any pages. Original glassine loose with some tears and chips.
NAVAHO SILVER.
Los Angeles: Southwest Museum, 1962. First edition. Paperback. 31pp. Southwest Museum Leaflets. Number 29. Illustrated from photographs.