For Sale: Pottery and Porcelain Books:

[Damon Van Vliet]

For Sale: Pottery and Porcelain Books:

1. Cushion, John F. Pottery and Porcelain Tableware. New York: Morrow,
1976. First. 8vo, 240 pages, 48 color and 25 black & white plates plus
900 drawings, identification guide, and bibliography. Book near fine in
a very good dust jacket. $55.

2. Dillon, Edward. Porcelain. London: Mathuen and Co, 1904. First
edition. Tall thick 8vo, 420 pages. With 49 color plates plus black &
whites plates, marks, bibliography, and index. Very good tight copy.
$95.

3. Eyles, Desmond and Richard Dennis. Royal Doulton Figures Produced at
Burlsem, 1890-1978. Stoke-on-Trent: Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd., 1978.
First edition. 432 pages, folio, 850+ color plates. Book and dust
jacket very good. $45.

4. Frantz, Henri. French Pottery and Porcelain (1510 to 1882). London:
Batsford, no date (circa 1920). First. 177 pages with 7 color and 58
black & white plates plus marks, bibliography, index. Endpapers a little
browned, otherwise very good. $55.

5. Gray, Basil. Early Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. London: Faber and
Faber, 1953. First edition. 8vo, 144 pages. With 4 color and 96 black &
white plates. Book very good. Dust jacket very good but heavily taped.
$55.

6. Honey, William Bowyer. The Ceramic Art of China and Other Countries
of the Far East. London: Faber and Faber, 1954. Fourth edition
(originally published 1945). 4to, 438 pages, 3 color and 192 black &
white plates, glossary, patterns & subjects, marks, map, table of
Dynasties, bibliography, and index. Fine copy. $95.

7. Honey, W. B. Dresden China: An Introduction to the Study of Meissen
Porcelain. London: Faber and Faber, 1944 Revised. Originally published
in 1934. 8vo, 219 pages, with 64 plates, 67 marks, bibliography and
index. Very good. No dj. $45.

8. Jenyns, Soame. Japanese Porcelain. New York: Praeger, 1965. First
US Edition. Quarto, 421 pages. With 4 color and 124 black & white
plates, a bibliography and index. Bookplate. Book is fine in a near fine
dust jacket. $125.

9. Litchfield, Fred. Pottery and Porcelain: A Guide to Collectors. New
York: M. Barrows and Co, 1953. Sixth Rev edition (originally publ circa
1900). 356 pages, 32 color and 64 black & white plates, 2,000 marks, and
bibliography. Book and dust jacket very good. $45.

10. Nagano, Paul (editor). The Porcelain of Brother Thomas. Boston:
David R. Godine, 1987. First edition. 84 pages, 67 color plates. Book
and dust jacket near fine. $35.

11. Nagatake, Takeshi. Imari. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1982.
First edition. Folio, 40 pages, 42 color and 9 black & white photographs.
Book and dust jacket near fine. $35.

12. Rosenfeld, David. Porcelain Figures of the 18th Century in Europe.
New York: Studio Publications, 1949. First edition. 125 pages, 175
plates, marks. Book very good in chipped dust jacket. $35.

13. Savage, George. 18th Century German Porcelain. London: Spring
Books, 1967 reprint (originally published 1958). 242 pages, color
frontis, 300+ black & white plates, marks, bibliography, and index. Book
very good. $35.

14. Spargo, John. Early American Pottery and China. New York: Garden
City Publishing, 1948 edition (originally published 1926). 393 pages,
64 plates, and index. Book very good, dust jacket good (chipped). $35.

VISA, M/C, and Discover Cards Accepted.
Books are returnable for any reason, with notice.

Damon Van Vliet, Bookseller
P.O. Box 308
158 Aspetuck Village
New Milford, CT 06776

tel/fax: 860 350 3692
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American Furniture
1. Bjerkoe, Ethel H. The Cabinets Makers of America: Their Lives and
Works. New
York: Bonanza Books, 1957 edition. 246 pages, 58 photographs, 57
illustrations, and
bibliography. Book near fine, dust jacket very good. US$35.

2. Darling, Sharon. Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft and Industry (1833 to
1983).Chicago:
Chicago Historical Society & W.W. Norton, 1984. First. Quarto, 416
pages, photographs
and plates throughout, with an index of designers, manufacturers,
bibliography & index.
Book and dust jacket near fine. $95.

3. Hinckley, F. Lewis. Masterpieces of Queen Anne and Georgian
Furniture. New York:
Washington Mews, 1991. Quarto, 107 pages, with 157 plates, and index.
Book and dust
jacket near fine. $45.

4. Holloway, Edward Stratton. American Furniture and Decoration:
Colonial and
Federal. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1928. First edition. Tall 8vo, 191
pages. With 190
plates and index. Book is better that very good in a very good chipped
and spine faded
dust jacket. $75.

5. Lockwood, Luke V. Colonial Furniture in America: The Illustrated
History of a Great
Period in Craftsmanship. New York: Castle Books, 1957. Third revised
edition
(originally published 1913). Two Volumes in One. 354 pages, 940 plates,
and index.
Book and dust jacket near fine. US$75.

6. Ormsbee, Thomas. The Story of American Furniture. New York:
MacMillan, 1935.
Second edition. 276 pages, 117 illustrations (mostly photos), glossary,
and index. Faint
stain on cover, otherwise very good. US$35.

7. Ormsbee, Thomas H The Windsor Chair New York: Deerfield
Books, 1962.
First edition. 8vo, 224 pages. With 80 plates. Book near fine in
a very good dust
jacket (with closed tears and a few chips). $45.

8. Sack, Israel. Fine Points of Furniture: Early American. New York:
Crown, 1950.
First edition. Quarto, 303 pages, 800 black and white photos. Very
good. US$45.

9. Shea, John G. The American Shakers and Their Furniture with Measured
Drawings of
Museum Classics. New York: Van Nostrand, 1971. First edition. 208
pages, 343
photographs, illustrations and drawings. Book and dust jacket near fine.
US$35.

Antique Glass
10. Arwas, Victor. Glass: Art Nouveau to Art Deco. New York: Abrams,
1987. First
edition. Square 4to, 384 pages. With nearly 500 plates (338 in color).
Covers the period
from the mid-19th century to those designers and firms in France,
Belgium, the
Netherlands, Bohemia, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, the US and Russia
that were still
producing at the start of WWII. With an extensive bibliography providing
detailed
sources for individual firms. Book and dust jacket near fine. $95.

11. Belknap, E. McCamly. Milk Glass. New York: Crown, 1949. First
edition. 340
pages, 4 full-page color plates, 300+ black & white plates, bibliography
and index. Book
very good. US$35.

12. Elville, E.M. Paperweights and Other Glass Curiosities. London:
Spring Books,
1970. 4th Impression. 8vo, 116 pages, with color frontispiece, 108
black & white plates,
bibliography, index. Book and dust jacket very good. $45.

13. Hughes, G. Bernard. English, Scottish and Irish Table Glass, from
the 16th Century
to 1820. New York: Bramhall House, No date. (originally published
1956). 408 pages,
310 plates, glossary, bibliography, and index. Book and dust jacket very
good. US$30.

14. Hunter, Frederick W. Stiegel Glass. New York (NY): Dover, 1950
reprint
(originally published in 1914). 272 pages, 12 color and 159 black &
white plates, plus
numerous illustrations, and index. Book is very good, no dust jacket.
US$45.

15. Koch, Robert. Louis C. Tiffany's Glass - Bronzes - Lamps : A
Collector's Guide.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1973. 3rd. Quarto, 208 pages. With 350
plates, index.
Book and dust jacket very good. $55.

16. Lee, Ruth Webb. Nineteenth-Century Art Glass. New York: M. Barrows
and Co,
1965. 7th impression, originally published in 1952. 8vo, 128 pages.
With 2 color and 40
black/white plates and index. Book near fine, dust jacket very good with
a few chips.
$35.

17. Lindsey, Bessie M. American Historical Glass: Historical
Association Adds
Distinction to Glassware. Rutland (VT): Tuttle, 1967. First one volume
edition. 8vo,
541 pages. With 530 plates, index. Book and dust jacket near fine.
$45.

Old Instrument Reference Books
18. Daumas, Maurice. Scientific Instruments of the 17th and 18th
Centuries. New York:
Praeger, 1972. First US Edition. Translated from the French. 361
pages, with 142
photographs, 9 illustrations, bibliography, and index. Book and dust
jacket near fine.
$95.

19. Randier, Jean. Nautical Antiques for the Collector. New York:
Doubleday, 1977.
First US Edition. Translated from the French. Quarto, 223 pages. 54
color and 228
black & white plates (mostly of nautical instruments). With
bibliography. Book and dust
jacket near fine. $95.

Oriental Antique Reference Books
20. Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Familiar and Unfamiliar, New Principles
for
Collecting. New York: John Weatherhill, 1975. First Edition. Quarto,
260 pages.
800 color photographs from 50 different collections, 300 signatures,
bibliography, and
index. Book and dust jacket near fine. $125.

21. Dorrington-Ward, Carol (editor). Fans from the East. London:
Debretts Peerage,
Ltd. 1978. First edition. 8vo, 87 pages with 29 color and 79
black/white plates. Book
and dust jacket near fine. $45.

22. Jonas, F.M. Netsuke (late 17th to late 19th Century). Rutland
(VT): Tuttle, 1973.
7th impression. 8vo, 185 pages. 9 color and 203 black/white plates,
list of carvers, metal
workers, and enro makers. Book and dust jacket near fine. $35.

23. Lion-Goldschmidt, D. & Jean-Claude Moreau Gobard. Chinese Art:
Bronze, Jade,
Sculpture, Ceramics. New York: Universe Books, 1962. First edition.
Folio, 428 pages.
65 color plates, 133 photo-engravings with complete and detailed
descriptions, a
chronological table of Chinese dynasties and bibliography. A 4,000 year
history of
Chinese Art. Book and dust jacket near fine in a repaired very good
slipcase. US$95.

24. Munsterberg, Hugo. Mingei: Folk Arts of Old Japan. Asia Society,
1965. First
edition. Square 8vo, 143 pages. With 90 plates (including some color),
bibliography,
index. Near fine. $45.

25. Xuegin, Li. The Wonder of Chinese Bronzes. Beijing: Foreign
Language Press,
1980. First edition. 112 pages, 39 color and 43 black & white plates.
Book and dust
jacket very good. US$30.

Silver Reference Books
41. Avery, C. Louise. An Exhibition of Early New York Silver. New
York: Museum of
Modern Art, 1931. First edition. 80 pages, 104 plates representing 35
New York
Silversmiths. Limited to 1,000 copies. Exlibrary, very good wraps.
US$35.

42. Burgess, Fred. Silver, Pewter, (and) Sheffield Plate. New York:
Tudor Publishing,
1937. First edition. 304 pages, 85 plates & illustrations, and index.
Very good. US$25.

43. Gibb, George S. The Whitesmiths of Taunton: A History of Reed and
Barton, 1824
to 1943. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1946. 2nd. 8vo, 419
pages, top edge
gilt. With 101 plates, 25 tables, 10 charts. (Franklin 5562). Very
good tight copy. $75.

Miscellaneous Antique Reference Books
44. Bartoli, Pietro Santi. Le Antiche Lucerne Sepolcrali Figurate . . .
3 parts
in 1. Rome: Antonio de' Roffi, 1729. Folio. With 114 (of 116) fine
engraved plates
mostly of ancient lamps. Marginal dampstaining affecting 3 plates.
Recent full antiquated
speckled calf. US$400.

45. Brackett, Leigh. English Furniture Illustrated. London: Spring
Books, n.d. Small
folio, 404 pages, with 240 plates each with a full description. Maroon
cloth, with a few
light stains to cover, otherwise very good. US$75.

Gallo, Max. The Poster in History (1792 to 1972). NY: American Heritage
Publishing,
1972. First US. Quarto, 320 pages. With 250 color and 200 black &
white plates, and a
bibliography. A few minor stains to endpapers, otherwise book and dust
jacket near fine.
$45.

46. Gould, Mary Earle. Early American Wooden Ware. Rutland (VT):
Charles Tuttle,
1962 revised (originally published in 1942). 243 pages, 153 plates, and
index. Book near
fine in a very good dust jacket. US$35.

47. Hall, Carrie and Rose G. Kretsinger. The Romance of the Patchwork
Quilt in
America. New York: Bonanza Books, No date. Reprint (originally
published in England
1935). 8vo, 299 pages, 173 plates, bibliography and index. Book and
dust jacket very
good. US$35.

48. Longnon, Henri and Frances W. Huard. French Provincial Furniture.
Philadelphia:
Lippincott, 1927. First edition. 167 pages, 65 photographs, and index.
Very good.
US$45.

49. Lord, Priscilla Sawyer and Daniel J. Foley. The Folk Arts and
Crafts of New
England. Philadelphia: The Chilton Book Co, 1970. Anniversary Edition.
Originally
published in 1965. Quarto, 282 pages. With over 500 illustrations
(photographs and
reproductions). Book and dust near fine. $45.

50. McKearin, Helen. Bottles, Flasks and Dr. Dyott. New York: Crown,
1970. First.
8vo, 160 pages with 14 illustrations, bibliography, and index. Book and
dust jacket near
fine. $45.

51. Margolin, Victor. American Poster Renaissance: The Great Age of
Poster Design,
1890-1900. Secaucus (NJ): Castle Books, No date. Reprint, op (originally
published in
1975). 224 pages, 48 full-page color and 175 black & white plates,
biographies,
bibliography and index. Book and dust jacket near fine. US$55.

52. Purviance, Evan and Louise. Zanesville Art Tile in Color. Des
Moines (IA):
Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1972. First edition. 8vo, 48 pages, 23 color
plates, 23
black and white photos. Very good to near fine, spiral bound. US$35.