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[3161] --, --. A PICTURE BOOK OF ENGLISH CUPBOARDS, CABINETS &
BOOKCASES. Victoria & Albert Museum: London, 1938 prtg., approx. 20
pp. Wraps Illus. with b&w photos. Good $10
[5059] --, --. NEAR EASTERN ART AND JEWELRY. Parke-Bernet Galleries:
1943, 96 pp. Wrappers. Photos. Binding with light soil. Auction
catalog. Chinese Semi-Precious Mineral Carvings - Textiles - Oriental
Rugs - Objects of Art. Over 652 items described. Good $12
[3504] --, --. FINE EGYPTIAN, CLASSICAL, WESTERN ASIATIC AND ISLAMIC
ANTIQUITIES. (Sale Catalog) Sotheby, 1977, 100+ pp. Illustrated with
b&w and color photos. Softbound. Auction items from the estate of
Greta S. Heckett, Fahim Kouchakji and other Owners." Good $10
[5134] --, --. PATRICIA SMITH'S DOLL VALUES: ANTIQUE TO MODERN.
Collector Books: 1983, 288 pp. Softbound. Numerous photos, brief
historical descriptions, information. Third Series. Very Good $10
[595] --, --. POTTERY. The Smithsonian Illustrated Library of
Antiques. "Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum." 1981, 128 pp. 29
color plates, 88 b&w photographs. With illus. dust jacket with minor
creasing, nominal wear. Very Good $10
[1650] --, --. SHAKER DESIGN. Whitney Museum of American Art: 1986,
228 pp, indexed, bibliography. Softbound, oblong. Illus. With vivid
and beautiful color photographs on almost every page. Broken down into
sections on furniture, household objects, tools and equipment,
textiles and graphics. Minute wear to edges, very faint suggestion of
a crease, else in excellent condition. Near Fine $35
[5135] --, --. PATRICIA SMITH'S DOLL VALUES: ANTIQUE TO MODERN.
Collector Books: 1987, 253 pp. Softbound. Numerous, vivid color photo
examples, brief historical descriptions, information. Fifth Series.
Very Good $10
[556] Ames, Kenneth. BEYOND NECESSITY. "Art in the Folk Tradition."
Winterthur Museum, 1977, 131 pp. Softbound w/ many b&w illus. and some
in color. Bright and graphic cover. Unfortunately, some underline in
ink to text, soiling to some pages. Good $33
[4895] Ames, Editor, Kenneth L. VICTORIAN FURNITURE. "A Victorian
Society Book." Softbound. 1983, 254 pp. Photos, prints. "Essays from a
Victorian Society Autumn Symposium." Very Good $32
[5911] Angione, Genevieve. ALL-BISQUE AND HALF-BISQUE DOLLS. Nelson:
1969, 357 pages. Dust jacket very good, in protective mylar wrapper.
Cloth bound. Numerous photo illustrations in color and black and
white. History of these dolls from the 1850s to Occupied Japan.
Origins, identification, ceramic field, Kewpies, Bonn, Nippon, many
manufacturers, instructions for care, much more. Gift inscription to
ffep, corner of one page torn off; bright and clean, and otherwise
Very Good $25
[2588] Bainbridge, Henry Charles. PETER CARL FABERGE. "Goldsmith and
Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court." Spring Books: 1974, 167 pp.
6th printing. 4to With a VG+ dust jacket, in clear, protective mylar.
Black cloth. Many color plates, b&w illustrations. The story of this
ingenious artist and his astonishing creations. Near Fine $26
[557] Banks, Steven. THE HANDICRAFTS OF THE SAILOR. Arco Publishing:
NY, 1974, 96 pp. Many illus., w/ VG color dust jacket w/ minor chips,
wear. Near Fine $15
[558] Barton, K.J. POTTERY IN ENGLAND FROM 3500 BC - AD 1730.
Barnes: NY, 1975, 1st American edition, 150 pp. With illus. dust
jacket in VG condition with light soil. Book is clean and tight w/ b&w
photos. Very Good $14
[559] Benjamin, Susan. ENAMELS. The Smithsonian Illustrated Library
of Antiques. "Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. " 1983, 128 pp. 33
color plates, 100 b&w photographs. With illus. dust jacket with some
creases marks, but with no chips or tears. Very Good $10
[560] Bishop, Robert, et al. FURNITURE. The Smithsonian Illustrated
Library of Antiques. ""Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum." 1979,
129 pp. 26 color plates., 99 black and white illustrations. With
illus. dust jacket with some chips and wear. Very Good $10
[563] Carrick, Alice Van Leer. COLLECTOR'S LUCK. "This famous guide
is a profusely illustrated and delightfully written guide to the world
of colonial furnishings." Garden City Publishing: NY, 1937, 207 pp.
"De Luxe Edition." With Good+ metallic silver and photo-illustrated
dust jacket in mylar cover. Tan cloth: light wear, silver-metallic
decorated spine. No former owner's inscript. to foxed endpapers,
intermittent foxing throughout. Photos. Good $16
[4890] Celehar, Jane H. KITCHENS AND GADGETS 1920 TO 1950.
Wallace-Homestead: 1982, later printing. 144 pages. 4to Softbound.
Numerous photos, bibliography, indexed. A comprehensive guide to the
identification, history and values of colored handled gadgets and the
kitchens in which they were used. Very Good $28
[2202] Cescinsky, Herbert. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FURNITURE. (George
Leland Hunter) Garden City: 1929, 311 pp., indexed, glossary. Quarto
With a Good dust jacket, in clear mylar. Clean tan cloth binding,
endpapers browned, occ. foxing throughout. "A pictorial handbook of
fine furniture made in Great Britain and in the American colonies,
some in the16th century, but principally in the seventeenth,
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries." Copiously illus. with b&w
plates, over 400 examples illustrated. Very Good $38
[5245] Cescinsky, Herbert. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN FURNITURE. Garden
City: (1929), 311 pp. Dust jacket fair, in protective mylar. Brown
cloth and endpapers with light soil. Bibliography, glossary.
Extensively illustrated with photos. A pictorial survey of fine
furniture from the 16th to 19th centuries in America and England..
Very Good $25
[5147] Chalala, Mildred L. and Joseph P. A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO ABC
PLATES, MUGS AND THINGS. Pridemark Press: Lancaster, PA, 1980, 256 pp.
Cloth bound. SIGNED by the author. Profusely illustrated with numerous
b&w photos, some color photos, fold-outs. An excellent copy. Fine $70
[1845] Cohen, David Steven. THE FOLKLORE AND FOLKLIFE OF NEW JERSEY.
"With a Foreword by Herbert Halpert." Rutgers Univ. Press: New
Brunswick, 1983, 253 pp. 8vo Softcover. Numerous illus., extensive
bibliography, indexed. Myths, speech, painting, sculpture, furniture,
architecture, textiles, pottery, basketry, glass, more are all
discussed by the author. Light scuffs to rear of color illus. covers.
Very Good $30
[564] Crossman, Carl L. THE CHINA TRADE. "Export Paintings,
Furniture, Silver and Other Objects." Pyne Press: Princeton, 1973, 2nd
prtg, 275 pp. 4to With color dust jacket in mylar. Numerous color
plates and b&w plates. Fine $75
[1341] Dennis, Landt & Lisl. COLLECTING PHOTOGRAPHS. "A Guide to the
New Art Boom." EP Dutton: 1977, 244, indexed. Softbound. 1st Ed.
Corner crease to front cover, numerous b&w photos, appendix. The
"wheres and hows" of collecting and buying photographs. Very Good $10
[5110] Dreppard, Carl W. THE PRIMER OF AMERICAN ANTIQUES. Doubleday:
1947, 271 pp. Cloth bound. Drawings, detailed. Binding slightly
cocked, one worn corner. Extensive glossary-dictionary, numerous
collecting fields discussed. A good reading copy. Fair-Good $10
[566] Drepperd, Carl W. A DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN ANTIQUES.
Doubleday: 1952, 404 pp. SIGNED by the author. With dust jacket with
perimeter chips, some tears and soil to rear cover of photo illus.
Dark blue cloth covers, very clean. Gold spine lettering. Internally,
clean text pages and numerous drawings of early antiques. Very Good
$40
[4828] Early, Alice K. ENGLISH DOLLS: EFFIGIES AND PUPPETS.
Batsford: London, 1955, 226 pp. 1st edition. Dust jacket good - very
good, in protective mylar wrapper. Cloth bound. Photo illustrations
and b&w drawings. Color frontispiece. An excellent reference of
English and Continental dolls, reference to doll-makers, bibliography.
Over 100 illustrated examples. Very Good $48
[567] Eberlein, Harold Donaldson and Abbot McClure. THE PRACTICAL
BOOK OF AMERICAN ANTIQUES. "Exclusive of Furniture." Garden City
Publishing: NY, 1927, 390 pp. Many line drawings and b&w plates. Front
and rear hinges are cracked, covers soiled, intermittent foxing to
text. Good- $14
[2262] Eberlein, Harold Donaldson. THE PRACTICAL BOOK OF AMERICAN
ANTIQUES. Garden City: 1927, 390 pp. With a Good- dust jacket, with
soiling, perimeter chips, in protective mylar. Binding with light
wear. Over 250 illustrations; discusses Colonial craftsmanship in
pewter, copper, glass, gold, silver, more. Light foxing in proximity
to b&w plates. Very Good $16
[5136] Foulke, Jan. 8TH BLUE BOOK DOLLS AND VALUES. Hobby House:
1987, 401 pp. Photos. Softbound. Color photos. Glossary terms. Very
Good $10
[568] Francis-Lewis, Cecile. THE ART AND CRAFT OF LEATHERWORK. "A
Detailed & Practical Guide to the Tooling, Modeling Carving & Other
Means of Decorating Leather & To the Making & Covering of Articles in
That Material; With Instructions on Cleaning, Staining, Colouring &
Gilding, etc., etc." J.P. Lippencott Co: Philadelphia, nd, 256 pgs.,
164 illustrations; some in color, fading to spine, light wear to
spine's extremities, soil to covers, endpapers foxed. Clean text. Good
$40
[570] Gould, Mary Earle. EARLY AMERICAN WOODEN WARE. Charles E.
Tuttle: Vermont, 1975, 4th prtg., 243 pp. Many illus. With Near Fine
dj in mylar cover. Illus. endpapers. Near Fine $24
[5909] Gould, Mary Earle. ANTIQUE TIN AND TOLE WARE. "Its History
and Romance." Tuttle: 1967, 136 pages. Second printing. In publisher's
original slipcase, in very good condition.. Quarto. Cloth bound with
silver lettering. Numerous photo examples. Dust jacket very good, in
protective mylar wrapper. The history and significance of these
hand-wrought wares first produced by local tinsmiths in early colonial
America. Fine $50
[1848] Groft, Tammis Kane. THE FOLK SPIRIT OF ALBANY. Albany
Institute of History & Art: 1978, 86 pp. Thin, lg. 8vo "Folk Art from
the Upper Hudson Valley in the Collection of the Albany Institute of
History and Art." Profusely illus., indexed, bibliography. Softbound
w/ moderate wear to color illus. covers. Very Good $35
[5908] Honey, WB. WEDGWOOD WARE. Van Nostrand/Pitman: no date, circa
1950s. Cloth bound with light bumps along top edges of boards, spine
with slight lean. Thirty five pages of text, ninety five black and
white plates of photo examples. Some color plates. Discusses marks,
genealogical table, bibliography, diversity of wares. Good $25
[2914] Hughes, Graham. MODERN JEWELRY. "An International Survey
1890-1963." Crown: 1963, 256 pp., indexed. Crimson cloth: clean and
bright. Spine slightly leaned, rear hinge with partial cracking.
Illustrated endpapers. Copiously illustrated with b&w and color
plates. Good $35
[1] Jacobs, Flora Gill. A HISTORY OF DOLL HOUSES. "Four Centuries of
the Domestic World in Miniature." Scribner's: 1953, 322 pp. Numerous
illustrations. Wrappers. Very Good $50
[2595] Johl, Janet Pagter MORE ABOUT DOLLS. H.L. Lindquist: 1946,
307 pp., indexed. Stated 1st Edition. With a Good dust jacket, in
protective mylar. Green cloth. Former owner's name to ffe, small area
of front cover speckled. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. Dolls
of all shapes, sizes and construction are discussed and illustrated in
great depth by the author. Very Good $45
[2205] Jones, Michael Owen. THE HAND MADE OBJECT AND ITS MAKER.
University of California: Berkeley, 1975, 261 pp. 1st Edition. with a
VG dust jacket, lightly soiled, clipped, in protective mylar. Clean
cloth binding, numerous b&w photos, hand-lettered style printing,
small owner's id to ffe. The author is a member of the Center or
Comparative Study of Folklore and Mythology at UCLA." Very Good $30
[1846] Jones, Suzi. WEBFOOTS & BUNCHGRASSERS: FOLK ART OF THE OREGON
COUNTRY. "The Catalog of an Exhibition Organized by the Oregon Arts
Commission." 1980, 128 pp. 8vo Softbound. Numerous illus. throughout,
bibliography. Covering the folk art of Native Americans, pioneers,
buckaroos, ethnic arts, more. Very light wear to illus. covers. Very
Good $22
[5270] Kauffman, Henry J. THE AMERICAN FIREPLACE. "Chimneys,
Mantelpieces, Fireplaces and Accessories." Galahad: 1972, 352 pp. 4to
Dust jacket very good, in protective mylar wrapper. Hardbound.
Illustrated. Numerous photo illustrations and b&w drawings. Decorated
endpapers. A fascinating historical and antiquarian survey from the
Seventeenth century and onwards. Includes fireplace cookery,
bibliography, indexed. Very Good $25
[4374] Klamkin, Marian. COLLECTIBLES, A COMPENDIUM. Dolphin: 1981,
2nd prtg. Softbound. Profusely illustrated. Collectibles, Americana,
restoration, descriptions, advice on packing and shipping, restorers,
more. Good $10
[574] Kovel, Ralph & Terry. AMERICAN COUNTRY FURNITURE. "1780-1875."
Crown Publishers, Inc: NY, 1971 [1965], 6th ptg., 248 pp., Over 700
illustrations, 4to VG dust jacket with a few chips in mylar. Near Fine
$27
[3666] Kovel, Ralph &Terry. THE KOVELS' COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO
AMERICAN ART POTTERY. Crown: 1974, 368 pp. With a fair-good dust
jacket, in protective mylar. Cloth binding, spine slightly leaned.
Profusely illustrated in black and white, 80 color illus., and
hundreds of marks. A very clean copy. Very Good $25
[580] Lipman, Jean. THE FLOWERING OF AMERICAN FOLK (1776-1876).
Viking Press: NY, 1974, 3rd prtg., 285 p. 4to With color dust jacket.
Numerous illus. w/ cps and b&w plates. Fine $28
[581] Lipman, Jean & Alice Winchester. PRIMITIVE PAINTERS IN AMERICA
1750-1950. Dodd, Mead & Co: NY, 1950, 182 pp. Many illus., some
foxing, dust jacket with large chip and tears in mylar. Clean red
cloth covers, foxing to endpapers. Very Good $35
[579] Lipman, Jean. AMERICAN FOLK ART. "In Wood, Metal and Stone."
Viking Press: NY, 1974, 3rd prtg., 285 pp. With VG dust jacket with
pict. label, some soil, one tear. Clean covers, corners gently bumped.
Numerous illus. w/ cps and b&w plates. Very Good $40
[582] Loomis, Herbert D. 19TH CENTURY ADVERTISING CARDS. (Pamphlet).
Signed by the author. With a sample 19th Century Trading Card. Very
Good $10
[583] Lord, Priscilla & Daniel J. Foley. THE FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS OF
NEW ENGLAND. "New Edition." "The entire panorama of New England life
seen through the functional, decorative and frivolous items
handcrafted by our forefathers." Chilton Book Co: Radnor, 1975, 287 p.
Many b&w photos, with VG dust jacket w/ light soiling to rear, small
chipping in mylar. Near Fine $27
[584] MacLeish, A Bruce. THE CARE OF ANTIQUES AND HISTORICAL
COLLECTIONS. The American Assoc. for State and Local History.
Nashville, 1985, expanded and revised, 248 pp. Softbound. Extensively
illus., a very detailed and thorough work. Fine $12
[585] McClinton, Katherine Morrison. ANTIQUES IN MINIATURE. Charles
Scribner's Sons: NY, 1970, 182 pp., with Good+ dj. This book "is
concerned with what might be termed medium-sized miniatures, things
too large for dolls' houses and not big enough to be children's
furniture, things that are suitable scaled down for cabinet shelves or
to be used by large dolls, although they were not made as toys." Book
itself is very clean, inside and out. Very Good $20
[4889] Mcguire, John E. OLD NEW ENGLAND SPLINT BASKETS. "And How to
Make Them." Schiffer: 1985, 96 pp. Softbound. Color photos and
drawings. Black ash splint baskets, lore, history, technique, vivid
examples, glossary. Near Fine $16
[4201] McNerney, Kathyrn. VICTORIAN FURNITURE. "Our American
Heritage." Collector Books: 1981, 252 pp. Softbound. Profusely
illustrated. Owner's name to title page else Near Fine $10
[3162] Minhinnick, Jeanne. EARLY FURNITURE IN UPPER CANADA VILLAGE
1800-1837. Ryerson Press: Toronto, 1964, 43 pp. Wraps. Illus. with b&w
photos. Near Fine $10
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FIESTA SAM
Do you have any books on American dinnerware, especially:
Fiesta ware (several authors)
Vernon Kilns
Russel Wright
Bauer (Chipman and others)
Etc.
Thanks!