FS: Antique Reference Books

[Damon Van Vliet]

FS: Antique Reference Books

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. $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. $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. $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. $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. $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. $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. $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. $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.

Old Instrument Reference Books
17. 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.

18. 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 Arts
19. 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.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. 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. $95.

23. 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.

24. 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. $30.

Pottery and Porcelain Books
25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

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

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

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

36. 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
37. 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. $400.

38. 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. $75.

39. 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.

40. 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. $35.

41. 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.
$35.

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

43. 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
eproductions). Book and dust near fine. $45.

44. 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.

45. 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. $55.

46. 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. $35.
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