FS: BOOKS ABOUT ANTIQUES, COLLECTING; ART DECO TO REED ORGANS
DIRK KRANE
REFERENCE WORKS ON ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES ART DECO TO REED ORGANS
1. ARONSON, Jodeph: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FURNITURE,
Crown Publishers, New York, (1965), Third Edit., 4to,
484pp, ninth printing, revised edit. cloth over
boards, 2000 illustrations, VG in chipped dj.
Complete coverage $16.00
2. BISHOP, Robert and Patricia Coblentz: FURNITURE 1.
PREHISTORIC THROUGH ROCOCO, Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
(1979), 4to, 127pp, cloth over boards, decorated
endpapers, color and b&w plates, Near fine/near
fine. History and collecting of furniture $15.00
3. BRIDGE, Mark: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DESKS, Wellfleet
Press, Secaucus, (1988), 4to, 127pp, cloth,
profusely illustrated in color. Near fine in a bit
chipped dj. About history and collecting of writing
desks $15.00
4. BUTLER, Joseph T.: CANDLEHOLDERS IN AMERICA 1650 -
1900. A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF........, Crown
Publishers, New York, (1967), large 8vo, 178pp,
yellow cloth, 136 full-page photographs,
bibliography, index. Very good in chipped dj.
American and European candle fixtures $25.00
5. CAMERON, Ian, Elizabeth Kingsley-Rowe and others:
THE RANDOM HOUSE COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPDIA. VICTORIANA
TO ART DECO, Random House, New York, (1974), 1st
American, 4to, 302pp, black cloth, pictorial title
page, profusely illustrated, bibliography. Very
good+ in a bit chipped dj with tiny tear $20.00
6. CHAFFERS, William: THE KERAMIC GALLERY CONTAINING
SEVERAL HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS OF RARE AND CURIOUS
AND CHOICE EXAMPLES OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN...,
Gibbings and Co., London, 1907, second edit., large
8vo, xxii, 468 pp, & 4 pages of advertisements, red
gilt decorated pictorial cloth, top edges gilt,
colored frontispiece, hundreds of pottery and
porcelain illustrations from countries all over the
world, including 5 full page plates in color. Covers
show minor wear, hinges are going, one leaf in index
is loose, some minor occasional spotting. Otherwise
the book is in good condition. This edition revised
and updated by H.M. Cundall. $65.00
7. COMSTOCK, Helen: AMERICAN FURNITURE. A COMPLETE
GUIDE TO SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY
NINETEENTH CENTURY STYLE, Bonanza Books, New York,
(1962), 4to, 336pp, cloth over boards, profusely
illustrated in color & b&w, index. Name on FEP, else
very good in a bit rubbed dj $25.00
8. DENNY, Walter B.: ORIENTAL RUGS, Cooper-Hewitt
Museum, (1979), 4to, 126pp, cloth over boards,
decorated endpapers, color and b&w plates, maps.
Near fine/near fine. History and collecting oriental
rugs $15.00
9. DISTIN, William H. and Robert Bishop: THE AMERICAN
CLOCK. A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY 1723 - 1900. WITH A
LISTING OF 6153 CLOCKMAKERS, Crown Publishers, New
York, (1983), 4to, 359pp, cloth, pictorial title
page, profusely illustrated in color & b*w, indexed.
A bit of edge wear, good+ dust jacket $25.00
10. EVERITT, Charles P.: THE ADVENTURES OF A TREASURE
HUNTER, Little Brown & Co., Boston, 1952, 8vo, 224pp,
cloth. Bookplate, else good+ $15.00
11. FLAYDERMAN, Norm: FLAYDERMAN'S GUIDE TO ANTIQUE
AMERICAN FIRE ARMS AND THEIR VALUES, DBI Books,
Northbrook, (1987), Fourth Edit., 4to, 624pp,
pictorial covers, illustrated, index. Some minor
wear and remainder mark at bottom, otherwise good+
$15.00
12. GARDNER, Paul Vickers: GLASS, Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
New York, (1979), 4to, 121pp, cloth over boards, 30
color plates, drawings. Near fine in very good dj.
History of glass, glass making, glass collecting
$15.00
13. GELLERMAN, Robert F.: THE AMERICAN REED ORGAN...ITS
HISTORY; HOW IT WORKS; HOW TO REBUILD IT, Vestal
Press, New York, (1976), Second Edit., 4to, 173pp,
yellow cloth,pictorial endpapers, profusely
illustrated, index. Book very good, dj chipped with
a few tears $25.00
14. GILCHRIST, Brenda (general editor): POTTERY,
Cooper-Hewitt Museum, (1981), 4to, 128pp, cloth over
boards, color and b*w plates, indexed. Near fine/
near fine. History of pottery, collecting and
identifying $15.00
15. GLOAG, John: A SHORT DICTIONARY OF FURNITURE.
CONTAINING 1767 TERMS USED IN BRITAIN AND AMERICA,
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York, (1965), First
Edition, 8vo, 565pp, green decorated cloth,
illustrated. Very good in a chipped and torn at
spine jacket. Covers the 12th century to present
$12.00
16. HARRIS, Nathaniel: PORCELAIN FIGURINES. MINIATURE
MASTERPIECES OF DELICACY, HUMOR AND COLOR, Golden
Press, New York, (1974), 4to, 80pp, pictorial cloth,
color and bw illustrations. Some edge wear, else
very good. History and collecting of porcelain
figurines $10.00
17. HINCKLEY, F. Lewis: A DIRECTORY OF ANTIQUE
FURNITURE. THE AUTHENTIC CLASSIFICATION OF EUROPEAN
AND AMERICAN DESIGNS, Bonanza Books, New York,
(1953), 4to, 355pp, cloth over boards, illustrated
with 1103 halftones. Very good in a good+ dust
jacket $20.00
18. HOLLAND, Margaret: SILVER. AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO
COLLECTING SILVER, Peerage Books, London, (1983),
4to, 144pp, decorated boards and endpapers, 45 color
& 120 b&w illustrations. Some edge wear, dj chipped
and few tears, VG $15.00
19. KARSHAN, Donald: PRINTS, Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
(1980), 4to, 127pp, cloth over boards, decorated
endpapers, 30 color plates Near fine in very good
dj. About prints, collecting, making etc. $15.00
20. KING, Constance: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOFAS, Wellfleet
Press, Secaucus, (1989), 4to, 127pp, cloth,
profusely illustrated in color. Near fine in a bit
chipped dj. Sofas from the time of Cleopatra until
present $15.00
21. KLAMKIN, Marian: AMERICAN PATRIOTIC AND POLITICAL
CHINA, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, (1973),
First Edition, 4to, 215pp, cloth, profusely
illustrated in color & b&w, index. Near fine/VG+
Commemorative china of American national events
$30.00
22. MCNAB, Jessie: SILVER, Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, (1981), 4to, 128pp, cloth over boards,
decorated endpapers, 25 color and 120 b&w plates,
Near fine/near fine. History and collecting of
silver $15.00
23. MILLS, John Fritz Maurice: LOOK AFTER YOUR ANTIQUES,
Castle Books, (1981), 8vo, 160pp, green paper boards,
illustrated. Very good in dj. Care and repair of
antiques $15.00
24. PATTERSON, Jerry E.: PORCELAIN, Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
(1979), 4to, 132pp, cloth over boards, 30 color and
105 b*w plates. Near fine /near fine. History of
porcelain, collecting and identifying $15.00
25. RUSH, Richard H.: ANTIQUES AS AN INVESTMENT, Bonanza
Books, New York, (1968), 8vo, 535pp, cloth over
boards,illustrated, index. Book and dj show some
wear, else good+ in same dj $12.00
26. SHAFFER, Douglas H.: CLOCKS, Cooper-Hewitt Museum,
(1980), 4to, 127pp, cloth over boards, decorated
endpapers, 30 color and 115 b&w plates, Near
fine/near fine. History and collecting of clocks
$15.00
27. SMITH, Carter (Editor): COUNTRY ANTIQUES AND
COLLECTABLES. HOW TO FIND THEM, WHERE TO BUY THEM,
HOW TO DECORATE WITH THEM, Oxmoor House, Birmingham,
(1981), First Edition, 4to, 222pp, red cloth,
profusely illustrated in color & b&w, indexed.Name
on FEP, otherwise near fine in near fine dj $20.00
28. SNOWMAN, A. Kenneth: CARL FABERGE. GOLDSMITH TO THE
IMPERIAL COURT OF RUSSIA, Crown Publishers, New York,
(1983), 4to, 160pp, cloth, illustrated in color &
b&w, bibliography, index. Near fine in same dust
jacket $15.00
29. WATSON, Francis (Introduction by): THE HISTORY OF
FURNITURE, Crescent Books, New York, (1982), 4to,
320pp, cloth covers, 340 illustrations mostly color,
bibliography, index. VG in chipped dj. A scholary
type work $25.00
30. YATES, Simon: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHAIRS, Wellfleet
Press, Secaucus, (1988), 4to, 127pp, blue cloth,
profusely illustrated in color. Near fine in a bit
chipped dj. Collecting and identifying chairs of any
time period $15.00
31. Yates, Simon: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TABLES, Wellfleet
Press, Secaucus, (1989), 4to, 128pp, red cloth, full-
page color illustrations, indexed. Near fin in
chipped dj. Design history and collecting of tables
$15.00
32. ARWAS, Victor: ART DECO, Harry N. Abrams, New York,
(1980), First Edition, 4to, 315pp, black embossed
cloth, decorative endpapers, lavishly illustrated
with dazzling color and b&w plates, bibliography,
indexed. Very good to near fine in same dust
jacket. $70.00
33. JOHNSON, Diane Chalmers: AMERICAN ART NOUVEAU, Harry
N. Abrams, New York, (1981), Second Edit., 4to,
311pp, embossed cloth covers, black-and-white
illustrations, tipped-in color plates. Near fine in
a very good+ dj $85.00
34. MANDELBAUM, Howard & Eric Myers: SCREEN DECO. A
CELEBRATION OF HIGH STYLE IN HOLLYWOOD, St. Martin's
Press, New York, (1985), First Edition, 4to, 209pp,
cloth over boards, over 250 still photographs,
index. Very good in dust jacket. About Art Deco in
the movies $40.00
35. TORRENCE, Kathy: AN ART NOUVEAU ALBUM, E. P. Dutton,
New York, (1981), First Edition, 8vo, 64pp,
pictorial soft covers, color illustrated. Very good
Color plates from Dekorative Vorbilder 1889-1906
$10.00
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