Very nice clean book and very hard to find. Clean as a whistle inside and out with just a slim band of browning to outer side edge of front cover. Illustrated throughout with drawings each of which is numbered and corresponds to the enclosed insert which shows pricing. Measures 8-1/2"x1" and has 40 pages. No text. View More...
Lovely copy, clean as a whistle inside and out. No spine crease and pages and page edges pristine with no writing. Small spot of edgewear at outer front edge only fault. Printed on high quality glossy paper and photographed in full color. A guided tour of the art holdings of the museum at the premier Nemacolin Woodlands Resort and Spa. 179 pages. View More...
Very clean, attrractive book with no bumps to corners and no names or writing. Pages and page edges very white. Dustjacket shows toning to flapa, a few tiny spots of edgewear at top front and has been price-clipped, but shows part of the price. Looks most hansdome in brand new mylar. Printed on coated paper and illustrated beautifully with large, crisp photographs in both color and black and white -- 94 in all, 16 in color. Published to accompany an exhibit for a major exhibition which opened at the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art before traveling to eight other museums oin the U.S. and Canada. B... View More...
Crisp, beautiful book with no fault of note -- clean and bright with no tears or chips and no names or writing. Looks most handsome in brand new mylar cover. Measures 9"x11-1/2" and has 216 pages printed on quality coated paper. Illustrated nicely in both black and white and color. Covers the Stobwasser factor,yproduction, painting in miniature, styles, painters, forms, trays, Stobwasser's competitors, prices, lacquer boxes in museums and collections and more. [ANTIQUES] View More...
A BEAUTIFULL BOOK DETAILING THE EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE BY SOUTHERN MAKERS HELD BY COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG LARGE COLOR AND B&W PHOTOS SUPPORTED BY HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF TEXT TELL THE STORY OF THE MAKERS AND THEIR PRODUCTS View More...
Very handsome booklet, clean and tightly bound. Not too often seen, especially SIGNED by one of the authors -- James Sevren -- without inscription. The focus is on the variations of Colt's percussion pistols -- their manufacture and use. Booklet is illustrated with one drawing and several handsome black and white photographs. Measures 8-1/2" x 11" and has 60 pages. View More...
Crisp, beautiful book with just one small fault -- a tiny flat crease to tip of upper front corner. Otherwise pristine with no names or wriiting. The dustjacket is also very well cared for -- no tears or chips and original price sticker at lower corner of front endflap. Will arrive in brand new mylar. Book measures 9"x11-1/4" and has 192 pages including index. 212 illustrations, 138 of which are in full color. Tells the story of Captain Michael Hatcher who in the 18th century discovered via diving 23,000 pieces of Chinese porcelain from a ruined junk. Later he found much more from a ... View More...
Crisp, as new book with no defect of note. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Measures 9-1/2"x12-1/4" and has 252 pages. Printed on quality coated paper with an abundance of photographs in full color -- 900 in all. Text offesr termonolgy, descriptions, historical facts, and info on varoous types of canes such as political, presentation, gadget and weapon. View More...
At first glance it may seem a trifle, but this magical little booklet is lovely and offers insight, warmth and entertainment in its lengthy narrative by antique clothing collector and illustrator, Charles W. Stewart who developed a lifelong passion for antique women's clothing after seeing a doll in the window of a shop at the age of five. Stewart was also a dancer for a time, as well as an art teacher. After the death of his parents he inherited their home, Shambellie House, and gave it to Royal Scottish Museum for the development of a museum of costume. Book is illustrated throughout with sm... View More...
ITEM # 6495 GILBERT CLOCKS BY TRAN DUY LY PUB 1988 BY ARLINGTON BOOK CO 448 PGS 8 1/2 X 11 1/4 HARD BACK THE HISTORY OF THE GILBERT CLOCK CO OF BRISTOL CON. AND THE VAST SELECTION OF DECORATIVE CLOCKS THEY MADE THROUGH OUT THE 1800'S AND WELL INTO THE 1900'S . EXTENSIVE TEXT AND VERY MANY B&W PHOTOS OF GILBERT CLOCKS BOOK IN AS NEW CONDITION [ ANTIQUES / CLOSKS ] View More...
ITEM # 6496 KROEBER CLOCKS AMERICAN AND IMPORTED BY TRAN DUY LY PUB 2006 BY ARLINGTON BOOKS 584 PGS 8 3/4 X 11 1/4 HARD BACK EXTENSIVE TEXT AND A WEALTH OF PHOTOS , SOME IN COLOR , TELL THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY , THE PEOPLE AND THE PRODUCT MANY MODELS ARE LISTED WITH MODEL NAME , DETAILS OF TIME AND CHIME FUNCTION ORIGINAL LIST PRICE DEMENTIONS , TYPE OF FACE , CASE MATERIAL , ECT A GREAT COLLECTORS GUIDE BOOK IS AS NEW BUT FOR SMALL BUMP TO TOP FROND CORNER OF COVER [ ANT. / CLOCKS ] View More...
ITEM # 8340 JOHN & THOMAS SEYMOUR CABINETMAKERS IN BOSTON 1794 - 1816 BY VERNON C. STONEMAN PUB 1959 BY SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 393 PGS 9 X 12 HARD BACK IN A SLIP CASE A BEAUTIFUL BOOK ABOUT BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE , EXTENSIVE TEXT, MANY B & W AND SOME COLOR PHOTOS TELL OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF PERHAPS THE BEST CABINETMAKERS OF THEIR ERA BROWN CLOTH COVER , GILT LETTERING MILD SUNNING TO SPINE TEXT BLOCK CLEAN BRIGHT AND TIGHT SLIP CASE STARTING TO SEPERATE ALONG FRONT EDGE BUT HAS NOW BEEN REENFORCED INSIDE [ ANTIQUES ] View More...
ITEM # 23753 This is a lovely exhibition catalog, elegant with its dust jacket protecting the plain white card binding. A book about tea caddies? Yes!Tea is back in popularity with brand new leaves and brand new flavors to accompany both new and old pastries and more. The "more" of course is the implements of tea and its rituals. The plates of the tea caddies are in both color and black and white for a total of 64 specimens.The book is clean with no names or writing, no tears, and no spine creasing. The catalog measures 7-/.4" x 9-1/4". The only faults ares a shadow on the front cover from ... View More...
Very beautful, quality book measuring 9"x12", printed on coated paper, and illustrated with full page, full color high defintiion prhotography. Includes an intro to four archaic bronze objects, a conservation report on a late Eastern Zhou dynasty inlaid bronze hianhu, a later Warring States period inlaid hu, a conservation report on a late Warring States period inlaid bronze, a chronological table, a selected biography and institution listings. No, tears or chips, no names or writing. Jacket will arrive in brand new mylar cover. View More...
Crisp, BRAND NEW copy. A complete guide to the strongest and most valuable doubled die Jefferson nickels. All varieties illustrated with black and white photos of the doubling and the key die markers. Includes information on values. 264 pages. View More...
Book is pristine inside and out, measures 8"x12" and is handsomely designed with pale blue floral endpapers and lavish color illustration. Printed to accompany an exhibit at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life located at Historic Deerfield. The exhibition endeavored to show the rise of refinement and civility in rural New England from 1750 to 1850. Text is presented as a play which presents the material culture of the day using many items from the museum's holdings. 91 pages. Indexed. View More...
