Paris, Editions A. et J. Picard, 1949. First edition in French. Hardcover. First edition in French of The Creation of the Rococo (Philadelphia 1943), translated by Jeanne Marie. Quarto, original printed paper wrappers. Includes extensive bibliographical references in the footnotes and index. "The basic pioneer work on the Rococo style..... More
New York: Facts on File; A Quarto Book, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp; 288, bibliography, index; illustrated with color and black and white photographs; gray cloth lettered in red in a dust jacket;. History; Designer's choice; Ward Bennett; Vignelli Associates; Doris La Porte; Gwathmey/Siegel and Associates; John Saladino..... More
New York: Rizzoli, (1986). First Edition. Hardcover. Quato; pp; 264, index; profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs; red cloth lettered in white in a pictorial dust jacket;. Since the opening of the Santa Fe Trail in 1821, the town of Santa Fe, New Mexico, has been a...... More
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1942. Special edition. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; xvi, (ii), 41; illustrated with 192 monochromatic & color plates; beige linen, top edge stained blue with a pictorial paste-on title tile and a black spine tile lettered in gilt;. A fairly common book but a core piece..... More
New York: The Linden Press, Simon & Schuster, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Square octavo; pp; 224, index; illustrated with color and black and white photographs; orchid cloth and black paper covered boards lettered in silver in a dust jacket;. Office Suite Decoration. This copy signed by the author on the..... More
(London): Charles Letts Books, (1982). Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; pp; 80, appendix; illustrated with sixty (60) color plates; black cloth lettered in gilt in a pictorial dust jacket;. Lett's Collectors' Guides; "Of the silverware produced during the period covered by this book (c. 1450-1900) , the vast majority of pieces..... More
London: Spink & Sons, 1925-1926. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; viii, 566, (i), xii, 758, (i); Illustrated; burgundy buckram, spine lettered in gilt;. The Numismatic Circular is an international periodical published by Spink since 1892 based in London. Now published six times a year, the Circular offers coins, books and banknotes for..... More
London: Spink & Sons, 1925-1926. Hardcover. Quarto; pp; viii, 654, (i), viii, 566, (i); Illustrated; burgundy buckram, spine lettered in gilt;. The Numismatic Circular is an international periodical published by Spink since 1892 based in London. Now published six times a year, the Circular offers coins, books and banknotes for..... More
Pittsburgh: The Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1917. First edition. Hardcover. (Pittsburg). Octavo, half cream cloth and grey boards, gilt. 31 pages text plus 33pp. black and white plates. Very good with light soil. More
The Springdale Springs: Bookmaster, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, burgundy cloth with silver titles and spoon motif in cover. 535pp. with index and bibliography. Illustrated with 63 plates in black and white depicting more than 150 spoons. Very good with former owner's armorial bookplate. A few sprinkles of foxing on..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, (1982). Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the National Museum of Ireland. Wraps. Square octavo; pp; 65; illustrated with sixty-six black and white plates, map; printed, green pictorial paper wrappers;. The catalogue of the traveling exhibition..... More
Portland Me. Thomas P. Beals Company, 1903. Wraps. Duodecimo; pp; (16); illustrated with six full page plates of available models; original printed paper self wrappers;. Beals was a well established firm in Portland Maine. This specialty catalogue is for the restaurant client. laid in is a small broadside with a...... More
Okayama ken, Japan: Kurashiki Museum of Folk Craft, 1973. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 116, 40; illustrated in color and black and white with two hundred twenty plates; original printed pictorial paper wrappers;. A lovely monograph. More
Newburyport Ma: Towle Manufacturing Company, 1910. Seventh edition. Wraps. Octavo; pp; 78, (ii); illustrated with line drawings and foty-one full page plates of the Colonial silver pattern including serving pieces;. Pieces are depicted in actual size; original decorated printed paper wrappers; Decorated wrappers, printed in red and black, derived from..... More
New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. (1987). Folio ( 10.25" x 12.5"), green cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust jacket. 216pp with index, bibliography and notes. Photographs by John Hall. Color and black and white. Jacket slightly soiled on back panel. Paper clip indentation on the preliminary leaves..... More