Houston and Munich: Museum of Fine Arts Houston and Prestel, 1994. First Edition. Tall Quarto (30x24x1cm); 136pp, including glossary and bibliography. One hundred thirty-three images with those of the 104 objects in the exhibition largely in color. Glossy photographic wrappers over sewn gatherings. Covers clean and sharp with a few..... More
Winston-Salem, NC: Old Salem, Inc. / The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), 2003. First Edition. Three quarto volumes. Black and white and color photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers. Housed in publisher's slipcase. Dust jackets edgeworn with some creasing; fading to spine..... More
McLean, VA: Hollan Press, 2010. First Edition. Thick quarto. 1092 pp. Black and white photographs. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges with some general surface scratching. Boards lightly bumped at spine ends. Binding is sound. Previous owner's bookplate to..... More
Limited Edition. Hardcover. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Rutledge/Prentice Hall, 1975. Number 533 of a limited edition of 1000 printed for the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors and the American Clock and Watch Museum. Quarto; 254pp. Tan cloth binding with matching slipcase, lettering stamped in gold on spine..... More
![Krishna Reddy: Master Printmaker, Sculptor, and Artist [Signed by Forbes]. Dennis L. Forbes,...](/pictures/thumb/13084.jpg?v=1652707564)
[N.p.]: Dennis L. Forbes, 2010. First Edition. Signed by Forbes at title page. Quarto. 96 pp. Color photographs and illustrations throughout. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed at extremities. Boards gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Seattle: The University of Washington Press / The American Federation of Arts, 1987. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 366 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Illustrated dust jacket. Orange-brown boards stamped in silver. Dust jacket and boards gently rubbed along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Historical Society / Tennessee State Museum Foundation, 1988. First Edition. Quarto. 344 pp. Photographs throughout, some color. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Brown boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket edgeworn with some creasing and some very short and shallow closed tears. Corners of boards slightly bumped. Binding..... More
![Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842 [Signed]. Donald L....](/pictures/thumb/10867.jpg?v=1631014661)
Woodbridge Suffolk (England) and Winterthur (Delaware): Antique Collectors' Club and The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2007. First Edition. Signed on titlepage by both authors. Quarto (30x24.5x3cm); 287pp including appendices with firm marks, genealogies, bibliography and index. Richly illustrated throughout with photographs of exceptional pieces in the Winterthur collection..... More
First Edition. Baltimore: The 20th Century Printing Co., 1941. First Edition with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. 16mo (6.75" x 5.25"); unpaginated [42pp]. Black and white photos. White paper-covered boards with gilt lettering. Boards edgeworn with bumping to corners..... More
East Aurora: The Roycroft Shop, 1905. First Edition. Letterpress. Small octavo (21x15x1.5cm); [vi] + 123pp. "Rubricated" throughout with each page also showing running title heads in the same color at the shoulder (so to speak). Maroon suede covers with yapp edges; front panel shows blind-stamped pane framing title and..... More
New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag, 1996. First Edition. Tall Quarto (31x24x2.5cm); 267pp, including glossary and bibliography. A pristine invitation card for the Baltimore opening of the Baga show, in its envelope, is laid in. Photographic dustjacket. Volume in off-white cloth with green..... More
![Presentation Binding] Italian Paintings XIV-XVIIIth Centuries from the Collection of the...](/pictures/thumb/10756.jpg?v=1629726266)
Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1981. Uniquely bound copy. First Edition (of which 3000 copies were printed); this copy bound as gift presentation in 1981, upon first publication. Octavo (27.5x21x3.5cm); 334pp, including artist-specific bibliographies and index. Multiple paintings reproduced in B&W for each of the 27 painters within the Baltimore..... More
![An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection [with] A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic...](/pictures/thumb/8816.jpg?v=1615313843)
Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / University of Washington Press, 1988. First Edition. Two quarto volumes. 446 p.; 240 p. Black and white and color photographs and illustrations throughout. Dark blue cloth stamped in gilt. Decorative gray endpapers. Dark blue slipcase. Sturdy and square in boards with just..... More
Lewisburg, PA: Center Galley Publication / Bucknell University / University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987. First Edition. Quarto. 96 pp. Photographs, some color. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Red boards stamped in gilt. Map endpapers illustrating the Mahantongo Valley circa 1830-1840. Dust jacket edgeworn with some chipping to extremities and a...... More
Hong Kong: Hong Kong Art History Research Society, 2006. First Edition. Quarto; publisher's tan decorative paper-covered boards; [2],390pp.; photographic illus. throughout. Corners gently tapped, else Near Fine condition. More
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New York: H.L. Lindquist Publications, 1946. First Edition. Two autograph letters signed from a Jeanette Williams to the author, with two autograph letters signed in response from the author. Photo of a doll Williams was inquiring about also laid in. Book itself is not signed. Octavo. 309 pages..... More
Sheboygan: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 1986. First Edition. Quarto (25x28x1cm); xii + 153pp, including artist biographies, orthographical and phonological appendices, and bibliography. The 281 catalogued items are accompanied by approximately the same number of photographs, most in color. Illustrated card wraps. Covers lightly shelfworn with some faint smudging along..... More
London: A & J Speelman, 2006. First Edition. Quarto (32x25.5x2cm); 123pp. Full-page and close-detail full-color photographs of 55 precious objects, or sets of objects, as part of an A&J Speelman celebratory exhibition. Two gatefold spreads: one of lacquer tables; the other of eight erotic plaques in ivory. Photographic dust..... More
Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Company, 1947. First Edition. Signed by Hatcher at front free endpaper with brief inscription to Edwin Pugsley. Octavo. 488 pp. Black and white photographs, illustrations, and graphs. Green boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn and rear corners bumped. Binding..... More
Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1993. First (and sole) Edition, limited to 3500 copies. Quarto (28x21.5x0.5cm); 60pp, including biographies of Inuit artists and bibliography. Color and B&W reproductions, artist portrait photographs, and documents throughout. Coated, illustrated wrappers. Only the slightest signs of faint tanning at wrapper edges. Textblock unmarred..... More
Ephrata, PA: Cadmus - Science Press Division, 2005. Large octavo. 540 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. Brown leather boards stamped in gilt. Publisher's supplement laid in. Light shelfwear to boards. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. More
San Francisco: S. & G. Gump Company, 1930. Limited Edition of 1250 copies, this being #258. Octavo. 21 pages + 10 halftone plates of hand wrought silver and pewter. Beige and white boards with spare blue and grey design. Boards lightly worn at extremities with brief exposure and..... More
![Clock Design & Construction [Signed]. Laurie Penman](/pictures/thumb/004006.jpeg?v=1601670917)
Harrison, OH: American Clockmakers-Watchmakers Institute, 2002. First Edition. Signed by Penman on half title with inscription. Octavo. 144 pages. Black and white illustrations. Green illustrated dust jacket. Green boards stamped in white. A touch of edgewear to jacket with some general scuffing and rubbing. Corners of boards gently..... More
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Beijing: China Cultural Relics Coordination Centre, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Quarto; publisher's leatherette in grey photo-illustrated dust jacket lettered in gilt; 382pp.; color photographs throughout, publisher's cancel mounted to colophon. Extremities a bit rubbed and wrinkled from handling, corners gently bumped, a few faint surface scratches, old price sticker..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1996. Quarto (29x24.5x3cm); 384pp, including bibliography and index. Five hundred sixty-five illustrations, including 394 color plates. Graphic dustjacket. Black boards with gilt spine lettering. Front hinge cracked after endpaper with mesh exposed around 3/4 of the way up from tail. Jacket is clean..... More