New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. First Edition. Small octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, pictorial paste-on to upper cover, all edges gilt; x,70,[6]pp.; bronze medal bound in between pp. 32 & 33 in the recess of thick die-cut card stock. Very minor rubbing to cloth extremities, dark offsetting to leaves..... More
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
Jogjakarta, Indonesia: Balai Penjelidikan Batik (Batik Research Center), [ca. 1960s]. First Edition. Oblong quarto (20x34cm.); publisher’s black cord-tied gilt-lettered cloth, batik sample mounted to front cover; [11]ll. interleaved with glassine; nine (9) mounted batik samples with accompanying text in English and Indonesian, each sample accompanied by an original mounted black..... More
London: St. Thomas' Hospital, ca. 1918. Original necklace of twenty-one hand-made wallpaper beads, each approx. 4cm. in length, interspersed with colored glass beads. Wallpaper beads a bit browned, else a fine piece of vernacular jewelry. Slightly later manuscript card attached to necklace stating "Necklace made of wall paper..... More
London: Cassell and Company, 1898. First Edition. Folio (32.5cm.); publisher's green Art Deco pictorial cloth embossed in black and gilt; viii,416,8[ads]pp.; folding color lithographic frontispiece, five leaves of folding plates, illus. throughout, including hundreds of pictorial advertisements. Boards scuffed at extremities, corners bumped, endpapers toned, textblock has a bit of..... More
New York: David Williams Company, 1912. Seventh Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Octavo. 285 pp. + 1 page advertisements. Black and white illustrations throughout. Red cloth stamped in spine in gilt. No dust jacket. Boards show general wear with brief exposure and minor fraying to extremities; staining and soiling..... More
London: Published by Harry Stanley Unique Magic Studio / Printed in England by Backhouse and Britton, 1959. First Edition. Octavo. 76 pp. Gray patterned boards stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Soiling to edges, split along spine with fraying, corners bumped. Very Good. First volume in the Canadian..... 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
![Item #10867 Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842 [Signed]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/10867.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1658336938)
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
Firenze: Edizioni Tassinari, n.d. but 2003. Octavo; publisher's glossy photo-illustrated card wrappers; cx,[4],300pp.; seventeen (17) plates in rear, mostly color photographs, additional halftone text illus. throughout. Some wear to wrapper extremities from handling, light dust-soil to textblock margins, else a Very Good, internally clean and sound copy. Despite title being..... More
London: Printed by order of the Trustees Sold at the Museum & by Bernard Quaritch, Ltd and Humphrey Milford, 1926. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Quarto. 416 pp. + 44 plates bound at rear, complete. Black cloth with spine stamped in gilt. No dust jacket. Ex-library copy with usual markings... 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
New York: "Shoe and Leather Reporter" Office, 1876. First Edition. Octavo. 305; 62 pp. Separate title page and pagination for Skeel's report. Numerous illustrations, complete. Half leather boards with gilt lettering to spine; edges sprayed. Edges of boards and spine worn with brief exposure and minor flaking; soiling to front..... More
![Item #7947 More About Dolls [with two autograph letters signed]. Janet Pagter Johl](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/7947.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1615231595)
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
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
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
Quarto (30cm.); publisher's metalic textured card wrappers (blue-green and silver), white label printed in gilt mounted to upper cover; 143pp.; ten mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue guards, decorative title page printed in four colors (blue, silver, gilt, and black), text printed within decorative gilt border throughout. Minor..... More
![Item #21341 Au Jardin des Gemmes [Limited Edition]. Léonard Rosenthal, Léon...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/21341.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1673999931)
Limited to 2250 copies of which this is no. DLXXXIX [589], presented in manuscript to Madame J. de Lailhacar. Quarto (30.5cm.); publisher's green pictorial card wrappers embossed in pale green and gilt; 158pp.; 12 mounted plates printed offset in color, captioned tissue guards, title page printed in black and gilt..... More
![Item #8849 [Text in Chinese] Yixing Zisha / Yixing Purple Clay Ware. Liang Baiquan](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8849.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1614714841)
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