Oxford: Butterworth / Heinemann, [1998]. First Edition Stated. Quarto (25cm); publisher's glossy black paper-covered boards; xx,443pp.; eight leaves of color photographic illus., diagrams throughout. Light shelf wear, else Very Good or better, internally clean and sound. More
Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Freer Gallery of Art / Smithsonian Institution, [1992]. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket; 271pp.; halftone and color illus. throughout. Moderate wear to jacket margins, faint surface scratches to both panels, gift inscription to front flyleaf; Very Good and..... More
Little Rock, AR: Arkansas Soft Pine Bureau, 1927. First Edition. Quarto. Black and white sketches, plans, and illustrations. Embossed wraps with illustration mounted to upper cover. Wraps faded along edges with edgewear and a few minor smudges. Binding sound. Pen mark and stamp to final page of text; interior else..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1984. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth, grey-green topstain, in green photo-illustrated dust jacket; 205pp.; photographic illus. throughout, some in color. Moderate shelf wear to jacket and board margins, light dust-soil, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Generously-illustrated examination of stoneware from the Chinese..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Stated First Edition. Two quarto volumes (30cm); 282, 283-583pp. Boards bound in black cloth with red stamping at spine and color illustrations mounted at front panel; illustrated endsheets. Numerous photographs throughout; many in color. No dust jackets, as issued. Housed in glossy illustrated slipcase..... More
[London / Chevy Chase, MD]: Hali Publications & The Near Eastern Art Research Center, [1994]. First Edition. Folio (35cm); publisher's cloth, map endpapers, in glossy pictorial dust jacket; 160pp.; full color illus. throughout. Corners nudged, else Fine. 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
![Item #28927 The Library of Chester Beatty: A Catalog of the Indian Miniatures [Three volume set]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/28927.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1709303236)
London: Privately Printed by John Johnson at The Oxford University Press and Published by Emery Walker, Limited, 1936. First Edition. Three folio volumes. Nineteen color plates and eighty-four in monochrome with tissue guards, collated and complete. Gray cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library though with minimal institutional markings..... More
Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press, 1986. First Edition. Octavo; printed dust jacket over dark red boards; 182pp. Black and white illustrations. Mild rubbing and a couple minor smudges to dust jacket. Boards a trifle rubbed; binding sound; pages unmarked; Very Good or better. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); 147pp+8ads. Illust. throughout w/ 24 plates, collated complete. Publisher's intact jacket wrapped around manila boards with paper labels to front panel and spine. Jacket creased and generally soiled, rubbed, toned, and torn with minor loss to head of sunned spine..... More
![Item #47146 Chihuly [Inscribed and Signed by Chihuly with original sketch]. Dale Chihuly, Donald...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/47146.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771551004)
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1998. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. Quarto (30cm); publisher's cloth in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 367pp.; full color illus. throughout. Light edge wear and faint surface scratches to dust jacket, corners nudged, else a Very Good or better example. Inscribed and signed by the..... More
[London]: David Black Oriental Carpets, [1976]. First Edition. Slim quarto (26.5cm); publisher's cloth in glossy black photo-illustrated dust jacket; [2],32pp. + 42 leaves of full color photographic plates. Moderate wear and chipping to jacket margins, corners nudged, else Very Good and sound. More
Minneapolis, MN: Blue Book Publications, Inc., 2009. First Edition. Oblong quarto. 208pp. Color and b&w photographs and illustrations. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Glossy photo-illustrated boards. Light rubbing to edges of dust jacket with mild dust soiling. Tight in binding and interior unmarked; Near Fine. More
![Item #30616 Pre-Columbian Man Finds Central America: The Archaeological Bridge [WITH]...](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30616.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1725190474)
Cambridge, MA: Peabody Museum Press / Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology / Harvard University, 1972-1977. Mixed Printings. Quartos; publisher's glossy white pictorial card wrappers housed in original paper-covered slipcase; xvii,[3],231; xvii,[1],238pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear to wrapper margins, small chip to bottom panel of slipcase, brief soil to spine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First American Edition, with full numberline. Octavo (22cm); publisher's boards in unclipped photo-illustrated dust jacket; 207pp.; eight leaves of halftone plates printed on rectos and versos. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel sunned, corners and spine ends gently nudged, else a Very..... More
Oslo, Norway: Nordiske Fagboker A.S., 1961. First Norwegian Edition. Quarto; publisher's orange goat over pictorial paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; 299pp.; halftone and color photographs throughout. Boards scuffed at corners and spine ends, else Very Good and sound. Beautiful guide to Nordic crafts and design, including short biographies of..... More
New York / Berkeley: New Museum of Contemporary Art / University of California Press, 1998. First Edition, wrapper issue. Square quarto; pictorial card wrappers; 168pp.; illustrations, including many color reproductions. Brochure to the Chicago Cultural Center leg of this exhibit laid in. Light wear and curling to corners; binding sound; pages..... 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
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1892. Revised Edition. Small quarto. 584 + 4pp. advertisements. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in black and gilt; marbled edges; decorative endpapers. Light edgewear, edges bumped; spine rubbed and a bit dulled. Binding sound and pages unmarked. A Very Good and..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1990. First American Edition with full number line. Octavo (21.5cm); publisher's cloth in red pictorial dust jacket; [8],240pp. Moderate shelf wear to jacket margins, spine panel a bit sunned, original price sticker on rear panel; Very Good and sound. Revealing Antiquity Vol. 3. More
![Item #33438 The Collector's Whatnot [Signed by Roberts and Kahler with ALS from Grace Coolidge]....](https://capitolhillbooks-dc.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/33438.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1751033442)
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo (21 cm); publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; 147pp+8ads.; illustrations throughout including 24 plates, collated complete. Jacket creased and generally soiled, rubbed, toned, and chipped with minor loss to top margin of front panel. Sunning to spine and foxing overall, more to..... More
United States? ca. 1950s. Original hand-painted double-sided wooden sign (12.5x45cm.), "Pansies" on one side, "Peas" on the other. Uniformly dust-soiled, brief damp stains and fingerprints to margins, else a Very Good example. Rather sweet mid-century hand-painted sign, most likely displayed at a nursery or farm stand. Lettering is in..... More
Ganderkesee, Germany: REMHOB-Verlag, 2002. First English Language Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); publisher's pictorial paper-covered boards; 300pp.; full color photographic illus. throughout. Corners and spine ends very slightly softened, else Very Good to Near Fine. More
Graz, Austria: Verlag fur Sammler, 1985. First Edition. Slim quarto (29cm); publisher's boards in white pictorial dust jacket; [6],41pp. & [50]ll. full color plates. Light shelf wear, spine slightly cocked, else Very Good and sound. Bilingual text in German and English on facing pages. 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