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Harvard University Press, August 1994. Paper Back. More
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Read My Pins: Stories from a Diplomat's Jewel Box
Harper, October 2009. Hardcover. New from New York Times bestselling author and former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, Read My Pins is a story and celebration of how one woman's jewelry collection was used to make diplomatic history. Exploring the use of the pin or brooch as a means of..... More
European Porcelain
Cameo/Hamlyn Publishing Group, January 1969. Hardcover. More
English Silver
Paul Hamlyn, January 1969. Hardcover. More
Art Nouveau.
Paul Hamlyn, January 1969. Hardcover. More
The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book
Little Brown & Co, October 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name in ink on front pastedown; jacket with light edgewear and small closed tear and chip at top of spine; else, very good. More
Glass Hand Blown Sculptured Colored
Random House~trade, January 1967. Hardcover. More
Indian Miniatures: 73 Plates in Full Color
London (Paul Hamlyn), 1969. January 1969. Hardcover. More
THE GENTLEMAN AND CABINET-MAKER'S DIRECTOR: being a large collection of the most elegant and useful designs of household furniture. Including a great variety of chairs, sofas. and brass work for furniture. Supplement: A Gallery of Chippendale Furniture and A Sketch of Chippendale's Life and Works, by Walter Rendell Storey.
Towse Publishing Company, January 1938. Cloth. Facsimile of Third Edition published in London, 1762. Oversized. Royal Folio in torn, tattered, chipped, flacking jacket with tape 'repairs' and tanning. Flap not clipped. Maroon cloth spine with gold lettering & floral decoration with grey cloth covered boards. 212 black & white illustrated..... More
The collector's book of jade
Crown Publishers, January 1978. Oversized Hardcover. Light shelf wear on the jacket. One bumped corner (jacket and book). More
Lalique Glass: The Complete Catalogue for 1932
Dover Publications, September 1981. Oversize Softcover. Indispensable resource for scholars, collectors of fine art glass. Over 1500 illustrations of vases, cups, glassware, paperweights, other objects in Art Nouveau, Art Deco motifs. Includes design numbers, measurement, original price list. From rare original at Corning Museum of Glass. More
Jade Kingdom (1986)
Springer, December 1986. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Faux black leather binding with jade green lettering. Very minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
The World of Jade
Crescent, September 1994. Oversized Hardcover. A photographic journey introduces readers to the many decorative forms of jade and highlights the priceless collection of Yeh Bor-Wen. Dark green textured boards with bright gold lettering along the spine and pictoral endpapers. Tiny pinhead size blemish on the front board. More
Celadon Wares
Faber & Faber, January 3rd, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. First U.S. edition in very good dustjacket. Uniform green cloth covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Top corners front & back bumped. Foxing/dust stained top textblock edge & fore-edge. 4 color plates scattered through book, including frontispiece. 17 black &..... More
From Gunk to Glow, or The Gentle Art of Refinishing Antiques and Other Furniture
Wildside Press, December 2009. Trade Paperback. A guide to the repair and refinishing of furniture at home. More
The age of Louis XVI; (Cameo)
Hamlyn, January 1969. Hardcover. More
Contemporary art glass
Crown Publishers, January 1975. Oversize Softcover. Just a bit of shelfwear. More
Colonial and Early American Lighting -- 169 illustrations (Third Enlarged Edition)
Dover Publications, Inc., June 1962. Paper Back. Beginning with the rushlight holders used by the earliest settlers and ranging up to the elaborate chandeliers of the Federal period, this book is a unique coverage of the fascinating story of lamps and other lighting devices in America. The selection of lighting..... More
Encyclopedia of Victorian Colored Pattern Glass, Book 1
1974. Limited. Oversized Hardcover. No. 83 of an edition limited to 500 copies signed by William Heacock. Pebbled white cloth, a tad darkened and worn at spine and edges, but overall, good, solid condition. More
Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court
Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, January 1949. Hardcover. 6th printing in jacket. Quarto. More
Faberge imperial eggs and other fantasies
Scribner, January 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. First/first in jacket. Quarto. Corners of boards mildly bumped. More
Guide to the later Chinese porcelain, periods of K'ang Hsi, Yung Chpeng and Ch'ien Lung, -- The Victoria and Albert Museum
Published under the authority of the Board of Education, January 1927. First Edition. Cloth. No dustjacket. Quarto; {6' x 10'} Vermillion red cloth covered boards gold lettering on spine. One serious bruise bottom board edge. Otherwise relatingly mild wear considering it is 94 years old. Previous owner's bookplate affixed front..... More
The Engraved Gems of Classical Times; With a Catalogue of the Gems in the Fitzwilliam Museum
CAMBRIDGE AT THE UNIV PRESS, January 1891. Hardcover. Edge and corner wear; front hinge starting but still tight. More
Oriental Rugs a Complete Guide
Tuttle Publishing, December 1989. Oversized Hardcover. Provides the novice with advice on the selection and care of Oriental rugs as well as identifying the rugs of each nation. Gilt-decorative burgundy cloth binding; stain on leading edge; else, very good. Jacket clipped and a little soiled. More
