Krause Pubns Inc, January 1999. Hardcover. A retired Toronto architecture professor, who is a collector of Greek and Roman coins, introduces coins of the ancient world and the architectural wonders they portray (e.g. temples, "picture postcards from the Acropolis"). Includes photographic plates of 100 coins (about half of those discussed)..... More
Greenfield Tap and Die Corporation, 1944. Soft Cover. {5' x 7 & 1/4'} Wrappers darkened. Flaking. Dust stained textblock edges. Sound with clean interiors. [384 pages]. More
HarperResource, October 2004. Trade Paperback. The only fully illustrated, four-color guide to U.S. stamps, this official publication provides the most comprehensive information available about the U.S. stamp program and its vivid history. Beginning with the first stamps released in 1847, The Postal Service Guide to U.S. Stamps covers nearly 4,000..... More
Lw Book Sales, U.S., June 2011. Oversize Softcover. Early 20th century manufactured furniture in the Arts & Crafts style is popular again today. The famous Americn firms L. & J. G. Stickley, Limbert, Roycroft and others manufactured bold oak styles that featured simplicity of design and decoration. Architect Frank Lloyd..... More
Linden Publishing, January 1997. Oversize Softcover. A tribute to furniture craftsman Gustav Stickley honoring the spirit of the man and his work by integrating a life history with design philosophy and instructions for building nine pieces of Craftsman furniture. Stickley made his furniture for the middle class working family, yet..... More
Dover Publications, January 1986. Oversize Softcover. Rejecting the badly constructed, over-ornate, meaningless furniture of the late Victorian period, architect, furniture designer and manufacturer Gustav Stickley developed a radical new design concept that stressed careful workmanship, simplicity, and utility. His important monthly magazine The Craftsman (1901-16) published construction plans for his..... More
ABRAMS, October 1996. Oversized Hardcover. Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period rooms at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. These exhibition galleries are depicted in this book, from a Roman bedroom excavated near Pompeii and a Louis XVI grand salon from..... More
Dutton Books, January 1972. Oversized Hardcover. A couple of closed tears to jacket. More
ABRAMS, October 2000. Oversized Hardcover. This book trains the reader to discern when, where, how, and even why an object was made. The inclusion of silver and paintings sets the furniture in context and the juxtaposition of genuine works and fakes enables the reader to judge quality and authenticity. This..... More
Conrad Octopus, March 1996. Oversize Softcover. More
Bulfinch Press, October 1996. Oversized Hardcover. Previous owner's address stamp on free endpapers. Private library pocket on rear free endpaper. More
Schiffer, October 1997. Hardcover. In 1988, Barbara Streisand paid $363,000 at auction for a sideboard by Gustav Stickley, establishing mission furniture as a rival of early American furniture. Since then, dealers and collectors have scrambled to learn how to identify makers and evaluate prices. This extensive book, now with updated..... More
Princeton University Press, February 1992. Paper Back. This volume focuses on the decorative arts of a period that has only recently begun to receive serious attention from museums and collectors. It starts with the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 and continues to America's entry into World War 1 in 1916..... More
Dover Publications, June 1992. Paper Back. Excellent reproduction of extremely rare catalog, originally distributed by important Grand Rapids, Michigan manufacturer of fine Mission-style furniture. Unusual pen-and-ink drawings depict 188 pieces, among them a large-arm rocker of bolted construction, fold-down tables and desks, bookcases with leaded glass doors, library and octagonal..... More
ABRAMS, November 1987. Hardcover. An examination of the true heritage of Adirondack rustic furniture. The book illustrates hundreds of the finest surviving pieces, from elaborate sideboards ornamented with twig mosaics in complex patterns to chairs and beds made out of gnarled branches forming fantastic shapes. Craig Gilborn, director of the..... More
Muller, January 1971. Hardcover. More
Princeton Architectural Press, October 1997. Reprint. Paper Back. Between 1890 and 1940, America's culture of consumption took its modern form: products were mass-produced, mass-distributed, and designed to be rapidly replaced by the buying public. The same period also saw the rise of the modern bathroom and kitchen as newly equipped..... More
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
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
Pyne Press, January 1973. Oversize Softcover. More
Bamboo Publishing Inc., December 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio; {10 & 1/2' x 14 & 1/2'}; In very good+/fine dustjacket. Pine green cloth covered boards with tooled gold illustration centered on front board and gold lettering on spine. In slipcase with green silk cover stiff boards with dumpstains and brown..... More
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
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
Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1973. Stapled Pamphlet. 6' x 9'; 56 pages; stapled; 30 full color plates with photos of toothpick holders. Description opposite. More
Springer, December 1986. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover. Faux black leather binding with jade green lettering. Very minor shelf wear on the jacket. More
