1908 Clarence Underwood Color Bookplate of a Victorian Woman with a Large Dog
NP: Frederick Stokes Company, 1908. Softcover. Single sheet 8 1/2" x 11" four [4] color plate.
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Fremont: Fremont, 1892. Hardcover. A very early effort at financial literacy and education. In gilt stamped orange cloth. Topics include Avoiding Speculation, How to Ruin Credit Inventor Partnership, Women Holding Property, Teaching Wives & Children Ways of Business Banking, Signatures, How to Send Money, Keeping Track, Real Estate, Mortgages, Insurance.....
The Music Dramas of Richard Wagner and His Festival Theatre in Bayreuth
New York: Dodd Mead, 1906. Hardcover. 12mo. 515pp. Plus 18 plates. Bound in cloth with gold gilt decoration and titling. Exhibits some wear at the extremities.
Weld's English Grammar Illustrated by Exercises in Composition, Analyzing and Parsing.
Portland: Sanborn and Carter, 1849. Hardcover. 228 pp. Original quarter leather with paper boards. Externally, some wear and extremity chipping. Marks to the boards and spine. Previous owner inscriptions to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with generally bright pages with some scattered spots throughout. A C 1840's guide to.....
Greenwich Village
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Bound in publisher's green cloth, handsomely embellished in gold. Illustrated with the sketches of Allen Gilbert Cram. Very Good with a few stains on the cover and with general wear.
Through England on My Knees: A Brass Rubbing Odyssey
New York: Barnes, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Focuses on the lost art of gravestone rubbing. Inscribed by the author. Rare. Worldcat lists no copies.
Four Booklets from Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts: Textiles in New England 1790-1840, Glass in New England, Customs on the Table Top: How New England Housewives Set Out Their Tables, Early New England Pottery and Glass in New England
Sturbridge: Old Sturbridge Booklet Series, 1958 - 1966. Softcover. Varying lengths, staple-bound in illustrated wraps.
Library of Congress and the Interior Decorations: A Practical Guide for Visitors With Descriptions of All the Painting Sculptures and Statues the Wall Quotations Floor Plans and Sixteen Interior Views from Photographs
New York: Foster & Reynolds, 1897. Softcover. 96 pp. 4 inches x 6 inches. Early 20th century tourist booklet in unlaminated color printed wraps. Contains b&w photographs and maps throughout.
Christie's The Collection of Benjamin F. Edwards III: Silver, Furniture, Delft, Brass, Chinese Export and Carpets, Tuesday 26 January 2010
New York: Christie's, 2011. Softcover. 4to. No. of lots - 407, Unpaginated. Illustrated in color. Landmark auction catalog. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Christie's Valuable Books and Manuscripts King Street 1 December 2015
London: Christie's, 2015. Softcover. 4to. Important auction catalog. A valuable reference resource for historians, bibliophiles, book and manuscript dealers, collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Italian Villas and Their Gardens
New York: Century, 1904. Hardback. A seminal work on garden design and a testament to the passionate connoisseurship of one of Americas greatest writers. This comprehensive look at the history and character of Italian garden architecture and ornamentation explores more than seventy-five villas, capturing what Wharton calls their "garden-magic" and.....
Visiting Cards of Celebrities: often Illustrated by Memorial Postage Stamps, together with Photographs, Drawings and other Material from the Collections of F. C. Schang with comments by him.
Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1973. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 271 pp. Index. In addition to the details described in the title, many of the cards also have a signature which provides a source authenticating signatures. Illustrated with photos of all described items.
The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg
New York: F.W. Dodge, 1935. F.S. Lincoln, Photographer. Hardcover. Hardcover. Reprint of The Architectural Record, December 1935. 458 pp. incl. illustrated plates. Includes: Illustrations, Portraits, Plans, Plates. Reprinted from the Architectural record, December, 1935. An early look at the restoration. The whole of this issue is devoted to the restoration.....
English Furniture From Gothic to Sheraton
Grand Rapids: Dean Hicks, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Definitive resource for early English furniture. Over 900 illustrations of examples from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
Cobbs America Gyed Books
New York: Doran, 1924. First Edition, Printing. Hardcover. First edition.
Williamsburg Cabinetmakers: The Archaeological Evidence
Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1971. Softcover. 48 pp. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Colonial Williamsburg Archaeological Series No. 6.
Shaker Furniture Makers
Pittsfield: Hancock Shaker Village and University Press of New England, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Valuable resource.
Natural Knowledge and Preclassical Antiquity
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Hardcover. 8vo. 208 pp. Includes Notes and Index. A series of meditations on the relationships between mythology and natural knowledge both in antiquity and in the present, drawn from stories told in the Greek, Egyptian and Roman annals.
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, Interiors, New York 21-22 November, 2014, Sessions 1-2
New York: Sotheby's, 2014. Softcover. 4to. 396 pp. Lots 272-716. Landmark auction catalog mostly illustrated in color with all lots described in detail. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals. Mellon was one of the most influential forces in.....
Property from the Collection of Mrs. Paul Mellon, Interiors, New York 22-23 November, 2014, Sessions 3-5
New York: Sotheby's, 2014. Softcover. 4to. 652] pp. Lots 720-1517. Landmark auction catalog mostly illustrated in color with all lots described in detail. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals. Mellon was one of the most influential forces in.....
Sotheby's The Collection of Anne H. & Frederick Vogel III: Important Early American Furniture, English Silver, Needlework, and Decorative Arts, Date - 19th January 2019
New York: Sotheby's, 2019. Softcover. 4to. 283 p. No. of lots - 351. Illustrated in color. Landmark auction catalog. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Sotheby's A Celebration of the English Country House: Including Chinese Export Porcelain and Silver, New York 15 April 2010
New York: Sotheby's, 2010. Softcover. 4to. Color illustrated. Important auction catalogue. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Sotheby's A Celebration of the English Country House: Including Silver and Chinese Export Porcelain, New York April 4 and 5, 2007
New York: Sotheby's, 2007. Softcover. 4to. 337 pp. with 550 lots. Important auction catalog mostly illustrated in color with all lots described in detail. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Sotheby's A Celebration of the English Country House: Paintings, Sculpture, English Ceramics, Chinese Export Porcelain, Furniture and Decorations, New York April 19 and 20, 2001
New York: Sotheby's, 2001. Softcover. 4to. Important auction catalog illustrated mostly in color with all lots described in detail. A valuable reference resource for historians, art and antique dealers and collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.
Sotheby's A Second Selection of Printed Books Mostly from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries - The Property of Mr. J.R. Ritman. Sold for the Benefit of the Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam. London, 5 December 2001.
London: Sotheby's, 2001. Hardcover. 4to. 294 pp.; 122 lots; plus index and bibliography. Landmark auction catalog extensively illustrated with color photographs. Hardcover pictorial boards. A valuable reference resource for historians, bibliophiles, book and manuscript dealers, collectors, and auction, design and decorating professionals.