Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects By Carl Faberge. Washington, D. C.: The Corcoran Gallery of Art 1961. Hard Cover. First Edition. Jacket has shelf wear, minor discolorations, tears, small loss, now in a protective mylar cover. Inside text is clean. Very Good / Good
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ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF OLD CHINESE PORCELAIN. London: Frank Partridge & Sons, Ltd. 1933. White Cloth. Presumed First. 36 pp. B/w & color photo ills. Cover lightly soiled and foxed, with bright gilt lettering on front. Spine a bit more discolored. Binding tight, some intermittent foxing to text. Book contains descriptions of 114 Chinese Porcelains, with full-page pictures in b/w and color. Color photos tissue-protected. A wonderful reference. Very Good
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OLD-TIME NEW ENGLAND. Boston: The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities 1936. Paper. First. 33 pp., plus 6 pp. antiques ads, plus a 4-page, 8 1/2 x 11, tipped-in, fold-out appeal to members for funds (with four b/w photos of various Society properties) and 2, or more, pages with small b/w photos and brief descriptions of "Houses Owned by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Subtitle, "The Bulletin of The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities." Vol. XXVI, No. 3, January, 1936, Serial No. 83. B/w front cover photo of, "Nanking China, Fitzhugh Pattern in Brown and Gold." Rear cover is a full-page ad for "Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony," the first book published by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Text includes articles, most with photos, on "The Birthplaces of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts"; "Canton and Nankin Ware in 1845" and "The Indian Petroglyph at the Aptucxet Trading Post in Bourne, Massachusetts." Covers are slightly aged and soiled. Interior is clean and crisp. Good Plus
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OLD-TIME NEW ENGLAND. Boston: The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities 1937. Paper. First. 38 pp. and 2, or more, pages with small b/w photos and brief descriptions of "Houses Owned by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Subtitle, "The Bulletin of The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities." Vol. XXVII, No. 4, April, 1937, Serial No. 88. B/w front cover photo, "Fig. 2. Perspective Representation of University Hall. . . .taken from Bulfinch drawings." Rear cover is a full-page ad for "Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony," the first book published by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Text includes articles, most with photos, on "The In-Laws of a Revolutionary Soldier, William Copeland, of Mansfield, Massachusetts"; "The Steamer J.T. Morse -- Her History and Adventures" ; "Notes on the Bulfinch Church at Lancaster, Mass." and reports on the annual meeting from the Vice-President and Librarian and a "Report on the Museum." Covers are slightly aged and soiled. Interior is clean and crisp. Good Plus
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Allen, Frederick Lewis et al. EARLY AMERICAN ROOMS. Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press 1936. Hard Cover. Second Edition. 200 pp. Color & b/w ills. Subtitle: "A Consideration of the Changes in Style between the Arrival of the Mayflower and the Civil War in the Regions Originally Settled by the English and the Dutch." Cover is scuffed all over, with edgewear. Bright gilt title and design center front. Teg. Gray eps marked with tape where glassine jacket was attached. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. There are occasional finger-marks in text. Intermittent waterstains on lower edges have little or no impact on ills. This interesting book was designed to examine "period rooms" in more detail than is usual, with 12 rooms examined and pictured, each with historical notes. There are 5 or 6 ills. with each room, and a color schedule is included in the book. Well-indexed. Houses include the Paul Revere House in Boston; the Concord Antinquarian Society in Concord; the Rose House, North Branford, CT; the Barroom at the Wayside Inn, South Sudbury, MA; the Schenck House, now in the Brooklyn Museum; the Powel House in Philadelphia; Gadsby Tavern, Alexandria, VA; "Oak Hill," Peabody, MA; a parlor from Irvington, NJ now in the Brooklyn Museum; and Roosevelt House in New York City. Very Good / No Jacket
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Anonymous. ENGLISH FURNITURE WITH SOME FURNITURE OF OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1958. Cloth and Paper Board. Presumed First. 58 pp. Foreword, 95 pp. text including index and 358 plates, mostly b/w and full-page. Blue cloth spine with a rust-colored title block with bright gilt, blind-stamped lettering and rules. Covers are of off-white cloth, over boards, in an embossed, imitation woven cloth pattern. Front cover has a line drawing, in blind-stamped bright gilt, of the wall lantern in Plate 152. Covers and spine are very slightly aged and soiled. Spine ends and corners are very slightly bumped. Corners are rubbed and/or worn. Edges are slightly soiled. Full-page, color frontis photo of a "Cheval Fire Screen." Contents consist of the foreword, followed by the plates which are numerically keyed to brief descriptions and comments which comprise the final portion of the volume. Interior is as new. An excellent reference. Cross reference our books #006357 and #006358. Very Good Plus - Near Fine
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Avril, Paul. L'AMEUBLEMENT PARISIEN AVANT, PENDANT ET APRES LA REVOLUTION. Paris: Alexis Sinjon 1929. Loose Leaf. Presumed First. 15 pp. + 83 b/w plates. Individual plates and text in pamphlet form are cased in a paper-over-boards portfolio. Covers are ivory embellished in red and navy. Portfolio is worn at hinges and at all edges. Tape marks upper and lower covers across spine. Corners bumped and worn. Cloth ties. Contents are near fine, unbound. Full-page b/w photos of fine antique furnishings from 1760-1810. Eleven pp. of text in French precede the list of plates. The last plate is chipped a bit on the edge; does not affect image. Very Good Plus Contents
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Berney, Esther S. A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO PRESSING IRONS AND TRIVETS. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc. 1977. Hardcover. First. 182 pp. B/w ills & photos. Orange covers lettered on spine in bold black. Tiniest of creases to lower corners. Orange dj has photos of irons and trivets on front and back, white and blue lettering on front, black lettering on spine. Dj is unclipped, priced, has two closed tears to lower edge of back and one at upper back near spine. P.o. in ink on fpd. Contents of book are clean and crisp, a detailed look at a subject which interests many collectors and antique dealers, and a valuable reference. Near Fine / Very Good Plus
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Buschor, Ernst. GRIECHISCHE VASEN. Munich, R. Piper & Co., 1969. 1969. Hardcover. 294 pp. 4to. 282 b/w plates. Fine in very good dj with protective dustcover. Text in German. Handsome book with exceptionally clear illustrations.
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Cook, R. M. GREEK PAINTED POTTERY. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd. 1960. Black Cloth. Presumed First. 391 pp., 56 halftone pls. and 50 line drawings in text. Front cover has a blind-stamped, bright gilt illustration of a piece of painted pottery. Spine has bright, blind-stamped gilt lettering. Spine ends are bumped. Edges are slightly aged and soiled. DJ, in protective cover, is slightly soiled and chipped. Account of Greek painted pottery from the Protogeometric to the Hellenic period. It treats the material by periods and, within each period, by schools. Very Good Plus / Good Minus
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De Grollier, Charles. REPERTOIRE ALPHABETIQUE ET SYSTEMATIQUE DE TOUTES LES MARQUES CONNUES. Paris: Auguste Picard, Editeur 1914. Gray Wraps. 248 pp. B/w identifying marks. Subtitle: "Des Manufactures Europeennes de Porcelaines (France Exceptee) d'arpes les notes du Marquis de Grollier et du Comte de Chavagnac." This early paperbound book has a deteriorating spine missing the top 2" and approx. 1/2" at heel. Covers a bit soiled and "handled" but intact and readable. Hinges going, due to paper aging. Binding holding, and all contents appear to be present. Some pages unopened. A valuable source of identification for antique porcelains, with pp unfoxed and readable. Text in French. Near Very Good
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Grant, Capt. M.H. ("Lindesman"). THE MAKERS OF BLACK BASALTES. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons 1910. Hard Cover. First Edition. 400 pp., including 96 b/w plates. Spine has blind-stamped, bright gilt lettering and rules. Hinges and edges are slightly rubbed. Pages edges are slightly aged. On the front and rear fly leaves, and on the half-title, is the rubber stamp of the previous owner, an antiques dealer. B/w frontis photo w/captioned tissue. Text is enhanced by 96 b/w plates which are numerically keyed to their captioned tissues. There are occasional pencil lines or brief notations in the margins. Interior is slightly aged along the edges and, occasionally, slightly soiled. Rare copy of an excellent reference work. Very Good / No Jacket
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Hackenbroch, Yvonne. MEISSEN AND OTHER CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN, FAIENCE AND ENAMEL IN THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1956. Cloth and Paper Board. Presumed First. 20 pp. Foreword, 264 pp. text including index and 158 plates, mostly b/w and full-page. Blue cloth spine with a rust-colored title block with bright gilt, blind-stamped lettering and rules. Covers are of off-white cloth, over boards, in an embossed, imitation woven cloth pattern. Front cover has a line drawing, in blind-stamped bright gilt, of a male figurine. Covers and spine are very slightly aged and soiled. Spine ends and corners are slightly bumped, rubbed and/or worn. Edges are slightly soiled. Full-page, color frontis photo of a Meissen figurine entitled "Rendezvous at the Hunt." Contents consist of the foreword, followed by the plates which are numerically keyed to brief descriptions and comments which comprise the final portion of the volume. Interior is as new. An excellent reference. Cross reference our books #006356 and #006357. Very Good Plus - Near Fine
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