American Silver Collected by Philip H. Hammerslough. Vols. II + III
Hartford, Connecticut: Privately printed, 1960, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 29/300, 1/350 unnumbered. Both volumes signed and inscribed to art historian Milo Naeve on free endpaper. Quarto. 101, 159 (5)pp. Original gray cloth-backed boards with black leather insets and gilt-stamped illustration on cover, gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photographs. Two volumes (of 4) of Hammerslough's superb collection of early American silver. Illustrated with offset reproductions of silver objects annotated with data on maker, description, height and weight, etc. Both volumes include list of silversmiths. Antiques Magazine article on Hammerslough collection laid in. Light wear along edges of binding. Small spot and smudging on cover of volume III and light fading of script on spine of this volume. Book block with very light age-toning at edges not affecting images. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. vg. Item #36475
Price: $275.00