London: V&A Publications, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 128pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial half-title. Color frontispiece. The beautiful jewelry of Nepal, Tibet, and the Himalayas is extraordinarily evocative, with vibrant combinations of gold and silver embellished with turquoise, coral, amber, and pearls..... More
New York: The Maple Press, 1947. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/500. ix. 94,15pp. Quarter cloth over pink paper covered boards in original slipcase. Gilt lettering to spine. Lower edge of slipcase torn but holding. Inscribed by author on front endpaper. "I have adopted the alternative course of discussing in some detail..... More
London: Bamboo Publishing, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 160pp. Original olive colored photo-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on front cover and spine. Debossed blind-stamped olive cloth boards, with gilt lettering on spine. This book is a survey of the spectacular varieties of carved Chinese lacquer work, and deals with..... More
Paris: Ch. Massin, 1921. First edition. Hardcover. 6, [1] plus 36 b/w plates, resting in original half cloth over decorative printed paper covered boards portfolio. String ties. Fascinating work on the Modern style in interior design. Heavy abrasion and staining on portfolio with spine rubbed and partly detached. Bottom right..... More
Paris: Editions D'Art Charles Moreau, [ca. 1925]. Hardcover. Folio. [2] pp. 32 plates in photogravure (1-3 per plate). Later half-leather red leather binding with gold lettering on spine. Corners and upper edge of spine bumped, lower edge torn. Marble endpapers. Artistic iron workmanship in the 1920s art nouveau and art..... More
Paris: Massin, n.d. Hardcover. Portfolio. 6pp. of introduction, followed by 36 loose full-page b/w plates, as issued. 1/2 green cloth over illustrated gray paper covered boards with title-paste-on. 3 green strings. Illustrated title page. Work on the Modern Style in interior design. Magnificently illustrated with 36 full-page semitone photogravure. Very..... More
Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 8pp., 36 plates, as issued. Original string-tied portfolio in blue quarter-cloth over illustrated gray paper-covered boards with blue lettering on cover. Illustrated title page. Foreword by Henri Clouzot. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French Art Deco ironworks in..... More
Paris: Editions d'Art Charles Moreau, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 4pp (Title and Introduction), 32 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original quarter cloth over printed paper covered boards. String ties. Title in green and grey lettering. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French Art Deco ironworks..... More
Great Britain: New Cavendish Books, 1982. First UK edition. Hardcover. Oblong quarto. 256pp. Grey and red illustrated cardboard illustrated slipcase with white and black lettering on covers, white lettering on spine. Grey decorated cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Photo illustrated frontispiece. Beginning with an interview with..... More
London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 551pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Blue buckram boards with blind-stamped roundel decorative motif on the front cover, and white lettering on the spine. Illustrated endpapers. Blue ribbon marker. A magnificent look "into..... More
San Francisco: Sotheby's Publications - The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 275, [1]pp. Original pictorial dust-jacket over blue cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. Title page inscribed and signed by Caroline McCoy Jones and Cathryn M. Cootner. This magnificent book is the..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. Third printing. Hardcover. Folio. XX, 373, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth with gold and black lettering on spine. This remarkable work approaches the study of Indian costumes in two ways. First it examines the general history of the costume, the tools and..... More
Los Angeles: Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute, 1998. Softcover. 4to. 225pp. Pictorial wrappers with white lettering to wrappers and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Very minor scuffing to wrappers. Blue endpapers. Great work on conservation of historic windows. Delightfully illustrated with many b/w and color photographs. In Spanish. In near..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. Oblong octavo. 143, [1]pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over photographic paper covered boards. Frontispiece. This remarkable work is the perfect introduction for everyone interested in quality ceramic craftsmanship. It is profusely illustrated with 7 tipped-in color plates and numerous b/w..... More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIV, 192pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over decorative paper covered boards, with white lettering on spine. As she has in her previous books, "Ndebele: The Art of an African Tribe" and "African Canvas: The Art of West African Women," Margaret Courtney-Clarke turns..... More
London: V & A Publications, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated half-title and title page. Illustrated with numerous color photographic reproductions, this remarkable volume deals in depth with Indian textiles in the ikat technique. It is based on..... More
Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto. xlvi, 504, viii, 391 (1)pp. Original illustrated dustjackets, black lettering on spine, over gray cloth with gilt lettering on covers and spines. Gray endpapers. "The Directory covers the period when Great Britain was the foremost industrial country of the world. London..... More
London: Faber & Faber, 1952. Hardcover. 4to. 312 pp. Grey cloth binding w/dj. Some discoloration and rubbing to edges. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners lightly worn. Dj missing 1" chip to tail of spine and 3" x 1/2" to front top edge. Some creasing. Hinges starting to crack..... More
London: The Studio Publications, (1956). First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 96pp. Red cloth with black lettering on spine in original illustrated dust jacket. The author stresses that whatever the elements of book jacket design - typography, photography, pattern, pen and ink sketch or full color illustration - the artist's own integrity..... More
Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collector's Club, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 448pp. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to cover and spine in original dj. Bottom corners slightly bumped. Minor creasing to dj. Frontispiece."This is a comprehensive and fascinating overview of the manufacture of porcelain in Great Britain from the mid-eighteenth century..... More
Paris: Librairie Honore Champion, 1907. Limited ed. Hardcover. 227 pp. plus plates. text in French, 39 full-page plates. Quarto. Half leather over marbled paper boards, t.e.g. 1/200 copies signed by the author. Very good. More
Nuremberg: Reichs- und Auslandspalerie, n.d. (ca. 1932). Third edition. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. 21pp. 21pp. 21pp. [pagination of all sections start at p. 16]. 3/4 purple linen over decorated paper-covered boards. Furniture trade catalog. Mix- match strips demonstrate furniture component options. Binding folds out into three sections: One section is bound to..... More
Great Britain: Academy Editions, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Large Oblong Octavo. Unpaginated. Original cream photo-illustrated dustjacket over black cloth with white lettering on spine. Superb illustrations in b/w and color, of furniture and other decorative works by the great modern Spanish architect, including many sketches. Dj with minor shelf-wear. Interior..... More
Woodbury, NY: Barron's, 1980. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 149pp. Black cloth with white lettering. DJ has some slight yellowing on the top edge as do all the edges throughout the book. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs and b&w drawings. Near fine condition. More
London: British Museum, Longmans & Co., 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. lvii, (2) 366pp., xxx plates w/tissue guards. Original blue cloth with blind-stamped ruling on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Black endpapers. Volume intended to supplement the Catalogue of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman finger-rings focusing on rings bequeathed by Sir..... More