![Yoichi Ohira. A Phenomenon in Glass [SIGNED]. Conceived, edited, Barry Friedman, Joel Brody,...](/pictures/thumb/49884.jpg?v=1648239844)
New York: Rizzoli, 2002. Hardcover. Signed Yoichi Ohara with initials in silver on front free endpaper. Square Quarto (9 7/8"). Original red cloth with black lettering on spine, in original illustrated dustjacket. Black endpapers. Title page and half-title printed in red and black. Book accompanying the exhibition Yoichi Ohira: A...... More
London: Sotheby's Publications, 1990. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/800. Small folio. 488pp. Grey cloth slipcase. Photo-illustrated dust jacket, with white lettering on the front cover and spine. Dark grey cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine. This copy #761 of a total edition of 800 hand-numbered on the verso..... More
New York: Japan Society, 1914. Limited First edition. Hardcover. 1/1500. Folio. X, 129, [1]pp. Uncut. Original half cloth over paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Color frontispiece protected with a tissue-guard. Splendid exhibition catalogue featuring outstanding examples of Chinese, Corean, and Japanese Potteries. This work..... More
Newport: The Ceramic Book Company, (1962). Second edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. xx. 132pp. Gilt stamped red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Minor rubbing to corners. Red top page edge. Minor scuffing and discoloration to boards. Frontispiece. Illustrated with annotated color and b/w photographs. In near fine condition. More
Malmö: Allhems Förlag, 1962. Hardcover. Large 4to. 243pp. Vellum with gilt lettering to cover and spine. Minor staining and welling to boards. Corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Outline of the Italian art of blown glass. 84 tipped in color plates of beautiful blown glass made in Italy..... More
Beverly Hills: Bakarat Gallery, 1985. Hardcover. Full brown cloth, w/gold lettering and design. 319 pp. 4to. Color ill. More
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2004. Hardcover. Quarto. 575pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket, brown lettering on spine, over blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Gray endpapers. Half-title printed in brown. Color frontispiece. Title page printed in brown with photo-illustrated decanter. "This inspiring new book, the result of seven years'..... More
Perugia: Petruzzi Editore, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 438pp. Blue cloth with gold lettering on cover and spine in original dust jacket. Minor creasing on dj. Illustrated endpapers. "With the acquisition of seventy-six pieces of Renaissance maiolica, from the collection of Paolo Sprovieri, an art dealer and collector of great..... More
Paris: Ernst Henri, ca. 1920's, 30's. Hardcover. Portfolio. 4 pp. introduction. 3/4 paisley cloth over decorated boards. With original tie. With 40 hand-colored, poichoir plates. Portfolio showcases turkish, early iranian and mediterranean ceramic tiles and pottery. Binding split. Plates browned and chipped at edges. Beautifully colored plates. Overall, in fair/good..... More
New York: Hudson Hill Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 454pp. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original dj. A fine book on "early ancient glass, core-formed, rod-formed, and cast vessels and objects from the late Bronze age to the early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha Ltd., 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. (4) 324 (1)pp. Original gray cloth with silver ruling on cover and spine, silver and black lettering on spine. Housed in cinnamon clamshell box with black and blind-stamped lettering and ruling on cover and spine, in original publishers cardboard box with printed..... More
New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. viii, (3) 231pp. 40, 84 plates. Original red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Pergamenische Forschungen, Band 7. Picture language in the service of the ruler. "This monograph's subject is Pergamon's Application Pottery. It's..... More
London: Gorer, No date. Ex Library First edition. Softcover. Quarto. Unpaginated, 18 leaves. Original white string-bound wraps with blind-stamped embossed illustration and red and black lettering on cover. Title page printed in red and black. Decorative historiated and decorative initials. "The object of this illustrated booklet is to give some..... More
Berlin, Leipzig: Walter de Gruyter, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. viii, 177pp., 49 plates. Bound in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. The works of small art in this catalog were last described in 1910, together with large sculptures, by W. Voege. Some works of the collection have..... More
Düsseldorf: Econ-Verlag, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 549 (2)pp. Original color illustrated dustjacket over leatherette with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Decorative endpaper (maps of China and Japan). Ribbon marker attached to cardboard plate listing lacquer techniques and b/w photograph on verso. Fold-out chart on early Chinese and Japanese..... More
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, 1956-1958. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XVI, 184pp (Text), 144pp (Plates), [8], [185]-333, [1]pp (Text), 145-272pp (Plates), XII, [334]-478, [2]pp (Text), 67pp (Plates). Original tan cloth with blue lettering on spines and front covers. Top edges blue. Title pages in red and black lettering. Remarkable work on the..... More
Leningrad: Leningrad Khudoznik RSFSR, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 254 (2)pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over red cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, housed in plain cardboard slipcase. Decorative endpapers. Double page color frontispiece. "in Russia bugle and bead wares have been used with equal success for the decoration..... More
London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1877. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (2) 222pp. Original red cloth with blind-stamped ruling and gilt lettering and publisher's device on cover. Dark blue endpapers. The collection was formed during the last half 18th century by the well-known amateur Robert Napier. It contains Chinese and Japanese..... More
Tokyo: Minami Gallery, 1974. Original document. Loose leaf. Large Quarto. 6pp. Original stiff illustrated wraps with black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Announcement for an exhibition of works by Kimiyo Mishima at the Minami Gallery in Tokyo from February 18 to 28th of 1974. Kimiyo Mishima is best..... More
![Old Dutch Pottery and Tiles [SIGNED]. Elisabeth Neurdenburg, Bernhard Rackham](/pictures/thumb/43944.jpg?v=1530229572)
London: Benn Brothers, Limited, 1923. First limited edition. Hardcover. 86/100, signed by author and translator on colophon. Large Quarto. xv, 155, lxix plates with printed tissue guards. Original pigskin with gilt-stamped vignette on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. "This work is to..... More
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1965. Primera edicion. Hardcover. 1/2000. 8vo. 412pp. Gold decorated blue cloth and spine with black title label in original dustjacket. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped. Minor staining and scuffing to boards. Bumping to upper left area of front board. Some spotting..... More
London: William Pickering, 1851. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 32pp., 41 plates. Red cloth with decorative gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Title page printed in red and black with decorative initial and printer's device. Decorative initial. "Many volumes would be required for the full elucidation of all characteristics and varieties..... More
München: Prestel, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 338 (2)pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Monograph of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin with emphasis on its production of Art Nouveau. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographs. Catalog of the complete production in the..... More
Frankfurt: Fricke Verlag, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Small Folio. 184pp. Original illustrated dustjacket over white paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover and spine. Standard work for Art Nouveau tiles covering the artistic aspect of ornamental art and the technology from the extraction of the raw material, its formulation and..... More
Stuttgart, Leipzig: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 165 (3)pp. Original cream cloth with stamped color vignette and gilt lettering on cover and spine. color frontispiece on black heavy stock handmade paper. Second catalog by Leo Balet on Swabian glass painting for the National Collection of Antiquities. Illustrated..... More