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
Greenwich, Connecticut: New York Graphic Society, 1966. First American edition. Hardcover. Large Quarto. 315pp. Photo-illustrated dustjacket over light blue cloth with gilt-stamped lettering to cover and spine. "... a wide-ranging anthology of much of the world's most beautiful glass and a scholarly history of glassmaking from earliest times to the..... More
Topeka, Kansas: The Central Press, 1940 & 1947. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Unpaginated. Volume I: Blue cloth with title in gold on cover and spine. Discoloration and scuffing to boards. "A book intended primarily to bring before the collector and dealer an accurate knowledge of the major portions of..... More
Taipei: National Palace Museum, 1990. Fifth edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 339 (1)pp. original illustrated dustjacket over brown cloth with gilt stamped lettering on cover and spine, housed in a matching slipcase. Beige endpapers. Photo-illustrated title page. Major revision and practically a new book on the treasures of the Museum's collections of..... More
Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1977. First edition. Softcover. Small Quarto. Unpaginated. Original pictorial wrappers with gray lettering on cover, white on spine. Frontispiece photograph. Catalog for the 1977/78 traveling exhibition of ceramics of Gertrud and Otto Natzler from 1971–1977 at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los..... More
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 184pp. Original photographic dust-jacket over blue cloth with white lettering on spine. Remarkable work on the art of Dominik Biemann, the renown Bohemian glass-engraver. This work is exquisitely illustrated with numerous b/w photographic reproductions. Minor age-toning along paper margin. Dust-jacket, binding and interior..... More
London: Duckworth, 1929. Hardcover. 4to. xv, 24 pp., 69 plates. Blue cloth binding. Head and tail of spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Signed by previous owner. Frontis. Illustrated with 70 full page annotatted b/w and colored plates printed on glossy paper. Light tanning to edges of plates not affecting..... More
Milano: Fabbri Editori, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 452pp. Blue cloth with white lettering on spine, in original illustrated dust jacket. A catalogue of the porcelain and silver in the Palazzo Reale, also known as the Royal Palace of Turin in Italy. Formerly the royal palace of the House of..... More
Mainz und Murnau: Philipp von Zabern, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 454pp. Original color photo-illustrated boards with silver lettering on cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Color frontispiece. Catalog of the exhibition in the Munich City Museum illustrated with 312 b/w and 101 color photographs of Art Déco pieces. Includes catalog..... More
Washington DC: Smithsonian, 1979. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 607pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket protected in brodart over brown cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photo-illustration. "... an in-depth survey of the Meissen factory's early years, using pieces from the collection to illustrate the evolution of form and decoration"..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1991. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XI, [1], 388pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over tan cloth with red lettering on spine. Color frontispiece. This exquisite catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition "East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection" held at The..... More
London: Gibbings And Company, 1909. Hardcover. 8vo. xxi. 316pp. Gilt decorated green cloth with gilt decorated spine. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Frontispiece. A beautiful book on Keramics by William Chaffers. Contents of this book were selected from his larger work, entitled "The Keramic..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1974. Hardcover. 4to. 451p. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and dj. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped and rubbed. Edges and corners slightly rubbed. DJ very minor, and slightly, creased on top along spine. Includes a brief chronological survey with the pictorial..... More
New York: Pitman, (n.d.). Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xvi, 48 pp. text + 96 pp. plates. Yellow cloth binding w/dj. Head and tail of spine bumped. Light rubbing and discoloration to edges. Dj chipped and creased. Head of spine missing 1/2' chip. Bottom front edge missing 1x1/4' chip. Frontis. Inscribed by..... 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