Berlin: Self published, c. 1900. Hardcover. Atlas folio (20 1/2" x 26 3/4"). An extraordinary collection of elephant-size cyanotypes comprised of 5 double-page and 22 full-page plates, illustrating decorative iron work examples in the Art Nouveau and Jugendstil styles. Rendered in meticulous detail, the images convey the master craftsmanship of..... More
[England?]: [19th century]. Hardcover. Quarto. 25 plates. Original light blue leather Cosway style binding, with engraved brass plate and painted enamel miniature (cameo) mounted on front cover; brass clasp lock and blind-stamped ruling on spine. Gilt edges. Decorative endpapers. Likely English in origin. The brass plate is artfully engraved with..... More
London: W. Griggs, Elm House, 1886. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 16pp., 28 plates in chromolithography. Original black half-cloth over dark brown paper-covered, color-illustrated boards with elaborate decorative gilt framing, black lettering with decorative, heightened initials and gilt lettering on cover, gilt lettering on spine. Back cover with same decorative framing..... More
New York: Kouchakji Fréres, 1923. Limited first edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Elephant Folio (18 1/4 x 15"). 194pp (Text) + 60 leaves of plates. Uncut. Original black morocco over gilt-stamped olive cloth, with gold lettering and tooling to spines. Top edge gilt. Decorative headpieces and initials. This is numbered copy #154..... More
Paris: Editions Charles Moreau, ND (ca 1930). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (17 2/8 x 12 6/8"). [4]pp (Title and list of contents), 36 loose leaves (Plates), as issued. Original quarter black cloth over illustrated paper covered boards. String ties. Illustrated title. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French..... More
Hamburg: Selbsverlag (Self published), (1907). Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated (92 leaves). Modern brown cloth and endpapers. Scarce catalogue with b/w reproductions of photographs and drawings of various metal artworks & fine metal framing by the German company H. C. E. Eggers. The business was started in 1865, originally manufacturing safes but..... More
Pforzheim, Germany: Kunstgewerbe-Verein, 1879. Original artwork. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio (18 1/2 x 12 3/8"). Five plates of heavy cardboard with cardboard mat framing forty-three original watercolor and pen and ink designs of jewelry, protected by modern mylar. Each cardboard inked 1879 at top and numbered in ink II. 1...... More
Buenos Aires: Libreria El Ateneo, (1944). Editorial Construcciones Sudamericanas. Hardcover. 152 leaves resting in decorative paper-covered portfolio with cloth folding flaps and string-tie. Illustrated with 129 mainly color (some b/w) reproductions of drawings showing wrought ironwork of doors, door handles, door hinges, door knockers, locks, gates, clocks, lanterns, lighting fixtures..... More
Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924. First edition Limited edition. Hardcover. 45/300. Folio. 294pp., 52 plates. Original half vellum over marbled boards with gilt lettering on cover, black lettering on spine; housed in a matching marbled slipcase. Frontispiece engraving. Red and black title page. Historiated red initials. Half-title for..... More
Meriden, CT: Rogers Bros Silverplate, International Silver and Co, [1930]. First edition. Softcover. Folio. Unpaginated. [14]pp. Original spiral bound black and silver decorative stiff wrappers. This splendid work introduces "Silhouette," the new silverware pattern from 1847 Rogers Bros.* Illustrated with two tipped-in heliogravures and two striking pochoir plates by Reynaldo..... More
Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1934. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/35. Bound in publisher's deluxe gold-stamped leather, protected by mylar jacket. Top-edge gilt. Frontispiece. Elaborate publication, profusely illustrated with b/w photographic reproductions of arms & armor of various countries. Illustrations are from the author's own photographs and drawings, museums and some..... More
Los Angeles: Ornamental Iron Mfg. Association, 1927. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 95 (1)pp. Original stapled stiff tan wraps with embossed orange association seal in orange on front cover. Vignette on title page. Decorative headers throughout. Profusely illustrated with works by Wallace Neff, Ken Weber, George Washington Smith, Myron Hunt, Morgan..... More
Oxford: Published by the author, n/d. Hardcover. 4to. 96 pp. numbered only on the left side (actually 192 pp). Light teal cloth binding with white design embossed in cover. Also with gilt design and seller's information and address. Illustrated with chromolithographic images of items for sale. Facing pages list item..... More
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München: F. Bruckmann, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Unpaginated [13]pp (text), [67]pp (photographs). Original tan cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Published by the "Deutschen Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst*" (the German Society for Goldsmiths' Art), this rare 1938 yearbook is splendidly illustrated with striking b/w photographs showcasing the..... More
Leipzig: Baumgärtner's Buchhandlung, 1911. Second edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. Portfolio. 3/4 blue cloth over textured grey boards. Blue lettering on front cover. Foreword by Hans Bösch. Compiled and edited by Adalbert Roeper. This is a second edition of the work originally published in Munich in 1896. A fascinating portfolio of..... More
Prague: Böhm, 1906. First edition. Softcover. Oblong quarto. Unpaginated. Original decorative wrappers with gold lettering on front cover. Publisher's device on title-page. Decorative tailpiece. Title-page and text in dark green lettering. Splendid photo-illustrated survey of the Czech art of iron and metal work from the 16th to the 18th century..... 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: 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..... More
Paris: Ch. Massin & Cie. 1925. First edition. Loose leaf. Large Folio. (4) 36 (1) plates. Original brown half-cloth over tan boards, string-tied portfolio with decorative illustrations and black lettering on cover, protected by modern mylar. Title page with two illustrations. Catalog of Art Nouveau ironworks for gates, doors, door..... More
Stavanger, Norway: NP, 1918. Limited ed. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. viii, 350 pp. Tan cloth binding. Head and tail of spine and corners lightly bumped. Light staining to covers. Decorated endpapers. Frontis. 97 b/w plates printed on glossy paper. Red ink decoration at the beginning of each chapter with first line..... More
London: NP, 1929. Hardcover. Small folio. Unpaginated catalogue + 81 plates. 3/4 vellum over blue buckram boards. Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Tope edge gilt. Pages uncut. Decorative blue endpapers. The book is a catalog for the exhibition of Old English silver work and other decorative objects..... More
Torino: C. Crudo & C., Società Italiana di Edizioni Artistiche, ca. 1900s, 1910s. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. [2]pp (Title-plate), 85 loose plates, as issued. Original half cloth portfolio over printed paper covered boards with string tie. Fascinating work compiling 85 photographic and illustrated plates previously published in the Italian decorative..... More
Loose leaf. Folio. 4pp (Title and Introduction), 32 plates), as issued. Original light blue quarter cloth over printed paper-covered boards with green and gray lettering, protected by modern mylar. String ties. Title page in green and gray lettering. This remarkable work is a pictorial survey of French Art Deco ironworks..... More
Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Quarto. xv, 166 (1)pp., 28, 80 plates, [1] page. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, retaining original stiff black wraps with red lettering in decorative borders and color illustration on plate laid to cover. Half title..... More
Plauen, Germany: C. F. Schulz & Co., 1920. First edition. Loose leaf. Elephant Folio. (1) 59 plates. Original three quarter red cloth portfolio over brown paper-covered boards with black lettering on cover; string ties. Title page plus 59 plates depicting intricately decorative golden necklaces, tankards, statuettes, goblets, piano tops, brooches..... More