Books - "antiques"
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ORDERS AND DECORATIONS
quarto dark blue cloth boards with gilt device, illus eps, 316pp illustrated in colour , ex library VG in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: paul hamlyn london 1969
KEYWORDS: orders decorations medals arts military reference antiques vaclav mericka
Spode & His Successors
A History of the Pottery Stoke-on-Trent 1765-1865
204pp incl 9pp index & bibliography, with 81pp of colour & b & w plates, blue cloth boards with blind stamping on spine & extremities & centre of front board, purple & gilt embossed emblem on front & gilt embossed lettering & emblem on spine, patterned ep's, thick paper copy, VG+ (v sl shelf wear, v sl bruising to corners, top cnr sl bumped, sl wear to head & foot of spine,spine sl sunned, boards v sl faded, tiny chip to back board, tiny mark on spine, v sl foxing to edges & throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. Ltd. London 1925
KEYWORDS: English pottery history spode antiques porcelain
COLLECTOR'S PROGRESS
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 207pp, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl rubbed, sl cocked), d/w gd (fr cover torn in two, heqad and tail spine sl chipped, extrem's and corners sl chipped, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1957
KEYWORDS: autobiography fisher antiques art england
The Connoisseur Magazine
From May 1902 to December 1902. Early in the 20th Century this London Magazine was popular for its articles on Art, Antique and Literary themes. This set has been bound together in half leather. Very good (rubbing, corners bruised, edgewear, minor scuff to front fore-edge, usual foxing to preliminaries and e.p.'s, although binding is only sound, the actual text is clean and crisp w. all plates inc. foldouts present)
PUBLISHER: Connoisseur London
KEYWORDS: Connoisseur Magazine Art Antiques Lit England
Spode and his successors
first edition ex-lib 204pp ills.(some col.) G+ (usual libr.stamps and labels,rubbed/stained and sl.sunned w.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,some surface loss to ffep,some sl.foxing to contents,cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: cassell & co london 1925
KEYWORDS: antiques biography arts
Orders and Decorations
second impression 316pp ills.(mainly col.) VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.sl.foxed o/w contents clean,v.sl.chipping to head of one section,sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.w.3cm closed tear to foot of cover)
PUBLISHER: paul hamlyn london 1969
KEYWORDS: medals military antiques
19th Century Australian Gold and Silver Smiths
first edition 69pp+plates [b/w] NF (black cloth,edges sl.foxed,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson richmond 1969
KEYWORDS: history silver gold smiths antiques arts crafts kurt albrecht
Chats on Naval Prints
first edition 208pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.rubbed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1926
KEYWORDS: military history nautical arts naval prints e.keble chatterton antiques
Cape Furniture
first edition 244p illus, (b/w, photographs and diagrams) VG+ (brown cloth w. green eps, v. sl gum along t.e. of front board, v. sl foxing to eps and edges, owners inscription to title page) in VG d/w (sl rubbed and soiled w. sl chipping to head and foot of spine, sl discolouration along top and bottom edges from gum stains, two sl closed tears to lower edge of front cover, spine and boards sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: howard timmins cape town 1965
KEYWORDS: furniture design antiques style architecture south africa arts dTcor interior decoration cape town history atmore m. g.
Masterpieces Of Western Sculpture
from medieval to modern
first edition 239pp illus, (col photographs w. some b/w) VG+ (brown cloth, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims and t.e. of contents) in VG+ d/w (sl foxing to covers and sunning to spine, mod foxing to reverse side of jacket)
PUBLISHER: thames and hudson london [1977]
KEYWORDS: sculpture arts sculptors history biography antiques statues hibbard howard
Les Maitres De L'art Naif
[first edition thus?] [text in french] 303pp illus, (col and b/w artwork) VG (light brown cloth w. dec eps, sl stains to head and foot of spine and hinge area, spine sl cocked, sl foxing to prelims) in G+ d/w (mod tear to head of spine and hinge area w. approx 3cm loss to head of spine, sl tears and closed tear to foot of spine w. sl chipping and small closed tears to edges of jacket hinges)
PUBLISHER: exclusivite weber la connaissance-bruxelles 1972
KEYWORDS: arts european arts painting sculpture history painters artists sculptors biography antiques collectibles bihalji-merin oto
Nineteenth Century British Glass
second edition 168pp illus, (b/w, photographs w. some col) VG+ (grey cloth w. yellow eps, sl stains to bottom edge of boards and spine, sl stains to bottom edge of prelims and contents, spine sl cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl wear to t.e. of spine and rear cover w. sl stains along bottom edge of covers and spine)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1982
KEYWORDS: glassware history glassmaking techniques styles decoration antiques collectables craftsmen british english glass nineteenth century glass manufacture wakefield hugh
Medals Yearbook 1987
8th edition
216pp ills.[many col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.soiled w.minor wear to extrems.,wrapper detaching from contents internally at glued gutters,2x leaves loose but present o/w contents clean)
PUBLISHER: cobra publ.[uk] [1987]
KEYWORDS: military medals antiques collectables john g.brant
The Encyclopaedia of Furniture
an outline history of furniture design in egypt, assyria, persia,greece, rome, italy, france, the netherlands, germany, england, scandinavia, spain, russia, and in the near and far east up to the middle of the nineteenth century with 659 illustration
first edition, 320 pp, ills, VG (black cloth, bumped and sl worn with sl soiling to upper extrems, ffep and front paste down browned, moderate foxing to prelims, some contents and foredges, ills clean, browned rear free end paper, sl cocked.)
PUBLISHER: ernest benn, england 1926
KEYWORDS: dr hermann schmitz, furniture antiques collectables design
Abbotsford the Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott
first edition,66pp, ills (col) VG (large format, blue cloth with gold blind stamps, bumps and wear to extrems, browned/foxed front/ rear paste down and ffep, sl foxing throughout, all plates clean.)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black, london, 1893
KEYWORDS: sir walter scott mary scott william gibb collectables antiques biography history
The Standard Catalogue of Postage Stamps
published annually eleventh edition 1911
516pp, ills (b/w) VG- (green cloth with stamps, minor bumps and wear, binding beginning to separate at ffep gutter, contents sl discoloured, binding cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: whitfield king, england, [1910]
KEYWORDS: stamp collecting philatelic history antiques
Les Emaux Russes 11th-19thC
first edition 238pp.illus.(col.) VG(illus.cloth boards,title to front board and spine,mod.soiled,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,prelims.mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: collections des musees moscow 1974
KEYWORDS: pissarskaia platonova oulianova gems design antiques russian arts
Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America
ex-lib.second printing 232pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.blind botanical stamp to top board,libr.mark to spine,tape stains to boards and eps,usual stamps w.label removed from rfep,orange eps,horizontal crease to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lower edge sl.trimmed)
PUBLISHER: charles tuttle rutland 1972
KEYWORDS: pottery antiques arts stoneware donald blake webster
The Amherst Tablets
being an account of the babylonian inscriptions in the collection of thr right hon.lord amherst of hackney
first edition 200pp+v plates [b/w]+fold-out col.map; ills.[b/w] VG (blue half cloth w.printed paper boards,rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: bernard quaritch london 1908
KEYWORDS: antiquity antiques arts amherst tablets babylonia pinches
An Illustrated History of Phonographs and Gramophones
first edition in english 193pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (fawn cloth,v.sl.stained,contents clean and bright) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover)
PUBLISHER: edita sa lausanne [1981]
KEYWORDS: phonographs gramophones daniel marty arts antiques music