Chinese Jade: Selected Articles from Orientations 1983-1996
Hong Kong: Orientations Magazine, 1997. Paperback. 28.5 x 21 cm. Quarto. 182pp followed by ads. Color and black and white photos, diagrams and charts. Some creasing to front cover. More
Antique & Collectible
Heavenly Crafted: Selected Mughal Jades from the Palace Museum Exhibition Catalogue.
The Palace Museum, Beijing and the Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015. Hardcover. 29 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 219pp. Bound in illustrated boards. Catalogue of the exhibition held November 11, 2015 through February 28, 2016. Text in English and Chinese. Small stamp "complimentary..... More
Sammlung Carl Jourdan Porzellan; Kunstgewerbe des XVI bis XVIII, Tahrhunderts
Berlin: Rudolph Lepke's Kunst Auctions, 1910 Oktober. Hard Cover. Quarto. 69 plates. German text. Front end-paper creased. Dust jacket has some chipping and small pieces removed. In a mylar protective wrapper. More
Turkish Handwoven Carpets.
Ipek, 1990. Hardcover. 33.5 x 24 cm. Quarto 127pp. A very good copy in an equally nice dust jacket. Extensively illustrated with color plates. Text in English and Turkish . Some edgwear to the jacket. More
Die Uhr (The Clock); Zeitmesser und Schmuck in funf Jahrhunderten
Kornwestheim: Alle Reichert, 1967. Hard Cover. Octavo. 357pp A near fine copy in an equally nice dust jacket. In a mylar protective wrapper. Laid in is booklet with English translation of this book - The Clock, Five Centuries of timepieces and jewellery., Translated by Eric H. Hawksley... More
Questions & Answers in Quartz Watch Reparing.
American Watchmakers Institute Press, 1989. Paperback. 27.5 x 21.5. Quarto. 106 pages. Some discoloration to the covers. More
Orrefors; A Swedish Glassplant
Stockholm: Atlantis, 1984. Hard Cover. Quarto. 143pp Pictorial boards. Slight rubbing at bottom edges. Overall a very nice copy. More
The Lausanne Pipe Museum / Il museo Della Pipa Di Losanna.
Priuli & Verlucca, Editori, 1989. Hardcover. 33.5 x 24 cm. Quarto. 159 pages. Black boards in pictorial slipcase. English and Italian text. More
The Essence of Persian Carpets; Woven in Oriental History: Dr. Seyed Morteza Arastoo Collection
Kyoto Shoin Co, 1994. Cloth. 31 x 23 cm. 256pp. Red cloth in dust jacket. Color illustrations. More
Beer cans unlimited A value guide to beer can collecting.
Maverick Pub, 1980. Hardcover. Quarto. 237pp Illustrated. This is copy #1189/2000 copies (author's copy) SIGNEd by both authors and signed by previous owner on limitation page. More
Lacquerware from the Warring states to the Han Periods Excavated in Hubei Province
Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong: Hubei Provincial Museum, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 28.5 x 21.5 cm. Black cloth in dust jacket. Text in English and Chinese. 82 works described and photographed, sometimes with additional photos and diagrams. More
Carillon; An Account of the Class of the 1892 Bells at Princeton with notes on Bells and Carillons in General
New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1948. Hard Cover. octavo 75pp A nice copy in a price clipped dust jacket. Inscribed by author on front free endpapers. There are a few newspaper clippings taped in book regarding Carillon. In a mylar wrapper. More
Arcade Toys
Brooklyn Park: Robert F. Mannella, 1990. Paperback. vi 314pp. Extensively illustrated with drawings and photos. There are a couple of stains to the spine. More
New England Pomona Portrait of a Nineteenth-Century Art Glass.
Glass Flakes Press, 2018. Hardcover. Small quarto. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2". 348pp. A finee copy in dust jacket. More
Rorstrand Porcelain: Art Nouveau Masterpieces.
Abbeville Press, 1996. First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. 190pp. A fine copy in dust jacket. Illustrated with objects from Robert Schreiber's outstanding and rare collection. More
A Book of Porcelain; Fine Examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1910. Hardcover. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. [xv], 95 pages text, 28 tipped in color plates. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Corners are worn. Spine is toned. Some staining to the covers. More
The Hawkes Hunter. T.G.Hawkes & Co. 1880-1962
Betty Waher, 1984. Hardcover. Quarto. 11" x 8 1/2". 151pp. Signed by author on title page. A very nice copy in dust jacket. More
Plastic Toys: Dimestore Dreams of the 40s & 50s Price Guide
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1993. David Belda (photographs). Hardcover. 31 x 23.5 cm. Quarto. 296pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. Extensively illustrated in color. More
Le Verre En France d'Emile Galle a nos Jours.
les editons de l'amateur, 1986. Hardcover. 28.5 x 24 cm. Quarto. 312pp. Blue cloth in dust jacket. A very nice copy in an equally nice dust jacket. French language text. Glass. Photographs in color and black and whtie by Laurent Sully-Jaulmes. Francois Decorchemont: coup portant un masque a l'interieur. Numero..... More
Just for Openers: A Guide to Beer, Soda & Other Openers.
Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 1999. Paperback. 28 x 21.5 cm. Quarto. 160pp. Extensively illustrated iwth color photographs. More
Scandinavian Corkscrews. Skandinaviska Korkskruvar.
Tryckeriforlaget/ Sotheby's, 1994. Hardcover. Quarto. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2'. 105pp. English/Swedish text. A very nice copy in dust jacket. More
Picture Postcards and Their Publishers: An Illustrated Account Identifying Britain's Major Postcard Publishers, 1894-1939, and the Great Variety of Cards They Issued.
Worcs. Golden Age Postcard Books, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo.(22cm x 15cm) 391pp A very nice copy in an edge worn dust jacket. Jacket in a brodart protective wrapper. More
Monsters & Maidens Amphora Pottery of the Art Nouveau Era
California: Fledermaus Press, 2003. Hardcover. Amphora is an Art Pottery that was produced from 1892 through at least 1918. This book covers the period from 1892 to 1905 when the Company was a participant in the Art Nouveau movement. Quarto. 12" x 9 1/4". 272pp. More
A History of British Carpets; From the Introduction of the Craft until the Present Day
Essex: F. Lewis Publishers Ltd, 1934. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto. 182pp with24 pages of publishes and advertisers announcements in rear. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. A very nice copy in chipped dust jacket. There are some large pieces out of jacket. More
Baltic Silver; Silver Treasures from Livonia Estonia and Courland
Stockholm: Frenckellin Kirjapaino, 1991. Hard Cover. Square octavo. 368pp Glossy covers. Swedish/English text. No dust jacket. More