Dunbar Mining The Surfaces
New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 48 pages. 10 x 8 1/2". Host of color plates. More
New Orleans: New Orleans Museum of Art, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 48 pages. 10 x 8 1/2". Host of color plates. More
New York: Pitman, 1974. First American edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. 24 x 18 cm. 361 black and white photographs, eight plates in color. Bibliography. Index. This is the first work in English dealing exhaustively with Chinese export porcelain. More
London: B.T. Batsford, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated, approx. 240 pages.Folio, 35 x 27 cm. 256 black and white illustrations. Introduction by J. Starkie Gardner. Covers furniture, metals, enamel, glass, tapestries, needlework, bindings, et al. More
London: Faber and Faber, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 157 pages in text. Illustrated with ninety-six black and white plates as well as four in full color and several line drawings in the text. Short Glossary of UnusualTerms. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P189. "The author considers historical, social, and psychological influences on..... More
Paris: Musee Du Jeu De Paume, 1929. First edition. Wraps. Unpaginated. Preface by Albert Maybon. Notre Art Japonais by Kirou Yamata. List of paintings during the Meiji-Taisho period, 1869-1912 & 1912-1926. Sections on Decorative Arts, Ceramiques. Approx. 16 black and white plates printed recto only. Covers slightly toned at edges..... More
Basel: Galerie Beyeler, 1989. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 105 pages. 30 x 25 cm. 106 color plates printed recto only. Essay by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Text in French. More
London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. 194 pages. 24 x 16 cm. Eight color plates and 184 black and white photographs. Bibliography. Index. Rockingham production was limited, genuine examples of its output are comparatively rare. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 169 pages. 30.5 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated with color plates. Interior design, Batik and other textiles from the Far East for decorating the home. More
London: Phoenix House, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. 96 pages. Fifty-four plates plus textillustrations. Bibliography. Index. Primarily a book about English Windsors with a chapter on American made varieties. Ex-library, no exterior marking:bookplate and small rubber stamp at verso. More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 300 pages. Voluminously illustrated with color photographs by Guy Bouchet. Index. A lavish presentation artfully presented to justify the chic of its contents. 2nd copy no dj. More
New York: Praeger, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. 256 pages. 25 x 23 cm. Copiously illustrated with photographs, nearly all published here for the first time. Index. Signed presentation copy. More
New York: Praeger, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. 142 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Eight color plates, 100 black and white illustrations, and four maps. Index. More
London: Jones & Co, 1826. First edition. leather_bound. 217 pages in text. 27 x 20 cm. 152 plates, colored frontispiece, additional pictorial title page, and thirty-six hand-colored plates, plus 115 plain. Index. Some plates bound out of order, number of leaves remargined, plate offsetting, and scattered light foxing throughout. Comprehensive..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1966. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 112 pages. 25 x 19 cm. Drawings by the author. Introduction by Robert Keith Middlemans. Index. Backstrip sunned. More
London: The Connoisseur, 1955. First edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. Folio, 36 x 25 cm. Limited edition, copy 11 of 100 specially bound copies by Edward Hiscox of London, and signed by the author in blue ink. List of Subscribers. 363 black and white illustrations, some full page color plates. Notes..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. 180 pages in text. 25 1/2 x 19 cm. 225 plates and 22 text figures. Glossary. Index. The author, a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum presents a comprehensive guide to English furniture from medieval to modern times. More
Paris: A. Quantin, 1883. Avril, Paul. First edition. Hardcover. 138 pages. 27 x 18 cm. Illustrated by Paul Avril: Each page with a process border printed in black, or photogravure border or vignette or various shades of blue, red, green, or brown. This work and "L'Eventail," were meant by Uzanne..... More
London*Paris*New York: Hyperion Press, 1939. First edition. Boards. 17 pages in text. Forty full color plates printed recto only on thick paper. Bibliography. Designed by E. Lepage-Medvey. The colored lithograph plates are brilliant, the binding, contents and cover, clean and crisp. More
Torino: Ente Moda, 1949. First edition. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Thirty leaves. Folio, 36 x 26.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 5 of 150. An unusual, stunning combination, presenting tipped-in color reproduction of art works by prominent modern artists with an accompanying full page color lithograph portraying essential colors in the latter as..... More
NY: Hudson Hills, 1993. First edition. Paperback. 414 pages. 26 x 26 cm. Copiously illustrated in color and black and white. Index. More
Philadelphia: Chilton, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 251 pages. Profusely illustrated with full-color and black and white plates. Bibliography.Index. Many of the illustrations are from private collections not ordinarily available for public inspection. More
Philadelphia: Chilton, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 251 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Abundantly illustrated in color and black and white. Bibiography. Index. More
Newton: Charles T. Branford, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 214 pages. 8vo, translated by Donald and Monique King. Four color plates and sixty-four in black and white. Bibliography. Index. Principal Weavers, Contractors, and Designers. Perhaps the most comprehensive and convenient history of French weaving to appear in print. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P648..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 334 pages. 24 x 17 cm. Nearly 75 black and white illustrations. Bibliography. Index. More
London: Praeger, 1970. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. 246 pages. 28 x 20 cm. 311 plates, nine in color, and nearly 350 drawings of Spode shapes. Marks. Bibliography. Index. The author was a senior executive at Spode with access to primary sources of information at the Spode factory. More