BARDER, RICHARD C.R.

English Country Grandfather Clocks. The Brass-Dial Longcase. (signed).

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1983. 0715383140. 1st edition. "Traces the history, development and manufacture of movements and cases, incorporating new research on 18th century lacquer-cased cloclks, and including practical advice on buying, restoration, research, maintenance - and detecting fakes." .25.2cms x 17.5cms x 2cms. Pp.223, 125 black & white photo plates, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper. Brown boards, yellow illustrated dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 52040

Catalogue: Antiques: : Clocks

Keywords: Richard Barder Signed English Country Grandfather Clocks Brass-Dial Longcase History Clockmakers Clockwork Hands Spandrel Ornaments Dials Casework Restoration Fakes Research Maintenance 53305 Antiques: : Clocks

BILLCLIFFE, ROGER.

Mackintosh Furniture.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1984. 0718825640. 1st edition. "Looks at Mackintosh's career as a furniture designer, and illustrates with over 250 photographs all his major pieces, as well as the interiors for which they were produced..not just the elongated chairs for which he is most remembered, but tables, wardrobes, bookcases, beds, bathroom fittings, and even a pulpit and an organ." 25.5cms x 17cms x 1.75cms. Pp.218/2 (bibliography) /3 (index), over 25o black & white photo illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has a removable clear protective wrap. VG/VG.

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Book number: 49667

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Mackintosh Furniture Design Interiors Tea Room Domestic White Rooms Vienna Secession Haus Eines Kunstfreundes Windyhills Kingsborough Turin Warndorfer Salon Glasgow Bassett Lowke 50913 Antiques: : Furniture

BOARDMAN, JOHN.

Archaic Greek Gems. Schools and Artists in the Sixth and Early Fifth Centuries BC.

London; Thames and Hudson, 1968. 1st edition. "More than 380 meticulously reproduced photographs of impressions and gems, most of them enlarged four-fold and many of them hitherto unpublished, illustrate every aspect of this very important phase in the development of Greek art." 25.5cms x 19cms x 3.3cms. Pp.236, 15 colour and 372 black & white illustrations. Maroon boards, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 52088

Catalogue: Antiques: : Gems

Keywords: Boardman Archaic Greek Gems History Schools Artists Phoenician Orientalising Gorgons Satyr Sphinx Youth Epimenes Scarabs Lions Animals Monsters Pseudo-Scarabs 52259 Antiques: : Gems

BOWES, JAMES LORD ( 1834-1899 )

Japanese Marks and Seals: Part I: Pottery; Part II: Illuminated MSS and Printed Books; Part III: Lacquer, Enamels, Metal, Wood, Ivory, &c.

London: Henry Sotheran & Co, 36, Piccadilly; 136, Strand; 77 & 78, Queen Street, City. Manchester: 49, Cross Street, MDCCCLXXXII. [ 1882 ] . 0. A very good tight and original cloth binding. 4to. 28.3cm x 20.5cm x 2.2cm . pp.ix./[5pp.]/pp. 379 . Red cloth covered boards with gilt decoration, somewhat rubbed. Top edge gilt. Replacement black endpapers. Inner higes carefully strengthened. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG . *** "James Lord Bowes (21 June 1834 – 27 October 1899) was a wealthy Liverpool (UK) wool broker, art collector and patron of the arts, author and authority on Japan and its art, and benefactor. In 1888 he was appointed the first foreign-born Japanese Consul in Great Britain, a post he held until his sudden death in 1899 at the age of 65. In 1890, in the grounds of Streatlam Tower, his home in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, he opened to the public the first dedicated museum of Japanese art in the western world.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 52211

Catalogue: Antiques: : 19th Century

Keywords: Japanese Marks and Seals Henry Sotheran & Co. Antiques: : 19th Century

BOYADJIAN, N. (NOUBAR BOYADJIAN )

From Holy Pictures ... to the healing Saints : Faith and the Heart .

Antwerpen : Esco Books 1986 . 9064151016. A very good book and illustrated dustwrapper. 30.5cm x 24.9cm x 2.3cm. pp.158/[2pp.] . Clean throughout. VG.

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Book number: 52127

Catalogue: Antiques

Keywords: 53385 from Holy Pictures... To the Healing Saints : Faith and the Heart Esco Books Antiques

BRITTEN, F.J.

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers.

London: B.T.Batsford, 1911. Third Edition, much enlarged. Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, in England and Abroad, to which is added a List of Eleven Thousand Makers. Top edge gilt. Pp.viii/790/ 24 (Publisher's Catalogue of standard books on Decorative Art, Architecture, Ornament, & Design), over 800 figure illustrations (mostly from photographs) + typed letter on the headed notepaper of Chas. Frodsham & Co.Ltd (Chronometer, Watch & Clock Makes, By appointment to H.M. the King, Superintendents of His Majesty's Cloks at Buckingham Palace) loosely enclosed. Dark red cloth, gilt titles to front and spine, slight sunning to spine.VG.

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Book number: 51364

Catalogue: Antiques: : Clocks & Watches

Keywords: Britten Old Clocks Watches Makers Illustrated Weight Clocks Portable Timekeepers Pocket Watches Frenhstyle English Domestic Clocks Mechanism History Antique Frodsham 52770 Antiques: : Clocks & Watches

FROST, CHRISTOPHER.

A History of British Taxidermy.

Privately published, 1987. 0951226304. Signed limited edition, number 36 of a printing of 1000. The dictionary definition of taxidermy is 'the art of preparing and mounting skins in lifelike manner'. Contents: The Evolution of Taxidermy; Rowland Ward and the Ward family; Other London Taxidermists; Norfolk Taxidermists; Sussex and Taxidermists; Taxidermists from the North East; Irish Taxidermists; Scottish Taxidermists; Birmingham Taxidermists; Nottinghamshire Taxidermists; Peter Spicer of Leamington; Charles Waterton of Wakefield; Hutchings of Aberystwyth; The Shaws of Shrewsbury; Murray of Carnforth; Farren of Cambridge; Hine of Southport; Other Taxidermists in Brief; Personal Recollections; Conclusion. 30cms x 21.5cms x 1cm. Pp.157, signed and numbered frontispiece, many black & white illustrations throughout, facsimile vintage adverstusements endpapers. Dark green cloth, gilt title to front and spine. Scarce VG.

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Book number: 50126

Catalogue: Antiques: : Taxidermy

Keywords: Christopher Frost Signed Limited Edition Ward Gould Cooper Gardner Gunn Pashley Bristow Pratt Hancock Cullingford Sheals Malloch Waters Bisshopp Betteridge Spicer Hibbs Waterton Hutchings Shaw 51642 Antiques: : Taxidermy

HAYDEN, ARTHUR.

Chats on Old Furniture.

London: T.Fisher Unwin, 1905. 1st edition. A Practical Guide for Collectors. Pp.283, many black & white photo illustrations, toning to endpapers and a few minor spots to preliminaries. Brown blind-stamped and gilt illustrated boards, gilt title to front and spine. VG.

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Book number: 49663

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Hayden Chats Old Furniture Renaissance Continent English Stuart Jacobean Queen Anne Style French Louis XIV Chippendale Sheraton Adam Heppelwhite 50911 Antiques: : Furniture

HOEVER, OTTO ( 1889-1963 ) .

An Encyclopaedia of Ironwork: Examples of Hand Wrought Ironwork from the Middle Ages to the End of the 18th Century With An Historical Introduction By Otto Hoever .

London: Ernest Benn Limited, Bouverie House, Fleet Street, 1927 . 0. First edition. Publisher's original navy blue cloth, plus the original cardboard slip-case. Folio. 12.5" x 10.0" x 1.0". [8pp.]/pp.IX-XXIX/[3pp.] + 320 black & white plates. Gilt title to front board and spine. Light spotting to title and preliminaries. Colophon to verso of the title-page: "First Published In 1927. Printed In Germany. Copywright By Ernst Wasmuth Ltd. Berlin". VG.

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Book number: 50540

Catalogue: Antiques: : Ironwork

Keywords: 52018 Otto Hoever an Encyclopaedia of Ironwork Ernest Benn Limited, Antiques: : Ironwork

HOLGATE, DAVID.

New Hall.

London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 0571180728. Revised and expanded edition. For this second edition, the author has completely re-written the book. He has also added over 100 extra illustrations. "Sets out in detail the whole range of the factory's wares as well as giving a full account of its history from its beginnings in 1781 to its demise in 1835, and describing the historical and social background to porcelain making..New Hall was one of the few 18th century firms to produce hard-paste porcelain, and the first successful porcelain manufactory in Staffrdshire." 25.5cms x 19.5cms x 2.5cms. Pp.xii/243, 19 colour plates and 371 black & white figure illustrations. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 50341

Catalogue: Antiques: : Ceramics

Keywords: Holgate New Hall Porcelain Staffordshire Pottery Chinahard Paste Glaze Wares Illustrated Decoration Decorators Marks Patterns Richard Champion William Salt Lubrary 51834 Antiques: : Ceramics

KNELL, DAVID.

English Country Furniture. The Vernacular Tradition.

Princes Risborough: Shire Publications, 1993. 0747802246. 1st edition. "Examines the vernacular pieces which furnished humbler urban and rural homes through the ages, describing the different methods of construction, the types of timber used and the decorative techniques. Of particular interest is the enormous variation caused by reginal influences and traditions." Pp.104, many black & white and colour photo illustrations. Paperback. VG.

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Book number: 49099

Catalogue: Antiques: : Furniture

Keywords: Knell English Country Furniture Vernacular Timber Construction Country Furniture Chests Boxes Desks Cupboards Dressers Tables Seating Clocks Bedroom Kitchen 50578 Antiques: : Furniture

LITTLE, W.L.

Staffordshire Blue. Underglaze Blue Transfer-Printed Earthenware.

London: B.T.Batsford Ltd, 1987. 0713458372. ""The vast quantities of underglaze blue transfer-printed earthenware produced in the Staffordshire Potteries have led to all blue and white pottery of this description, irrespective of its place of origin, becoming known as 'Staffordshire blue'." 25.5cms x 19cms. Pp.160, fully annotated illustrations include 108 marks and 119 black & white photographs of specimens to end. Blue cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Book number: 48080

Catalogue: Antiques: : Ceramics

Keywords: Little Staffordshire Blue Underglaze Transfer Printed Earthenware History Ceramics West Country Shropshire Derbyshire Yorkshirre Lancashire Durham Northumberland Potteries Masons Ironstone 49556 Antiques: : Ceramics

K. S. LO [ LO, KUEI-HSIANG ]

The Stonewares of Yixing. From the Ming Period to the Present Day: with an index of potters, artistic collaborators and collectors compiled by Lai Suk Yee and IP Wing Chi

London / Hong Kong : Sotheby's Publications ; Hong Kong University Press, 1986 0856671819. Synopsis from dustwrapper: "Despite its beauty, individuality and variety of design, the red or brown unglazed stoneware produced at Yixing in Jiangsu Province has received less attention than other branches of Chinese ceramic art. The Yixing potters have always specialized in the making of teapots, whose use became widespread during the Ming period as a result of the innovation of making tea from rolled leaves, rather than using it in the fine-ground, powdered from in which it had previously been supplied.." First edition with dustwrapper, in very good condition. Clean text and illustrations throughout. No previous owner's details or other marks. VG/VG.

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Book number: 52136

Catalogue: Antiques

Keywords: Stonewares of Yixing Hong Kong University Press K.S. Lo Lo, Kuei-Hsiang Antiques

MASON, BERNARD.

Clock and Clockmaking in Colchester.

London: Country Life, 1969. 1st edition. A History of Provincial Clockmaking from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries in the Oldest Recorded Town in Great Britain. "The principal subject for study is the long-case clock, for which the Colchester makers are most famous..Separate chapters are devoted entirely to biographical noes on the craftsmen who made these clocks.." 25.5cms x 19.5cms x 2.8cms. Pp.436, 373 black & white plates. Red boards, dustwrapper worn with edge tears and losses. A heavy volume which may require extra to send overseas. VG / Fair.

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Book number: 52454

Catalogue: Antiques: : Clocks

Keywords: Mason Clock Clockmaking Colchester Essex Long-Case History Hedge Family Banister Apprentices Freemen Spandrels Clock Hands Illustrated 53685 Antiques: : Clocks

MILLER, JOHN JACKSON AND GREENHOLDT, JOYCE.

Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide.

Krause Publications, 2001. 0873492544. Co,plet info for Magic, Pokemon, Star Wars and more than 100 games. Descriptions and analysis for more than 400 CCG releases. Prices for more than 75,000 cards(accurate for the year 2001). 27.5cms x 21cms. Pp.520, many black & white illustrations. Paperback, creasing to lower front corner. VG.

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Book number: 48645

Catalogue: Antiques: : Collectibles

Keywords: Miller Greenholdt Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist Price Guide Magic Pokemon Star Wars 50080 Antiques: : Collectibles