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Holiday Toy Trimmings
Vineland, New Jersey, Bertoia Auctions Gallery, 2009. Hardcover. Light green glossy cover with color illustration. 204 pp. Color illustrations throughout. Catalog for three-day antique toy auction. Near fine, some shelf wear .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 177661
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.75 | £UK 28.25 | JP¥ 5538]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts, Toys, Auction Catalogues, Antiques ; Antique Toys ; ; Auction Catalogues - American Decorative Arts
Report of the Third Annual Fair of the American Institute of the City of New-York, Held at Masonic Hall, October, 1830 : With a List of Premiums, and a Catalogue of All the Articles Exhibited, by Whom Made and Sold, with the Duties Imposed on Similar Commodities
New York, Printed by J. Seymour, 49 John-Street, 1830. Paperback. Sewn sheets, removed from a larger bound volume long ago. 32 pp. no illustrations. An exceedingly scarce resource listing the makers and contributors of many, many household and daily products, as well as samples of the fine arts. 309 items or entries, perhaps 8-10 art paintings, including one by William Sidney Mount. An exceptional reference. Fair. Heavy soiling to outer shets, some foxing .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 173315
USD 250.00 [Appr.: EURO 233.75 | £UK 200.25 | JP¥ 39554]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; American Arts and Manufactures ; ; Museum Exhibitions - American Decorative Arts
Windowphanie: The Great Stained Glass Substitute: Centre Pieces for Chapels, Churches, Lecture Rooms, Halls, Libraries, Etc.
New York, C.H. Malz, (not dated). Pamphlet. Green stapled wraps with dark green lettering and illustration, illustrative border on covers; 10 sheets printed on one side, 9 of the pages being bw illustrations. Prices for pictures and centre pieces on first page. The modern translucent glass decoration. Good (overall aging and shelfwear to wraps, pages lightly age toned, dog eared corners, pencil drawing on rear of last page) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 189761
USD 95.00 [Appr.: EURO 88.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15031]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; American Glass ; ; Glass - American
Prospectus of a New Monthly Work, the Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, & Politics
London, Ackermann, 1809. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 red leather and marble paper over boards, 5 raised bands on spine with gilt design and lettering, top edge gilt, marble illustrated end pages. Bw illustrated title page listing this as No. VI, June 1809, 4 pp text, appx 190 color plates. Appears to include all plates from the first 8 years of this periodical. Illustrations include Ladies' Fashion (evening dresses, opera dresses, walking dresses, ball dresses, bridal dresses). VG- (light scuffing to boards, pages age toned, light foxing, plates are otherwise very clean and clear) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 190157
USD 3000.00 [Appr.: EURO 2802.25 | £UK 2401.25 | JP¥ 474652]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; Ladies Fashionable Dresses: Periodicals ; ; Costume / Dress - American
Old Amana Furniture
Shenandoah, Iowa, Locust House, 1970. Paperback. Blue and BW-photographic wraps with yellow and black lettering. ix, 85 pp. Illustrations. Contents: Introduction, Historical Background, The Amana Society: 1855-1932, The Amana Cabinetmaker, Furniture in the Amana Life, The Past is Prologue, Footnotes. Good- ex-library copy with bookplate and call number label. moderate scuffing and wear to wraps.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 170739
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 4747]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts, Furniture ; Amana Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
A Maryland Album: Quiltmaking Traditions, 1634-1934
Nashville, TN, Rutledge Hill Press, 1995. Hardcover. Light blue boards with gilt spine lettering; color illustrated dust jacket; 223 pp; richly illustrated throughout in color and bw. "Some of the oldest and most collectible American quilts are from Maryland and are examined in this book, which is bawsed on the findings of the Maryland Association for Family and Community Education quilt documentation project."- dust jacket. VG/VG (light shelfwear to boards and dj. Pages are crisp and clean.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 183382
USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 | £UK 36.25 | JP¥ 7120]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; Maryland Quilts ; ; Textiles - American
Flowers for the Earth Lord: Guatemalan Textiles from the Permanent Collection
Coral Gables, Lowe Art Museum, 2006. Paperback. Gold and color-illustrated wraps with blue and tan lettering. 164 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Map. Catalogue of an exhibition from September 23, 2006 through November 12, 2006. VG .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 175878
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 4747]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts, Textiles ; Guatemalan Textiles ; ; Textiles - American
Cabinet Maker's Album of Furniture; Comprising a Collection of Designs for the Newest and Most Elegant Styles of Furniture
Philadelphia, Henry Carey Baird, 1868. Hardcover. Army green boards with black lettering on spine. 48 bw illus plates. This volume is complete and is a rarity in any condition. Ex library with perforated seal, stamps, card pocket. Title page is loose. Boards are worn with bumping at spine and corners and soiling. Discoloration and stains to text block edges and tears to a few plate pages at binding edge. Foxing and some stains to pages.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 165965
USD 600.00 [Appr.: EURO 560.5 | £UK 480.25 | JP¥ 94930]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts; ; American Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
American Furniture 2010
Hanover, NH, The Chipstone Foundation, 2010. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 290 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Includes six essays--including "The Cane Chair and its Sitter," "The Gaines Attributions and Baroque Seating in Northeastern New England," "The Seat of State: Thomas Jefferson and the Campeche Chair," and more--and five book reviews. VG+/VG. tight binding. scuffs & scratches to dustjacket.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 126942
USD 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 51.5 | £UK 44.25 | JP¥ 8702]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; American Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
American Furniture 2011
Hanover, NH, The Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2011. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 336 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. A collection of four essays: From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans / Lisa Minardi -- The Nottingham School of Furniture / Wendy A. Cooper and Mark Anderson -- Felix Huntington and the Furniture of Norwich, Connecticut, 1770-1800 / Thomas P. Kugelman -- Documentary Evidence of Painted Seating Furniture: Late Colonial and Federal Periods / Nancy Goyne Evans. Also includes 10 book reviews on relevant publications. VG+/VG. very nice copy.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 134888
USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 | £UK 48.25 | JP¥ 9493]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; American Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
American Furniture 2012
Hanover, NH, The Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2012. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 192 pp.; Profusely illustrated, chiefly in color. A collection of five essays: The Hands that Rocked the Cradle: Interpretations in the Life of an Object / R. Ruthie Dibble -- "The one Mrs. Trist would chuse": Thomas Jefferson, the Trist family, and the Monticello Campeachy Chair / Sumpter Priddy III, Adam T. Erby, and Jenna Huffman -- The Kahle-Henson School of Punched-Tin Paneled Furniture / Kurt C. Russ and Jeffrey S. Evans -- Boston Baroque Easy Chairs, 1705-1740 / Robert F. Trent -- William Lightfoot Price: His Furniture and Its Context / Robert Edwards. Also includes 5 book reviews on relevant publications. Like New/VG. tight binding. dustjacket has scuffs, scratches & scoring.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 144853
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Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; American Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
American Furniture 2004
Hanover, NH/ London, The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2004. Softcover. Pictorial wraps with white lettering, bw illustrated end pages. vii, 301 pp. 308 illustrations (230 color). 10 figures. Some of the essays included are: "A Table's Tale: Craft, Art and Opportunity in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia" - Luke Beckerdite and Alan Miller • "The Account Book of Benjamin Baker" - Dennis Andrew Carr • "High Craft Along the Mohawk: Early Woodwork from the Albany Area of New York" - Robert F. Trent, Alan Miller, Glenn Adamson, and Harry Mack Truax II • "John Singleton Copley's Furniture and the Art of Invention" - Jonathan Prown • "Southern Sophistication on the Early Frontier: The Inlaid Furniture of Washington County, Ohio, 1788-1825" - Andrew Richmond • "Opulence Abroad: Honoré Lannuier's Gilded Furniture in Trinidad de Cuba" - Peter M. Kenny. A lovely book. VG (light bumping to corners and light wear to wraps) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 101558
USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16.25 | JP¥ 3164]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts; American Furniture ; American Furniture ; ; Furniture - American
Color Guide to Home Decoration
New York, Sterling Publishing Co. Inc, 1956. Hardcover. grey & white cloth w/ blue cover illustration; blue spine printing. 191 pgs w/ color illustrations. blue & red illustrated dustjacket. Wonderfully illustrated history of 1950s American Dream-era interior and exterior design. Tanning and smudges to pastedowns. Pages have light age specklling and tanning, and other than the dampstaining, clean with bright illustrations. Good+/Fair (spine top rubbed, chipped & frayed; rubbing to some corners. section of dampstaining to lower cover edge; upper cover edges has smaller area; pgs have light dampstaining to upper & lower corner sections of pgs; does not appear to mar text or illustrations. dustjacket has large sections torn from edges & back; not presentation quality) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 182029
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 | £UK 40.25 | JP¥ 7911]
Keywords: Interior Design, American Interior Design, 1950s Interior Design ; Interior Design, American Interior Design, 1950s Interior Design ; ;
Morgan B. Brainard's Tavern Signs
Hartford, CT, Connecticut Historical Society, 1958. Softcover. White wraps, color illustrated with black lettering on front cover; 86 pp, illustrated in bw. A collection of tavern signs collected by Morgan B. Brainard. VG- (light soiling/age toning to wraps, corners worn. Pages are otherwise clean.) .
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 180380
USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 4747]
Catalogue: Collections - American Decorative Arts
Keywords: Tavern Signs, American Collections ; Brainard, Morgan ; ; Tavern Signs, American Collections
A Memorial Exhibition of Porcelain and Stoneware by Adelaide Alsop Robineau, 1865-1929
New York, The Metropolian Museum of Art, 1930. Paperback. White stapled paper wraps with black lettering. 10 unnumbered pages. 2 BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from November 18, 1929 to January 19, 1930. One of only 250 copies printed!. VG- light to moderate wear and discoloration to wraps.
Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional sellerBook number: 172459
USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 74.75 | £UK 64.25 | JP¥ 12657]
Catalogue: American Decorative Arts
Keywords: American Decorative Arts, Ceramics, Adelaide Alsop Robineau ; Robineau, Adelaide Alsop ; ; Ceramics - American