ENSKO, STEPHEN G. C. AND WYLE, DOROTHEA ENSKO

American Silversmiths and Their Marks IV

Boston, David R. Godine. 1989, 1st. (ISBN: 0879237783). Hard, 8vo. First edition thus. A revised and enlarged edition compiled by Dorothea Ensko Wyle. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: David R. Godine, 1989. 8vo. xiii+478pp. illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions of marks. Gray cloth with silver titles and design. "This reset and redesigned edition, a labor of love begun by Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko and completed by his daughter Dorothea Ensko Wyle, is as definitive and comprehensive a reference book on the subject as is likely to appear. It is also a testimonial to the scholarship and devotion of the Ensko family. Their New York firm, founded in 1878 and finally dissolved in 1970, was central to the study and appreciation of fine American silver, and, in the world of collectors, the Ensko name was synonymous with high quality and taste." Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus.

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Book number: 010233

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: 0879237783

DELPH, JOHN

Firearms and Tackle Memorabilia: A Collector's Guide

West Chester, PA, Schiffer Pub Ltd. 1997, 1st. (ISBN: 0887403328). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published West Chester, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd. 1997. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 144pp. illustrated with hundreds of full color reproductions. Green cloth with white titles, marbled endpapers. "Among the most beautifully executed and highly collectible advertising art is that related to firearms and fishing tackle. Companies like Winchester, Remington, Colt, Dupont, Marlin, Bristol and many others took great care and went to great expense to promote their products. Among the artists engaged to create the images were N.C. Wyeth, E. Osthaus, A.B. Frost, Remington, and A. Russell. This beautiful new book, in full color, captures the power of these images in a way that has never been done in book form before. Designed for the enthusiasts and collector, it has gives the information in a concise, accurate way and has a value guide." Fine in near fine dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 010039

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: Sport 0887403328

DICKINSON, GARY; WRIGGLESWORTH, LINDA

Imperial Wardrobe

Berkeley, Ten Speed Pr. 2000, 1st. (ISBN: 1870076079). Hard, Folio. First U.S. edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Berkeley: Ten Speed Pr. 2000, first printing. folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 204pp. illustrated with numerous reproductions. "In 1759, the Qianlong Emperor of China commissioned a catalog of comprehensive, illustrated regulations for ceremonial garments and accessories worn by the members of the imperial household. Not since the HUANGCHAO LIQI TUSHI was written have we seen a more stunning look at the colors, designs, and insignias of China's last imperial dynasty. With detailed descriptions and exquisite illustrations, this invaluable reference preserves the fashionable side of China's dynastic history for generations to come. With beautiful color illustrations culled from public and private collections and a helpful glossary of Chinese terms, IMPERIAL WARDROBE is an ideal reference book for collectors, scholars, and Chinese history enthusiasts." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009116

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Keywords: Far East 1870076079

ENGERS, JOE, EDITOR

The Great Book of Wildfowl Decoys

NY, Modern Publishing. 1990. (ISBN: 156144815x). Hard, Folio. Ill.: Buckner, Bill - Photography. Coffee Table, Hard cover in dust jacket. Folio. 10 3/4" x 14 5/8." 320 pp. illus hundreds of color photographs. A beautifully produced book, printed on bright, heavy coated stock. Fine in fine dj. As New/Fine.

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Book number: 000223

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Keywords: Engers Joe Great Book Wildfowl Decoys Profiles Ducks Sport 156144815x Buckner, Bill - Photography

FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL

Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier Of American Antiques

West Chester, PA, Schiffer Publishing. 1992, 1st. (ISBN: 0887403794). Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1992. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 3/8", 300pp. over 700 color photographs. Brown cloth with black titles and cover design, marbled endpapers. "Here are exquisite spurs, saddles, gambling tools, photography, guns, holsters, bits, chaps, gloves, boots, hats, badges, and knives. Objects related to Wild West shows-which popularized the myths and accomplishments of cowboys to town dwellers who fantasized life on the open range-are also included." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 010020

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: 0887403794

GERSTELL, VIVIAN S.

Silversmiths of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: 1730-1850

Lancaster, Lancaster County Historical Society. 1972. Hard, 8vo. First edition. Hard cover. Published Lancaster: Lancaster County Historical Society, 1972. 8vo. ix+145pp. illus. b/w photos, plates, reproductions and fascimilies. Black cloth with silver titles. Fine. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010733

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: American History & Americana

GILODO, ANDREI

Russian Silver: Mid 19th Century-Beginning of the 20th Century / Russkoe Serebro: Vtoraia Polovina 19-Nachalo 20 Veka (Russian Decorative Metalwork Series)

Moscow, Beresta. 1994. (ISBN: 5746000019). Hard, 4to. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Moscow: Beresta, 1994. 4to. 8 1/2" x 12", 172pp. illustrated 122 full color plates. Text in English and Russian. "This catalog-album is the opening issue of a series of albums on Russian decorative metal work. Among similar publications on Russian silver of the period, this album is the first to draw the reader's attention to the formation of the "Russian style". The 120 color illustrations are accompanied by an informative text which analyzes the artistic and stylistic trends in Russian silver of this period, and describes the prevailing techniques. Also featured are major jewelry firms such as Faberge, Sazikov, Ovchinnikov, Nemirov-Kolodkin, etc. All exhibits are photographed for the fist time at the All-Russian Decorative-Applied and Folk Art Museum, Moscow. Parallel text in Russian and English." Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine/Fine.

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Book number: 009081

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: 5746000019

KAMANSKY, DAVID (ED.)

Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture In Secular And Religious Life

Chicago, Serindia Publications. 2004, 1st. (ISBN: 1932476172). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004. 4to. 9 3/4" x 11 1/4", 359pp. lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, gold endpapers. "'The Tibetan style of furnishing is elaborate and luxurious..when it is carried out with taste it has a bold, barbaric fascination that can hardly be excelled.' So the Italian scholar Fosco Maraini characterized the Tibetan interior during his travels on the plateau in the late 1930s. Within twenty years the world he so vividly described would be swept away in the tide of the Chinese invasion and the later Cultural Revolution. Yet while so much of Tibetan material culture was lost, furniture has survived and re-surfaced in the 21st century as one of the great new subjects in Tibetan design and aesthetics." Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 009898

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Keywords: Far East Religion 1932476172

KETTELL, RUSSELL HAWES

The Pine Furniture of Early New England

NY, Dover. 1929. Hard, 4to. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Dover, 1929. 4to. 8 1/4" x 11", 229pp. text, plus 54pp. of drawings, 284 b/w illustrations. Brick red cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge tinted yellow. some foxing along front edge of page block, previous owner name emboss on flyleaf and one plate. Very good, pages clean and bright, in good plus, internally repaired dust jacket with loss at the edges, foxing on rear fold. Very Good/Good Plus.

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Book number: 009858

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

MACQUOID, PERCY

A HISTORY of ENGLISH FURNITURE. The Age of Oak; The Age of Walnut; The Age of Mahogany; The Age of Satinwood. With plates in colour after Shirley Slocombe, and numerous illustrations selected and arranged by the Author

London, W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1919. Hard, Folio. Complete 4 Volume set as published. Published London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd. 1919. Folio, 11 1/2" x 15 1/8", each volume approx. 250pp. illustrated with numerous color and black and white full page paltes on glossy stock - the color plates with captioned tissue guards. Green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, title pages printed in two-color. Wear at the heels, crowns and tips, rub/fade to the spine cloth in places, some peeling/splitting of the paper over the hinges in the volume on walnut hinges intact and sound, rubber stamp of Squire & Harrisson, Madison Avenue, NY on flyleaf and endpage in each volume, with the signature of Harold Squire. Very good, clean, attractive set. Bindings strong, pages unmarked, clean and bright. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009742

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

COLONEL MAREY & HENRY HAMILTON MAXWELL

Memoir on Swords, Etc.

London, John Weale. 1860, 1st. Hard, 12mo. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London: John Weale, 1860. 12mo. 4 1/4" x 7", xii+90pp. illustrated with 8 plates. Weales Rudimentary Series, Vol 113. Blind stamped red cloth and limp boards with reverse gilt cover title, publisher's paper spine label, 12pp. publisher's catalogue at rear for Virtue & Co. Some splitting to the outer cloth at front hinge, mild rub/wear to extremities and paper spine label, small name stamp of Charles E. Harvey on title page. Good plus sound, clean copy, unmarked. Scarce. Only 3 copies in WorldCat. Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued.

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Book number: 010709

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Keywords: Military History

MARKHAM, MAJOR C.A.

The "New" Pewter Marks and Old Pewter Ware Domestic and Ecclesiastical. (Second Edition)

London and New York, Reeves and Turner/Charles Scribner's Sons. 1928. Hard, 8vo. Second edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London and New York: Reeves and Turner/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Large 8vo. 7 1/2" x 10 1/4", xviii+355pp. profusely illustrated. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and designs, top edge gilting. "Including Sections on the History of the Pewterer's Craft, Statutes, Ordinances, etc. relating to Pewterer's from A.D. 1348. The Manufacture and Composition of Pewter Ware as well as its Cleaning and Repairing. Description of some 1,100 Marks or Touches, and Facsimiles of 200 from the original copper plates of the Pewterers' Company, London; etc. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged both as to Text and Illustrations. With 118 Illustrated Examples of Pewter Ware and a Compendious Index". 7" x 10 1/4", xviii, 355 pp. illustrated with reproductions of black & white photographs of pewter ware." Minor wear/rub at the tips, light occasional foxing. Very good plus, clean, bright, sturdy. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009144

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

NOTT, STANLEY CHARLES

A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings Compiled by Stanley Charles Nott

Florida, The House of Jade. 1940, 1st. Hard, Folio. Limited, numbered first edition. Number 18. Published Florida: The House of Jade, 1940. Folio, 9 1/4" x 12 1/8", xxii+185pp. illustrated with forty-four full page plates from original photographs. An important reference work on jade. Green cloth with gilt cover rules and titles. Heavyweight green endpapers. Dulling to the cover gilt, mild rub at extremities, small nameplate of flyleaf, else very good plus, clean attractive. Rare. Very Good Plus/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007048

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: Far East

QUAYLE, ERIC

The Collector's Book Of Books

NY, Clarkson N. Potter. 1971, 1st. Hard, Folio. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1971, first printing. Folio, 8 3/4" x 12", 144pp. numerous illustrations in color and black and white. Black cloth with gilt titles. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 008979

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: Literary & Modern First Editions

RAINWATER, DOROTHY T.

American Jewelry Manufacturers

Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing. 1988, 1st. (ISBN: 0887401201). Hard, 4to. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1988. 4to. 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 296pp. illustrated throughout with reproductions. Blue cloth with pale blue titles, marbled endpapers. "The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a major portion of this directory. it is surprising to learn that only in 1961, after years of effort by the Jeweler's Vigilance Committee and the backing of trade journals, did American law require makers' marks on new jewelry. Therefore, this reference should become an important sourcebook for every jeweler, collector, antique jewelry dealer and manufacturing historian for the foreseeable future." As new in as new dust jacket. As New/As New.

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Book number: 010234

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectibles

Keywords: 0887401201