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(Providence, R.I.): Rhode Island School of Design, 1904. Pre-First edition. Folio (11 x 13 1/2 inches). Working copy with title, text and plates mounted, forming a mock-up of the intended "finished" work: photogravure frontispiece, 102 photogravure plates, numerous smaller illustrations. (A few images or text loosely inserted). Contemporary cloth-covered boards, titled on spine (rubbed, repair to lower inner hinge). The plates in the copy appear to be collotypes. Contemporary brown cloth with morocco gilt lettering label. Some rubbing to binding and a bit puffed out due to the numerous insertions and this has also caused a weakening of the joints (although they remain firm and strong) but a very clean copy and fascinating in its ms. corrections.This unique working copy of an important American collection catalog written by Lockwood, the 'pioneering furniture scholar' in America. The published work, with 102 full-page photogravure plates, is limited to just 160 copies. It is almost undoubtable that… Leer más

Providence, Rhode Island: Rhode Island School of Design, 1904. Limited to 160 copies, this being No. 17. Softcover. VG, with slightest wear at tips and base of spine, but edge tooling of spine still very sharp. A lovely copy.. Vull crushed brown leather with elaborate gilt design and borders on covers, top edge gilt, five raised-bands with cilt tooling and devices in some compartments and title, date at base of spine. Polished two-color leather doublure with extensive gilt tooling around the perimater and polished leather in the center and silken endpapers. xvi pages, 1 leaf, 416, [2] pages including frontispiece 103 crisp plates (including frontispiece) with descriptive letterpress and short essay for each one. Printed on Imperial Mill Japan Vellum. A stunning presentation of the Pendleton Collection of furniture, which includes pieces from roughly 1690 - 1790 in the Georgian, Sheraton, Hepplewhite, and Chippendale styles. The extraordinary binding is signed Adams, NY and appears extra-special to… Leer más

New York: Rhode Island School of Design, 1904. No. 124 of 160 copies, printed on the Imperial Mill Japan Vellum. Frontispiece, 102 photogravure plates. 1 vols. Folio. Original green levant morocco, gilt, green watered silk endpapers, signed Adams on front pastedown. Upper joint split at top. No. 124 of 160 copies, printed on the Imperial Mill Japan Vellum. Frontispiece, 102 photogravure plates. 1 vols. Folio.

Rhode Island School of Design, 1904. 416pp with monochrome frontispiece and 102 monochrome plates. Fully bound in red morocco, spine ribbed and gilt, t.e.g. 36x29cms. Fine English furniture of the 18th century. With introduction to the collection. Each piece illustrated and described. Includes some 18th century English ceramics. No. 70 from an edition limited to 160 copies.