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New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1972. 195 pages, illustrations (2 colour), 1 facsimile; 29 cm. First published, 1948. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. With 183 Illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Santa Barbara, CA: Fithian Press, 2004. Cloth, xxv, 262 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1980. 190 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. First published, 1973. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York and Los Angeles: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Another copy available. "The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity,… Leer más

New York: Bonanza Books, 1974. xxiii, 239 pages, frontispiece, plates; 29 cm. First published, 1924. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated. Authoritative. 500 illustrations.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York and Los Angeles: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1992. 288 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992. Near fine. Firm binding, clean text. Top edge lightly soiled. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity, strove… Leer más

New York: Bonanza Books, 1974. xxiii, 239 pages, frontispiece, plates; 29 cm. First published, 1924. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Expected browning. Dust jacket taped to the boards. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Well-illustrated. Authoritative. 500 illustrations.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

New York: William Morrow; HarperCollinsPublishers, 2013. xv, 302 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. With editorial contributions by Jim Defelice; foreword and afterword by Taya Kyle. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In this book, the author, deadliest sniper in U.S. history tracks down and shoots the ten most important American firearms, from a flintlock rifle to a Colt revolver to the latest high-tech weapon he used as a Navy SEAL. He uses these guns as a window on United States history, making the sweeping argument that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun. He revisits turning points in American history, including the single sniper shot that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War, the firearms that proved decisive in the Civil War's Batlte of Gettysburg, the "gun that won the West," and the weapon that gave U.S. soldiers an edge in World War I and World War II, and beyond. This… Leer más

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1967. Cloth, xxviii, 541 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Price-clipped dust jacket. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

New York: William Morrow & Company, Inc., 1973. 2nd printing, 1976. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Weathervane Books, 1974. 313 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean text. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket with a creased front flap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to.

New York: Beaux Arts Editions, 1987. Pictorial boards, 320 pages, colour illustrations; 38 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "In April 1986 a the Great American Quilt Festival and Contest was held in New York City. Participants included the country's leading textile designers, authors, teachers, collectors, prizewinning quilters from every state, etc. Many of the entries are included in this publication. Having researched and documented hundreds of quilts, the editors wanted to know what makes a quilt really worth collecting and where some of these quilts can be seen." - Publisher. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: An American tradition, by Laura Fisher; Quilts: America's folklore, by Deborah Harding; Quilts: the art of the Amish, by Phyllis Haders;… Leer más

Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful Corporation, 1971. Cloth, 189 pages, illustrations (some colour); 32 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Woodcraft; Carvings: wood and scrimshaw; Wrought and cast iron; The common metals: copper, brass, tin, pewter; Lighting devices; Weathervanes; Toys; Country furniture; Needlework and textiles; Glassware; Pottery and porcelain; The decorative arts; Folk painting; Wagons, guns and Western gear; Appendix: list of museums and collections.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. Folio. Collectible.

New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1987. Cloth, 320 pages, colour illustrations; 38 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown, edges lightly soiled. Dust jacket, with a slightly sunned spine (bold & legible lettering), protected in a mylar book cover. "In April 1986 a the Great American Quilt Festival and Contest was held in New York City. Participants included the country's leading textile designers, authors, teachers, collectors, prizewinning quilters from every state, etc. Many of the entries are included in this publication. Having researched and documented hundreds of quilts, the editors wanted to know what makes a quilt really worth collecting and where some of these quilts can be seen." - Publisher. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: An American tradition, by Laura Fisher; Quilts: America's folklore, by Deborah Harding; Quilts: the art of the Amish, by… Leer más

Shanghai: Shanghai gu ji chu ban she = Shanghai Museum, 1995. [128] pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 29 cm. Text in Chinese and English. Firm binding, clean inside copy.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1977. Cloth, 517 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. The Antique Collectors' Club edition of Old clocks and watches & their makers: 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. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. This Antique Collectors' Club edition of Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers (3rd edition) adds 250 extra illustrations to the existing 800 photographs and drawings.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971. Cloth, 124 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled, expected browning. Stated First Edition in the United States of America. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1997. Pictorial boards, 296 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to.

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009. Coth, xi, 263 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "The notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our most prized possessions are those that have had a long history before they came into our hands. Part of the pleasure we gain from the encounter with antiques stems from the palpable age and the assumed (sometimes imaginary) cultural resonances of the particular object. But precisely what is it about these objects that creates this attraction? What common characteristics do they share and why and how do these traits affect us as they do? In Antiques: The History of an Idea, Leon Rosenstein, a distinguished philosopher who has also been an antiques dealer for more than twenty years, offers a sweeping and lively account of the origin and development of the antique as both a cultural concept and an aesthetic category. He… Leer más

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1997. 215 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First edition. "Understanding antiques requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary that tells initiates what something is, where it came from, and when it was made. AntiqueSpeak provides this essential information in concise but illuminating essays that cover almost a millennium of styles (such as Baroque and Art Deco), materials (glass, ivory), types of objects (furniture, toys and games), specialized areas of collecting (folk art, Judaica), and concerns involved with acquiring and caring for antiques (auctions, condition, marks and signatures). In addition, the book includes a handy one-page StyleChart; a section of color plates (one for each major style); an album of ornaments and classical orders, represented by line drawings; labeled drawings of selected furniture types; an introduction that explains how to use the book; and an invaluable index that provides dates and… Leer más