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Child Christ Society of Washington, D.C. Collector's Choice. Welcome by Mrs. James H. Kavanagh. Acknowledgments by Mrs. John Rynier Van Evera. Foreword by Peter Mack Brown. Washington, D.C.: Child Christ Society, 1975. About 50 pages. Illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition of privately owned antiques from the Washington area held at The Octagon, Washington, D.C., April 7-April 20, 1975. Good stiff pictorial wrappers. #25696. $20
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Cincinnati Art Galleries. Rookwood IX & Keramics 1993. Featuring Important Consignments from the Louis Wolfe Collection, from an Illinois Gentleman, from the Gerald and Grace Maggi Collection, from the Collection of Joseph D. Ferrara M.D., from the Family of Carl Schmidt, from a Philadelphia Gentleman, from the Collection of Edwin J. Kircher and from other Important Collections. Auction June 5-6, 1999. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Art Galleries, 1999. 4to (large book). No pagination. Color plates. Lists 1166 items. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). Many items have a realized price written in ink, probably by someone who attended the auction. ISBN 0943633141. #25227. $25
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Crow, Nancy. Quilts and Influences. Foreword by Jean Robertson. Photographs by Carol Bobo, Nancy Crow, Jean Alexander Greenwald, and Kevin Fitzsimons. Paducah, Kentucky: American Quilter's Society, 1990. 2d edition. 4to (large book). xi, 256 pages. Color and black-and-white plates and photographs. Endpaper photographs. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0891459448. #25778. $30
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Domenech (Galissa), Rafael, and Luis Perez Bueno. Antique Spanish Furniture. Muebles Antiguos Espanoles. Translated from the Spanish by Grace Hardendorff Burr. New York: Archive Press, 1965. 1st English edition. Bilingual edition / Edicion Bilingue. 4to (large book). 142 pages. Plates. 77 plates with 50 pages of explanatory text in English and Spanish on facing pages. Text in English and Spanish. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on bottom edge, front flyleaf, Contents page, and inside rear cover; rear free endpaper removed. #24704. $22.50
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Frothingham, Alice Wilson. Lustreware of Spain. New York: Printed by Order of the Trustees [of the Hispanic Society of America], 1951. Small 4to (medium-large book). xi, 310 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Colored tipped-in frontispiece. Hispanic Notes & Monographs: Essays, Studies, and Brief Biographies Issued by the Hispanic Society of America. Peninsular Series. Exlibrary. Spine labels; stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf; rear free endpaper has been removed. Very good hardcover. #22492. $80
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Harvard University, School of Architecture, Robinson Hall. Committee of Graduates. Catalogue of Furniture, Silver, Pewter, Glass, Ceramics, Paintings, Prints, Together with Allied Arts and Crafts of the Period 1636-1836. Acknowledgments by Charles H. Watkins. Foreword by Edward W. Forbes. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University, 1936. Small 4to (medium-large book). ix, 114 pages, 70 plates. Harvard Tercentenary Exhibition. Good hardcover, top and bottom of spine slightly frayed, front and rear covers slightly discolored and worn along spine. Former owner's bookplate on blank front flyleaf. #25328. $20
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Haslam, Malcolm. English Art Pottery, 1865-1915. Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors's Club, 1975. Small 4to (medium-large book). 214 pages. Color and black-and-white plates. Chapters on the Art Pottery Movement, Artistic Stoneware, Painted Pottery of the Aesthetic Movement, Pre-Raphaelite Pottery, Art pottery from the West County, Form and Colour, and From Art Pottery to Studio Pottery. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine label, stamps on front flyleaf, Contents page; rear flyleaf removed. ISBN 090202826X. #24411. $40
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Hayward, Arthur H. Colonial Lighting. Boston: B. J. Brimmer Co., 1923. 1st impression. xxv, 159 pages. Index. 114 photographic plates. 'This book should be considered in the light of a primer - the ABC of lamp collecting.' - Introduction. Very good hardcover. Gilt title and illustration on front cover. Gilt title and publisher information on spine faded. #22769. $62.50
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Huth, Hans. Lacquer of the West: The History of a Craft and an Industry, 1550-1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. 4to (large book). x, 158 pages of text, plus 200 pages with 364 plates. Index. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Includes chapters on 17th and 18th century lacquers, lacquer in England and the North American Colonies, and Italian, German, French, Netherlands, Scandinavian, and Russian lacquers. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on top and bottom edges, dedication page; barcode label and pocket on rear flyleaf. ISBN 0226363155. #24409. $40
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Klever, Katrin und Ulrich. Exotischer Schmuck: Volksschmuck, Amulette und Talismane. Techniken und Werkzeuge. Sammler, Handler und fremde Markte. Wie man alten Schmuck erkennt. Munchen: Mosaik Verlag, 1977. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 144 pages. Bibliography color and black-and-white plates. Endpaper maps. Text in German. Very good hardcover in worn, torn and repaired dust jacket. ISBN 3570028291. #25693. $40
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K-Line. Complete Service Manual for Lionel Trains, by K-Line. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: MDK, Inc., 1982. 6th printing. 732 pages. Illustrations. Copyright 1978 Aurotech, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A compilation of the Lionel Service Manual given to authorized train repair dealers in the 1940's through the 1960's, and the instruction sheets and booklets that accompanied almost every Lionel engine, operating car and accessory sold from the 1930's through 1966. - Introduction. Very good pictorial hardcover. #25741. $95
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Leon, Eli. No Two Alike: African-American Improvisations on a Traditional Patchwork Pattern. Introduction by Polly T. Laffitte. Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina State Museum, 1998. Small 4to. 27 pages. Bibliography. Color plates. Published for the exhibition held October 24, 1998 through March 28, 1989 focusing on quilts made by twenty 20th century African-American quiltmakers. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0966823001. #25768. $35
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Mariacher, Giovanni. Italian Blown Glass: From Ancient Rome to Venice. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961. 4to (large book). 245, [2] pages. Index. Tipped-in color plates. Black-and-white plates and illustrations. First published as 'Il Vetro Soffiato da Roma Antica a Venezia,' Milan, Electa Editrice, 1960. Good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: spine labels, stamps on front flyleaf, dedication page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. #24703. $22.50
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May, Florence Lewis. Silk Textiles of Spain: Eighth to Fifteenth Century. New York: Hispanic Society of America, 1957. 1st printing. ix, 286 pages. Index. Bibliography. 6 color and 161 black-and-white illustrations. Hispanic Notes & Monographs: Essays, Studies, and Brief Biographies Issued by the Hispanic Society of America. Peninsular Series. Chapters include: Sericulture and Silk Textiles of Islamic Spain (8th-12 century); Hispano-Moresque and Mudejar Patterns in Silk Textiles (13th century); Silk Textiles with Mudejar and Gothic Patterns (14th century); Silk Textiles with Mudejar and Late Gothic Patterns (15th century). Exlibrary. Call number on lower spine; stamp and label on front and rear endpapers. Very good hardcover. #23664. $185
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Palardy, Jean. The Early Furniture of French Canada. Prefaces by Marius Barbeau and Georges Henri Riviere. Translated from the French by Eric McLean. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1965. 4to (large book). 413 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white plates. Illustrations. Reprinted, 1965. Good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on dedication page; rear free endpaper removed. Lower backstrip slightly frayed. #24702. $35
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Pearson, J. Michael, and Dorothy T. Pearson. American Cut Glass for the Discriminating Collector. Miami Beach, Florida: J. Michael and Dorothy T. Pearson, 1965. 3d edition, 5th printing. Small 4to (medium-large book). 203 pages. Index. Plates. Illustrations. Color frontispiece. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine labels, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, preliminary leaf, dedication page; barcode label and pocket on rear flyleaf. #24407. $20
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Prokot, Inge, und Joachim Prokot. Schmuck aus Zentralasien. Munchen: Callwey Verlag, 1981. Small 4to (medium-large book). 156 pages (40 pages of text and 116 pages of color and black-and-white plates). Index. Bibliography. Plates. Maps. A book about Central Asian jewelry and personal adornment. Includes chapters on Frauenschmuck der Turkmenen, Schmuck der Tekke, der Ersari, der Yomud, der Kasachen und Tadschiken, und der Karakalpaken. Text in German. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 3766705881. #26339. $80
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Robinson, B. W. The Arts of the Japanese Sword. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle, 1961. 1st edition. 110 pages of text and 100 pages of plates, including 4 in color. Index. Illustrations. Arts of the East. The author was Deputy Keeper of the Department of Metalwork, Victoria and Albert Museum. Good hardcover, upper left-hand corner of front cover and backstrip torn off, some water staining along top edges of front and rear covers; internally sound. #26061. $90
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Rubin, Ken & Fran. Drop Coin Here. New York: Crown Publishers, 1979. 4to (large book). 96 pages. Index. Color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations. Signed by the author. Chapters on gambling trade stimulators, vending machines, and arcade and pinball machines. Very good hardcover in slightly worn dust jacket. ISBN 0517532980. #26374. $90
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The Rushlight. The Rushlight. Published by the Rushlight Club. 32 issues published from 1951 to 1985. No place: Rushlight Club, 1951. 4to. Illustrations. Includes: Volume XVII, 2 (May 1951); XXV, 3 (August 1959); XXVI, 1, 2, 4 (February, May, November 1960); XXVII, 3 (August 1961); XXVIII, 4 (December 1962); XXIX, 3 (August 1963); XXXI, 2, 3, 4 [2 copies] (May-December 1965); XXXVII, 3 [2 copies] (September 1971); XXXVIII, 1 (March 1972); XXXXIX, 1, 2, 3 (March-November 1973); XL, 1, 2, 3 (January-December 1974); XLI, 1, 4 (April-December 1975); XLII, 3, 4 (September-December 1976); XLIII, 3 (September 1977); XLIV, 2, 4 (June-December 1978); XLV, 2 (June 1979); XLVI, 4 (December 1980); XLVIII, 4 (December 1982); XLIX, 4 (December 1983); Volume 50, 1 (March 1984); Volume 51, 4 (December 1985). Subtitled: To shed light on the lights of the past. Good stapled wrappers (soft cover). #25819. $200
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Schiffer, Nancy N. Handbook of Fine Jewelry. West Chester, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1991. 4to (large book). 223 pages. Index. Color plates. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in clear library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, first text page; rear flyleaf removed. ISBN 0887403743. #24403. $45
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Schmirler, Otto. The Art of Wrought Metalwork for House and Garden. New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1979. 1st American edition. Small 4to (medium-large book). 296 pages. Photographs. Illustrations. Designs. Primarily a book of designs (more than 200) and photographic detail of wrought iron. Parallel texts in English, French and German. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in clear acetate library cover. Exlibrary. Spine label, stamps on top and bottom edges, front flyleaf, title page, Contents page; rear free endpaper removed. ISBN 0803800185. #24412. $150
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Takayama, Toyoji. The Tin Toy Museum. Part 1. Kyoto, Japan: Kyoto Shoin Co., Ltd., 1987. Oblong 4to (large book). 112 pages, of which 107 pages are in full color. This book shows about 200 toys from the heyday of the craft, 1945-1965. Includes spare toys, funny characters, racing cars, Jeep, train, bus, tank, submarine, helicopter, bulldozer, telephone, 3-wheel truck, motorcycle, etc. The photo credits in English use the same wording that appeared on the toys' original packages, sometimes rather humourous or inexplicable. - Front jacket panel. Text in English and Japanese. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket. ISBN 4763630407. #24803. $45
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Tips, Martha. Tips on Identifying and Appraising Clocks. Dallas, Texas: Books for All Time, 1991. 1st printing. 4to (large book). 302 pages. Index. Bibliography. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed by the author. A major work on horology. Exlibrary. Spine label; stamps on front flyleaf and Table of Contents pages; rear free endpaper removed. Very good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. ISBN 0962862703. #22625. $70
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Weaks, Mabel C. Captain Elias Pelletreau, Long Island Silversmith. An Account of His Life & Times, His Office, and His Craft, as interpreted by Mabel C. Weaks. Southampton, New York: Yankee Peddler Book Company, 1966. [12] pages. Plates. Very good stiff wrappers (soft cover). Bookplate inside front cover. #24369. $12.50
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Wesselman, Linda J., and Martha D. Hamilton, text. Earliest Recollections: Furnishings from the Family of Edwin B. Sears. May 26, 1983 through July 31, 1984. Edited by Penny J. Sander. Acknowledgments by Brock Jobe. Boston, Massachusetts: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1984. 59 pages. Index. Bibliography. Photographs. Illustrations. Includes 'My First Meeting with Mr. William Sumner Appleton,' by Edwin B. Sears, pages 9-12. An exhibition catalog. Very good hardcover. Former owner's bookplate on front flyleaf. #25344. $60
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Wooding, Robert R. Diamond Setting: The Professional Approach. Erlanger, Kentucky: Dry Ridge Diamond Setting School, 1984. xii, 178 pages. Index. Illustrations. 'This book was written to teach diamond setting.' - Preface. Very good hardcover. ISBN 0961354518. #25770. $35
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