Sources of Art Nouveau.
New York: George Wittenborn, 1956. With a few b/w illustrations. 488pp. 8vo, grey cloth (soiled and faded). New York: George Wittenborn, (1956). A good copy. More
New York: George Wittenborn, 1956. With a few b/w illustrations. 488pp. 8vo, grey cloth (soiled and faded). New York: George Wittenborn, (1956). A good copy. More
London: Batsford, 1953. 8 color plates and 116 other black & white illustrations. 284 pages. 4to, blue cloth (backstrip a touch faded and with some slight bubbling on rear cover). London: B.T. Batsford, (1953). First edition. A very good clean copy. Study of the 120 year history of the great pottery firm, from the earlier colored glaze wares and queensware to the more familiar jasper ware, with marks, and valuable reproductions of the original pattern books and catalogues... More
New York: Merrell, 2000. Extensively illustrated. 192pp., 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Merrell, in Association with The Jewish Museum, (2000). A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Chapters by various authors. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name. More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961. Illustrated with 84 mounted color plates; 59 other illustrations. Thick 4to, pale printed boards, d.w. (torn at head of spine), board slipcase. New York: McGraw-Hill, (1961). First American edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Moscow: Sovietskaya Rossia, 1989. 202 beautiful color photo illustrations. Text in russian, with brief English summary, and captions. 183pp., 4to, glossy pictorial boards, slipcase. Moscow: Sovietskaya Rossia, 1989. A fine copy a lightly worn board slipcase. More
Newport, Monmouthshire: Ceramic Book Company, 1954. 100 plates, 31 in color. 305pp. Short thick 4to, blue cloth. Newport, Monmouthshire: Ceramic Book Company, 1954. Very good (+). A study of the vast variety of color patterns made from the beginning to 1783. With a comprehensive catalogue. More
Newport, Monmouthshire: Ceramic Book Company, 1977. 100 plates, 31 in color. 305pp. Short thick 4to, blue cloth, t.e.g. Newport, Monmouthshire: Ceramic Book Company, (1977). A fine copy. Facsimile of the 1954 edition. A study of the vast variety of color patterns made from the beginning to 1783. With a comprehensive catalogue. More
Rutland: Tuttle, 1966. Illustrated with 257 images on 89 full-page gravure plates. 551pp. Tall thick 8vo, two-toned cloth decorated in gilt, d.w. Rutland VT: Charles E. Tuttle, (1966). First edition thus, a reprint of the very scarce 1915 original. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Tokyo: Kodansha, 1981. 356 color illustrations & others in black & white. 236 pages. Small folio, green cloth with color pictorial label, slipcase. Tokyo: Kodansha, (1981). Second printing. Spine is a touch sunned, else fin in publisher's pictorial board box. More
New York: Hudson Hills, 2001. Illustrated profusely in color and black and white. 4to, 240 pages, black decoratively blind-stamped cloth, with pink and white stamping on the spine, dust wrapper. New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Williams College Museum of Art, (2001). First Edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: Norman W. Henley, 1927. Illus., two large plans in back pocket. 8vo, blue cloth, head of spine worn, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, margins age-toned throughout. New York: Norman W. Henley, 1927. On the building of the Barbary pirate felucca and a Spanish galleon. More
London: Batchworth Press, 1951. 144pp. 8vo, maroon cloth, d.w. torn, chipped, and lightly soiled. London: Batchworth Press, (1951). A near fine copy in a poor dust wrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Extensively illustrated. 302 pages, 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (2002). A near fine copy. More
New York: Penguin, 1997. 200 color photo Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (New York): Penguin Studio, (1997). Fine. More
New York: Praeger, 1975. 20 color and 48 b/w Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled. New York: Praeger, (1975). More
Frankfurt: Osterrieth, 1967. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated, some in color. Tall thick 4to, blue cloth, d.w. Frankfurt: Osterrieth, (1967). Text in German. The endpapers have old tape stains and large ex-library stamps; there are smaller stamps on page edges, but otherwise very good(+) unused copies. Volume I: Meissen. Volume II: Hochst, Frankenthal, Ludwigsburg. More
Merion: Buten Museum of Wedgewood, 1967. Edited by Harry M. Buten. Many black-and-white illustrations. 280pp., small folio, blue cloth. Merion: Buten Museum of Wedgewood, 1967. A near fine copy. TitlesWedgewood and His Works, 1873; Memorials of Wedgewood, 1873, Choice Examples of Wedgewood Art, 1879. More
London: Medici Society, 1926. Illustrated with 6 color plates, and 72 others in black and white Short thin 4to, red gilt-lettered cloth, worn d.w. London: Medici Society, (1926). First edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1976. Illus. 4to, original brown boards, d.w. New York: Henry Z. Walck, (1976). Very good. More
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1984. Illustrated with over 200 black & white photographs. 139pp. Thin 4to, gilt-lettered gray cloth, d.w. (Suffolk): Antique Collectors' Club, 19784). A fine copy. More
Berkeley: University of California, 1984. 150 pages of striking color photographs of Miura's bindings. xiii + 216pp., 4to, purple cloth, purple cloth slipcase. Berkeley: University of California Press, (1984). A fine copy in a very good slipcase. More
Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1986. With the assistance of John M. Carpenter. Extensively illustrated. 228pp., 4to, cloth. Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986. A near fine copy. More
New York: Viking, 1966. 491 illustrations, many in color. 497 pages. Very thick 4to, gilt-stamped blue cloth, d.w. New York: Viking, (1966). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
London: Faber & Faber, 1974. Foreword by Dr. R. D. Barnett. Color frontis plus nearly 200 black-and-white illustrations. 207 pages, tall 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper price clipped, lightly rubbed. London: Faber & Faber, (1974) . A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
London: Sydney L. Moss, 1988. Very large folding color folding frontispiece. Many color plates., b/w map. 4to, tan cloth, d.w. (boards and wrapper faded at fore-edge, else fine). London: Sydney L. Moss, (1988). Ownership signature, still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
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