The Gold Ring; Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869.
illus. 8vo, pr. wrs. N.Y.: Harper Business, (1988). vg. More
GOLD
Private Gold Coinage of California, 1849-55, Its History and Its Issues.
Stackpole. Many black & white plates. 110pp., slim small 4to, black cloth n.p., (Stackpole, 1970). Reprint of the original 1913 edition. Near Fine. More
Gold! The romantic history of the yellow metal that since caveman days has incited murder and war, inspired poets and artists, lured explorers and adventurers, and borne the commerce of the world.
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1964. Some black-and-white illustrations. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Thomas Y. Cromwell, (1964). Very good. More
Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and the principal Crowned Heads of Europe.; An Illustrated Record and Review of his Life and Work, A.D. 1846-1920
New York: Batsford, 1949. Forward by Sacheverell Sitwell. Frontis. plus 126 full-page plates, a few in color. xxiv + 169 pages. 4to, red cloth, a bit bumped a slightly frayed at foot of spine. New York: B. T. Batsford, (1949). A very good copy, internally clean. One of 750 copies. More
Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court.
London: Spring Books, 1967. With a foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell. 128 plates, a few in color. 167pp. 4to, cloth, d.w.; ( d.w. rubbed & edge-worn). London: Spring Books, (1967). Second impression. Very good. More
British North America, Sheet III Pacific Coast British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Edinburgh: Fullarton, Archibald, 1857. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 16" x 20 3/4". 1857. This is a wonderful map of the West Coast of Canada. Abundantly labeled with the names of cities, ports, rivers, mountains. Describes as far North as Hudson Bay Territory and Sikani Indian territory. Show the newly discovered gold fields in the upper Fraser River region called 'Cariboo diggings'. From Fullarton's "Royal Illustrated Atlas", considered the last highly decorative atlas published in England. Beautifully engraved and colored..... More
Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor.
Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1974. 2 volumes. Profusely illustrated in color and in black & white. 4to, blue cloth, d.w., t.e.g. (Fribourg): Published for the National Trust by Office du Livre, 1974. Fine in fine dust wrappers. More
From Gold To Porcelain, The Art of Porcelain and Faience.
New York: Yoseloff, 1963. Illustrated. 239pp. 4to,cloth. N.Y: Thomas Yoseloff, 1963. Fine copy in a near-fine dust wrapper. More
The Klondike Fever; The Life and Death of the Last Great Gold Rush.
maps. 477pp. 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Knopf, 1958. vg. More
The Great American Gold Rush.
illus. 4to, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Bradbury Press, (1989). Juvenile Edition. More
The Bolivar Mining Company; Capital Stock, $1,000, 000.
One Hundred Thousand Shares, Par Value, $10 Each. Stock Non- Assessable. folding map of the State of Bolivar, Colombia. 12pp. 8vo, pr. wrs.; (spine worn, pages creased in middle, 2 inch tear in margin of map). N.Y.: George T. Patterson, 1880. Share prospectus. The Bolivar Mining Company discovered the Castillo gold mine in the State of Bolivar, Colombia. The proceeds from this share issue was for the development of the mine. More
The Goldsmiths of Italy; Some Account of Their Guilds, Statutes, and Work.
London: Hopkinson, 1926. Compiled from the Published Papers, Notes, and other Material Collected by the Late Sidney J.A. Churchill, M.V.O. Foreword by Dr. Stella Churchill. 21 black and white plates. 182pp., 4to, blue cloth; (ex.-lib., inscription on flyleaf, light foxing on title page and table of contents, corners bumped, cover rubbed). London: Martin Hopkinson, 1926. More
Gold, An Illustrated History.
Hammond, 1979. Profusely illustrated. 224pp. 4to, cloth. N.J.: Hammond Incorporated, 1979. Near-fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Land of Midian (Revisted)
Cambridge: Oleander Press, 1984. 2 volumes. folding map, In-text black-and-white illustrations, and several full page illustrations. 8vos, red cloth, dust wrappers. Near fine copies in very good(+) dust wrappers. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 edition. More
The Diary of a Forty-Niner
New York: Morgan Shepard, 1906. Map. xiii, (9), 231pp. 8vo, original 1/2 red cloth with pictorial boards, edges of corners lightly worn, otherwise very good. New York: Morgan Shepard, 1906. First Edition "The diary was kept by Alfred T. Jackson, a pioneer California miner, from May 18, 1850 to June 17, 1852." Graff 571. Cowan, p. 104. Howes C-111. More
Ori e Argenti Dell'Italia Antica.
Milan: "Silvana" Editoriale D'Arte, 1962. 44 plates in color and 63 illustrations in b/w. 85pp. 4to, gray cloth, d.w. (d.w. worn at edges, chip on top spine end, crease running along bottom edge of cloth's front cover, cloth's edges lightly faded, bottom corner bumped, some small stains on front cover flyleaf). Milan: "Silvana" Editoriale D'Arte, (1962). A very good(+) copy, internally clean. More
The Treatises of Benvenuto Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture.
12 engraved illus. and 7 b/w diagrams, 165pp., 4to, cloth, paper spine label, tissue guards, uncut; (outer hinges cracking, corners bumped). London: Edward Arnold/Essex House, 1898. Limited, numbered edition on handmade paper. One of 600 copies. More
Gilda Aurifabrorum: A History of English Goldsmiths and Plateworkers and Their Marks Stamped on Plate.
London: Reeves and Turner, 1899. 2500 illustrations. Tall, slim 8vo, rust blind stamped cloth. London: Reeves and Turner, 1899. New Edition. Very good. More
Gilda Aurifabrorum: A History of English Goldsmiths & Plateworkers, and their Marks Stamped on Plate.
London: Allen, 1883. 2500 illustrations. Tall 8vo, decoratively gilt rust cloth, (ex-lib top of spine repaired. London: Allen, 1883. First Edition. A good copy. First Edition of this indispensable companion to Chaffers's "Hall Marks on Gold & Silver Plate." More
A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm;; In a Letter to The King
Oxford: University Press, 1805. 266 pages, original full calf with raised bands; armorial device on covers; marbled endpapers. Oxford: University Press, 1805. First Edition. The binding is somewhat scuffed, and the spine label is missing, but a solid copy with very clean pages. The author founded the English gold standard system. More
Jewels from the Personal Collection of Princess Salimah Aga Khan
Geneva: Christie's, 1995. Some folding plates, color illustrations throughout. Jewelry printed glossy to stand out on matte background. 230 pages, 4to, blue cloth, dust wrapper. Geneva: Christie's International, 1995. Very Good. More
The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection: Renaissance jewels, gold boxes, and objets de vertu.
New York: Sotheby's, 1986. 139 color photos. 384 pages. 4to, gold-stamped cloth, edgeworn d.w. New York, 1986. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. A scholarly and magnificently illustrated catalogue of the decorative works of art in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Included are many items by Faberge, and an index of makers' marks. More
Old English Plate.
London: John Murray, 1910. Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic: Its Makers and Marks. Frontispiece plate, 133 text illustrations, and more than 2,700 facsimiles of plate marks. Rubricated title, 538pp., 8vo, green cloth, d.w. (chipped). London: John Murray, 1910. Tenth Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Fine. More
Chinese Museum - Shaanxi Provincial Museum.; Chinese Museum Series, No. 1
Beijing: Art Publishing House, 1990. Well-illustrated with 204 objects (bronzes, pottery figurines, stone carvings, gold & silverwork), much in color. 232 pages with text entirely in Chinese. Small folio, gold patterned silk cloth; silk cloth box with paper label; the box is a bit dusty and discolored along backstrip but the book is fine. Beijing: Art Publishing House & Kodansha, 1990. First edition, second printing? Very scarce. More
The Story of Snuff & Snuff Boxes.
New York: 1935. 119 illustrations. 149pp., 8vo, black cloth. New York: Liveright, 1935. First Edition. Near Fine. More