Victorian Furniture.
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. More
London: Ward Lock & Co., 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 96pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. More
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, [1953]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Color frontispiece, map, line drawings, numerous illustrations, 3 color plates. Fine/very good. Mildest jacket edgewear, with small chips at spine head/tail. Superb, tight first edition of this seminal study, addressing the..... More
N.p. S.A. Lausanne, [1965]. Hardcover. Translation by Peggy Rowell Oberson. Folio. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt decoration, slipcase. 278pp. Extensive color illustrations (many tipped in). Near fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear. A tight and quite handsome first English-language edition of this large and heavy standard survey, beautifully..... More
Newport, England: R.H. Johns Ltd., [1951]. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xx. 132pp. Color frontispiece, numerous illustrations (some color). Very good. Endpapers and page edges faintly foxed and age toned; spine ever-so-slightly sunned, else internally fine. A tight, quite nice first edition of this classic history..... More
York, PA: George Shumway Publisher, 1997-2005. Hardcover. Complete 2-volume set. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jackets. 489pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/fine. Part of Shunway's "Longrifle Series," this superb pair of first editions are bright and pristine. It's a wonderfully heavily-illustrated text and the author signs the title..... More
New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket, blue paper over boards slipcase. 159pp. Numerous illustrations (some color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine/very good. First edition. More
New York: Bonanza Books, n.y. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with brown lettering. viii, 152pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Near fine. Small ownership initials on front flyleaf. A tight and handsome reprint edition of this well-illustrated survey. More
Harrisburg: Stackpole Books, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 374pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket slightly edgeworn and a bit rubbed, with couple tiny edge chips. A tight and quite nice first edition of this well-regarded and well-illustrated study, featuring biographies of gunsmiths and..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, [1960]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 374pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket mildly edgeworn and faintly rubbed, with a few miniscule edge chips. Lovely, tight reprint edition of a highly-regarded, well-illustrated study, with biographies of gunsmiths and other useful reference..... More
Harrisburg: The Stackpole Company, [1981]. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth with brown lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 336pp, (8pp), (1p ad). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations and line drawings. Near fine/very good. Faintest of jacket wear. A superb, tight and lovely later (12th) printing of the second edition of this 1952 classic --..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1924. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine with paper label and grey paper over boards. xxiii, 239pp. Tissue-guarded frontispiece, numerous tissue-guarded full-page plates. Very good. Binding rather age toned, slightly edgeworn and corner bumped; endpapers a bit toned, with signs of long-ago tape, else tight and internally..... More
[Washington, DC]: The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, [1981]. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth spine and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 127pp. Color frontispiece, extensive illustrations (many color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/near fine. A tight and superb first edition of this volume in general editor Brenda Gilchrist's "The..... More
Gas City, IN: L-W Promotions, 1978. Paperback. 4to. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. viii, 321pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Ownership signature on title page. First edition of this largely pictorial guide. Laid in loose is a 12pp 4to "Price Guide." The prices may be outdated, but the exhaustive illustrations in this..... More
Waukesha, WI: Country Beautiful, 1975. Hardcover. 4to. Black paper over boards, pictorial clipped dust jacket. 192pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Small name/address of noted antiques publication neatly inkstamped on front and rear pastedown. First edition, tight and attractive. More
New York: Arco Publishing, 1982. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xii, 304pp. Illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition. More
New York: Crown Publishers, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. x, 278pp. Numerous line drawings. Near fine/good. Faintest of jacket edgewear. 28th printing of this extraordinarily popular and absolute must-have 1953 guide to identifying maker's marks. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. x, 327pp, (15pp). Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Later printing of this useful overview. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1978. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth spine and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxiv, 200pp. Numerous illustrations (some in color). Near fine/good. Jacket edge-chipped. Lists descriptions, dates of issue, numbers of copies, issue prices and current prices. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1975. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth spine and green paper over boards, dust jacket. vi, 248pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/very good. Slight jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome first edition. More
White Hall, VA: Betterway Publications, 1988. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff grey pictorial wrappers. 143pp. Illustrations. Very good. First edition. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1985. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 160pp. Illustrations (some color), diagrams. Near fine/very good. Ownership stamp on front flyleaf. Early (not first) printing. More
London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1948. Hardcover. 8vo. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 328pp. Numerous illustrations. Good plus/fair. Some chipping and wear and tear to jacket, mostly at edges. First edition. Dr. Kurz's serious look at the world of art forgeries and how to not be taken. More
Chalfont, PA: Scorpio Publications, n.y., [ca. 1978]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff green pictorial wrappers. 155pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good. Ownership stamps on inside covers. First edition, signed by Larason with humorous note on contents page. More
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1984. Paperback. 8vo. Blue wrappers, pictorial dust jacket. 234pp. Near fine/very good. Ownership stamp on inside front cover. Promotional material laid in. Uncorrected proof. Delightfully wacky tale of the birth and development of this British antique dealer. More
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue buckram, dust jacket. 177pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations (some color). Near fine/very good. First British edition. Beautiful book on all things lilliputian, from books to candle snuffers. More