ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Silver, Gold & Other Metals Books

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Offered by K.C. Self Jr AAIA (Wisconsin, United States) +/-

Good. Paperback. Small, slim softcover booklet with stapled binding, 2nd edition, 2nd printing published 1971 by National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, Edinburgh. Average wear to covers; light creases and rubbing. 31 pages (pages not numbered), including 4 pages of text; black-and-white plates of 28 brooches from circa A.D. 100 to 1850. Language: English. Keywords: jewelry, jewellery, brooch, antiques, decorative arts, pin, Scottish, Celtic, ornament, ornamental, penannular. No ISBN. ... more information

Offered by Brainiac Books (New York, United States) +/-

AN ACCOUNT OF OLD COUNTRY SILVER WITH SECTIONS ON IRELAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES. EX. LIB. BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS. 240 PAGES.... more information

Offered by JLSBOOKS (Wisconsin, United States) +/-

London: Argent Press, 1973 Edition Limited to 1000 copies, 1973 presumed first edition of this unusual and highly specialized photographic inventory of silver works and marks created in India by European and more often British expatriot smiths in Calcutta from 1790 to 1860. Each mark and many of the over 165 works are photographed and clearly presented in black and white on calendar paper. Author notes that use of facsimile marks at the time was punishable by gaol term in Britain, and yet out of country ma... more information

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Offered by Sparkle Books (Alberta, Canada) +/-

Very Good. Paperback. 2nd printing softcover booklet published 1969 (copyright 1957) by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London. Light age-tanning to cover edges. Very clean; no marks or creases; pages bright; binding tight. 44 pages including 24 black-and-white plates. Language: English. Discusses the Victoria and Albert Museum collection of English cutlery, 'the most comprehensive collection in existence' [p. 1]. Keywords: decorative arts, antiques, British, cutler, silverware, utensil, eating, knives, kn... more information

Offered by Brainiac Books (New York, United States) +/-

Oxford: Phaidon / Christie's, (1988). First edition. Hardcover. Slightly oversize hardcover book with many illustrations. Near fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. ... more information

Offered by On the Road Bookshop (Connecticut, United States) +/-

Interior like new condition. Hardcover shows shelf wear only. ... more information

Offered by Ethnos Publications (Massachusetts, United States) +/-

THE GILBERT COLLECTION OF GOLD AND SILVERThe Gilbert Collection of gold and silver is comprised of British, Continental European, American, and Indian works from the late fifteenth to the nineteenth century. Within this broad span the main concentrations of the collection are English and Continental goldsmith's work of the mid-sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries and English mid-eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century ... more information

Offered by Christals Bookstore (Nevada, United States) +/-

Galashiels Scotland: Lyle Publications. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1976. First Edition Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 0902921525 . First edition (1976), 5th printing (1978). 126 p. : illustrated. Unmarked copy in lightly worn illustrated boards 12mo 7" - 7½" tall 126 p. . ... more information

Offered by C AngelaWykoff Bookseller (California, United States) +/-

London: Christie's, 1965. Paperback. Near Fine. Softcover in stapled dark olive wraps. 8vo. Light crease at one corner. Auction catalogue for vase owned by the Right Honourable Earl of Harewood. Final price sheet laid in includes the total for the Northwick Park Collection auctioned that same day. 8 pp. ... more information

Offered by Warwick Books (California, United States) +/-

Schloss Marienburg: Sotheby's, 2005 Publisher's glossy wraps. 343 pp. Profusely illustrated entirely in color. This is the first volume in the three volume set for this sale of over 4,000 items belonging to the House of Hanover, held at Schloss Marienburg on October 5 through 15, 2005. This first volume provides a history of the House of Hanover and describes and illustrated the lots which comprise the highlights of this huge sale. This is a new, unopened catalog in perfect, pristine condition.... more information

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Offered by A. J. Frank & Co. (Illinois, United States) +/-

London: Hamlyn, 1978. Reprint. Book. Near Fine/near fine. About 7.5 x 5 inches. 260 pp inc index of places. Nearly 2,000 touch marks illustraded and explained and arranged so that any mark can be easily found. ... more information

Offered by John Holden Books (Greater Manchester, United Kingdom) +/-

NY: Sotheby's, 2005 Publisher's embossed wraps. 504 pp. 690 lots. Profusely illustrated entirely in color. This is the catalog for Sotheby's Sale No. 8152 held in New York on October 11 and 12, 2005. This is a new, unopened, unmarked catalog in perfect, pristine condition. AS NEW. List of prices realized laid in.. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. As New/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalog. ... more information

Offered by A. J. Frank & Co. (Illinois, United States) +/-