Search Results: Decorative Arts from Lippincott Books

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1971. First American Edition . Hardcover. GVG/Fair. English translation by Sigrid MacRae, photographs by Helga Schmidt-Glassner. 175 pp, 52 tipped in plates in color. Red cloth, spine title stamped in gilt. A little wear at corners and spine edges, light soiling to covers. Dustjacket has several large chips, edge wear.

New York: E.P. Dutton. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 88 pages. Artists statement, brief biography and photograph of each craftsman, along with color photographs of their work. VG.

New York: Winchester Press, 1969. First Edition. Limited/ Signed . Paper Wrappers. Fine. No. 839 of a limited edition of 1,000, signed on the limitation page by Milton C. Weiler. Introduction by Ed Zern, foreword by William J. Mackey, Jr. 24 full color plates of decoys. Each plate is laid in beside a letterpress description of the decoy's maker. The sewn portfolio is laced into publisher's stiff paper wrappers with brown ribbon. Green paper wrappers with title gilt on front. Slipcase with paper label on front has a few faint stains, and the green paper covering has uniform but slight fading on front panel. Portfolio is fine, in a very good slipcase.

WhiteSpace Publishing, 1995. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 236 pp. First edition. A comprehensive work on early iron and steel corkscrews, with many examples in black and white and color. Includes several appendices Small store sticker on ffep, else Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Oversize: For international customers, there may be an adjustment in shipping; the book will ship at cost.

New York: M. Barrows and Co., 1951. First Edition, Signed . Hardcover. GVG. 150 pp. Includes 4 color plates, and drawings and color renderings by author. Includes illustrated pattern section and index. Inscription in ink on ffep reads, "With best wishes- Peg Hall." owner's name in pencil also on ffep. Front flap of dj tipped onto half title page. Blue cloth has multiple yellowish spots, but is nevertheless a good tight copy.

Washington D.C: The Textile Museum, 1983. First Edition, Presentation Copy . Soft cover. Very Good. 108, [4] pp. Signed by Anthony Landreau. Illustrated with 11 color plates and black& white photographs. Includes appendices and bibliography. This book, and the exhibit by the Textile Museum, resulted from years of research among vanishing nomadic weavers in the Toros Mountains of Turkey. Contains very useful glossary of carpet motifs. With a letter laid in, from Tony Landreau to Francis Merritt, the founder and first Director of Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts.

Camden, Maine: Down East Books, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. xii, 84 pp. Grey cloth, title gilt on spine. Color photos by author on nearly every page. Just a touch of wear at corners & spine edges. Dustjacket has a little edge wear. SIGNED by the author/photographer.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1986. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Brown cloth. 220 pp. With 57 color plates and 177 black plates: photographs of Karatsu Ware. A scholarly history of the pottery made in the northwest corner of the island of Kyushu, Japan known as Karatsu Ware, tracing its origins to the explosive production of pottery in the early 16th century, including an examination of the production of major kilns and kiln groups. Fine in Fine price-intact dust jacket. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. xiv, 300, [6] pages; with notes, glossaries, bibliography, index. Illustrated covers, illustrated endpapers. Photography by Bradford L. Rauschenberg. 276 plates, some in color. Boards very slightly bowed, very light foxing to front board and page edges.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1989. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 131, [1] pp. 25 furniture makers were invited to create a new work for this exhitition, using a piece in the Museum's collection as inspiration. Very lightly sunned spine.

Japan House Gallery; Japan Society, 1976. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 134, [2] pp. Folio. Stiff black paper wrappers, textured blue endpapers. A detailed catalogue of one of the most important collections of Japanese swords outside of that country. With numerous plates - photographs of Japanese swords, some in color, as well as drawings and diagrams. With errata slip. VG+

Rutland, Vermont: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. A publication of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration, Inc. Based on Esther Stevens Brazer's Photographic Collection. 256 pp. Green cloth, gilt-stamped emblem and title in red. Profusely illustrated with b&w photos. With color frontispiece, bibliography, index. Price-clipped dustjacket, lightly sunned along spine.

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. viii, 198 pp. With sources of supply, bibliography, index. Brown cloth over boards, black cloth spine stamped in white & copper. Profusely illustrated with photographs by Bill Haddox. Ink writing on ffep, very light edge wear. Dustjacket has light edge wear, a few short, closed tears.

Burslem Stoke-on-Trent: Doulton Fine China Limited, 1963. Revised Edition . Spiral Bound Cardboard Wrapper. Very Good. 105 pp. With index. Includes color photographs of each figure and a few room settings showing figures on display. An insert showing1964 additions to the collection is laid-in. VG

Winchester, Ohio: The Canal Press, 1984. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Stephen Metzger. [xx], 232, 16 pp. With appendices, bibliography, index. Maroon cloth, spine title gilt. Profusely illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Dustjacket has light edge wear with a few short, closed tears. With laid-in brochure "The Shaker Chair" with drawings by Stephen Metzger. Oversize book: overseas customers please request a shipping quote, or anticipate a request for additional postage; the book will ship at cost.

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1925. Soft cover. GVG. 74, v pp. 24 plates, 11 in color. Wear to edges, previous owner's name on front. Text is in SWEDISH. Profusely illustrated with weaving drafts and b&w photos. Includes sewn-in 2-page card (Fargprover a garn) with samples of thread in 84 brilliant colors!