Collectibles from Tannery Books

Greensboro: Greensboro Printing Company, 1972. First Printing. Hardcover. Good/fair. A. Earl Weatherly, The First Hundred Years of Historic Guilford - 1771-1871, Greensboro, by the author (Greensboro Printing Company), 1972, First Printing. Green cloth hc with silver-stamped title and flag design on front, 4to (25 cm), 208 pp with index; silver and white dustjacket with blue lettering and matching… Read more

Lewisburg, Penn.: Oral Traditions Project, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Jeannette Lasansky; Celia Y. Oliver et al. On the Cutting Edge : Textile Collectors, Collections, and Traditions, Lewisburg, Penn., Oral Traditions Project, Union County Historical Society, 1994. Stiff, illustrated paper covers, 4to (30 cm), 118 pp, many bw and color illustrations. Topics include Shelburne's Quilt Collection, the… Read more

Orange, Va.: Publisher's Press, 1997. Paperback. Very Good. Edited by Nancy Dearing Rossbacher, Civil War Collector's Price Guide, 8th edition, Orange, Va., Publisher's Press, 1997. Glossy illustrated paper covers, 4to, 256 pp, heavily illustrated. Very Good: covers lightly bumped and scuffed, no markings.

New York: Rizzoli International, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Steve Starr, Picture Perfect: Deco Photo Frames 1926-1946, New York, Rizzoli International, 1991. Glossy paper covers, 4to (28 cm), 160 pp with name index, many color and bw photos. Contains the author's collection of Art Deco frames, many with Hollywood publicity photos from the era. Very Good: covers… Read more

Smithsonian Institute Press, 1992. First printing. Paperback. Very Good +. Keith Melder, Hail to the Candidate: Presidential Campaigns from Banners to Broadcasts, Washington and London, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1992, first printing (numberline). Glossy paper covers, 4to (27 cm), xii, 212 pp, many color photos, includes list of presidential candidates by year through 1988. Very Good+: covers lightly bumped… Read more

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1973. Paperback. Good. Elizabeth Stilinger, The ANTIQUES Guide to Decorative Arts in America, New York, E.P. Dutton, 1973, no earlier printings mentioned. Thick trade paperback with color photo on cover, 8vo, xvi, 480 pp, illustrated with 192 drawings and 434 photographs. Listed by era from 1600 to 1875, includes furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, and… Read more

Sotheby & Co., 1969. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of a Collection of Highly Important Oriental Carpets, Part I, Sold by order of the Kevorkian Foundation, Friday, 5th December, 1969. White boards with green border and carpet medallion on front, royal 8vo (about 7.5 by 10 inches), Part 1 only, 20 color plates. Prices in… Read more

New York: The Dial Press, 1974. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Marjorie Sablow. Joan Scobey, with Marjorie Sablow, Rugs & Wall Hangings: Period Designs and Contemporary Techniques, New York, The Dial Press, 1974, stated First Printing. Orange cloth with black lettering on spine, 4to, xii, 244 pp with index, many bw historical photos listed by geography, 16 full color… Read more

The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Good. Marilyn Johnson, Marvin D. Schwartz and Suzanne Boorsch, 19th-Century America Furniture and Other Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York Graphic Society, 1970. Laminated paper covers, imperial 8vo (26 cm), 32-pp introduction followed by unnumbered pp with 298 objects with… Read more

New York: Hawthorn Books - Dutton Adult, 1974. Later printing. Paperback. Good. Marian Maeve O'Brien, The Collector's Guide to Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures, New York, Hawthorn Books - Dutton Adult, 1974. Imperial 8vo (28 cm) with laminated paper covers, xxvi, 214 pp with index, many bw photos, 8 color pp. Good: corners bumped, covers scratched, front corner creased,… Read more