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Southern Antiques & Folk Art

Morton, Robert · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Birmingham, AL, Oxmoor House, Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Oatmeal cloth with copper lettering on spine. 251 pp. plus colophon; color and bw illustrations throughout. Quite a lovely production, just loaded with color and bw plates which are all annotated and described. Includes furni...

American Samplers

Bolton, Ethel Stanwood and Eva Johnstone Coe · 1973 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Weathervane Books, 1973. reprint. Hardcover. Green boards with gilt spine lettering, white dust jacket with black lettering and color illustration, viii, 416 pp. 76 bw plates of 126 pictures. A quality reprint of the original edition. Loaded with information, with a chrono...

Classical America 1815-1845

Gerdts, William H. and Berry B. Tracy · 1963 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Newark, New Jersey, The Newark Museum, 1963. Hardcover. White cloth with illustration. 212 pp. Profusely illustrated in B&W. Published to accompany a 1963 exhibition. Represents the first scholarly approach to defining the decorative and fine arts of this period, followed more...

The Design Collection: Selected Objects

Drexler, Arthur · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 1970. Paperback. Sprial-bound. Black paper covers with white lettering. 114 pp. 16 color, 38 bw plates. Large plates show the great detail of the objects selected for inclusion in this catalogue. Brief introduction by Arthur Drexler. Eames, ...

19th Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts. An Exhibition in Celebration of the [100th Anniv. Of the] Metropolitan Museum of Art

NY: MMA, Apr. 16 to Sept. 7, 1970 · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1970. Softcover. Red & color illus. wraps. [250] pp. numerous color and bw plates. Introduction by Berry B. Tracy. Furniture essays by Marilynn Johnson, other decorative arts essays by Marvin D. Schwartz ...

The Thomas and Harriet Gibbons Georgian Silver Collection and Other Silver at Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art, Laurel, Mississippi

Harper, Lorene (ed.) · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Laurel, MS, Lauren Rogers Library and Museum of Art, 1979. Softbound. Color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. 46 pp. with numerous bw plates of described items. Each item illustrated is described. Introduction to the collectors and their collection by Lorene Harper. With...

Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century Furniture & Glass. Examples of Lustre Ware, Lowestoft and Toile de Jouy Used in America During These Periods, Portraits by Stuart, Peale and Others, for the Benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc

NY: American Art Galleries, Sept. 25 to Oct. 9, 1929 · 1929 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

1929. Hardbound. Beautiful Calf spine with five raised bands and gilt title, Japanese Mohair covered boards. Unpaginated. Profusely illustrated in bw. Recently rebound to create a stunning presentation of this highly sought-after Loan Exhibition of American Decorative Arts. Yo...

The Glass of Rene Lalique: The Magriel Collection

Amherst, MA: Mead Art Museum, 1979 · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1979. Softbound. Black illustrated wraps. 36 pp. 25 bw plates. 70 items are listed in the exhibition catalogue. VG .

Mrs. Welch's Cookbook

Welch, Mary B. · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Des Moines, Iowa, Crown Craft Printing, 1985. Reprint of 1884 original. Softbound. Wire Spiral ring binding, bright yellow printed wraps. 279 pp. with laid-in conversion chart. Reprinted in 1985 by the Iowa Chapter of The Victorian Society of America, this cookbook has become ...

Pewter and the Amateur Collector

Gale, Edwards J. · 1910 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, England, Philip Lee Warner, Publisher to the Medici Society, 1910. Hardbound. Red embossed cloth with silver decoration and gilt titling, top edge, blue dust jacket. xii, [2], 97 pp. 43 black and white plates illustrating representative specimens of pewter. "A book for...

The Genius of Irish Silver: A Texas Private Collection

Davis, John D. · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

Williamsburg, VA, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1991. Softcover. Illustrated blue glossy wraps. 47 pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Introductory essay followed by the catalogue listing of 118 works, ranging from chalices to freedom boxes to pincushions to salvers to caste...

Iron, Solid Wrought Usa

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Carbondale, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, University Museum and Art Galleries, 1976. Softcover. Charcoal illustrated wraps. 72 pp. 180 bw illustrations. An exhibit celebrating the theme the blacksmith as artist and craftsman in the United States, 1776-1976. VG .

The Collection of Pietro Cattadori of Milan, Italy: Gothic and Renaissance Velvets, Gold and Silver Brocades, Damasks, Brocatelles, XVII and XVIII Century Needlepoints and Other Embroideries, Etc. Etc.

Keeble, Frank · 1925 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, American Art Galleries, 1925. Softbound. Printed wraps. 500 lots listed, most are illustrated. Auction catalogue from the sales of April 30 and May 1, 1925. With an introduction to the collection by Frank Keeble. The collection includes needlepoints, bronzes, French ...

Ready-Made Democracy: A History of Men's Dress in the American Republic, 1760 - 1860

Zakim, Michael · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 2003. Hardbound. Burgundy cloth with dark illustrated dustjacket. 296 pp. Some illustrations. More of an examination of the political and social manifestations inherent in the move away from "homespun" than an examination of particular...

Wallace Nutting and the Invention of Old America

Denenberg, Thomas Andrew · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New Haven, Yale University Press, 2003. Hardbound. Brown cloth w/ color pictorial DJ, xi, 228 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw and color. For devotees of American decorative arts, Wallace Nutting (1861-1941) needs little introduction. A Congregational minister turned author, ph...

Art Pottery of the United States: An Encyclopedia of Producers and Their Marks

Evans, Paul · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Hardbound. Light blue cloth.[2]. 353 pp. with 23 color, numerous bw plates. VG, ex art library copy .

Silver and Gold: Courtly Splendor from Augsburg

Seelig, Lorenz · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Munich / New York, Prestel, 1995. Hardcover. Rec cloth with dark illustrated glossy dustjacket. 128 pp. with 26 bw, 64 color plates. English edition from German original. Based on an exhibition held at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, 23 Feb.-29 May 1994. VG+/VG-, minim...

Pewter Down the Ages

Cotterell, Howard Herschel · 1932 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1932. Hardbound. Blue library buckram with gold lettering. 237 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. No dj. An early and sought-after reference on European pewter. Nice, large font. Solid copy, but both spine hinges are very tender and splitting at...

The Unknown Ohr: A Sequel to the 1973 Monograph

Blasberg, Robert W. · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Milford, Penna, Peaceable Press, 1986. Softbound. Brown illustrated wraps. 84 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw with 18 color plates. An essential reference on this American potter. VG with light wear marks .

Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe

Cornelius, Charles Over · 1922 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

NY, Doubleday, Page & Company for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue paper-covered boards with tannish velum spine with paper label at top. xii, 86 pp. 56 bw plates. A classic, and quite uncommon in any edition. Contents as follows: The end of...