Arti decorative e design

Stage Coach and Tavern Days

Earle, Alice Morse · 1900 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1900. Hardcover. Tan cloth. T. e. g. xvi, 449 pp. Numerous bw ills. An account of 19th century stage-coach travel and tavern life in Kentucky addressing social life and customs, stage coach lines, signboards, typical characteristics of tavern l...

The Arts & Crafts Furniture of Charles P. Limbert

Edwards, Robert L. · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Watkins Glen, New York, The American Life Foundation and Study Institute, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Off white illus. wraps. 52 + 56 pp. many bw illus. Title on spine: Limbert's Arts & Crafts Furniture. Reprints of two early 20th-century sales catalogues from Limbert's Ar...

Silver by Paul de Lamerie at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Carver, Beth, and Eileen Casey · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Williamstown, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1978. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 56 pp. 37 bw plates. Includes essay about De Lamerie's life and work, followed by many descriptively annotated plates. VG .

Early American Silver Collectors, Collections, Exhibitions, Writings

Montgomery, Charles F., and Catherine Maxwell · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

no place noted, no publisher noted, 1969. Softcover. Blue stapled wraps. 60 pp. No ills. Comprehensive list of silver texts, collections and collectors compiled by notable silver experts. One of 200 copies printed as an offprint of the 1969 Walpole Society Note Book for 1969. ...

An Exhibition of New Haven Silver

CT: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1967 · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1967. Softcover. White photographic wraps with black lettering. 99 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Includes valuable information about 17th - 19th century silversmiths from New Haven. VG-, wear and tear to cover, notes in pen ...

New York Silversmiths of the Seventeenth Century

Miller, V. Isabelle · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Museum of the City of New York, 1962. Softcover. Blue stapled wraps with silver lettering and illustration. Unpaginated. 20 bw plates. Brief introduction by Isabelle Miller, followed by many illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held December 5, 1962-February 1, ...

An Introduction to Silver: Catalogue of an Exhibition

NJ: The Newark Museum, October 31, 1953 to May 9, 1954 · 1600 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Softcover. White wraps. 59 pp. + 23 bw ills. Silver from 1600 to the present of varying types, styles and techniques, which illustrate social use, construction methods, changing styles and development of familiar forms. VG-, cover slightly scuffed with wear to edges and corners .

The New England Silversmith: An Exhibition of New England Silver from the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present, Selected from New England Collections

Gourley III, Hugh J. · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, 1965. Softcover. Silver ill. wraps. Unpaginated. 84 bw plates. Includes very impressive silver primarily from Boston, Newport, and Providence, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Catalogue lists 327 items, some of them very w...

The New England Silversmith: An Exhibition of New England Silver from the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present, Selected from New England Collections

Gourley III, Hugh J. · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Providence, RI, Rhode Island School of Design, 1965. Softcover. Silver ill. wraps. Unpaginated. 84 bw plates. Includes very impressive silver primarily from Boston, Newport, and Providence, mostly from the 18th and 19th centuries. Catalogue lists 327 items, some of them very w...

English and Irish Glass

Thorpe, W. A. · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, The Medici Society, 1927. Hardcover. Red cloth, off-white ill. DJ. xii, 35 pp. + 5 color and 60 bw plates. Erratum slip laid in. Tissue guards over plates. Historical survey of highly revered craft of glass making, with lavish illustrations. Each plate is covered with ...

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jersey and South

Halsey, R.T. Haines · 1911 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911. Hardcover. Japanese mohair cloth boards with dark brown leather spine, gilt letters on spine. 85 pp. Numerous bw plates. Includes essay on early New York silversmiths by R. T. Haines Halsey. Catalog divided into sections that fea...

Catalogue of an Exhibition of Silver Used in New York, New Jersey and the South

Halsey, R.T. Haines · 1911 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1911. Hardcover. Light tan wraps, now bound into marbled boards and light blue cloth spine with faded gilt lettering. xxxvi, 97 pp. 44 bw illus. Published to accompany a 1911 exhibition. Includes an essay on early New York silversmiths...

A Century of Alexandria, District of Columbia and Georgetown Silver, 1750 - 1850

1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Washington, DC, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1966. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 28 pp. Numerous bw ills. Catalog lists silversmiths who worked in the Washington area from the mid 18th century to the mid 19th century. Listings include marks. Published to accompany the e...

Furniture, Furnishings: Subject and Object

Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1984, four other locations · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1984. Softcover. White wraps. 64 pp. Numerous color & bw illus. Text by Judith Hoos Fox. VG-, top right corner front cover bent .

Greene and Greene and the American Arts and Crafts Movement

Makinson, Randell L. · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

San Marino, CA, Huntington Library, 1990. Softcover. Brown ill. stapled wraps. Approx. 9 pp. Numerous bw ills. Comprised of brief essay by Randall Makinson, and several lovely illustrations of fine Greene and Greene pieces. VG .

Old Furniture: Understanding the Craftsman's Art

Smith, Nancy A. · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Indianapolis, Ind, Bobbs-Merill, 1975. Hardcover. Brown cloth, brown ill. DJ. 191 pp. 200+ bw ills. Explores every aspect of furniture making - including wood types, hardware, nails, hinges, and more!. VG/VG, minor wear to DJ edges, writing in pen on endpaper .

Early American Furniture: How to Recognize, Evaluate, Buy, and Care for the Most Beautiful Pieces, High-Style, Country, Primitive, and Rustic

Kirk, John T. · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1970. Hardcover. Black cloth, black ill. DJ. 208 pp. 204 bw ills. VG / VG- (Light wear to dj. at extremities) .

American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs (2 Vols)

Miller, Edgar G., Jr. · 1937 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Baltimore, Md, The Lord Baltimore Press, 1937. Hardcover. 2 vols. Brown cloth. 1106 pp. 2114 bw illus.; set weighs 9 lbs. "This book is intended for those who have not made a study of American antique furniture, and do not wish to do so, but are fond of it and desire to know t...

The Furniture Collectors' Glossary

Lockwood, Luke Vincent · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Da Capo Press, 1967. Hardcover. Octavo. Hardcover. Blue boards, grey-blue cloth spine. 55 pp. Numerous bw illustrations. Pages bright and clean. An excellent resource for the woodworker or collector. VG. Missing glassine jacket, otherwise clean and unmarked.

Colonial Furniture in America

Lockwood, Luke Vincent · 1901 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. 1st edition. Hardcover. Reddish cloth. T. e. g. xix, 352 pp. 293 bw ills. Illustrated guide to American furniture, including chests, chests of drawers, cupboards, chairs, steeles, couches and sofas, tables, desks, mirros, bedsteads, and...