Arti decorative e design

Aluminum by Design

Nichols, Sarah · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Museum of Art / Abrams, 2000. Hardcover. Silver paper/boards; black lettering. Glossy, illustrated dj with silver/yellow lettering, decorative end pages, 296 pp. 385 bw and color plates. Examines the creative uses of aluminum from a variety o...

Zorzi: Gioielli, Argenti, Disegni 1973-2009 Jewelry, Silver, Drawings

Casazza, Ornella et al (editors) · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Livorno, Italy, Sillabe, 2009. Softcover. Glossy, color-illus. wraps with hot pink lettering. French flaps. 208 pp. with color plates throughout. Catalogue of Zorzi's exquisite works of jewelry exhibited at the Pitti Palace (Florence/Firenze) in 2009. Subsequent showings of th...

Some Works of Art Belonging to Edward Tuck in Paris

Tuck, Edward · 1910 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$725.00 (€657.79 | £548.77 | ¥115,773)

London, J.M. Den & Sons (Privately Printed), 1910. One of only 50 copies printed. Slipcased. Full red leather with gilt ruled border (3 bands) on both covers; gilt dging on ends/sides of boards and spine (2 bands); 6 raised bands on spine, each with gilt decoration; title and ...

Italian Ceramic Art: The Maiolica Pavement Tiles of the Fifteenth Century with Illustrations

Wallis, Henry · 1902 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$108.00 (€97.99 | £81.75 | ¥17,246)

London, Bernard Quaritch, 1902. Hardcover. White cloth, gilt letters on spine, 113 total pp. 93 duotone illus. Title on spine: The Maiolica Pavement Tiles of the Fifteenth Century. Presents 93 examples of designs found on 15th-century pavement tiles in Italy. Begins with an in...

Old Furniture: Understanding the Craftsman's Art

Smith, Nancy A. · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Indianapolis, Ind, Dover Publications, 1991. Second, revised edition. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps. 186 pp. profusely illuistrated in bw. Explores every aspect of furniture making - including wood types, hardware, nails, hinges, and more!. VG (inscription to previous own...

The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories

Kaplan, Wendy Tarlow · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Brockton, MA, Fuller Craft Museum, 2009. Softcover. Illus. wraps, 28 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition that "explores how shoes can inspire and tell stories." (p. 1) And wow! What fanciful shoes these artists have come up with! With an essay by Wen...

Arts and Skills Corps Newsletter [No. 3, February 1946]

Dakin, Susanna Bryant, et al. · 1946 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Washington, DC, American National Red Cross, 1946. Softcover. Gray illus. stapled wraps. 20 pp. 7 bw photos. A newsletter published by the American Red Cross discussing the activities of the Arts and Skills Corps, which worked with servicemen (abroad and at home), hospital pat...

Time & Timekeepers, Including the History, Construction, Care, and Accuracy of Clocks and Watches

Milham, Willis I. · 1944 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1944. September 1944 Reprint. Hardcover. Red cloth/boards with gilt lettering. xix + 616 pp. with 339 bw illus. The results of one topic of a course in Descriptive Astronomy, taught by Milham for 20 years at Williams College. The Time and Timek...

Marques Et Signatures de la Ceramique En Region Rhone-Alpes, Du Xive Siecle a Nos Jours

Martin, Jean-Claude · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

Sudarenes Editions, 2012. Softcover. White & color illus. wraps, 196 pp. many color illus. Text is in French. A manual of the marks and manufacturers of ceramics in the French region of Rhone-Alpes, which consists of the departements Ain, Ardeche, Drome, Isere, Loire, Rhone, S...

Wimples and Crisping Pins Being Studies in the Coiffure and Ornaments of Women

Child, Theodore · 1895 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York, Harper and Brothers, 1895. First. Blue patterned and ecorated cloth with gilt embossed designs and lettering. xi, (1), 290 pp, many bw plates and photographs. VG, T.e.g. lightest wear to extremities .

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, (Volumes 1 to 6)

1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Highland House Publishers, Inc, 1984. Hardbound. Red leatherette covered boards, most with color dustjacket. 1687 pp. in the 6 volumes. A very the first six volumes of this favorite. Volumes 1, 2, 3 are the 1981 reprint volumes, each with a small section at the forefront of ea...

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. IV

Israel Sack, Inc · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, D.C. Highland House Publishers, Inc, 1974. Hardbound. Red leatherette covered boards, white & color illus. dust jacket, pp. 852-1112 + index, BW and color illus. Consists of brochures #22-25 from Israel Sack. Includes chairs, tables, sofas, highboys, lowboys, sideb...

Horology, a Child of Astronomy = L'Horlogerie, Fille de L'Astronomie

Flechon, Dominique and Gregory Gardinetti · 2013 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Genève (Geneva), Switzerland, Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, 2013. Hardcover. Bronze & white & illus. boards, 88 pp. many color illus. Text is in English and French. Explores the history of origins of time keeping, via the earth, the moon, the sun, and the universe. Include...

Guidebook to Diplomatic Reception Rooms

Pool, Jane W. (editor) · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, Department of State, 1975. Bicentennial Issue. Softcover. Matte orange wraps with illustration and black lettering. 154 pp. with occasional bw illus. The Bicentennial Issue of the guidebook to the eleven Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the Department of State ope...

Ceramics in America 2010

Hunter, Robert and Luke Beckerdite (Editors) · 2010 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Lebanon, New Hampshire, Chipstone Foundation, 2010. Hardcover. Cream/green cloth/boards. White lettering on spine. Color-illustrated dj with white lettering on pumpkin spine. Mylar cover. 259 pp. color and bw images throughout. The 2010 of this interdisciplinary journal examin...

Two Towns: Concord & Wethersfield - a Comparative Exhibition of Regional Culture 1635-1850, Volume 1

Benes, Peter · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Concord, Massachusetts, Concord Antiquarian Museum, 1982. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering on spine. 176 pp. with 16 color plates and 321 bw illus. Catalogue from the exhibitions held in three locations between February 1982 and January 1983. With research an...

Success to America: Creamware for the American Market, Featuring the S. Robert Teitelman Collection at Winterthur

Teitelman, S. Robert et al. · 2010 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 2010. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, white & color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, maps on flyleaves, 303 pp. many color illus. "Presents the world's finest collection of English creamware made...

Antique Gambling Chips

Seymour, Dale · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Palo Alto, CA, Past Pleasures, 1998. Revised Edition. Softbound. Blue and color illustrated wraps. 442 pp. profusely illus. in BW. First published in 1985. This revision includes more than 2000 new chips, including hundreds of additional ivory, clay, and mother-of-pearl chips....

Early American Antique Country Furnishings: Northeastern America, 1650-1800

Neumann, George · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

New York, American Legacy Press, 1988. Hardcover. Gray paper boards with light blue cloth spine, gilt letters on spine, forest green & illus. dust jacket with mylar cover, 353 pp. profusely illus. in BW. "With more than 2100 photographed items from rarely seen private collecti...

Plain and Fancy: New England Painted Furniture

Cullity, Brian · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Sandwich, Massachusetts, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 1987. Softcover. White & color illus. stapled wraps, unpaginated, 8 color plates, 64+ BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition of this furniture, and also marking the 350th anniversary of the town of Sandw...