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Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760 to 1810

Paul, J. G. D. et al. · 1947 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Baltimore, Maryland, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 195 pp.; profusely illustrated in bw. Letter pertaining to furniture in the book, to Adelyn Breeskin, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, laid in. Features 125 items, with annotation...

The Old English Master Clockmakers and Their Clocks, 1670-1820

Cescinsky, Herbert · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1938. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards; 182 pp.; 281 bw figures. A guide to quality English clocks and clockmakers, intended for the serious collector, dealer, and/or auctioneer; Includes information about brass lantern clocks, mantel c...

Nineteenth Century Lighting: Candle-Powered Devices: 1783-1883

Bacot, H. Parrott · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

West Chester, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Light blue cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Marbled endpapers; 259 pp.; 365 bw figures; weighs 5 pounds and may require extra postage. Over 350 candleholders, girandoles, chandeliers, sconces, and more de...

Winterthur

Cantor, Jay E. · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1997. Expanded and Updated. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; illustrated end pages, 264 pp.; 107 bw, 117 color plates and figures. An updated and revised edition of the original from 1985; Includes new sectio...

American Church Silver of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries with a Few Pieces of Domestic Plate

Curtis, George Munson and Francis Begelow · 1911 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Boston, MA, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1911. Hardbound. Brown buckram covers. 163 pp. 38 bw plates. An astounding and seminal exhibition which brought American Silver into it's own both as historic artifact and collectible commodity. Drawn from many great public and private ...

Gestes & Métiers de la Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres

Valentin, Dorothee and Antoine et al. · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Argusvalentines, 2007. Softcover. White & pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 140 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Text is in French. Captures all aspects of the porcelain manufacturing process at the Sèvres porcelain factory. With photos by Ni...

Oaxacan Woodcarving: The Magic in the Trees

Barbash, Shepard · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

San Francisco, California, Chronicle Books, 1993. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 107 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. VG .

Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia: The Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic

Wallace, Philip B. · 1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, New York, Architectural Book Publishing Company, Inc, 1930. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 147 pp.; 150+ bw photos and illustrations. Introduction by Fiske Kimball; Features over 150 photos and detailed drawings of examples of colonial ironwork in Philadelphia; I...

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, (Volumes 1 and 2 in Slipcase)

Sack, Harold and Joseph H. Hennage · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Washington DC, Highland House Publishers, Inc, 1967. Hardbound. Red leatherette boards w/ gilt printing. 581 pgs total w/ bw illustrations. black, leatherette slipcase w/ gilt printing. Previous owners name to endpaper. Pages bright. A nice, sharp set. A total of 1351 illustra...

Molitor: Ebeniste from the Ancien Regime to the Bourbon Restoration

Leben, Ulrich · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, England, Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1992. Hardcover. Brown cloth; Color pictorial dj.; 248 pp.; 200+ bw and color figures. An in-depth look at the furniture of French cabinet-maker Bernard Molitor; Extensive text, including a glossary of terms; Well illustrated....

American Furniture 2001

Beckerdite, Luke (editor) · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2001. Softcover. Black with color pictorial wraps. xiii, 279 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. "Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on fur...

Ceramics in America 2001

Hunter, Robert (editor) · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Milwaukee, WI, Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2001. Softbound. Brown & color illustrated wraps. 292 pp. illustrated with bw and color illustrations and figures. The 2001 of this interdisciplinary journal examining the role of historical ceramics in an ...

Le Meuble de Port: Un Patrimoine Redecouvert

Malfoy, Louis · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Paris, France, Les Editions de l'amateur, 1992. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 175 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text in French; A look at eighteenth-century furniture known as "port furniture," which came from French port cities (Saint-M...

Rm Schindler: The Gingold Commissions

O'Brien, Gerard et al. · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

West Hollywood, California, Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 88 pp.; 4 gatefolds; Profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with an auction of thirty lots of R.M. Schindler furniture commissioned by and from the collection of ...

Old Mechanical Banks: A Comprehensive Study of the Subject of Mechanical Banks, with Illustrations

Bellows, Ina Hayward · 1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Chicago, Illinois, Lightner Publishing Corp, 1940. Hardcover. Brown buckram cloth over boards; 150 pp.; profuse bw figures. Extra material laid in, including a booklet titled "Supplementary Data to Old Mechanical Banks"; Includes information about bank construction, design, ho...

Old Mechanical Banks: A Comprehensive Study of the Subject of Mechanical Banks, with Illustrations

Bellows, Ina Hayward · 1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Chicago, Illinois, Lightner Publishing Corp, 1940. Hardcover. Black leatherette cloth over boardsm printed titles; 150 pp.; profuse bw figures. Includes inserted information about bank construction, design, how to buy, and more; Well illustrated. Extra material laid in, includ...

Antique Metalware: Brass, Bronze, Copper, Tin, Wrought & Cast Iron

Mitchell, James R. (editor) · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, New York, Main Street Press / Universe Books, 1977. First. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 253 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Part of the Antiques Magazine Library series; Includes sections about fireplaces and fireplace tools, toys, furniture hardware, tools, w...

Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800

Kugelman, Thomas P. and Alice K. Kugelman and Robert Lionetti · 2005 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut Historical Society Museum, 2005. Hardcover. Brown cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering; Color pictorial dust jacket; xiii, 551 pp.; 450+ color and bw figures. Accompanied the 2005/6 exhibition of the same name; A comprehensive study of...

American Silver Thimbles

Rogers, Gay Ann · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

London, Haggerston Press, 1989. First. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 223 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos. This is the first comprehensive and authoritative study of American silver thimbles. It will be of particular value to collectors because it covers the full...

Pewter in America: Its Makers and Their Marks

Laughlin, Ledlie Irwin · 1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$90.00 (€81.66 | £68.12 | ¥14,372)

Cambridge, Houghton Mifflin Company / Riverside Press, 1940. Hardcover. Grey cloth covers with tan cloth spines and black leather labels. Decorative end papers. Housed in remnants of a black slipcase with cream paper title label. Vol. 1: xvii, + [3] + 138 pp. with bw frontis a...