Metalwork from Carnegie Hill Books

NY: Sotheby's, 1996. Quarto. 86 lots, all with color & b/w photographs. Essay by Janet Zapata. Paperback. A near fine, unmarked copy. This collection of American silver based on Japonism is noteworthy in its depth and breadth, encompassing all the important phases of the period with outstanding examples from Tiffany, Gorham, Whiting Mfg. Co., Dominick & Haff, Durgin, Enid Yandell,… Read more about this item

London: Trefoil Books, 1981. Square quarto. 238 pp; over 200 b/w & color illustrations; lists of makers; Russian town marks, index of marks & signatures; bibliography; index. Brown cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. A well-illustrated history of Russian gold and silverwork from the 17th to 19th centuries.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.… Read more about this item

NY: Dover Publications, 1969. Reprint of the original 1911 edition. Two volumes. Quarto. xxxviii, x, 1085 pp; color frontispiece; 76 b/w plates & 1506 b/w illustrations; index. Cloth with dustjackets. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jackets have light edgewear, spine of Volume 1 slightly faded, small chip at top. A comprehensive study of ecclesiastical and secular English plate… Read more about this item

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1972. Two volumes in slipcase. Quarto. 708 pp; 689 illustrations; index. Half cloth in slipcase. Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy in ndar fine slipcase - appears unused.. "A detailed catalogue of more than 600 pieces of American silver by more than 150 known makers in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, which… Read more about this item

NY: Rizzoli / Christie's, 1980. Quarto. xiii, 210 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, previous owner name on back of front free endpaper, else a bright, unmarked copy; jacket intact with no tears.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Dover Publications, 1964. Second edition, revised & enlarged. Quarto. xv, 747 pp; over 13,000 marks; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, previous name on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows no wear. A history of the goldsmiths and plate workers of England, Scotland, and Ireland with over 13,000 marks.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

NY: Praeger, 1971. First edition. Octavo. 255 pp; 286 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, former owner name on front free endpaper, else a clean, unmarked copy; jacket shows light edgewear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. Quarto. 320 pp; b/w and color photographs and illustrations throughout; bibliography; index. Cloth with unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine dustjacket. Former owner's name in pen on half-title page, no other markings of defects observed. Published as a companion volume to Hugh Honour's Cabinetmakers and Furniture Designers, this book consists of fifty studies of… Read more about this item

NY: Thames & Hudson, 2007. Reprint. Quarto. 336 pp; 15 drawings; 506 b/w photographs; glossary; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. A superb photographic survey of the forms taken by cast iron ornamentation, its national variations, its relationship to architecture, and its contribution to the attractiveness of buildings. Includes many examples in several Australian cities. Originally published in 1977.. Reprint.… Read more about this item

Paris: D.A. Longuet n.d. (c.1915) Folio. 22 pp; 80 b/w plates illustrating 777 objects; bibliography. Text in French. Loose as issued in paper-covered portfolio. Ex-lib, dedication bookplate on pastedown, minimal catalog notations on verso of plates, small stamp on bookplate. sm. list of yearly collation checks from 1915 to 1930 in pencil on title page verso. no other library markings.… Read more about this item

NY: The American Federation of the Arts, 1979. Quarto. 193 pp; 196 objects described and illustrated, some in color plus 39 b/w text illustrations; bibliography; index of silversmiths, designers, manufacturers and retailers. Paperback. VG.. Soft Cover. Very Good.