Search Results: Arts & Crafts from Palmer Books

Los Angeles County Museum Art/Bullfinch Press/Little Brown & Co, 1999. Later printing. Paperback. Very Good +. A Catalogue of the Palevsky Collection and Related Works at the Los Angeles Museum of Art. Primarily an exhibit of furniture and ceramics with some textiles and books. 255 pages, appendix of marks, bibliography and index. Small remainder mark on bottom edge.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Illustrated with almost 200 b/w photos and illustrations, this lovely book never promises to be a complete history of Porcelain and Faïence, but it certainly covers a lot of ground. From the Orient (including a section strictly on Japan), to Faïence in Europe, which includes such topics as tureens and tankards, majolica, and Delft. There are also sections on Porcelain in Europe, and a section devoted strictly to artists. Bound in white cloth, 4to, 239 pages; some slight discoloration of cloth at top edge of boards, otherwise clean. Some toning to dust jacket, small, repaired tear on back of wrapper at top. Dust wrapper in Brodart.

Rutland, Vt/tokyo: C. E. Tuttle Co, 1983. Later printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Covers four factors that impacted the evolution of Japanese pottery and porcelain: China, Korea, the Dutch trade, and the American trade. Listed wares include Eiraku, Sometsuke, Karatsu, Satsuma, Imari, Kakiyemon, Nabeshima, Seto, Bizen, Kutani, Raku, Kaga, Awata, Kyomizu, Akahada, Makuzu, Awaji, Banko and Hirado. Dust wrapper in mylar sleeve. 8vo; xiii, 256 pages. Red cloth. B & W illustrations, fold-outs.

Luzerne: Gilhofer & Ransch, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. As New. various. xxv, 319 pages; Square 4to 9" - 11" tall; Green cloth, no jacket as issued. Introduction by Merry Wiesner-Hanks. A history of books illustrated by women, women in the book trade in Belgium, France, Germany and Italy and various indexes, as well as an annotated bibliography of women writers, books with music by women, books illustrated by women and women in the book business. Upper corner of front board slightly bumped. else as new.

Color frontis, b & w illustrations throughout. Some loss to the cloth at head and tail of spine, rubbed edges, uneven wear to foredge of text block. Front fep clipped. Still a solid working copy. 8vo; 339 pages. Red cloth titled in gilt; top edge gilt.

London: B.t. Batsford, 1983. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. Former library book with large sticker on front pastedown and stamp, card and cardholder on first free endpaper. Spine of dust wrapper is sunned, but no markings or taped library mylar and no tears or chipping. Aside from its ex-library markings it looks unused.

London: B. T. Batsford, 1981. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book with large sticker on front pastedown and stamp, card and cardholder on first free endpaper. Spine of dust wrapper is sunned, but no markings or taped library mylar and no tears or chipping. Aside from its ex-library markings it looks unused.