Antique Italian bingo-type game set, likely late 19th or early 20th century, comprised of cardboard game board with 90 gold-numbered spaces on red ground with embossed gold paper frame, 90 hand-numbered wooden game tokens, and 15 sets of 87 total individual cards, housed in 8 colored cardstock sleeves, the cards..... More
24 pp. booklet on the ornamental ironwork at the Hotel Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco, designed by the architectural and engineering firm of Weeks & Day, plus a laid-in four-page pamphlet with facsimiles of three letters sent to Michel & Pfeffer Iron Works, the firm who executed the ironwork..... More
Group of approximately 84 assorted original early to mid-20th century color-printed and embossed labels (plus some duplicates) for a variety of tobacco manufacturers. Various sheet sizes, many approximately 6 x 10 inches. Loose as issued, currently housed in plastic sleeves in a modern binder. Various places. This collection of cigar..... More
4 vols. bound in two, 149, 216, 117, 116 pp. text on decoration and furniture of the Meuse region in Belgium, mostly 18th century, altogether 531 photographic illustrations. Large 4to. Cloth-backed boards, orig. wrpps. bound in. Liège (Imprimerie des Mutilés) 1930. One of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the..... More
Approximately 126 pp. manual on various handicrafts produced by the WPA, illustrated. Small quarto (10 3/4 x 8 inches). Original color-printed wrappers, with original rattan ties. Some chipping and wear along edges, light dust-staining and very minor spotting to front cover, interior very clean, overall very good. Topeka: Kansas Adult..... More
![Book ID: 53211 Práce mé a mych zaku, 1898-1901 [My Work and that of My Students]. Jan...](https://bernettrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/53211_0001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721420960)
Volume of plates of designs from the Czech architect and designer Kotera and his school. Octavo (10 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches). Original dark green Art Nouveau boards with stamped red Art Nouveau-style ornaments and text to front cover, with Art Nouveau endpapers. Some pages loosening slightly from binding, overall..... More
Unpaginated (6) pp. title and introductory matter, including list of exhibited works, accompanying 57 plates (3 in superb color) showing excellent photographs of dramatic Noh masks, most from the collections of private individuals (mainly patriarchs of Noh acting families) and a few held by National museums. Folio. Paper-covered boards, tie-bound..... More
XXXVII, 203 pp. catalogue of 371 pieces or sets of Sevres ceramics in the Royal collection, including detailed descriptions and artists, 63 full page, color plates. Lg. 4to. 1/4 leather with cloth. London (Bradburh, Agner & Co.) 1907. More
X, 252 pp. detailed critical catalogue, by Friedrich H. Hofmann, of the fine collection of European porcelain at the museum, listing 1222 pieces, index of artists, concordances, num. text illus., 5 plates of marks, approx. 200 illustrations on 72 plates. 4to. Cloth. Munich 1908. (Kataloge des Bayer. Nationalmuseums, 10). The..... More
2 vols., XXVIII, VIII pp. description of the prestigious collection of 4525 objects made of iron or steel since the Middle Ages, text illus., XXIV pp. list of plates, 415 photogr. plates showing all the pieces. Small puncture hole in first several pages. Large 4to. Board portfolios, somewhat stained and..... More
394 pp. scholarly study of ancient Middle Eastern artworks, incl. Sumerian, Cappadocian, Persian and Babylonian items, and their influence on later motifs in Islamic pottery, contributions by numerous noted scholars, ext. notes, bibliography, list, map, 524 plates from drawings after objects and decorative motifs, 30 plates from photographs. 4to. New..... More
Over 180 original sketches, studies, and watercolors of designs for enamel boxes and cases. Various sizes, the largest approximately 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 inches, most smaller. Some scattered dust-staining, creasing, age and handling wear, light toning, overall very good. [Paris], circa 1890-1910. Théophile Soyer (1853-1940) was an important French..... More
3 vols. IX, 226, 450, 153 pp. study of the architecture and ornamentation of medieval church doorways in Gniezno, Poland, incl. discussion of metal-work, Christian symbolism, and conservative analyses, with bibliographic notes, summaries in Russian and French, index, and over 500 illus. in text and on plates (1 fold-out). 4to..... More