Roycroft - Walt Whitman, 1900

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 1910: item #98572
206

Elbert Hubbard's 1900 journey to the home of Walt Whitman. This volume is bound in suede, has illuminated front chapter initials and measures about 9 by 6 inches. Frontispiece photoengravure of Whitman, protected by onion skin, by Saint Jerome Roycroft. Book is in fine condition with no damage to pages, bookmark, binding, or spine.

The Ceramics of William H. Grueby/ Montgomery

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 2000: item #54861
121

Rare 1993 1st edition of this out of print book in hard cover with wonderful full page color photos of this highly collectable ware. Besides the photographic art there are a multitude of Grueby ads and one of the best written histories of the early 20th century potteries that thrived in the Boston, MA area. The history takes the reader through the beginnings of Grueby to its fateful end. A necessary addition to a lover of arts and crafts pottery's library. Fine condition, 136 pgs.

The Handel Lamps Book

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 2000: item #47895
90

Excellent full color hard cover experts guide to the beauty and wonder of Handel Lamps by Carole Goldman Hibel, John Hibel, and John Fontaine. 259 pages measuring 9" by 12" in excellent condition. Sure to be a very high level collectible in years to come.

Portraits from North American Indian Life

Archives: Collectibles: Books Pre 1980: item #47891
89

More than eighty full-sized Edward Curtis portraits capture the beauty and pathos of native American life in what the author calls "a record of the Indian's relations with and his dependence on the phenomena of the universe. 9" by 12" Hard cover first edition c1972 in Excellent Condition.