All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Pre 2000 item #1333987
A hard cover with dustjacket in mint condition featuring 519 illustrations with 65 in color. This is a reprint published in 1992 by Thames and Hudson, New York.Foreword by the Seventh Earl of Carnarvon. 224pp.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 2000 item #1344511
A oversized coffee table book with dust jacket and plastic wrapper published in 1979 by Mayflower(New York). Text by Roni Neuer and Herbert Libertson. A personal stamp is on the front fly leaf. The book features 377 full page colored plates. Slight musty odor.No script. 390pp.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1176103 (stock #B-18)
"Shigaraki: Potter's Valley" by Louise Allison Cort. 1981 second printing. Clothbound hard cover with original dust jacket. Condition - New. 428 pages, 52 full color photographs and more than 300 B/W photos encompassing both the great variety of Shigaraki wares and the techniques and processes still in use today. Louise Allison Cort, formerly assistant curator of Oriental Art at the Fogg Museum, is a craft historian and the recognized Western authority on Shigaraki ware...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1176093 (stock #B-14)
"The Art of Rosanjin" by Sidney Cardozo and Masaaki Hirano. 1987 First Edition, Kodansha. Hard cover with original plastic dust jacket. Condition - New. 163 pages. Includes numerous color and B/W plates, illustrations, and writings of Rosanjin's works and essays. "Genius walks hand in hand with eccentricity. Rosanjin had both and more...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1176068 (stock #B-5)
"The Genius of Japanese Design" by Sherman Lee. 1983 second printing, Kodansha. Condition-New. 203 pages. 32 color plates, 800 B/W plaes, including 15 pages of Japanese family crests. "A superb introduction to Japanese art by one of the foremost authorities in the field. A brilliant analysis of the unique features of Japanese design and motif as represented in more than 1,500 illustrations. Valuable for the artist, designer, and art historian." Sherman E...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1104502
Porcelains, bronzes, decorative arts, furniture, glass etc. No price list. Light wear on the cover. 284 lots.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1990 item #1454875
A copy of the hardback book, with dust jacket, "Robert Bateman an Artist in Nature", 1990, hand signed by the artist in ink. Bateman (born 1930), beyond being an extremely talented Canadian artist, is a significant figure in conservation and preservation circles. For decades, he has created art, many of the profits derived therefrom donated to conservation-related causes...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1087977
Paperback in near mint condition. Second and expanded edition published in 1985 by AASLH Press. Illustrated.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1990 item #982358 (stock ##7063)
This set is a rare Christie's auction catalogues on Japanese art from 3/20/1985 and 3/21/1985...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1106368
Auction catalog from Sotheby's York Avenue Galleries (April 7, 1981). Slight musty odor. There are 305 lots of American, Continental and English silver (tankards, coffee sets,centerpieces, etc.) with B&W photos. The cover shows some wear but there is no script.Estimates page included. Sold as is.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1073608
Auction catalog with 506 lots. Notations made-estimate sheet included- back cover is creased.Acceptable condition-sold as is.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1466649
An oversized paperback edition published in 1981 by Boscobel Restoration Inc. and Harry Abrams. Text by Berry B. Tracy with painting documentation by Mary Black. 215 illustrations~166 plates in full color. In very good condition.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1990 item #1316879
Bronze, Clay and Stone - Chinese Art in the C.C. Wang Family Collection, by Annette L. Juliano, 1988 (first edition, hardcover.) A scholarly catalog of 75 important early works of art in bronze metalwork, clay ceramic, and sculpted stone. Richly illustrated with color plates, the unnumbered pages include additional introduction, appendix of comparable excavated examples, and indices. We are not book specialists and are selling from our own library collection...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1316783
Spoils of Time
$170.00
Art From Ritual, Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, introduction and catalogue by Dawn Ho Delbanco, 1983 (first edition, hardcover.) A scholarly study of 70 important ancient bronzes from the Shang to the Eastern Zhou dynasties. 157 pages illustrated profusely with full page color plates and black and white details. Detailed, scholarly discussion of items in the Sackler collection following an informative introduction. Ex Libris Warren E...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1309585
Published in 1989 by Casa Editrice Bonechi (Florence Italy) an illustrated soft cover with 150 colored illustrations. A valuable pictorial resource in light of the current crisis in the Middle East.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Antiques : Pre 1990 item #1404785
An auction catalog from Sotheby's, New York. The cover shows some wear and smudging on the back and bottom spine, and there is a pencil mark and imprint of a gallery name on the title page. The lots (360) are featured in B+W. Estimates are noted.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1990 item #1176074 (stock #B-10)
"Tsujigahana: The Flower of Japanese Textile Art" by Toshiko Ito. 1985 First Edition. Clothbound Hardcover with original dust jacket. Condition-New. 202 pages, numerous color plates. "In this book, not only is the beauty of tsujigahana spectacularly reproduced for those making their first acquaintance with the subject, but a Japanese scholar at the leading edge of research casts a penetrating light on te background, technique, and chronology of the art."
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Pre 1990 item #1013728
Program listing the 150 films shown at the Centre Georges Pompidou between May 4 through October 1988. Brief synopsis, B + W movie photos, actors noted. Stain on the lower front cover otherwise in good condition. Paperback written in French.