Search Results: Collecting Metals

New York, NY Bantam, 1989. Hardcover First Ed; First Printing indicated. First Ed; First Printing indicated. Very Good+ in Near Fine DJ: Book shows indications of light use: the pages toward the rear of the book show a slight ripple at the bottom edge, but no dampstaining present; former owner's gift inscription at top edge front free endpaper; minimal wear; binding just slightly bowed and just tad cocked,l but remains perfectly secure; text clean. DJ price clipped; else flawless; mylar-protected. Overall, remains clean, sturdy, presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 333pp. Hardcover with DJ. Over 175 heart-healthy gourmet recipes that contain less than 30 percent fat, little or no sodium, are low in calories and cholesterol. Recipes meet the American Heart Association guidelines.

Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Company, 1990. Paperback. Very Good. Cooking for heart health. 8 x 11 format. 112 pages. Pages clean.. no writing.

Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Photogravures - with close-ups of hallmarks. 8vo, viii, 194pp., two-tone cloth; nicked glassine dj Signed by the author. Covers Connecticut pewter beginning with the 1730s.

London: Priory. Near Fine. 1951. Softcover. Book is clean and tight. Looks unread. Has not been opened. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages .

[ Birmingham, AL ]: American Cast Iron Pipe Company, ( 1941 ). First edition. Flexible covers. Good. 8vo, 37 pages, embossed yearbook cloth, x-library with pocket. American Cast Iron Pipe acquired Professor Gustave Lamprecht's colledction of cast iron art objects - then the largest private collection in the world, 917 pieces. "it can never be duplicated as the models have practically all been destroyed during the course of the wars and revolutions which have marred both life and art in the Old World. ... The fine jewelry work, statuettes, candlesticks, vases, household utensils, coins, medals, medallions and sacred ornaments make up some of the most impressive groups - Foreword."

New York: New YorkNew York: Harcourt, Brace, 1977, 1977. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine/price-clipped dj. Quarto, 356 pages, cloth; short tears in dj Treasures collected by the British Royals over a thousand years. Illustrated

Chicago: The London, no date, circa 1890. First edition. stapled wrappers. Very Good. 8vo, 48 pages, green printed wrappers, with some cellophane tape repairs The London was a 154 State Street. Also includes silver and silver plate, imported silk, clocks, and umbrrellas.

Augusta, ME: Maine State Museum, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 4to, 69 pages, cloth Churchill was the chief curator at the museum... This tells the history of Britannia ware, begun in Westbrook, Main, creating pewter objects, and evolving into silverplating. Illustrated. An exhibition catalogue from the shoe in May, 1992 - May, 1993.

University of California Press, 2003. First edition. Paperback. Fine. 4to, pictorial wrappers Catalogue of an amazing, traveling exhibition, which began at the Art Institute of Chicago.

London: Batsford, [ 1923 ]. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Folio, quarter parchment; chipped leather spine label; ex libris Edinburgh Architectural Assoc. Library ( no call numbers or pockets ). Note: oversize & heavy, so may require some additional shipping fee. Twenty chapters, of which five cover furniture, curiously three on bookbindings ( especially embroidered and Royal), chandeliers, tapestries, ormulu etc. Extensively illustrated.

Signet, 1969. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Folio, cloth, slipcased Extensively illustrated.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. fine/fine. Folio, cloth, Illustrated.