Search Results: Antiques & Collectibles from The Wild Muse

NY: Richard Marek Pubs, 1981. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Richard Marek, 1981. 4to., 9" x 10 1/4", xii+561pp., 1300 b/w photos and 100 color plates. Foxing along edges, else very good plus, clean, bright with no wear in very good dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Rizzoli, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Rizzoli, 1998, first printing. Folio, 9" x 12", 224pp., illustrations of more than 2,000 tiles. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

NY: Hudson Hills Press/Whitney Museum, 1980. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Hudson Hills Press/Whitney Museum, 1980. Square 4to. 11" x 11". 233 pp., illus 159 color plates, 67 text illus. Gilt stamped and embossed green cloth, beige laid end papers. Fine in fine dj.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. 4to. Illus.

NY: Bonanza, 1974. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Bonanza, 1974. 4to., 8 1/4" x 11." xxii+236 pp., over 500 illustrations. Some toning, mild spotting along edges, else very good, clean, in fair dust jacket with loss off the front panel.. Hard. Very Good/Fair. 4to.

NY: Clarkson Potter, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson Potter, 1997, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2", xv+223pp., profusely illustrated with full color reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1988. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1988. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 296pp., illustrated throughout with reproductions. Blue cloth with pale blue titles, marbled endpapers. "The identification and dating of American jewelry heretofore has been difficult because few pieces bear standard markings and the references have been diverse, hard to find, and incomplete. Using old trade journals and their related directories as her primary sources, the eminent silver historian Dorothy Rainwater has exhaustively compiled here for the first time a comprehensive reference of jewelry trademarks and manufacturers in alphabetical order. She has also written a history of jewelry making in the United States which explains the framework upon which this enormous industry was built. The large scale manufacturers which began in the 1840s form a major portion of this directory. it is surprising to learn that only in 1961,… Read More

NY: Crown, 1941. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Crown, 1941, first printing. Thick 4to., xiii+622 pp., illustrated with 262 plates plus hundreds of drawings. Orange cloth with black titles. Name on f.l., writing on rear f.l. Good plus. . 1st. Hard. Good Plus/No Jacket. 4to.

Boston: David R. Godine, 1989. First edition thus. A revised and enlarged edition compiled by Dorothea Ensko Wyle. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: David R. Godine, 1989. 8vo., xiii+478pp., illustrated with b/w plates and reproductions of marks. Gray cloth with silver titles and design. "This reset and redesigned edition, a labor of love begun by Stephen Guernsey Cook Ensko and completed by his daughter Dorothea Ensko Wyle, is as definitive and comprehensive a reference book on the subject as is likely to appear. It is also a testimonial to the scholarship and devotion of the Ensko family. Their New York firm, founded in 1878 and finally dissolved in 1970, was central to the study and appreciation of fine American silver, and, in the world of collectors, the Ensko name was synonymous with high quality and taste." Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Plus/Very Good Plus. 8vo.

NY: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1991. First American edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Harry N Abrams Inc., 1991. 4to., 9" x 11 1/4", 208pp., 186 illustratyions, including 140 plates in full color. Fine in near fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

NY: Harper,, 1950. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Harper, 1950, first printing. 8vo., x+229pp., illustrated with b/w photographs. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

NY: Whittlesey House, 1950. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Whittlesey House, 1950. 8vo., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." xii+190 pages, illustrated with 119 photos and figures. Mild age toning to paper. Very good minus in dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Very Good Minus/Very Good Minus. 8vo..

NY: Viking, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jacket. Published NY: Viking, 1971. 504 pp., illus. b/w and color plates. Small 4to. Fine in vg dj.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Illus.

Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 1989. Hard cover in dust jacket and publisher's slipcase. Published Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing, 1986. 4to., 8 1/2" x 11 3/4", 231pp., illustrated with 424 plates in full color. Near fine in near fine dust jacket and near fine slipcase. . Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

Atlanta: High Museum Of Art, 1999. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Atlanta: High Museum Of Art, 1999. 4to., 411pp., 482 illustrations, including 235 plates in full color. Black cloth with gilt titles, decorative endpapers. Top corner clipped off front endpaper, else fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Fine. 4to.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1998. Oblong 4to., 11 1/2" x 8 3/4", 192pp., illustrated with hundreds of full color photographs. "a survey of the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement in the home. Drawn from an exhibit at the California Heritage Museum in Santa Monica, it covers everything from furniture to pottery, from lighting to books. Each item is illustrated in its setting, giving it a decorative context. In addition the items appear in individual full color photographs, showing its detail. Among the interesting collections is a group of chairs that virtually shows the evolution of the mission style." Smal puncture to the board covering at the front hinge of book and dust jacket, else near fine. . Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Skira Rizzoli, 2013. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Skira Rizzoli, 2013, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 339pp., profusely illustrated with full color plates. All-new, brilliant photographs of 250 objects accompany newly researched essays by respected scholars of decorative arts, a timeline, and artist biographies and pottery decorators’ marks. Fine, no markings or wear in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.

Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1972. First Edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1972, first printing. Small 4to., 112 pp., illustrated with 155 black and white plates. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. First edition, first printing. Hard cover in dust jacket. Small 4to., 7 1/4" x 10 1/4." 160 pages, illustrated with 250 b/w plates. A near very fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with a small chip and slight edge curl. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to.

NY: Crown, 1981. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Crown, 1981, first printing. 4to., 170 pp., over 1,000 knives illustrated. Gray cloth with gilt cover titles and spine lettering. Previous owner's name and emboss on front fly leaf, otherwise very good in dust jacket with slight chipping at the crown.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abrams, 1997. Folio, 9" x 11 1/4", 344pp., more than 450 illustrations, including over 350 plates in full color. Burgundy cloth with silver titles. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.