Search Results: Decorative Arts from David W. Bowers Books

The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Dark green binding. Fine condition.

The Walpole Society, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Limited edition of 500 copies. Near fine condition. Previous owner's inscription on front flyleaf.

Brooklyn NY: Chemical Publishing Company, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fair. A fine copy in a faded and torn dj.

Boston: Ginn & Company, 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Dark blue embossed hardcover with still-bright gilt spine. Previous owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. Bright, clean, unmarked internally. Very good. No dj, as published.

Winterthur, DE: The Winterthur Museum, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Fine. An exhibition catalog of American folk art. Nicely illustrated throughout.

Milton Lilbourne, Wiltshire: For the author, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Fine. A facsimile of a late 18th century English brass founders catalogue in a copy of the original binding. Limited to 500 copies. Scarce. Fine.

London: Collins, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pp. 322, fully illustrated with 48 plates in color and 152 illustrations in black and white. Includes essays on British Craftsmen, British Furniture Makers, English Glass, English Pottery and Porcelain, British Clocks and Clock makers, English Popular and Traditional Art. Decorative dust jacket.

London: John Tiranti & Co., 1937. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/very good. A Facsimile reprint of the 1765 pattern book. First edition thus. Fine, in slightly faded dj.

London: Gibbings and Company, c. 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Facsimile reprint of the 3rd revised edition of 1802. Original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. Very good conditon with some rubbing to boards. No foxing or internal markings. Detailed digital photos available upon request.

Albany NY: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near fine condition. Published in paperback.

New York: Architectural Book Publishing Company, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. Photographs by Wallace and measured drawings by William Allen Dunn. Introduction by Fiske Kimball. Quarto. An remarkably well preserved hardcover copy of this first edition.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. This work establishes the origin and development of the Rococo style that emerged in France in 1700 and dominated Europe until the end of the century. A very good copy, clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is in only fair condition with several tears.

Wilmington, DE: Historical Society of Delaware, 1967. Hardcover. Fine condition. Many black & white illustrations. No markings.

Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, c. 1922. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy with very little foxing. Owner inscription of flyleaf, fading of spine titling.

London: Batsford, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy of this scarce and standard work. Some discoloration of front and rear flyleaf. Minor shelf wear. Top of pages gilded. Original charcoal grey boards with gilt lettering. Clean interior with no foxing. Pp. xv, 268, with 441 illustrations.

London: Charles Knight & Company, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Blue-green gilt cloth covers in good condition but separating from body of text. Interior clean with very little foxing. Tears between cover and spine about one inch in at top and bottom, but no loss to spine. Early inscription on the front flyleaf. A scarce work.

Philadelphia, 1914. First edition. Very Good. First edition in blue cloth boards. Slight fading to spine and minor bumping. Very good condition.

Ephrata, PA: Science Press, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition of 850 copies. Fine w/o dj, as published.

Allentown, PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Essential for any fraktur reference collection. Near fine in good dj.

Roslyn Heights, NY: Horology Americana, Inc., 1972. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. This volume presents over 200 antique clocks from the earliest colonial days of America through the 1800"s- many of them never before published. More than illustrations, including 204 colour plates.