Search Results: Lighting/Heating from Newbury Books

Chicago, IL: Popular Mechanics Co, 1911. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. 6.8x4.8x0.5in. small stain to front cover. Sixteen lamps are described and illustrated with schematic diagrams for construction. 87pp 0.43lb 6.8x4.8x0.5in

Charlottesville, VA: The University Press of Virginia, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 11.3x8.8x0.6in. Little has previously been written about eighteenth-century English brass candlesticks which, widely used to illuminate British and American homes of the period, represent one of the most important groups of domestic objects. Jean Burks firmly establishes that the seven firms known to have marked their candlesticks were all located in Birmingham, England. The history and working dates of the firms are discussed, and some 140 surviving marked examples are analyzed and classified in terms of base types and candle-ejection mechanisms. The appendixes include annotated listings of sixty additional eighteenth-century Birmingham candlestick makers working in various media. Illustrated with 121 black and white photographs and drawings. 128pp 1.81lb 11.3x8.8x0.6in

Des Moines: Wallace-Homestead, 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 9.3x6.2x0.5in. pictorial boards, price guide laid-in. Illustrated with 24 full-page colored plates, several smaller black and white plates, and examples of signatures. Altogether, 230 shades are illustrated. 120pp 0.97lb 9.3x6.2x0.5in

Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1928. 1st. Soft cover. Fine. 9.7x6.1x0.5in. pages and plates are unopened. With illustrations on 99 plates. 111pp 0.86lb 9.7x6.1x0.5in

New York: Dover Publications, 1962. Soft cover. Very Good. 8.5x5.4x0.7in. faint crease to front cover. With illustrations of 647 lamps. 198pp 0.77lb 8.5x5.4x0.7in

np: Anthony J. Horsley, 1999. 1st. Soft cover. New. 10.6x8.2x0.5in. Over 100 porcelain candle snuffers are described and illustrated in color. With 8 pages of marks. 140pp 1.61lb 10.6x8.2x0.5in

Bolton, MA: Skinner, 1979. 1st. Soft cover. As New. 9.3x8.5x0.2in. price list laid-in. Emil Dreyfus (1841-1932) amassed one of the most important collections of European lighting devices. After his death, the collection was purchased in January 1937 as a gift for Mr. Albert Wells who was a founder of Old Sturbridge Village which dispersed the collection at this auction in 1979. 485 lots in the sale, many illustrated in black and white. 0.57lb 9.3x8.5x0.2in

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1987. Hardcover. As New/As New. 11.1x8.7x1.1in. reprinted 1995. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 601 black and white illustrations. 278pp 3.13lb 11.1x8.7x1.1in

Staten Island, NY: H&D Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 12.3x9.4x1.2in. 254pp 4.21lb 12.3x9.4x1.2in

New York: Sotheby's, 1998. 1st. Soft cover. As New. 10.7x8.3x0.4in. 225 lots are described and illustrated in color. 156pp 1.21lb 10.7x8.3x0.4in

np: The Rushlight Club, 1997. 1st. Soft cover. As New. 8.6x14.3x0.5in. This 140 page publication contains two sections: the first lists 4089 patents by patent number and includes the patent holder's name, patent date, device description, and holder's city and state; the second lists the patent holder's alphabetically and includes the patent number and date. 140pp 0.93lb 8.6x14.3x0.5in

Easton, PA: King's Hill Publications, 1995. 1st. Hardcover. New. 11.3x8.8x1.2in. pictorial boards; in shrinkwrap. With 180 black and white illustrations plus several in color. 398pp 4.24lb 11.3x8.8x1.2in

Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1967. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 11.3x9.7x1.2in. dust jacket with 1/2 inch tear at bottom of front panel, light wear at corners. Dust jacket in clear protector. A standard work covering 2000 years of lighting fixtures with 404 black and white illustrations. Text in German. 416pp 4.90lb 11.3x9.7x1.2in

New York: Sotheby's Publications, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. As New/As New. 11.4x8.8x0.9in. Dust jacket in clear protector. This survey of historical lighting is profusely illustrated with 837 figures in color and black-and-white, of which 519 are from auction catalogues with most of the remaining 318 from contemporary paintings, drawings, and engravings. 255pp 2.94lb 11.4x8.8x0.9in

New York: Main Street/Universe Press, 1975. 1st. Soft cover. Very Good. 11.0x8.5x0.5in. long crease to back cover. Reprints from The Magazine Antiques arranged into four areas: Primitive Lamps (10 articles); Oil Lamps (9 articles); Candleholders (10 articles); Other Lighting Devices (13 articles). Each article is illustrated with black and white photos. 159pp 1.04lb 11.0x8.5x0.5in

Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1988. Soft cover. Fine. 9.5x6.4x0.4in. 2nd printing. 191pp 0.91lb 9.5x6.4x0.4in

Exton, PA: Schiffer, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12.3x9.4x1.2in. Dust jacket in clear protector. Illustrated with over 394 photographs. 259pp 4.40lb 12.3x9.4x1.2in

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 12.3x9.3x0.9in. dust jacket lightly faded at spine, small tear at bottom fold of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. Profusely illustrated in color. 160pp 3.39lb 12.3x9.3x0.9in

Paris: Éditions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1989. 1st. Soft cover. Very Good. 10.6x8.3x1.0in. light spine crease, faint crease to front cover. The catalogue of the First Empire clocks and lighting in the Museum at Fontainebleau. 333 objects are described and almost all are illustrated in black and white, in some cases with additional photographs. In addition, 16 of the objects are illustrated by full-page color plates. Text in French. 298pp 2.63lb 10.6x8.3x1.0in

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1997. 1st. Soft cover. As New. 11.0x8.5x0.6in. 186pp 2.17lb 11.0x8.5x0.6in