Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts by Steinfeldt, Cecilia and Stover, Donald Lewis - 1973

Trinity University Press for the San Antonio Museum Association, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 2nd printing (1974). Spine and edges of board sunned, head and heel of spine and corners of boards bumped, a few marks and smudges on covers, back cover unevenly faded, page edges and margins tanned, top edge dusty. No dust jacket. 263 pp., b/w plates illustrating 344 items. [deV] Size: 4to

Austin: Trinity University Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. 260pp+ index. Foxing to prelims and edges of textblock, spine and top of front board just lightly sunned, else a very good hardback bound in publisher's brown cloth with color inset on front. Mylar jacket present, but rubbed with some browning to the folds and a chip to the top of the front panel.

San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. FINE. 263pp., 344 entries, described & illustrated with color photographs. Heavy brown linen with color pictorial paste-down on front cover, gilt-stamped titles. Preface by Jack R. McGregor; introductory note and catalogue on furniture by Donald L. Stover; introductory note and catalogue of decorative arts by Cecilia Steinfeldt. Previous owner's name inside front cover. Very clean and bright copy. Catalogue of 344 exhibits, published in conjunction with exhibition held at the Witte Memorial Museum, June 16 to December 31, 1973. Spans the entire nineteenth century, organized in two sections: Furniture (1-184) and Decorative Arts (185-344), including silver, ironwork, pottery, quilts and coverlets, etc., with descriptive notes on each and commentaries on most works exhibited. Only 500 copies of the 1973 first printing quickly sold out as did the edition of 200 with the paper covers. Even this second printing is rare.

San Antonio: Trinity Univ., 1974. Reprint. . Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 263 pages. Brown canvas-covered boards with paste-on photo of antique food safe. Some color, mostly b/w photos & descriptions of 344 objects included in an exhibition held at the Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio June-December 1973. Fine/No Jacket. New old stock from our archives with clear mylar dustjacket. Item #: B9853. ** SAVE MORE ** Additional books in the same order ship for FREE via Standand Shipping.

San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1974. Second Printing. Hardcover. FINE. 263pp., 344 entries, described & illustrated with color photographs. Heavy brown linen with color pictorial paste-down on front cover, gilt-stamped titles, and the high quality enamel paper stock for the text which was initiated with the second printing. Preface by Jack R. McGregor; introductory note and catalogue on furniture by Donald L. Stover; introductory note and catalogue of decorative arts by Cecilia Steinfeldt. Catalogue of 344 exhibits, published in conjunction with exhibition held at the Witte Memorial Museum, June 16 to December 31, 1973. Spans the entire nineteenth century, organized in two sections: Furniture (1-184) and Decorative Arts (185-344), including silver, ironwork, pottery, quilts and coverlets, etc., with descriptive notes on each and commentaries on most works exhibited. Only 500 copies of the 1973 first printing quickly sold out as did the edition of 200 with the paper covers. Even this second… Read More