Antiques & Collectibles from The Wild Muse

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,… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

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.

Minneapolis: Madhatter Press , 1981. First edition. Spiral bound softcover. Published Minneapolis: Madhatter Press, 1981. 4to. plastic comb-bound wrappers with printed comb, 8 1/2" x 11", 200pp., illustrated with numerous b/w reproductions. "For the past thirty years, From the Neck Up: An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking has been the bible of hatmaking for milliners working in theater, film and entertainment.… Read more about this item

NY: Norton, 1996. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. 4to., 9" x 12", 474pp., 830 illustrations, 775 in color. Gray linen cloth with silver spine titles. "The essential reference for amateur and professional alike, The Handbook of Painted Decoration is the first book to cover the whole spectrum of trompe l'oeil decorative painting,… Read more about this item

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Trade softcover. Published Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. Square 4to. wrappers, 10" x 10", xix+289pp., illustrated throughout with color and b/w plates. "this updated and greatly enlarged version by Rick Dillingham, who curated the original exhibition, includes portraits of the potters, color photographs of their work, and a statement by each… Read more about this item

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp., illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block… Read more about this item

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published West Chester, PA: Schiffer Pub Ltd., 1997. 4to., 8 3/4" x 11 1/4", 144pp., illustrated with hundreds of full color reproductions. Green cloth with white titles, marbled endpapers. "Among the most beautifully executed and highly collectible advertising art is that related to firearms and fishing… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1923. First edition. Hard cover. Published Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1923, first printing. 4to., 8" x 11", x+183pp., illustrated with 106 monochrome illustrations and photographs, fold-out map, erratum note tipped-in. Brown cloth with silver titles and cover design, top edge gilting. Cloth spotted, worn at the spine and tips, with a closed tear. Binding strong, pages,… Read more about this item

West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1992. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1992. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 3/8", 300pp., over 700 color photographs. Brown cloth with black titles and cover design, marbled endpapers. "Here are exquisite spurs, saddles, gambling tools, photography, guns, holsters, bits, chaps, gloves, boots, hats, badges, and knives. Objects… Read more about this item

Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. First American edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1966. Folio, 10 1/4" x 12 1/2", 192pp., illustrated with two-hundred-and-twenty-nine full page plates, of which eighty five are in color - reproducing seven-hundred and fifty figures.. Foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell, and an Appendix by F J… Read more about this item

NY: Abbeville Press, 1993. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abbeville Press, 1993. Oblong 4to., 10 3/4" x 9 1/4", 240pp., lavishly illustrated with color and b/w plates of designs and artists. Near fine in very good dust jacket. . Hard. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Berkeley: Ten Speed Press, 2002, first printing. Square 4to., 10 1/4" x 10 1/4", xiii+161pp., lavishly illustrated with full color reproductions. Beige cloth with gilt spine titles, red endpapers. "Author John E. Vollmer details the characteristics of Manchu dynasty costume and its political, social, and cultural significance… Read more about this item

Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2004. 4to., 9 3/4" x 11 1/4", 359pp., lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Burgundy cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, gold endpapers. "'The Tibetan style of furnishing is elaborate and luxurious...when it is carried out with taste it has a bold, barbaric fascination that… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

NY: Dover, 1929. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Dover, 1929. 4to., 8 1/4" x 11", 229pp. text, plus 54pp. of drawings, 284 b/w illustrations. Brick red cloth with gilt titles and cover design, top edge tinted yellow. some foxing along front edge of page block, previous owner name emboss on flyleaf and one plate. Very good, pages clean… Read more about this item

NY: Olivetti, 1975. First edition. Hard cover. Published NY: Olivetti, 1975. Folio, 10 3/8" x 12 1/2", unpaginated, richly illustrated with black and white plates, some fold-out. Black cloth with gilt spine titles, pictorial cover inset, olive green laid endpapers. Minor rub to spine ends and one lower tips. Near fine. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. Folio.

London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd, 1919. Complete 4 Volume set as published. Published London: W. Collins Sons and Co. Ltd., 1919. Folio, 11 1/2" x 15 1/8", each volume approx. 250pp., illustrated with numerous color and black and white full page paltes on glossy stock - the color plates with captioned tissue guards. Green cloth with gilt spine… Read more about this item

London and New York: Reeves and Turner/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Second edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published London and New York: Reeves and Turner/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Large 8vo., 7 1/2" x 10 1/4", xviii+355pp., profusely illustrated. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles and designs, top edge gilting. "Including Sections on the History of the Pewterer's Craft, Statutes, Ordinances, etc.,… Read more about this item

Berkeley: Ten Speed Pr, 2000. First U.S. edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Berkeley: Ten Speed Pr., 2000, first printing. folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 204pp., illustrated with numerous reproductions. "In 1759, the Qianlong Emperor of China commissioned a catalog of comprehensive, illustrated regulations for ceremonial garments and accessories worn by the members of the imperial household. Not… Read more about this item