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1999185444Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club 1999. Hardcover. VG no dj but covers and pages are very crisp and clean. Light gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover; color illustrated end papers; color illustrated frontispiece and title page; 350 pp; richly illustrated throughout in color. "This definitive book documents the history of the silver flatware produced under the Tiffany name. It includes flatware made by others but retailed by Tiffany as well as the flatware that was designed and made in-house. The story is woven into the broader fabric of the history of flatware in general and that of dining and selected food." "Based on extensive new research in the Tiffany Archives and many years of personal experience in collecting and dealing this volume discusses and illustrates Tiffany-made full-line patterns plus variations numerous not-full-line patterns and custom patterns. Detailed descriptions and specially commissioned photographs document the extraordinary creativity and craftsmanship that distinguished much of Tiffany & Co.'s prolific Victorian flatware production."--Description from dj. Contents: Pt. I. Silver Flatware Retailed by Tiffany 1845-c.1876 -- Ch. 1. Flatware made by Polhamus Hebbard Gorham Moore and others -- Pt. II. Silver Flatware Introduced by Tiffany 1869-1905 -- Ch. 2. Names Pieces Weights Parts Patterns -- Ch. 3. Place Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 4. Serving Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 5. Standard Patterns: Era of Edward C. Moore -- Ch. 6. Standard Patterns: Era of Charles T. Grosjean -- Ch. 7. Standard Patterns: Era of Paulding Farnham -- Ch. 8. Not-full-line Patterns -- Ch. 9. Custom Patterns. App. A. Flatware Terminology -- App. B. Glossary of Other Technical Terms as Related to Silverware -- App. C. Tiffany Flatware Markings -- App. D. A Tiffany Chronology: 1837-1997. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
2009136271Williamsburg Va: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / University Press of New England 2009. Hardcover. VG/VG. Chocolate cloth gilt letters on spine illustrated dust jacket 271 pp. 300 BW & color illus. "Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early Americachronicles the traditions of stoneware imported from England and Germany as well as the often overlooked work of American potters during the eighteenth century. Drawing on archaeological and documentary sources and featuring objects from Colonial Williamsburg's holdings as well as from more than forty-five public and private collections the book provides an invaluable overview of the goods found in early America." "More than 300 photos present a wide range of stoneware whether robustly potted in brown or gray or delicately fashioned in white. The book's broad scope makes Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America an essential reference for archaeologists curators and collectors and its accessible style will appeal to specialists and nonspecialists alike." --Book Jacket. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / University Press of New England hardcover books
18275217London: Lupton Relfe and Charles Tilt 1827. First edition. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. bound in 1. xii146;viii150pp. Each vol. with 36 woodcut plates. Title pages with woodcut vignettes. Later half calf circa 1900 gilt lightly rubbed over marbled boards black calf spine label. One leaf in Vol. I with a closed tear. One plate in Vol. II with a paper repair on verso. Occasional soiling and numerous amateurish pencil sketches & 1 in ink in blank areas done in a style imitative of the woodcuts. Lupton Relfe [and Charles Tilt] hardcover books
200926021Williamsburg: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2009. First edition. Cloth. Fine/fine. Clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 271 pp. Illustrated mostly in color. A must-have volume for ceramic enthusiasts. A lovely fine copy in equally fine dustwrapper. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation unknown books
19005170n.p. n.p. ca. 1900. 1900. Thin 4to. B/w illustrations and decorations by Harold Nelson; title page printed in red and black. Original gilt stamped tan cloth over tan boards rubbing to extremities. Very good. 40 pages. Cover title reads: "Early English Prose Romances II. Robin Hood.". Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. [n.p., n.p., ca. 1900]. hardcover books
18554712London: Edward Moxon 1855. 8vo viii & 568pp. engraved frontis portrait and numerous engraved vignette illustrations throughout; handsome edition nicely bound in half polished tan calf gilt marbled boards endpapers and edges; fine copy. A collection of miscellaneous pieces from Hood's Comic Annual including his "Literary Reminiscences." A second series was published in 1861. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon hardcover books
18409026787London: A. H. Baily 1840. 2nd . Hardcover. Very good. Second edition. Bound in half leather with marbled boards and endpapers. <br/><br/> A. H. Baily hardcover books
18603182.1London: Moxon 1860. 1st edition. Qtr leather with marbled boards. Marbled edges. VG spines sunned/bpt. 2 volumes. Illustrated with copies from his own sketches. 8vo. <br/><br/>Hood a minor 19th century literary luminary and close friend of Dickens during his early career Hood died in 1845. "I have the greates tenderness for the memory of Hood as I had for himself." So spoke Dickens as quoted in Shore's "CD and His Friends." Moxon hardcover books
187180035London: E. Moxon 1871. hardcover. very good. Birket Foster. Illustrated by Birket Foster. 22 steel engraved plates on mounted India paper protected with tissue. 109 pages. 4to original burgundy cloth with ornate gilt-stamped cover and spine a.e.g. London: E. Moxon Son & Co. 1871. Spine ends a bit soft still a very good clean copy.<br/><br/> E. Moxon unknown books
1855001833London: Edward Moxon 1855. Cover gilt devices in fillets and circles. Inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Inscription in neat ink hand on a front preliminary page dated 1857. Spine panels in gilt floral designs. Bust portrait of the poet on frontispiece. Light foxing on the first few pages front and back. Light rubbing to corners. A very pleasing binding signed by the binder Maclehose of Glasgow. 388pp. Eighth Edition. Full Brown Morocco. Edward Moxon Hardcover books
1880157462Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1880. 1880s. Softcover. Good- with wrinkling and a corner fold to front cover and general light soiling to contents. No extraneous marks. Name/Date in blue ink at top of front cover. Good clear illustrations. Treated cloth covers with bw illus. lettering and borders. 16 treated cloth pages. Spine held together with a straight pin. A nice copy of this children's classic about Precocious Piggy. In this tale Piggy goes out to see the world goes driving does landscape gardening takes to drinking goes to the grand ball and the fair gets a wig and. Scarce. J.B. Lippincott & Co paperback books
1825WRCLIT18913London: Printed for Baldwin Cradock & Joy 1825. 136pp. Full tan calf gilt extra by Zaehnsdorf without half-title and ads. Upper joint quite rubbed free binder's endsheet detached at gutter otherwise very good. First edition of Thomas Hood's first book albeit a collaborative venture with Reynolds. TINKER 1231. NCBEL III:359. Printed for Baldwin, Cradock & Joy unknown books
2009277798Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg 2009. hardcover. fine/fine. Well-illustrated throughout in color. 271 pages. Tall 4to brown cloth d.w. Williamsburg: Colonial Williamsburg 2009. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Signed and inscribed by both authors.<br/><br/> Colonial Williamsburg unknown books
182722194London: Longman et. al 1827. First Edition. 8vo pp. 222 1. Bound in original boards uncut with later paper backing and worn paper label. A very good copy. CBEL III p. 224. The son of a bookseller Hood 1799-1845 was a sub-editor of "The London Magazine" from 1821-23 and made the acquaintance of Lamb Hazlitt and DeQuincey. He edited a number of literary periodicals as well as his well-known "Hood's Magazine." He wrote this volume and several others that were well respected even if he is best remembered as a humorist. Longman, et. al unknown books
180216304London: Vernor and Hood 1802. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary tree calf rebacked. Very good/Near Fine. 128 and 219 pages. 21 x 13 cm. First title with five copper-plate engravings two folding.; second has two folding plates Divisions of the Linnaean System Characters of the Genera of British Plants English-Latin Dictionary of Botanical Terms and Index to the British Genera. First part carries month by month guide for the Farmer. Scattered light foxing generally bright. Vernor and Hood unknown books
1970WRCLIT53555New Haven & London: Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press 1970. Two volumes. xviii344;xii300pp. Quarto. Cloth. Photographs. Spines a trifle darkened otherwise a very good set in slightly marked slipcase. First edition. The substantial annotated catalogue of one of the finest collections of American silver and an essential reference in the field. Published for the Yale University Art Gallery by the Yale University Press hardcover books
182719729London: William H. Ainsworth 1827 1827. First edition. NCBEL III 359; not in Wolff. Some foxing and slight stains; very good copy in a handsome binding. 2 vols 12mo 19th century red quarter morocco marbled paper boards gilt decorations and lettering. Eight engraved plates by T. Dighton one bound out of order. One page of publisher's ads in volume two. ¶ A series of short sketches modeled on the popular tales by Washington Irving and others of that style and an early work by Thomas Hood 1799-1845 published by the future novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. <br/><br/> London: William H. Ainsworth, 1827 unknown books
19063370<p>Henry Frowde London Edinburgh 1906. An octavo 773 pages beautifully bound in three-quarter vellum over marbled boards. Ornamental spine in the Art Nouveau style with gilt twining stem and flowers accompanying smooth calf title and publisher labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves matching the paper used on the binding. Portrait frontispiece. An exquisite example of what has become a scarce series of Art Nouveau period bindings of English Literature with the poems of Thomas Hood being more elusive than other authors. Edited with notes by Walter Jerrold.</p> Henry Frowde hardcover books
1844152720London: Henry Colburn 1844. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. With numerous illustrations from designs by Leech. 300 312pp. 8vo bound in 19th century 1/2 leather over marbled boards well-rubbed overall but still sound and attractive. London: Henry Colburn 1844. First Edition. Scarce. Very good.<br/><br/> Henry Colburn unknown books
18725210London. E. Moxon Son and Company. 1872. Bound in elaborate pictorial gilt decorated buckram.a.e.g. Thick 4to. Illustrated with full page plate engravings after drawings by Birket Foster. A sumptuous gilt decorated High Victorian binding encases as collection of Foster's wonderfully subdued engravings. Nostalgic and beautiful. A prime example of mid 18th century book design. Some mild darkening to covers some scattered light foxing else Very good. A sensational jewel. E. Moxon, Son and Company. hardcover books
186246420London: Edward Moxon & Co 1862. 7 volumes 8vo; edited by his son Thomas Hood in chronological order; minor spotting light wear to extremities spines darkened spine ends lightly frayed else very good in original blue pebble grain cloth decorated in blind gilt-stamped vignette on upper cover spine decorated and lettered in gilt. <br/><br/> Edward Moxon & Co hardcover books
1829246398London: Charles Tilt 1829. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Full polished brown calf with single gilt fillet borders spine gilt with urns t.e.g. by Morrell successors to Hayday. Cruikshank George. First edition. Illustrated with 6 illustrations on wood by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams; After the Designs of George Cruikshank. 29 1 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine 'Epping Hunt'. Interesting note from binders. Cohn 406; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 193-94 Charles Tilt unknown books
187223144London: Moxon 1872. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Frontispiece and 43 other mounted India proof steel engravings by Foster. 4to contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco; a.e.g.; one hinge repaired. London 1872. Very good .<br/><br/> Moxon unknown books
1829021033Londn: Charles Tilt 1829. First Edition. 12moin 6s. 29pp. illustrated with six full page wood engraved plates after George Cruikshank by Branston and Wright Bonner Slader and T. Williams. Bound in 3/4 tan polished calf two raised bands with compartments fully gilt decorated red morocco spine lablel gilt top edge gilt gray endpapers. A poem by Thomas Hood who was a poet humorist and wrote for several magazines including Punch. A very nice copy. Charles Tilt unknown books
1896140938854New York: Frederick A. Stokes 1896. First Thus. Near Fine. First thus. Original green rubbed cloth with gilt decorations cream stamping to front board all edges gilt. Near Fine with wear at head tips exposed; date written on front free endpaper front hinge a little overopened. Bright gilt a very clean copy. An illustrated edition of one of the 19th century English poet's more popular poems uncommon in such nice shape. Frederick A. Stokes unknown books
