Argenterie

The Wide World Magazine, October (Oct.) 1918 *Capturing Wild Elephants Alive!*

85, 16 [ads] pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Features: "As I ran for the cliff a shell struck the truck just behind me, blowing it to pieces" - Arthur H. Griswold on the horrors of Gallipoli; Capturing Wild Elephants Alive, by St. Nihal Singh - including *amazing* photos of the Maharajah of Mysore's hunt; Tales of the Service - part VI - my smuggler-catching adventures, by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired customs and excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Behind the Scenes in Russia - part II - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia with many excellent photos including a German propaganda sheet (in Russian) which blames England for the war; Queer Fixes - trapped by rattlers, and 'twixt bear and rapids; In Unknown British Guiana - part II - many great photos; The Hold-up at the "Gem" - a tale from Lordsburg, New Mexico; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - part VI, by Fanny Bullock Markman and William Hunter Workman - with many super photos; How "Big Walsh" Held His Own - a mining experience in Bolivia; The Carrier-Pigeon in Wartime - many excellent photos; German Raids on the Cables - the first true account of Germany's daring efforts to cut Britain's underseas cable systems, with photos; The Falling Bucket - adventure involving a Bolivian silver mine; The Quaintest Horse-Race in the World - the annual Palio of Siena, Italy; Amazing photos of Mooseback riding in Rainy Lake, Ontario!. Sewer cleaning with an alligator in Fort Meade, Florida. Wonderful full-page WWI ad by AT&T with caption "How Belgium Stemmed the Tide". Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this fascinating issue. Book

WILD SPORTS OF THE WORLD. A Book of Natural History and Adventure. [With Numerous Woodcut Text Illustrations, and]. Eight Coloured Illustrations by Harrison Weir, Zwecker and others.

pp. 426 + Eight color plates, printed in an unusual process somewhat like rotogravure. Numerous text illustrations throughout. Some foxing. All edges marbled. 8vo. 210 mm. Handsome full leather gift binding by H & C. Treacher, Brighton. The front board bears the gilt W & L cypher of the publishers, and is perhaps a presentation binding for the author. Binding shows some wear, but is still impressive. The color plates almost have the look of Impressionist art. Hardbound. Very good. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! BINDINGS NW44

Catalogue des tabatieres, boites et etuis des XVIIIe et XIXe siecles du musee du Louvre.

Bound, cloth with dj., 474pp., 22x27.5cm., 663 b/w/ ills., 11 colour plates, and numerous ills. of marks and signatures. Very good copy. ISBN 2711801942. Rare work of reference.

OLD MAN AND OTHER COLONEL WEATHERFORD STORIES.

pp. (12), 238, [1] + Colored plates. 8vo. 24.5 cm. Original grained crimson cloth binding. The handsome original Derrydale edition of this wonderful work. Edition limited to only eleven hundred and fifty examples (1150). The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan. . It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III (1891-1969). Iit was the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to sporting books, and issued some of the most sought after books in the field. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W42

The New England Silversmith

This is a good softcover reference copy with some wear. Cocked. Covers clean. Inside generally clean, but small stains to page-edges of the foreword and several neat handwritten notations, perhaps corrections to the exhibition checklist. Checklist with 327 works listed. Many illustrated in black & white photographs. Introduction by Hugh J. Gourley III. 8" high X 7" wide.

THE WEDGE OF GOLD

283 p. 8vo. 23 cm. Original blue cloth biding, lettered in gold, with a decorative Greek key border in black. Slightly worn at head and tail. The author was a newspaperman and the editor of the Salt L ake City Tribune. His style is a curious blend of the journalistic with the romantic. The scenes move easily between the Comstock Lode, England, and the mines of South Africa. The Comstock Lode was the group of celebrated silver and gold mines near Virginia City, Nevada. Between 1859-1870 it yielded well over 300 million tons of valuable ore. The profits made from the Lode accounted for much of the economic growth of the West in the late 19th century. Wright, American Fiction III (1876-1900), 2206. "The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man" -- Samuel Johnson (1749). **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W148

As Pratas Da Se De Coimbra No Seculo XVII

This is a very good softcover copy with just light foxing. Generally clean inside, but some foxing. Text completely in Portuguese. This is a catalog of the Portuguese 17th century silver collection in the Machado de Castro Museum. 137 objects catalogued. NOT ILLUSTRATED. Pages are uncut, never opened. 9" high X 7" wide, 73 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.

JEWELS, EARLY SCOTTISH POTTERY, WEMYSS WARE AND SILVER. 31/08/1999. (402 grams)

*Le arti figurative nella Sicilia bizantina

374 p., 288 fig. n/b. Inv. 17265

Argenti toscani del '700 e dell'800 e l'Archivio inedito di Costantino Bulgari sugli argenti toscani

Hardcover with dustjacket, 175pp., 25x31.5cm., ills. in col. Good copy (some traces of use on dj.). ISBN 9788883047978.

BRONZES FRANCAIS DU GRAND SIECLE.

Paperback, 81 pages, Texte en Francais, 295 x 220 mm, une bon exemplaire, Illustrations,. ISBN 9782857540267.

GEORGIA, HISTORICAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

955 p. Including many full page illustrations, half tone photo plates, 18 chromolithographic plates (mostly of fruit), and folding maps. Large 8vo. 245 mm. Original full cloth binding. Mildly XLib. Hardbound. Very Good. Issued under the direction of Odediah B. Stevens, Commissioner, and Robert F. Wright, Asst. Commissioner." The color lithograph plates are especially impressive. Of course when laborers are shown in the photo plates they are predominately African American. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! OVERSIZE 5/6 / YORK HS

Falling Prices and The Remedy

231 pages. History certainly does repeat itself as the following statement appears upon the title page: "Equity and justice demand that the merchant, manufacturer, farmer, and wage-earner shall receive as much consideration at the hands of the law-makers as is accorded to those who deal in money." Clearly, the author would not be a fan of Goldman Sachs and their modern-day ilk. Chapter titles include the following: Thirty Years' Fall in Prices; Disastrous Effects of Falling Prices; Opinions Regarding the Cause of the Fall in Prices; Money, its use and abuse; Our Money a Banker's Money; A Monetary System Which Will Restore Prosperity; Bimetallism as a Cure; Immigration; Trusts and Department Stores as a Cause; Overproduction; Hard Times - The Effect of "Improved Machinery"; Confidence; Supply and Demand; Review and Summary of Overproduction; Review and Summary of Bimetallism; Conclusion. Tissue-protected black and white photographic frontisplate of author. Bright gilt lettering upon maroon backstrip and decorated front board. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. An above-average copy of this important and timely work. Book

ROSEN-BESTECKE

Gebunden, kartonniert, 195 x 270mm., 304S., illustriert. ISBN 9783981327304. Das Buch Rosen-Bestecke behandelt die Antiksilber-Rosenbesteckmuster, die fast jeder unter der Bezeichnung ?»Hildesheimer Rose?« zu kennen glaubt. Kaum jemand ahnt jedoch, wie viele dieser Muster es tatsachlich gibt und dass diese kunstvollen Besteckteile uberwiegend handwerklich in Silberwarenwerkstatten hergestellt wurden. Das Buch Rosen-Bestecke zeigt 230 verschiedene Rosenbesteckmuster von 81 Firmen auf mehr als 500 Abbildungen. Der allgemeine Teil fuhrt in die Besonderheiten der Warengruppe Antiksilber ein und erklart die handwerklichen und industriellen Herstellungsverfahren. Viele Fragen rund um die ?»Hildesheimer Rose?« werden untersucht und beantwortet. Im Firmenteil wird jeder der 81 Hersteller mit seiner Firmengeschichte und den von ihm produzierten Rosenmustern vorgestellt. Erganzt werden die meist originalgro?en Besteck- oder Modellabbildungen durch die wunderschonen Musterzeichnungen, alte Prospektbilder und Modellfotos. Interessant fur Sammler und Liebhaber von Antiksilberwaren sind auch die Abbildungen der Firmenkennzeichnungen und Silberpunzen, von denen viele bislang unverzeichnet oder nur regional bekannt sind. Das Buch Rosen-Bestecke soll dem Leser die Entdeckung dieser Spezialitat aus der faszinierenden Welt der Antiksilberwaren ermoglichen. Es soll auch Freude und Stolz am Besitz solcher Bestecke wecken, die es verdienen, als Handwerkskunst gesammelt und bewahrt zu werden. Guter Zustand.

Old silver spoons of England.

Bound, hardcover with dj., 192pp., 21x28cm., ills. in b/w. Good copy (some damage on dj.). Facsimile reprint of edition from 1926.

Zilver. Geschiedenis Van Het Nederlandse

This is an about very good hardcover copy in a good dust jacket with light wear. Very clean inside. Light faint stains to the jacket, and a piece missing from the top of the spine. Signed and inscribed by M.H.Gans on the front endpaper. Text in Dutch. Covers the 16th through the 19th centuries of Dutch silver production. Bibliography. 144 black & white plates. 9 1/2" high X 6 1/2" wide, 112 text pages + plates.

CERAMIQUE CHINOISE. ARGENTERIE. OBJETS D 'ART ET D'AMEUBLEMENT. 14/08/SANS. (78 grams)

OBJETS D' ART - PIECES DE MONNAIE - ARGENTERIE - BIJOUX... 01/06/1998. (154 grams)

OBJETS D'ART, ARGENTERIE, BIJOUX, MEUBLES D'EPOQUE STYLE ET RUSTIQUE. 27/10/1997. (136 grams)

AVEC QQS RESULTATS

OBJETS D'ART. ARGENTERIE. BIJOUX. MEUBLES D'EPOQUE STYLE ET RUSTIQUE. 28/10/1996. (138 grams)

ESTIMATIONS

OBJETSD'ART. ARGENTERIE. BIJOUX. MEUBLES D'EPOQUE STYLE ET RUSTIQUE. 25/10/1999. (132 grams)

ESTIMATIONS

BEAUX BIJOUX. ORFEVRERIE DE VERMEIL ET D'ARGENT. 29/06/1976. (52 grams)

BELLE ORFEVRERIE. 23/05/1976. (52 grams)

METAL ARGENTE, ARGENT ET BIJOUX, ORFEVRERIE D'ARGENT ET DE VERMEIL. 25/11/1990. (86 grams)