Retrospective: Louis Cartier: One Hundred and One Years of Jeweler's Art
New York: Cartier, 1976. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 64 pp. 122 color and bw ills. Catalogue of an exhibition from October 13 to Octobe 29, 1976. More
New York: Cartier, 1976. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 64 pp. 122 color and bw ills. Catalogue of an exhibition from October 13 to Octobe 29, 1976. More
Munich: Ketterer Kunst Verlag, 1991. Softcover. Black glossy wraps with color illustrations and white lettering. 116 pp. Profuse color plates and some BW thumbnails. "The German and Austrian jewelery works depicted and described in this publication were auctioned on November 9, 1991 at the 165th auction of Ketterer Kunst KG..... More
New York: H.N. Abrams, 1987. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with stamped lettering on front cover, silver spine lettering. White dust jacket, color illustrated with red and blue lettering, illustrated end pages, 364 pp, profusely illustrated with 356 plates, 254 in full color. "Collected between these covers are several thousand examples..... More
New York, New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1884. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 239 pp.; Numerous bw figures. A history of rings, both in form and meaning; Includes five chapters: Chapter One; Chapter Two, Rings Connected with Power; Chapter Three, Rings Having Supposed Charms or Virtues, and Connected With..... More
New York, New York: John W. Lovell Company, 1884. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 239 pp.; Numerous bw figures. A history of rings, both in form and meaning; Includes five chapters: Chapter One; Chapter Two, Rings Connected with Power; Chapter Three, Rings Having Supposed Charms or Virtues, and Connected With..... More
London: Graff / Thames and Hudson, 2007. Hardcover. Black boards, white & illus. dust jacket, 196 pp., many color illus.; weighs 5 lbs. "Reveals the history behind the mystery as Laurence Graff tells, in his own words, how he became one of the world's most famous jewellers. The book takes..... More
New York, New York: Pitman Publishing Corporation, 1953. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with black and gold spine label, off-white dust jacket with red illustration. 240 pp. plus 10 color and 176 bw plates. Covers jewellery in Western Europe, in Mediaeval, Renaissance and times up to 1870. The..... More
Stuggart, Germany: Arnoldsche, 1999. Hardcover. grey, pictorial boards w/ purple printing. 144 pgs w/ color & bw illustrations. illustraed pastedowns & flyleafs. Text in German and English. More
Washington, DC: International Exhibitions Foundation, 1985. Softcover. Black and white wraps with color illustration; white spine with black lettering. 119 pp. 9 color plates, 92 BW reproductions. Front endpaper has pencil notations and entries may have instances of light notations/marginalia. 92 items by French glass designer Rene Lalique (1860-1945) are..... More
Madrid: Ivorypress, 2017. Hardcover. Ivory cloth boards with white stamped lettering. 344 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Portraits. Catalogue of an exhibition at Design Museum, London from May 25- July 28, 2017. More
Paris: Musee du Louvre, 1962. Softcover. Glossy white wraps with color illus. and black script lettering. French flaps. 141+18 pp. with 14 color images (on cover flaps) and one page of bw illus. Text in French. Catalogue from the exhibition at the Louvre, May-June 1962. With a map of the..... More
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989. Hardcover. Gray cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy black dust jacket with color illustrations and white lettering. 329 pp. 368 color illustrations, 456 BW illustrations. "French jewellery of the Twenties clearly illustrates the new tendency towards the liberated Art Deco styler and prestigious artist-jewellers..... More
Moscow: Flammarion, 2007. Softcover. White, glossy illustrated wraps with plum lettering; French flaps; 271 pp. with color plates throughout; large format. Text in Russian. Catalogue from the exhibition at the Muzei Moskovskogo Kremlya, 25 May - 25 August, 2007 with nearly 200 items shown in color photos and drawings, all..... More
London: Elizabeth Gage, 2003. Slipcased. Royal purple silk/boards. Gilt lettering on spine. No dj, as issued. 200 pp. full of lavish, color illustrations. Housed in a red silk/board slip case with no lettering. Visually exciting and written in her own words this unique book tells the story of Elizabeth’s creativity;..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1984. Hardcover. Blue cloth with embossed title, light blue pictorial dustjacket. 208 pp., 45 color and 155 bw plates. More
London: Fine Art Society Ltd, 1975. Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 28 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Accompanied an exhibititon that was held at the Fine Art Society Ltd, London, in 1975, and the Shell Building, Adelaide, South Australia, in 1976. 300 items annotated. Includes a...... More
Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989. Hardcover. Grey gilt embossed cloth boards with color illustrated dust jacket. Color illustrated endpapers. 244 pp. with 103 color and 141 bw plates. A terrific reference with so many wonderful illustrations! Includes pieces by jewelers such as Child & Child, Hancock's, and Carlo Giuliano..... More
London: The British Museum Press, 2010. Hardcover. Red cloth, green & pictorial dj, 552 pp., lushly illus. in both color & BW, weighs 7.5 lbs. "This book rewrites the history of jewellery in the age of Victoria. The 'age of Victoria' is taken in its widest sense to encompass jewellery..... More
Piacenza, Italy: Giulio Manfredi, 2000. Hardcover. Black cloth, pictorial DJ, in black, paper slipcase. 122 pp. Profuse color plates. Most text in Italian. Descriptions of jewelry and Manfredi's bio are also in English. Catalogue of an exhibition of the Manfredi line, shown on Sept. 20, 2000 at the Palazzo Farnese..... More
Munchen: Danner-Stiftung, 1990. Paperback. Color pictorial glossy glued wraps. 112 pp., many bw and color plates and illustrations. Text is entirely in German. A laid-in tri-fold supplement lists 20 works, all of them illustrated. The book lists 177 items, many of them illustrated in color. There are also over 40..... More
New York: American Heritage, 1969. Hardcover. Red-orange cloth, black ill DJ. 328 pp. 400+ bw and color plates. Exploration of recorded history of jewelry, which goes back 40,000 years. More
Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, Germany: Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, 2012. Softcover. Brown & color illus. wraps, 48 pp., many color illus. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition of rings once owned by King Ernst August of Hannover (1771-1851), and his relatives. With a lengthy illustrated essay as introduction..... More
Paris: Le Passage Paris-New York Editions, 2006. Softbound. Bluish glossy color pictorial wraps. 197 pp., sumptuously and profusely illustrated in bw and color. A stunning collection and presentation of the jewelers creations and art. More
New York: Habsburg, Feldman S.A., 1989. Paperback. Glossy white and color-illustrated wraps with gilt lettering. 43 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: Wednesday, June 7, 1989 in New York. Sale Code: LALIQUE. More
1996. Hardcover. Light copper silk cloth, white & illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 398 pp., many color, duotone, and BW illus. "The enseigne, emblem of faith and distinction, is the most characteristic masculine adornment of the early Renaissance period, disclosing as it does aspects of a wearer's personality. Only a...... More