The Chrysler Collection of Mechanical and Still Banks.
New York: David Hollander, 1955. Softcover. Octavo. Stapled auction catalogue. Green paper wraps. 16 pages. Small b&w photos with estimates. 16 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. More
Kitchens and Household Furnishings - American
For the Tabletop
New York: American Craft Museum, 1980. Softcover. White & decorated wraps, 64 pp., 71+ BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1980 launch of an exhibition presenting "a visual panorama of objects related to eating, drinking and the serving of food -- from the simplest to the most elaborate, fromt..... More
The Festive Tradition: Table Decoration and Desserts in America, 1650-1900
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1983. Hardcover. Magenta cloth, maroon ill. DJ. x, x, 340 pp.many BW illus., some color. "A Winterthur Book." "A lively account of the people, the means, and the artifacts surrounding this once elegant social ritual. It is rich in historical detail, amusing anecdotes..... More
The Festive Tradition: Table Decoration and Desserts in America, 1650-1900
New York: W. W. Norton and Company, 1983. Hardcover. Magenta cloth, maroon ill. DJ in mylar cover. x, x, 340 pp.many BW illus., some color. "A Winterthur Book." "A lively account of the people, the means, and the artifacts surrounding this once elegant social ritual. It is rich in historical..... More
Rural Household Inventories: Establishing the Names, Uses and Furnishings of Rooms in the Colonial New England Home 1675-1775
Boston: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1964. Hardcover. Navy cloth with gold spine lettering. 306 pp. with 14 bw plates. Inscribed by the author to Eleanor Fayerweather. With 109 household inventories reproduced room by room - the total number recorded for rural towns in Suffolk County, Massachusetts..... More
Penny Lane: A History of Antique Mechanical Toy Banks
Mokelumne Hill: Long's Americana, 1987. Hardcover. A deep maroon casebound book with the title in gilt lettering across the front cover and down the spine. There is a glossy white dust jacket, with the title printed in black and blue on the front cover, and in black down the white..... More
Canes in the United States: Illustrated Momentoes of American History 1607-1953
Ladue, Mo: Cane Curiosa Press, 1994. Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering, in glossy jacket. 397, [1] pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm. Like spats, canes were once integral to the well-dressed man's costume. Also like spats, canes were often intended to impart a bit..... More
Telephone Collecting: Seven Decades of Design, With Price Guide
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1993. Softcover. Blue wraps. 125 pp. Numerous color plates. The definitve handbook for collectors! More
Domestic Life in New England in the Seventeenth Century
Topsfield, Massachusetts: George Francis Dow, 1925. Hardcover. Color paper over boards; Dark brown cloth at spine; 48 pp.; 10 bw photos. Focuses on the Parson Capen House in Topsfield and the John Ward House in Salem, Massachusetts. Of 500 Copies. More
Domestic Life in New England in the Seventeenth Century
Topsfield, Massachusetts: George Francis Dow, 1925. Hardcover. Color paper over boards; Dark brown cloth at spine; 48 pp.; 10 bw photos. Pages lightly edge-tanned. A nice copy with unfortunate spine cloth damage.Focuses on the Parson Capen House in Topsfield and the John Ward House in Salem, Massachusetts. Of 500 Copies..... More
Flowers and Furniture in America's Historic Homes
New York: Hearthside Press, Inc., 1967. Hardbound. blue paper boards with light blue cloth spine, gold and color pictorial DJ, 120 pp, generously illustrated with large color and BW images. From the dust jacket: the most beautiful rooms in America and the flowers which grace them. Covers 45 houses, indexed..... More
Early Electric American Toasters: A Selection of Historical, Interesting, and Good Examples, 1906 - 1940
Teaneck, NJ: H.J.H. Publications, 1987. Softcover. Small Quarto. Paperback. White wrapper with b&w photos and red/black letteing. No text on spine. 64 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Hazelcorn's price guide to old electric toasters, 1908-1940./ "More than ninety specimens illustrated, with accompanying technical information and dates of invention and..... More
Made to Play House: Dolls and the Commercialization of American Girlhood, 1830-1930
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1993. Hardbound. Plum cloth with silver lettering on boards, pictorial DJ, [xiii] 233 pp, Synopsis: As an illustrated social history of the American doll industry this book describes how dolls and doll play changed over time from Gilded Age fashion dolls which inculcated formal..... More
Pepsi-Cola : The Collection of the late Everette Lloyd
Roanoke, VA: Gary Metz's Muddy River Trading Co., 1992. Softcover. White stapled wraps with black text and b+w illustrations on cover. Unnumbered pages, features b+w illustrations of auction items. Price realized list included. Auction catalog from November 14th, 1992 of Pepsi-Cola memorabilia. More
Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson: Catalogue D, Number 134
San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA: Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, 1910. Hardcover. blue pebbled cloth w/ gilt printing; leather corners & spine. unpaginated, approx 250 pgs w/ bw illustrations. Spine is shedding fine, powdery leather. Spine also has a hand-written and taped catalogue number from previous owner. Textblock is firm..... More
What is Modern Design? : Introductory Series to the Modern Arts 3
NY: MoMA, 1950. Paperback. Black wraps/white lettering. 32 pp. Numerous bw plates. 1st edition. Selected pieces of furniture, textiles, pottery, glass, lamps and metalware by designers including Charles Eames, J.J.P. Oud, Mies van der Rohe, Anni Albers, Eva Zeisel, Bernard Leach, Josef Hoffmann, Isamu Noguchi and others. Nice. More
Butter Prints and Molds
West Chester: Schiffer Publishing, 1986. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; 248 pp.; 177 bw ills. The first major work on wooden butter molds. Author has examined and photographed shapers in all of the major U. S. museum collections and several European collections. More
One Hundred Recipes for the Chafing Dish
New York: Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1894. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Mustard-yellow cloth at spine; 182 pp.; Numerous bw figures. A collection of a hundred recipes designed for the chafing dish, including beef stew with curry, chicken fricassee, scrambled eggs, frogs legs, grouse, deviled lamb, Welsh rarebit, venison steak, pepper..... More
America Underfoot: A History of Floor Coverings from Colonial Times to the Present
Washington, DC: SITES, 1976. Softbound. Brown & illus. wraps. 76 pp. 8 color, 84 bw plates. This interesting volume contains the following chapters: Sand and Straw, Painted Floors and Floorcloths, Oriental Rugs, 'Turkey Work' and the Axminster Carpet, Folk Rugs, The Great American Carpet Industry, and The Second Revolution: The..... More
Willow, Oak and Rye, Basket Traditions in Pennsylvania
Lewisburg, PA: Union County Oral Traditions Project, 1978. Softbound. BW illustrated wraps. 60 pp., over 100 bw photographs. An outgrowth of the Oral Traditions project, this book overflows with wonderful illustrations and anecdotes. More
The Housewares Story: A History of the American Housewares Industry
Chicago: National Housewares Manufacturers Association, 1972. Circa 1972. Hardcover. Red cloth/boards; gilt lettering. Black dj with color image and white lettering. Mylar cover. 384 pp. with color and bw images throughout. "Traces the complex development and organization of an exciting industry that represents the diversity of all America. From the..... More
Floor Coverings in New England Before 1850
Sturbridge: Old Sturbridge Village, 1967. Softcover. White illustrated wraps. 83 pp. 48 bw plates. A great book on this seldom-discussed topic. Includes a bibliography. More
Early American Chandeliers: Catalog 53A
Pittstown, NJ: James R. Marsh, 1953. Softcover. White illus. folder with stapled pages within; 12 pp.; 38 bw line drawings, 16 bw photos. Catalogue of adaptations of early American hand-wrought chandeliers for sale from Fiddlers' Forge in Pittstown, NJ; Includes price list. More
American Homes and their Furnishings in Colonial Times
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. Hardcover. Blue cloth. library binding, xxi + 252 pp., 117 bw plates. Covers old houses, colonial doorways, door knockers, old-time gardens, halls and stairways, fireplaces and mantelpieces, old-time wall papers, old chairs and sofas, sideboards and bureaus and tables, four-posters, mirrors, old-time clocks, old-time lights..... More
American Homes and their Furnishings in Colonial Times; Colonial Homes and their Furnishings
London: T. Fisher Unwin / Little, Brown and Company, 1912. Hardcover. Green cloth. No dust jacket. xxi + 252 pp plus 117 bw plates. More