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$24 USDBook: A Century of Handbags, by Claire Wilcox - Circa 1998
Books:About Collecting:Handbags. Fashion
Claire Wilcox was a Fashion Consultant at London's Victoria & Albert Museum when she published this book. A respected authority of costume, she has written extensively on the history in the West as well as in Africa and Asia. In this fascinating book, she covers the evolution of handbags - icons of style in the 20th Century, moving through the decades and highlighting the most interesting bags. The photographs are excellent - as is her coverage! An over-size book measuring 12" x 9.75" x .75", it ...
$22 USDBook: Costume Jewelry - The Fun of Collecting, Schiffer, Circa 1992
Books:About Collecting
In this full size soft cover book with a price guide at the back, Nancy Schiffer covers pieces in the form of a celebration of costume jewelry. She organizes this book by type of jewelry rather than by historical period and includes belts, buckles, buttons, head ornaments as well as the more traditional forms of jewelery. Published by Schiffer in 1992, it is 176 pages measuring 11" x 8.5" x 1". CONDITION: Very fine with no damage to note. This was a pre-publication editors' copy. Shipping in ...
$18 USDBook: African Masks by Robert Bleakley, Circa 1978
Books:About Collecting:African Art & Artifacts
This is an excellent place to start if you are just beginning to become interested in African Tribal Art or are new to collecting it. While informative and certainly well done, it gives enough - but not too much information on each of the 40 well chosen color images. While we will be listing more, most of them come from my own collection and can go hundreds of pages, tending to overwhelm the young collector. Published by Thames & Hudson, London, it is a soft cover measuring 8" x 11". A map at ...
$25 USDBOOK: Wedgwood, by Geoffrey Wills, Published 2003
Books:About Collecting:Wedgwood
An excellent book on Wedgwood by renowned expert on the subject, Geoffrey Wills. This offers a wealth of information and wonderful color plates of some rarely seen objects beginning with Josiah Wedgwood's early works in 1759 and onwards, going through the 19th century. All the Wedgwood Marks are included as well. Published by Chancellor Press, London this is a Hardcover book with a Dust Cover measuring 9" x 10". 124 Pages. CONDITION: Very fine pre-owned condition with no damage to note. Clean & ...
$24 USDBOOK: Chinese Porcelain, by Anthony du Boulay - Published 1973
Books:About Collecting:Chinese Porcelain
Now out of print, du Boulay's book on this subject is rich with information and features excellent photographic examples. Published by Octopus Books in London, circa 1973. The book is 95 pages with black & white and color plates covering wares from as early as the 3rd century right through to and including the start of the Chinese Export era. An excellent reference for the beginner and experienced collector. 9.5" x 8.5" x .75". Hardcover with dust jacket. CONDITION: Very fine pre-owned condition ...
$25 USDBOOKS: The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia, by Pauline Cockrill
Books:About Collecting:Teddy Bears
Published in 1993 by Dorling Kindersley (England) with Readers Digest (Canada) this was considered to be the largest collection of Teddy Bears featured in a single volume and it offers a tremendous wealth of information. Pauline Cockrill - Teddy Bear expert and author of the best selling Ultimate Teddy Bear Book provides an authoritative reference on every area of collecting bears. Quite aside from covering all the major manufacturers with excellent straightforward identification information, ...
$24 USDBOOK: A Collector's History of FANS, by Nancy Armstrong, Published 1974
Books:About Collecting:Hand Fans
Now long out of print, this was Nancy Armstrong's first of several books on the subject. Plates are beautifully photographed, mostly in black & white with a few colored pages. Ms Armstrong had a life long interest in all of the Decorative Arts and most specifically was expert in the area of Fans. Her primary focus in this book was on important fans from around the globe from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. An invaluable resource for all fan collectors or dealers!. 208 Pages, published by ...
$45 USDBook: French Silver 1450 - 1825, by Frank Davis - Circa 1970
Books:About Collecting
This rare and out of print book by author Frank Davis offers more than 150 illustrations with accompanying detail as well as a wealth of information on the subject through nearly 400 years. Near the back of the book Davis includes a section of Makers' Marks, Date Letters, Charge & Discharge Marks etc both pre and after the Revolution. Mr Davis compresses the research of from the researches of three generations of experts into a convenient and easy to read book. The book was printed in England by ...
$20 USDBook: Plastic Handbags - Sculpture to Wear, by Kate Dooner, 1992
Books:About Collecting:Purses, Handbags - Lucite, Early Plastics
This soft cover, full sized book is a 1992 edition published by Schiffer. It's the most complete book on the plastic group of bags and comes with a price range guide - which although outdated for retail, is still very much in keeping with current online prices (always so much less than retail boutique prices). In 112 pages Dooner covers an excellent array of these special purses mostly grouping them by Designer. The photographs are excellent and in color. This is an excellent source for anyone ...
$39 USD Sale PendingSALE PENDING Book: Lalique Perfume Bottles, by Bayer, Utt & Utt. Circa 1991
Books:About Collecting:Glass Perfume Bottles. Rene Lalique
A lovely hardcover book beginning with a Forward in French by Rene Lalique's granddaughter, Marie-Claude Lalique (translated in English by BJ Santerre). This book is considered the definitive guide to all of Rene Lalique's perfume bottle designs including the exquisite flacon thought to be his first piece in 1893. It also includes the commercial bottles from the Coty design in 1907 to one still used by Nina Ricci today. Many of the most exquisite non-commercial bottles are also included. ...| Items 1 - 10 of 10 | Page 1 of 1 |
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