4 Catalogues of Continental Antiques from the Chinese Porcelain Company

Seven catalogues from the Chinese Porcelain Company on Oriental Porcelain, Export Porcelain and French Furniture. Chinese Ceramics and Wo...

An Exhibition Catalogue of Chinese Glass from The Hope Danby Collection. London: S. Marchant and Sons, 1999. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 44 pp. A beautiful catalogue fo...

Christie's: Catalogue Furniture, Silver & Porcelain from Longleat, June 2002. Softcover auction catalogue with results. 302 pp. Featuring the late George II mahogany furniture commissioned by the 1st Marquess of Bath; the pair of French lacquer cabinets...

Auction catalogue from The Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman May 19-21, 1997. New York: Sotheby's, 1997. First edition softcover with results, 478 pp. Auction catalogue from Sotheby's auction of the Pamela Harriman estate. The book includes photographs of the Ambasador's Paris residence, her home Willow Oaks in Middleburg Virginia and many photos of her husband as Governor of New York and Pamela as Ambassador. The auction items include her collection of art, furniture, china, and silver. With absentee bid form from Nicola Bulgari...

Two catalogues on the furniture of Georgia. 1.) Neat Pieces, The Plain-Style Furniture of 19th Century Georgia. Atlanta: Atlanta Historical Society, 1983. First edition softcover. 20...

Wedgwood, a Living Tradition by John Meredith Graham II and Hensleigh Cecil Wedgwood. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences and the Brooklyn Museum, 1948. Limited first e...

Beautiful antique clock from 1925 by the International Time Recording Company. This piece originally was used in commercial/industrial setting...

Antique print titled 'La Tour de Porcelaine, Arc de Triomphe'. Old print depicting the Porcelain Pagoda in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It no longer ...

Antique map titled 'Brazil Railway Company'. This folding map is attached to the booklet titled 'The Brazil Railway Company'. It is a memorandum by A. H. A. Knox-Little, who was the ...

Poul Kjærholm was a Danish designer and architect who is known for his contributions to modern furniture design. Kjærholm was born in 1929 in Denmark and studied at the Danish School...

Antique map titled 'Asie'. Map of the Asian continent, with an illustration of the porcelain tower at Nanjing, China. Migeon's Geographie Universelle, ...

The first complete illustrated bibliography of 1,000 iconic photobooks created by members of the renowned photo agency This fascinating in-depth survey brings Magnum's history alive through the genre of the photobook, an essential vehicle for photographers to share their work. Its pages include unpublished behind-the-scenes material, together with ephemera from the photographers' archives about the making of their books. With an introduction by Fred Ritchin and texts by Carole Naggar, this book explores the evolution of the photobook, as well as the important role that Magnum has played in the history of documentary photography. "If the photographic life were a treasure hunt, The Magnum Photobook is a rightfully vaunted treasure chest. Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's introduction expanded my understanding of how the photobook, as expressed early and continuously by Magnum photographers, plays a critical role in defining and expressing a photographer's voice beyond the settings of assignment-based work. Then learning about the creation of each book is the richest of rewards, made all the more so by a final section of the book that shows the early iterations of many of the photobooks. This book about books is one that I must have in the library." —Mike Davis...