Collectibles and Curiosities

One-volume survey of "Austrian Applied Arts", primarily Secession, with an introduction by Josef Hoffmann. Published in 1930 by Heinz & Co. Organized by t...

Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. The Age of Jackson. New York: The American Past, 1989. Book of the Month Club edition. New introduction by the author with original boards, dust jacket, s...

Lost Ecstasy by Mary Roberts Rinehart. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1927. 1st Ed hardcover. "Kay Dowling was used to luxury, expensive plea...

The book it´s in Spanish. Catalan Region Beautiful handmade engravings 996 pages.

Seamlessly mixing influences from around the world, Werner works with oft-overlooked materials--including her signature black iron--to create bold pieces of striking beauty. "I am am...

Meubles et Ensembles Bretons by Stany Gauthier. Ch. Massin Paris, 1950. 40 b&w plates. 12 page introduction followed by b/w photo plate section of 36 pages. Part of 'Collection de l'...

Sioux stylized catlinite horse pipe with saddle. Has been smoked. Neat collector piece. Origin: Sioux Size: 8" L x 3" H x 3/4" W.  Family Owned & Operated Cisco’s Gallery deals in ...

This is a register of European goldsmiths, silversmiths, Jewellers, Watchmakers and clockmakers in India and their marks 1760-1860. Containing a register of over 900 Europeans who w...

Gardens of Historic Charleston, by James R. Cothran, Signed Ed. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. Hardcover with dust jacket. With the increasing interest in small-space gard...

The American Clock: A Comprehensive Pictorial Survey, 1723-1900, with a listing of 6153 Clockmakers by William H Distin. E.P. Dutton & Co, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1976. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. A reference guide for collectors and clock lovers. Details and illustrations of tower clocks, tall case clocks, dwarf tall case clocks, bracket clocks, Massachusetts shelf clocks, lighthouse clocks...

Christie's: 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe including carpets from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, November 2009. Softcover auction catalogue with 474 lots all in color on 303 pages, ...

Historical summary of the arcabuceros of Madrid ... Soler, Isidro (fl. circa 1795), Madrid, 1795. Original, leather binding. 86 pages perfect state of conservation. "Historical Comp...

Native American miniature Hopi dance kachina with carved Kiva by Roy Coolidge III. Period: Last half of the 20th century Origin: Hopi Size: 8" x 2 1/2" x 7"H Family Owned & Opera...

American painter Grandma Moses (1860-1961) was discovered by the collector Louis Caldor. At the time, Grandma Moses was bartering paintings at the wo...

In Perfect Picture + Frame Harmony, 1850-1920 by Eva Mendgen. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 277 pp. A catalogue published to correspond with a ...

The Table Talk of W.H. Auden by Alan Ansen. New York: Sea Cliff Press, 1989. Limited Ed 1/150, 1st Ed softcover bound in Bemboka Cotton. 119 pp. In New York, between 1946 and 1948, the scholar and poet Alan Ansen made rapid notes of Auden's inimitable conversations. This book is a record of Auden's private, offhand and sometimes wayward remarks and opinions about art, literature, music, politics, religion and sexuality. With tipped-in sepia photo...

Karim Rashid: Evolution by Karim Rashid. Universe, 2004. First edition hardcover no dust jacket issued. Karim Rashid is redesigning the world we live in one design at a time, or in K...

Dutch and Flemish Furniture by Esther Singleton. New York: The McClure Company, 1907. First edition hardcover, 338 pp. A history of the decorative ar...

Comment Installer Son Interieur en Louis XIII ou Louis XIV, by Colette Lehmann. Paris, Éditions Charles Massin, 1963. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. How to decorate with L...

“The Friedman Collection: Artists of Chicago”; Essay by Dr. William Gerdts. Spanierman Gallery, New York, 2002. 1st Edition hardcover. 55 Impressionist and realist paintings from the...

The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales, Jr. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1976. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 294 pp. A beautiful book on the antique...

This book was published in 1991 to coincide with an exhibition which marked Hubert de Givenchy's 40 years in fashion. It is dividing into three sections; it presents a portrait of Gi...

Pour une Renaissance de la Peinture Français by Jacques Baschet. Paris: Édition S.N.E.P. Illustration, 1946. Soft cover with French text. 114 pp. An oversized art book on the rebirth...

20th century military storage locker.

English furniture decoration woodwork and allied arts from the last half of the 17th century to the early part of the 19th century by Thomas Arthur Strange. New York: Bonanza Books, ...

Original style B US movie poster for the 1950 crime film D.O.A. directed by Rudolph Mate and starring Edmond O'Brien.

The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture by Herbert Cescinsky. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1967. Unabridged and unaltered re-publication edition from original published in 1931, so...

This WWI poster features a woman wearing long robes holding a red cross symbol in her right hand and an American flag in her left. The figure is set in fro...

Manufactured by Artis in the 1960s in former Czechoslovakia. Height adjustable construction made of original blue painted steel tubing. The cleaned and preserved thick cowhide has a ...

Fully fitted with proper sails (colored the tint that they would have been after their first proofing coat), chains and anchor, it proudly displays its workman roots. Employed throug...

The Golden Age of Spanish Sculpture by Manuel Gómez Moreno. Greenwich: New York Graphic Society, 1964. First English edition hardcover with dust jacket. 63 pp. A beautiful, large for...

A luminous and expressive group of of blown glass hanging ornaments.

Oriental rugs, A Complete Guide by Charles W. Jacobsen. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc., 1962. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 479 pp. A detailed resource b...

Modern Prints and Drawings, a guide to a better understanding of draughtsmanship, by Paul J. Sachs. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. 262 ...

Olympia 1952 Oslo 1952. The 6th winter Olympics Bilder Sammelband. Collectors picture album.

American Art Nouveau glass by Albert C Revi. Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1968. First Edition 476p hardcover with dust jacket. The closing years of the 19th century witnessed more radic...

Gisele Freund, photographer by Gisele Freund, New York: Abrams, 1985. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. For 50 years Freund documented some of the most influential artists and intellectuals and in this book she presents over 200 of her most compelling images of the 20th century's most significant artist and writers including: Jean-Paul Sartre, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Colette, Pierre Bonnard, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Simone de Beauvoir, Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw...

English Furniture Decoration and Allied Arts from the last half of the 17th century to the early part of the 19th century by Thomas Strange. NY: Bonanza Books, 1950. 1st Ed thus repr...

The Big Shots, Edwardian Shooting Parties by Jonathan Garnier Ruffer. London: Debrett's Peerage Ltd., 1977. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 144 pp. ...

The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales. Deerfield: Historic Deerfield, Inc., 1981. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. 294 pp. A book on the antique American furniture collections of historic Deerfield Massachusetts. The book includes details of the pieces with their histories, woods, and dimensions. It also includes information on the development of styles and the use of forms. The largest percentage of the collection is New England furniture...

Soul Unsold by Mandy Vahabzadeh. Graystone Books, CA, 1992. Limited 1st Ed (1/5000) hardcover with slipcase. Black and white images taken in India. Handmade red Ginsheni endpages. Poems by Chitra Neogy-Tezak. Presents the first collection of work by the Iranian artist-photographer (trained at both the Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design). Striking portraits of India...

First Edition, published by Bamberger Books, Michigan, 1992. A very scarce retrospective collection of poetic comics produced by Kenward Elmslie and Joe Brained who worked collabora...

Ronald Searle painting for 'Modern Types' book cover Medium: Watercolor and Ink Size Without Frame: 13" high x 10" wide With Frame: 28" high x 21" wide Ronald Se...

19th Century. Impressive book Works illustrated with gorgeous stickers and engravings depicting historical and mythological scenes momuments and copied art objects of the most auth...

Designs for Shop Windows An hardcovered ribbon tied portfolio with 60 photogravure reproductions showing examples of New Shop fronts and Shop fittings in the Art Deco style by some ...

Each in the form of a ship's wheel with 2.5 inch silvered dial, contained in cases, one with seven turned banded agate handles, the other with eight banded agate handles, each on ova...

Apogee De La Geometrie Curviligne" Folio A rare publication of a catalogue for an exhibition of European mid-century design in October 1983 which was wide ranging in the exhibits on ...

Historic Deerfield, A Portrait of Early America. New York: Dutton Studio Books, 1992. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 206 pp. A book on historic Deerfield Massachusetts. The town was founded in 1669 by prosperous farmers who lined the mile long main street with architecturally significant houses. A lot of these house are now museums filled with American paintings, furniture, silver, and ceramics. The describes the rescue and restoration of Deerfield village building by building. Buildings include: The Allen House...

“The Story of Western Furniture” book by Phyllis Bennet Oats. NY: Harper and Row, 1981. Stated first U.S. Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 253 pp. A survey of the development of f...

The Barbizon School of Painters: Corot by David C. Thomson. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1892. First Edition Thus. Inscribed by the author to Thomas J. Barratt. Ba...

Rare and unusual, this copper ashtray celebrating the pottery industry in France is reminiscent of bronze and copper pieces designed by Paul Manship and other major sculptors in the 1920s and 1930s. This example, made of copper painted gold, depicts a nude potter at his wheel, surrounded by symbols of his industry, including kilns, planting pots and...

Published by Booth Client 2000 h/b interview by Jefferson HackThis books delves into Rankin's work during the 1990s: over 200 of the very best of his early anti-fashion shots for the...

About Original boxing gloves with reddish brown leather filled with horse hair. The leather is very soft and in good condition. Original label on each glove. Creator Markwort S...

Rare violet & yellow Suffragette parade banner, the plate example illustrated in the text reference on the subject, made ca 1910-1920. Hand-painted banners...

EXTRAORDINARILY RARE, YELLOW & WHITE, SUFFRAGE PARASOL / UMBRELLA, WITH “VOTES FOR WOMEN” TEXT, DISTRIBUTED BY THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION UNDER ANNA HOWARD SHAW’S LEADERSHIP [HEADQUARTERED IN NEW YORK], CIRCA 1913-1915: In the world of Suffrage memorabilia, parasols and umbrellas are known to have been produced, but hardly any exist. Made in both Britain and America, most of the organizations known to have commissioned them did so with white or purple, green, and white, utilizing the traditional British colors. In America, some of these can be identified to the Women’s Political Union of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. As for those in the traditional American colors of golden yellow and white, typically with black text, examples are known to have been produced and sold by the National American Women’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA), beginning in the summer of 1913. According to author and expert Ken Florey, the organization peddled them for “one dollar each or ten dollars a dozen…[promoting] them as good for advertising the cause at street meetings, summer resorts, and county fairs. The design consisted of yellow and white in alternate sections, with “Votes for Women” in the white sections.” Florey goes on to explain how some umbrellas in this style are known with names of states hand-painted in the yellow panels. I am aware of Oregon and Idaho. Florey also indicates that one is known for Alaska. His discussion of the subject, and an illustration of the Idaho example, appear in his book, "Women's Suffrage Memorabilia" (2013, McFarland & Co., North Carolina), on pp. 192 and A8, respectively. The Oregon example, which have seen and held first-hand, is illustrated in "The Keynoter: Journal of the American Political Items Conservators," Summer/Fall/Winter 2008 (Women's Suffrage Special Triple Issue), Vol. 2008, No. 2-4, p. 110. In “Woman Suffrage Memorabilia,” Florey describes a heavy demand for parade accoutrements in the 19-teens. Despite the supposed numbers in which these yellow and white umbrellas were likely to have been produced, this is the only example that I am aware has actually surfaced with the “Votes for Women” text only and no state names. This makes it far more universally desirable. A period image survives in the Albert R. Stone Negative Collection, Rochester Museum & Science Center (Rochester, New York,) of a women carrying parasols in this style on Main Street West in that city on August 15, 1914. The marchers, masked, were described as wearing yellow dominoes (nun-style dresses) and carrying yellow parasols. According to museum catalogers, “The outside parasols are plain; those on the inside have the inscription, "Votes for women". The first group, in yellow and blue dominoes, advertised the speech and visit of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw [this would be members of the Empire Campaign Committee]. The second group carried placards with the names of equal suffrage states and the dates when they adopted votes for women. The Club Theatre, whose sign advertising "Burlesque" is clearly visible behind the marchers, occupies the premises at 75 Main Street West formerly occupied by the Shubert Theatre.” The National American Women’s Suffrage Association was formed in 1890. It represented a merging of the two largest Suffrage groups in America before that time. These were the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA), formed in 1869 by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA), also formed in 1869 by Lucy Stone and her Husband, Henry Brown Blackwell, Henry Ward Beecher, and others. Stone’s daughter, Alice Stone...

Building by the Book Volumes I & 2, Building by the Book, by Center for Palladian Studies in America. University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1984-1986. Pair of 1st Ed har...

Vintage Bloomingdale JB100 Jetboard surfboard. This incredible example, serial #0703 was purchased new in the 1960s and was immediately put into d...

Mobilier Savoyard et Dauphinois by Lucile Oliver. Editions Ch. Massin, Paris, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Examines Savoyard and Dauphin period antique furniture. The are...