SIX TRADE BOOKS, 18TH/19TH C.Six tradebooks, 18th/19th c., including The Builders' Assistant by John Haviland, Philadelphia, 1818-1821, vols. I and III; together with books on mechanics, porcelain, and wool dying.
Competitive...
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TWO INCOMPLETE SETS OF ENCYCLOPEDIA;OR...Two incomplete sets of Encyclopedia; or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature , Thomas Dobson, Philadelphia, 1798; twenty of twenty-one volumes,...
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CERAMIC REFERENCE BOOK COLLECTION ??????????????????????????????????????????Including:early pottery, Chinese Ming and Qing dynasty ceramics, museum and private collection, in total 44 publications.Asahi Shimbun Cultural Planning Department (Ed.). Newly Discovered...
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VERY RARE PAIR OF GRAEME PARK PHILADELPHIAQUEEN ANNE C...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with four scrolled volutes, set on shell carved legs with trifid feet, upholstered...
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IMPORTANT RAWLE FAMILY PAIR OF PHILADELPHIAQUEEN ANNE ...1740-1760, each with scrolled and shell carved crest over a figured splat with scrolled volutes and spurred base, shell carved legs with trifid feet, red leather...
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PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AFTERGILBERT STUART(American, 1755-1828)
A fine copy of Gilbert Stuart's Athenaeum type portraits, unsigned, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in.; period carved gilt wood frame, 36-1/2...
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(2 VOL) BOOK: THE MASTERPIECES OF FRENCHART, 1883(2 vol) Books: "The Masterpieces of French Art Illustrated," Louis Viardot, Gebbie & Co., Philadelphia, 1883, many black and white illustrations, leather binding...
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GREEN, JONATHAN H. THREE WORKS ON GAMBLING.Green,Jonathan H. Three Works on Gambling. Including Secret Band of Brothers; or, The American Outlaws (Philadelphia, 1847; third edition); Gambling Unmasked; or, the Personal Experience...
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PHILADELPHIA CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANYSIDE CHAIRpossibly shop of Benjamin Randolph, circa 1770, with leaf carved crest rail and pierced splat, period slip seat with cream yellow silk damask upholstery, cabriole...
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3 TAUCHNITZ FIRST EDITION BOOKS CONRAD& YEATS3 first Tauchnitz edition books. Lord Jim and The Rover, both by Joseph Conrad; A Selection From the Poetry of W.B. Yeats. Joseph Conrad (Poland / England, 1857-1924)....
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(3) VOLS., FASHION AND JEWELRY AndrewBolton. Camp: Notes on Fashion. Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale Univ., 2019; Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli. Philadelphia Museum of Art/Yale Univ., 2003;...
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HARRIET WHITNEY FRISHMUTH (AMERICAN,1880-1980), "THE VINE" Bronze with brown patina, modeled in 1921. Inscribed '©/1921/HARRIET FRISHMUTH' and 'GORHAM CO FOUNDERS/QBWS' (along the base).Literature Note: The...
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FERGUSON, SHAW, SADOW, TETKOWSKI, SHANER,FRANCK, IRISH-HOSLER, ROEHM: MONOGRAPH BOOKS AND EXHIBITION CATALOGS 11"H X 8 1/2"W (LARGEST)Ferguson, Shaw, Sadow, Tetkowski, Shaner, Franck, Irish-Hosler, Roehm: monograph...
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2 vols. Philadelphia Graphic Arts Reference:Snyder, Martin P. City of Independence: Views of Philadelphia Before 1800. New York: Praeger, (1975). 1st ed. 4to, orig. beige cloth; minor wear, d/j (minor edge wear). Color...
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James Barry (Irish active in Italy andEngland 1741-1806) "A Group of Recumbent Figures Huddled Among Blankets" 1792 ink and wash on laid paper with all corners missing but made up on backing card dated in English...
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3 vols. Fine & Graphic Art Reference:Fairmount Park Art Association. Sculpture of A City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone. New York: Walker, (1974). 1st ed. 4to, orig. gilt-lettered blue cloth; light...
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(BINDINGS) A group of seven folio orquarto-sized leather bound works comprising: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1881. 2 vols. A Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters...
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7 vols. (wrappers). Pennsylvania Academyof The Fine Arts: School Circular... Session of 1914-1915. Philadelphia, 1914. Photo frontis., other illus. * Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Representative Modern...
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1 vol. Inauguration of The New Buildingof The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts. 22 April 1876. [Philadelphia], [1876]. Lg. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers; some dust soiling to edges, corners chipped. Minor internal...
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REES ABRAHAM Cyclopaedia; or A New UniversalDictionary of Arts and Sciences. [Philadelphia: Samuel Bradford c. 1806-1822] 39 (of 48 vols.) only. 4to half calf over marbled boards title in gilt to spines marbled endpapers....
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Alexander Runciman (Scottish 1736-1785)"Sorrowing Mother with Two Children-A Babe and a Youth" c. late 1760s/early 1770s sepia ink and wash with white gouache on cream-colored wove paper without discernible watermark...
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Books: Fine art reference Gerdts WilliamH. ART ACROSS AMERICA: TWO CENTURIES OF REGIONAL PAINTING. Vols. I-III. In cloth slipcase; Loomis Andrew. CREATIVE ILLUSTRATION. In dustjacket; Talbott Page and Patricia Tanis...
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Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) portraitof captain joseph anthony Unsigned, oil on canvas, framed. Note: Stuart painted at least three portraits of his uncle, the Philadelphia merchant, Joseph Anthony. Captain...
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Attributed to William Birch (1775-1834)miniature portrait of commodore stephen decatur (1779-1820) Unsigned, on verso inscribed "S. Decatur by Birch," watercolor on paper, gilt locket frame inscribed on verso...
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6 vols. Leather Bindings - Belles Lettres:Lamb, Charles. The Works. Philadelphia: Henry C. Baird, 1857. Thick 8vo, contemp. 1/2 brown calf & marbled bds., raised bands, brown morocco spine label, marbled endpapers...
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6 vols. (1 wrappers) Philadelphia &Pennsylvania - Graphic Art & Architecture Reference: Tatum, George B. Penn's Great Town: 250 Years of Philadelphia Architecture... in Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia: Univ....
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3 vols. Joseph Harrison Jr. Art Gallery:Manuscript Ledger. "Visitor's Register, Joseph Harrison Jr., Art Gallery. Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia." [Philadelphia], Oct. 22, 1874 - March 5, 1905. 2 vols., folio,...
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GROUP OF ANTIQUES REFERENCE BOOKS. The Pine Furniture of Early New England Russell Hawes Kettell English Domestic Brass 1680-1810 and History of its Origins Rupert Gentle and Rachael Feild Living With Antiques:...
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5 vols. Philadelphia - Architectural& Visual Arts Reference: Historic Philadelphia. Philadelphia: A.P.S., 1953. 4to, orig. cloth; occasionally scuffed. Illus., fold. map in cover pocket. * Tatum, George B. Penn's...
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JOHN LA FARGE (american 1835-1910)"A BOY AND HIS DOG (DICKEY HUNT)" Oil on paperboard laid on canvas 40 x 34 in. (101.6 x 86.4cm) provenance: Albert Stickney, New York, 1884(?)-1908. Mrs. Albert Stickney,...
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John Ruskin (British 1819-1900) "A CaveSeen in Sunlight" and "A Cave Seen in Shade": a pair of drawings probably c. 1830s graphite watercolor and gouache on light buff wove papers (both sheets laid down) unsigned...
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8 vols. Decorative Arts - American:Barber, Edwin Atlee. The Pottery and Porcelain of The United States. New York: G. Putnam's, 1893. 1st ed. 4to, orig. gilt-pictorial cloth, t.e.g.; scuffed, some dust soiling....
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3 vols. Judaica - Bibliographic & GraphicArt Reference: Shahn, Bernarda Bryson. Ben Shahn. New York: Abrams, [1971]. Sq. folio, orig. red cloth, d/j. Mounted color plates, other illus. Minor wear. * Prescott, Kenneth...
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2 vols. The Masterpieces of The CentennialInternational Exhibition Illustrated: Volume I. Strahan, Edward. Fine Art. Philadelphia: Gebbie & Barrie, (1876). With engraved vignette title & 45 steel-engraved plates,...
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[Art 19th Century] Two titles 1) TheTriumphs of Modern Art (Philadelphia: Gebbie 1891) folio 25 fasciscules in wraps with portfolio cover; 2) A. Woltman and B. Meyer Deutschlands Kunstschatze (Leipzig: Payne...
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5 vols. (2 wrappers) Typography, SpecimenBooks & C: American Type Founders Company. Specimen Book and Catalogue. 1923. Jersey City, 1923. 4to, orig. cloth; moderate wear, occasionally frayed & smudged. Specimens....
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