CHINESE SILK PICTORIAL "TEN COMMANDMENTS"CARPET / WALL HANG 3' x 4' Low dense silk lush pile on silk foundation. Very finely hand-knotted rug. Field with pictorial multicolour "Ten Commandments" design; borders...
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SILVER. (4) AMERICAN AND ENGLISH SILVERCUPS. Includes a sterling mint julep cup inscribed, "The Blood-Horse" - stamped, "Sterling" to the underside; an English silver cup with personal inscription - Birmingham,...
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STERLING. MAUSER MFG. CO. STERLING LOVINGCUP. Mauser Manufacturing Co. sterling loving cup with (3) antler handles and an inscription. Inscription reads, "America Against the World April, May & June 1906 Presented...
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7 PHILLIP ROTH HARDCOVER BOOKS, INCL.AUTHOR SIGNED, 1S...1st item: Author signed, AMERICAN PASTORAL, First Edition, by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1997. Signed "Philip Roth" to...
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3 TN CITY DIRECTORIES, NASHVILLE & MEMPHIS1stitem: THE NASHVILLE CITY DIRECTORY, The Ninth Annual Issue, March 1873, published by Wheeler, Marshall, and Bruce, Nashville, 1873. Hardcover octavo, 352 ink stamp edged pages...
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ARMENIAN PICTORIAL INSCRIPTION RUG,CAUCASUS, CA. 1900; 7 FT. 10 IN. X 4 FT. 4 IN.Armenian Pictorial Inscription Rug, Caucasus, ca. 1900;, 7 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 4 in. inscribed 1912 Year Vartanoush Beklar Grigoryants,...
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CAUCASIAN PICTORIAL INSCRIPTION RUG,DATED 1214 (1800)Caucasian Pictorial Inscription Rug, dated 1214 (1800), 5 ft. 5 in. x 4 ft. Provenance: The Strong Museum, Rochester, New York; Cottone Auctions, Geneseo,...
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CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE DISH AND BRUSHWASHER The dish likely Kangxi era (17th/18th c.), blue underglaze porcelain, the shallow bowl interior decorated with plants and a three line inscription, blue underglaze...
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A TURKISH PICTORIAL PRAYER RUGA Turkishpictorial prayer rug, Late 19th/early 20th Century Wool on cotton foundation, with polychrome figural scene and arabesque motifs on a cream and red field enclosed by cartouches...
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TWO CLASSIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL TITLES BYSCHLIEMANN Comprising: 1) TIRYNS: THE PREHISTORIC PALACE OF THE KINGS OF TIRYNS (NY: Scribner's, 1885) 4to, pictorial cloth; and 2) MYCENAE: A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND...
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(2) CHINESE BOOKS OF SIGNED INKSTONESSETS. Includes (2) signed Chinese books with fitted interiors displaying (1) book with a total of (8) Chinese inkstones, and a second book with a total of (9) Chinese inkstones....
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(4) ANTIQUE AMERICAN COIN SILVER CUPSEarly/Mid 19th c., incl. (1) cup engraved from "Berkshire Agricultural Society to..." (monogram), and dated "Oct. 1825", with rubbed pictorial bird mark, (1) Ball Black &...
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Rosebud Agency Sketchbook, by "Jack"9 x 5 1/2 inch sketchbook containing 72 illustrations on unlined paper, in color pencil, ca 1880s-1890s. Paper cover featuring blue pencil inscription "Capt McCauley for Indian...
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FINE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER MASSACHUSETTS,CIRCA 1811 21" X 18.5" SIGHT. FRAMED 23" X 20.5".FINE PICTORIAL NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER, Massachusetts, Circa 1811, "Wrought by Henrietta Stevens Stoneham Age 12 1811". Verse...
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WOODBLOCK 'WUTAI SHAN' PRINT AND GROUPOF TWENTY-FOUR INK RUBBINGS
QING DYNASTY AND LATER ? ?????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????: ????????????the woodblock print depicting Manjusri and his...
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LATE 19TH C. RUSSIAN ICON PictorialIcon of Saint John Baptizing Jesus in the River Jordan, with a host of Angels, unsigned, Cyrillic inscription verso may be the date '1870'. Oil on wood, in green velvet covered...
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6 ANTIQUE ITALIAN HUNTING GENRE PICTORIALTILES Italy,Late 19th-Early 20th CenturySix tiles painted with a purple scene depicting a gentleman on horseback with a spear hunting a deer with the inscription "Che si deve...
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Important Southern Edgefield Districtstoneware pictorial jug attributed to Stoney Bluff possibly Dave South Carolina circa 1860 rich alkaline glaze with single ring spout aside strap handle leading to ovoid body...
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* (EXPLORATION) BROWNE BELMORE The Conquestof Mount McKinley. New York: Putnam 1913. 8vo publisher's pictorial tan cloth stamped in gilt map endpapers. First edition with color frontispiece folding map and numerous...
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4 vols. Children's Books - AmericanImprints, 1960s & Later: Milhous, Katherine. Through These Arches: The Story of Independence Hall. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1964. Oblong 4to, orig. cloth; light wear,...
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2 vols. Illustrated Books - Cats: Gay,Zhenya. Town Cats: A Book of Drawings. London: John Lane, (1933). 1st ed. 4to, orig. pictorial bds.; light edge wear, d/j (some wear to edges & joints). Plates. Internally...
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1 vol. Sendak, Maurice. Where TheWild Things Are. [New York]: Harper & Row, 1963 [but ca. 1964-65]. Oblong 4to, orig. pictorial bds.; light wear, d/j (light wear, edges darkened - with Caldecott Medal &...
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5 vols. Military History - The Franco-Prussian& other 19th-Century European Conflicts: Brockett, L.P. The Year of Battles; or The Franco-German War of 1870-71. New York: J.W. Goodspeed, 1871. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered...
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Four vellum-covered books, publishedby Hodder and Stoughton, England: J.M. Barrie, Quality Street , 1913, illustrated and signed by Hugh Thomson, 447/1000; J.M. Barrie, The Admiral Crichton , 1914, illustrated...
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Chinese carved white jade mountain earlyQing Dynasty pictorial carved boulder-form stone depicting figures traveling up mountainside extending to verso the upper right inscribed with poem mounted on carved wood...
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* VON OPPENHEIM MAX FREIHERRN Vom Mittelmeerzum Persischen Golf. Durch den Hauran Die Syrische Wuste und Mesopotamien. Berlin: Dietrich Reimer 1899. 2 vols. 8vo publisher's green pictorial cloth gilt. With 80 plates...
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(ANGLING) [CHATTO WILLIAM ANDREW] ''PAULFISHER'' The Angler's Souvenir. London: Charles Tilt 1835. 8vo contemporary full morocco with elaborate gilt tooling a.e.g. First edition. Complete with engraved title frontispiece...
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1 vol. Maugham, W. Somerset. Liza ofLambeth. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1897. First edition, first issue. 8vo, orig. gilt-lettered & pictorial green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; moderate edge...
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Silk Pictorial Wall Panelembroideredwith metallic silver thread and silk on rose silk ground and designed with central lozenge having Arabic inscription surmounted by two parrots all enclosed within a palm border.50.5...
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1 vol. Baum, L. Frank. The Yellow Henand Other Stories. The Snuggle Tales. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, (1916). First edition. 8vo, color pictorial bds.; occasionally scuffed, corners & edges often rubbed. Illus....
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1 vol. (Dore, Gustave, illustrator.)Poe, Edgar Allan. The Raven. New York: Harper, 1884. First Dore edition. Folio, orig. gilt-pictorial olive cloth; occasional edge wear. Wood-engraved plates. Some soiling...
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4 vols. Children's Books: Carroll,Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. London: Macmillan, 1868. "Tenth Thousand." Illus. by John Tenniel. Sm. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial & paneled red cloth, a.e.g.; worn...
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4 vols. American Indians: Church, Thomas.The History of Philip's War. Exeter, N.H.: J. & B. Williams, 1829. 2nd ed. 12mo, contemp. mottled sheep, gilt-ruled spine, green morocco spine label; scuffed, joints rubbed...
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KIRMAN PICTORIAL PRAYER RUG The archworked with seated figure on leopard skin rug with axe flanked by inscription areas of wear. 32 x 23 in....
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5 vols. Philadelphia & Environs: Freedley,Edwin. Philadelphia and Its Manufacturers: A Hand-Book. Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1859. 12mo, orig. black cloth, rebacked; edge wear. 10 plates (1 colored). Internally generally...
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Karl Struss photograph (American, 1886-1981),"On the Campagna-Rome", platinum print signed in pencil recto, verso titled in pencil with "Karl Struss, Artist Photographer, Hollywood :: California"...
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