Tiffany at Auction by Alistair Duncan
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Pre 1980 item# 627034 (stock# 842)
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Book by Alistair Duncan, "Tiffany At Auction". This is an absolute must for a Tiffany Studios collector or dealer. It has over 1,000 pictures of Tiffany items and a comprehensive list of model reference numbers in the back index. This book was copyrighted in 1981 and is now out of print. It has it's original dust cover. No rips to the pages and the binding is in excellent condition as well.
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Roycroft "Contemplations" Book
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Pre 1910 item# 451462 (stock# 667)
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Fine copy of Roycroft's "Contemplations" c. 1902, leather binding cover with stamped title, color illumination of the title page, 119 pages. Contains many fine photos of the Roycroft campus interiors and is an excellent read on the community of the period. The book measures 11" by 9" and is in excellent condition with some slight wear to cover edges.
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Gustav Baumann "All Year Round"
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Pre 1920 item# 384217 (stock# 566)
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Book "All the Year Round" by James Whitcomb Riley with twelve woodcuts by Gustave Baumann. Each woodcut is accompanied by a Whitcomb poem Published by the Bobbs Merrill Company 1912. This book is in very good condition considering it's age with no tears or foxing. Binding is tight and front and back covers are clean and damage free.
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Roycroft - Self Reliance - Emerson
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Pre 1910 item# 98584 (stock# 208)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on Self Reliance printed on Japan Vellum, copy 87 of 100, printed and bound by the Roycrofters in 1902. Book is signed by Elbert Hubbard and also by Lily Ess as the Illuminator. Minor spine & top edge wear to leather, otherwise no stains, cracks or wear to binding. Pages are crisp and clean. Measures 8 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches and contains 46 pages. A very fine copy of a rare early Roycroft vellum book.
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Roycroft - Walt Whitman, 1900
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Pre 1910 item# 98572 (stock# 206)
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Elbert Hubbard's 1900 journey to the home of Walt Whitman. This volume is bound in suede, has illuminated front chapter initials and measures about 9 by 6 inches. Frontispiece photoengravure of Whitman, protected by onion skin, by Saint Jerome Roycroft. Book is in fine condition with no damage to pages, bookmark, binding, or spine.
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The Ceramics of William H. Grueby/ Montgomery
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Pre 2000 item# 54861 (stock# 121)
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Rare 1993 1st edition of this out of print book in hard cover with wonderful full page color photos of this highly collectable ware. Besides the photographic art there are a multitude of Grueby ads and one of the best written histories of the early 20th century potteries that thrived in the Boston, MA area. The history takes the reader through the beginnings of Grueby to its fateful end. A necessary addition to a lover of arts and crafts pottery's library. Fine condition, 136 pgs.
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