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Charles Willson Peale AND HIS WORLD, Definitive Study
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Pre 1990 item# 670426
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$75
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By Edgar P. Richardson, Brooke Hindle, and Lillian B. Miller with forward by Charles Coleman Sellers. Essays by three distinguished scholars and more than 180 illustrations of Peale's paintings. Selected bibliography and catalogue that includes provenance and references, size, data, medium, location and accession numbers for Peale's paintings. Quarto volume, 272 pages, published in 1982 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New, unread but one-inch clean slit in middle of dustwrapper spine, almost un ...click for details
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American Furniture, Federal Period, Montgomery Classic
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Antiques:
Pre 1980 item# 667392
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$50
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The best book on American Federal Furniture, based on the Winterthur collection, where Charles F. Montgomery was director. He later became a senior research fellow at Winterthur and later became a curator and professor of art history at Yale University. This is the 1978 Bonanza edition, not the 2001 reprint which is of lesser quality. It is a large volume, copiously illustrated. The book is so large, in fact, that the scan truncates the cover a bit. Condition is very good with some minor damage ...click for details
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Pottery of the Shenandoah Valley Region by Comstock
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Pre 2000 item# 667388
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$1,600
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Rare and important book on the pottery of the Shenandoah Valley region by H. E. Comstock, published in 1994 by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) as part of the Frank L. Horton Series. This is a large, beautifully printed and illustrated volume of 538 pages. It is extremely difficult to find a copy of this book. This hardback copy is in virtually mint condition with the dust wrapper protected in a mylar cover. The price includes free insured shipping within the USA by Priority ...click for details
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Silversmiths of Anjou and Lower Maine, French Reference
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Pre 2000 item# 666151
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$80
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Les orfevres d'Anjou et du bas Maine (silversmiths of Anjou and Lower Maine) is the authoritative 526-page book published in 1998 as part of the all-encompassing series called “les cahiers du patrimoine” which have an information on silversmiths of various regions of France including biographical notes and photographs of hallmarks. An essential series for anyone seriously interested in French silver. These volumes are almost impossible to find in the United States. We have imported them ours ...click for details
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Burgundy Silversmiths, Important French Reference Work
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Pre 2000 item# 666146
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Richards Antiques
207-563-1964
$80
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Les orfevres de Bourgogne (silversmiths of Burgundy) is the authoritative 421-page book published in 1999 as part of the all-encompassing series called “les cahiers du patrimoine” which have an information on silversmiths of various regions of France including biographical notes and photographs of hallmarks. An essential series for anyone seriously interested in French silver. These volumes are almost impossible to find in the United States. We have imported them ourselves. This copy is in its o ...click for details
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