1. AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY AMERICAN SILVER JANUARY 1ST TO 28TH, 1945, printed by Finley Brothers, Hartford, CT, 1945, B&W illustrations, 25pp, good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibition held "In The Morgan Memorial of the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn." Impressive list of lenders of 183 pieces. 21 B&W plates, some with several pieces illustrated., (Order No: 46159 ), $35.00
2. Adair, John, THE NAVAJO AND PUEBLO SILVERSMITHS, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, (1989), B&W illustrations, 220pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0806122153 First published in 1944 as "the first full and authoritative account of...", (Order No: 3047 ), $8.00
3. Avery, C. Louise, AN EXHIBITION OF EARLY NEW YORK SILVER, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, (1931), 104 B&W plates follow text, 20pp text, good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of an exhibition held from December 8, 1931, through January 31, 1932. Only 1,000 copies of this catalogue were printed., (Order No: 9468 ), $30.00
4. Bainbridge, Henry Charles, PETER CARL FABERGE: GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLER TO THE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL COURT, Spring Books, London, orig pub 1949, over 130 B&W and color ill., 167pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), "His Life and Work.", (Order No: 929 ), $5.00
5. Banister, Judith, ENGLISH SILVER, Paul Hamlyn, London, (1969), 71 plates in color, 157pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Good pictorial overview., (Order No: 647 ), $4.50
6. Buhler, Kathryn C., PAUL REVERE, GOLDSMITH 1735-1818, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956, 65 halftone illustrations, good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 6205 ), $7.00
7. Buhler, Kathryn C., AMERICAN SILVER FROM THE COLONIAL PERIOD THROUGH THE EARLY REPUBLIC IN THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM - [WORCESTER MASSACHUSETTS], Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, (1979), B&W illustrations, 96pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the distinguished collection of American Silver at The Worcester Art Museum., (Order No: 56511 ), $17.50
8. Burgess, Fred W., SILVER: PEWTER: SHEFFIELD PLATE, Tudor Publishing Co., New York, 1947, 85 B&W illustrations, 304pp, good, green cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 658 ), $5.00
9. Came, Richard, SILVER, Octopus Books, London, (1972), 124 B&W and color ill., 96pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0706400399 First published in 1961., (Order No: 659 ), $3.50
10. Clarke, Hermann Frederick, JOHN HULL: A BUILDER OF THE BAY COLONY, Southworth-Anthoensen Press, Portland, ME, 1940 1st ed, 15 B&W plates, marks ill., 222pp, very good++, brown cloth, teg (hardcover), Limited to 500 copies. Part of the series of monographs concerning the work of the early colonial craftsmen. The span of John Hull's life was almost coincident with that of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he took part in almost every event of historical importance during the vital years from 1650 to his death in 1683. Hull was a goldsmith and silversmith during his lifetime., (Order No: 28507 ), $275.00
11. Cripps, Wilfred Joseph, OLD ENGLISH PLATE: ECCLESIASTICAL, DECORATIVE, AND DOMESTIC: ITS MAKERS AND MARKS, Spring Books, London, (1967), B&W illustrations, 540pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1878. Franklin 5091., (Order No: 670 ), $9.50
12. Cutten, George Barton and Cutten, Minnie Warren, THE SILVERSMITHS OF UTICA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF THEIR SILVER AND THEIR MARKS, published by the authors, Hamilton, NY, 1936, B&W illustrations, 67pp, good+, silver cloth spine (hardcover) wear to top corners, Limited to 257 copies, signed by the authors. Franklin 4936. Covers period of 1799 to 1850. Scarce. NOTE - paper covered boards with fading as usual., (Order No: 27144 ), $175.00
13. Ensko, Stephen G. C., AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS - THE DEFINITIVE (1948) EDITION, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1983), B&W illustrations, 287pp, good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486244288, (Order No: 668 ), $12.50
14. Ensko, Stephen G. C., AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS II, pub by author, New York City, 1937, B&W illustrations, 82pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 883 ), $14.50
15. Ensko, Stephen G. C. & Wenham, Edward, ENGLISH SILVER 1675-1825, Robert Ensko, Inc., New York, 1937, B&W illustrations, 109pp, good, maroon cloth (no dustjacket) - small bump front board, Covers all types of pieces, ten pages of assay marks. Franklin 5109., (Order No: 949 ), $7.50
16. Fales, Martha Gandy, EARLY AMERICAN SILVER FOR THE CAUTIOUS COLLECTOR, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1970) 1st ed, 250 B&W ill., 329pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Franklin 4948 - best on subject. In 1973 revised and enlarged and published as "Early American Silver.", (Order No: 5811 ), $25.00
17. French, Hollis (foreword by Kathryn C. Buhler), JACOB HURD AND HIS SONS NATHANIEL & BENJAMIN: SILVERSMITHS 1702-1781, The Walpole Society, Boston, MA, 1939 1st ed, color frontis, 28 B&W plates, 148pp, very good++, green cloth, teg (hardcover), Limited to 250 copies. Fascinating and detailed look at this colonial craftsman family, their silver and its marks, engravings, bookplates, and more., (Order No: 28515 ), $250.00
18. Garrelick, Renee, STERLING SEASONS: THE REED & BARTON STORY, Reed & Barton Corporation, Taunton, MA, 1998, B&W and color illustrations, 168pp, fine w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0966326105 The Reed & Barton story is a formative part of our cultural heritage and industrial history., (Order No: 54434 ), $20.00
19. Gourley, Hugh J. (introduction by), THE NEW ENGLAND SILVERSMITH, Rhode Island School Design, n.p., 1965, B&W illustrations, unpaginated, very good+, wraps (softcover), An Exhibition of New England Silver from the Mid-Seventeenth Century to the Present Selected from New England Collection, held at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design from October 23 to November 28, 1965., (Order No: 41788 ), $25.00
20. Gregg, Richard N. (foreword by), FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE ENGLISH SILVER COFFEE POTS, Paine Art Center, Oshkosh, WI, 1963, B&W illustrations, 87pp, very good, wraps (softcover), Catalogue of the exhibition held September 26 to October 31, 1963., (Order No: 47506 ), $10.00
21. Hackenbroch, Yvonne, ENGLISH AND OTHER SILVER IN THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION - REVISED EDITION, Metropolitain Museum of Art, New York, (1969), over 200 B&W plates, 115pp of text, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), First published in 1963., (Order No: 665 ), $30.00
22. Hammerslough, Philip H. and Feigenbaum, Rita F., AMERICAN SILVER COLLECTED BY PHILIP H. HAMMERSLOUGH - VOLUME IV, Privately Printed, Hartford, CT, 1973, B&W illustrations, 143pp, very good+, gray spine w/gray paper covered boards (hardcover), Limited to 350 copies. The final volume of this exceptional collection., (Order No: 28508 ), $95.00
23. Hauck, Alice H. R. (introduction by), AMERICAN SILVER 1670-1830: THE CORNELIUS C. MOORE COLLECTION AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE, Providence College, Providence, RI, 1980, 189 B&W plates, 151pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0917012186 One of a limited edition of 1,000. A wonderfully illustrated catalog of the collection., (Order No: 8816 ), $50.00
24. Hood, Graham, AMERICAN SILVER: A HISTORY OF STYLE, 1650-1900, Praeger Publishers, New York, (1971), 286 B&W illustrations, 256pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), In this authoritative survey, Graham Hood, Director of Collections at Colonial Williamsburg, traces the history of style in American silver, from the lovely, simple seventeenth-century cups and beakers and the marvelously ornamental Baroque and Rococo pieces to the handsome, varied products of the nineteenth century., (Order No: 671 ), $7.50
25. Hughes, Eleanor, SILVER FOR COLLECTORS, Hamlyn Publishing Group, London, (1974), B&W and color illustrations, 159pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0600380602, (Order No: 45247 ), $4.50
26. Kauffman, Henry J., THE COLONIAL SILVERSMITH: HIS TECHNIQUES & HIS PRODUCTS, Thomas Nelson, Camden, NJ, (1969) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 176pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 3340 ), $10.00
27. McFadden, David Revere (essays by) and Clark, Mark A. (entries by), TREASURES FOR THE TABLE: SILVER FROM THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM, Hudson Hills Press, New York, (1989) 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 117pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 1555950116 This volume presents seventy-nine masterworks of silver dating from 1572 to 1956 and originating in England, Ireland, France, Germany, Denmark, Russia, and America. Selected from the great collection of the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia, the objects range from a George I tea caddy to an art deco cocktail shaker., (Order No: 29454 ), $20.00
28. Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Halsey, R. T. Haines (note on Early New York Silversmiths by), CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION OF SILVER OF SILVER USED IN NEW YORK NEW JERSEY AND THE SOUTH, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1911, over 30 B&W illustrations, very good, rebound in wraps with original wraps covers laid on, Catalogue of the exhibition held from November 6 to December 31, 1911. 85pp of text, followed by three addenda to page 97. We have had the original fragile wraps replaced by new softcovers and spine with the original front and rear covers laid back on., (Order No: 30989 ), $125.00
29. Oman, Charles, ENGLISH DOMESTIC SILVER - THIRD EDITION, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1949 3rd ed, B&W illustrations, 232pp, very good, rust colored cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), First published in 1934., (Order No: 37352 ), $12.50
30. Phillips, John Marshall, AMERICAN SILVER, Chanticleer Press, New York, (1949), 70 B&W and color ill., 128pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Part of American Craft Series. Traces rise and development of silversmith and his craft in America. Discusses all styles., (Order No: 744 ), $7.50
31. Phillips, John Marshall, EARLY AMERICAN SILVER SELECTED FROM THE MABEL BRADY GARVAN COLLECTION YALE UNIVERSITY, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, (1960), 27 B&W plates, unpaginated, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41935 ), $15.00
32. Pleasants, J. Hall and Sill, Howard, MARYLAND SILVERSMITHS 1715-1830, Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, MD, 1930, B&W illustrations, 324pp, good+, bright black cloth spine, paper covered boards, teg, "With Illustrations of Their Silver and Their Marks and with a Facsimile of the Design Book of William Faris." The first edition published in Baltimore in 1930 in a single edition of 300 copies., (Order No: 582 ), $375.00
33. Presented as a Joint Effort by E. Harold Hugo and Thompson R. Harlow, ABEL BUELL A JACK OF ALL TRADES, & GENIUS EXTRAORDINARY: HIS LIFE AND TRIALS, Timothy Press, Meriden, CT, 1955, fold-out plate, B&W ill., 7pp, very good++, wraps (softcover) 1/2 closed tear front cover, "...ILLUSTRATED BY SOME OF HIS WORKS A CHART AND A WRITING SHEET WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT MADE FROM THE ORIGINAL COPIES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY." Printed as Keepsake Number 56 of THE COLUMBIAND CLUB at the Timothy Press, Meriden, Connecticut, and Presented as a Joint Effort by E. Harold Hugo and Thompson R. Harlow. "Printed in an Edition of 102 Copies of Which 35 are for The Columbiad Club. This is No. 45." UNCOMMON., (Order No: 54343 ), $175.00
34. Snowman, A. Kenneth (foreword by Sacheverell Sitwell; appendix by F. J. B. Watson), EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GOLD BOXES OF EUROPE, Boston Book and Art Shop, Boston, (1966), 750 B&W and color ill., 192pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), Provides a carefully documented and profusely illustrated history of European gold boxes, principally of the eighteenth century, and discusses in detail the many beautiful materials used in conjunction withn fold, and the various techniques of their manufacture and decoration., (Order No: 26224 ), $50.00
35. Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., MENTMORE: VOLUME TWO - CATALOGUE OF WORKS OF ART AND SILVER, Sotheby's, London, 1977, B&W and color illustrations, 350pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Contents of Mentmore, Buckinghamshire sold on behalf of the Esteate of the late 6th Earl of Rosebeery and his family. Brochure of estate and estimate sheet laid in., (Order No: 48448 ), $20.00
36. Sotheby's, FINE ENGLISH, CONTINENTAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN SILVER - SALE 6005 FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990, Sotheby's, New York, 1990, B&W and color illustrations, very good++, wraps (softcover), 465 auctions lots of fine silver., (Order No: 56257 ), $10.00
37. Sotheby's, IMPORTANT ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL SILVER - SALE 6161, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1991, Sotheby's, New York, 1991, B&W and color illustrations, very good+, wraps (softcover), 331 fine auction lots., (Order No: 56258 ), $10.00
38. Teahan, John (catalogue by), THE DR. KURT TICHER DONATION OF IRISH SILVER TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF IRELAND, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, n.d., B&W illustrations, 95pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0901777145 Airgead Eireannach a bhronn an Dr. Kurt Ticher ar Ard-Mhusaeum na hEireann., (Order No: 37390 ), $35.00
39. Teahan, John, IRISH SILVER - RECENT ACQUISITIONS, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 1981, sepia toned illustrations, 56pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 37391 ), $45.00
40. Teahan, John, IRISH SILVER: A GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION, National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 1979, B&W illustrations, 77pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 37392 ), $45.00
41. The Meriden Britannia Co. (with a new introduction by Edmund P. Hogan), THE MERIDEN BRITANNIA SILVER-PLATE TREASURY - THE COMPLETE CATALOG OF 1886-7 WITH 3,200 ILLUSTRATIONS, Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1982), B&W illustrations, 451pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486243648 An unabridged republication of The Meriden Britannia Co. catalog of silver and silver-plate household items for the years 1886-7 which has come to be recognized as one of the nonpareil primary sources of authentic Victorian silver design., (Order No: 56761 ), $65.00
42. Ward, Barbara McLean & Ward, Gerald W. R. (editors), SILVER IN AMERICAN LIFE: SELECTIONS FROM THE MABEL BRADY GARVAN AND OTHER COLLECTIONS AT YALE UNIVERSITY, David R. Godine, Publisher, Boston, MA, (1979), 196 B&W and color ill., 193pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0879232889 This book seeks an understanding of the special and close relationship between silver and American life, examining silver in all its multifaceted nature and in as broad a humanistic context as possible., (Order No: 690 ), $20.00
43. Wenham, Edward, OLD SILVER FOR MODERN SETTINGS, G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, London, 1950, B&W figures and plates, 199pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Origins and purpose of hallmarks, traditions in silver objects in Tudor and Stuart times and uses today. Chapters on Scottish and Irish silver., (Order No: 645 ), $6.00
44. White, Margaret E. (Curator of Decorative Arts), AN INTRODUCTION TO SILVER: CATALOGUE OF AN EXHIBITION ON VIEW, OCTOBER 31, 1953 - MAY 9, 1954, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, (1953), B&W ill., 59pp, plates, good+, wraps (softcover), This is the second in a series of dictionary exhibitions designating types, styles, and techniques. Examples of European and American silver have been assembled to show social usage, methods of construction, changing styles, and the development of certain familiar forms., (Order No: 34783 ), $35.00
45. Williams, Carl M., SILVERSMITHS OF NEW JERSEY 1700-1825; WITH SOME NOTICE OF CLOCKMAKERS WHO WERE ALSO SILVERSMITHS, George S. MacManus Co., Philadelphia, 1949, B&W illustrations, 164pp, good, blue cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 860 ), $75.00