Here you can read about the 57 books about silver and silversmiths that were in stock on January 14, 2008, at Ray Boas, Bookseller in Walpole, New Hampshire. We have a separate page for Pewter and other Metals. If you spot a title or titles you need, make a note of the (Order No[s].), and follow this link to place your order at any time. Thank you, RAY
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, (1975) 10th ptg, B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0806101334 First published in 1944 as "the first full and authoritative account of...", (Order No: 3047 ), $10.00
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. Avery, C. Louise (with a preface by R. T. H. Halsey), AMERICAN SILVER OF THE XVII & XVIII CENTURIES: A STUDY BASED ON THE CLEARWATER COLLECTION, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1920, B&W illustrations, 216pp, good+, blue buckram cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB w/usual markings, Contents include: American Silver--General Notes on its History and Technique; Evolution of Some of the Principal Forms--Beakers, Tankards, Mugs, Caudle-cups, Porringers, Pots for Tea, Coffee, and Chocolate, Cream-jugs, Spoons, Buckles; Classic Mouldings in American Silver; Bibliography; The Clearwater Collection- -First Period: about 1640-1710, Second Period: about 1700-1740, Third Period: about 1730-1775, Fourth Period: about 1770-1810, Fifth Period: first half of the nineteenth century., (Order No: 34530 ), $85.00
5. 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
6. 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
7. Barquist, David L. (with essays by Jon Butler and Jonathan D. Sarna), MYER MYERS: JEWISH SILVERSMITH IN COLONIAL NEW YORK, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, (2001), B&W and color illustrations, 303pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0300090579 Based upon an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles; this catalogue presents works from Myer's workshop in conjunction with essays by eminent authorities on his life and times, all of which shed light on significant themes and events in American culture and history., (Order No: 36649 ), $50.00
8. Belden, Louise Conway, MARKS OF AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS IN THE INESON-BISSELL COLLECTION, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, (1980) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 506pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) slight cant to bookblock, ISBN 0813907985 This is a valuable reference to some 1,700 marks of American silversmiths. They were selected from the more than three thousand pieces of flatware that comprise the Ineson-Bissell Collection of Small Silver Objects in the Winterthur Museum, the larges and finest collection in the United States. By far the largest part consists of spoons, but there are also many knives, forks, tongs, and ladles, as well as an occasional snuffbox or pair of specticles. All were made by American silversmiths between 1670 and 1870., (Order No: 28505 ), $950.00
9. Bigelow, Francis; Buck, John H.; and Halsey, R. T. H., AMERICAN SILVER: THE WORK OF SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SILVERSMITHS, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1906, B&W plates follow text, 100pp, very good+, original wraps (softcover) covered in new cloth, Original catalogue of this exhibition held in 1906 which radically changed collectors view of American silver., (Order No: 38623 ), $125.00
10. Buhler, Kathryn C., PAUL REVERE, GOLDSMITH 1735-1818, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1956, 65 halftone illustrations, very good+, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 6205 ), $7.00
11. 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
12. 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
13. Clarke, Hermann Frederick (introduction by Hollis French), JOHN CONEY, SILVERSMITH 1655-1722, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, 1932 1st ed, 21 B&W plates, 92pp, very good, blue cloth, teg (hardcover), Limited to 365 copies., (Order No: 1454 ), $200.00
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. Ensko, Stephen G. C., AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS III, Robert Ensko, Inc., New York, 1948, B&W illustrations, 285pp, very good+, clay colored cloth (hardcover) in poor slipcase, (Order No: 27633 ), $30.00
21. 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
22. Flynt, Henry N., and Fales, Martha Gandy, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION COLLECTION OF SILVER, The Heritage Foundation, Old Deerfield, MA, 1968, over 100 B&W photos, 391pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), "With Biographical Sketches of New England Silversmiths, 1625-1825." Over 800 reproductions of the marks used by early New England silversmiths, and over 1,400 biographical sketches., (Order No: 661 ), $60.00
23. Fredyma, John J., A DIRECTORY OF CONNECTICUT SILVERSMITHS AND WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS, published by the authors, Hanover, NH, (1973), 60pp, fine, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 41984 ), $35.00
24. 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
25. 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
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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 ), $150.00
29. 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
30. Hipkiss, Edwin J., THE PHILIP LEFFINGWELL SPALDING COLLECTION OF EARLY AMERICAN SILVER, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1943, B&W illustrations, 84pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) couple small chips on dj, "Philip Leffingwell Spalding's collection of fifty pieces by thirty craftsmen contains some made by men who worked in Boston in the latter half of of the eighteenth century and some made by other than local craftsmen, but it is above all notable for its thirty-two pieces made by sixteen men of New England who were born in the seventeenth century.", (Order No: 28509 ), $125.00
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. Kolter, Jane B. (editor), EARLY AMERICAN SILVER AND ITS MAKERS, Mayflower Books, New York, (1979) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 160pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0831725362 Anthology of the finest writing and research published over the past 55 years in The Magazine Antiques. 39 articles in four sections: Form and Ornament in Early Silver; New England Silver and Its Makers; New York State, The Mingling of Traditions; and, Some Silversmiths in the Quaker City., (Order No: 537 ), $14.50
35. Leighton, Margaretha Gebelein (a biographical sketch by) (in collaboration with Esther Gebelein Swain & J. Herbert Gebelein), GEORGE CHRISTIAN GEBELEIN: BOSTON SILVERSMITH, 1878-1945, Published by the author, Boston, MA, 1976, B&W illustrations, 118pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) SOME PENCIL MARKS, This biographical sketch covers the highlights in the life and career of the Boston silversmith George Christian Gebelein., (Order No: 47024 ), $35.00
36. Maryon, Herbert, METALWORK AND ENAMELLING: A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON GOLD AND SILVERSMITHS' WORK AND THEIR ALLIED CRAFTS -- FIFTH REVISED ED., Dover Publications, Inc., New York, (1971), B&W illustrations, 335pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0486227022 First published in 1912., (Order No: 52155 ), $5.00
37. 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
38. McLanathan, Richard B. K. (foreword by), COLONIAL SILVERSMITHS, MASTERS & APPRENTICES, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1956, 126 B&W ill. follow text, 98pp of text, good, blue cloth spine (hardcover) - light wear, (Order No: 43674 ), $20.00
39. 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
40. Miller, V. Isabelle, SILVER BY NEW YORK MAKERS LATE 17TH CENTURY TO 1900, Museum of the City of NY, New York, (1937), B&W illustrations, 72pp, good, wraps (softcover), small chips covers, An Exhibit Sponsored by the Women's Committee of The Museum of the City of New York December 7, 1937 to January 17, 1938. Limited to 1,000 copies., (Order No: 28726 ), $50.00
41. 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
42. Phillips, John Marshall, AMERICAN SILVER, Max Parrish & Co., London, (1949), 70 B&W and color ill., 128pp, good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), Part of American Craft Series. Traces rise and development of silversmith and his craft in America. Discusses all styles., (Order No: 744 ), $10.00
43. Phillips, John Marshall (introduction by); The Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University, MASTERPIECES OF NEW ENGLAND SILVER 1650-1800 - ART IN NEW ENGLAND, Gallery of Fine Arts - Yale, New Haven, CT, 1939, 15 B&W plates, 97pp of text, good, wraps (softcover), "An Exhibition held June 18 through September 10, 1939.", (Order No: 28727 ), $22.50
44. 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
45. 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
46. Rainwater, Dorothy T., AMERICAN SILVER MANUFACTURERS: THEIR MARKS, TRADEMARKS, AND HISTORY, Everybodys Press, Hanover, PA, (1966) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 223pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 806 ), $15.00
47. Rosenbaum, Jeanette W., MYER MYERS, GOLDSMITH: 1723-1795, Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia, 5714-1954, B&W illustrations, 141pp, very good+, clay colored cloth (hardcover), This important compilation of the life and work of Myer Myers offers a new chapter in the fascinating and constantly growing interest in the field of Early American Silversmithing., (Order No: 28511 ), $35.00
48. 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
49. 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
50. 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
51. 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
52. 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
53. Townsend, Horace, A HANDFUL OF SILVER: SIX STORIES OF SILVERSMITHS, The Gorham Company, New York, 1902, ill. by Alex M. McLellan, 146pp, good, gilt decorated vellum w/slight spine darkening (hardcover), Chapters include: IN DISTANT AGES BORN. HOW THE BLIND SINGER OPENED THE EYES OF THE SILVERSMITH TO ALL THE BEAUTIES OF THE COMMON LIFE.; THE GIRDLE OF CLEOPATRA. WHICH TO HIS SORROW NEKU THE SILVERSMITH WROUGHT FOR HER IN HER GLORIOUS CITY OF ALEXANDRIA.; IN OLD NUREMBERG. A STORY OF YOUTH AND AGE, SHOWING HOW THE EMPEROR'S PRIZE WAS LOST AND AFTERWARDS WAS WON AGAIN; THE SILVER CRUCIFIX. CHAPTER CXXIX BOOK FIRST OF HIS LIFE TRANSLATED FROM THE ITALIAN OF MESSER BENVENUTO CELLINI; and, A PRINCE OF SILVERSMITHS. HOW MAXTLA THE HIGH PRIEST ASKED OF MONTEZUMA HIS BEST AND HIS DEAREST AS A GIFT TO THE GODS., (Order No: 29178 ), $25.00
54. 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
55. 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
56. 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
57. 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 w/light wear and fading (hardcover), (Order No: 860 ), $135.00