Decorative Arts from David W. Bowers Books

London: Batsford, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy of this scarce and standard work. Some discoloration of front and rear flyleaf. Minor shelf wear. Top of pages gilded. Original charcoal grey boards with gilt lettering. Clean interior with no foxing. Pp. xv, 268, with 441 illustrations.

Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Volume 54 of the Pennsylvania German Society. Illustrated with 24 color plates. No dj, as published. No internal markings.

Philadelphia (London): Henry Carey Baird, Industrial Publisher (Sampson Low, Son & Marston), 1876. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good. This is the very scarce first American edition of this work. Remarkably well preserved copy in dark red embossed cloth covers with gilt-lettered spine. Light wear to top and bottom of spine. Inside very clean with only a small… Read more about this item

New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1909. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Previous owner's names on the front flyleaf, otherwise unmarked. Burgundy cloth covers with gilt embossed design on front cover. Minor shelf wear. Tops of pages gilded.

London: Batsford Ltd, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Maroon cloth with gilt spine titles. Minor foxing. Front cover with slight crease.

London: Charles Knight & Company, 1837. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Blue-green gilt cloth covers in good condition but separating from body of text. Interior clean with very little foxing. Tears between cover and spine about one inch in at top and bottom, but no loss to spine. Early inscription on the front flyleaf. A scarce work.

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. This work establishes the origin and development of the Rococo style that emerged in France in 1700 and dominated Europe until the end of the century. A very good copy, clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is in only fair condition with several tears.

Salem, MA: The Essex Institute, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Very scarce title. Previous owner's signature and some foxing.

Boston: Special Publications, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Brown cloth with black lettering and photo set into front cover. No jacket, as published. As new condition.

Boston: Special Publications, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition, limited to 2000 copies. Red cloth covers with gilt titling. Fine, except for slight fading to spine. Slipcase very good, with minor rubbing and chipping to edges and corners.

New York: Deerfield Books, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. An illustrated history of the Windsor family of chairs and related pieces.

London: Batsford, 1953. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/good +. A record of 2500 cabinetmakers, upholsterers, carvers and gilders with their addresses and working dates illustrated by 165 reproductions of trade cards. Fine, in dj with several small tears.

London: John Tiranti & Co., 1937. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/very good. A Facsimile reprint of the 1765 pattern book. First edition thus. Fine, in slightly faded dj.

London: Batsford Ltd, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 250 out of a total printing of 1000, specially printed on large paper and bound in red half morocco. A review of the shop signs employed in the 17th and 18th centuries, compiled from the author's collection of trade cards and billheads. Some shelf wear and minor… Read more about this item

London: Alec Tiranti, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. This work collects and discusses Johnson's surviving published designs including those from Genteel Household Furniture (1762). Fine condition in very good priced-clipped jacket.

Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good decorative hardcover. No internal markings. Minor scuffing and soiling to covers.

London: Collins, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue Cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Pp. 322, fully illustrated with 48 plates in color and 152 illustrations in black and white. Includes essays on British Craftsmen, British Furniture Makers, English Glass, English Pottery and Porcelain, British Clocks and Clock makers, English Popular and Traditional Art. Decorative dust… Read more about this item

New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., 1978. First American edition. Hardcover. Fine. Published in association with Christie's. Two volumes in slipcase. No internal markings. In as new condition.

Winterthur, DE: The Winterthur Museum, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Fine. An exhibition catalog of American folk art. Nicely illustrated throughout.

Winchester: Warren and Son, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Previous owner's inscription on the flyleaf, otherwise fine condition.