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Thomsen, C J. SUR LES BRACTEATES EN OR ET SUR LE PREMIER EMPLOI DE BRACTEATES COMME MONNAIES
Copenhague. 1857 first edition. Extracted and separately bound from Memoires de la Societe Royale des Antiquaires du Nord 1850-1860. octavo. later plain wraps. pp. 203-330. In French. VG plus. no owner marks. Bracteates are single-sided gold medals worn as jewelry in Germanic Iron Age. No illustrations, as issued. (a101881)
$65.00jewelry. SUPERB DIAMOND, EMERALD, RUBY & SAPPHIRE JEWELRY AND ORIENTAL PEARLS - COLLECTION OF MRS. A HAMILTON RICE
NY 1965 first edition. Parke Bernet auction catalogue. sm4to wraps. 111p. 378 items. Fully illustrated with bw photo illus. Good plus, text fine; cover frayed on edges and lightly soiled. (a103080)
$59.00Parke Bernet. VALUABLE PRECIOUS STONE JEWELRY; UNSET DIAMONDS - catalogue 1933
NY 1959 first edition. Parke Bernet Galleries. octavo wraps. From estates of Murel McCormick Hubbard and Gertrude Corbitt. Diamonds from collection of Albert mendel. 59p. 256 items. BW photo illus. VG no owner marks. (a103149)
$35.00Sotheby's. THE MANDALAY RUBY
NY 1988 first edition. 4to. wraps. Shiny bold blue cove with gilt lettering. Map, brief text and two fullpage glossy color photos of the Ruby. Fine. (a103507)
$25.00Quick, Lelande and Hugh Leiper. GEMCRAFT - HOW TO CUT AND POLISH GEMSTONES
Philadelphia 1966 Chilton. Hardcover 4to. Turquoise cloth. 189p. Man bw photo illus. near Fine in VG dj. (a104063)
$24.00( Fine Jewelry ) Sotheby, Parke Bernet . IMPORTANT CONTEMPORARY AND ART DECO JEWELRY AND OBJETS DE VERTU - April 1982
NY. 1982 first edition. Sotheby's. sm4to; wraps; photo illustrated in bw and color . No owner marks. VG just light cover wear. (a105726)
$29.00Sotheby Parke Bernet. FINE JEWELRY - SALE NUMBER 4549
NY February 1981. Auction catalogue. square sm4to wraps. 337 items. Fully illustrated. Near Fine. No owner marks. (a106592)
$30.00 Szeligowska, I. M. . L'ART DECORATIF ETRUSQUE
Cracovie 1938 L'Universite. Bulletin International Supp. 4. Statuary, jewelry, relief sculpture, etc. In French. 8vo., 95pp., 32 photo plates, wraps. Good-frayed and chipped on edges. (a18416)
$28.00 Mozsolics, Amalia . DER GOLDFUND VON VELEM-SZENTVID
Basel 1950 Prometheus. Ein Beitrag zur Metallkunst der alteren Hallstaffzeit. Eastern European prehistoric gold jewelry. In German. 4to., 44pp., 17 photo plates, wraps. Good, some spine wear. (a30880)
$35.00(jewelry). M. FABRIKANT & SONS
NY 1989. Jewelry Catalogue. Hardcover. 4to., 120pp., fully illustrated in rich color, cloth. Near Fine in VG plus DJ. no owner marks; text Fine. (a36721)
$32.00 Knopp, Werner (editor) . SPIEGELUNGEN
Stuttgart 1986. In German. 19 essays on painting, prints, music, jewelry, decorative arts etc. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 384pp., illustrations, boards. Fine in VG DJ, a few small chips. (a39519)
$28.00 (jewelry) . TIFFANY & CO. 1969-1970
NY 1969. 12mo., 161pp., all color illustrations, stiff wraps. Good plus, light wear. (a44645)
$35.00 (jewellers) . HISTORY OF THE JEWELERS' SECURITY ALLIANCE OF THE US 1883-1958 75TH ANNIVERSARY 1883-1958
1958 Jewelers' Security Alliance. 8vo., 147pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a4671)
$30.00(chinese jewelry). CHINESE JEWELRY A PICTURE BOOK
New York 1944 1st Metropolitan Museum of Art. Sm.4to., brief text in English with 22 bw photo plates of unusual and beautiful Chinese Jewelry, hardcover. Good, light cover wear, light staining on inner margin of final pages and rear cover panel not affecting text. Scarce title. (a61731)
$23.00 Rau, Charles . THE STOCK-IN-TRADE OF AN ABORIGINAL LAPIDARY (MISSISSIPPI)
Washington 1878 GPO. Offprint from Smithsonian Report for 1877. Octavo, 9pp., 2 plates of carved Jasper Ornaments from Mississippi, original printed wraps. Good, wraps chipping on edges. (a62070)
$29.00Traeger, Friedrich Moritz. UNENTBEHRLICHES TASCHENBUCH FUR GOLD UND SILBERARBEITER, GURTLER UND PLATTIRER
Stuttgart 1844 Adolph Krabbe. Eine sammlung pratisch erpropter Recepte mit Abhandlung uber die Eignschaften und den Giebrauch sammtlicher Metalle. In German. 12mo., 147pp., original marbled boards. Pencil scribble on end papers. Lacks rear free blank. Fair, spine and cover quite worn, text foxed but legible. Binding secure, rear blank end paper gone; pencil notation inside rear board. No other ownership marks. Scarce, possibly even rare. (a65670)
$275.00 Felice, Carlo A. . L'OREFICERIA
Milano 1927 1st Casa Editrice Ceschina. Enciclopedia delle moderne Arti Decorative Italiane IV. Glorious gold artwork and jewelry. In Italian. 4to., 115pp., photo plates, ivory-colored linen cloth hardcover. VG plus, light bit of rubbing on rear cover, corners gently bumped. (a67117)
$200.00 Chanel . CHANEL JOAILLERIE
Chanel no date. (1980s? latest date mentioned in text is 1932 but more likely a later reprint). In French. Hardcover. Thin 12mo., 45pp., color and monochrome photo illustrations by Roger Schall of Chanel Jewelry. High gloss white cover. All edges brightly gilt. Fine. Housed in original white box. Box is Good, lightly foxed and lightly soiled but not worn. (a70907)
$49.00 (gems) . A HIGHLY IMPORTANT RUBY, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
1990. Sold at Christie's, London, 20 June 1990. 4to., 24p., color illustrations original wraps. VG, top corner bumped throughout. (a70996)
$35.00(belt plates). ACCOUTREMENT BELT PLATES
London 1972 Tiffany & Company. Octavo, about 70pp., photo illustrations of belt buckles including from the American Civil War, Wells Fargo, Levi Strauss, Hospitals for Criminally Insane, and so on, wraps. Some buckles are recent strikes using original dies, others apparently are copies. VG. (a72606)
$29.00 (watches, jewelry) . GOWANS & SONS, BUFFALO, N Y BROCHURE ADVERTISING SOAPS, SILVERWARE, WATCHES, JEWELRY, KNIVES , SCISSORS, BOOKS
Buffalo c. 1880. 6 x 3.5 inches, 24pp., illustrations, original printed pale yellow wraps. Products decribed and priced. Front cover: Read this little book carefully. It is filled with good things and you cannot afford to miss a word. Good plus, small closed tear on front. Very Scarce. (a73680)
$75.00 (diamonds) . A MAGNIFICENT PEAR-SHAPED DIAMOND
New York 1988. Sotheby Auction, Tuesday April 19, 1988. 4to., 24pp., color photo illustrations, glossy red wraps. Fine. (a78734)
$29.00 (fountain pens) . SALE OF THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF FOUNTAIN PENS OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE MALLIN THE PENMAN AND FOUNTAINS PENS FROM SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES
London 1980 Christies. Octavo, 26pp., 3 pages of photo illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a79588)
$35.00 Skarbar, Viktor . FRUHMITTELALTERLICHE GRABERFUNDE IN UNTERHAIDEN BEI PETTAU
Wien 1912. In German. Article at pp. 335-339, one page photo illustrations of jewelry and 2 text maps, in the Mitteilungen der Anthropolioschen Gesellschft in Wien. Other articles in same issue. Sm.4to., later wraps. VG. (a84100a)
$35.00 Black, Starr & Frost . THROUGH ONE HUNDRED YEARS
New York City 1910 first edition Black, Starr & Frost. Published on the hundredtdh anniversary "of the oldet retail jewelry house in New York together with some facts as to its different departments." Hardcover. 12mo., 40p., frontis drawing of store, fourteen delicate mounted color illustrations of some of their products: watches, brooches, necklaces, watches, silverware, vases, pearls, etc., gilt printed boards with mounted leather label. Good plus with some light fraying on corners and spine ends. Not a modern reprint. (a84354)
$85.00Arneth. ARCHAEOLOGISCHE ANALEKTEN. UEBER EINEN IN UNGERN GEFUNDENEN SCHULTERSCHMUCK EINES ROMISCHEN KAISERS ZU KONSTANTINOPLE
Article in one complete issue of Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie philosophisch-Historiche Classe XII band. V heft - Mai. 1854 first edition. Braumuller. Original tans printed octavo wraps. Arneth article on pp. 690-700 with 3 plates, 2 foldout and one in color (both of these showing a front and back view of fancy jewelry pin used to secure garment on man's shoulder. Complete issue paginated 671-723. In German. Near Good . Cover chipped on edges and cover very toned; uncut. no owner marks. Binding secure; text clean. (a95299b)
$39.00Metropolitan Museum of Art. NEAR EASTERN JEWELRY - A PICTURE BOOK
New York 1944 first edition. Met. 4to wraps. 22 items photo illustrated. Good, light foxing throughout. Binding secure; no tears. Jewelry of Peria, Sumeria, India, Turkey. (a96434)
$25.00. I GIOIELLI DI CIPANGO IL FASCINO D'ESSERE UNICI
Galleria Caviglia Maroggia. 1998. octavo folding wraps. Collection of 16 individual cards , each with color illustration of jewelry, held in folding case. VG plus, light soiling and wear on folding case. Text in Italian. (a97809)
$45.00