Directory of the Historic Cabinet Woods by F. Lewis Hinckley, First Edition

The White House, It's Historic Furnishings & First Families by Betty C. Monkman. New York: Abbeville Press, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 320 pp. A beautiful coffee table book about The White House. It showcases the historic furniture and decorative accessories, including silver, glass, porcelain, and textiles, along with purchasing habits of the first families. The book tells how Theodore Roosevelt swept away all traces of the 19th century interiors including a Tiffany glass screen that spanned the entrance hall. It reveals documents about James Monroe ordering precious objects from France in 1817, and why presidents after this were encouraged to restrict their purchases to American products...

A picture history of English pottery by Griselda Lewis. London: Hulton Press, 1956. First edition hardcover with no dust jacket. A history of pottery in England with 418 illustrated examples. It includes pieces with a simple crudity and rustic simplicity to pieces of extreme sophistication. The book covers periods from the first Bronze Age to post WWII with an emphasis on the humorous quality of many. There are medieval jugs...

Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis. Harcourt, Brace, and Company, New York, 1927. First edition hardcover with facsimile dust jacket. 432 pp. First issue binding with G resembling a C on...

The Furniture of Historic Deerfield by Dean A. Fales, Jr. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, Inc., 1976. Signed first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 294 pp. A beautiful book on the antique...

Historic Deerfield, A Portrait of Early America. New York: Dutton Studio Books, 1992. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 206 pp. A book on historic Deerfield Massachusetts. The town was founded in 1669 by prosperous farmers who lined the mile long main street with architecturally significant houses. A lot of these house are now museums filled with American paintings, furniture, silver, and ceramics. The describes the rescue and restoration of Deerfield village building by building. Buildings include: The Allen House...

A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen by F. Lewis Hinckley. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1971. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This is a controversial book that presents evidence to show that furniture long considered English in origin was actually designed and produced in Dublin. 467 illustrations. Includes an Index: Bookcases, Furniture, Tables, Armchairs, Antiques, Badminton House...

AUTHOR: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge: (Lewis Carroll). TITLE: Through The Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There. PUBLISHER: London: Macmillan & Co., 1872. DESCRIPTION: PRE-...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. First edition. Il...

Presenting a gloriously rare book …. The Return of Tarzan First Edition by Edgar Rice Burroughs Grosset & Dunlap 1st Edition. Very good +, squa...

First edition a song of The English by Rudyard Kipling. Original blue cloth with front cover pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. edition of illustrated work by Robi...

AUTHOR: TOLKIEN, J. R. R. TITLE: The Hobbit or There and Back Again. PUBLISHER: London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1937. DESCRIPTION: FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING. 1 vol., 7-11/16...

Forsyth, Frederick. The Day of the Jackal. New York: Viking Press, [1971]. First American edition. Signed and inscribed by Forsyth on the title page....