Old Textiles: First Edition (12 results)

Language: English
Published by Sotheby & Co. Sotheby's., London, England. 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tony Hutchinson, Seale, , United KingdomTony Hutchinson
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Cover and first page have lines drawn across them but otherwise interior generally good and clean. Rusting to staples. staining to cover. 179 lots. No illustrations, 9.5 x 6 inch. See my other listings for more similar catalogs, reduced postage offered on multiple orders.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.Bookplate
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Internally clean, unmarked, sharp corners, firm hinges with just a slight slant to block. DJ in VG condition. BP/Textiles/Hungarian.
More imagesPublished by Old Sturbridge Booklet Series, Sturbridge 1966
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA
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Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Varying lengths, staple-bound in illustrated wraps. Near Fine with previous owner's name on title page.
More imagesPublished by Dominic Winter Auctioneers, South Cerney, U.K 2023
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter Rhodes, Southampton, United KingdomPeter Rhodes
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback Edition. 270 x 215mm. pp. 235. English text. Catalogue for a sale entitled 'British and European Paintings, Old Master & Modern Prints, Artworks from Downside Abbey, Antiques & Historic Textiles' held by Dominic Winter Auctioneers in South Cerney on the 20th and 21st of July 2023. Inclu…des some Chinese works of art. Colour illustrations. Bound in original pictorial card covers. Covers and pages clean. Binding strong. No marking to lots. See images. Auction Catalogue.
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Published by American Art Association, New York 1930
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antique Emporium, Eau Claire, WI, U.S.A.Antique Emporium
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to auction catalog in tan paper wraps. Very good with good spine. 770 lots with illustrations.

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- First Edition
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, , United KingdomMarcus Campbell Art Books
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Paperback. Condition: Near fine in wraps. First Edition. 18 x 26cm 64pp stapled wrappers with some illustrations. Exhibition catalogue.
Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, New York 1958
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 7 inches by 10.25 inches. [8], 103, [1] pages. [Sale Number 1796]. Illustrations. 604 an numbered items presented for sale. Text printed on front cover and spine. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library with usual library markings. Co…rnelius Francis Kelley's remarkable career with the Anaconda Copper Mining Company spanned more than 55 years. For 40 of those years, Con Kelley held top executive leadership positions, as President of the company from 1918 to 1940, as Chairman of the Board from 1940 to 1955, and as a member of the Executive Committee until the time of his death. During those years, Anaconda Copper renamed The Anaconda Company in 1955 expanded from its base in Butte, Montana, to become one of the world's dominant mining companies. Founded in 1914 by David Zork (1875-1957), the David Zork Company of Chicago, Illinois, was a retail and manufacturing business which manufactured mahogany and walnut reproductions and adaptations of colonial and Empire furniture. Zork's line consisted of antique furniture and reproductions made specifically for his shop as well as imported decorative accessories. . When Zork opened a new store in 1921, he claimed in an interview in Furniture Journal that "I go to a great deal of expense and trouble to get exquisite little things used in the home . to have what the other stores have not." The company continued until Zork's death in 1957. This is a sales catalog, describing each piece in a paragraph of detail, from a free public exhibition and auction. Parke-Bernet Galleries was an American auction house, active from 1937 to 1964, when Sotheby's purchased it. The company was founded by a group of employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. By 1964, the company was the largest auction house in America, with 115 employees and total sales of $11 million ($108 million in 2023). That year, Sotheby's purchased a controlling interest of 75% in the gallery for $1.5 million ($15 million in 2023). The company was founded in 1937, by a group of forty former employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. In January 1938, the first auction was held in a gallery at 742 Fifth Avenue. The next year, the company took over the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, consisting of the American Art Association and the Anderson Galleries (formerly Anderson Auction Company). Parke-Bernet oversaw the sale of the estate of Georges Lurcy, a prominent art collector, whose estate included works by Raoul Dufy, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The collection sold for over 2 million pounds in 1957, a record. Other customers of the company included Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Paul Mellon and Henry Ford II. Ford's purchase of La Serre by Renoir through Parke-Bernet was a world record. Parke-Bernet also oversaw the sale of the Mrs. Jonathan Amory Haskell's extensive Americana collection and the estate of Hagop Kevorkian, the Armenian archaeologist, antiquities dealer, and philanthropist whose foundation gave major contributions to support the study of the Near East and Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and Columbia University.
Published by Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc, New York 1958
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
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Wraps. Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. The format is approximately 6.25 inches by 9.5 inches. Covers worn and soiled, some spine and edge tears. [Sale Number 1799]. [6], 76 pages, [2], pages. Illustrations. 428 numbered items for sale. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Royal Worcester is a porc…elain brand based in Worcester, England. It was established in 1751 and is believed to be one of the oldest remaining English porcelain brand still in existence today, although this is disputed by Royal Crown Derby, which claims 1750 as its year of establishment. Royal Worcester remains in the luxury tableware and giftware market, although production in Worcester itself has ended. The Worcester Royal Porcelain Co. Ltd. (known as Royal Worcester) was formed in 1862, and although the company had a royal warrant of appointment from 1788, wares produced before that time, as well as those produced at two other factories in Worcester, are known as Worcester porcelain. The enterprise has followed the pattern of other leading English porcelain brands, with increasing success during the 18th and 19th centuries, then a decline during the 20th century. In eighteenth-century Europe, Parisian goldsmiths made a wide range of small, personal articles such as snuffboxes; étuis to hold sealing wax, tweezers, or utensils for sewing; souvenirs, which contained thin ivory tablets for note taking; and shuttles for knotting lace. Coveted and admired, these boxes were produced from a variety of materials. The best were skillfully made of gold and embellished with diamonds, enameled decoration, lacquer, and other luxurious materials. This is a auction public sale catalog, generally describing each piece in a brief paragraph of detail, from a free public exhibition and auction. Parke-Bernet Galleries was an American auction house, active from 1937 to 1964, when Sotheby's purchased it. The company was founded by a group of employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. By 1964, the company was the largest auction house in America, with 115 employees and total sales of $11 million ($108 million in 2023). That year, Sotheby's purchased a controlling interest of 75% in the gallery for $1.5 million ($15 million in 2023). The company was founded in 1937, by a group of forty former employees of the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A. Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift. In January 1938, the first auction was held in a gallery at 742 Fifth Avenue. The next year, the company took over the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries, consisting of the American Art Association and the Anderson Galleries (formerly Anderson Auction Company). Parke-Bernet oversaw the sale of the estate of Georges Lurcy, a prominent art collector, whose estate included works by Raoul Dufy, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The collection sold for over 2 million pounds in 1957, a record. Other customers of the company included Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Paul Mellon and Henry Ford II. Ford's purchase of La Serre by Renoir through Parke-Bernet was a world record. Parke-Bernet also oversaw the sale of the Mrs. Jonathan Amory Haskell's extensive Americana collection and the estate of Hagop Kevorkian, the Armenian archaeologist, antiquities dealer, and philanthropist whose foundation gave major contributions to support the study of the Near East and Middle East at the University of Pennsylvania, New York University, and Columbia University.
Published by International Textiles,, Amsterdam: 1950
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFolio. 212 pp. With 100s of text illustrations, plates, diagrams, photos (many in colour), 1 w/ tipped-in fabric sample of red velvet. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art by Jean Colin showing the European dove of peace dangling a tailoring manikin below while flying over the Americas, plexiglass spiral binding as issued (m…inor shelfwear, light soiling to fore-edges), still VG copy. First edition of this very rare installment of this post-World War II fashion textiles trade magazine filled with advertising and articles detailing how Europe intended to wean itself off the Marshall Plan aid in order to rebuild. The article on Parisian fashion includes dress designs by Jean Desses, Jacques Fath, Pierre Balmain, and others. There is a remarkable article on seersucker patterns offered for the 1951 season by Cloques, which includes photos of the actual factory sample catalogue leaves showing patterns, and tipped-in fabric swatches. In addition, there are lavish advertisements, and beautifully illustrated articles filled with fashion window displays, from the Swiss Industries Fair in 1950 revealing the tremendous explosion of Mid-Century Modern designs out of European fashion design houses.
More imagesPublished by CHRISTIES New York, AUCTION : Thursday, 12 January, Friday 13 January at 502 Park Avenue at 59th Street New York. 1995
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: FARRAGO, HUDDERSFIELD, YORKS, United KingdomFARRAGO
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. # FIRST EDITION, As Pictured : Five Images. Sumptuously-produced, heavy 4to. Tight, bright and clean in like laminated dustwrapper. No markings or inscriptions. The now uncommon hardback catalogue to the New York half of the sale of the possessions of the late… Rudolf Nureyev. Now protected with clear, removable sleeve. FREE POSTAGE WITHIN THE U.K. Non-UK buyers quoted additional Shipping cost before purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).
Published by Christie's 1995
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: AROYO, London, United KingdomAROYO
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover sales catalogue with DJ. Fine/ Fine.

- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerDecorative Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Fine. 1st. Beautiful 2 volume set showcasing the "old textiles of Thailand". Each volume pristine in its ribbon-tied decorative cloth. 100 plates in all (50 in each volume), each a sampling of Thai textiles in rich color. Double folio, also includes a solid, VG example of the publisher's… ivory-clasped chemise, with light fading along the edges and at the spine. A lovely production. Text in Japanese.