Kuper, Marijke & Ida van Zijl
Gerrit Th. Rietveld 1888-1964: L'Oeuvre Complet
Utrecht: Centraal Museum, 1992

First edition. Square quarto. 396 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket spine sunned else Near Fine. Published on the occasion of a retrospective exhibition of Rietveld's work in Utrecht, Holland, and which later traveled to both Paris and New York. This catalog provides an overview of both furniture, interiors, graphic design and jewelry. It contains six texts by Rietveld himself, an extensive bibliography and a list of important biographical details. Catalogue raisonne.
Inventory number #014449

Corbett, Patricia
Verdura: The Life and Work of a Master Jeweler
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002

First edition. Quarto. 224 pp; 182 color & 56 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket shows light wear. Since the mid-20th century, Sicilian duke turned jewelry designer Fulco di Verdura has fashioned neo-Baroque jewelry which has become a status symbol. Verdura's patrons included Wallis Simpson, Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, and Diana Vreeland.
Inventory number #014414

Marshall, F.H.
Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum
London: British Museum, 1969

Reprint of original 1911 edition. Quarto. lxii, 400 pp with 97 figures in-text plus 73 b/w plates printed on recto only; indices, table of the relative weights of English grains & French grammes. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has light wear at spine ends, tiny tear at one corner, white spine text toned.
Inventory number #013923

Schroeder, Joseph J., Jr.
1896 Illustrated Catalogue of Jewelry and European Fashions, Marshall Field & Co.
Northfield, IL: Gun Digest Publishing, 1970

Large quarto. 340, [38] pp; profuse b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled, light edgewear. Reprint of Marshall & Field's 1896 trade catalogue of jewelry, which contains clocks, cut glass, tableware, eye glasses, and lamp shades in addition to many pp of rings, brooches, studs & other true jewelry items.
Inventory number #013679

Christie's
Jewellery and Silver by Bulgari. St. Moritz, Feb 17 & 18, 1993
Geneva: Christie's, 1993

Quarto. 177 pp; profuse color photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy, minor wear to jacket. This auction featured 16 lots of silver by Bulgari, and 211 lots of jewelry. Introductory essay by Diana Scarisbrick. The auction was held at St. Moritz, Geneva, on February 17 &18, 1993.
Inventory number #013545

Chropovsky, Bohuslav
Krasa Slovienskeho Sperku
Bratislava: Pallas, 1978

Octavo. 121 pp; 67 color & b/w photographs. Text in Slovak, French, German & Russian. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket with light edgewear, delamination along spine. Archaeological finds in Slovakia.
Inventory number #013421

Viollet-le-Duc, Eugene Emmanuel
Dictionnaire raisonne du mobilier francais de l'epoque carlovingienne a la Renaissance (6 volumes)
Paris: Vve. A. Morel et Cie, 1872

Six volumes. Octavo. 443 + 535 + 478 + 506 + 498 + 488 pp; illustrated with chromolithographs, steel engravings & wood engravings. Quarter morocco over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked set, occasional foxing; extremities lightly rubbed.
Inventory number #013413

Hackens, Tony
CLASSICAL JEWELRY
Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1976

Quarto. 159 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. VG, bumped at head of spine, one corner lightly creased, light edgewear.
Inventory number #013376

Gerlach, Martin & Michael Haberlandt
DIE QUELLE VII. Volkerschmuck
Wien: Gerlach & Wiedling, 1906

Oblong quarto. 22 pp text; 109 b/w plates of photographs (complete). Loose in portfolio with ties. Very good. Text in original German. All 109 plates illustrate numerous items of jewelry from all cultures and societies. Each piece is numbered and catalogued in text section. A remarkable book and reference, uncommon with all plates present.
Inventory number #013222

Becker, Ingeborg
Schmuckkunst im Jugendstil : [Katalog zur gleichnamigen Ausstellung im Brohan-Museum Berlin, 20.12.1988 - 13.2.1989]
Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, 1989

Second printing. Octavo. 95 pp; profuse color & b/w photographs; index. Text in German. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, minor edge wear. The catalogue features 213 items by many jewelry designers, including Mogens Ballin, Karl Johann Bauer, Theodor Fahrner, Josef Hoffmann, Patriz Huber, Georg Jensen, Georg Kleemann, Viktor Mayer, Adolf Meyer, Christian W. Muller, Murrle, Bennett & Co., Otto Zahn, and others.
Inventory number #013216

Komleva, Galina
Jewellery: Museum of the Ethnography of the Peoples of the USSR
Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1988

Octavo. 167 pp; color photographs throughout; 2-pp glossary. Text in English. Laminated illustrated boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, light wear to spine ends (gently bumped) & corners.
Inventory number #013161

Phillips, Son and Neale S.A.
FINE JEWELS, WATCHES, SILVER AND RUSSIAN WORKS OF ART. 11 May 1982
Geneva: Phillips, 1982

Octavo. 85 pp; 350 lots, many illustrated with b/w & color photographs. Paperback, previous owner name on front flyleaf, else a clean, unmarked copy; edges of spine lightly rubbed. Estimate list laid in.
Inventory number #011332

Simonian, Greg
The Green Book: EXTRAORDINARY WATCHES
Los Angeles: Westime, 2008

Quarto. 272 pp; lavishly illustrated with color photographs. Printed boards. Near Fine. Glossy catalog for Westime in LA. Beautiful detailed photographs and cut-away views of watches from A. Lange & Söhne, Audemars, Piguet, Baume & Mercier, Chanel, Chopard, Daniel Roth, Eberhard, Franckmuller, Girard-Perregaux, Harry Winston, Jaquet Droz, Richard Mille, Urwerk, Vacheron Constantin, Zenith, and others.
Inventory number #008810

Christie's
Important Antique and Period Jewelry from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin
NY: Christie's, 1995

First edition. Quarto. 117 pp. 115 lots, illustrated in color. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; light edgewear.
Inventory number #008364

Sottsass, Ettore
CARTIER DESIGN VIEWED BY ETTORE SOTTSASS
Milan: Skira, 2002

Three volumes in red silk portfolio with ties. Fine condition. Quarto, richly illustrated, this catalogue accompanies an international jewelry exhibition. Italian designer Ettore Sottsass presents The Cartier Collection in a brilliant new manner, viewing the collection as a reflection of form and design, while understanding its function and relation with the surrounding space and the bodies it adorns.
Inventory number #005634

Rago, David & John Sollo
SOLLO : RAGO John Sollo and David Rago Present a 20th Century Weekend, April 3 & 4, 2004
Lambertville, NJ: Sollo:Rago, 2004

Quarto. 231 pp; 1311 lots, illustrated in color. Paperback. Near fine. Furniture, lamps, jewelry, ceramics, art glass, paintings, works on paper by hundreds of well-known designers.
Inventory number #005464

Bianchi, Robert Steven
FABERGE: Imperial Craftsman and His World Exhibition Album
London: Booth Clibborn, 2000

Quarto. 96 pp; numerous color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine. Exhibition catalog.
Inventory number #005033

Rago, David & John Sollo
SOLLO : RAGO John Sollo and David Rago Present a 20th Century Weekend, April 2 & 3, 2005
Lambertville, NJ: Sollo:Rago, 2005

Quarto. 286 pp; 1233 lots, illustrated in color. Paperback. Near fine. Furniture, lamps, jewelry, ceramics, art glass, paintings, works on paper by hundreds of well-known designers.
Inventory number #004851

Gere, Charlotte
AMERICAN & EUROPEAN JEWELRY 1830-1914
NY: Crown Publishers, 1975

Quarto. 240 pp; 227 illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. Edges of pages age toned, else very good in very good jacket.
Inventory number #001294

Richter, Anne
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDONESIA
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994

First edition. Square octavo. 160 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; map; glossary; bibliography. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This book features the diversity of Indonesian decorative arts - textiles and beading, wood and horn carvings, pottery ranging from simple cooking pots to elaborate terracotta modeling, jewelry and metalwork, masks and puppets, and baskets.
Inventory number #000717