Antiques and Collectables - General Used Books - Here are the latest additions to the Antiques and Collectables - General category of the Mary Ward Used Books catalogue http://www.marywardbooks.com/categories/69.htmlThe Connoisseur,1964; first edition hardback ;no dust jacket; 367 pages including index; b/w and colour illustrations; Condition:very clean and good- almost as new. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0718130456.htmlSotheby andamp; Co 1975: Paperback catalogue of English enamels: approximately 7.2 by 9.6 inches tall: 64 pages: Black and white and colour illustrated. Synopsis: An illustrated catalogue of fine English enamels formerly the property of the late Hon Mrs Nelly Ionides and the late Lord Ilford of Bury, presented at auction by Sotheby's on the ninth of June 1975. The 205 lots included Staffordshire and Bilston enamels (wine funnel, tea caddies,etui, bonbonniere, scent flasks, caskets, patch boxes, snuffboxes, candlesticks, bodkin cases); plaques (Battersea, Birmingham, Liverpool); snuffboxes and snuff mulls in varying shapes (Birmingham, Staffordshire, Battersea); wine labels and bottle tickets; portrait plaques (depicting famous, naval, military, and mythical figures, politicians, beauties and courtiers ) ; scent bottles in a variety of forms (baluster, rectangular, oval, Swan, Tulip, lambs head, Neptune head, Goldfinch); bonbonniere; necessaire ; salts; toy watches; snuffboxes etc etc. Condition: very small section of lower cover corner missing : overall clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW00161517.htmlSotheby and co, 1966: Green paperback catalogue approximately 7.5 by 9.75 inches tall: 58 pages describing 217 lots: plus photographic illustrations in colour and black and white . Synopsis: a catalogue of fine French glass paperweights, property of Mrs L. Porter, R M Barrett, Mrs Shields, Mrs G. M. Lane, Stanley Pettingall and others, offered at auction by Sotheby and Co on the 27th of June 1966. The 217 lots offered include Red and Blue Baccaret Carpet-ground weights dated 1848; a Green Panelled Baccaret Carpet-ground weight; an unrecorded St Louis Butterfly and Frog weight; a St Louis Mushroom weight dated SL 1848; a St Louis Encased White Overlay weight; a Baccaret Periwinkle weight; a rare Baccaret Purple Poinsettia weight; a Baccaret Green Flash Overlay weight; and a Clichy Flat Bouquet weight. Condition: front cover and reverse of coloured frontispiece slightly marked: overall very clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW0091514377.htmlSotheby and company 1971: Green paperback catalogue, approximately 6 x 9.5 inches tall: 35 pages describing 165 lots plus facing pages of black and white photographic illustration. Synopsis: A catalogue of English and Continental glass offered at auction by Sotheby andamp; Co on the 28th of June 1971. The English glass includes coloured glass and wine bottles; Burmese and Cameo glass; a double handed vase by Joseph Locke; a vase by Alphonse Leshevrel; a portrait vase of Queen Victoria; a Cameo vase signed G Woodall; cut and engraved glass including a wheel-engraved decanter by James Giles; English drinking glasses including a wineglass by William Beilby; an armorial wineglass stipple- engraved with the arms of the van der Hoevan family; a 17th-century decanter jug and stop. The Continental glass includes La Granja, Hyalith, and Lithyalin glass; a transparent Malerei Beaker by C von Scheldt; Bohemia, Silesian and Hessen glass; a Nurenberg engraved goblet; Zwishcengoldglas beakers; a set of Verre de Nevers figures; Early Venetian glass including a covered goblet with enamelled decoration circa 1500 and an armorial Tazza circa 1525. Condition: very clean and good overall http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW0091213166.htmlSotheby andamp; Co, 1971: Green paperback catalogue approximately 6 x 9.75 inches tall: 28 pages describing 187 lots plus facing pages of black and white photographic illustration. Synopsis: An illustrated catalogue of fine English and Continental glass, property of R Stockdale, Captain D. L. Lonsdale, Brigadier H. M. Bond, Mrs M. Dent- Brocklehurst, Commander D R Sheppard and others, offered at auction by Sotheby's on the 10th of May 1971. The Continental Lots include a Netherlands Armorial Wineglass, a Silesian Hochschnitt Goblet, a 17th-century Mounted Blue -glass Vase, and a Russian Cut-glass Decanter. The English Glass lots include Baluster- stem, Opaque- twist and Air- twist Wineglasses; Sweetmeats, Tapersticks and Mead glasses; Jacobite and Stipple -engraved Wineglasses, Scent bottles, Cruet bottles and a Blue -glass Decanter decorated by James Giles; and Cameo Glass including a Web Ivory- Cameo Vase and a Webb Cameo Vase decorated by Daniel and Lionel Pearce. Condition: small stain to lower edge of catalogue: overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW0016548321.htmlSotheby and Co, 1975: Green paperback catalogue approximately 7 x 9.75 inches tall: 19 pages: black and white photographic illustration. Synopsis : An illustrated catalogue of Russian and Greek Icons and Russian Works of Art offered at auction by Sotheby's on the 28th of April 1975, with 172 lots including an 18th-century large central Russian Icon of the Pokrov ; a Russian Icon of the Mother of God of Vladimir, with silvergilt riza dated Moscow 1890; a Russian Icon of St Samon, St Guri and St Aviv with silvergilt and enamelled riza; and a Russian Icon of The Mother of God Iverskaya, with silvergilt and enamelled riza. The Russian Works of Art include a Faberge nephrite and enamel paper knife; a Faberge jewelled enamel pencil holder; a Faberge plaque engraved with the cruiser andquot;Rurikandquot;; an early 20th century gilt metal and malachite mantle clock ; and a small group of Lamonosov porcelain 1921/2. Condition: slight discoloration and slight wear to front cover: lower corner of front cover and last four pages of catalogue creased: overall clean and good. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW00161514987.htmlSotheby and co. 1961: Green paperback catalogue: approximately 7.25 x 9.75 inches tall: 59 pages describing lots 408 -- 711: black and white illustrations on facing pages: lots 547, 548, 549, 708, 709, 711, and 710 illustrated in colour. Synopsis: An illustrated catalogue of part 3 of the Guggenheim Collection of glass paperweights auctioned by Sotheby's 10th of July , 1961. The property of the late Colonel M Robert Guggenheim of Washington, lots 408 -- 711 included the following: -- Crown and Swirl Weights. (Clichy, St Louis, American, Sandwich Crown, Sandwich latticinio, multicoloured swirl, whorl pattern). Colour -Ground Weights (Clichy, pastry -mould canes, Magnum, fluted, Facet- cut, pedestal, millefiori etc. St Louis.) Millefiori and Sulphide Objects (inkwell and stopper, obelisk, doorknobs, wineglass, portrait medallions, scent bottle, wineglass, wafer stand, tazza, seals, inkwell and cover, tumblers, beakers , weights, patch boxes, portrait weights,) Pinchbeck and Amber - Flash Weights. (French, English, Baccarat, Pinchbeck, Bohemian.) Miniature Paperweights (Sulphide, Clichy, Baccarat , domed, swirl, flour, crown, St Louis, Rose, polemicists, Pansy, white flowe, etc.) Fruit and Vegetable Weights (St Louis -- pedestal, apple, faceted, pear, cherry. Baccarat. New England,) Overlay Weights (white, Baccaret, glass and marble, Gillerland, Clichy, St Louis,) Carpet Ground and Butterfly Weights ( Baccarat, St Louis.) Mushroom and Pedestal Weights (Baccarat, Clichy, St Louis,) Millefiori Weights ( Baccaret, Clichy, St Louis, Bacchus-cut, scrambled, concentric, faceted, star cut, diamond cut, basket, barber's pole, Magnum, patterned, Sandwich, encased basket, shamrock, close, Fowlerton.) American Flower, Fruit and Pedestal Weights. (millefiori, Sandwich, Millville, New England, Mount Washington.) Single Flower Weights (Sandwich, Baccarat, St Louis, flower, Clichy, Jasper ground.) Flat and Upright Bouquet Weights (St Louis, Clichy, Baccaret, Sandwich,) Snake and Salamander Weights (St Louis Baccaret, Unspecified) Condition: slight staining to lower edge front cover and pages:small addition green cover material to end papers( publishing irregularity ) spine ends and corners rubbed: overall clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW00562132.htmlSotherbys 1983, Green paperback catalogue: approximately 7.25 x 9.75 inches tall: 64 pages including index of makers: black and white photographic inset illustration. Synopsis: a catalogue of 548 lots of silver, silver small work, objects of Vertu, and fans offered at auction on the 14th of April 1983 by Sotherbys. The contents include: -- Plated Wares (salvers, trays, candelabra, wine coolers, soup tureens and covers, a centrepiece and mirror plateau etc). Table Silver, (Kings Pattern, Queens Pattern, monogrammed, Fiddle Shell Pattern, Fiddle Thread and Shell Pattern, Old English Pattern, Victorian Albert Pattern, bright cut, George III Old English Pattern, Old English Feather Edge Pattern, Hanoverian pattern, etc). Other Wares (tankards , candlesticks, salvers, brandy saucepans, coffee pots, ink stands, entree dishes, meat skewers, punch saucepans, boxes, claret jugs, condiment sets, pepperettes , salt cellers, sweet baskets, snuffboxes, mugs, sauce boats, mustard pots, sugar vases,cheroot case, teapots, wine funnels, goblets, centrepiece, tea sets, baskets, claret jugs, sweetmeat dishes, matchbox holders, bonbon dishes, casters, decanter labels, wine labels, caddy spoons, marrow scoops, a George II bosons whistle in the form of a gun, seals, sugar tongs, vinaigrettes, nutmeg graters, spoons, snuffboxes, posy holders, caskets, scent bottles etc). Foreign Silver and Allied Wares (beakers, teapots, bowls, dishes, salt cellers, tea caddies, spoons, candlesticks,etc. ) Objects of Vertu (silver cliche, spice boxes, snuffboxes, comb- cases, cane handles,boite a pomponne, etui, spyglass, counter case, necessaire, boite a portrait ,boite a moucher, desks seals, plaques, vinaigrettes, scent bottles, sealing wax cases, best cases, meerschaum pipes, models, walking stick handles, needle cases and covers, boxes, minaudiere, etc). Ivories (groups, animal figures, tankards, figurines, chess sets, backgammon sets, cribbage board.) Fans (Neapolitan, English, French,Italian. Viennese, ivory, mother-of-pearl, brise, ballooning, jewelled, gold, pique ) Condition: small ink inscription and faint stain upper front cover: overall very clean and good http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW0015141312.htmlSotheby andamp; Co , 1975 paperback catalogue measuring approximately 7.5 by 9.75 inches tall: 88 pages: black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Synopsis: A catalogue of Egyptians seals, scarabs and signet rings,property of the Duke of Northumberland, and antiquities,property of the late Colonel N. Colville, offered for sale at auction on the 21st of April 1975. Included in the catalogue are Royal and Private Name scarabs, Lion Hunt and Marriage scarabs of Amenophis 111 late 18th dynasty, an Egyptian gold ring of the High Steward of the Divine Adoratrice of Sheshonk 19th Dynasty, a Sumerian baked clay relief c 2000 BC, a Sino- Siberian bronze dagger first millennium BC from Minusinsk (full-page illustration), an Egyptian bronze pedestal from a figure of Pahatjru 25th dynasty, and an Irish Bronze Age gold pin circa 800 BC, ( full-page illustration) a Greek bronze Votive figure of a bull inscribed Tharsymacho Archontos, c sixth century BC (full-page illustration). The 300 lots described in the catalogue are arranged as follows: -- Cylinder seals. Scaraboids, cowroids,bead - amulets etc. Scarabs with royal names. Scarabs with designs, etc. Scarabs with private names. Commemorative scarabs. Rings and signets. Western Asiatic cylinder seals(Jemdet Nasr, Jemdet Nasr-Linear , brocade style- early dynastic 1, early dynastic 2, early dynastic 3, Akkadian, post- Akkadian, late Ur 111, old Babylonian, Kassite, Syrian, Cappadocian, Cypriot, neo-Assyrian, neo-Babylonian, Achaemenid). Western Asiatic stamps seals . Sassanian seals. Western Asiatic antiquities. Egyptian antiquities. European antiquities. Condition: very clean and good overall. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/MW000012321.htmlPocket book of British ceramic marks, including index to registered designs, 1842-83 Faber and Faber 1976 hard cover in dust jacket: approx 4.5andquot; x 6.5andquot; tall: used, but very clean and good overall - immediately available . http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/0571048692.htmlRoyal Clocks. The British Monarchy and its Timekeepers 1300-1900. Robert Hale, 1983 first edition: softcover: approximately 8.5 x 11 inches tall: 340 pages including index : black and white and colour photographic illustrations. Synopsis: An horological history and in-depth study of clocks belonging to the Royal Family, including those displayed in Royal Palaces, and buildings with Royal connections. The author's assemblage of outstanding instruments, each described in a commentary including an account of case, works, and maker, comprehensive history, and anecdotal material, includes black and white and colour photographs. The subjects include clocks and timepieces, barometers and sundials, observatories and scientific instruments. There are 382 entries in all including the following :- The Salisbury Cathedral Clock. The Wells Cathedral clock. Quadrant made for Richard 11. The astronomical clock at Hampton Court Palace. Henry VIII's astrolabe (1545). Quadrant made for Edward the VI ( 1551) Six Sided Emerald containing watch. Clock by Bartholomew Newsam. The Royal Tudor clock salt. Work by Randolph Bull (1590), David Ramsay, Edward East, Henry Jones, Samuel Knibb, Joseph Knibb, Roberts Seignior, The Curfew Tower Clock (Windsor Castle), Henry Grendon, David Bouguet, Joseph Windmills, Thomas Tampion, Samuel Watson, Daniel Quare , Thomas Herbert, Thomas Cartwright, Richard Vick, Charles Clay, George Pyke, Benjamin Gray, Justin Vulliamy, The Kew Observatory, the Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford,Work by James Newton, George Strigel, Matthew Boulton, Thomas Wright,John Ellicott, Alexander Cumming, Thomas Mudge, John Arnold, Danniel de St Leu, Eardley Norton, Christopher Pinchbeck, Benjamin Vulliamy, Pierre Gaudron, Charles Cress ent , De La Croix, Dellafosse, Dey a Paris, Kinable, Carrigues, Hanson, and many others. Condition: lower corner back cover slightly creased: overall very clean and good/almost as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/B000OFVX70.htmlFrancis Joseph 1996: paperback: 142 pages: colour illustrations. Synopsis: A colour illustrated handbook for the collectors of Dalton figurines. Contents: -- Introduction. Why collect Dalton figurines? From ink bottles to figurines -- a brief history of Royal Doulton. Creating a collection:- by artist, by colour, by historical characters, by royalty, by characters from literature, by accessory, by size. Designers, and their works( colour illustrated) : Charles Noke. Lesley Harradine. Peggy Davies. Mary Nicholl. Douglas V. Tootle. Eric Griffiths. William Harper. Robert Jefferson. Pauline Parsons. Peter Gee. Robert Tabbenor. Adrian Hughes. Nada Pedley. Alan Maslankowski. Valerie Annand. Charles Vyse. How a Royal Doulton figure is made. Buying Royal Doulton figures. Care of your collection. Displaying your collection. Dating and back- stamps. Listing and price guide Condition: cover and contents very clean and good / as new http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/1870703413.htmlSotheby's 1994 : paperback: approximately 8 x 10.5 inches tall: 213 pages: illustrated throughout in black and white and colour: Full-page colour plates included. Synopsis: A catalogue of the furniture, carpets, curtains and works of art offered for sale on Wednesday the 28th of September 1994 during the first day of auction by Sotheby's at Stokesay Court, Ludlow,Shropshire. The illustrated catalogue of 433 lots is preceded by a description and history of Stokesay Court ( designed by Thomas Harris) with short biographys and reproduced portraits of its owners, the Allcroft and Russell families. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/Catalogue%20LN.htmlSotheby's 2002: paperback: approximately 6.5 x 8.25 inches tall: 193 pages: colour illustrations throughout. Synopsis: An illustrated catalogue of the Patrick and Gilly Morley collection of furniture and decorative works of art, offered for sale by Sotheby's on Wednesday the 18th of September 2002. Condition: very clean and good overall. http://www.marywardbooks.com/books/Catalogue%20602.html