[Rarebooks] FS: Decorative Arts (6 titles)

[Clare Murphy]

1.  FINCH, PEARL.   HISTORY OF BURLEY-ON-THE-HILL, RUTLAND : WITH A 
SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE OWNERS, AND EXTRACTS FROM THEIR CORRESPONDENCE, 
AND CATALOGUE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE HOUSE. London: John Bale, sons, 
& Danielsson, Ltd, 1901. Illustrated by portraits, maps, plans, 
facsimiles, genealogy tables, many folded plates. First edition. 
Limited to 200 copies this is # 65. 2 volumes. Full vellum. Signed by 
the author with her initials. 4to. Near fine. Signed by former owner, 
Grace Cicelie Lonsdale of Burley and with her bookplate.  Includes 
several plates, facsimiles, etc. not given in the lists of 
illustrations.. Bit of soiling to boards, minor scattered foxing. 
Much about the rare objects in the house and a complete inventory. 
Title of v. 2 reads: History of Burley-on-the-Hill, Rutland : 
catalogue of pictures, objects, china, manuscripts, miniatures, &c.; 
also curious extracts from accounts ... Author's name does not appear 
in v. 2. A beautiful production<BR> <A 
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<BR>.  $750.00 {72609}

2.  FRESHFIELD, EDWIN.  COMMUNION PLATE OF THE PARISH CHURCHES IN THE 
COUNTY OF LONDON, THE. London: Privately Printed, 1895. Illustrated 
by 11 black and white plates. First edition. 4to. [Plates plus 111 
pgs] Very good/Lacks jacket. Soil to white buckram boards.  $125.00 
{73211}

3.  JONES, E. ALFRED.  CATALOGUE OF THE PLATE OF ORIEL COLLEGE, 
OXFORD. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1944. 
Illustrated by 20 black and white plates. First edition. Navy blue 
cloth. 4to. [Plates plus 102 pgs] Very good/Good. Dust jacket has 
some soiling and short tears at edges.  $100.00 {73210}

4.  JONES, E. ALFRED.  OLD PLATE OF THE CAMBRIDGE COLLEGES, THE. 
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1910. Illustrated by 120 
plates. [xxxvi, 125 pgs] Very good/Lacks jacket. A few spots to cloth 
binding and some slight rubbing along outer hinges.  $350.00 {73209}

5.  MACQUOID, PERCY AND EDWARDS, RALPH.  DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH 
FURNITURE FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE LATE GEORGIAN PERIOD...WITH A 
GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY H. AVRAY TIPPING, THE. London and New York: 
Country Life Ltd., 1924-27. First edition. 3 volumes. Folio. Very 
good/Very good. Profusely illustrated, many plates in color. Dust 
jackets present. Laid-in publisher's prospectus with previous buyer's 
notes. Foxing to prelims and edges but not to pages. Some small 
closed tears to dust jackets' edges and one minor scrape to one dust 
jacket panel. Very nice set.  $850.00 {73205}

6.  MASKELL, WILLIAM, PREFACE BY.  DESCRIPTION OF THE IVORIES ANCIENT 
AND MEDIAEVAL IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. London: Chapman and 
Hall, 1872. Illustrated by 45 albumen photographs and woodcuts. First 
edition. Half leather. Very good. Much historical information. 
Maskell's scholarly preface, by itself,  is 100 pages.<BR> <A 
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$250.00 {52929}

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