small stain to front cover. Sixteen lamps are described and illustrated with schematic diagrams for construction. 87pp 0.43lb 6.8x4.8x0.5in View More...
Dust jacket in clear protector. This survey of historical lighting is profusely illustrated with 837 figures in color and black-and-white, of which 519 are from auction catalogues with most of the remaining 318 from contemporary paintings, drawings, and engravings. 255pp 2.94lb 11.4x8.8x0.9in View More...
Little has previously been written about eighteenth-century English brass candlesticks which, widely used to illuminate British and American homes of the period, represent one of the most important groups of domestic objects. Jean Burks firmly establishes that the seven firms known to have marked their candlesticks were all located in Birmingham, England. The history and working dates of the firms are discussed, and some 140 surviving marked examples are analyzed and classified in terms of base types and candle-ejection mechanisms. The appendixes include annotated listings of sixty addition... View More...
long crease to back cover. Reprints from The Magazine Antiques arranged into four areas: Primitive Lamps (10 articles); Oil Lamps (9 articles); Candleholders (10 articles); Other Lighting Devices (13 articles). Each article is illustrated with black and white photos. 159pp 1.04lb 11.0x8.5x0.5in View More...
faint crease at bottom corner of rear cover. 300 lamps described and illustrated in color. Text in English, German, and French. 160pp 2.16lb 11.8x9.0x0.7in View More...
dust jacket with 1/2 inch tear at bottom of front panel, light wear at corners. Dust jacket in clear protector. A standard work covering 2000 years of lighting fixtures with 404 black and white illustrations. Text in German. 416pp 4.90lb 11.3x9.7x1.2in View More...
This 140 page publication contains two sections: the first lists 4089 patents by patent number and includes the patent holder's name, patent date, device description, and holder's city and state; the second lists the patent holder's alphabetically and includes the patent number and date. 140pp 0.93lb 8.6x14.3x0.5in View More...
dust jacket lightly faded at spine, small tear at bottom fold of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. Profusely illustrated in color. 160pp 3.39lb 12.3x9.3x0.9in View More...
not issued with a dust jacket, price guide laid-in. Illustrated with 24 full-page colored plates, several smaller black and white plates, and examples of signatures. Altogether, 230 shades are illustrated. 120pp 0.97lb 9.3x6.2x0.5in View More...
light spine crease, faint crease to front cover. The catalogue of the First Empire clocks and lighting in the Museum at Fontainebleau. 333 objects are described and almost all are illustrated in black and white, in some cases with additional photographs. In addition, 16 of the objects are illustrated by full-page color plates. Text in French. 298pp 2.63lb 10.6x8.3x1.0in View More...
