[Aitken] The Russell B. Aitken Collection of Waterfowl Decoys. New York Christie's: January 18, 2003. The catalog to the auction sale of a premier collection of American wildfowl decoys. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 158 pages, 365 lots, packed with color illustrations, some folding. Fine condition.

Inventory #: 32621 Price: $ 45.00

[Americana] Fine Americana, Including Silver, Furniture, Folk Art and Folk Paintings. New York Sotheby's: June 19, 1992. Sale 6319. This sale included some very fine folk paintings and art, rare Statue of Liberty and Massasoit Indian weathervanes, and superb American silver, including important pieces by Jacob Hurd. Softcover. 8"x10.5", about 150 pages, 431 lots, b/w and color illustrations near fine.

Inventory #: 9271 Price: $ 25.00

Bank, Mirra. Anonymous was a Woman. A celebration in words and images of traditional American art -and the women who made it. New York St. Martin's Press: 1995. "Traditional American art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is largely the product of anonymous women. Rarely aware of themselves as "artists", wholly occupied with raising children, running farms and homes, these women ornamented every phase of their experience from girlhood to old age and expressed all they knew about life and art in decorative handwork of astonishing beauty". A selection of needlework, quilts, watercolors, theorem paintings and other artistic endeavors. Softcover. 7"x10", 128 pages, color and b/w illustrations. Near fine.

Inventory #: 34547 Price: $ 20.00

[Barenholtz] Important American Folk Art from the Collection of the late Bernard M. Barenholtz. New York Sotheby's: January 27, 1990. Sale 5969. An auction sale that needs no introduction- Bernard Barenholtz was a famous collector of both toys and folk art, and this sale catalog remains as a tribute to his fine and discerning eye. Softcover. 8"x10.5", about 150 pages, 261 lots, color and b/w illustrations. Prices realised sheet stapled to first page. Some cover wear, tips thumbed.

Inventory #: 31612 Price: $ 100.00

Benes, Peter (ed.). Painting and Portrait Making in the American Northeast. Boston University: 1995. The Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife Proceedings for 1994. The book is divided into sections on 'Arts of Portraiture in the Early Colonies', 'New England Portrait and Miniature Painters of the Eighteenth and early Nineteenth Centuries', 'Imaging and Reproduction Technologies' (19th century), 'Gender, Iconography and Aesthetics', 'Portrait Making in the Era of Daguerreotypes and Photographs', and an extensive bibliography. Softcover. 6"x9", 288 pages, b/w illustrations. Fine.

Inventory #: 90249 Price: $ 35.00

Benes, Peter. The Masks of Orthodoxy. Folk Gravestone Carving in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1689-1805. Amherst University of Massachusetts Press: 1977. "A pioneer effort... [drawing on] data provided by approximately 4000 stone markers found in over 100 colonial burial sites in southeastern and central New England, and offers an explanation of the curious facial distortions, markings, and caricatures which have baffled students of early New England iconography for almost a century." Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 273 pages, b/w and line illustrations, dj. A nice copy.

Inventory #: 31322 Price: $ 65.00

Birds of a Feather. Wildfowl Carving in Southeast Louisiana. Historic New Orleans Collection: 2007. A very well-illustrated exhibition catalog featuring both antique and current carvers and carvings. The illustrations include both beautiful color photos of the decoys in the exhibition as well as rare black & white period photos of carvers at work. Softcover. 9"x10", 44 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Fine.

Inventory #: 90348 Price: $ 15.00

Black, Mary & Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge. Ammi Phillips, Portrait Painter, 1788-1865. New York Clarkson Potter: 1968. The standard reference to the life and work of this folk portrait painter, with illustrations from the comprehensive exhibition at the Museum of American Folk Art, photographs of inscriptions on the backs of some paintings, etc. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 56 pages, 3 color plates and 77 b/w illustrations, dj Jacket lightly soiled, and with a small black label.

Inventory #: 31521 Price: $ 125.00

Black, Mary & Barbara C. and Lawrence B. Holdridge. Ammi Phillips, Portrait Painter, 1788-1865. New York Clarkson Potter: 1968. The standard reference to the life and work of this folk portrait painter, with illustrations from the comprehensive exhibition at the Museum of American Folk Art, photographs of inscriptions on the backs of some paintings, etc. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 56 pages, 3 color plates and 77 b/w illustrations, dj a lightly worn copy in a rather soiled and spotted jacket.

Inventory #: 31227 Price: $ 85.00

Brant, Sandra & Elissa Cullman. Small Folk. A Celebration of Childhood in America. E.P. Dutton/Museum of American Folk Art: 1980. A wonderful study of "the rising status of American youth as it is revealed through the folk art of the late seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries." The authors include folk toys, furniture, textiles, mourning pictures, dolls & doll houses, portraits, paper work, and other objects. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 180 pages, filled with color and b/w illustrations, dj. Jacket with some soil, light wear.

Inventory #: 33397 Price: $ 50.00

Brett, Guy. Through Our Own Eyes. Popular Art and Modern History. Philadelphia New Society Publishers: 1987. A study of popular art and how it reflects life and tumultuous change in places like Chile, China, Hiroshima, Sierra Leon, England during anti-nuclear protests, and more. Softcover. 6.5"x9", 157 pages, color and b/w illustrations light wear.

Inventory #: 3443 Price: $ 20.00

Brown, Ann Eckert. American Wall Stenciling 1790-1840. Hanover University Press of New England: 2003. "In post-revolutionary America, the decoration of choice for a surprisingly large number of home owners from all social and economic groups was walls painted with intricate stenciled designs. Stenciled walls were cheaper and more sanitary than those covered with paper, but the most compelling reason for the widespread use of stenciling was that it was considered far more stylish than impersonal, mass-produced paper. Stencil artists freely borrowed wallpaper motifs and crossbred them. Successive generations of wallpaper, which became increasingly more affordable after the Industrial Revolution, covered stenciled walls, hiding them, obliterating some and preserving others. Ann Eckert Brown's extensive research has unearthed stencils not just in New England's more characteristic homes, taverns, and inns, but also in the south and midwest. She divides stenciling into rural-based folk art, which uses naturalistic, and sometimes primitive motifs, and classically inspired, urban-based stencils, which feature patterns more refined in scale and earlier in execution, echoing Federal style images. Over 250 illustrations complement Brown's text as she makes fresh stylistic connections among designs, artists, regions, and houses over two centuries, discovering and illuminating some missing links in the history of wall stenciling. Even more, she ties together the shared destinies of the families, descendants, artists, rescuers, and restorers who lived with, created, or have dedicated their lives to preserving, this beautiful art form. She also provides a glossary, a discussion of early paint materials, suggested resources for wall stenciling preservation, and a Who's Who of American wall stenciling which includes 18th, 19th, and 20th century artists and prevationists." Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 269 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj. Glossary. Bibliography. New.

Inventory #: 90204 Price: $ 25.00

Butler, Joseph T., et al. The American Eagle. Spirit and Symbol, 1782-1882. Katonah Museum of Art: 1988. "Symbol of the Republic, America's ubiquitous eagle surfaced in many places, enhancing furniture, household items, architecture, military artifacts, coins, broadsides, posters, and more. Its appearance reflected popular culture, and its representation mirrored changing aesthetics. The catalogue includes a sampling of the exhibition with black-and-white illustrations. Curator Joseph T. Butler, Curator and Director of Collections at Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, NY, writes about the eagle in the American decorative arts, while Philip M. Isaacson, author of The American Eagle, offers an anecdotal discussion of the history of the eagle as an American symbol." Softcover. 8.5"x11", 16 pages, b/w illustrations. New.

Inventory #: 90230 Price: $ 12.00

Carpenter, Charles & Mary Grace. The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket. New York Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1987. A beautifully produced study of the arts and crafts of this legendary whaling and seaport community. Scrimshaw, basketry, glass, silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles, weathervanes and mariners' tools are all illustrated and described here. The Carpenters also discuss the exotic objects brought back to Nantucket by her world-traveling mariners, from intricately-carved Chinese boxes to dramatic Samoan war clubs. A delightful book, well illustrated and enthusiastically written. Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 257 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj a near fine copy.

Inventory #: 95010 Price: $ 50.00

Carpenter, Charles & Mary Grace. The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket. New York Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1987. A beautifully produced study of the arts and crafts of this legendary whaling and seaport community. Scrimshaw, basketry, glass, silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles, weathervanes and mariners' tools are all illustrated and described here. The Carpenters also discuss the exotic objects brought back to Nantucket by her world-traveling mariners, from intricately-carved Chinese boxes to dramatic Samoan war clubs. A delightful book, well illustrated and enthusiastically written. Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 257 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj. Jacket a bit worn.

Inventory #: 33361 Price: $ 40.00

Carrick, Alice van Leer. Shades of our Ancestors. American Profiles and Profilists. Boston Little, Brown, and Co.: 1928. An important early study of American silhouettes. Carrick discusses the various methods used by American silhouettists, where they worked, and their silhouettes. Hardcover. 7"x10", 205 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w color frontispiece. Covers with soil and some spots and rubbing. Some minor internal browning. Not a pretty copy, but solid and functional.

Inventory #: 31748 Price: $ 30.00

Chitwood, Henry C. Connecticut Decoys. Carvers and Gunners. Schiffer Publishing: 1987. "Unquestionably, this is the most comprehensive study ever written on the subject of Connecticut working decoys. The author has documented and shown examples of decoys from eighty-odd carvers throughout the state. Henry C. Chitwood begins his book with a table of carvers listing them by name, date, location, carving period, number of decoys made, and a description of the types of decoys they carved. This is followed by a detailed text covering the various geographic areas in Connecticut and the decoys produced there, along with biographical notes on the gunners as well as the carvers. Finally on factory decoys, shore birds and descriptive decoy features. The hunting as well as decoy enthusiast could not ask for a more informative source on Connecticut working decoys." Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 192 pages, color and black & white illustrations, dust jacket. New.

Inventory #: 90380 Price: $ 45.00

Clark, Mary J. Illustrated Glossary of Decorated Antiques from the late 17th century to the early 20th. Rutland Charles Tuttle: 1990. Revised edition. An interesting Brazer-related stencil and paint-decorated title, published for the Historical Society of Early American Decoration. Information on furniture, toleware, and much more! Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 400 pages, hundreds of line illustrations, dj. A nice copy.

Inventory #: 30270 Price: $ 35.00

Colio, Quintana. Americana. Wood Carving - Needlework. Ephrata Science Press: 1974. The Christmas Keepsake issued by the Science Press for 1974. This book features wood carvings by Pennsylvania carver Lewis Bieber De Turk [1862-1933], and Victorian needlework mottoes from several private collections. The text was written by Quintana Colio of Sotheby's. Hardcover. 10.5"x9", 112 pages, color and b/w illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light water wave affecting some of the pages along the lower gutter, and a very, very light stain on the title page.

Inventory #: 31075 Price: $ 100.00

Cullity, Brian, et al. Slipped and Glazed: Regional American Redware. Sandwich Heritage Plantation: 1991. The fine catalog which accompanied a loan exhibition. Well written and well illustrated. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 81 pages, some color and many b/w illustrations light soil.

Inventory #: 34359 Price: $ 200.00

Cummins, Genevieve. Antique Boxes -Inside and Out. For Eating, Drinking and Being Merry, Work, Play and the Boudoir. Woodbridge Antique Collectors' Club: 2006. All right boxing fans, have we got a book for you! You really have to see this book to believe it. It's big, it's beautiful, and it's packed with fantastic antique boxes- boxes for eating, drinking, "being merry" (oh my), work boxes, alms boxes, boxes for play, hobbies, sewing, gaming, knives, tea, salt, betel boxes, cricket boxes, hat boxes, writing boxes, perfume boxes -if somebody put it in a box, the box is here. And Cummins is not only concerned with outward appearances- one of the most valuable aspects of this book is that most of the boxes are also shown opened- with their original, or nearly original, contents. "Boxes are beguiling," the jacket says, "because they can have the double delight of an enticing exterior and the anticipation and satisfaction of a fully fitted interior." There's a lot of satisfaction to be had from this book. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 439 pages, packed with color and b/w illustrations, dj bibliography. New.

Inventory #: 90166 Price: $ 69.50

DeKorne, James. Aspen Art in the New Mexico Highlands. Santa Fe Museum of New Mexico Press: 1970. The New Mexican highlands is sheep country, and is also dotted with aspen, a tree whose distinctive bark invites "doodling" with a knife or pointed object. New Mexican sheep herders, with little else to do, as well as other passersby and travelers, have all left their names, drawings and slogans on the aspen trees. James DeKorne was the first one to come along and photograph them. Rural graffiti. Hardcover. 10"x10.5", 12 pages of text plus 71 b/w illustrations.

Inventory #: 7256 Price: $ 25.00

Dewhurst, C.Kurt, et al. Religious Folk Art in America. Reflections of Faith. New York E.P. Dutton in association with the Museum of American Folk Art: 1983. Based on an important loan exhibition of 19th and 20th century folk art, including paintings sculpture, carvings, and many other pieces. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 163 pages, black & white illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 33774 Price: $ 30.00

Dorge, Valerie & F. Carey Howlett, eds. Painted Wood: History and Conservation. Los Angeles Getty Conservation Institute: 1998. "Proceedings of a symposium organized by the Wooden Artifacts Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, and the Foundation of the AIC, held at Colonial Williamsburg" in 1994. Softcover. 8.5"x11.5", 539 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Water has left light staining and a moderate wrinkle along the bottom quarter of the second half of the book, but there is no paper adhesion. A scarce and desirable title in any condition.

Inventory #: 33206 Price: $ 200.00

Dreppard, Carl W. Joseph Kehn, The Wood Turner. [contained in] Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, Vol.LVIII, No.7. 1954. The text of an address about Lancaster-County wood turner Joseph Lehn [1798-1892]. Anecdotal, and folksy, with some smacks at antique collectors and "a post Civil War hobo named Schimmel" who carved eagles, thrown in for good measure. Softcover. 6"x9", article- 9 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. Entire issue- 30 pages, black & white illustrations. Some soil, slight stain and 'warble' to the upper corner, top edge of cover slightly torn.

Inventory #: 32992 Price: $ 45.00