Bolton, Ethel S. American Wax Portraits. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company: 1929. Edition limited to 550 copies. First published as "Wax Portraits and Silhouettes" in 1914, this is the first and only monograph on American wax portraits. The initial research for this project was undertaken for a talk before the Society of Colonial Dames. The Society's exhibition of wax portraits, silhouettes and miniatures, mounted in 1913-14, brought together many of the examples on which this study was based. For this edition the text has been revised, amplified, and focused on the waxes. Three plates of waxes were deleted and ten added. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 68 pages, plus 16 b/w plates. Covers with some soil, gouge at the top of the rear hinge. Light scattered soil and a little foxing.

Inventory #: 31501 Price: $ 85.00

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

Catalogue of Silhouettes, Portrait Miniatures, European Silver and English Silver. London Sotheby's: March 12, 1984. Silhouettes comprise lots 21-28, Continental miniatures lots 29-41, enamel miniatures lots 42-56, and English miniatures lots 57-176. Softcover. 7"x9.5", 143 pages, 680 lots, black & white and some color illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34497 Price: $ 25.00

Dearborn, Mona L. Anson Dickinson. The Celebrated Miniature Painter, 1779-1852. Hartford Connecticut Historical Society: 1983. The definitive catalog of this noted miniaturist's work. After Malbone, Dickinson was one of America's leading miniaturists, and he was called "the best miniature painter in New York City" by William Dunlap. This catalog illustrates and meticulously describes the 94 miniatures which were included in the exhibition, and also contains a transcript of Dickinson's surviving workbook which lists some 1,500 sitters. There is also a biography of Dickinson, an essay about his known surviving trade cards, and an extensive and useful bibliography. Softcover. 4"x6.5", 187 pages, color and b/w illustrations. New.

Inventory #: 90134 Price: $ 14.95

Dunbar, Philip H. Portrait Miniatures on Ivory 1750-1850. From the Collection of The Con [in the] Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, October, 1964. An entire issue devoted to this subject, with an historical essay on miniat Softcover. 6"x9", 47 pages, many b/w illustrations light wear.

Inventory #: 90001 Price: $ 20.00

Exhibition of Early American Paintings, Miniatures and Silver Assembled by the Washington Loan Exhibition Committee. Washington National Gallery of Art: 1925. The catalog of an early loan exhibition of American works. The short introduction to the Miniatures section was written by Albert Rosenthal. The somewhat longer introduction to the silver was written by Elizabeth Benton of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Members of the Committee on Silver included Hollis French and Luke Vincent Lockwood. The silver was categorized into New England wares New York Philadelphia, Baltimore, Annapolis & Washington, and Anonymous makers. Softcover. 5.5"x8.5", 107 pages, plus 15 b/w plates covers somewhat worn, a little soil, spine split in a few places a delicate catalog.

Inventory #: 8807 Price: $ 100.00

Frank, Robin Jaffee. Love and Loss. American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures. New Haven Yale University Press: 2000. The beautifully produced catalog to the traveling loan exhibition of portrait miniatures assembled by the Yale University Art Gallery. Frank not only explores the role of portrait miniatures in American life, but also in American death, as her extended essay "Not Lost but Gone Before" chronicles the uses and symbolism of mourning miniatures. Other chapters cover the role miniatures played in society, the miniaturists who created these tiny jewels, and the competition between miniatures and photography. The catalog features brilliant color photographs and many enlargements of details. Hardcover. 5.5"x7", 358 pages, many color and b/w illustrations, dj. Jacket with light wear.

Inventory #: 34567 Price: $ 35.00

Frank, Robin Jaffee. Love and Loss. American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures. New Haven Yale University Press: 2000. The beautifully produced catalog to the traveling loan exhibition of portrait miniatures assembled by the Yale University Art Gallery. Frank not only explores the role of portrait miniatures in American life, but also in American death, as her extended essay "Not Lost but Gone Before" chronicles the uses and symbolism of mourning miniatures. Other chapters cover the role miniatures played in society, the miniaturists who created these tiny jewels, and the competition between miniatures and photography. The catalog features brilliant color photographs and many enlargements of details. Hardcover. 5.5"x7", 358 pages, many color and b/w illustrations, dj. New.

Inventory #: 90135 Price: $ 42.00

[Girl Scout Loan Exhibition] Long Text and Brief Sermon. [contained in] The Magazine Antiques. November, 1929. A short appreciation of the Girl Scout Loan Exhibition, with some pictures. This issue also contains the articles- "Newly Discovered Miniatures by Edward Greene Malbone" by Ruel P. Tolman "Some North of England Chairs" by G. Baseden Butt "New York State Glasshouses" by Harry Hall White, etc. Softcover. Light wear, a little soil.

Inventory #: 7426 Price: $ 20.00

Important Silver, including the Sir Peter Wills Collection of Commonwealth Silver, Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures. London Christie's: November 9, 1994. English and European portrait miniatures comprise lots 4-95. The Wills Collection of Commonwealth silver comprises lots 211-246. Sir Peter Wills formed this collection, with the assistance of silver expert G.E.P. How, while on active duty with the Coldstream Guards in the Second World War, and its quality is outstanding. When Sir Peter was killed in combat in Italy a few days before the war ended, the collection passed to his brother and had been in storage until this sale. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 94 pages, 246 lots, color illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34498 Price: $ 40.00

[Joachim] Fine Silver, Objects of Vertu and Portrait Miniatures, including the Frederick Joachim Collection, Part 1. London Christie's: March 8, 1995. Lots 1-100 consisted of portrait miniatures from the Frederick Joachim Collection. Lots 101-116 were silhouettes from the Christie Collection. As a whole, the miniatures and silhouettes comprise the first 159 lots. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 58 pages, 206 lots, color illustrations. Light wear. Prices realized sheet.

Inventory #: 34499 Price: $ 40.00

[Lawton] Rare and Valuable American Furniture, Paintings, Silver... from the Collection of Herbert Lawton, Boston, Mass. New York American Art Association: April 2nd-3rd, 1937. Sale 4314. An important sale of American silver and furniture, including pieces by Phyfe, Townsend, Goddard, Seymour, McIntire, Coney, Revere, Burt, etc. There was also an outstanding collection of American portrait miniatures, including works by Peale, Fraser, Malbone, Inman, Copley, the Birch enamel of Washington, and Ellen Sharpless' bust of Hamilton. Lawton was a prosperous textile manufacturer who "assembled collections" of American antiques and then sold it all off from time to time... Softcover. 7"x10.5", 168 pages, 410 lots, 150 lots illustrated in b/w. Covers with light soil, a few chips. Title page browned, light soil, half-title slightly spotted.

Inventory #: 31956 Price: $ 75.00

Mansion, L[eon Larue]. Lettres sur la Miniature, par Mansion, eleve d'Isabey. Paris Chez Louis Janet, Libraire: 1823. Originally published in London by Ackermann in the same year. The folding frontispiece is an attractive, hand-tinted palette of 12 colors for flesh tones and shadows. Softcover. 4.5"x7", 244 pages, folding hand-colored frontispiece. Publisher's original printed paper covers, covers with some slight chipping, a little toning and spotting throughout, page tips and fore-edge a bit browned, spine paper chipped and cracked. Still, an attractive copy in the publisher's original paper covers.

Inventory #: 31377 Price: $ 275.00

Wehle, Harry B. American Miniatures 1730-1850. One hundred and seventy-three portraits selected with a descriptive account. Garden City Publishing Co.: 1937. New edition. First published in 1927, this has remained a standard study of American miniatures and their painters. It includes introductions to the development of miniature painting and the use of ivory, and then goes on to the development of American miniature painting, treated regionally and chronologically. There is also a biographical dictionary of American miniature painters, compiled by Theodore Bolton. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 127 pages, plus a color frontispiece and 4 color and 44 b/w plates. Jacket rubbed and a bit worn, some soil.

Inventory #: 31480 Price: $ 40.00