Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith. Shaker Furniture. The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect. New Haven Yale University Press: 1937. Edition limited to 500 copies. The first, limited edition, printing of this classic work. Although there had been some scholarly examination of Shaker community life before the Andrews' book, Shaker furniture had been largely unappreciated. The Andrews, who gained access to many East Coast Shaker communities and were welcomed by the remaining members, were the first to focus not only on how Shaker furniture reflected the inherent tenets of Shaker society, but on Shaker furniture as an important art form worth examination in its own right. They integrated their study of the two aspects, showing how the tenets fed the art, and vice-versa. "The eventual result of this penetration of religion into the workshop", Andrews writes, "was the discarding of all values in design which attach to surface decoration in favor of the values inherent in form, in the harmonious relationship of parts and the perfected unity of the whole. Under such conditions, if the design was well conceived, an effort of rare charm was achieved... The ideal of purity, broadly conceived as it was, furnished sufficient justification for such a theory of workmanship... A natural frankness characterized the finished Shaker product... One's primary impression, on seeing an assemblage of Shaker pieces, is that of brightness and lightness more expressive of serene happiness than somber monasticism". This book is also noted for the stark yet beautiful on-site photographs taken by William F. Winter. Walpole Society member and Magazine Antiques editor Homer Eaton Keyes wrote the Preface. Hardcover. 8.5"x11.5", 133 pages, plus 48 b/w plates. Publisher's red cloth with green paper labels covers with some soil, rubbing, etc. Endpapers with light soil & spotting.

Inventory #: 34282 Price: $ 75.00

Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith. Shaker Furniture. The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect. New York Dover Publications: 1970s. A reprinting of the 1950 edition of this classic, first published in 1937. Softcover. 8"x11", 133 pages, b/w illustrations. Light cover wear, corner creased, contents clean and nice.

Inventory #: 32429 Price: $ 20.00

Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith. Visions of the Heavenly Sphere. A Study in Shaker Religious Art. Charlottesville University Press of Virginia for Winterthur Museum: 1969. A nicely illustrated, elegant study of Shaker inspirational drawings of the 1840s-1860s. Hardcover. 9.5"x10", 138 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj bibliography. Light wear, jacket a little soiled and with a short clear-taped tear.

Inventory #: 30966 Price: $ 50.00

The Gift of Inspiration. Art of the Shakers, 1830-1880. New York Hirschl & Adler Galleries: 1979. The catalog to an important loan exhibition- "the first comprehensive show of Shaker drawings- from practical maps, village views, and architectural renderings, to the colorful exuberance of the unique 'inspirational' drawings, or divinely inspired visions of the spirit world -in contrast with the 'Worldly' art of the Shakers 19th century neighbors- in the first major exhibit to examine Shaker art in the context of American folk art". Softcover. 8.5"x11", 72 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34380 Price: $ 35.00

Goodwillie, Christian (ed.). Shaker Songs. A celebration of peace, harmony, and simplicity. New York Black Dog & Leventhal: 2002. The simple beauty of Shaker craftsmanship and architecture was also reflected in their music, which long played a central role in Shaker worship. This elegant book includes a CD of 28 traditional songs, some performed by the Boston Camerata, and features more than 200 years of Shaker music in beautifully and simply illustrated pages of scores and lyrics, as well as explanatory text. Includes such favorites as "Simple Gifts," "Mother Ann's Song," "Four Little Angels," "Consoling Dove," "Joyful Praises," and "O Zion Arise." Hardcover. 7.5"x9", 128 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj. Music-CD in front pocket. New.

Inventory #: 95062 Price: $ 15.00

Gordon, Beverly. Shaker Textile Arts. Hanover University Press of New England, in cooperation with the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum: 1980. An important study, the only full-length work solely devoted to Shaker textiles. Fortunately this is a very good book, with a glossary, bibliography and a complete history of the development, production and characteristics of Shaker textile arts. Hardcover. 6"x8", 329 pages, 14 color plates and 139 black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Light wear.

Inventory #: 32776 Price: $ 45.00

Kirk, John T. The Shaker World. Art, Life, Belief. New York Harry N. Abrams: 1997. A groundbreaking study of the Shakers, integrating a survey of their beliefs, religious practices and daily life, and showing how these affected and influenced their architecture and crafts, including their furniture and "gift drawings". Beautifully illustrated. Hardcover. 9"x12", 286 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj. A fine copy.

Inventory #: 32150 Price: $ 50.00

Koomler, Sharon Duane. Seen and Received: The Shakers' Private Art. Pittsfield Hancock Shaker village: 2000. "Along with their celebrated furniture and architecture, the Shakers created a more private art in the form of decorative paper works. Usually combining calligraphic renderings of biblical passages and homilies to fraternal love and friendship with elegantly drawn, sometimes vividly colored symbolic images and borders, these works were given as gifts and rarely displayed. Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, preserved as a museum of Shaker culture, here presents and describes 25 of these rare pieces, including two "spirit sheets"-indecipherable visible expressions of messages in unknown tongues received in an ecstatic trance." Softcover. 11"x11", 70 pages, color illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34097 Price: $ 15.00

Koomler, Sharon Duane. Seen and Received: The Shakers' Private Art. Pittsfield Hancock Shaker village: 2000. "Along with their celebrated furniture and architecture, the Shakers created a more private art in the form of decorative paper works. Usually combining calligraphic renderings of biblical passages and homilies to fraternal love and friendship with elegantly drawn, sometimes vividly colored symbolic images and borders, these works were given as gifts and rarely displayed. Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts, preserved as a museum of Shaker culture, here presents and describes 25 of these rare pieces, including two "spirit sheets"-indecipherable visible expressions of messages in unknown tongues received in an ecstatic trance." Hardcover. 11"x11", 70 pages, color illustrations. New.

Inventory #: 95156 Price: $ 20.00

Miller, M. Stephen. From Shaker Lands and Shaker Hands. A Survey of the Industries. Hanover University Press of New England: 2007. This book "documents the surprising breadth and depths of the industries pursued by the Shaker communities, from the well-known Shaker chairs to seeds, herbal medicines, textiles, and foodstuffs. While much has been written about Shaker philosophy and its manifestations in the Shakers' material culture, scant attention has been paid to the vibrant economic life needed to support their communal way of life. As this collection shows, each community engaged in a broad range of commercial activities, astutely marketing not only the products of their farms and craft shops, but also establishing a level of quality widely associated with the word 'Shaker'. This lavishly illustrated full-color book documents the products, their sophisticated packaging, and the marketing strategies employed by the Shakers over a span of two hundred years". Softcover. 8.5"x11", 190 pages, color illustrations. New.

Inventory #: 90245 Price: $ 29.95

Miller, M. Stephen. Inspired Innovations. A Celebration of Shaker Ingenuity. Hanover university Press of New England: 2010. "Since the late eighteenth century, Shakers have exerted an influence on our nation wholly disproportionate to the size of their communities. Their approach has helped shape everything from craftsmanship and ingenuity to concepts of communal living and work ethic. And while much of our modern-day fascination with the United Society of Shakers centers upon their unique attention to craftsmanship, the innovative spirit they brought to simple, Godly living is indeed the most timeless aspect of their legacy. From their earliest days, the Shakers have depended on innovations of every sort to secure their place in a world that was, initially, hostile to their so-called "peculiar" beliefs: community, celibacy, and primitive Christianity. These innovations included improvements, adaptations, refinements, and inventions. Inspired Innovations is the first book devoted to this widely acknowledged but long neglected aspect of Shakerism. A group of thirteen distinguished Shaker scholars, led by M. Stephen Miller, presents in this lavishly illustrated volume their research on the many "zones" of innovation that are considered here. Historians Scott T. Swank, Glendyne R. Wergland, and Stephen J. Paterwic "set the table" for a feast of words and images. The book features 350 full-color images, complete with descriptive captions and technical data." Softcover. 8.5"x11", 240 pages, 350 color illustrations. Fine.

Inventory #: 90358 Price: $ 34.95

Pearson, Elmer R., Julia Neal & Walter Muir Whitehill. The Shaker Image. New York Graphic Society, in collaboration with Shaker Community, Inc, Hancock: 1974. A wonderful survey of 19th century Shaker life as seen in period photographs. Includes the essay 'The Shakers, as They Saw Themselves and as Others Saw Them' by Julia Neal, and a preface by Walter Muir Whitehill. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 190 pages, black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34381 Price: $ 25.00

Schorsch, David A. The Photographs of William F. Winter, Jr. 1899-1939. New York David A. Schorsch: 1989. A retrospective exhibition and catalog of the work of William F. Winter, who was the photographer for Edward Deming Andrews' book, "Shaker Furniture". The catalog covers four distinct categories of Winter's work- Shakers, industrial, nature studies, and interiors. Softcover. 9"x12", 189 pages, black & white illustrations. Light wear, small black label on the spine.

Inventory #: 34096 Price: $ 75.00

Serette, David. Shaker Smalls. Sebasco The Cardigan Press: 1983. A fantastical, fanatical pictorial survey of almost every conceivable object of Shaker everyday life, all photographed over a ten year period at the Sabbathday Lake community. While nobody argues that these objects were not owned by the Shakers, there is no evidence that they were all made by the Shakers. Still, an important documentation of Shaker life. Hardcover. 8.5"x10.5", 5 pages plus 934 b/w illustrations. Covers with some soil, light wear.

Inventory #: 33148 Price: $ 150.00

Shaker Auction. Boxborough Willis Henry Auctions: October 12, 1992. This sale was largely comprised of Shaker antiques from the Massachusetts collection of Dr. George A. Marks, who had been collecting since 1965. There were also items from the collection of Marcia Eisenberg. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 50 pages, 360 lots, black & white illustrations of most items, some in group shots. Light wear, corner bump. Includes the pre-sale estimates and post-sale prices realized sheets, inserted loosely.

Inventory #: 34404 Price: $ 30.00

Shaker Auction. Harvard Willis Henry Auctions: September 22, 1991. A fine selection of Shaker furniture, woodenware, domestic antiques and related Shaker antiques. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 44 pages, 380 lots, many black & white and several color illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34405 Price: $ 25.00

Shaker Workshops. Shaker Furniture & Accessories. Concord nd (early 1970s). A trade catalog of reproduction furniture and accessories. 6"x9", 31 pages, b&w illustrations, color chart softcover.

Inventory #: 18897 Price: $ 20.00

Shaker Workshops. Shaker Furniture & Accessories. Concord nd (early 1970s). A trade catalog of reproduction furniture and accessories. Softcover. 6"x9", 31 pages, black & white illustrations, color chart. Light soil.

Inventory #: 32940 Price: $ 15.00

Shaker. Furniture and Objects from the Faith and Edward Deming Andrews Collections, Commemorating the Bicentenary of the American Shakers. Smithsonian Institution Press: 1973. A nicely-produced catalog which includes photos and descriptions of 40 objects in the exhibition as well as an essay by Edward Deming Andrews, a conversation with Faith Andrews, and an essay on Shaker design. Hardcover. 9"x12", 88 pages, color frontispiece and many black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Jacket rubbed.

Inventory #: 34465 Price: $ 60.00

[Shaker] A Shaker Collection. Bolton Skinner: January 13, 1996. Sale 1690. The auction sale of a collection assembled during the 1940s-60s, mainly through contacts with surviving Shaker sisters at Canterbury. Softcover. 8"x11", 35 pages, 124 lots, b/w and color illustrations. Prices realised sheet stapled to first page. Institutional stamp on first page, else a fine copy.

Inventory #: 31627 Price: $ 25.00

Sprigg, June & Jim Johnson. Shaker Woodenware. A Field Guide. Stockbridge Berkshire House: 1992. "The enthusiasm for beautifully crafted, genuine Shaker creations has outpaced the general knowledge of this particular area of collecting. This book is part of a comprehensive series of guides to Shaker furniture and woodenware, providing information that has been limited primarily to a few collectors, dealers, and curators. Illustrated with 65 black and white photos and 5 color plates, it covers wooden tools and utensils used in Shaker dwellings and workshops, including rulers, chisels, mallets, spools, hat forms, basket molds, loom pulleys, brushes and combs, apple peelers, and paddles and scoops." The second volume in the 'Field Guide' series of Shaker books. Softcover. 6"x9", 168 pages, b/w and several color illustrations. New. Published at $12.95.

Inventory #: 95093 Price: $ 12.50

Sprigg, June. By Shaker Hands. New York Alfred A. Knopf: 1975. One of the more elegant and charming books on Shakers. June Sprigg worked at the Canterbury Community for two years, and has provided an intimate study of Shaker life, craftsmanship and philosophy the book is illustrated with hundreds of her own finely detailed drawings. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 212 pages, line illustrations, chipped dj.

Inventory #: 8199 Price: $ 35.00

Sprigg, June. Shaker Design. New York Whitney Museum of Art in association with the Corcoran Gallery of Art: 1986. The catalog of an important exhibition, beautifully photographed. Furniture, baskets, boxes, tools, textiles, metalware and graphics are included. This is a good counterpoint to the Andrews books- Andrews worked in black & white and emphasized the architectural elements and spatial considerations, whereas Sprigg works in color and emphasizes the wonderful warmth and luminosity of the woods and stains. Were the sensuous colors imbued in their creations a product of the Shakers' otherwise unexpressed sensuality which could find no other outlet? A beautiful pictorial survey. Hardcover. 9"x9", 228 pages, color illustrations, dj. Fine.

Inventory #: 95012 Price: $ 40.00

Starbuck, David R. Neither Plain nor Simple. New Perspectives on the Canterbury Shakers. Hanover University Press of New England: 2004. "Canterbury Shaker Village, located in Canterbury, New Hampshire, just northeast of Concord, has seen more archeological research than any other Shaker community. David R. Starbuck has been digging there for over a quarter of a century. Beginning in 1978, Starbuck and his team mapped some 600 acres of the village, preparing sixty-one base maps, as well as dozens of drawings of foundations and mill features. Accompanying the maps were several hundred archeological site reports describing the history and present condition of every field, dump, foundation, wall, path, and orchard within the community. These documents offered the first comprehensive look at both the built and natural environment of any Shaker village. This above-ground study-with much updating-forms the second part of this volume. The new artifacts contradict the popular image of the Shakers as plain, simple, and otherworldly, thereby challenging existing paradigms about the nature of Shaker society. Starbuck's findings suggest that Shaker consumption practices were highly complex and that Shakers were perhaps more "human" than previously imagined. Neither Plain nor Simple, which brings together the original site maps with his most recent findings, will serve as the definitive archeological investigation of the Canterbury Shakers and their lifeways, and function as a model for similar archeological studies of communal societies". Softcover. 8.5"x11", 190 pages, black & white illustrations. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34364 Price: $ 20.00

Thomas, Samuel W. & James C. Thomas. The Simple Spirit. A Pictorial study of the Shaker Community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Pleasant Hill Press: 1973. A fascinating combination of period and current photographs of the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, along with many period quotes from diaries and letters of the Shakers there. Softcover. 9.5"x9.5", 128 pages, black & white illustrations, map loosely inserted. Light wear.

Inventory #: 34379 Price: $ 25.00