About this title: This beautifully illustrated guide to silver is as much for the reader with a broad interest in the decorative arts and their historical background as for the collector. Written by a team of experts, the book tells the story of the artistic evolution of silver from the earliest time to the present, in both Europe and North America. From being almost exclusively limited to ecclesiastical use in the Middle Ages, silver wares gradually appeared in a domestic environment, first on the tables of the Renaissance nobility, until the Victorian times when they were an essential item in the display ...
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Edition: 1st
Binding: CLOTH
Publisher: BALLANTINE BOOKS, NEW YORK
Date Published: 1987
Description: MANY COLORFUL PHOTOS. VERY SHARP TIGHT CLEAN CRISP COPY/EXCELLENT CONDITION. DUST JACKET IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION WITHOUT ANY TEARS OR BUFFIN TO EDGES...OVERALL GREAT COPY. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: New in new dust jacket. Book is new! DJ is wrapped in protective mylar cover. A great collectors book! Picture available upon request! A large and heavy book. First Printing. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: New. Slight shelf wear on jacket GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: Very Good-in Near Fine dust jacket. 0345345762. Light rubbing to jacket. Large white scuff mark on black ffp from price-sticker removal; light scuffing to board edges. Remainder mark. Insides clean tight and unmarked.; 256 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald & Company Ltd., London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780748103089ISBN:0748103082
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 256 pp. Original covers w/ title on binding. Very bright and clean. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents very nice. read more
Binding: Large Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: NEW! Book and DJ are like new. DJ is in a protective mylar cover. A large book that has been very well kept. Ask for a picture! First Printing. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 256 p. Oversized first edition hardcover in dust jacket, Fine/Near Fine Condition (Almost brand new book! ), Original price of $40.00, 256 pages, many beautiful illustrations, (L2). read more
Description: 2nd impression. 4to (280 x 225mm). Pp 256 illustrated in colour and monochrome throughout. Glazed printed paper on boards. Very Good in near Very Good dust-jacket-lamination shows signs of lifting along the top edge. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Ballantine Books, (1987).
Description: Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Small folio, black cloth coverd boards. 256pp. with index, bibliography, glossary and notes. Over 300 photographic illustrations, 100 in full color. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS NEW. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780356140674ISBN:0356140679
Description: Good. Dust jacket slightly damaged/creased. some light tanning EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald & Co.
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780356140674ISBN:0356140679
Description: Good in Good jacket. Authoritative history of the development of silver, profusely illustrateduseful to the historian or collector. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780345345769ISBN:0345345762
Description: Very Good in Fine jacket. Collectible. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Cloth, 256 pp., illus. (some col. ), biblio., index; 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated "First Edition: November 1987. " Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated, with many colour plates. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Claude Blair; The Ancient World, by Kenneth Painter; The Migration Period and the Middle Ages, by ... read more
Description: Good in Good jacket. Exlibrary Loose Binding, Light cosmetic wear, edges & spine crisp, Brodart Dust Jacket, EXLIBRARY BOOK ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Operated Bookstore Online Since '99 ** read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macdonald Orbis, London
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780356140674ISBN:0356140679
Description: Very Good (Book Condition). Very Good (Jacket Condition) A very nice copy with residual glue where tag removed from front cover. Light rubbing to covers. Text clean, binding strong. [Our rating system: 1. Fine; 2. Near Fine; 3. Very Good; 4. Good; 5. Fair. ] read more
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