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Aloi, Roberto. Esempi di Decorazione Moderna di Tutto il Mondo: Gioielli, Sbalzi, Argenti. Milan, 1954. lxxix pages of text with 75 illustrations plus 147 pages of photographic plates. Illustration listings in four languages, including English. Paperbound. $185.00
Modern jewelry and silver, with examples by Templier, Russel Wright, Puiforcat, Jensen and others.
Anderson, Basil & James Payne. The Spectroscope and Gemmology. Woodstock, 1998. $60.00
The first book devoted exclusively to the spectroscope and its use in gemstone identification.
Anderson, Patricia. Contemporary Jewellery in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney, (1998). 168 pages, glossary, timeline, bibliography; profusely illustrated in color. Boards, dust jacket. $125.00
Each artist is represented by a two-page biography and discussion of the work and several color illustrations of examples of his or her jewelry.
Andrews, Carol. Amulets of Ancient Egypt. Austin, 1994. Paperbound. $17.95
Andrews, Carol. Ancient Egyptian Jewelry. New York, Abrams, (1991). $49.50
Antwerp. Diamantmuseum. Exhibition catalogue. A Sparkling Age: 17th-century diamond jewellery. 11 June - 3 October 1993. Texts by Diana Scarisbrick, Frits Scholten & Jan Walgrave. With 107 pieces of jewelry fully described and illustrated in color. Paperbound. $125.00
Armstrong, Nancy. Jewellery: An Historical Survey of British Styles and Jewels. Guildford & London, (1973). Illustrated with 10 pages in full color and 42 pages of black and white halftone plates; appendices. Clothbound, dust jacket. $125.00
The history of the jeweller's craft, as it developed in Britain, beginning with a background of ancient civilization through the "present day."
Armstrong, Nancy. Victorian Jewelry. New York, (1976). Scarce. $125.00
Arrhenius, Birgit. Merovingian Garnet Jewellery. Stockholm, (1985). 229 pages, black and white illustrations. Boards. Very good. $125.00
Art Deco Exposition: Brunhammer, Yvonne. 1925. Paris, Les Presses de la Connaissance, (1976). Two volumes. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Cinquantenaire de l'Exposition de 1925, organized by the Union Centrale des Arts Decoratifs at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Volume I: 231 pages, profusely illustrated, many color. Discusses, in great detail, the 1925 Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. Volume II: Catalogue of the exhibition, 15 October 1976 - 2 February 1977; 165 pages describing 893 items (objects, silver, jewelry, posters, furniture, etc), illustrated, some color; with chronology, bibliography and biographies. 8vo, matching decorative wrappers, slight rubbing, very good. Scarce: the two volumes not always found together. $150.00
Art Nouveau: Finch College Museum of Art, New York. Art Nouveau. Exhibition catalogue: April 30 — June 15, 1969. Curated by Paul Magriel. Introduction by Alden Murray. (32) pages, black and white illustrations. Catalogue lists 355 objects: jewelry, silver, ceramics, furniture, graphics, glass and sculpture. 4to, illustrated wrappers, very good. $50.00
Ashbee: Ashbee, C.R. Modern English Silverwork. London, 1974. Reprint of the original 1904 edition. Limited to 1000 copies. $200.00
Baerwald, Marcus & Tom Mahoney. The Story of Jewelry. A Popular Account of the Lure, Lore, Science and Value of Gems and Noble Metals in the Modern World. London & New York, Abelard-Schuman, (1960). Photo illustrations. Dust jacket. $50.00
Baerwald, Marcus & Tom Mahoney. Gems and Jewelry Today. An Account of the Romance and Values of Gems, Jewelry, Watches and Silverware. New York, (1949). First edition. With extensive bibliography and appendices. Chipped dust jacket. $75.00
The original edition of The Story of Jewelry.
Baker, Lillian. Art Nouveau & Art Deco Jewelry: An Identification & Value Guide. Paducah, (1997). With updated values. Paperbound. $9.95
Balfour, Ian. Famous Diamonds. Christie's, 2000. Fourth edition. $125.00
Ball, Joanne Dubbs. Costume Jewelers: The Golden Age of Design. Schiffer, 2000. Revised & expanded third edition. With updated price guide. $39.95
Costume jewelry designed by Chanel, Dior, Joseff, Haskell, Boucher, Lane, Trifri, and many more.
Ball, Joanne Dubbs. Jewelry of the Stars. Schiffer,1991. With value guide. $44.95
The jewelry creations of Joseff of Hollywood.
Barros, Anne. Ornament and Object: Canadian Jewellery and Metal Art, 1946-1996. Toronto, (1997). Illustrated. Hardbound. $55.00
Bassermann-Jordan, Ernst. Der Schmuck. Leipzig, 1909. 134 pages, 136 illustrations and color frontispiece. $125.00
In German, on ornaments worn by Germanic peoples during ancient, medieval, gothic and renaissance times. Sinkankas 436.
Bassmann, Theda & Michael. Zuni Jewelry. Schiffer, 1992. Paperbound. $12.95
Bates, Kenneth F. Enameling: Principles and Practice. Cleveland, (1951). $45.00
Batterberry, Michael & Ariane. Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion. New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1977). First edition. 400 pages with 700 illustrations, including 120 in color. Large 4to, cloth, stain on front cover, front inner hinge weak, still very good in dust jacket. $125.00
Batterberry, Michael & Ariane. Fashion: The Mirror of History. New York, Greenwich House, (1982). Second edition. 400 pages, over 700 illustrations, including 120 in color. 4to, boards, very good in dust jacket. $125.00
Reprint of the original 1977 edition entitled "Mirror, Mirror"
Battle, Dee & Alayne Lesser. The Best of Bakelite and other plastic jewelry. Schiffer, 1996. With value guide. $39.95
Bauer, Max. Precious Stones.... Rutland, (1982). $75.00
Reprint edition of one of the most comprehensive studies of gemstones ever published.
Becker: Becker, Friedrich. Friedrich Becker: Jewellery, Kinetics, Objects. Edited by Hildegard Becker. Stuttgart, (1997). Text in German and English. $110.00
Study of this world renown goldsmith and jewelry designer (1922-1997) who was the creator of kinetic jewelry.
Becker, Vivienne. Antique and Twentieth Century Jewellery. A Guide for Collectors. Colchester, (1987). Second edition. $69.50
Revised and enlarged edition of this important and impressive work, a must-have for any jewelry library.
Becker, Vivienne. Art Nouveau Jewelry. London, 1985. Original hardbound edition. $150.00
Contains 214 makers' marks and biographies of jewelers.
Becker, Vivienne. Art Nouveau Jewelry. The paperback edition, 1998. Exactly the same as the original hardbound edition which is now out of print. $29.95
Becker, Vivienne. Fabulous Costume Jewelry: History of Fantasy and Fashion in Jewels. Schiffer publishers. With price guide. $39.95
The American reprint of Becker's popular Fabulous Fakes (now out of print); a comprehensive retrospective of commercial costume jewelry from 18th century Georgian through the present.
Bell, C. Jeanenne. Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry, 1840-1950. Fifth edition, 1999. Paperbound. $24.95
Bell, C. Jeanenne. Collector's Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry: Identification & Values. Paducah, (1998). Hardbound. $24.95
A wonderful, informative and well illustrated work with 853 illustrations, mostly in color, and reproductions of pages from nineteenth century catalogues of hairwork jewelry in black and white.
Belle Epoque of French Jewellery 1850-1910: Jewellery Making in Paris... London, 1991. Clothbound, dust jacket. $125.00
Benda, Klement. Ornament & Jewellery. Archaeological Finds from Eastern Europe. Prague, 1967. Clothbound. $75.00
Bennett, David & Daniela Mascetti. Understanding Jewelry. Woodbridge, 2000. Second edition, revised and fully updated. $89.50
This second edition contains a chapter on sixties jewelry at the end.
Berry Collection: Indiana University, Bloomington. Ancient Jewelry from The Collection of Burton Y. Berry. 1973. Paperbound. $40.00
Berry Collection: Wolf, Rudolph. A Golden Legacy: Ancient Jewelry From the Burton Y. Berry Collection. Indiana University Art Museum, 1995. Paperbound. $39.95
Le Bijou; Revue Artistique & Industrielle de la Bijouterie Joaillerie Orfevrerie. Paris, J. Rothschild, editeur. Years 1 (1874) & 2 (1875); 1874 with 35 of 36 brilliant chromolithographic plates of jewelry designs of the period; 1875 with 24 similar plates (complete). Each housed in folder with original front label and number of year added later. Plates are all fine. Folio. Each: $1,500.00
Le Bijou was published to offer jewelry designers with ideas. It ran from 1874 to either 1890 or 1914, according to two different sources. However, we do know of volumes up until at least 1909. All of the plates were specifically commissioned for the magazine and adapted by commercial jewelers. It is known that for a period of about one year around 1883 Lalique sold two watercolors a month to Le Bijou (see Henri Vever, French Jewelry in the 19th Century, Vol. III, the Third Republic, trans. Brenda Forman). Because of the beauty of each of these plates, complete volumes are difficult to find; very occasionally individual plates only are seen. Although the first volume is missing plate two, this volume had more to begin with than any other volume published.
Biro, Olga Zobel & Christianne Weber. Plastic — Jewellery — Art. Stuttgart, 2002. 208 pages, 200 color illustrations. Hardbound. $75.00
Traces the development of jewelry made from synthetic materials. Text in English and German.
Bindesboll: Dedenroth-Schou, Paul. Thorvald Bindesboll Og Solvsmedene. Denmark, Museet pa Koldinghus, 1997. Paperbound. Together with: Thorvald Bindesboll 1846-1908: A Pioneer of Danish Design. Paperbound. The two: $65.00
Catalogues of the exhibition at the Koldinghus Museum in Denmark on the silver and jewelry of Bindesboll. Texts in Danish, German and English. The small catalogue lists the works, the large catalogue discusses, describes and illustrates the pieces.
Black, J. Anderson. A History of Jewelry. Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. New York, no date (ca. 1974). $75.00
A variant edition of The Story of Jewelry.
Black, J. Anderson. The Story of Jewelry. New York, Morrow, 1974. Introduction by Edward Lucie-Smith. With 550 color photographs. Cloth, dust jacket. $75.00
A variant edition of A History of Jewelry.
Boardman, John. Archaic Greek Gems. London, (1968). $55.00
Boardman, John. Greek Gems and Finger Rings, Early Bronze Age to Late Classical. New York, Abrams, no date (1970s). $250.00
Borel, France. The Splendor of Ethnic Jewelry, From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection. New York, (1994). $75.00
Bosshart, Renate. Fashion Jewelry to Make Yourself. Schiffer, 1995. Paperbound. $24.95
Bradford, E.D.S. Contemporary Jewellery and Silver Design. London, (1950). First edition. $225.00
Bradford, Ernle. English Victorian Jewellery. London, (1959). $65.00
Standard work; quite useful.
Bradford, Ernle. Four Centuries of European Jewellery. London, 1953. $60.00
Good survey; a standard work.
Brandt: Kahr, Joan. Edgar Brandt: Master of Art Deco Ironwork. New York, 1999. $60.00
Braun-Feldweg, Wilhelm. Metal Design & Technique. New York, (1975). $125.00
Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers. Third edition, revised. ACC, 1995. $69.50
Probably the most famous clock book ever published; held in the highest esteem by collectors.
Brown, Clifford M. (editor). Engraved Gems: Survivals & Revivals. Washington, National Gallery of Art, (1997) 320 pages, color and black and white illustrations. Hardbound, dust jacket. Studies in the History of Art, Volume 54, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Symposium Papers XXXII. $85.00
Brown, Hy. Comic Character Timepieces: Seven Decades of Memories. Schiffer, 1992. $79.95
Bronstein, Alan & Stephen C. Hofer. Forever Brilliant: The Aurora Collection of Colored Diamonds. New York, (2000). $39.95
The Aurora diamonds photographed by Tino Hammid for the book Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds, with introductions by Alan Bronstein, Stephen Hofer, George E. Harlow and Janet Zapata.
Brunner, Gisbert & Christian Pfeiffer-Belli. Wristwatches. Schiffer, 1997. Revised edition. With price guide. Paperbound. $19.95
Brunner, Gisbert & Christian Pfeiffer-Belli. Swiss Wristwatches: Chronology of Worldwide Success. Schiffer, 1991. With price guide. $69.95
Brush: Daniel Brush: Gold Without Boundaries. Writings by Ralph Esmerian, Paul Theroux, Donald Kuspit, and David Bennett and Daniel Brush. New York, 1998. $65.00
Brussels. Hotel Solvay. Le Bijou 1900: Modern Style-Juwelen. (1965). 102 pages; text in French and Flemish. With 35 black and white and 23 color illustrations. Presented by artist, with a biography of each: Fouquet, Wolfers, Lalique, Josef Hoffmann, Van De Velde, Veve, Wiener Werkstatte, and others. Paperbound. $185.00
Bruton, Eric. Diamonds. Radnor, (1978). Second edition. Cloth, dust jacket. $50.00
Buccellati: Corgnati, Martina. Mario Buccellati: Prince of Goldsmiths. New York, 1999. Profusely illustrated with photos by Giorgio Majno, mostly in color. $65.00
Bulgari: Mascetti, Daniela & Amanda Triossi. Bulgari. New York, 1996. $100.00
Burgess, Fred W. Antique Jewelry and Trinkets. New York, (1937). $50.00
Burkholz, Matthew L. The Bakelite Collection. Schiffer, (1997). With price guide. $59.95
Bury, Shirley. Jewellery 1789-1910, The International Era. Two volumes. Woodbridge, 1997. $250.00
Bury, Shirley. Jewellery Gallery Summary Guide. London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982. Paperbound. $100.00
Bury, Shirley. Sentimental Jewellery. London, 1985. Boards. $35.00
Cailles, Francoise. Le Prix des Bijoux/ International Jewellery Auction. Paris, (1991). $185.00
Price guide to jewelry at auction during the years 1989 and 1990; this is the most recent edition available; each item illustrated in color, with prices noted.
Calinescu, Adriana (editor). Ancient Jewelry & Archaeology. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, (1996). $60.00
Cardinal, Catherine. The Watch from Its Origins to the XIXth Century. Secaucus, (1989). $150.00
A history of the watch, specifically relating to watch decoration.

Canadian Art Deco Jewelry & Silver
Canadian Jewelry: Master Catalogue of the Canadian Jewellery Trade 1930-31. Toronto, Ross, Barbour, Molhall Ltd., (1930). Foreword in English and French. 176 pages, almost totally illustrated with examples of jewelry, jewelry for men, watches, clocks, silverware, toilet ware, leather goods and other objects. Most of the items are manufactured by Canadian companies, all are noted. Included are a number of exquisite full color plates, some displaying exceptional examples of art deco lighters, perfume atomizers and jewelry, all in the style of the period, all priced. Large 4to, original limp gilt and embossed leather-like boards; chipped at extremities; five very tiny cuts from illustrations, else very good. Scarce. $275.00
Carducci, Carlo. Bijoux et Orfevrerie Antiques: Tresors en Italie. Fribourg, (1963). First French edition. xxx, 86 pages, 107 reproductions, of which 44 plates are in full color. Clothbound, dust jacket (chipped). $75.00
Ancient and medieval Italian jewelry and silver objects.
Carle, Donald de. Practical Watch Repairing. NAG, 1995. $35.00
Carre, Louis. Guide de l'Amateur d'Orfevrerie Francaise. Paris, 1990. With marks. Paperbound. $85.00
French silver marks.
Cartier: Cartier, Inc. Retrospective Louis Cartier: Masterworks of Art Deco. (1982). Illustrating and describing 124 objects, mostly in color. Paperbound. $75.00
Cartier: Cologni, Franco & Eric Nussbaum. Platinum by Cartier: Triumphs of the Jewelers' Art. New York, 1996. Hardbound, dust jacket. $100.00
Cartier: Nadelhoffer, Hans. Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary. New York, (1984). Hardbound, dust jacket. $75.00
Cartier: Rudoe, Judy. Cartier 1900-1939. New York, (1997). Hardbound, dust jacket. $75.00
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2 - August 3, 1997.
Cartlidge, Barbara. Twentieth-Century Jewelry. New York, 1985. Hardbound, dust jacket. $125.00
Castellani, Augusto. Gems: Notes and Extracts. London, Bell & Daldy, 1871. 241 pages. Small 8vo, bound in publisher's cloth, spine faded, front hinge weak, still very good. Very scarce. $425.00
Augusto Castellani was the senior member of the old Italian family of jewelers whose pieces, emulating styles and methods of Etruscan goldsmiths, won wide acclaim at the expositions of Paris 1867 and Vienna 1873. Sinkankas 1181: "Short essays on many gemstones and their varieties... in alphabetical order... essays emphasize lore & legend but some technical data and locality information are provided...." See also Castellani and Giuliano by Geoffrey C. Munn.
Cera, Deanna Farneti. Gioie di Hollywood: American Designers of Fashion Jewelry 1920-1960. Venice Design Art Gallery, 1987. $75.00
A fine work produced for an exhibition in Venice with many color illustrations; an excellent reference, in English and Italian, now out of print.
Cera, Deanna Farneti. Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century. New York, (1992). Hardbound, fine in dust jacket. $350.00
A major study of costume jewelry.
Cerval, Marguerite de (editor). Dictionnaire International du Bijou. Paris, (1998). $185.00
An invaluable dictionary of jewelry, extremely comprehensive, beautifully illustrated.
Chadour-Sampson, Beatriz. Ancient Finger Rings. Munich, 1997. $135.00
The Alain Ollivier Collection of ancient rings — a small collection, but one which offers an outstanding introduction to the art and history of the ring in ancient times. Text in German and English
Chanel: Mauries, Patrick. Jewelry by Chanel. Boston, (2000). Paperbound edition. $35.00
Chaumet: Scarisbrick, Diana. Chaumet: Master Jewellers Since 1780. Paris, 1995. 366 pages, over 459 color illustrations; bibliography, index, list of plates. Folio, boards, fine in box. $275.00
The definitive, and quite beautiful, work on Chaumet.
Chaumet: Musee Carnavalet, Paris. Chaumet, Paris, Deux Siecles de Creation. Paris, (1998). Published on the occasion of the exhibition 25 March - 28 June 1998. Texts by Roselyne Hurel and Diana Scarisbrick. $125.00
Two centuries of fine jewelry from Chaumet.
Chicago. Art Institute of Chicago. Museum Studies, Volume 25, no. 2: Renaissance Jewelry in the Alsdorf Collection. 2000. With notes, glossary, bibliography, checklist of 81 items, 53 of which are described in great detail and illustrated in color. Texts by Ian Wardropper, Elizabeth Rodini, Maureen Kupstas, Priscilla Muller, Martha McCrory & Charles Truman. Paperbound. $17.95
Choate, Sharr. Creative Gold- and Silversmithing: Jewelry - Decorative Metalcraft. New York, (1970). Paperbound edition. $35.00
A comprehensive and very useful work; the color illustrations are examples of contemporary pieces, many by the author.
Christie's, New York. American Chic: 100 Years of Jewelry Design. Catalogue of an auction 18 October 1999. 172 page catalogue of 200 items, profusely illustrated in color, biographies; a few prices realized handwritten. Paperbound. $50.00
Includes works by Daniel Brush, Cartier, Paul Flato, Heyman & Bros., Marcus & Co., Ostier, Seaman Schepps, Schlumberger, Tiffany & Co., Trabert & Hoeffer, Van Cleef, David Webb, Raymond Yard and others.
Christie's, New York. Magnificent Jewels and Property from the Collection of Mrs. Sybil Harrington. 19 October 1999. A two-volume set of 847 lots (lots 795-847 are in the second part); profusely illustrated in color, biographies. Paperbound. $50.00
Includes Boivin, Buccellati, Bulgari, Cartier, Herz-Belperron, Lalique, Marcus & Co., Schlumberger, Tiffany, Van Cleef, David Webb, Harry Winston, Raymond Yard, et al.
Clarke, Geoffrey & F. & Ida Feher. The Technique of Enamelling. London, (1977). Revised edn. $20.00
Clements, Monica Lynn & Patricia Rosser Clements. Cameos, Classical to Costume. Schiffer, (1998). With value guide. Hardbound. $59.95
Clifford, Anne. Cut-Steel and Berlin Iron Jewellery. New York, (1971). $150.00
Contini, Mila. Fashion From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day. New York, (1965). Profusely illustrated with examples of fashions through the ages, including many examples of the jewelry worn. $85.00
Cooper, Diana & Norman Battershill. Victorian Sentimental Jewellery. Newton Abbott, (1972). $75.00
Coyne, John (editor). The Penland School of Crafts Book of Jewelry Making. Indianapolis, (1975). $45.00
Crowe, Fred J.W. Masonic Clothing and Regalia, British & Continental. Edinburgh, 1897. With 36 full-page color plates, each with lengthy description. Scarce. Original gilt decorated leather torn; internally very good. $350.00
Culme, John. The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths, Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838-1914. Two volumes. ACC, 1995. $350.00
With over 4,000 biographies and 12,000 marks illustrated and arranged alphabetically to identify the work of all those registered at the London Assay Office during the period.
Cummins, Genevieve E. & Nerylla D. Taunton. Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance. Woodbridge, (1994). $69.50
The first book to deal exclusively with the development of the chatelaine, a decorative or useful waist-hung item, a popular adjunct to a lady's dress.
Cumo, Carlo & Claude Mazloum. Les Gemmes des Joyaux: Maitres et Materiaux. Rome, Gremese, (1996). Preface by Paolo Valentini. 285 pages, glossary; profusely illustrated in color showing gemstones as well as contemporary jewelry using various stones. 4to, boards, fine in dust jacket. $85.00
Cuss, Camerer. Antique Watches. Woodbridge, 1995. $79.50

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JEWELRY LIST 2002: Part A: A-C

JEWELRY LIST 2002:

Part A: A-C