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Lot 476

Three signed antique reference books

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Three signed antique reference books, to include Chinese Export Silver 1785 to 1885, by H. A. Crosby Forbes, John Devereux Kernan, and Ruth S. Wilkins, signed by all three authors, published by the Museum of the American China Trade, 1975; Maryland Silversmiths 1715 - 1830, by J. Hall Pleasants and Howard Sill, signed by Pleasants, numbered 197 of 300, printed by the Lord Baltimore Press, 1930; and Bed Hangings, A Treatise on Fabrics and Styles in the Certaining of Beds 1650-1850, by Abbott Lowell Cummings, signed by the author, published by The Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1961.

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Condition

Chinese: Dust jacket with some light soiling to front, otherwise very good, pages clean, binding tight, slip case good. Maryland: One inch crack to front board, some rubbing, pages clean, binding tight. Bed Hangings: Some edge wear, pages clean, binding tight

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