ART DECO SCHMUCK: JAKOB BENGEL - IDAR-OBERSTEIN / GERMANY (ART DECO JEWELRY)
Written by Christianne Weber-Stober; Ilonka Wenk.
Stock no. 1824499
Published by Arnoldsche. 1st 2002. Nearly fine condition.

More than two hundred and fifty pieces of Bengel jewellery are superbly reproduced and described in this monograph on the firm. In addition, the book surveys over one hundred and thirty years of Bengel history and gives insights into sample books that have survived from the years 1924 to 1939. Many drawings in colour furnish conclusive source material on designers and design practice during those years. Large format. Black glazed pictorial boards. With a contribution by Ilonka Wenk. Bilingual (German and English). ISBN: 9783897902473. Boards a little scuffed. Contents fine.

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THE BIRMINGHAM JEWELLERY QUARTER: AN ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY OF THE MANUFACTORIES
Written by John Cattell; Sheila Ely; Barry Jones.
Stock no. 1823431
Published by English Heritage. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is remarkable for its dense concentration of converted houses, factories and specialist buildings: a particular combination of structures associated with jewellery and metalworking which does not seem to exist anywhere else in the world. This book describes the development of the Quarter and the various building types in contains. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 1873592485. Small dint to rear spine edge of boards and dustwrapper (as if something heavy was dropped on it). Else a fine copy.

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SCULPTORS' JEWELLERY
Written by Rungwe Kingdon.
Stock no. 2136485
Published by Pangolin London. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition.

Large format. Card wraps. Colour photos. Published to coincide with the exhibition: 'Sculptors' Jewellery' 5th December 2014 - 17th January 2015. Couple of cover corners are lightly creased.

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NEW RINGS: 500+ DESIGNS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Written by Nicolas Estrada.
Stock no. 1823122
Published by Thames and Hudson. 2012. Slightly better than very good condition.

Limp cardwraps. Colour photos throughout. ISBN: 9780500289334. Reprint. Spine lightly faded, a few minor scuff marks to covers. Contents clean.

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THE ART OF BEDOUIN JEWELLERY: A SAUDI ARABIAN PROFILE
Written by Heather Colyer Ross.
Stock no. 1819426
Published by Arabesque. 2002. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Fourth Edition, revised. The astonishing variety of ornaments created both as adornment and negotiable assets. Large format. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. ISBN: 0907513018. Reprint. A few marks to boards. Crinkling to pages caused by damp. A few margins marks but no damp stains. Light browning to page edges. Green pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed, scuffed to front panel.

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WARMAN'S JEWELRY
Written by Christie Romero.
Stock no. 1318066
Published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company. 1st 1995. Very good condition.

An indepth look at jewelry. More than 300 black and white photographs. Historical information, hallmarks, manufacturers' marks, references, 16 colour photos and a time line chronicling the history of jewelry. Cardwraps. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0870696963. Slight rubbing to cover edges. A few light scuff marks to textblock.

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BILL REID
Written by Doris Shadbolt.
Stock no. 2126350
Published by Douglas & McIntyre. 1st CANADA 1986. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Almost square format book. Black cloth, gilt titles. In his long career Bill Reid has embraced many art forms, but always he has been driven by a passion for the well-made, well-crafted object. It is this impulse more than anything, combined with his gradual rediscovery and rekindling of a rich and powerful Haida Indian heritage, that has informed and shaped his development as a visual artist of monumental power and highest accomplishment. ISBN: 0888945035. Wrapper is edge-creased with small tear to top of spine.

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