Vintage Books: The Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques - Volumes I & II (1959 & 1955)

Two blue & gilt cloth hardbacks - some fading/minimally scuffed. Both Volumes feature textual illustrations as well as additional b/w plates. Sold as a set.

Volume One (1956 reprint)

Covering Furniture, English Glass, Ceramics, English Painted Enamels, British Pewter, Silver, Jewelery, Clocks and Watches, Arms and Armor, Book-Collecting, Needlework and Embroidery, Oriental Carpets and Rugs, Portrait-Miniatures, Old English Drawings and Prints, Old English Watercolors, European Painting - 288pp.+ xvi pages of advertisements;

Volume Two, (a 1955 First Edition)

Covering French Furniture, European Tapestries and Carpets, Objects of Vertu, Netsuke and Inro, Metalwork, Japanese Prints, Modern Watercolors, Cottage Pottery and Popular Art, Toby Jugs, Armorial China and Glass, Wedgwood, Sheffield Plate, American Silver, Musical Instruments, Coins and Medals, Stamps and Their Forgeries, Victoriana, Antique Statuary and Wax Modeling, Antique Bronzes, Silhouettes and Glass Pictures, Barometers, Musical-Boxes, Automata, Dolls and Dolls' Houses, Ship Models, Jade, French Glass Paperweights, Pharmacy Jars, Wine, Spirit and Sauce Labels - 280pp.+ xvi pages of advertisements. 

Condition Notes:

• There is the faintest touch of foxing in both as well as a hint of browning
• Overall, Good / Fair
• Faded cloth cover

Dimensions:

• Vol 1.: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8" x 1.5"
• Vol 2.: 9-3/4" x 7-5/8" x 1-5/8"