Historic New England

The substance of style :how the rise of aesthetic value is remaking commerce, culture, and consciousness /Virginia Postrel.

xv, 237, 15 p. ; 21 cm., "Whether it's sleek leather pants, a shiny new Apple computer, or a designer toaster, we make important decisions as consumers every day based on our sensory experience. Sensory appeals are everywhere, and they are intensifying, radically changing how Americans live and work...

Date: 2004, c2003.

Creators: Postrel, Virginia I., 1960-

GUSN: 271190

Call Number: Coll. BH39.P6693 2003

The kitchen :life world, usage, perspectives /Klaus Spechtenhauser, editor ; translation into English, Bill Martin with Laura Bruce.

160 p. : ill., (some col.), plans ; 28 cm.

Date: 2005.

Creators: Spechtenhauser, Klaus. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule.

GUSN: 271191

Call Number: Coll. TX653.K7613 2006

Embroidery and lace;their manufacture and history.Translated and enl., with notes, by Alan S. Cole. With one hundred and fifty-six woodcuts.

x, 326 p. illus. 21 cm.

Date: 1899.

Creators: Lefébure, Ernest, b. 1835. Cole, Alan Summerly, 1846-1934.

GUSN: 271192

Call Number: Coll. NK9204.L44 1899

Mocha and related dipped wares, 1770-1939 /by Jonathan Rickard ; principal color photography by Gavin Ashworth ; foreword by David Barker.

178 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Date: 2005.

Creators: Rickard, Jonathan. Ashworth, Gavin. Historic Eastfield Foundation.

GUSN: 271193

Call Number: Coll. NK4285.R53 2005

Painting Portsmouth :a brush with the past /essay by Kimberly Alexander; foreword by Jamie Lafleur.

24 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Alexander, Kimberly. Lafleur, Jamie.

GUSN: 271194

Call Number: Coll. ND235.P67 P35 2010 c. 1 (and 1 more)

Utopia & reality :modernity in Sweden 1900-1960 /[catalogue editor Cecilia Widenheim].

328 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: c2002.

Creators: Widenheim, Cecilia. Rudberg, Eva.

GUSN: 271195

Call Number: Coll. N7088.5.M6 U88 2002

Wearing propaganda :textiles on the home front in Japan, Britain, and the United States, 1931-1945 /John W. Dower ... [et al.] ; Jacqueline M. Atkins, editor.

376 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm., "Protest fashion ... dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945) ... presents hundreds of examples of how fashion was employed by commercial interests on all sides of...

Date: 2005.

Creators: Atkins, Jacqueline M. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. Allentown Art Museum.

GUSN: 271196

Call Number: Coll. D810.P6 W44 2005

Revivals! diverse traditions, 1920-1945 :the history of twentieth-century American craft /Janet Kardon, editor ; with essays by Ralph T. Coe ... [et al.].

303 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm., Features the many contributions of five strongly individual aesthetics - African American, Appalachian, Colonial Revival, Hispanic, and Native American - to crafts in the United States between 1920 and 1945.

Date: 1994.

Creators: Kardon, Janet. Coe, Ralph T. American Craft Museum (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 271197

Call Number: Coll. NK808.R48 1994

The Hoosier cabinet in kitchen history /Nancy R. Hiller.

xii, 144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Date: c2009.

Creators: Hiller, Nancy R.

GUSN: 271198

Call Number: Coll. HD9774.K584 H664 2009

Thomas Hope :Regency designer /David Watkin and Philip Hewat-Jaboor, editors ; [contributors], Daniella Ben-Arie ... [et al.] ; with contributions by Elizabeth Angelicoussis ... [et al.].

xxiv, 526 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 32 cm., This title presents a comprehensive study of Thomas Hope, focusing on his multifaceted role as designer and patron. The contributors examine his wide-ranging and intriguing contribution to the arts as well as his extensive writings.

Date: 2008.

Creators: Watkin, David, 1941- Hewat-Jaboor, Philip. Ben-Arie, Daniella. Angelicoussis, Elizabeth. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture.

GUSN: 271199

Call Number: Coll. N5247.H67 W38 2008

The secular furniture of E.W. Godwin :with catalogue raisonné /Susan Weber Soros.

299 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm., "Victorian architect designer E.W. Godwin (1833-86), tying himself neither morally nor aesthetically to a single style, approached design with what he called "judicious eclecticism." Seeking to design furniture appropriate to the needs of modern living, he grapple...

Date: c1999.

Creators: Soros, Susan Weber. Godwin, E. W. (Edward William), 1833-1886.

GUSN: 271200

Call Number: Coll. NA997.G6 A4 1999a

Lions, dragons, & other beasts :aquamanilia of the Middle Ages, vessels for church and table /edited by Peter Barnet, Pete Dandridge.

xi, 205 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. + 1 videodisc (DVD : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.), "This book explores the history, techniques, and cultural significance of medieval aquamanilia, cast metal objects used to pour liquids in both religious and secular rituals. Often created in appealing animal or h...

Date: c2006.

Creators: Barnet, Peter. Dandridge, Pete. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 271201

Call Number: Coll. NK8427.B37 2006

Prendergast in Italy /Nancy Mowll Mathews with Elizabeth Kennedy.

192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.

Date: 2009.

Creators: Mathews, Nancy Mowll. Prendergast, Maurice Brazil, 1858-1924. Kennedy, Elizabeth, 1949- Williams College. Museum of Art. Terra Foundation for American Art. Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

GUSN: 271202

Call Number: Coll. ND237.P85 M38 2009

American ice boxes :a book on the history, collecting, and restoration of ice boxes /Joseph C. Jones, Jr.

ix, 100 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Date: 1981]

Creators: Jones, Joseph C.

GUSN: 271203

Call Number: Roth TP496.J66 1981

Jelly moulds /by Sally Kevill-Davies.

64 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Date: 1983.

Creators: Kevill-Davies, Sally.

GUSN: 271204

Call Number: Roth TX657.M7 K43 1983

Price guide to collectible kitchen appliances /Gary Miller and K.M. Scotty Mitchell.

x, 179 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Date: c1991.

Creators: Miller, Gary, 1940- Mitchell, K. M. Scotty.

GUSN: 271205

Call Number: Roth TX656.M54 1991

Celebration of American food :four centuries in the melting pot /Gerry Schremp.

xii, 146 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm., Celebration of American Food explores the profound impact of various immigrant groups on American cuisine, delving into the regional variations that reflect the diversity of our tastes. In addition, the book traces the creation of cooking and kitchen tools in...

Date: c1996.

Creators: Schremp, Geraldine. Library of Congress.

GUSN: 271206

Call Number: Coll. TX360.U6 S37 1996

Trammels, trenchers, and tartlets /Joyce W. Carlo.

[4], 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 1982.

Creators: Carlo, Joyce W.

GUSN: 271207

Call Number: Coll. TX653.C37 1982

What Mrs. Fisher knows about old southern cooking :soups, pickles, preserves, etc. : in facsimile with historical notes /by Karen Hess.

94 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: c1995.

Creators: Fisher, Mrs. Hess, Karen.

GUSN: 271208

Call Number: Coll. TX715.2.S68 F535 1995

Time-honored Norwegian recipes adapted to the American kitchen /by Erna Oleson Xan and Sigrid Marstrander ; photographs by Dean Madden ... [et al.] ; edited by John Zug.

127 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Date: c1990.

Creators: Xan, Erna Oleson, 1898- Marstrander, Sigrid. Zug, John (John D.)

GUSN: 271209

Call Number: Coll. TX722.N6 X36 1990

Sauerkraut Yankees :Pennsylvania Dutch foods & foodways /William Woys Weaver ; foreword by Don Yoder.

xxiii, 216 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm., A newly revised edition of a groundbreaking work in the growing field of food history, Sauerkraut Yankees offers recipes from an 1848 Pennsylvania Dutch cookbook, rearranged into chapters with insightful introductory comments on some aspect of each dish-its histor...

Date: c2002.

Creators: Weaver, William Woys, 1947-

GUSN: 271210

Call Number: Coll. TX721.W38 2002

The good life :New Mexico traditions and food /Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert ; drawings by Gerri Chandler ; [introduction by Ina Sizer Cassidy].

vi, 95 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Date: 2005.

Creators: Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, 1898-1991. Chandler, Gerri.

GUSN: 271211

Call Number: Coll. TX715.G468 2005

Early Connecticut silver, 1700-1840 /by Peter Bohan and Philip Hammerslough.

xxvii, 288 p : ill., facsims., ports. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2007.

Creators: Bohan, Peter J. Hammerslough, Philip H. Eisenbarth, Erin E.

GUSN: 271212

Call Number: Coll. NK7112.B57 2007

American furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

v. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.

Date: c1985-

Creators: Safford, Frances Gruber. Heckscher, Morrison H. Rogers, Mary-Alice. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 271213

Call Number: Coll. NK2405.M47 1985

Color for interiors, historical and modern;an essential reference work covering the major period styles of history and including modern palettes for the authentic decoration of homes, institutional and commercial interiors.

ix, 210 p. illus., mounted col. samples. 27 cm.

Date: [1963]

Creators: Birren, Faber, 1900-

GUSN: 271214

Call Number: Coll. NK2113.B5 1963

John Baptist Jackson:18th-century master of the color woodcut.

xii, 183 p. illus., plates (part col.) 29 cm.

Date: 1962.

Creators: Kainen, Jacob.

GUSN: 271215

Call Number: Coll. NE1212.J2 K2 1962

Wallpapers of France, 1800-1850 /Odile Nouvel ; with an introduction by Jean-Pierre Seguin ; translated by Margaret Timmers.

130 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: 1981.

Creators: Nouvel, Odile. Musée des arts décoratifs (France)

GUSN: 271216

Call Number: Coll. NK3449.A1 N6 1981

Ich trage eine Eule nach Athen und 4 andere von Paul Flora illustrierte Geschichten.

77 S. : Ill. ; 8À.

Date: 1956.

Creators: Hildesheimer, Wolfgang. Diogenes-Verlag (Zürich)

GUSN: 273145

Call Number: GRO 80739815

A landscape history of New England /edited by Blake Harrison and Richard W. Judd.

xii, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm., This book takes a view of New England's landscapes that goes beyond picture postcard-ready vistas of white-steepled churches, open pastures, and tree-covered mountains. Its chapters describe, for example, the Native American presence in the Maine Woods; offer a his...

Date: c2011.

Creators: Harrison, Blake A., 1970- Judd, Richard William.

GUSN: 273146

Call Number: Stacks GF91.N43 L36 2011 (and 1 more)

In death lamented :the tradition of Anglo-American mourning jewelry /Sarah Nehama ; preface by Anne E. Bentley and Sarah Nehama.

128 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Date: 2012.

Creators: Nehama, Sarah. Bentley, Anne E. Massachusetts Historical Society.

GUSN: 273147

Call Number: Stacks NK7309.N44 2012

Worte mit und ohne Anker /Hans Arp.

100 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 19 cm.

Date: c1957.

Creators: Arp, Jean, 1887-1966.

GUSN: 273148

Call Number: GRO PQ2601.R33 W6

Kleine Geographie des deutschen Witzes.Mit einem Nachwort hrsg. von Helmuth Plessner.

98 p. 21 cm.

Date: [1955]

Creators: Schöffler, Herbert, 1888-1946.

GUSN: 273149

Call Number: GRO PT851.S3

Auf einem Bein /Hans Arp.

26 p. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1955.

Creators: Arp, Jean, 1887-1966.

GUSN: 273150

Call Number: GRO PQ2601.R633 A9 1955

Liner Roma /Joachim Ringelnatz ; mit 10 Bildern von ihm selbst.

53 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Date: 1924.

Creators: Ringelnatz, Joachim, 1883-1934.

GUSN: 273151

Call Number: GRO 744714537

Und auf einmal steht es neben dir :gesammelte Gedichte /Joachim Ringelnatz.

521, [2] s. ; 19 cm.

Date: 1951.

Creators: Ringelnatz, Joachim (1883-1934).

GUSN: 273152

Call Number: GRO 804664879

Erinnerungen aus den Jahren 1918-30[Hrsg. von] Kate T. Steinitz.

168 p. illus., music. 20 cm.

Date: [1963]

Creators: Schwitters, Kurt, 1887-1948. Steinitz, Kate Traumann, 1889-1975, ed.

GUSN: 273153

Call Number: GRO NE654.S43 A5

'For the purpose of encouraging yachting...' :A history of the Manchester Yacht Club with a lifetime of personal recollections /Gordon Abbott, Jr.

132 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Date: 2012.

Creators: Abbott, Gordon, Jr.

GUSN: 273154

Call Number: Stacks F74.M26 A226 2012

Die Jakobsleiter :Oratorium /Arnold Schönberg.

32 p. ; 19 x 24 cm.

Date: c1917.

Creators: Schoenberg, Arnold, 1874-1951.

GUSN: 273202

Call Number: GRO ML53.S374 J3

The Nobel prize speech.Speech of acceptance upon the award of the Nobel prize for literature, delivered in Stockholm on the tenth of December, nineteen hundred fifty.

[7] p. 25 cm.

Date: 1951]

Creators: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

GUSN: 273203

Call Number: GRO 67047070

Viage del comandante Byron al rededor del mundo, :hecho ultimamente de orden del Almirantazgo de Inglaterra: en el qual se da noticia de varos paises, de las costumbres de sus habitantes, de las plantas, y animales estraños que se crian en ellos: juntamente con una descripcion muy circunstanciada del estrecho de Magallanes, y de cierta nacion de gigantes, llamados Patagones, con una lamina fina que los epresenta &c. /Traducido del ingles, é ilustrado con notas sobre muchos puntos de geographia, de physica, de historia natural, de comercio &c. y con un nuevo mapa del estrecho, por el Dr. Dn. Casimiro de Ortega, de la Sociedad Botanica de Florencia, y de la Real Academia Medica de Madrid &c.

[16], 245, [1] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill. (front., fold. map) ; 21 cm.

Date: 1769.

Creators: Marsden, William, 1754-1836, former owner. Gómez Ortega, Casimiro, 1740-1818. Nipho, Francisco Mariano, fl. 1769 printer.

GUSN: 273204

Call Number: GRO G420.B9

Japanese haiku :translated from the masters of the seventeen-syllable poetic form, Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki, Sokan, Kikaku, Ransetsu, Joso, Yaha, Boncho and others.

[59] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Date: c1955.

GUSN: 273205

Call Number: GRO PL768 H3J3

Irrgarten der Liebe :Verliebte, launenhafte und moralische Lieder, Gedichte u. Sprueche aus den Jahren 1885 bis 1900 /Otto J. Bierbaum. Mit Leisten und SchluÇstücken geschmückt von Heinrich Vogeler.

XXXI, 475 S.

Date: 1901.

Creators: Bierbaum, Otto Julius, 1865-1910.

GUSN: 273206

Call Number: GRO

Kimono /by Ken-ichi Kawakatsu.

137 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.

Date: 1954.

Creators: Kawakatsu, Kenichi.

GUSN: 273207

Call Number: GRO GT1560.K3 1954

The analects of Confucius. /translated and annotated by Arthur Waley.

257 p.

Date: c1938.

Creators: Waley, Arthur.

GUSN: 273208

Call Number: GRO

Die schönsten Novellen in der Auswahl des Dichters. Mit 50 Zeichnungen von Hans Fronius.

502 p. ; 8À.

Date: [1965]

Creators: BERGENGRUEN, Werner.

GUSN: 273209

Call Number: GRO PT2603.E59S3

Der heilige Berg Fujiyama :eine Bilderfolge /Hokusai.

14, [2] p., XV leaves : ill. ; 20 cm.

Date: c1948.

Creators: Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849.

GUSN: 273210

Call Number: GRO NC353.K3 H44 1948

Georg Büchners werke und briefe /[auf grund des handschriftlichen nachlasses Georg Büchners herausgegeben von Fritz Bergemann].

511 p. ; 18 cm.

Date: [1926?]

Creators: Büchner, Georg, 1813-1837. Bergemann, Fritz, 1885-

GUSN: 273211

Call Number: GRO PT1828.B6 A1 1926

I my needle ply with skill :Maine schoolgirl needlework of the Federal era /Leslie L. Rounds.

154 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Date: c2013.

Creators: Rounds, Leslie L.

GUSN: 273212

Call Number: Coll. NK9212.R68 2013

Homefront & battlefield :quilts & context in the Civil War /Madelyn Shaw, Lynne Zacek Bassett.

ix, 231 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Date: c2012.

Creators: Shaw, Madelyn. Bassett, Lynne Z., 1961-

GUSN: 273213

Call Number: Stacks E646.S53 2012

American printmaking before 1876 :fact, fiction, and fantasy : papers presented at a symposium held at the Library of Congress, June 12 and 13, 1972.

iv, 79 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Date: 1975.

Creators: Library of Congress.

GUSN: 273214

Call Number: Stacks NE506.A43 1975

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