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• The London Chair-Makers' and Carvers' Book of Prices for Workmanship, As Regulated and Agreed To by a Committee of Master Chair-Manufacturers and Journeymen (third edition; London: T. Brettell, 1829), by Committee of Master Chair-Manufacturers and Journeymen (London, England) (multiple formats at Google)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• The Stick Chair Book (revised edition; Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2023), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)

• In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), by Morrison H. Heckscher (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1971), by Morrison H. Heckscher (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Granny's Wonderful Chair (New York: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1928), by Frances Browne, illust. by Florence White Williams (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Granny's Wonderful Chair (New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1916), by Frances Browne, illust. by Katharine Pyle (illustrated HTML at Gateway to the Classics)

• The Stick Chair Book (revised edition; Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2023), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)

• The Stick Chair Book (revised edition; Covington, KY: Lost Art Press, c2023), by Christopher Schwarz (PDF with commentary at lostartpress.com)

• Sikes 1939 Catalog 1940: Modern; Old Chatham; Colonist Craft (Buffalo: Sikes Co., ca. 1939), by Sikes Company (page images at HathiTrust)

• Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of The Late Howard Reifsnyder, Including Signed Pieces by Philadelphia Cabinetmakers, Formerly Contained in The Reifsnyder Residence, The Pennsylvania Museum and Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia; Sold by Order of The Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, Philadelphia (New York: American Art Association, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, or, Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and Most Approved Taste: Displaying a Great Variety of Patterns ... in the Plainest and Most Enriched Styles: With a Scale to Each, and an Explanation in Letter Press: Also, the Plan of a Room, Shewing the Proper Distribution of the Furniture, from drawings by A. Hepplewhite and Co. (reprinted from 1794 I. and J. Taylor third edition; London: B.T. Batsford, 1897), by A. Hepplewhite and Co., contrib. by George Hepplewhite (page images at Wisconsin)

• The London Cabinet-Makers' Union Book of Prices (London: Printed by Ballintine and Byworth for the Committee, 1811), by London Cabinet Makers (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Baltimore Federal Furniture in the American Wing (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972), by Marilynn Johnson (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of The Late Howard Reifsnyder, Including Signed Pieces by Philadelphia Cabinetmakers, Formerly Contained in The Reifsnyder Residence, The Pennsylvania Museum and Mount Pleasant Mansion, Philadelphia; Sold by Order of The Executors Hannah G. Reifsnyder and Corn Exchange National Bank and Trust Company, Philadelphia (New York: American Art Association, 1929) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Changing Nature of the Catalog and its Integration with Other Discovery Tools (final report to Library of Congress, 2006), by Karen Calhoun (PDF at loc.gov)

• Books, Manuscripts and Bindings Remarkable for Their Rarity, Beauty and Interest (catalog #456; London: Maggs Bros., 1924), by Maggs Bros. (page images at HathiTrust)
• First Editions of Boswell, Johnson, and Other Authors, Early Printing, Americana, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (exhibition and sale catalog for books and autographs owned by Amos Ettinger and others; 1938), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Literary and Scholastic Texts of the First Millennium B.C. (v2 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c2005), ed. by Ira Spar and W. G. Lambert (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
• Private Archive Texts from the First Millennium B.C. (v3 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c2000), ed. by Ira Spar and Eva Von Dassow, contrib. by J. N. Postgate and Linda Bregstein (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)
• Tablets, Cones, and Bricks of the Third and Second Millennia B.C. (v1 in the Cuneiform Texts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York: The Museum, c1988), ed. by Ira Spar (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• A Century of American Printing, 1701-1800: A Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets, With a Few Newspapers From the Presses of That Part of North America Now Called The United States (London: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles, 1916), by Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lepidoptera of the Congo: Being a Systematic List of the Butterflies and Moths Collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition, Together With Descriptions of Some Hitherto Undescribed Species (1920), by W. J. Holland (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Medallic Art of the American Numismatic Society, 1865-2014 (New York: American Numismatic Society, 2015), by Scott H. Miller (multiple formats at numismatics.org)

• Textile Collection: A Bibliography (3rd edition; Sacramento: American River College Library, 1982) (PDF at Arizona)

• First Editions of Boswell, Johnson, and Other Authors, Early Printing, Americana, Autograph Letters and Manuscripts (exhibition and sale catalog for books and autographs owned by Amos Ettinger and others; 1938), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)

• Whole Earth Ecolog: The Best of Environmental Tools and Ideas (c1990), ed. by J. Baldwin, contrib. by Stewart Brand (page images at wholeearth.info)

• Inventaire Sommaire des Archives Départmentales Antérieures à 1790: Charente-Inférieure (3 volumes in French; La Rochelle: E. Martin, 1900-1906), ed. by Louis Marie Meschinet de Richemond
  • Volume 1: Series A, and B (art. 1-1005): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2: Series B (art. 1006-1828): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: Series B (art. 1829-2661): multiple formats at archive.org

• Archives Départmentales de la Lozère: Répertoire Numérique, Série N (Administration et Comptabilité Départementales) (in French; Mende: Ignon-Renouard, 1916), by R. Rohmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue des Documents des Archives de la Lozère Antérieurs à 1200 (in French; Mende: Impr. Ignon-Renouard, 1922), by R. Rohmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Notable French XVIII Century Furniture; Important Paintings (public auction catalogue for Comte Philippe de la Rochefoucauld's collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
• From the Collection of the Late William Randolph Hearst (public auction catalogue for Hearst's art collection; 1951), by Parke-Bernet Galleries (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selected Art Objects from the William Randolph Hearst Collection, for the Benefit of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children (auction catalog; New York: Hammer Galleries, 1941), by Hammer Galleries (PDF at inha.fr)

• Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1981), by Katharine Reynolds Brown (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Guide to Provincial Roman and Barbarian Metalwork and Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1981), by Katharine Reynolds Brown (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Frankish Art in American Collections (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1984), by Katharine Reynolds Brown (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Catalogue of the Valuable Art Property, Antiques, Curios and Artistic Objects of Utility Removed From the Residence of the Noted Playwright, the Late Clyde Fitch, to be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale for the Benefit of the Actors' Fund of America (estate auction catalog, 1918), by American Art Association
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Auction on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, February 5, 6 and 7, at 2.30 O'Clock, in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Ave., Near Thirty-Fourth St., New York (1903), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by James P. Silo (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, November 6, 7, 8, 1902, at 2.30 O'Clock, at Copley Hall, Boston (1902), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by Frank A. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Auction on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, February 5, 6 and 7, at 2.30 O'Clock, in the Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 366 Fifth Ave., Near Thirty-Fourth St., New York (1903), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by James P. Silo (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Catalogue of Magnificent Collection of Antique Carvings and Things Buddhistic, From Temples and Palaces of Japan and China, to be Sold at Public Sale on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Afternoons, November 6, 7, 8, 1902, at 2.30 O'Clock, at Copley Hall, Boston (1902), by Yamanaka & Company, contrib. by Frank A. Leonard (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The United States of America (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987), contrib. by Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Ancient Chinese Art: The Ernest Erickson Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1987), by Maxwell K. Hearn (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece and Rome (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987), by Joan R. Mertens and Maxwell Lincoln Anderson (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art: The Classical Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1963), by George Henry Chase and Cornelius C. Vermeule (page images at HathiTrust)

• French Paintings and Pastels, 1600-1945: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (online edition, 2014-present), ed. by Aimee Marcereau DeGalan (illustrated HTML at nelson-atkins.org)

• Peter Paul Rubens: The Drawings (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, c2005), by Anne-Marie S. Logan and Michiel Plomp, illust. by Peter Paul Rubens (page images and PDF with commentary at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• German Masters of the Nineteenth Century: Paintings and Drawings from the Federal Republic of Germany (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981), by Gert Schiff and Stephan Waetzoldt (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

• Greek, Etruscan and Roman Art: The Classical Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1963), by George Henry Chase and Cornelius C. Vermeule (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Renaissance in Italy and Spain (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988), contrib. by Frederick Hartt (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)

• Guide to the Collections: Ancient Near Eastern Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1966), by Vaughn Emerson Crawford, Prudence Oliver Harper, Oscar White Muscarella, and Beatrice Elizabeth Bodenstein (page images and PDF with commentary at metmuseum.org and Google)

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