All About Glass

All About Glass

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The romance of the rose.
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Steuben Glass, inc. Guillaume, de Lorris, fl. 1230. Roman de la Rose. English & French. Selections. 1977. 091144209X 64432 New York: Steuben Glass, [1977] Special commemorative ed. of 1500 copies. 29 p.: ill. (some col.); 33 cm. NK5112.9.S7 Consists of reproductions of designs for Steuben glass

Steuben, a commitment to excellence: distinctive corporate gifts.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 71390 Distinctive corporate gifts Corporate gifts [New York: Steuben Glass, 1991] 31 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. Identical to "Steuben, the gift of quality: distinctive corporate gifts," except for

Abtheilung für Beleuchtungs-Gegenstände.
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Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (Germany). 66503 Berlin: Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft, [n.d., ca.1900-1910] 250 p.: ill.; 33 cm. Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Cover title. No. "407" stamped in lower left hand corner of page preceding plate 1. Some pages

Steuben: fall 1994.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 65084 Corning, N.Y.: Corning Incorporated, c1994. 16 p.: col. ill.; 15 x 22 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. A copy of this item was received with the Steuben collection. Gift; Corning Inc.; 2013; 1000134714 Digitized by Boston Photo

Manufacture de bronzes et d'appareils d'éclairage par l'electricité et le gaz.
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[Beziel & Ribot (Firm), Paris, France]. 67243 Bonzes d'éclairage electricité. [Paris: [Beziel & Ribot (Firm)], n.d., ca. 1900-1910] 1 v.: ill; 24 x 30 cm. Beziel & Ribot (Firm), Paris, France. Cover title. Catalog bears no company name, only a trademark with an intertwined letter

Steuben 1991 [catalog].
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 71416 [New York: Corning, c1990] 96 p.: ill. (some col.); 19 x 25 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Spine title. Includes index. Gift; Corning Inc. 2013; 1000135214 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014. For "Price revisions to the

Steuben 1990 [catalog]
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. 65304 New York: Steuben Glass, [1990] 117, [3] p.: col. ill.; 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Spine title. Index at end. "Heritage cut vase" by John M. Gates illustrated on cover. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014. CMGL c. 1 accompanied by

Steuben: winter 1989.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 71328 [New York: Steuben, 1989] 30 p.: col. ill.; 15 x 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. "New Heart Throb" by Eric Hilton featured on cover. This catalog is similar to "Steuben: early spring 1989" (Bib 73151) catalog. Only

Steuben Glass 1986.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Glass Works. 65305 Steuben Glass: 1986-87 [New York: Steuben Glass, 1986] 143 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. Index, p. 142-144. Order form and business reply envelope bound at back. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014

Fine china, rich cut glass, catalogue no. 11.
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Higgins & Seiter, New York, NY, USA. 67236 New York: Higgins & Seiter, [n.d., 1900-1901] 275 p.: ill. (some col.); 15 x 22 cm. Higgins & Seiter Cover title. Trade catalog. Index, p. 271-275. Several blank order forms bound at end of catalog. CMGL has a 1971 reprint of this catalog.

Carl Zeiss Optische Werkstaette Jena: Mikroskope und Mikroskopische Hilfsapparate.
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Carl Zeiss (Firm: 1846), Jena, Germany. Carl Zeiss (Firm:1846). 60147 Mikroskope und Mikroskopische Hilfsapparate Jena: Carl Zeiss, 1895. No. 30. 122 p.: ill.; 27 cm. Zeiss, Carl (Firm), Jena, Germany. Trade catalog. Index, p. 120-122. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in August 2010. TC CorningDB

The Corning Museum of Glass: a decade of glass collecting, 1990-1999 / by David Whitehouse.
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Whitehouse, David, 1941-2013. Corning Museum of Glass. 0810967103 65446 Corning, N.Y.: Corning Museum of Glass; New York: distributed by Harry N. Abrams, 2000. 128 p.: col. ill.; 30 cm. NK5102.C8 Records the growth of the museum's collection in the 1990s which illustrates both useful objects

Celebrations.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 71364 [New York: Steuben Glass, inc., 1990] 30 p.: col. ill.; 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. A copy of this item was received with the Steuben collection. Gift; Corning Inc.; 2013; 1000135199 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging

New designs by James Carpenter: Steuben Glass.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. 71858 [New York: Steuben Glass, 1979] 15 p.: ill.; 26 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. A copy of this item was received with the Steuben collection. Photography by Joyce Fay. Gift; Corning Inc.; 2013; 1000135559 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014. Digitized

The collection of designs in glass by twenty-seven contemporary artists.
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Steuben Glass, inc. 61165 Designs in glass by twenty-seven contemporary artists Half-title: Twenty-seven contemporary artists New York: Steuben Glass, Inc., 1940. 2nd ed., Jan. 15, 1940 [7] p., 27 leaves [i.e. 54 p.]: ill.; 22 cm. Steuben Archives Box 9. Edition statement from p. [56]. Includes

L'Autriche à l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925: guide / édité par la Commission exécutive.
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Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925: Paris, France) 67564 Autriche à l'Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes, Paris, 1925 Autriche à Paris, 1925 Vienne: La Commission, 1925. 59 p., [37] leaves of plates (some folded):

Experiments and considerations about the porosity of bodies, in two essays / by Robert Boyle.
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Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 60974 London: Printed for S. Smith at the Prince's Arms in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1684. [2], 145 p. 17 cm. QC185 Last leaf blank. Wing, B3966 Fulton, 149 Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging in September 2009. Porosity of glass: p. 119-145 (includes experiments by

Anmerkungen über Wirbellose Thiere. II.
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Blaschka, Leopold, 1822-1895. Blaschka, Rudolf, 1857-1939. 63376 Dresden: Blaschka, [n.d., ca. 1870-1890]. 59 handwritten p.; 21 cm. Blaschka Archives, Box 24 Notes on invertebrates. At head of p. 1: Cuvier, Le Regne Animal, 5. u. 6. Bd., Les zoophytes, par M. Milne-Edwards. This item is in the

Preis-Katalog über elektrotechnische Bedarfsartikel / von August Günther.
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August Günther (Firm), Prague, Czech Republic. 66271 Prague: August Günther (Firm), [n.d., ca. 1910-1915] (Prague: Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase) 216 p.: ill.; 31 cm. Günther, August (Firm), Prague, Czech Republic. Index, p. 216. Includes elaborate chandeliers (many with glass shades in various

[Lighting catalog].
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Maison J. Bengel, Frères, [Paris, France]. 78961 Abel Letombe, Roubaix [Paris]: Maison J. Bengel, Frères, 1886. 1 v., 486 lithographs: ill. (some col.); 39 cm. Maison J. Bengel, Frères Trade catalog. Late 19th century French lighting catalog. "Abel Letombe Roubaix" stamped on front

William Chinner & Company, manufacturers of all kinds of gas fittings, beer & plumbers cocks, brass candlesticks and bottle jacks etc.
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William Chinner & Company, Dudley, England. 69446 Dudley, England: William Chinner & Company, [n.d., 1860?] 81 p.: ill.; 32 cm. Chinner, William, & Company Trade catalog. Includes over 300 designs of standing lamps, table-lamps, hanging-lamps, candelabra, wall-sconces, lanterns, upright

Perfection.
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Crystal Glass Casket Company, Washington, DC, USA. DeCamp Consolidated Glass Casket Co. 70545 Crystal Glass Casket Company, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.: Crystal Glass Casket Company, [January 1920] 28 p.: ill.; 28 cm. Crystal Glass Casket Company, Washington, DC, USA. Cover title. Trade

Sphere of the zodiac / designed by Donald Pollard; engraving design adapted by Alexander Seidel from the Uranographia of Johann Elert Bode; engraved by Roland Erlacher.
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Steuben Glass, inc. Pollard, Donald. Seidel, Alexander. Erlacher, Roland, 1933- 0911442081 64433 New York: Steuben Glass, 1976. Special commemorative ed. of 1500 copies. 29 p.: ill. (some col.); 33 cm. NK5112.9.S7 A copy of this item was received with the Steuben collection. Digitized by Boston

James Houston: a retrospective: Steuben Glass.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Houghton, Arthur Amory, 1906-1990. 71101 [New York: Steuben Glass, 1987] 23 p.: ill. (some col.); 26 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. Foreword by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., past president of Steuben Glass; preface by James Houston. A copy of this item was

Fancy decorated lamps, etc.: catalogue no. 3: season 1904.
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Fostoria Glass Company, Moundsville, WV, USA. 66306 Fine decorated lamps Moundsville, W. Va.: Fostoria Glass Company, 1904. [33] p.: ill. (some col.); 18 x 28 cm. Fostoria Glass Company Trade catalog. A picture of Fostoria's Chicago lamp sale room in on last page of catalog. Decorated lamps,

Designs for stained & painted glass & decorations ecclesiastical & domestic.
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Camm Brothers, Smethwick, England. 65566 Designs for stained and painted glass and decorations ecclesiastical and domestic Designs for stained glass Smethwick, England: Camm Brothers, 1875. 8 p., 19 engraved plates: ill.; 37 cm. Camm Brothers, Smethwick, England. Trade catalog. Accompanied by a 16

Catalogue of gifts.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Glass Works. 71306 Steuben Glass catalogue of gifts Steuben glass: Spring 1977 [New York: Steuben Glass, 1977] 63 p.: ill. (some col.); 17 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. "Spring 1977"--P. [64]. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014. CMGL c.

Excellence by design.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 71366 New York: Steuben Glass, inc. [ca. 1990] 28 p.: ill. (some col.); 19 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Cover title. Digitized by Boston Photo Imaging January 2014. CMGL c.4 has white text on cover, while all others have black text. Steuben

Corporate gifts 1999.
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Steuben Glass, inc., Corning, NY, USA. Corning Incorporated. 61914 One in a million, one in a millennium Corning, N.Y.: Corning Incorporated, c1999. 23 p.: col. ill.; 31 cm. Steuben Glass, inc. Accompanied by "Corporate gifts price list, January 1999." A copy of this item was received

Manufacturers of art colored glassware & lamps: lamps, glassware, plain and decorated opal shades, decorated and art colored lamps, novelties in colored glass.
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Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 72784 Lamps, glassware, plain and decorated opal shades, decorated and art colored lamps, novelties in colored glass Pittsburg [sic], Pa.: Consolidated Lamp and Glass Company, [1894] (Pittsburgh, Pa.: Armar Lith Co., Limited) [20] p.: col.

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