Sixteen (16) American and Asian decorative arts books. 1st item: The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850 by Derita Coleman Williams and Nathan Harsh, edited by C. Tracey Parks, 1988. Published by the Tennessee Historical Society, Tennessee State Museum Foundation, Nashville. Octavo, 344 pages including list of artisans, index, lithographic and chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in brown cloth with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, marbled end papers, includes dust jacket. 11 1/2" H x 9" W x 1 1/8" D. 2nd item: The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina 1700-1820 by John Bivins, Jr., 1988. Published by The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem. Octavo, 562 pages including appendices, index, and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to spine, pictorial end papers. 11 1/2" H x 9 1/8" W x 1 1/2" D. 3rd item: Author Signed, Crafts and Craftsmen of the Tennessee Mountains, First Edition, by Helen Bullard, 1976. Published by The Summit Press Ltd., Falls Church. Octavo paperback, 213 pages including appendices, list of books, index, and lithographic illustrations, softcover, bound in stiff white pictorial wrappers, author signature to title page, end papers with facsimiles of artists' signatures. 8 5/8" H x 6" W x 3/4" D. 4th-5th item: Two (2) copies of Furniture of Williamsburg and Eastern Virginia 1710-1790, First Edition Author Signed, 1979, and Reprint Edition, 1993. First edition published by The Virginia Museum, Richmond, reprint edition published by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg. Octavo, 194 pages include appendix, references cited, indexes, lithographic illustrations, hardbound in burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spine, author inscription to title page dated 1984, pictorial end paper, first edition, retail price sticker, top right of front end paper of reprint edition, includes dust jackets. 11 5/8" H x 9 5/8" W x 7/8" D. 6th item: Pleasant Hill and Its Shakers, First Edition Subscriber's Copy Number 927, by Thomas D. Clark and F. Gerald Ham, 1968. Published by Shakertown Press, Pleasant Hill. Octavo, 87 pages with lithographic and chromolithographic illustrations, bound in dark red and grey cloth with pictorial covers and lettering to spine, includes dust jacket, end papers with map of the village of Pleasant Hill. 9 1/2" H x 6 1/2" W x 7/8" D. 7th item: The Plains Rifle, First Edition, by Charles E. Hanson, Jr., 1960. Published by Bramhall House, New York. Octavo, 171 pages with index and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in red cloth with black pictorial covers and black lettering to spine, includes dust jacket. 11 3/8" H x 8 7/8" W x 3/4" D. 8th item: The Looking Glass in America 1700-1825 by Helen Comstock, 1968. Published by The Viking Press, New York. Oblong octavo, 128 pages including index and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in light brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, includes dust jacket. 6 3/8" H x 9 1/2" W x 3/4" D. 9th item: The Kentucky Rifle, First Edition, by Merrill Lindsay, photographs by Bruce Pendleton, 1972. Published by Arma Press, The Historical Society of York County, York. Oblong octavo, approximately 100 pages with 77 chromolithographic illustrations and list, hardbound in off white cloth with gilt lettering to spine, dust jacket included. 7 5/8" H x 11" W x 3/4" D. 10th item: Chinese Porcelain: Pleasures and Treasures by Anthony de Boulay, 1963. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. Octavo, 128 pages with lithographic and chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in multicolor pictorial cloth with black lettering to covers and spine, pictorial end papers, includes dust jacket. 8 5/8" H x 8 1/4" W x 5/8" D. 11th item: Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Adventures & Studies of a Collector by Lilla S. Perry, 1968. Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company, Tokyo, Rutland. Octavo, 158 pages including bibliography, index, and chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in black cloth with embossed dragon and red lettering to covers and spine, gilt end papers, includes dust jacket and cardboard slipcase. Book – 10 1/4" H x 10 3/8" W x 3/4" D. Slipcase – 10 3/4" H x 10 1/2" W x 1" D. 12th item: Jade, First Edition, by J. P. Palmer, 1967. Published by Spring Books, London. Octavo, 44 pages, with lithographic frontispiece and illustrations and 54 color photographs, hardbound in green cloth gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to spine, retail pencil inscriptions, front end paper, includes dust jacket. 10 7/8" H x 9 3/4" W x 5/8" D. 13th item: Classical America 1815-1845: An Exhibition at The Newark Museum April twenty-sixth through September second Nineteen sixty-three catalog, 1963. Published by The Newark Museum Association, Newark. Octavo paperback, 212 pages, including bibliography and lithographic illustrations, softcover, bound in stiff off white pictorial wrappers, retail pencil inscriptions, inside front wrapper, red ink inscription from previous owner, front end paper. 10 1/8" H x 8 1/4" W x 3/4" D. 14th item: Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers, First American Edition, by Hugh Honour, 1969. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. 320 pages including bibliography, index, lithographic and chromolithographic illustrations, hardbound in white cloth with gilt lettering to covers and spine, pictorial end papers, includes dust jacket. 11 1/2" H x 9" W x 1 1/2" D. 15th item: Early American Gunsmiths 1650-1850 by Henry Kauffman, 1952. Published by Bramhall House, New York. Octavo, 94 pages with lithographic illustrations, hardbound in yellow cloth with dark brown lettering to covers and spine, retail pencil inscription, to right of front end paper, dust jacket included. 10 3/8" H x 7 3/8" W x 3/4" D. 16th item: Turners & Burners: The Folk Potters of North Carolina by Charles G. Zug, III, 1986. Published by The University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, London. Octavo, 450 pages including notes, indexes, and lithographic illustrations, hardbound in red cloth with white lettering to spine, includes dust jacket. 10 1/2" H x 9" W x 1 3/8" D. Provenance: The estate of Dr. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Nashville, TN. CONDITION: 1st item: Dust jackets with shelf wear, tears, largest 1". Book in overall very good condition. 2nd item: Dust jacket with shelf wear. Book in overall very good condition. 3rd item: Overall good condition with shelf wear, scuffs, creases, to covers, corners bumped. Pages in overall very good condition with light toning. Author signature to title page in very good condition, slightly affect by black printing error. 4th-5th items: Dust jackets with shelf wear, tears, largest 5/8". Books in overall very good condition with loose thread, foxing spots to edges of first edition. Crease to page 170, retail price sticker, top right of front end paper of reprint edition. Author inscription in very good condition. 6th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear. Book in overall very good condition. 1st Edition Subscriber's Copy Number 927, lower right of front end paper. 7th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, scuffs, foxing spots, creases, toning, tears, largest 1 3/8" Book in overall very good condition with light toning. 8th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, tears. Book in overall very good condition. 9th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear. Book in overall very good condition. 10th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, 3 1/4" tear. Book in overall very good condition. 11th item: Dust jacket with 1/4" tear, top of spine. Book in overall very good condition. Slipcase with shelf wear, scuffs, rusted staples, pencil marks. 12th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, tears, largest 6 1/2" x 6 5/8". Book in overall very good condition. Retail pencil inscriptions, front end paper. 13th item: Wrappers separated from spine, pencil marks, stains, to wrappers, spine in partial condition. Pages in overall good condition with light toning. Retail pencil inscriptions, inside front wrapper, red ink inscription from previous owner, front end paper. 14th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear. Book in overall very good condition. 15th item: Dust jacket with shelf wear. Book in overall very good condition. Retail pencil inscription, to right of front end paper. 16th item: Overall very good condition with light shelf wear. 1/4" area of damage to dust jacket on author's name.