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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1946. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. A guidebook to collecting and decorating with antiques. Includes notes on rarity, craftsmen and company history, etc. Covers ceramics, furniture, glass, silver, miscellaneous (enamels, snuff and scent boxes, miniatures, Baxter prints, silhouettes, wax portraits, Currier and Ives lithographs). Bibliography. Index. Original green cloth. . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition. 8vo. xix, 232pp + 32 pages of photos. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Rizzoli, 1987. Very Good+ condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Protected by a removable Demco clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are crisp and unmarked. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. From the dust jacket: " Over 750 superb colour reproductions feature the work of more than 500 artists, including Berthon, Czeschka, Crane, De Feure, Gibson, Grasset, Hoffman, Kirchner, Meunier, Moser, Mucha, Rassenfosse, Stiefel and Terzi." Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 10.75" tall. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition in English. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/Very Good dust jacket. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Iowa City, Iowa (?): Privately Published, 1966. Fine condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Fully illustrated guide to collecting toothpick holders. Profusely illustrated with 279 plates, a few in full color. A few pages with very brief notes (only 2 or 3 words) in light pencil (easily erasable, if so desired). From the author's foreword: "[This book] is meant...to serve as a guide to the identification and cataloging of the art glass and pattern glass toothpick holders which the avid collector is likely to encounter." Includes a bibliography. Bound in the original dark blue textured leatherette, with gilt lettering on the front cover. . 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Oversize Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket, as issued. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 114pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Lakewood, Colorado: Privately Published, 1999. COMPLETE with SCARCE 8.25" by 11" sheet of additions and corrections - laid in. Near Fine condition (only light wear to the edges of the cover). NO chips, tears or fading. Bright, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently seldom read. Profusely illustrated with photos and old ads for Assay Balances. List of sources consulted. Index. Full title: "The Assay Balance: Its Evolution and the Histories of the Companies That Made Them." Bound in the original blue and cream pictorial wraps. Oversize Softcover. 8. 5" wide by 11" tall. This large book may require extra postage for International shipments, but only the standard charge for priority or media mail.. First Edition. Oversize Softcover. Near Fine condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 241pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Whittier, California: Mont-Saint-Johns, 1969. Very Good condition in a Very Good pictorial box. The box itself has two parts: a bottom tray and separate upper lid. 1969. A deck of 78 black and white illustrated Tarot cards is enclosed by a styroform liner that fits tightly inside the box's bottom tray. A 20-page instruction booklet entitled, THE SECRET OF THE TAROT, is stored on top of the cards and liner. Although unattributed, we assume the author of the booklet is Calmera Leosis (she is listed as author in subsequent editions). There is also no attribution in this 1969 edition as to who the artist is for the cards themselves. However it is almost certainly Katherine Yurica because the artwork on the box cover is signed "Yurica" and its style is very similar to the tarot card art. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). 6" wide by 9" tall.. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Softcover. Very Good condition/Very Good box. Illus. by [Yurica, Katherine]. 20 page… Leer más

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1965. "First Edition" is so stated on the copyright page. Very Good condition in a bright, shiny Very Good jacket (price clipped, 3 short closed tears). Illustrated with maps and numerous photos including 7 pages in full-color. Endpaper maps. This guide covers the fundamentals of gem collecting, where to look, what to take, how to gather the stones and identify them with descriptions of the most common or interesting Australian gemstones. Has a glossary and several useful appendices. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in shiny gold on the spine.. First Edition (so stated). Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good jacket (price clip). 8vo. 215pp.

Collections Baur-Geneve, 1969. A beautiful example of the limited first edition, this being #868 of 1000 numbered copies. BRAND NEW in a bright and shiny BRAND NEW dust jacket. Perfect condition. Housed in the original Near Fine plain cardboard slipcase. NO yellowing or fading. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1969. Volume 2 only. Lavishly illustrated with 35 beautiful full color and 203 B&W photos. Catalogue of this renowned private collection, written by the keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Gives historical context and description for each piece. Complete with dust jacket and original slipcase. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 11.5" tall by 1 " thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First edition #868/1000. Oversize… Leer más

Collections Baur-Geneve, 1968. A beautiful example of the limited first edition, this being #888 of 1000 numbered copies. BRAND NEW in a bright and shiny BRAND NEW dust jacket. In perfect condition but for one tiny nick to the dust jacket at the top of its spine. Housed in the original Near Fine plain cardboard slipcase. NO yellowing or fading. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Sharp corners. Pages are fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. 1968. Volume 1 only. Lavishly illustrated with 28 beautiful full color and 116 black and white photos. Catalogue of this renowned private collection, written by the keeper of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Gives historical context and description for each piece with text in both English and French. Complete with dust jacket and original slipcase. Oversize Hardcover. 9.25" wide by 11.5" tall by 1.25" thick. This large, heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and… Leer más

New York: Atheneum, 1982. Bright, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped (7.95). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. No chips. Illustrated with about 50 full-page drawings of bears. Drawings of Bears in various amusing poses with explanatory captions such as: the bear market; a barefaced lie; baroque; the noble bearing of Baron von Bern; the bare necessities; Stutz Bearcat; Ludwig van Bearthoven; barbarian; berries; forbear; Tinker Bear; forbears; barometer; etc. Original red cloth. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 12mo. Unpaginated (but 96 pages).

London: The Studio Limited, 1958. Very Good condition in a Fair dust jacket. 9" wide by 11.5" tall. The jacket is edge-chipped and has a 2" by 3" piece missing from the rear panel. Not price-clipped (30s net). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Profusely illustrated with nearly 500 photographs, a few in full color. Pages are unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. First printing with "First published 1958" so stated on the copyright page. Bound in the original red boards, lettered in black on the spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Fair dust jacket. 128pp.

London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1986. Very Good condition. Square, tight. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Small spot of glue residue on rear cover from old price sticker. Edges of the text block show a few small brown speckles (foxing). Crease to the corner of 4 leaves. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated with diagrams and photographs throughout, including 8 pages in beautiful full-color. Has chapters on: Emerald and beryl in antiquity; Emerald and beryl in medieval and modern Europe; Emerald and beryl in collections; Crystal structures and chemical composition; Physical and optical properties; Color and luminescence; Crystallography; Inclusions; Beryl simulants and synthetic beryls; Cutting and polishing beryls; Beryl deposits and world sources. Tables. Lists of chapter notes/sources (citing about 500 references). Glossary. Index. Bound in the original white and green laminated pictorial boards. Cited in… Leer más

Philadelphia and London: Courage Books, 2002. Brand New -- book and dust jacket are in perfect condition. A gorgeous, pristine copy -- fresh and crisp. Obviously never read. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. NOT a book club edition. 11" wide by 11" tall. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs throughout. First printing with complete number row (987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in shiny silver on the spine. From the dust jacket: "The bicycle has pedaled its way through the years to become a modern symbol of sport and simple entertainment. But the two-wheeler hasn't always been as sleek or stylish as the bicycle of today... From its invention in the 1850s the bicycle has undergone numerous evolutions and tune-ups. From ideas that influenced the bicycle permanently to inventions that didn't get too far down the road,… Leer más

Stockholm and New York: R & S Books, 1994. Fine condition in a bright, shiny Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($17.95). NO chips. NO tears. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Photographs throughout, many in full-color. The handsome jacket art matches the painting on the glossy, full-color, pictorial cover. A delightful book for any Teddy Bear lover, inspired by the author's loving memories of her childhood in Stockholm, where she grew up surrounded by 10 teddy bears. Includes some fascinating teddy bear history. First American Edition of a book originally published in Sweden as STORE-NALLES Bok. Bound in the original glossy pictorial boards. Complete with dust jacket.. First Edition, 1994 (so stated). Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 76pp.

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1926. 9.25" wide by 11.5" tall.. Light cover soil. Scattered foxing. Otherwise a clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. No owner's name or bookplate. With half-tone illustrations of 156 etchings. "First Published in 1926" is so stated. A survey of the subject, with many biographies. Index and glossary (including biographical sketches of a good many deceased etchers not mentioned in the text). Original tan-colored cloth . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. xiv, 227 pages.

North Pomfret, Vermont: Westbridge Books, 1980. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Square and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Not a remainder. Pages are bright white, clean and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Illustrated throughout with photos, maps, and diagrams. The seven contributors are: Roy Porter, Richard Knox, Chris Morgan, EWJ Phipps, Iain Nicolson, Brian John, and Colin Wilson. Index. Bound in the original black cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "We consider that we are constantly aware of the passage of time, and yet we understand next to nothing of its nature... Among the topics discussed are the measurement of time... development of the calendar, the cycle of the seasons, biological clocks and 'bodytime'... the evolution of the clock escapement..." . First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. 8vo. 320pp.

Boston:: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1974. A clean, square, tight copy. Jacket is only very lightly rubbed. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Bound in the original blue cloth, lettered in gold on the spine. Sharp corners. Complete with "erratum" slip laid-in. From the Dust Jacket: "The work of these skilled [Boston] artisans is examined here in eight well-documented articles with a total of 174 superb illustrations... A list [by Myrna Kaye] of craftsmen working in eighteenth-century Boston supplements the conference papers." Bibliography. Index. Includes contributions by Brock Jobe, Dean A. Fales, Jr., Sinclair H. Hitchings, Margaretta Markle Lovell, Gilbert T. Vincent, Mary Ellen Hayward Yehia, Richard H. Randall, Jr., Gordon Saltar.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition/Very Good++ Dust Jacket.. 8vo. xviii, 317pp..

Pomona, New York: S & E Publishing Company, 2000. Near Fine EX-LIBRARY. 6" wide by 9" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and surprisingly tight. Sharp corners. Stamped "WITHDRAWN" on the front endpaper, and with a few other typical library markings. Bound in the original blue pictorial softcover with a thick clear plastic protective laminate on the cover (which has done its job very well -- NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO rubbing). All text pages are clean and crisp -- probably little read, if at all. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. "1st printing July 2000" is so stated on the copyright page. Illustrated with hundreds of beautiful full-color photographs of Boy Scout Council Shoulder Patches. From the rear cover: "Volume Four includes: All current Council's Shoulder patches in full color; More than 45 new CSPs, plus 17 CSPs with design variations. New!; Over 80 patches commemorating the 90th anniversary of Boy… Leer más

Brooklyn, New York: The Brooklyn Museum, 1962. Very Good condition. Soil on rear cover. No owner's name or bookplate. Square, tight, unmarked copy. Photo illustrated. Includes two essays: MOCHICA POTTERY (by Jane Powell Rosenthal); & THE NIOBID PAINTER (by Eunice M. Mylonas). Also has the usual info: reports of the museum's various departments for 1959-1960; museum acquisitions; special exhibitions; publications of the museum; financial report; donations; list of members; etc. Laid-in is a mailing label addressed to: Dr. Phil. Walter Federn (Forest Hills, New York). Original gray cloth, with gilt lettering on the spine and front cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No jacket. 8vo. 94pp.

Columbia, Pennsylvania: Graphic Crafts, Inc. (printers), 1969. This a HARDCOVER reprint of five consecutive years of the Bulletin of the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors: Vol. IV, V (Volumes 4, 5), 1949-1953, Whole Numbers 31 through 50. Fine condition but for previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. NOT a library discard. Reprinted in 1969. First HARDCOVER printing. Includes a total of nearly 1,000 pages. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. NO highlighting. NO underlining. NO margin notes. Well illustrated throughout. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Overweight Hardcover (over 4.5 pounds). This heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments, but only the standard charge for media mail.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fine condition/No dust jacket. Thick 8vo. ii, 448pp. + 536pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Treviglio, Italy:: Consorzio Mobilieri d`Arte di Treviglio, 2000. Oblong. 11.75" wide by 8.25" tall. Bright, clean, square, tight, and unmarked. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Flat spine. No creases. A catalog of hand-made, inlaid artistic furniture produced by a consortium of master craftsmen. Beautifully illustrated with nearly 100 stunning, full-color photographs of tables, beds, armoires, dressers, night stands, desks, chairs, curio cabinets, clocks, etc. Includes a step-by-step photo-illustrated explanation of the inlay production process, with captions in English, German, French, and Italian. "These craftsmen still produce accurate copies of the ancient furniture which stand-out features are the precious materials and the superlative technique, as well as an accurate final control by a technical committee before delivery." . First Edition? (No Additional Printings). Soft Cover. Fine… Leer más