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$65.00
ak5/6/27

A History of English and Irish Glass (2 Vols Bound as 1)


THORPE, W. A.

TWO VOLS BOUND AS ONE, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange, mixed pagination, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (binding sloppy, light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, rear eps messily affixed) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling, minor cracking to spine)

PUBLISHER: Holland Press 1969

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles glass glassware English Irish England Ireland history

$15.00
xx92pol212720

European Enamels


BARSALI, ISA BELLI

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlyn 1969

KEYWORDS: antiques collectibles collactables enamels jewellry

$375.00
1a4a/5

Song Ceramics: From the Kwan Collection


HO, KAM-CHUEN (Curator)

Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 455pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Urban Council / Hong Kong Museum of Art 1994

KEYWORDS: ancient Chinese artefacts Song dynasty Kwan collection collections antiques China exhibitions Hong Kong Museum of Art ceramics pottery

$40.00
1u24a/1

Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America


WEBSTER, DONALD BLAKE

Quarto, beige cloth boards, black & red lettering to spine, blind stamp floral illus to front board, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, sm paperclip rust stain to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Company 1980

KEYWORDS: stoneware pottery arts crafts North America American history artefacts ceramics antiques

$35.00
xxala213602

Badges and Insignia of the New Zealand Army (New and Revised Edition)


OLDHAM, GEOFFREY P

NEW REVISED EDITION, quarto softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Milimem Books 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history badges insignia army armed forces price guide militaria antiques collectables collectibles collar badges shoulder titles police militia

$15.00
xxgeg214257

A Companion to the Mint Collections


SHARP, Dr L G (Fore)

Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Trustees of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences 1982

KEYWORDS: decorative arts mint collections museum of applied arts and sciences antiques Australian Australia

$25.00
xxgld214297

The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art


PLENDERLEITH, H J

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival repair to jacket; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: conservation art history antiques antiquities preservation

$45.00
1p8a/26

Baby Wore White: Robes for Special Occasions 1800-1910


TOOMER, HEATHER & REED, ELSPETH (Drawings & Patterns)

SIGNED, square octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, printed eps, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Heather Toomer Antique Lace 2004

KEYWORDS: history historical babies baby attire clothing textiles lace design antiques patterns signed Heather Toomer

$27.50
xxshv215239

The China Collectors: America's Century-Long Hunt for Asian Art Treasures


MEYER, KARL E & BRYSAC, SHAREEN BLAIR

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2015

KEYWORDS: cultural artefacts antiques China Chinese art treasure US America American

$45.00
ak5/7/26

The Medal Collector: A Guide to Naval, Military, Air-Force and Civil Medals and Ribbons


JOHNSON, Dr STANLEY C

FIRST EDITION, octavo, mustard yellow buckram boards, blue lettering & rule to spine & front board, 320pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light chafing & soilingb/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1921

KEYWORDS: first editions antiques militaria military medals ribbons collectables collectibles civilian

$50.00
ak5/9/3

Australian Pottery of the 19th and Early 20th Century


GRAHAM, MARJORIE & GRAHAM, DONALD (Photo)

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to spine, sl scuffing & fading to board extrems/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & rear, moderate foxing & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The David Ell Press 1979

KEYWORDS: antiques pottery Australia Australian ceramics art collectables collectibles

$1850.00
ak5/15/1

English Painting of the XVIIIth-XXth Centuries / Chinese Porcelain & Wedgwood Pottery / English Furniture Tapestry and Needlework of the XVIth-XIXth Centuries (3 Vol Set)


TATLOCK, R R & FRY, ROGER (Intro) & HOBSON, R L & MACQUOID, PERCY

HEAVY 3 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D! Sm folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt crest to front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spines & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to spines & boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedowns of each vol, occasional sl cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & moderate chipping to edges- some archival tape repairs, light to moderate tanning & soiling/staining to spines & cover edges, light to moderate chafing, minor insect damage to rear cover of vol 2, minor surface loss to rear cover of vol 3)

PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1928

KEYWORDS: art antiques antique collections records Lady Lever Art Gallery Cheshire paintings porcelain ceramics tapestries furniture wedgwood English Chinese history

$75.00
ak5/15/15

Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Guide to Addictive Miniatures


CORNFORTH, TREVOR & CHEUNG, Dr NATHAN

Quarto, black cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, illus title page, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: collectables collectibles antiques Chinese artefacts snuff bottles valuations price guides

$17.50
xxcvc216587

French Furniture


SAGLIO, ANDRE

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1920s?)

KEYWORDS: antique French furniture antiques history historical

$50.00
2g39/26

Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England


CHINNERY, VICTOR

Tidy ex-library, quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 618pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club 1993

KEYWORDS: furniture antiques oak English New England British design interior furnishings history historical

$100.00
2g39/33

Furniture Making in Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century England: An Outline for Collectors


SYMONDS, R W

Folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration/illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & wrinkling to eps, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & rubbing to spine & covers, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Connoisseur 1955

KEYWORDS: antique collecting antiques furniture 17th 18th seventeenth eighteenth century history historical collectables collectibles guides resources

$40.00
2g42/23

Handbook of English Coins, Giving a Concise Description of the Various Denominations of Coins from the Norman Conquest to the Present Reign


JEWITT, LLEWELLYN

Duodecimo, red buckram stiff card covers, black lettering & decoration to front cover, frontispiece, xvi + 77pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & fading to spine, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, minor foxing throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Grant N/D

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles antique coins English history historical

$95.00
2g44/50

Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks and Spoons: An Art Collection


MARQUARDT, KLAUS

Tidy ex-library, quarto, blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 259pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, light to moderate tape staining to board edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, 1x single library label to base of spine, moderate fading to spine, light fading to covers, v minor creasing & soiling- mostly to plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Arnoldsche Art Publishers 1997

KEYWORDS: art antiques collectables collectibles cutlery knives forks spoons collections Europe European silverware

$85.00
2g45/20

Scottish Vernacular Furniture


COTTON, BERNARD D

HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg quartio, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive labels to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, generalised minro fading/tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2008

KEYWORDS: Scottish vernacular furniture Scotland historical design antiques history

$40.00
2g45/40

The World of Antique Toys


LEVITT, JEFFREY S

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 268pp, illus/photos, price guide to rear pocket, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, single ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in VG+ slipcase (minor bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Mint & Boxed 1990

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles toys arts crafts hobbies

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