Schiffer Publishing, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine, unused condition in very good dust jacket, small crimp on head edge of spine. Color and black and white pictures. 176 pages. Lavishly illustrated guide that pays tribute to cigars and the pictorial history of Victorian-era cigar box labels. A......
New York: Wise & Co, 1940. First edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, ALIBRIS OR B&N. These orders will ONLY ship media mail). First edition. Oversized in incised brown faux leather stamped in silver. 309 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photos and interior decor drawings. Late.....
Moscow: Beresta, 1994. First. Hard Cover. First edition. Oversized volume in grey cloth, white marker ribbon. 122 spectacular full color plates. Text in English and Russian. As new in dust jacket.
Moscow: Beresta, 1996. First. Hard Cover. Oversized volume in cloth, white marker ribbon, 196 pps. with bibliography. Section of spectacular full color plates. Text in English and Russian. As new in dust jacket.
Moorestown, NJ: House of Global Art, 1979. Staplebound. Softcover in stiff, glossy, illustrated covers. Unpaginated. Illustrated with color drawings. Full reproductions of 30 antique paper dolls. Fine, bright, crisp example.
Fireside, 1975. First edition. Unknown. First edition. Paperback. Fine condition. Black and white pictures and diagrams. 238 pages. Bibliography. comprehensive pictorial index of those handtools common in Western civilization from the 18th century to the late 20th.
Dover Publications, 1991. Reissue. Paperback. Fine. Softcovers. 112 pp. illustrated with 205 black and white photos. Reiisue of the two original catalogues (1912 and ca. 1915) issued by Gustave Stickley of his distinctive craftsman-style furnature. There are examples of all his designs---armchairs, rockers, stools, settles, desks, beds, musiccabinets, table, chests.....
Abbeville Press, 1987. Hardcover. Glossy color illustrated hardcovers. Issued without dust jacket. 96 pp. Illustrated throughout with color photographs. Lavishly illustrated and wonderfully evocative and entertaining look at collectible matchbook covers from the 1920s through the late 1950s. With sections on advertising, western, girlies, travel, hotels, eateries, patriotism, sports, movieland.....
NY: Theo. Audel & Co., 1916. Full Leather. !916 edition. Limp black leather covers with spine lettered in gilt; 476 pps. plus 48 pps. section "Starting and Lighting of Automobiles", plus publisher's ads at rear, Illustrated on every page with photos, drawings, diagrams. Spine lettering still bright but with the.....
New York: Theo. Audel, 1904. Hardcover. Hardcover in black cloth lettered in gilt. Title page printed in pale green and black. All edges gilt. 437 pp. with index, plus publisher's ads at rear. Sepia frontipiece portrait of George H. Corliss. Illustrated throughout with full and partial page engravings and diagrams.....
London: Gibbings and Company, 1910. First edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, ALIBRIS, B&N. ADDITIONAL SHIPPING RQUIRED ON INTERNATIONAL ORDERS. PLEASE INQUIRE). A bright, tight example, light foxing to the endpapers. First edition. Massive quarto sized volume in green cloth lettered in gilt. xxiii+32 pp (Chippendale sections), 59 pp.....
New York: Dover Publications, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Softcover in bright, illustrated covers. Illustrated with full color photographs. Set of 24 ready-to-mail postcards depicting antique dolls. Fine, crisp, example.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1937. Hardcover. Hardcover. xix + 512 pp with index, appendix of technical tables. Profusely illustrated with photographs and diagrams. A tight , internally bright example, cover a touch dusty but also generally fine. Covers the drilling machine, shaper and planer, milling and grinfing machines, hydraulic power transmissions.....
Oakland: Holmes Book Co, 1967. Hardcover. Hardcover in red-orange cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Patterned endpapers. 257 pp. with index. Illustrated. A fine, bright exmaple in very good dust jacket.
Stratford, Ct: New England Publishing Co, 1975. Reissue. Hard Cover. Reissue of the original 1930 edition. Yellow cloth stamped in black, 178 pps. with general index and index of plates. Illustrated with photographic plates depicting 56 varieties of clocks. Fine, issued without dust jacket. Guide to 18th clockmaking in Connecticut.....
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, ALIBRIS OR B&N) First edition. Large, thick royal 8vo in navy blue cloth lettered in gilt. xv+ 340 pp. errata slip tipped in at rear. Photographic plates that include 502 examples, plus drrawings and reproductions in the text.....
Hiroshima: Hoshibill, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Oversized hardcover in gray-tan cloth lettered in bright gilt script. 199 pp. Index in Japanese and English. Illustrated with over 180 full color photographic plates depicting Jumeau dolls. Text in both Japanese and english. Fine in fine, crisp, glossy, illustrated dust jacket.....
Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A. Collector Books, 1999. Fourth. Hard Cover. Oversized in color illustrated hardcovers. Very fine, unused copy, 320 pps. Illustrated throughout with full color examples. The fourth edition, revised and updated.
Antique Publications, 1999. Revised. Paperback. As new, unused copy. Oversized in color illustrated softcovers. 168 pages. Illustrated through out with color and black and white photographs. The revised (and preferred) edition.
P E I International, 1992. Second edition. Paperback. Second edition. color illustrated softcover. Fine condition. Color and black and white pictures throughout. 144 pages. Index and select bibliography. Rather than just a mere listing of models and manufacturers, a work in which the author defines the universe of toy soldier.....
Cumberland, MD: Hobby House Press, 1984. presumed first edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition. Hardcover in orange cloth lettered in gilt. 235 pp. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with 539 b&w and 26 color photographs. A reference book on the dolls heads produced by the esteemed German company Simon & Halbig porcelain factory.....
Pittstown, NJ: Main Street Pr, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover in blue paper covered boards with black cloth spine. 182 pp. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated with sketches. Over 1500 marks illustrated and 3500 described, as well as brief histories and cross-references of over 650 manufacturers. Fine in near fine.....
Lombard, IL: Wallace-homestead Book Co, 1984. Paperback. Softcover in illustrated covers.152 pp. Illustrated with b&w and color photographs. Contains hundreds of products dating from 1893 to 1955 with valuable collecting info, current prices, trademarks, and a comprehensive history of the company. Near fine with small close tear top edge of.....
New York: Scribner, Welford and Armstrong, 1878. First American edition. Hardcover. (NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING THROUGH AMAZON, ALIBRIS, B&N) Two volumes, first American editions. Dark chocolate cloth decorated in gilt and black and lettered in gilt. 529 and 569 pp. with list of patents, general index and index of names of.....
Schiffer Pub, 1985. Softcover. Oversized softcover, 119 pp. with index. Illustrated throughout with color and black and white photos and reproductions. As new.
