Keyboard Instruments in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: a Picture Book

by Winternitz, Emanuel

Description: Very Good. 1961 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Small softcover. Black & white photographs. Binding tight. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Title page has a small discolored rectangle from a sticker that has been removed. Pages clean and unmarked. 48 pages. Read More

Comic Strip Toys

by Harman, Kenny

Description: Good; No jacket. Ex-Library. Library rebind of 1975 Wallace-Homestead softcover. REBOUND in library buckram. Book has been re-cased in red library cloth binding. Original cover mounted on front board. Very durable binding. Title on spine in white lettering. Call number printed on front cover. Chips and nicks on front cover picture. Small bindery label at top corner of cover. Spine ends bumped. Library label on title page. Rear free endpaper has library sticker and card pocket. Stamped ... Read More

Rock This Town! Backstage in Cleveland: Stories You Never Heard & Swag You Never Saw

by Belkin, Fran; Christopher Hixson

Description: Fine. 2018 Fran Projects. Softcover with folded-in flaps. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. 144 pages. Foreword by Barry Gabel. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Read More

Antique Baskets and Basketry

by Thompson, Frances

Description: Very Good. 1985 Wallace-Homestead Book Co. Softcover. Oversized, 7 x 10 inches. Black and white photographs and illustrations. Color plates. 96 pages. Includes price guide, laid in. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have very light edge and surface wear. Appears to be unread. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

Early Keyboard Instruments

by Russell, Raymond

Description: Very Good. 1959 Her Majesty's Stationery Office. NOT ex-library. Small thin softcover, with sewn binding and salmon pink cardstock covers. Black & white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Color chipped at top half of spine. Old price written in pencil on top corner of front cover. Pages clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. 28 plates. Series: Victoria and Albert Museum, Small Picture Book, no. 48. Read More

The Great Outdoors Book of Shells

by Seikman, Lula

Description: Very Good. 1965 Great Outdoors Publishing, St. Petersburg, Florida. First Edition, stated. Oversized, 8.5 x 11 inches. Softcover, with stapled binding. Black and white illustrations. 10 color plates by Elsie Malone. 99 pages. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Small brown stain at the top front corner. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. First Edition. Read More

Record Albums: Price Guide, 4th Edition

by Osborne, Jerry

Description: Very Good. 1982 O'Sullivan Woodside & Co. Fourth Edition, Third printing. Series: Osborne & Hamilton's Original Record Collectors Price Guide. Oversized, 8.5 x 11 inches. Softcover. Black and white photographs. 155 pages + buyers and sellers directory. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

Movie Tv Soundtracks & Original Cast Albums Price Guide

by Osborne, Jerry

Description: Very Good. 1981 O'Sullivan Woodside & Co. First Edition, stated. Series: Osborne & Hamilton's Original Record Collectors Price Guide. Oversized, 8.5 x 11 inches. Softcover. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 177 pages + buyers and sellers directory. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

Garden Gnomes: a History

by Way, Twigs

Description: Very Good. 2010 Shire Publications. Softcover. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 56 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Book is in excellent condition with only a hint of shelf wear. Pages clean and unmarked. One page is dog-eared. Read More

The Art of Collecting Modern Art

by Henning, Edward B.

Description: Very Good. 1986 Cleveland Museum of Art. Softcover. Oversized, 8.25 x 11 inches. 50 color and black and white plates. Unpaginated. Foreword by Evan H. Turner. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Appears to be unread. Front cover has a few small faint tan spots near the top edge. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

The Collector's Complete Dictionary of American Antiques

by Phipps, Frances

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1974 Doubleday & Company. Hardcover has tan cloth-covered boards with BLACK spine and cover lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 640 pages. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light edge and surface wear, with some wrinkling and small tears at the top edge. "An encyclopedic, fully illustrated reference book of furnishings made or imported for use ... Read More

Americana Premier Catalog Auction, October 2001, Number 1

by Mastronet

Description: Very Good. 2001 Mastronet, Inc. Very light edge wear. Crease at top corner near spine. Softcover, 8.5" x 11". Full-color covers. Full-color catalog of MastroNet Americana auction, October 25-26, 2001. Color photos and minimum bids listed for each item. 911 lots in auction. 328 pages. Read More

A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Jewellery

by Pearsall, Ronald

Description: Fine; Very Good Jacket. 1999 Todtri Productions. Oversize hardcover (9.1" x 12") has glossy color pictorial paper-covered boards. Color photographs. High-quality glossy paper. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. No visible wear to book. Book is gift quality. Pages clean and unmarked. 128 pages. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket has very light edge and surface wear. Dust jacket is price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Includes Dust Jacket. Read More

Diving for Starfish: the Jeweler, the Actress, the Heiress, and One of the World's Most Alluring Pieces of Jewelry

by Burns, Cherie

Description: Near Fine; Near Fine Jacket. 2018 St. Martin's Press. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. Signed only "Cherie". First Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has light gray paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. 230 pages. Binding tight. Appears to be unread. Book is in excellent condition with only light bump to tail of the spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has very light edge and ... Read More

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Shells

by Dance, S. Peter

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1982 McGraw-Hill Book Company. Later printing of 1976 second edition. Oversize hardcover, 7.7 x 10.25 inches, has black textured cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Color photographs by Ian Cameron. 288 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips adn minor wrinkling at the corners and spine ends. Top edge of jacket is lightly tanned. Dust jacket is ... Read More

Utopia

by Martinez, Mecedes

Description: Very Good; No jacket. Lladro. No date. Promotional catalog of Lladro figurines in Utopia Collection. Square hardcover has white paper-covered boards with gray lettering. Color and black & white photographs. High-quality glossy paper. Text in Spanish, English, and Japanese. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Read More

Know Your Antiques: How to Recognize and Evaluate Any Antique, Large Or Small, Like an Expert

by Kovel, Ralph; Kovel, Terry

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1968 Crown Publishers. SIGNED by both authors on front free endpaper. Not personalized. Second printing of 1967 edition. (Dust jacket states third printing. ) NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white photographs and illustrations. 327 pages + index. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and ... Read More

Art at Auction: the Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1973-74, Two Hundred Fortieth Season

by Edelstein, Annamarie (Editor)

Description: Very Good; Good Jacket. 1975 Viking Press. A Studio Book. Oversize hardcover, 8.25 x 10.75 inches. has tan cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Illustrated endpapers. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations. High-quality glossy paper. 479 pages. Printed in Great Britain. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Small nick on bottom edge of front cover. Pages lightly tanned. ... Read More

Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show, February 13-17, 2015 and Naples Art, Antique & Jewelry Show, February 5-9, 2015

by Palm Beach Show Group

Description: Fine. 2015 Palm Beach Show Group. New, in original shrink wrap. Oversize hardcover has pictorial paper-covered boards. Book is gift quality. No dust jacket, as issued. Books are bound back-to-back and inverted. Each contains various informational sections about the shows; main portions devoted to list of participating show exhibitors, with a photo and description of one singular items from their wares and their complete contact information. This copy is still sealed in original clear plastic ... Read More

The Delightful Diversion: the Whys and Wherefores of Book Collecting

by Brewer, Reginald

Description: Good; No jacket. 1935 The Macmillan Company. SIGNED by author on front free endpaper, with a personal inscription. First Edition. Date on title page matches copyright on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has grey cloth-covered boards with gold spine and cover lettering and red ruled borders. Deckle fore edges. Black and white plates. 320 pages. Hinges NOT cracked. Binding has a hairline crack at near the middle. Corners and spine ends bumped and rubbed, with ... Read More

Antiques: the Comic Strip, Volume 1

by Vaughn, J. C.; Fraim, Brendon; Fraim, Brian

Description: Near Fine; Very Good Jacket. 2007 Gemstone Publishing, Timonium, MD. SIGNED by the author and both artists, as well as Michael Solof, a collector who is portrayed as a character in several of the strips in the book. The signatures are on an adhesive book plate which is preprinted with the comic strip logo and is affixed to the front free endpaper. There is a gift inscription from Mr. Solof next to the bookplate, signed "Uncle Mike." First Edition. First printing, September 2007, stated. NOT ... Read More

Fanfrolico and After

by Lindsay, Jack

Description: Good; Good Jacket. 1962 The Bodley Head, London. First Edition. "First Published 1962" on verso. No additional printings listed. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has green paper-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Black and white illustrations. Black and white plates. 287 pages. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Corners and spine ends bumped. One small nick in near the spine on the back cover. Covers have light surface and edge wear; Dent in top edge of back cover near spine. Bookshop sticker ... Read More

The Oriental Rug Book

by Ripley, Mary Churchill

Description: Good; No jacket. 1904 Frederick A. Stokes Company. Leather bound. First Edition. No additional printings listed. "Published November, 1904". NOT ex-library. Hardcover is half-bound (spine, first third of cover and corners) in red leather with gilt ruled borders over salmon cloth. Salmon and cream marbled endpapers. Spine has five raised bands with gilt rectilinear decorations on four panels and gilt lettering on two panels. Top edges gilt. Deckle fore and bottom edges. Color frontispiece with ... Read More

American Historical Views on Staffordshire China

by Larsen, Ellouise Baker

Description: Fine; Fair DJ and Slipcase. 1950 Doubleday & Company, Inc. New revised and enlarged edition. SIGNED by author on half-title page, with a personal inscription. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover has maroon cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering. Front cover has rectangular paper paste-on illustration of a Staffordshire platter; gold ruled borders surround illustration. Top edges gilt. Black and white photographs. Binding tight. No visible wear to book. Pages clean and unmarked. 317 ... Read More

Mason Decoys: a Complete Pictorial Guide

by Goldberger, Russ J.; Haid, Alan G.

Description: Very Good; Very Good Jacket. 1973 Decoy Magazine. SIGNED by both authors on half-title page, with a personal inscription, each dated 1973. First Edition. "First Published in 1973 by Decoy Magazine" shown on verso. First printing. No additional printings listed. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Oversize hardcover, 8.75 x 11.25 inches, has dark blue cloth-covered boards with red spine and cover lettering and decorations. Decorative endpapers. Color and black and white photographs. High-quality ... Read More