Category: Antiques & Collectibles

SIDE BY SIDES OF THE WORLD.

By: Carder, Chardes E. Signed.

Price: $60.00 USD

Publisher: Delphos, Ohio, Avil Onze : 1997

Seller ID: 31093

ISBN: 0799009303

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

181 pp, 10 3/4" H. Signed "Charles E. Carder" at top of title page. B&w illustrations. "The objective of this book is to show and describe the many different names found on side by side breech loading shotguns. It is not the conclusive word in their history, quality, desirability or value, however, the information may help illustrate and interpret for the reader. As you continue through this book, you will find names of gumakers, manufacturers and trade names of those who distributed side by sides under their own company or brands. Wherever possible, a brief history is included with each name...
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COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO HOPALONG CASSIDY MEMORABILIA.

By: Caro, Joseph J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Gas City, IN, L-W Book Sales : 1992

Seller ID: 25841

ISBN-13: 9780895380135

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

190 pp, 11" H, B&w and color photographs. Contents: Introduction; Articles & Song Sheets; Cameras & Opticals; Child Readers & Books; Coloring Books, Arts & Crafts; Comic Books, Trading & Serial Cards; Endorsement Items ; Games, Entertainment & Toys; Jewelry, Coins & Money; Lamps, Nitelights & Furnishings; Miscellaneous; Movie Items, Films & Posters; Records & Record Readers; School Items, Lunch Boxes, Thermos; Utensils, Cups & Plates; Pins & Badges; Occasion Cards; Playsuits, Clot hing, Guns & Holsters. Interior - Christmas gift inscription and date as well as previous owner's small note and...
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PUBLIC AUCTION SALE: GENERAL FOREIGN STAMPS INCLUDING GERMAN AREA, SPECIALIZED POLAND, SWITZERLAND AND REST OF THE WORLD. OCTOBER 6,7, 1976.

By: Cherrystone Stamp Center.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: New York, Cherrystone Stamp Center : 1976

Seller ID: 20579

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

93 pp + 32 pp of b&w illustrations, 8 1/2" H. The catalog of an auction sale. The first session included stamps from: German Colonies and German Offices Abroad, German Old States, Germany, Empire, Federal, Republic, Berlin, SAAR. The second session included stamps from France, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Iceland, Luxembourg, Marienwerder-Monaco, Netherlands, Nicaragua-Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Ryukyu-Sweden, Switzerland, Syria-Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Vatican City, Venezuela, Western Ukraine. Interior - small soft bump to top corner of pages, faint cigarett...
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SMITH & WESSON SIXGUNS OF THE OLD WEST.

By: Chicoine, David R. Foreword by Jim Supica.

Price: $75.00 USD

Publisher: Lincoln, R.I., Andrew Mowbray : 2004

Seller ID: 31082

ISBN-13: 9781931464109

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

478 pp, 11 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, technical drawings. "This is the story of revolvers that made Smith & Wesson's reputation on the frontier, the battlefield and the shooting range - and no detail is left out. In this indispensable guide you will find: The exciting history of these intriguing revolvers; A complete mechanical description; Comprehensive identication guides; Illustrations of all the parts; Instructions for disassembly, reassembly and maintenance; Extensive hints for shooting and reloading; Instructions for gunsmithing and repair; Ammunition spectifica...
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POTTERS PROGRESS: A SHORT HISTORICAL SURVEY OF THE ART OF POTTERY MAKING FROM THE EARLIEST AGES.

By: Chisnall, Peter. Illustrated by Richard Grasby.

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Allied English Potteries, Stoke-on-Trent, 1966.

Seller ID: 6272

27 pp, 8vo, hard cover in glassine wrapper. Monotone illus by Richard Grasby. Minor wrinkling at top/bottom of spine. Glassine is lightly browned at spine and edges, minor creasing at corners, top/bottom of spine. VG+/VG
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THE POTTERS' VIEW OF CANADA: CANADIAN SCENES ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY EARTHENWARE.

By: Collard, Elizabeth.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press : 1983

Seller ID: 26015

ISBN-13: 9780773504219

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

194 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). Inscribed by author - "Best wishes to ..... from Elizabeth Collard". B&w photos, reproductions, marks. "This is the first book to be devoted exclusively to potters' views of Canada...The potters' views of Canada have a many-sided appeal, linking the world of artists, printmakers, and photographers to the ceramics industry...Covering the period from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of Queen Victoria's reign, this volume focuses chiefly on wares made for the dinner table or the washstand. All are earthenware, decorated by transfer printing, and...
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ALPHABETICAL CATALOGUE OF COLUMBIA RECORDS COMPLETE TO AND INCLUDING JUNE, 1941. (COLUMBIA COMPLETE RECORD CATALOGUE.)

By: Columbia Records.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Hayes, Middlesex, Columbia Gramaphone Co. : 1941

Seller ID: 26112

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good+

336 pp, 7" H. Interior - light toning to the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight lean to the spine, light browning to the fore-edge and to the top of the text block, three small soft corner creases, slight colour fading to the cover edges, very light soiling/rubbing on the rear cover.
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DECOYING - ST. CLAIR TO THE ST. LAWRENCE.

By: Crandell, Bernard W. "Barney". Foreword by Donal C. O'Brien Jr.

Price: $150.00 USD

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Boston Mills Press : 1988

Seller ID: 22618

ISBN-13: 9780919783577

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

208 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H). Map endpapers. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs. Contents: Foreword by Donal C. O'Brien Jr.; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The St. Clair Flats; The Detroit River; Long Point Bay, The Screeners of Burlington Bay; From an Island off Toronto; Prince Edward County; Color Plates; Index. Includes decoys of William James Mason, Tom Chambers, Phineas Reeves, George Warin, John R. Wells, Nate Quillen, Charles Reeves, Ben Schmidt, Thomas Dalton, the Jasper Dodge Factory, the St. Clair Flats Co., etc., etc. Birthday gift inscription on half-title page, ...
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OF THE DECORATIVE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS OLD AND NEW.

By: Crane, Walter.

Price: $12.50 USD

Publisher: London, Bracken : 1984

Seller ID: 29263

ISBN-13: 9780946495412

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good -

243 pp, 8vo (8" H). B&w illustrations. "Originally published in 1896, this survey of book illustration is both a comprehensive guide to many facets of early work in the field and important evidence of Victorian taste and the influences which shaped it. Walter Crane, as a leading designer and illustrator, was exceptionally well placed to survey the subject - indeed, some of the finest pieces among over 100 drawings reproduced here are those by Crane himself. Crane begins by describing the artist's role in producing manuscripts and early printed books up to the end of the sixteenth century, ...
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THE USE OF THE SLIDE RULE + THE QUICK AND EASY "LAWRENCE" SLIDE RULE INSTRUCTION BOOK + THE VERSALOG SLIDE RULE: AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL. 3 SLIDE RULE-RELATED ITEMS.

By: Cullimore, Allan R.; Poland, John; Fiesenheiser, E.I., et al.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: New York / Peru, Indiana / Canada, Keuffel & Esser / Lawrence engineering Service / Hughes Owens

Seller ID: 28999

Binding: Mixed: Hard Cover & Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good-

Three slide rule-related items. 1. The Use of the Slide Rule - 9" H, hard cover (brown cloth with gilt lettering on front board), 1915, 36 pp, + 4 pp advertising. B&w illustrations. 2. The Quick and Easy "Lawrence" Slide Rule Instruction Book - 8 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in pictorial wraps), 1940, 28 pp. B&w illustrations. 3. The Versalog Slide Rule: An Instruction Manual - 8 1/4" H, hard cover (gray cloth with dark blue lettering on spine and front board), 1954m 115 pp. B&w illustrations. 1. Light toning to pages and endpapers, light wrinkling on the spine, a few light rub marks on the...
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SYSTEME LEFAUCHEUX: CONTINUING THE STUDY OF PINFIRE CARTRIDGE ARMS INCLUDING THEIR ROLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

By: Curtis, Chris C. Foreword by Norm Flayderman.

Price: $80.00 USD

Publisher: Santa Ana, California, Armslore Press : 2002

Seller ID: 31084

ISBN-13: 9781882824199

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

312 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w photographs, technical drawings, reproductions, marks. Chapter headings: Casimir Lefaucheux: Father of the Pinfire System; Eugene Lefaucheux: Heir to the Pinfire System; Pinfire Arms and the European Military; Pinefire Arms and the American Civil War; Pinfire Arms in the Commercial Market: Shotguns and Rifles; Pinfire Arms in the Commercial Market: Revolvers and Pistols; Identifying and Collecting Pinfire Arms; Pinfire Loading and Ejection Systems; Pinefire Pepperbox Pistols; Peculiar Pinefire Arms; Pinfire Cartridges and Reloading Appartus; Bibliography; Index. Book h...
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CANADIAN FANCY CANCELLATIONS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. A HANDBOOK OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA PHILATELIC SOCIETY.

By: Day, K.M. and Smythies, E.A.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: (Toronto), British North America Philatelic Society : 1973

Seller ID: 4047

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

158 pp, 8 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated in b&w showing cancellations with descriptions on facing page. Page 86 showing the descriptions for Plate XXXIX was laid in loosely after printing/binding. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - spine and edges darkening slightly, spine flat with one very light crease.
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CIGARETTE CARDS AND NOVELTIES.

By: Doggett, Frank.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Michael Joseph, (London, 1981).

Seller ID: 13288

96 pp, 4to (11 5/16" H), soft cover. Profusely illustrated with color and b&w examples. "Cigarette cards, introduced in the 1870s and immensely popular until the Second World War, provide a richly illustrated history of the period. With real artistic merit they showed heroes of sport and war; stars of stage, screen and radio; classic cars; and many other images. During their golden age, card, albums and novelties were collected avidly, and these fascinating brand advertisements are still items of great interest to many thousands of collectors throughout the world. Many of us will remember...
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THE MYSTERY OF THE PRINCE EDWARD "QUEEN".

By: Eckhardt, William J.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Unitrade : 1985

Seller ID: 13432

ISBN-13: 9780919801301

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Unpaginated (approx. 14pp.), 9" H. B&w illustrations. "In December of 1866 a peculiar 10 cent 'Prince Edward Island' stamp made its appearance in Europe. It was without perforations, printed in black on yellow paper, and the name of the country was misspelled. Those who saw the stamp said that it had 'an unreal look' about it." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks, staples rusty. Exterior - very light rubbing and soiling to covers, ghost sticker marking on front cover.
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CANADA 95. THE COLLECTION OF 1995 STAMPS.

By: Ellis, Louise and Ebbs, Leslie Elizabeth.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Canada, Canada Post Corporation : 1995

Seller ID: 28791

ISBN-13: 9780660598376

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

66 pp, 10 3/4" H. Black covers with gilt lettering on spine, blindstamped maple leaf and lettering on front board. Pictorial endpapers, colour and b&w photographs, drawings throughout. Colour illustrated slipcase. Contains 68 stamps (collated), which have been removed from the original envelope and inserted into the protective plastic sleeves on the appropriate pages - face value over $32.00. Louisbourg (5); Manitoba 125 (1); Bridges (4); Golf (5); Group of Seven (7); New Members (3); Historic Vehicles (6); Alfred Pellan (1); Comic Book Superheroes (5); Lunenburg Academy (1); The Arctic (...
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ERTL TOY TRACTORS.

By: Ertl, Patrick and Phillips, Catherine Lee.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: St. Paul, MN, MBI : 2004

Seller ID: 30347

ISBN-13: 9780760320198

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

127 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H), Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "Ertl is one of the most celebrated names in diecast toy tractors. The company had its humble beginnings in Fred Ertl's basement shortly after World War II. Over the years it has grown and produced countless toys, much to the joy of children throughout the world. (This book) relays the history of these diecast tractors and implements and tells how the Dyersville, Iowa - based company grew leaps and bounds, while continuing their renowned commitment to quality and detail that goes into today's precision-made scale models. T...
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SOMETHING BLUE: SOME AMERICAN VIEWS ON STAFFORDSHIRE.

By: Fennelly, Catherine.

Price: $10.00 USD

Publisher: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, 1967, second edition.

Seller ID: 20452

36 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). A pictorial work, showing examples of the blue & white Staffordshire wares with American views/themes that were extremely popular in the young United States. Interior - gift inscription on inside of front cover, pages and covers browning lightly, small light liquid mark at bottom corner of first few pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light to moderate browning to covers, scattered light liquid marks and small foxing mark on front cover, samll soft crease at top edge of covers. Good+
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CABINETMAKERS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD. A STUDY OF EARLY CANADIAN FURNITURE.

By: Foss, Charles H.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, M.F. Feheley : 1977

Seller ID: 22144

ISBN-13: 9780919880092

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

156 pp, folio (13 1/4" H). Errata sheet laid in. Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "The fine furniture tradition in Canada's eastern provinces was influenced by the arrival of the Loyalists in 1783. Among those who came were people of wealth and quality who transported, by sea, furnishings that were superior in craftsmanship and design. Accomplished cabinetmakers arriving later from Great Britain and the United States continued the tradition with their skills and developed taste; father taught son, and son preserved the craft. This book deals with twelve of the most emine...
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CABINETMAKERS OF THE EASTERN SEABOARD. A STUDY OF EARLY CANADIAN FURNITURE.

By: Foss, Charles H.

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, M.F. Feheley : 1977

Seller ID: 30626

ISBN-13: 9780919880092

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

156 pp, folio (13 1/4" H). Profusely illustrated with colour and b&w photographs. "The fine furniture tradition in Canada's eastern provinces was influenced by the arrival of the Loyalists in 1783. Among those who came were people of wealth and quality who transported, by sea, furnishings that were superior in craftsmanship and design. Accomplished cabinetmakers arriving later from Great Britain and the United States continued the tradition with their skills and developed taste; father taught son, and son preserved the craft. This book deals with twelve of the most eminent craftsmen in the are...
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SLIGHTLY CHIPPED: FOOTNOTES IN BOOKLORE.

By: Goldstone, Lawrence and Goldstone, Nancy.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, St. Martin's : 1999

Seller ID: 29853

ISBN-13: 9780312205874

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

213 pp, 8 1/2" H. "(A) companion piece for 'Used and Rare', (this book) details the warm and witty story of the (authors') further explorations into the curious world of books. The Goldstones get hooked on the writing, correspondence, and couplings of the Bloomsbury group; they track down Bram Stoker's earliest notes for 'Dracula'; they set their sights on a single lot of 128 leather-bound books at Sotheby's auction of the Paris home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor; they try out book collecting on the Internet; and they are introduced to hypermoderns. 'Slighty Chipped' is filled with anecd...
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