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JOHN O'HARA: A CHECKLIST. WITH A PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED SPEECH BY JOHN O'HARA.

By: Bruccoli, Matthew J., compiler. (John O'Hara.)

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Random House: 1972

Seller ID: 29918

ISBN: 0394469917

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

136 pp, 8 1/2" H. B&w reproductions. "From the publication of 'Appointment in Samarra' (1934), John O'Hara enjoyed popular acclaim as a novelist and then as a short-story writer, but the close study of his work in literature courses is yet to come. This checklist will facilitate the efforts of scholars and students to make a more serious assessment of his impact on American writing. Not only does Matthew J. Bruccoli list all the books, stories, and articles by O'Hara published in the English language; he also includes public statements, printed letters, and interviews. Detailed bibli...
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SILHOUETTES IN THE SKY: THE ART OF THE WEATHERVANE.

By: Burks, Jean M.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Shelburne, Vermont, Shelburne Museum: 2006

Seller ID: 25905

ISBN: 0939384329

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

36 pp, 8 1/2" H, stapled in wraps. Color photographs. Shows examples of New England weathervanes in a variety of forms and materials from the Shelburne Museum's collection. Interior - very small light bump/crease at top corner of most pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very small crease at top corner of front cover, very light edge wear, minor rubbing.
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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: 0895380137

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...
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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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NINETEENTH-CENTURY POTTERY AND PORCELAIN IN CANADA.

By: Collard, Elizabeth.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Montreal, McGill University Press: 1984

Seller ID: 26014

ISBN: 0773503927

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

477 pp, 4to (10 1/2" H). B&w illustrations. A survey of the ceramic wares used by Canadians in the 19th century. Deals with both imported and Canadian made wares, setting them against the social, economic, and artistic background of the time. It tells of how the potters of Britain vigorously built up trade with British North America and how their wares travelled to the farthest outposts of a pioneer land. Also covers the popular "Historical China", "Portneuf" and the important potters of St. Johns, Quebec. Previous owner's bookplate and erased pencik mark on free front ...
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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: 0773504214

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 transf...
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THE POTTERS' VIEW OF CANADA: CANADIAN SCENES ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY EARTHENWARE.

By: Collard, Elizabeth.

Price: $20.00 USD

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

Seller ID: 28145

ISBN: 0773504214

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

194 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H). B&w photographs, 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 produced by British potters. The scenes they depict range ...
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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: 0919783570

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 pa...
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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: 0946495416

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 c...
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EVERY IDLE DREAM.

By: Darwin, Bernard.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Collins: 1948

Seller ID: 25034

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good-

255 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). B&w illustrations. "Everyone who enjoys good prose or sport, and particularly both together, knows the name of Bernard Darwin whose chronicles of golf and Fourth Leaders in 'The Times' have for so many years been an almost indispensable part of life to many people. In this book Mr. Darwin tries his hand for the first time at the long essay, covering a diversity of topics in life and literature in the same easy, original way, seeing the meaning behind familiar things and expressing them in his exquisitely right and simple style. The topics range from a collectio...
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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 ...
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PORZELLAN DER EUROPAISCHEN MANUFACKTUREN IM 18. JAHRHUNDERT.

By: Ducret, Siegfried, text. Photographs by Michael Wolgensinger.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Silva-Verlag, Zurich, (1971).:

Seller ID: 6839

136 pp, 4to, HC in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with full color tipped-in plates, table of marks at rear. TEXT IN GERMAN ONLY. Covers the major 18th century procelain manufacturers of Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy, England, Denmark, H olland and Belgian. Dust jacket has light edgewear/wrinkling, a few small closed tears. VG+/VG
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THE MYSTERY OF THE PRINCE EDWARD "QUEEN".

By: Eckhardt, William J.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Unitrade: 1985

Seller ID: 13432

ISBN: 0919801307

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. 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: 066059837X

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 Arct...
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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: 0760320195

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 m...
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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: 0919880096

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 mo...
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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: 0919880096

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...
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THE COVENANT CHAIN: INDIAN CEREMONIAL AND TRADE SILVER.

By: Fredrickson, N. Jaye. Catalogue of the exhibition by Sandra Gibb. Foreword by John E. Langdon.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Ottawa, National Museum of Man: 1980

Seller ID: 23001

ISBN: 0660103478

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

168 pp, large 8vo (9 3/8" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour. "Indian trade silver is a fascinating and little-known part of our cultural heritage - a product of the interaction between two profoundly different cultures during the European exploration of North America. Originating in the early diplomatic gifts of medals to friendly Indians, the distribution of silver became widespread during the height of the fur trade, 1760 to 1821. Silver ornaments designed specifically for the fur trade included brooches, gorgets, armbands, legbands, earrings, nose-rings, crosses and headb...
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ART OF THE LOOM: A LOAN EXHIBITION OF ORIENTAL RUGS. REVISED AND CORRECTED EDITION.

By: Gardiner, Roger F.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, 1974.:

Seller ID: 4945

Unpaginated (approx. 64 pp.) 8vo, stapled in wraps. B&w photos of 26 artifacts plus small drawings of patterns/motifs, map on back cover. The catalog of an exhibition of oriental rugs with descriptions of 63 items, a four page introductory essay, a two page bibliography of rug literature and a glossary of rug terms. Interior - soft bump to bottom corner of most pages, otherwise clean and tight with no other ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear, soft crease to bottom corner of front cover, tiny scuff at bottom of front cover, two faint brown marks on rear cover. VG-
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