Category: Antiques & Collectibles

3 VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARDS - 1. CAT. 2. DOG. 3. CHILDREN CAROLLING. WITH ORIGINAL ENVELOPES.

Price: $15.00 USD

Seller ID: 30511

Condition: Very Good+

3 unused, single sheet cards (i.e. not folded cards), c1920/30s, each with its original, unused envelope. No manufacturer's markings. 1. Red-ribboned cat - card size 5 1/8" H x 4 1/8" W - with verse: "I wish you / A MERRIE CHRISTMAS / and then the BEST OF YEARS / As full of satisfaction - / As this pussy cat appears!". 2. Tail-wagging dog - card size 5 1/8" H x 4 1/8" W - with verse: "It's just on the tip / of my tongue, to say, / I wish you / A MERRY CHRISTMAS DAY". 3. Children carolling with dog - card size 4 1/2" H x 3 7/16" W - with verse: "A MERRY CHRISTMAS, / LITTLE FRIEND / Did you th...
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DINKY DAYMUS VARIETIES: PHILATELIC FLAWS AND ODDITIES FEATURING CANADA.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Brantford, Ontario, Canadian Wholesale Supply

Seller ID: 13394

Binding: Stapled in Wraps

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated (36 pp plus covers), 8 1/2" H. Profusely illustrated in b&w with examples of creases, misprints, breaks, flaws, etc. on stamps from Canada (majority) and other countries. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - a few very tiny marks to covers, minor edgewear.
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OMEGA DE VILLE CO-AXIAL ESCAPEMENT.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Switzerland, Omega SA : 2001

Seller ID: 29584

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

43 pp, 8 1/2" H. Red paper-covered boards with silver lettering/omega symbol and blindstamped co-axial escapement on front board, silver endpapers. Dust jacket has embossed co-axial escapement on front panel. Colour and b&w photographs, reproductions, diagrams. A short history of the Omega watch company, introducing their new co-axial escapement. Very minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear, tiny scuff on spine, minor rubbing, three tiny shallow dents on rear panel.
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PIGOT & CO.S BRITISH ATLAS: COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND ...

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: London, Salamander : 2000

Seller ID: 23979

ISBN-13: 9781840652550

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

Unpaginated, Folio (13 5/8" H). Facsimile of 1840 edition, slightly reduced in size. Remainder of title: "(Upon Which Are Load Down All Railways Completed And In Progress), With Large Sheet Map of England And Wales (endpapers), And A Circular One Of The Country Round London: The Whole Engraved On Steel Plates. Accompanied By Topographical And Statistical Accounts Of Each County; Railway Information; Tables Of Distances Of The Principal Towns In Great Britain; And An Itinerary Of The Most Useful And Generally Travelled Routes Throughout The United Kingdom." Map endpapers, 39 full page colou...
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ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW EPHEMERA - COLUMBIA MASK (PROMOTIONAL ITEM.) - AS IS.

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Los Angeles, : 1974

Seller ID: 31110

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good

Color card mask (10" H x approx. 7 1/4" W - ear to ear) of the character "Columbia" from The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Produced for the Roxy Theater, Los Angeles, 1974. **Please note: the original removable eyes and mouth section are NOT present**. The production notes on the verso give the cast (including Tim Curry and Meat Loaf) and other credits - these are not affected by the removals. Minor edge wear, light browning on the verso edges, faint soft crease on the ears.
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VINTAGE CHRISTMAS CARD "MAY THE PEACE OF ALLAH". DECORATED ENVELOPE.

Price: $15.00 USD

Seller ID: 30510

Binding: In Envelope

Condition: Very Good

Single sheet card (i.e. not a folded card), c1920/30s, with unusual verse. "Christmas Greetings / I pray the prayer the Easterners do, / May the Peace of Allah abide with you / Wherever you stay, wherever you go, / May the beautiful palms of Allah grow; / Through the days of labor and nights of rest, / May the love of sweet Allah make you blest, / So I touch my heart as the Easterners do, / May the Peace of Allah abide with you." Colorful illustration at top of card has a gilt sky, the star over Bethlehem the three kings & their camels with holly below. The card has not been used - no signa...
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FIFTY MASTERPIECES OF POTTERY, PORCELAIN, GLASS VESSELS, STAINED GLASS, PAINTED ENAMEL.

By: (Victoria & Albert Museum).

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, (1968), 2nd edition, 2nd impression.

Seller ID: 2388

103 pp, 16 mo, soft cover. Contains 50 b&w plates and full descriptions of pottery and glass from exhibits in the V&A Museum. Spine and page edges browning lightly. Slight bump to top of spine. Light edgewear to covers and spine. Interior - cle an and tight. VG-
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VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURAL SPLENDOR IN A NINETEENTH CENTURY TOY CATALOGUE.

By: Ackerman, Evelyn.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Era Industries, Culver City, California, (1980), Ist printing.

Seller ID: 6012

92 pp, oblong 24 mo. (5 3/4" H x 8 1/2" L), soft cover. A reproduction in b&w of a nineteenth century German toy catalogue. Shows doll houses, stores, fire stations, shops, stables, etc. with accompanying notes. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light edge wear/rubbing, light soiling and browning to some areas of covers, spine lightly browned, small bump to bottom corner of front cover - migrates into pages. VG-
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THE CHARLTON STANDARD CATALOGUE OF CANADIAN BANK NOTES. 2ND EDITION.

By: Allan, Walter D., ed. W.K. Cross, publisher.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Charlton : 1989

Seller ID: 9866

ISBN-13: 9780889680685

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

433 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions. Contents: Introduction; How to use this catalogue; Numbering System; Grading of Paper Money; Useful Terminology and Information; Canadian Note Issuing Banks (alphabetically arranged); Private Banks and Bankers in Canada; Canadian Chartered Bank Notes Outstanding; Current Chartered Banks in Canada; Non-Note Issuing Banks; Bank Mergers & Amalgamations Since July 1, 1867; Index; Bibliography. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - small soft crease at top corner of front cover, spine flat and un...
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A CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS.

By: Askew, Gilbert, compiled by.

Price: $17.50 USD

Publisher: B.A. Seaby, London, 1951.

Seller ID: 10983

124 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w drawings, maps. Contents: Abbreviations; The Origins of Greek Coinage; Greek Coin Types; Weight Standards and Denominations; Greek Coinage - Dating; Hispania; Gallia, with map; Italy, with map; Sicily; Macedon; Thrace ; Northern Greece, with map; Central Greece; Peloponnesus, with map; Crete and the Agean Islands; Asia Minor, with map; Syria; Phoenicia; Palestine; Further Asia; Africa; Appendixes and Indexes - 1. Towns, Districts, etc.; 2. Kings and Tyrants. Interior - old price sticker on inside of front cover, otherwise clean and tight with no previous owners...
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NAUTICAL ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES.

By: Baddeley, Jon.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Konecky & Konecky, (New York, 1993).

Seller ID: 13411

160 pp, 4to (11 1/4" H) hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "This well-illustrated collector's guide covers a wide range of nautical decorative arts and naviational instruments. The book spans the period from the sixteenth century to the present day with an emphasis on the golden age of production between 1800 and 1940. These more modern pieces are readily found in specialist shops and auctions and are therefore more affordable than earlier and rarer pieces. The book is divided into eight chapters, covering ship models, navigational instruments, ship fixture...
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BRITISH MILITARY LONGARMS 1715-1865. (COMBINES THE TEXT OF THE PREVIOUS TWO VOLUME SET PUBLISHED IN 1971 & 1972, WITH REVISIONS AND NEW MATERIAL.)

By: Bailey, D.W.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, Arms and Armour : 1986

Seller ID: 31113

ISBN-13: 9780853688358

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

160 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, marks. "From 'Brown Bess' to the American Civil War, the military muskets, rifles and carbines made in Britain are described and illustrated in this concise, but authoritative pictorial study. The first part covers the years 1715 to 1815, and described the regulation service longarms of the British Army and Navy throughout the century of conflict in Europe, America and India. It classifies all those weapons that are considered as regulation issue and service issue, and sections devoted to each of the major types of weapon - musket, rifle and c...
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REMINGTON FIREARMS: THE GOLDEN AGE OF COLLECTING.

By: Ball, Robert W.D.

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Iola, WI, Krause : 1995

Seller ID: 31096

ISBN-13: 9780873413602

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

193 pp, 11 1/4" H. B&w and color photographs. "The most extensive pictorial history of Remington firearms ever produced, from the early 1800s to the early 1930s. Includes nearly 400 firearms, many never before available in print to the collector, including revolvers, pistols, derringers and rifles. Each model is thoroughly detailed, including identifying features, modification variations, production counts when available, plus excerpts from instruction manuals and ammunition specifications." A minor bump at the top and bottom of the spine, cigarette odour, bump at the top corner of the rear b...
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THE HISTORY OF WINCHESTER FIREARMS, 1866-1980. FIFTH EDITION, REVISED.

By: Barnes, Duncan; Watrous, George R.; Rikhoff, James C.; Hall, Thomas H. and Kuhlhoff, Pete.

Price: $27.50 USD

Publisher: Tulsa, Oklahoma, Winchester Press : 1980

Seller ID: 24704

ISBN-13: 9780876913246

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+

237 pp, small 4to (10 7/8" H) - simulated leather spine with gilt lettering, gilt stamp on front board, in slipcase. B&w photographs. Birthday gift inscription at top of front pastedown, minor wrinkling at bottom of spine. Slipcase has two thirds of one side panel with light color fading, a few scattered, very tiny paints specks on top and one side panel.
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PRICE GUIDE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC CHECKLIST FOR CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS FOR THE YEARS 1880-1960.

By: Baumgarten, E. Lee, compiler.

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Martinsburg, WV, E.Lee baumgarten Books : 1996

Seller ID: 30272

ISBN-13: 9780964728509

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

8 pp "Introduction", followed by three separately paged sections - 145 pp "Author-Sorted Index / 145 pp "Illustrator- Sorted Index" / 63 pp "Title Cross-Reference". Teal cloth with gilt lettering on spine, gilt lettering and borders on front cover, 11 1/4" H. "The data file for the 1996 edition contains exactly 10,405 records, indexed 3 ways to provide you with an easy method for locating any given book." Although the price guide aspect is out-of-date, the bibligraphical information remains very useful for collectors/booksellers. Light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, 1/2" dia ghost stick...
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Image for A LITTLE PORTFOLIO ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN FINE ENGLISH EARTHENWARE AND ENGLISH BONE CHINA NOW BEING SHOWN BY BEESHY'S, THE CHINA SHOP, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO.

A LITTLE PORTFOLIO ILLUSTRATING SOME OF THE EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN FINE ENGLISH EARTHENWARE AND ENGLISH BONE CHINA NOW BEING SHOWN BY BEESHY'S, THE CHINA SHOP, RIDGEWAY, ONTARIO.

By: Beeshy's , The China Shop.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Ridgeway, Ontario, Beeshy's, The China Shop

Seller ID: 29177

Binding: Card covers in wire Binding

Condition: Very Good -

48 pp, 9 3/4" H. Orange card covers with black lettering/illustration on front cover. No date, but the text references two patterns introduced in 1937 and there is a printed note on the back cover stating that the Wire-o-binding was patented 1936. B&w photographs of the shop (exterior & interior) and the proprietors, plus b&w (and a few colour) photographs of china (Wedgwood, Royal Doulton, Johnson Bros., Adams, etc.). Short historiesy of the store, the family, the decoration of English china. Pages 12-48 show examples of some of the different patterns carried with descriptions. "The Rom...
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FROM THE HEART: FOLK ART IN CANADA.

By: Blanchette, Jean-Francois, et al.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, McClelland and Stewart/National Museum of Man : 1983

Seller ID: 22853

ISBN-13: 9780771090226

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+

256 pp, oblong 4to (9 3/4" H). "(M)akes available the full scope of folk art from across Canada and, for the first time, introduces some of the artists who create it. The panorama of cultures and regional traditions that gives meaning to this vast nation is represented in the diverse objects brought together by the Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies, a branch of the National Museum of Man." Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with everything from weathervanes and decoys to kitchenware, quilts and oil paintings. Very light edgewear, very light rubbing on covers.
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JAMES REID AND HIS CATSKILL KNUCKLEDUSTERS.

By: Bowen, Taylor G.

Price: $50.00 USD

Publisher: Lincoln, Rhode Island, Andrew Mowbray : 1989

Seller ID: 31075

ISBN-13: 9780917218378

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

288 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, technical drawings, reproductions. "Although the idea of a barrel-less revolver where the cylinder is elongated so the front of each chamber acts as a barrel is not unique, or even rare, its patented knuckle guard which could be used as 'brass knuckles' against an assailant was an appealing invention in its time. In this comprehensive study the author penetrates the mystique of these dual purpose icons of self-defense, so aptly named 'My Friend', and presents a detailed history of James Reid, his factory in the picturesque Catskill Mountains, the pistols whi...
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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-13: 9780394469911

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 bibliographic...
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U.S. INFANTRY WEAPONS OF WORLD WAR II.

By: Canfield, Bruce N.

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: Lincoln, R.I., Andrew Mowbray : 1994

Seller ID: 31091

ISBN-13: 9780917218675

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

303 pp, 11 1/4" H, glazed pictorial boards. "The definitive guide to U.S. infantry weapons of World War II - covering everything carried into combat by the Army or Marines - rifles, carbines, edged weapons, shotguns, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, grenades, recoilless rifles, submachine guns, automatic rifles, flame throwers - it's all here! Includes hundreds of (b&w) photographs and detailed 'collector's notes'." A 2" faint knife mark at the top of the front board, slight bump at the top/bottom of the spine, light cigarette odour.
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