FISHER ALEXANDER

The art of enamelling upon metal : with a short appendix concerning miniature painting on enamel

London, The Studio Limited. 1906, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. cream cloth spine frayed at head and tail, tan papered boards soiled with browned backstrip, some splashes of brown staining to spine cloth, faint small india ink name at head of upper board , name to fep as well, contents tidy, colour frontis with tissue guard, second plate also colour, rest of 26 plates in B&W, (8) 38pp + plates. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012133

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Hand Craft Enamel Enamelling Vintage Antique Arts and Crafts

ANON

The Making of Wedgwood at Barlaston-Stoke-on-Trent

Barlaston, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper, Landscape 16mo. FREE SHIPPING worldwide on this item, 24pp stapled into pictorial wrappers, wrappers faintly and uniformly browned, sized paper, staples rusted, undated but just post-war ( circa 1950), overview of the factory at Barlaston, well illustrated, shows the process of manufacture, history of the firm etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010561

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Wedgwood Pottery, British Ceramics, Manufacturing, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

PATRICK JAMES B.

The Corning Museum of Glass and the Finger Lakes Region, Corning New York

Little Compton, Fort Church Publishers. 1993. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (200 grams) perfect bound soft cover, 48pp illustrated throughout in colour photography of the museum collection as well as the surrounding countryside. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010881

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Glass Antiques Antiquities Musem Corning Glass Museum Illustrations Photography Programme Booklet Brochure

HUGHES BERNARD & THERLE

Small Antique Furniture

London, Lutterworth Press. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. clean tidy copy, 219pp + plates, wide variety of antique furnishings includes small tables, cutlery boxes etc. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008365

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Antiqu Furntiture Antiques Collecting Chippendale Seddon Morgan and Sanders Tables Chests Dumb-Waiters

LEFREE BETTY

Santa Clara pottery today

Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press. 1991, reprint. (ISBN: 0826303226) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) 114pp b&w and colour photos, ceramics in a traditionlal Pueblo style. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012711

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Keywords: Pottery Ceramics Native American Pueblo Mexican Amerindian 0826303226

FRANKLIN COLIN

The Private Presses

London, Studio Vista. 1969, First Edition. (ISBN: 0289796202) Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, price clipped DW under plastic sleeve, library markes etc to endpapers, mild tape stains to edges of boards, covers: Daniel Press, Kelmscott Press, Ashendene Press, Essex House Press, Vale Press, Eragny Press, Caradoc Press, Doves Press, Gregynog Press, Golden Cockerel Press, The Shakespeare Head Press, 240pp+ plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 008698

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Book Collecting Private Press Rare Daniel Press Kelmscott Ashendene Essex House Vale Eragny Caradoc Doves Gregynog Golden Cockerel the Shakespeare Head Press 0289796202

CHIBBETT DAVID

The History of Japanese Printing and Book Illustration

Tokyo, Kodansha International. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0870112880) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. (2000 gram rate =x2 standard shipping cost) two tone cloth, unclipped dust jacket, book has a whited out stamp to verso of fep which had offset to the half title, and this has also been whited out ( tippex) otherwise near fine with minor reading wear etc, 264pp+ plates, illustrated throughout in colour and monotone, in depth study of the various famous illustrators and schools of illustration etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005386

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Japan Japanese Art Book Books Printing Woodblock Book Illustration Collectable Far East Asia 0870112880

VOLLMER WILLIAM A EDITOR (A RAYMOND ELLIS, MARGARET GREENLEAF, SARAH LEYBURN CASE, JAMES EARLE MILLER)

A Book of Distinctive Interiors

New York, Mcbride Nast and Company. 1913, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. decorative cloth with laid on monotone plate to cover, light bump to corners, light foxing to prelims, 128pp with monotone photographs throughout, early American house furnishing and interior design or decor. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003141

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: American Decorative Arts Interior Design Home Design Furnishing Style Early Twentieth Century Pre War

CAPON EDMUND EDITOR

Chinese Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 14th-20th Centuries

International Cultural Corporation of Australia. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0959412204) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. white papered pictorial boards , minor bumping to spine ends, 208pp with full page and some full colour reproductions of pieces exhibited at the 'Treasures of the Forbidden City' exhibition, included is a brochure that accompanied the exhibition, a sheet folded twice down to quarto size, Chinese ink and watercolour art. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012940

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Chinese Art Painting Antique Antiques Ming Qing Exhibition 0959412204

KUNZ GEORGE FREDERICK

Rings for the finger

New York, Dover. 1973, reprint. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Dover facsimile reprint of 1917 edition. sewn binding, illustrated soft card covers, 381pp, minimal scattered foxing to closed edges, light minor crease to cover. illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 001490

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Jewelery Gems Rings Wedding Finger Ornaments Antique Collectable Magical Occult

ENTWISTLE GORDON

Boy Scout and Girl Guide Stamps of the World

London, Cassell. 1957, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. spine head lightly chipped, name to fep, vii 82pp laminated pictorial boards, alphabetical by country listing of stamps with a scout or guide theme (500 gram email for reduced shipping rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011610

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Philately Philatelics Stamp Collecting Postage Stamps Boy Scout Girl Guides Movements Designs

BREEN WALTER H. & SANFORD J. DURST

Proof Coins Struck By the United States Mint, with New Supplement By Sanford J. Durst

New York, Sanford J. Durst. 1983, New and Enlarged. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram perfect bound in water soiled printed wrappers, clean internally, 57pp, 1817-1888 covered, and Durst's supplement covers1858-1982. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010085

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Numismatics Coins United States of America 1872-1982 Rare Coins

REED A H

Rare Books and Manuscripts; the Story of the Dunedin Public Library's Alfred and Isabel Reed Collection

Wellington, Reed. 1968, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) sheets folded once and stapled into pictorial card wrappers, ligh wear, signed by author ( and founder of the collection) to title page, 54pp, includes representative bible and Charles Dickens rarities including a short note dated to December 3rd 1836. Very Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003479

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: New Zealand Dunedin Public Library Rare Books Manuscripts Collections Reed Rare Cjharles Dickens Manuscripts and Autographs

REED A H

The Story of the Golden Legend

Wellington, Reed. 1967, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) stapled sheets in pictorial stiff paper wrapper, light rubbing to cover, SIGNED ' A H Reed' to title, 28pp +4pp b&w plates, staples are rusted otherwise tidy copy. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006518

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Incunabula Antiquarian Manuscript New Zealand Public Collections Dunedin Public Library Alfred and Isabel Reed Publication Number 9 Bible Bibles Biblical Rare Books

REED A H

The Story of the Golden Legend

Wellington, Reed. 1967, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) stapled sheets in pictorial stiff paper wrapper, light rubbing to cover, 28pp +4pp b&w plates, staples are rusted otherwise tidy copy, this booklet deals with the 1476 Latin edition of the Golden Legend purchased by Reed for the Dunedin Library Collection, this booklet deals with the 1476 Latin edition of the Golden Legend purchased by Reed for the Dunedin Library Collection. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006519

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Incunabula Antiquarian Manuscript New Zealand Public Collections Dunedin Public Library Alfred and Isabel Reed Publication Number 9 Bible Bibles Biblical Rare Books