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	Art Glass and Lamps, Arts and Crafts, and The Modern Movement: October 11, 1991 (Sale 1405) Bolton, MA, Skinner, 1991. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, beautiful auction catalog. No defect of note. Beautifully illustrated with black and white photos and a few large color plates at middle of book. Printed on glossy paper. Gives estimated prices for each item. 374 items in all. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 19156 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CAMBRIDGE COLLECTORS OF AMERICA Cambridge Glass Catalogue 1930-1934 (with price insert) Paducah, Kentucky, Collector Books, 1978. (ISBN: 0891450203) Hard Cover, Oblong, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Lovely, clean copy designed without dustjacket. Light wear to crown and tail of spine only defect. Pages pristine with no names or writing. Also included is the booklet which came with it which corresponds to the pages of the book by allowing the reader to easily check 1978 values. While these are of course not current today, it is nonetheless interesting to see how the pieces have fared over the years. Book offers virtually no text, but rather page after page of photos of glass pieces all manufactured from 1930-1934. What is especially helpful to the collector is the ability to see what pieces were made in each pattern in order to round out a collection.Book measures 9"x11". Unpaginated. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18050 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	AMES, KENNETH L. Victorian Furniture; Essays From a Victorian Furniture Symposium , The Victorian Society in America, 1983. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Book is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing and no spine crease. Only fault is isolated spots of edgewear. Pages and page edges pristine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and reproduction art. A compendium of articles by various experts in the field who address the topic from the following angles: continuty and change in style; business, commerce and labor; the study of different furniture firms and forms; high culture architects and designers; and the geographic and social perifery, which discusses Victorian furniture and the working class. 254 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 17903 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHOR Spink America: United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers Including a Wonderful Selection of Duck Prints New York, Spink America, 1998. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/Wraps, Fine, Crisp. beautiful copy of auction catalog for Monday, November 23, 1998. Complimentary piece laid-in on auction house letterhead. Spink is a member of the Christie's Group. Printed on high quality glossy paper. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Items include postal stamps from all over the world, duck stamps, and the prints of said stamps with estimated prices. 830 lots in all. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 12,639 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CURTIS, MATTOON M. The Book of Snuff and Snuff Boxes New York, Bramhall House, 1935, First Thus. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Good, Book itself is very nice with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Very clean pages and page edges. Only fault is a line of foxing to pastedowns hidden beneath endflap. Jacket is sunned at spine, and displays a few small edge chips and tears, but is quite handsome in brand new mylar cover. Nicely illustrated with black and white plate printed on heavy coated paper displaying 119 rare and unusual reproductions in gold, silver, ivory, and precious woods and stones. Text discusses the history of tobacco, the modes of production and the sonsumption of snuff, collecting and collections and more. 149 pages plus plates. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3112] Book number: 17959K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CUSS, T.P. CAMERER The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches , Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0902028332) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful copy. Biright white pages and page edges, no bumps to boards and no tears or chips. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Nice pictorial endpapers and lavish black and white photo illustration, including newly added images since it's first appearance in 1976, as well as a few pages in color depicting mulitple examples. Text takes the beginner through the devlopmental stages of the watch, provides easy understnading of technical terms and answers collectors' questions. 332 pages. Indexed. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18377K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	DAVIS, JOHN D. Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.A., University Press of New England, 2003. (ISBN: 1584653159) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/New, Crisp, beautiful BRAND NEW copy in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Gorgeous oversized book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Oversized. llustrated catalogue featuring the vast examples of American pewter objects amassed by Colonial Williamsburg, featuring the work of fine American pewters. Includes descriptions and photographs of 403 items of both a household and personal nature. The volume also includes a glossary and a list of marks. 346 pages. Almost 1000 illustrations. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 15892A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	DEVITT, JACK Indiana Toolmakers and Their Tools Anderson, South Carolina, Tavenner Publishing Company, 2007. (ISBN: 1930208987) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/, Crisp BRAND NEW book. Rather hard to find. A monumental work of 410 pages which features over 2500 pictures and patent illustrations for Indiana tool makers listed by county. Compiled as a reference guide for tool collectors who need help identifying an item, or determining what items were made by each maker. Not a price guide, so it doesn't age. No date listed, but research does indicate 2007. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 18414 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Publishing, 1997. (ISBN: 0887403794) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Crisp beautiful book with no names or writing. Dustjacket is without tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Copiusly illustrated with color photos of collectibles with information. Covers all manner of items including hats, leather goods, saddles, guns, badges, bowie knives, jewelry, horse related items, barbershop and saloon collectibles, gambling items, furniture, photography and more. 300 pages. Indexed. USD 65.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 \| £UK 39.75 \| JP¥ 5864] Book number: 18430 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Publishing, 1999, Revised Second Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 0764308203) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Crisp beautiful book with no names or writing. Dustjacket is without tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Only fault is wrinkle to bottom front corner.Copiously illustrated with color photos of collectibles with information on each. Covers all manner of items including hats, leather goods, saddles, guns, badges, bowie knives, jewelry, horse related items, barbershop and saloon collectibles, gambling items, furniture, photography and more. 300 pages. Indexed. USD 65.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 \| £UK 39.75 \| JP¥ 5864] Book number: 18430A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRANT, MADISON The Knife in Homespun America (SIGNED Limited Edition in Slipcase) , Privately Printed, 1984, Limited Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Fine in Fine Slipcase/Fine, Madison Grant's books on knives and early pioneer accoutrements are highly regarded by collectors and becoming difficult to find, especially in the limited edition with slipcase. This is a beautiful copy, #126 out of just 300. It is signed first on the specially designed book plate on the front free endpaper and then again inscribed and signed to its former owner. The book has been lovingly kept and is clean and attractive with only one very tiny tear to upper rear corner which has been reenforced at underside with a very small piece of archival tape. Even the paper of the dustjacket is as crisp as new. Book is profusely illustrated with both drawings and large, crisp, detailed black and white photos of 300 items with descriptions.The author offers an overview of the history, styles, and uses of the knife in everyday life in early America. For a collector this is a wonderful resource, as there are many variations. 187 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 74 \| £UK 66 \| JP¥ 9781] Book number: 10725B Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRIMWADE, ARTHUR GIRLING London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources London, Faber and Faber, 1982, Second Edition Revised. (ISBN: 0571180655) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Book itself is in excellent condition. No names or writing, very clean and without fault. The jacket shows small chips at three of the four spine corners and a small mark to the front, but has been placed in brand new mylar and looks most handsome. An excellent reference guide for the collector, written by a senior director for Christie's Auctions prior to his retirement, and considered the most important contribution to the study of English silver since the publication of Sir Charles Jackson's "English Goldsmiths." For the first time collectors have access to alphabetical lists of all known makers' marks from the beginning of the registers at Goldsmith's Hall to the year of Queen Victoria's accession. A grand total of 3473 marks have been gathered from the actual registers and an additional 441 from other sources. The sum includes not only London smiths, but also those from the provinces who registered in London.The other incredible feature is the gathering of biographical information on no less than 2553 smiths with some entries being quite lengthy. All told, there are 737 pages. Illustrated with the marks. Book itself is in fine condition. No names or writing, very clean and without fault. The jacket shows small chips at three of the four spine corners and a small mark to the front, but has been placed in brand new mylar and looks most handsome. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 74 \| £UK 66 \| JP¥ 9781] Book number: 19614DEL Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	HANA, W.F.J. English Lantern Clocks Poole, Dorset (England), Blandford Press, 1979, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Book itself is clean as a whistle with pristine blue boards showing no bumps. Dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is free of chips and tears. Only faults are a thin blue line against dark blue cover at top front edge and a small tear at bottom of spine. Most handsome in mylar cover. Illustrated profusely with black and white photos and drawings -- 145 photos of clocks and mechanisms. Text, by a leading Dutch horologist, describes the origin and development of the lantern clock, which was also known as "Bedpost" or "Birdcage." 159 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18480K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	HOLLISTER, PAUL Glass Paperweights of the New York Historical Society New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1974, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Very nice book, beautifully illustrated. Purple boards clean and unbumped with light fading to edges of bright green endpapers and the remnants of a small sticker at front free endpaper. Jacket has not been price-clipped and shows two small chips to bottom edge -- one at tail of spine and one to back bottom edge. Looks very attractive in brand new mylar. 120 photographs in color and 110 in black and white. A catalogue raisonne of the paperweight collection donated to the New York Historical Society by Mrs. H. Macdonald Sinclair, Mr. Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Mrs. Insley Blair. The Sinclair collection alone comprises 439 objects. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 19148 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAWRENCE, MARTHA R. Lightship Baskets of Nantucket Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. (ISBN: 0887402569) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp and clean in like new condition. No tears or creasing, including no spine crease, and also no names or writing. Oversized at 8-1/2"x11". Printed on high quality glossy paper and illustrated throughout with large detailed photographs in full color. In addition to a detailed history of the craft and an entire chapter devoted to the baskets of Jose Reyes, the book focuses on both antique and contemporary baskets and provides a detailed, photo illustrated guide to how they are made. 128 pages. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 18759 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LY, TRAN DUY Calendar Clocks Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.A., Arlington Book Company, 1993. (ISBN: 0930163435) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, BRAND NEW copy still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. one corner shows tiny crease. The author's books are considered the definitive guide to clocks of all kinds. Here he offers over 800 hundred photos, either from collector's own clocks or from orginal manufacturer's catalogs. Includes 51 manufactuers with info on each, including 41 pages devoted to the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company including a history of the company, directions for starting Ithaca spring clocks, directions for starting Ithaca weight clocks, and directions for correcting the Ithaca calendar if it should get displaced. Also includes technical drawings of all manner of inernal parts which can be helpful with replacement and repair. 360 pages. The author's book "Gilbert Clocks" also available. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.5 \| £UK 36 \| JP¥ 5335] Book number: 17265A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LY, TRAN DUY Gilbert Clocks , Arlington Book Company, 1998. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, BRAND NEW book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Laminated boards designed without dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated. 448 pages. A leading expert in the field of horology discusses clocks made by the Gilbert Clock Company. Geared to collectors. The author's Calendar Clocks also available. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 18376 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MARTY, DANIEL Illustrated History of Phonographs , Dorset, 1990. (ISBN: 0880293888) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, New/New, Beautiful BRAND NEW giftable book still in original publisher's shinkwrap. Beautifully illustrated throughpout in both color and black and white, it showcases more than 300 phonographs and gramophones and presents a lively history of the "talking machines." Measures 10"x12" -- perfect for the coffee table -- weighs in at four pounds. 189 pages. Translated from the French. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27 \| JP¥ 4001] Book number: 18263K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	PECK, HERBERT The Book of Roowood Pottery , Bonanza, 1968. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Good/Good, Nice clean, solid copy purchased from a collector who referred to it often. Not perfect, but without serious defect. Faults include a few scratches to dustjacket spine, mild wear to bottom edges of boards from sliding in and out of the shelf, minor edgewear at dustjacket's top edge mostly to upper rear corner and former owner's blank bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. We will place the jacket in brand new mylar for protection. Book measures 9"x11"A wonderful resource guide, not a price guide, to help the collector understand Rookwood pottery in all its complexities. Two hundred fifty items are shown in both color and black and white. Includes all the marks and symbols used to identify the pieces, biographies of the various artists and decorators of the pottery, the pottery's accomplishments in the field of architecture faience and, of course, history. The latter includes vintage photos of the early factories and people, including artisans at work. 184 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 18111 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	STEVENS, BOB C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.A., Weatherhill, Incorporated/Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1996, 1976, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 0834801191) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Near Fine in VG Slipcase/No DJ, as Issued, Book is pristine and retains its original wrap-around band. No names or writing. It's housed in a slipcase which is also clean and sturdy, showing only a small loss of color at back corner. Measures 9-3/4"x12" Truly lovely -- the Cadillac of books on the subject. This is a comprehensive, serious study of snuff bottles replete with over 1000 photographs of bottles and related objects in full color selected from 65 of the world's best collections. Absolutely dazzling! The text is lengthy, learned and accessible to both the beginning collector and the experienced, as well as to art aficionados.The author offers both the history and lore of Chinese snuff bottles, as well as a discourse on their materials and shapes, motifs and symbolism and the artists-craftsmen who created them. There is also an extensive bibliography, an index and added data on identification and dating of bottles. A massive work of 312 pages and a beautiful book in its own right. An added bonus is a laid-in piece by Steuben Glass on the glass snuff bottles of China. USD 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 80.75 \| £UK 72 \| JP¥ 10670] Book number: 18178 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TOMASKA, RICK The Complete Guide to Franklin Half Dollars Virginia Beach, Virginia, DLRC Press, 2002, Updated Second Edition. (ISBN: 1880731681) Hard Cover, Fine/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, brand new copy. Second edition of a ground-breaking book on recognizing the rarity and value of high grade Franklin half dollars. Extensive test and images of each specimen. 221 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 12,056A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.

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	Art Glass and Lamps, Arts and Crafts, and The Modern Movement: October 11, 1991 (Sale 1405) Bolton, MA, Skinner, 1991. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp, beautiful auction catalog. No defect of note. Beautifully illustrated with black and white photos and a few large color plates at middle of book. Printed on glossy paper. Gives estimated prices for each item. 374 items in all. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 19156 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CAMBRIDGE COLLECTORS OF AMERICA Cambridge Glass Catalogue 1930-1934 (with price insert) Paducah, Kentucky, Collector Books, 1978. (ISBN: 0891450203) Hard Cover, Oblong, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, Lovely, clean copy designed without dustjacket. Light wear to crown and tail of spine only defect. Pages pristine with no names or writing. Also included is the booklet which came with it which corresponds to the pages of the book by allowing the reader to easily check 1978 values. While these are of course not current today, it is nonetheless interesting to see how the pieces have fared over the years. Book offers virtually no text, but rather page after page of photos of glass pieces all manufactured from 1930-1934. What is especially helpful to the collector is the ability to see what pieces were made in each pattern in order to round out a collection.Book measures 9"x11". Unpaginated. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18050 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	AMES, KENNETH L. Victorian Furniture; Essays From a Victorian Furniture Symposium , The Victorian Society in America, 1983. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Book is clean and tightly bound with no names or writing and no spine crease. Only fault is isolated spots of edgewear. Pages and page edges pristine. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos and reproduction art. A compendium of articles by various experts in the field who address the topic from the following angles: continuty and change in style; business, commerce and labor; the study of different furniture firms and forms; high culture architects and designers; and the geographic and social perifery, which discusses Victorian furniture and the working class. 254 pages. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1334] Book number: 17903 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	NO AUTHOR Spink America: United States and Foreign Stamps and Covers Including a Wonderful Selection of Duck Prints New York, Spink America, 1998. Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/Wraps, Fine, Crisp. beautiful copy of auction catalog for Monday, November 23, 1998. Complimentary piece laid-in on auction house letterhead. Spink is a member of the Christie's Group. Printed on high quality glossy paper. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Items include postal stamps from all over the world, duck stamps, and the prints of said stamps with estimated prices. 830 lots in all. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1067] Book number: 12,639 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CURTIS, MATTOON M. The Book of Snuff and Snuff Boxes New York, Bramhall House, 1935, First Thus. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Good, Book itself is very nice with no bumps to boards and no names or writing. Very clean pages and page edges. Only fault is a line of foxing to pastedowns hidden beneath endflap. Jacket is sunned at spine, and displays a few small edge chips and tears, but is quite handsome in brand new mylar cover. Nicely illustrated with black and white plate printed on heavy coated paper displaying 119 rare and unusual reproductions in gold, silver, ivory, and precious woods and stones. Text discusses the history of tobacco, the modes of production and the sonsumption of snuff, collecting and collections and more. 149 pages plus plates. USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.75 \| £UK 21 \| JP¥ 3112] Book number: 17959K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	CUSS, T.P. CAMERER The Camerer Cuss Book of Antique Watches , Antique Collectors' Club, 1994, Reprint. (ISBN: 0902028332) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/Fine, Crisp, beautiful copy. Biright white pages and page edges, no bumps to boards and no tears or chips. Dustjacket protected by brand new mylar cover. Nice pictorial endpapers and lavish black and white photo illustration, including newly added images since it's first appearance in 1976, as well as a few pages in color depicting mulitple examples. Text takes the beginner through the devlopmental stages of the watch, provides easy understnading of technical terms and answers collectors' questions. 332 pages. Indexed. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18377K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	DAVIS, JOHN D. Pewter at Colonial Williamsburg Lebanon, New Hampshire, U.S.A., University Press of New England, 2003. (ISBN: 1584653159) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/New, Crisp, beautiful BRAND NEW copy in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Gorgeous oversized book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Oversized. llustrated catalogue featuring the vast examples of American pewter objects amassed by Colonial Williamsburg, featuring the work of fine American pewters. Includes descriptions and photographs of 403 items of both a household and personal nature. The volume also includes a glossary and a list of marks. 346 pages. Almost 1000 illustrations. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 15892A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	DEVITT, JACK Indiana Toolmakers and Their Tools Anderson, South Carolina, Tavenner Publishing Company, 2007. (ISBN: 1930208987) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/, Crisp BRAND NEW book. Rather hard to find. A monumental work of 410 pages which features over 2500 pictures and patent illustrations for Indiana tool makers listed by county. Compiled as a reference guide for tool collectors who need help identifying an item, or determining what items were made by each maker. Not a price guide, so it doesn't age. No date listed, but research does indicate 2007. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 27 \| £UK 24 \| JP¥ 3557] Book number: 18414 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Publishing, 1997. (ISBN: 0887403794) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Crisp beautiful book with no names or writing. Dustjacket is without tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Copiusly illustrated with color photos of collectibles with information. Covers all manner of items including hats, leather goods, saddles, guns, badges, bowie knives, jewelry, horse related items, barbershop and saloon collectibles, gambling items, furniture, photography and more. 300 pages. Indexed. USD 65.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 \| £UK 39.75 \| JP¥ 5864] Book number: 18430 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Publishing, 1999, Revised Second Edition, First Printing. (ISBN: 0764308203) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Very Good/Very Good, Crisp beautiful book with no names or writing. Dustjacket is without tears or chips and is most handsome in brand new mylar. Only fault is wrinkle to bottom front corner.Copiously illustrated with color photos of collectibles with information on each. Covers all manner of items including hats, leather goods, saddles, guns, badges, bowie knives, jewelry, horse related items, barbershop and saloon collectibles, gambling items, furniture, photography and more. 300 pages. Indexed. USD 65.95 [Appr.: EURO 44.5 \| £UK 39.75 \| JP¥ 5864] Book number: 18430A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRANT, MADISON The Knife in Homespun America (SIGNED Limited Edition in Slipcase) , Privately Printed, 1984, Limited Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Fine in Fine Slipcase/Fine, Madison Grant's books on knives and early pioneer accoutrements are highly regarded by collectors and becoming difficult to find, especially in the limited edition with slipcase. This is a beautiful copy, #126 out of just 300. It is signed first on the specially designed book plate on the front free endpaper and then again inscribed and signed to its former owner. The book has been lovingly kept and is clean and attractive with only one very tiny tear to upper rear corner which has been reenforced at underside with a very small piece of archival tape. Even the paper of the dustjacket is as crisp as new. Book is profusely illustrated with both drawings and large, crisp, detailed black and white photos of 300 items with descriptions.The author offers an overview of the history, styles, and uses of the knife in everyday life in early America. For a collector this is a wonderful resource, as there are many variations. 187 pages. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 74 \| £UK 66 \| JP¥ 9781] Book number: 10725B Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	GRIMWADE, ARTHUR GIRLING London Goldsmiths 1697-1837: Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources London, Faber and Faber, 1982, Second Edition Revised. (ISBN: 0571180655) Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Book itself is in excellent condition. No names or writing, very clean and without fault. The jacket shows small chips at three of the four spine corners and a small mark to the front, but has been placed in brand new mylar and looks most handsome. An excellent reference guide for the collector, written by a senior director for Christie's Auctions prior to his retirement, and considered the most important contribution to the study of English silver since the publication of Sir Charles Jackson's "English Goldsmiths." For the first time collectors have access to alphabetical lists of all known makers' marks from the beginning of the registers at Goldsmith's Hall to the year of Queen Victoria's accession. A grand total of 3473 marks have been gathered from the actual registers and an additional 441 from other sources. The sum includes not only London smiths, but also those from the provinces who registered in London.The other incredible feature is the gathering of biographical information on no less than 2553 smiths with some entries being quite lengthy. All told, there are 737 pages. Illustrated with the marks. Book itself is in fine condition. No names or writing, very clean and without fault. The jacket shows small chips at three of the four spine corners and a small mark to the front, but has been placed in brand new mylar and looks most handsome. USD 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 74 \| £UK 66 \| JP¥ 9781] Book number: 19614DEL Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	HANA, W.F.J. English Lantern Clocks Poole, Dorset (England), Blandford Press, 1979, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Book itself is clean as a whistle with pristine blue boards showing no bumps. Dustjacket has not been price-clipped and is free of chips and tears. Only faults are a thin blue line against dark blue cover at top front edge and a small tear at bottom of spine. Most handsome in mylar cover. Illustrated profusely with black and white photos and drawings -- 145 photos of clocks and mechanisms. Text, by a leading Dutch horologist, describes the origin and development of the lantern clock, which was also known as "Bedpost" or "Birdcage." 159 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 18480K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	HOLLISTER, PAUL Glass Paperweights of the New York Historical Society New York, Clarkson N. Potter, 1974, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, Very Good/Very Good, Very nice book, beautifully illustrated. Purple boards clean and unbumped with light fading to edges of bright green endpapers and the remnants of a small sticker at front free endpaper. Jacket has not been price-clipped and shows two small chips to bottom edge -- one at tail of spine and one to back bottom edge. Looks very attractive in brand new mylar. 120 photographs in color and 110 in black and white. A catalogue raisonne of the paperweight collection donated to the New York Historical Society by Mrs. H. Macdonald Sinclair, Mr. Edwin Waitstill Orvis and Mrs. Insley Blair. The Sinclair collection alone comprises 439 objects. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 19148 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LAWRENCE, MARTHA R. Lightship Baskets of Nantucket Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997. (ISBN: 0887402569) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Fine/, Crisp and clean in like new condition. No tears or creasing, including no spine crease, and also no names or writing. Oversized at 8-1/2"x11". Printed on high quality glossy paper and illustrated throughout with large detailed photographs in full color. In addition to a detailed history of the craft and an entire chapter devoted to the baskets of Jose Reyes, the book focuses on both antique and contemporary baskets and provides a detailed, photo illustrated guide to how they are made. 128 pages. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1778] Book number: 18759 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LY, TRAN DUY Calendar Clocks Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S.A., Arlington Book Company, 1993. (ISBN: 0930163435) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, BRAND NEW copy still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. one corner shows tiny crease. The author's books are considered the definitive guide to clocks of all kinds. Here he offers over 800 hundred photos, either from collector's own clocks or from orginal manufacturer's catalogs. Includes 51 manufactuers with info on each, including 41 pages devoted to the Ithaca Calendar Clock Company including a history of the company, directions for starting Ithaca spring clocks, directions for starting Ithaca weight clocks, and directions for correcting the Ithaca calendar if it should get displaced. Also includes technical drawings of all manner of inernal parts which can be helpful with replacement and repair. 360 pages. The author's book "Gilbert Clocks" also available. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.5 \| £UK 36 \| JP¥ 5335] Book number: 17265A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	LY, TRAN DUY Gilbert Clocks , Arlington Book Company, 1998. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, NEW/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, BRAND NEW book still in original publisher's shrinkwrap. Laminated boards designed without dustjacket. Lavishly illustrated. 448 pages. A leading expert in the field of horology discusses clocks made by the Gilbert Clock Company. Geared to collectors. The author's Calendar Clocks also available. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.75 \| £UK 30 \| JP¥ 4446] Book number: 18376 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	MARTY, DANIEL Illustrated History of Phonographs , Dorset, 1990. (ISBN: 0880293888) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, New/New, Beautiful BRAND NEW giftable book still in original publisher's shinkwrap. Beautifully illustrated throughpout in both color and black and white, it showcases more than 300 phonographs and gramophones and presents a lively history of the "talking machines." Measures 10"x12" -- perfect for the coffee table -- weighs in at four pounds. 189 pages. Translated from the French. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27 \| JP¥ 4001] Book number: 18263K Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	PECK, HERBERT The Book of Roowood Pottery , Bonanza, 1968. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall, Good/Good, Nice clean, solid copy purchased from a collector who referred to it often. Not perfect, but without serious defect. Faults include a few scratches to dustjacket spine, mild wear to bottom edges of boards from sliding in and out of the shelf, minor edgewear at dustjacket's top edge mostly to upper rear corner and former owner's blank bookplate affixed to front free endpaper. We will place the jacket in brand new mylar for protection. Book measures 9"x11"A wonderful resource guide, not a price guide, to help the collector understand Rookwood pottery in all its complexities. Two hundred fifty items are shown in both color and black and white. Includes all the marks and symbols used to identify the pieces, biographies of the various artists and decorators of the pottery, the pottery's accomplishments in the field of architecture faience and, of course, history. The latter includes vintage photos of the early factories and people, including artisans at work. 184 pages. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 17 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2223] Book number: 18111 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	STEVENS, BOB C. The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles Trumbull, Connecticut, U.S.A., Weatherhill, Incorporated/Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1996, 1976, First Edition Thus. (ISBN: 0834801191) Hard Cover, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall, Near Fine in VG Slipcase/No DJ, as Issued, Book is pristine and retains its original wrap-around band. No names or writing. It's housed in a slipcase which is also clean and sturdy, showing only a small loss of color at back corner. Measures 9-3/4"x12" Truly lovely -- the Cadillac of books on the subject. This is a comprehensive, serious study of snuff bottles replete with over 1000 photographs of bottles and related objects in full color selected from 65 of the world's best collections. Absolutely dazzling! The text is lengthy, learned and accessible to both the beginning collector and the experienced, as well as to art aficionados.The author offers both the history and lore of Chinese snuff bottles, as well as a discourse on their materials and shapes, motifs and symbolism and the artists-craftsmen who created them. There is also an extensive bibliography, an index and added data on identification and dating of bottles. A massive work of 312 pages and a beautiful book in its own right. An added bonus is a laid-in piece by Steuben Glass on the glass snuff bottles of China. USD 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 80.75 \| £UK 72 \| JP¥ 10670] Book number: 18178 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.
	TOMASKA, RICK The Complete Guide to Franklin Half Dollars Virginia Beach, Virginia, DLRC Press, 2002, Updated Second Edition. (ISBN: 1880731681) Hard Cover, Fine/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp, brand new copy. Second edition of a ground-breaking book on recognizing the rarity and value of high grade Franklin half dollars. Extensive test and images of each specimen. 221 pages. USD 30.00 [Appr.: EURO 20.25 \| £UK 18 \| JP¥ 2668] Book number: 12,056A Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books.