Gordon,Lesley (foreword by James Laver)

PAGEANT OF DOLLS a brief history of dolls showing the national costumes ..

Leicester, Ward 1948 approx) Color plates (16) + many line illlustrations by Gordon . Octavo blue cloth (tips rubbed) 132pp ex Reference Library with stamps on EP & back of titlepage & small round stamp to corner of each color plate, else clean and neat.

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Book number: C60757

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: toys dolls costumes

Gradmann,Erwin

DRAWINGS BY SPANISH MASTERS

Basel, Holbein (Publishers) 1st edition 1946 Facsimile plates (40) . Octavo boards with pictorial onlay (some rubbing abbrasions/tips sl bumped) xxiv+40pp name on FEP else V.G

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Book number: C60807

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: art drawings Spain

Guild, Vera P.

DOLLMAKER'S WORKSHOP complete instructions for creating more than 60 enchanting dolls.

London, David & Charles/Hearst Corp. 1st first U.K edition 1982 Colour illustrations and patterns. . Quarto linson boards in dust jacket 160pp V.G+ in edge torn and edge creased jacket *From Sock, Fabric Yarn and including Snow Babies, Monkeys, Waking/sleeping, fairytale reversible dolls, international costume dolls etc.

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Book number: C67804

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: doll making handicrafts costumes

Hayward,Helena (editor)

CONNOISSEUR'S HANDBOOK OF ANTIQUE COLLECTING Dictionary of Furniture, Silver, Ceramics, Glass ..

London, Book Club reprint 1969 Illustrated throughout . Octavo boards in dust-jacket 320pgs slight fore-edge yelowing else V.G+ in slightly nicked jacket

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Book number: C63810

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: antiques

Hughes,G. Bernard Illustrated by Therle Hughes

COUNTRY LIFE COLLECTOR'S POCKET BOOK

London, Country Life 1972 Drawings (over 800) by Therle Hughes . 16mo boards in dust jacket 351pp V.G+ in V.G+ jacket *One of the handiest guides ever published - clocks, Battersea & Bilston enamels, glass, silver, Brass, coins, Silhouettes, Maps, Fans, Playing cards etc.

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Book number: C63811

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: collecting antiques reference

Christie's South Kensington

POPULAR ANTIQUES YEARBOOK Trends and Prices for Collectors in 1988

Oxford, Phaidon/Christie 1st edition 1987 B/w illustrations to each page . Square octavo boards in dust-jacket 240pp near Fine

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Book number: C47846

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: antique guide auction values

Society of Antiquaries of London

ARCHAEOLOGIA or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ANTIQUITY, Volume 88 (Second Series Vol.38)

Oxford, John Johnson (1938) 1940 Plates (90, some coloured) . Quarto 293 x 235mm original panelled red cloth gilt title to spine; xi+297pgs; A clean, tight & bright copy (corners bumped). Articles include Viroconium (near Wroxeter); Luristan Bronzes; Wall Paintings in Worcestershire; Roof Bosses at Peterborough & Ripon; etc.

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Book number: R63765

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: archaeology history armour reference periodical

Society of Antiquaries of London

ARCHAEOLOGIA or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ANTIQUITY, Volume 94 (Second Series Vol.44)

Oxford, Charles Batey 1951 Plates (36, b&w photoplates). . Quarto 293 x 235mm, original panelled red cloth (hardback) gilt title to spine; viii +219pp. A clean, tight & bright copy (marginal tear & some wrinkling of page 196). Articles include Castle Rushen, Isle of Man; Aeolipiles as Fire-blowers (metal or earthen-ware vessels constructed to display "pyrotechnic" effects when heated, as weapons to frighten or to amuse); "Pictor in Carmine" mythical beasts, chimeras, acephali, etc. in art; Cult of St.Oswald in Northern Italy etc.

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Book number: R63793

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: archaeology history English pre-history

Society of Antiquaries of London

ARCHAEOLOGIA or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ANTIQUITY, Volume 95 (Second Series Vol.45)

Oxford, Charles Batey 1953 Plates (66, b&w photoplates) . Quarto 293 x 235mm original panelled red cloth (covers slightly spotted/rubbed) gilt title to spine viii+189pgs; A clean, tight & bright copy. Articles include Christian Antiquities of Tripolitania; Temple at Luxor; Roof Bosses of St.George's Chapel, Windsor (Explained in Heraldic terms); Discoveries at & Topography of the Temple, London; 17th Century Houses in Gt.Yarmouth; etc.

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Book number: R63795

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: archaeology history art architecture heraldry

Society of Antiquaries of London

ARCHAEOLOGIA or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ANTIQUITY, Volume 96 (Second Series Vol.46)

Oxford, Charles Batey 1955 Plates (85, black & white and colour- photoplates) . Quarto 293 x 235mm original panelled red cloth gilt title to spine; xi+244pgs; A clean, tight & bright copy. The extensively illustrated scholarly articles include Wall-Paintings at Longthorpe Tower, Nothants.; Kells Crosier; Medieval Copper Champleve Enamelled images of Vigin & Child; Anglo-Saxon finds near Rainham, Essex with Study of Glass Drinking Horns; Early Iron-Age Metalwork, known as the Torrs Chamfrein (possibly an ornamental Headpiece for a Horse).

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Book number: R63796

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: archaeology history architecture art

Society of Antiquaries of London

ARCHAEOLOGIA or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to ANTIQUITY, INDEX Volume, INDEX to Volumes 51-100

Oxford, Vivian Ridler 1970 . Quarto 296 x 236mm original panelled red cloth gilt title to spine; viii+56pgs; A clean, tight & bright copy.

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Book number: R63849

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: index archaeology history reference periodical

Macnaghten,Patrick edits & compiles

DEBRETT'S BOOK OF ANTIQUES

London, Debrett's Peerage Ltd. 1980 Color and b/w illustrations throughout . Octavo boards in dust jacket 272pp Interspersed with adverts for fabrics, dealers, restorers, and life style trends. Also a chapter on collectibles of the future.

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Book number: C63812

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: antiques collector

Martini,Alberto translated Jennifer Lade

VAN GOGH

London, Eaglemoss Publ. Masters of Colour series No.1 1984 Color plates (17) by Van Gogh . Folio pictorial papercovers

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Book number: C47610

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: art impressionism French Dutch painters

Miller,Judith & Martin

MILLER'S ANTIQUES PRICE GUIDE 1992 Volume XIII

London, Millers publ. 1991 Colour and b/w illustrations to every page. . Tall octavo pictorial boards in dust jacket (tips slightly rubbed) 798pp V.G in V.G jacket. *Over 5,000 illustrations with values and auction house at which sold.

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Book number: C58528

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: antiques collecting buyers guidebook

Miller,Judith & Martin

MILLER'S ANTIQUES PRICE GUIDE 1992 Volume xIII

London, Millers publ. 1992 Colour and b/w illustrations to every page. . Tall octavo pictorial boards V.G. *Over 5,000 illustrations with values and auction house at which sold.

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Book number: C60578

Catalogue: Antiques, Art & Collecting

Keywords: antiques collecting buyers guidebook