REED A H

A XV Century Ms. Of the Wyclif-Purvey Gospels, an Introduction to the Dunedin Library's Copy

Wellington, Reed. 1956, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) stapled sheets in pictorial stiff paper wrapper, light soiling to cover, SIGNED 'With kind regards A H Reed Jan 1970' to title, 16pp +4pp b&w plates of the book cover, and 3 leaves, staples are rusted otherwise tidy copy. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 006517

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Keywords: Incunabula Antiquarian Manuscript New Zealand Public Collections Dunedin Public Library Alfred and Isabel Reed Publication Number 1 Bible Bibles Biblical Rare Books

GROBE HANS

Altdeutschland spezial katalog und handbuch 5 Auflage

Hannover, Grobe. 1975. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. closed page edges light foxing , no dustwrapper , 717pp from eighteenth century postage marks and stamps although mainly nineteenth century. catalogue and price guide to German states postal ephemera, please email any questions (in English please). quite heavy will incur extra postage cost (2,000 gram rate). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 000267

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Keywords: Philateley Stamps German Eighteenth Nineteenth Century

GLOAG HELEN AND JOHN

Simple Furnishing and Arrangement

London, Duckworth. 1921, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: E J Warne and A B Read. cloth with minimal soiling or rubbing to the buckram, title in black to covers and gilt to spine, 165pp + 1 pp advert + plates. Drawings in text. How to furnish the 'modern home' of 1920s with antique or contemporary furnishings. Will be of interest to designers, set designers and collectors of turn of the (twentieth) century furniture. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012861

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Keywords: Interior Design Decoration Edwardian Furnishing Furntiure Antique Art Deco Collecting E J Warne and a B Read

RUHEMANN HELMUT

The Cleaning of Paintings, Problems and Potentialities

London, Faber. 1969, reprint. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. price clipped DW otherwise tidy used copy, 508pp with many monochrome and some colour plates, bya professional art restorer, techniques and ethics of restoration. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 002817

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Keywords: Art Restoration Collecting Dealing Painting Repair Fine Arts

FISHER P J

Jewels

London, Batsford. 1965, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. light rubbing to board edges, faint offsetting to edges of feps, DW price clipped but tidy under plastic sleeve, 112pp plus colour and b&w plates, some light foxing to blank versos of plates, diagrams in text, does not cover metalwork and jewellery making but rather the properties and uses of precious stones, methods of cutting gems etc as well as the scientific testing of gems / jewels for quality etc. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012880

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Keywords: Jewels Gems Gemstones Jewellery Crystal Lapidary Gemology

SAVORY JEROLD J

The Vanity Fair Gallery, a Collector's Guide to the Caricatures

Philadelphia, Art Alliance Press. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0879820233) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. excellent condition, unclipped jacket with light wear to edges and joints, spine ends rubbed, faintly sunned spine, 209pp with b&w illustrations + colour plates, 13 chapters on various aspects of the Vanity Fair magazine satirical chromolithographic plate caricatures, from the artist to how to collect them. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012954

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Keywords: Vanity Fair Chromolithograph Lithographic Print Plate Print Collecting American Culture Art Cartoon Satire Caricature Cartoon Art 0879820233

KELLER JACK

World of Wheels 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 32

Connecticut, Charlton Comics. 1967, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Jack Keller. Comic Book, 8 issues in G+-VG condition, rubbed to spine and wrappers, some light creasing, some age yellowing, issue 32 has dog eared lower bottom corner of front cover and about the first 20pp, PRICE FOR the lot of 8 copies shipped together, issue 17= 1967, 32= 1970. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007381

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Keywords: Comic Collectable Jack Keller Drag-Strip Hotrodders Ken King Jack Keller

BETTLEY JAMES

The Art of the Book from Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel

London, V&A Publications. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 1851773339) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. near as new, 208pp, examples from the various periods and styles of book production both internally and externally. well illustrated in full page colour photogrphy. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 013157

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Keywords: Book Collecting Bibliophile Bookbinding Antiquarian Book Arts Exhibition 1851773339

URESOVA LIBUSE

European Clocks an Illustrated History of Clocks and Watches

London, Peerage Books. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 1850520283) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. (1500 gram rate) translated by Slavos Kadecka, 240pp, colour and black and white photographs throughout, history of European clocks and watches with short look at Oriental and American clocks also, tidy book and wrapper. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003891

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Keywords: Horology Timepieces Clocks Watches Time Timekeeping Antique Antiques Mechanism Mechanical Illustrated 1850520283

LLADRO

Lladro Export Edicion 1978-79

Vitoria, Fournier. 1977, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. soft cover, some wear or chipping to spine ends, heavy item, 139pp + indes + 73pp, colour images on sized paper, glass figurines, catalogue issued by Lladro. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010679

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Keywords: Lladro Catalog Catalogue Glassware Spanish Ornaments

SASEK M

Mike and the modelmakers

London, Lesney. 1970, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: M Sasek. (500 gram rate) pictorial boards with light handling wear, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed back at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006767

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Keywords: Matchbox Die Cast Models Toys Collecting Factory Illustrated Childrens Annual M Sasek

SASEK M

Mike and the modelmakers

London, Lesney. 1970, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: M Sasek. (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at head, archival taped full length of spine for strength, pen name at head of title, small stain to foot of title, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006768

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SASEK M

Mike and the modelmakers

London, Lesney. 1970, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: M Sasek. (500 gram rate) pictorial boards with light handling wear, faint fade to spine, small name at head of title, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006769

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Keywords: Matchbox Die Cast Models Toys Collecting Factory Illustrated Childrens Annual M Sasek

SASEK M

Mike and the modelmakers

London, Lesney. 1970, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: M Sasek. (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at tail of joints, sunned spine, pen name at head of title, some erased pencil ghosts to endpapers and title page, fep is starting to detach at the bottom, a small puncture mark to lower ( ie rear) joint which has split the paper, a good clean but used copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006770

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Keywords: Matchbox Die Cast Models Toys Collecting Factory Illustrated Childrens Annual M Sasek

SASEK M

Mike and the modelmakers

London, Lesney. 1970, First Edition. Pictorial Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: M Sasek. (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, tidy copy but a few pages have vertical creases where the pages have in the past been folded, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006771

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Keywords: Matchbox Die Cast Models Toys Collecting Factory Illustrated Childrens Annual M Sasek