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Washington, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto Book in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 26 color plates and 99 b/w photographs. Contents include illustrations and information about furniture of the… Read more about this item

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. First Printing. Large Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Near FIne Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 31 color plates and 115 b/w photographs. 128 pages; 9 x 11" tall. Contents include information and… Read more about this item

Des Moines, Iowa, USA: Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Wallace-Homestead Book Co, 1975. Type: Ex-Library First Edition, with Library Binding. Photography by Marshall Thurman. In Good Condition. No dust jacket. Book is clean and completely unmarked except usual lib mks-no messy stamping. Boards lightly rubbed on edges, corners. Internals… Read more about this item

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 30 color plates and 105 b/w photographs. Very clean, tight and solid volume, lightly sunned along upper and… Read more about this item

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. Title page has slight grayish edge near upper corner. Beautifully illustrated with 25 color plates and 120 b/w photographs. Contents include: The Working of… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Tab Books/McGraw-Hill Inc, 1986. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Second Printing. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. In-text illustrations. Illustrated wrappers have slight soiling in one spot of upper edge, generally clean, trace wear to extremities, sound and tight binding, square. Highlighting on page 47, otherwise internals are very clean and free from any… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA, USA: Courage Books/Running Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back Second Printing. Large Hardcover Book and Dusy Jacket in Near Fine Condition. More than 800 fully-captioned color photographs add a detailed commentary on significant pieces. Binding of grey full cloth with silver lettering on spine. Solid, tight… Read more about this item

U.S.A: Viking Penguin, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Viking Penguin, 1990. Large Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. No dust jacket. A guide to the antiques market that is photographically illustrated, 1000 in full color, with detailed concise descriptions and price ranges. Pictorial laminate binding is bright, colorful, very clean and unmarked.… Read more about this item

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto in Very Good Condition with a Good+ Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 30 color plates and 105 b/w photographs. Very clean, tight and solid volume, with a half inch… Read more about this item

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Chartwell Books, 1985. Quarto Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition, no jacket. Marvelous color photographs of 70 individual cars in alphabetical order, 5 full-spread cutaway illustrations, design and development histories, and 40 years of motoring history. Green laminated type cover illustrated… Read more about this item

Secaucus, New York, USA: Wellfleet Books, 1991. Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Wellfleet Books, 1991. Hardcover Ex-Lib Book and Jacket in Good + Condition. Over 100 beautiful full color illustrations. Greenish-gray cloth binding is clean, tape marks from jacket tape on edges, upper edge sunned, spine heel has what looks like a damp stain,… Read more about this item

United KIngdom: Thames & Hudson, 2001. Paperback. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Second Printing 2001. TRADE PAPERBACK AS NEW. 120 pages for London and 120 pages for Paris. 5" x 8.75" tall. One half of the book is for London, turn it upside down and turn over and there is Paris. Heavy, glossy cover with French… Read more about this item

South Brunswick and New York; London: A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9. A. S. Barnes; Thomas Yoseloff Ltd, 1980. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Jacket. Monotone illustrations throughout. Binding of gray cloth black titled on spine, very clean, no markings, light wear to lower edge and… Read more about this item

Englewood Cliffs, N. J: Prentice-Hall, 1984. First US Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hard Back First Printing of First US Edition. Hardcover in Near Fine Condition with a VG Jacket. Information and Practical Advice on Becoming a Collector, Looking After a Collection. Buying and Selling. 118 illustrations. Illustrations before each chapter are delightful.… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Bonanza Books/Crown Pub, 1950. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hard Back Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket in Archival Protective Cover. A beautifully designed book tracing the development of blown glassmaking from colonial days to the modern industry of… Read more about this item

Washingotn, D.C.,: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto in Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. Jacket shows some rubbing, shelf-wear. Beautifully illustrated with 25 color plates and 120 b/w photographs. Contents include: The Working of Silver, Silver in… Read more about this item

United KIngdom: Millers-Mitchell Beazley Book/Octopus Publishing, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7. Millers-Mitchell Beazley Book/Octopus Publishing, 2002. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in FIne Condition. Archival protective jacket cover. A History of TOYS, collecting caring for, buying and selling. Information and beautiful illustrations of wooden toys, tinplate toys, antique toys from 1880s to 1900s--cast-iron toys, board games,… Read more about this item

Paducah, Kentucky, U.S.A: Collector Books/Schroeder Publishing, 1997. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Identification and Values of over 20,000 Collectible Toys,many with monotone illustrations. Pictorial paper cover illustrated with antique toys is in Very Good Condition; clean and unmarked, creased on lower corner, light wear to some edges, tight glued binding. Internals very clean, no marks,… Read more about this item

New York, New York, USA: Weathervane Books, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Weathervane Books, 1969. Hard Back First Printing. Out-of-Print Book. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Beautifully illustrated with color plates and b/w photographs, with carpets from Spain, France, Great Britain, Scandinavia, Greece, America, and from American… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition First Printing. Hardcover Quarto in FIne Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. Archival protective jacket cover. Beautifully illustrated with 30 color plates and 108 b/w photographs. Includes a guide to the important techniques used by printmakers… Read more about this item