Search Results: Antiques & Collectibles from Twin City Antiquarian Books

New York: Chanticleer Press, 1950 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Orange cloth-textured boards, 104 pp including color frontispiece, 3 additional color plates, 32 b & w plates, and 3 line drawings, bibliography. Extremities rubbed. Contents: glass & its manufacture; pioneer glasshouses; America's first flint glass; flint glass of the early nineteenth century; the bottle & window-glass houses; pressed glass; Victorian blown glass; modern glass. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 23 X 16½ cm.

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue silk, gilt titles on front board, gilt-on-white titles on spine, xxviii, 541 pp, 530 illustrations, index. One corner bumped, owner's signature on recto of ffep, else fine. DJ spine slightly faded, slight edge wear; in Brodart archival cover. Single-volume reprint of the 1948 2-volume original. Lindsey illustrates American commemorative glassware with over 500 photographs of pieces in her own collection. From the introduction: "Mrs. Lindsey was a perfectionist. The book was to be fully illustrated, and nothing less than perfect pictures would satisfy her. She photographed each piece, then developed and printed the picture. If it wasn't right, she did it over, after changing the lighting to bring out more detail. Sometimes she spent hours on one item; to her it was just as important to show every detail as it had been in her X-ray work to spot even a… Read More

London, New York, Sydney & Toronto: The Hamlyn Publishing Grop Limited, 1974 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon boards, gold foil titles on spine, 274 pp including 300 color photos and many line drawings. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. . Fine/Fine. Illus. by Peter Fitzjohn & Leigh Jones. 30 X 22 cm.

London: Collins, 1948 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles & dec. on spine, 322 pp, 20 ff color plates, hundreds of b & w photos in text, brief bibliography, index. Rubbed & slightly faded at extremities. Nice history of British furniture, glass, porcelain, clocks, & art, with color plates. Contents: British craftsmen, by Thomas Hennell; British furniture makers, by John Gloag; English glass, by W. B. Honey; English pottery & porcelain, by Cecilia Sempill; British clocks & clockmakers, by Kenneth Ullyett; English popular & traditional art, by Enid Marx & Margaret Lambert. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. . VG/No dj. 23 X 16½ cm.

Stony Brook, NY: Suffolk Museum, 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in pictorial wraps, black titles on white spine, 94 pp, bibliography. Wraps rubbed at extremities. 155 carriages of various types are illustrated, mostly by photos, with notes by Ms. Wall. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. VG/No dj. 23½ X 15 cm.

London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Edited & revised by Cyril G. E. Bunt in 1949. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, 306 pp inluding many b & w photos & drawings, index. Bookplate on ffep, else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Specifically deals with old English silver. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 12 oz.). 2nd ed, 2nd ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 20½ X 13½ cm.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Series title: The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques. Sewn in pictorial wraps, 477, [1] pp, color photos, b & w drawings, index. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). First Printing. Wraps. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Chun Y. Lai (photos). 21½ X 11 cm.

Deerfield Books, Inc., 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Distributed by Hearthside Press, Inc. Full green cloth, gilt titles on spine, 321 pp, 32 ff b & w photo plates, index. Slight edge wear, previous owners' address label on ffep. DJ rubbed with small chips; in Brodart archival cover. Contents: why & how to collect; furniture; glass; silver; paintings & prints; porcelains & pottery; textiles & needlework; metal wares; miscellaneous. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. 3rd Ed. . VG+/VG-. 24 X 16 cm.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1969 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full coarsely-woven natural linen, black titles on spine, vi, 697 pp, 8 ff color plates, about 2000 b & w photos & drawings in text, bibliography, general index, index of marks. DJ has small chips, tears, and wear along edges (mostly top edge), and a knife slit in rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This is a rather comprehensive, alphabetically arranged trove of information on antique dolls. Shipping weight 6 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . Fine/VG-. 29 X 22 cm.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Copyright 1962, but this is a later printing (after ZIP codes, but before ISBNs). Brown cloth, gilt-on-black titles on spine, 1,472 pp, numerous drawings & photos, bibliography, index. Cloth at bottom of rear board is rubbed through at corners, small water stain near bottom of rear board, else very good. DJ edges torn & chipped, small stain near bottom of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This standard reference on antiques contains sections on: arms & armour; barometers, clocks, & watches; books & bookbindings; carpets & rugs; coins & medals; furniture; glass; jewellery; metalwork; mirrors; needlework & embroidery; painting; pottery & porcelain; prints & drawings; scientific instruments; sculpture & carving; silver, list of museums & galleries. Shipping weight 8 lbs.. 7th ptg. . G+/G+. 25½ X 19 cm.

Cleveland, TN: Cooksey Shugart Publications, 2000 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Mostly black pictorial wraps, white titles & picture of watch on spine, [iv], 1106, [40] pp. Slight shelf wear, else fine. In addition to the main matter of retail prices of antique watches in average, extra-fine, and mint condition, contains considerable information on history, types of movements, terminology, and thousands of drawings and photographs of movements, cases, and dials for use in identification. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No dj. 21 X 13½ cm.

New York & Washington: Praeger Publishers, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full black cloth, gilt titles on spine, top edge dyed blue, pictorial endpapers, ix, 534 pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, many b & w photos & drawings in text, bibliography. Extremities rubbed. DJ tattered & chipped near spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. The main alphabetical listing of domestic antiques is followed by an index of porcelain and silver maker's marks. Coverage is extensive for objects that might be used as interior decoration, such as furniture, glassware, ceramics, silver, clocks, etc. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. 2nd ptg. . VG/G+. 26 X 18 cm.

New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc., 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, black titles on spine, 318 pp, bibliography, index. Bottom corners beginning to fray, bookplate & owner's rubber stamp on recto of ffep. DJ extremities rubbed, corners & spine ends tattered; in Brodart archival cover. "In this work, every effort has been made to include an adequate listing of marks, arranged alphabetically in proper subject categories, to aid the reader in prompt and correct evaluation of such marks." Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Revised Ed. . Good+/Good. 21½ X 14 cm.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Translated by Patrick Evans. Full brown cloth, gilt titles on spine, ix, 398 pp. Ex-public library with all the usual markings including "Withdrawn" stamps, otherwise very good, DJ in clear plastic cover. These memoirs of the French art auctioneer and collector were first published in France in 1975; the English language editions in Britain and America followed in 1980. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First US Edition. . 21½ X 15 cm.

New York: Random House, 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full grey cloth with gilt-on-black titles, edges dyed red, xii, 244, [2] pp, 16 ff b & w photo plates, many drawings in text, index. Slight edge wear. DJ has 9 X 2 cm chip at bottom of rear panel, otherwise just slightly chipped & rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Printing. . VG+/G. 25½ X 18½ cm.

New York: Exeter Books (Simon & Schuster), 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth-textured boards, gilt titles on spine, 352 pp, hundreds of photographs including 63 large photos in color, bibliography, index. Original owner's address label on fpd, slight rubbing to extremities. Arranged alphabetically within each of five sections: history & styles of clocks; mechanical parts of clocks; tools, materials & workshop methods; international clockmaking (alphabetical by country); sundials & astronomical instruments. Shipping weight 5 lbs. (International 4 lbs., 8 oz.). First US Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 30½ X 22½ cm.

Des Moines: Wallace Homestead Co., 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey cloth, blue titles & decorations on front board, pink endpapers, [vi], 55 pp, 1 drawing, 39 photos, bibliography. Owner's address stamped on recto of ffep, shaken front hinge reglued with acid-free PVA, tiny snag to cloth on front cover. The Iowa City Flint Glass Manufacturing Company produced glass for only about 15 months in 1881 and 1882, although the lawsuits continued for some years after that. This book is a brief history of the company combined with photographs and descriptions of known and presumed products of the company, as well as some presentation of evidence that given pieces were (or were not) produced by the company. Shipping weight 1 lb.. . VG/No dj. 22½ X 14½ cm.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full green cloth, black titles on spine, x, 343, [15] pp, many b & w photos in text, bibliography, index. Two leaves slightly browned by newspaper clipping laid in, one corner bumped. DJ in Brodart archival cover. A standard reference. The Kovels wrote a syndicated newspaper column on antiques. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. Revised Ed, Later Ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 23½ X 15½ cm.

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue boards, peach cloth spine with gilt titles, xi, 404 pp, hundreds of drawings & photos, index. Pencil note on ffep, spine ends rubbed. DJ corners & spine ends worn, has a 1 cm tear to top edge near spine; in Brodart archival cover. A complementary volume to Kovels' Know Your Antiques, this book generally focuses on somewhat newer items not old enough to be considered antiques at the time of publication, although many would be counted as antiques now. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. BCE. . VG+/VG+. 24 X 18½ cm.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc. WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date, but copyright 1962. Printed & bound in England. Aqua boards, gilt titles on spine, dec. endpapers, 252 pp. Small nick to fore-edge. Descriptions of inexpensive antiques. This volume places more emphasis on furniture and less on glass than its predecessor, but still covers a wide range of topics. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 1 lb.. . Near Fine/No dj. 17 X 11 cm.