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Leisure, New York, (1988).. 366 pp, paperback. "To some, the crumbling old house was a repository of evil, but to Kaye Harroway and her two children, it was a safe haven - until the dreams began. Then every groan and creak of rotting timbers took on a sinister significance, . and every shadow seemed to harbor a lurking evil. Even more terrifying was the forbidding attic, a cold void that sent chilling tendrils of fear throughout Kaye's body. For it was in the attic that she had located the sour... more information

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Daw, New York, (1992), 2nd printing.. 299 pp, PB. A collection of 16 stories. "From a virtual reality dragon hired to keep the burglars at bay...to a once a century get-together of all the winged destroyers who secretly wreak havoc in the world today...to an antique dealer with a hist. ory far more incredible than that of anything he offers for sale...to an amazing little dragon of the truly home-grown variety - prepare for the challenges and delights that await you in this all-original collectio... more information

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Tor Mark Press, Truro, n.d.. 32 pp, 8 1/2" H, soft cover (stapled in wraps). B&w photographs, map. Contents: Introduction; Stone Age henges; Megalithic chamber tombs/holed stones; Bronze Age barrows/stone circles/menhirs; Iron Age hill forts/cliff castles/cemeteries/courtyard. -house villages/fogous; An antiquities mini-tour. Interior - very light browning to pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - very light browning - mainly on spine. Very Good. ... more information

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Perigee, (New York, 1993), Ist printing.. 255 pp, small 8vo, soft cover. Profusely illustrated with b&w drawings. "More than 3.500 antiques and collectibles illustrated and described." "Featuring information on everything from a sixteenth-century Castel Durante drug jar to a 1930 Mickey . Mouse mechanical bank, (this book) is the most comprehensive illustrated recognition reference available for antiques and collectibles." Interior - small soft corner crease to top corner of page... more information

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Hobby House Press, Cumberland, Maryland, 1980.. 76 pp, 11 7/8" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, patterns. Contents: Antique Doll Restoration; Fanciful French Fashions in Miniature; Dolling In & Around London - Part II - Markets. & Shops; Toy Fair 1980; Compo Corner; This is "Bubbles" by Effanbee - Part III; American Military Uniform Dolls; Gerber Baby Doll - The Family Tree; Effanbee Composition Dolls; Doll ... more information

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Hobby House Press, Cumberland, Maryland, 1981.. 92 pp, 11 13/16" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, patterns. Contents: Seldom Seen Schoenhuts; Antique Corner; A Dolls' Christmas - A Photographic Essay; Doll Auction Trends; Dolls. at Auction: R.A. Bourne Co., Inc. Sept. 16, 1980, Hyannis, MA; Sotheby Parke Bernet's Summer Auction; Shirley Temple's Lenci Dolls; Compo Corner; America's Leading Folk Tale (Raggedy A... more information

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Hobby House Press, Riverdale, Maryland, 1979.. 52 pp, 11 13/16" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, patterns. Contents: The Dolls of Jules Steiner; A Rare Find (Kestner Character Doll); A Doll Tour of Great Britain; Photographic . Essay - 'The Many Faces of Belton'; Maryland Doll Club Regional; Expensive Dolls; Collectible Sonja Henie; The 'Baby Peggy' Portrait Dolls of Patricia N. Schoonmaker; Kate Jordan, Designer ... more information

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Hobby House Press, Riverdale, Maryland, 1979.. 60 pp, 11 7/8" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, patterns. Contents: Dolls and Dolls' Accessories Sold in Paris 1870-71; "Made in England" - The Dolls of the Staffordshire Potterie. s - Part I; Learning From Antique Doll Bodies; A Doll Tour of Great Britain; Update On Doll Prices; Compo Corner; American Toy Fair - 1979; A Treasury of Madame Alexander Dolls; Photograph... more information

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Hobby House Press, Cumberland, Maryland, 1980.. 84 pp, 11 7/8" H, magazine format (stapled in wraps). Profusely illustrated in b&w with photographs, reproductions, patterns. Contents: A Kestner Portfolio I; Fortune-Teller or "Fate Lady" Dolls; A Jumeau Family Album; Doll Hunting in Germany; Som. e Unusual Babies of the "Patsy Family"; Compo Corner; American Military Uniform Dolls - Part 2; Mozart by Lenci; Alexanders at Auction; Susanna Oroyan, "Daumier of Dolls";... more information

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Michael Joseph, London, 1994, Ist ed.. 192 pp, narrow 8vo, HC. More than a history, more than a handbook - it is a lively, informal and inspiring guide to antiques of all kinds, including furniture, glass, ceramics, metalwork, silver and textiles. 75 line drawings of various objects fr. om the medieval period to the late 19th century. NF/NF. ... more information

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North Light, Cincinnati, Ohio, (1993).. 127 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H), soft cover. "Step-by-step instructions for making and embellishing boxes; Over 180 colour photographs of hundreds of beautiful boxes; Boxes for every purpose - gifts, display, storage, even a box to eat; Inspirational . examples of historical and contemporary boxes; Advice on collecting and care of antique boxes." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light rubbing, top corner of book cu... more information

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World, New York, (1972), Ist American edition.. 80 pp, 8vo (8 1/2"), hard cover in dust jacket. ISBN 0529046849 Profusely illustrated in color. "...includes a prepoderance of the older antique and potentially antique figures. The author does, however, have a strong awareness and appreciation . of the modern connoisseur figures; pieces painstakingly produced today to a very high standard of artistry. The historical development is, therefore, traced up until the present day, both in the introdu... more information

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Simon & Schuster, New York, 1989, Ist ed.. 253 pp, 4to, HC. Filled with stunning full color photos and engaging anecdotes, this is a lavish, loving, witty and priceless showcase of the prized possessions and lifelong passion for collecting of Malcolm Forbes, the colorfully dynamic owner/pub. lisher of Forbes Magazine. NF/NF. ... more information

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Crown, New York, (1978).. 104 pp, folio (15" H x 12" D), soft cover. Full page color plates with descriptions opposite. Interior - very small crease at top corner of approx. first four leaves, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - light ed. gewear/rubbing, minor soiling, soft creasing to front cover, spine flat and uncreased. VG. ... more information

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Pinguin-Verlag, S. Johann, Tirol, (1956).. 3-8 pp. introduction + 96 pp. of plates, small 4to (10 5/8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. Profusely illustrated with b&w plates - trilingual captions in German/English/French. Introduction in English. Small bump at top/bottom of spine, a few fox. ing marks on top of textblock. Dust jacket has creasing and some tiny chips/tears at top/bottom of spine and flap folds, small croner creases on front flap. G+/G. ... more information

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Putnam, New York, (1983), Ist ed.. 255 pp, sm 8vo, HC. The author claims we can own beautiful works of art for surprisingly little money! Jim Powell analyses the ups and downs of fashion cycles to identify more than a dozen fields that offer tremendous values, and tells you how to . buy elegant, affordable collectibles for bargain prices. 1" browned scratch to front board at top edge, small dent on top edge of rear board, sticker ghost mark on ffep, minor soiling elsewhere on boards. Dj is price cl... more information

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Wildwood House, London, (1981), Ist edition.. 309 pp, large 8vo, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w map. "Edward and Rosanna buy an antique door for their apartment, having no idea that they have purchased their passageway to another world. But when they step through the doorway, they find thems. elves in a place at right angles to real time, where the conventional greeting is 'have you loved well?'; where the army is a vehicle for play therapy and the real weapons are powered mandalas; w... more information

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North-South Books, New York, (1992), 2nd printing.. Unpaginated (approx. 26 pp.), oblong 8vo (8 11/16" H x 10 3/4" D), hard cover in dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers, illustrated in color throughout. "Do you know the story of the willow pattern? For more than 200 years people have been fascinated . by this British design, based on Chinese motifs. Willow pattern china so captured the public's imagination that a folk tale emerged in the nineteenth century to explain the elements of the ... more information

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The University of Alberta Press, (Edmonton, 1991).. 215 pp, 8vo, soft cover. B&w and color photos and drawings. "The prehistoric, nomadic inhabitants of Canada had no writing, no large settlements, and very little in the way of lasting material things. Before Europeans came to North America they h. ad no guns, no horses, no hard metals. What clues we have come primarily from the work of archaeologists sifting through the buried evidence - little bits of stone and bone and pottery, refuse ... more information

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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, (New York, 1957), 52nd printing.. 207 pp, 8vo, HC in dust jacket. Lovely b&w illus by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Winner of the John Newbery Medal in 1930. "Hitty is a doll of great charm and real character. It is indeed a privilege to be able to publish her memoirs which, besides being. full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal a personality which is delightful and forceful..." Large crease across bottom corner of ffep... more information

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