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Selections from Oriental Objects of Art Collected by Worcester Reed Warner most of which have been presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art
by WARNER, Worcester Reed
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1921
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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$400.00
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Tarrytown, NY, 1921. Hardcover. Very good. 135 p. 36 cm. 54 illustrations, of which 16 are pasted-in colour plates. Black cloth with gold impressing. Corners bumped, spine ends softened, a little soiling. Thumbing to interior. Introduction by the collector. Mainly Chinese with some Japanese and Korean works. Consists of porcelain, stone sculpture, jewelery, bronzes.
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$400.00

The Origins and Craft of Antique Tin & Tôle
by PLAYER, John
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780969983705
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Norwood Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine. 106 p. 22 cm. B&w photos and drawings. Softcover. Light wear. Inscribed by author on title page.
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$50.00

Les cruches de marchands du Québec 2
by RICHER, Maurice
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 2015
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN
- 9782981077813
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Gatineau: Gauvin, 2015. Softcover. Near fine. 211, [3] p. 23 cm. B&w photos. Softcover. French text.
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$75.00

Les Paradis du monde: L'art populaire du Québec
by GALIPEAU, Pascale
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1995
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN
- 9780660905631
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Musee canadien des civilisations, 1995. Softcover. Near fine. 239 p. 24 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with a few in colour. Softcover. French text.
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$35.00

The Hart Pottery, Canada West
by TAYLOR, David and Patricia
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1966
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Picton, ON: The Picton Gazette Publishing Co. Ltd., 1966. Staplebound. Good. viii, 36, [3] p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet. Soiling to covers. Small mark margin of p.25.
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$35.00

Automata: The Golden Age 1848-1914
by BAILLY, Christian
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1987
- Condition
- Very good +
- ISBN
- 9780856673450
- Item Price
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$300.00
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London: Sotheby's Publications, 1987. Hardcover. Very good +/Fine. 360 p. 32 cm. Over 150 colour photos and numerous b&w photos, many from period trade catalogues. Red cloth hardcover with pressed-on photo and gold and black impressing. In mylar-covered dustjacket. Light wear to lower edges. Former owner's label on front free endpaper.
The "Golden Age of Automata" saw… Read more
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$300.00

Medieval Indian Coinages: A Historical and Economic Perspective February 17th-19th, 2001. 5th International Colloquium
by JHA, Amiteshwar (ed.)
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 2001
- Condition
- ex library-very good
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Maharashtra, India: INRNS Publications, 2001. Hardcover. ex library-very good. 274 p. 29 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth hardcover. Ex library with labels on exterior, front endpapers, ink notation on rear pastedown. Some discolouration to cloth, faded spine. Pages neat and clean.
Topics include: Indian overseas trade in the 17th century and its impact on coinage; Yadava coins;… Read more
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![image of Koptsi tkani katalog [Coptic Textiles: Collection of Coptic Textiles, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/249/726/1301726249.0.m.jpg)
Koptsi tkani katalog [Coptic Textiles: Collection of Coptic Textiles, State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow]
by SURINOVA, Raisa D.
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1969
- Condition
- Good
- Item Price
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$125.00
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Leningrad: Izd. "Avropa", 1969. Hardcover. Good/Good. Unpaginated. 28 cm. 112 colour plates + 244 b&w illustrations at rear. Black cloth with gold print in pictorial dustjacket. Jacket has some edge wear, including tears, as well as soiling and some scuffs to rear panel. Discolouration to inner margins of first pages. Former owner's name at top of title page.… Read more
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$125.00

The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, Tokens and Paper Money. 36th Anniversary Edition 1952-1988
by CHARLTON, J. E.; CROSS, W. K.
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1988
- Condition
- Near fine
- Edition
- No. 413 of 1000 copies signed by J. E. Charlton and W. K. Cross
- ISBN
- 9780889680630
- Item Price
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$60.00
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Toronto: Charlton International; W. K. Cross, 1988. No. 413 of 1000 copies signed by J. E. Charlton and W. K. Cross. Hardcover. Near fine. 34, 211, 239, 242 p. 23 cm. Red leatherette.
Contains: Catalogue of Canadian Coins, Tokens and Fractional Currency, 1st edition, 1952; Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins, 42nd Edition, 1988; Standard Catalogue of Canadian… Read more
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$60.00

The Gunsmiths of Canada: A Checklist of Tradesmen
by GOODING, S. James
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1974
- Condition
- Good +
- ISBN
- 9780919316140
- Item Price
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$25.00
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Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1974. Staplebound. Good +. Historical Arms Series No. 14. 36 p. 26 cm. Staplebound booklet. Light wear. Some pencil marks.
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$25.00

American Silversmiths in British North America 1776-1800
by LANGDON, John E.
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1970
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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$150.00
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Toronto: n.p., 1970. Hardcover. Very good. 82 p. 27 cm. Quarter black cloth with cream paper boards. In somewhat soiled slipcase. Marbled endpapers. Neat clean pages.
A work covering the relatively overlooked realm of loyalist silversmiths who left America for what would eventually become Canada. Each biographical entry is carefully researched and sourced. 39 entries in… Read more
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$150.00

200 Jaar antieke barometers 1670-1870
by VAN COTTHEM, Th. H.; DULFER, Jan (illus.)
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1977
- Condition
- Very good +
- Item Price
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$35.00
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Schiedam: Interbook International, 1977. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good +. 179 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Former owner's label on front free endpaper. Text in Dutch.
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La Pâte de Verre
by DAUM, Noël
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1984
- Condition
- Good +
- ISBN
- 9782207100677
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Denoel, 1984. Hardcover. Good +/Very good +. 188 p. 30 cm. 256 figures, many in colour. Green cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Jacket has a little edge wear. Cloth has dampstains to top front and spine ends, a little discolouration to edges, dent in lower part of rear board. Ink inscription on front free endpaper. French text.
Topics:… Read more
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The Mantons: Gunmakers
by NEAL, W. Keith; BLACK, D. H. L.
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1967; 1978
- Condition
- Very good +
- Item Price
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$200.00
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New York; Tisbury Wiltshire: Walker and Company; Compton Press, 1967; 1978. Hardcover. Very good +/Very good. 2 vols.: xv, 300; 279 p. 26 cm. Vol. I has 8 p. of colour plates 64 p. of half-tone plates, and 16 p. of Manton's drawings. Vol. II has 30 more b&w illustrations and a colour frontispiece. Blue cloth hardcovers with… Read more
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$200.00

Hache Ebénistes A Grenoble
by CLERC, Marianne; BOBIN, Yves (illus.)
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1997
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN
- 9782723423984
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Grenoble: Editions Glenat; Musee Dauphinois, 1997. Hardcover. Near fine/Fine. 157, [3], XXIII p. 32 cm. Colour illustrations. Black cloth with white print in mylar-covered dustjacket. Some small dents to lower edges. French text.
Accompanied an exhibition held at Musée Dauphinois 1997-1998.
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Le mobilier du XVIIIe Siècle à L'Art Déco
by SASSONE, Adriana et al
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 2000
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN
- 9783822869888
- Item Price
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$75.00
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Koln: Evergreen; Benedikt Taschen, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 814 p. 29 cm. Colour illustrations. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. French text.
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Kroeber Clocks, American & Imported
by LY, Tran Duy
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 2006
- Condition
- Very good +
- ISBN
- 9780930163808
- Item Price
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$45.00
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Johnson City, TN: Arlington Books, 2006. Hardcover. Very good +. 584 p. 29 cm. Mainly b&w and a few colour illustrations. Hardcover. Former owner's label on front free endpaper. Small dent in lower rear board and scratch up upper front.
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Ashtrays and other smoker's items: Yozaburo Tsuchiya Collection
by TSUCHIYA, Yozaburo; HIBI, Sadao (illus.)
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- [1989]
- Condition
- Fine
- Item Price
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$100.00
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Tokyo: Gendaikikakushitsu, [1989]. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 434 p. 27 x 30 cm. 1406 colour and b&w illustrations. Paper hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Slipcase with white label has moderate wear to edges.
Brief history of Tobacco with some comments on ashtrays by Masamitsu Okuda. Text in English and Japanese.
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$100.00

Early English Clocks: A discussion of domestic clocks up to the beginning of the eighteenth century
by DAWSON, Percy G.; DROVER, C. B.; PARKES, D. W.
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1982
- Condition
- Very good
- Item Price
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$50.00
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Antique Collectors' Club, 1982. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 550, [1] p. 28 cm. 800 b&w plates and 27 colour. Navy cloth with gold print in mylar-covered pictorial dustjacket. Front flap price clipped. Small owner's label on front free endpaper.
Topics: the period up to the early 17th century; the Clockmakers' Company; the lantern clock; clock movements and… Read more
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The Deringer in America. Volume One: The Percussion Period
by WILSON, R. L. & EBERHART, L. D.; DOW, Richard Alan, MOWBRAY, E. Andrew & PULEO, Joseph V. (eds.)
- Seller
- Attic Books
- Published
- 1985
- Condition
- Near fine
- ISBN
- 9780917218200
- Item Price
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$125.00
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Lincoln, RI: Andrew Mowbray, 1985. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. x, 11-271 p. 29 cm. 303 b&w illustrations with 28 colour plates in centre. Beige cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. Former owner's label on front free endpaper. Spine a little faded.
Topics: deringers by Henry Deringer; deringers by Slotter & Company; deringer copyists and agents; foreign and unidentified… Read more
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$125.00