Antiques from Attic Books

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.

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.

Gatineau: Gauvin, 2015. Softcover. Near fine. 211, [3] p. 23 cm. B&w photos. Softcover. French text.

Musee canadien des civilisations, 1995. Softcover. Near fine. 239 p. 24 cm. Mainly b&w illustrations with a few in colour. Softcover. French text.

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.

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

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

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

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

Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1974. Staplebound. Good +. Historical Arms Series No. 14. 36 p. 26 cm. Staplebound booklet. Light wear. Some pencil marks.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Koln: Evergreen; Benedikt Taschen, 2000. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 814 p. 29 cm. Colour illustrations. Red cloth in mylar-covered dustjacket. French text.

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.

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.

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

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