Search Results: Antiques & Crafts from Motte & Bailey, Booksellers

New York, NY: The American Numismatic Society, 2014. First edition. Hardcover in full cloth. Very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. v, 386 p. w/ additional 62 p. of b&w plates, review articles, and 12 scholarly articles on various topics, such as group scenes in Trajanic coins, Chachian coins, an 18th c. Sicilian coin hoard, Cypriot gold cons, and more. Most articles cover topics related to ancent coins.

Port Clinton, OH: BNR Press, 1997. First edition. Hardcover w/glossy pictorial boards. Very good. Quarto (oversize). Landscape format (long). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Slight spotting at top edge of text block. 400 p. w/ hundreds of b&w illus., price guide, fold out illustrations at front end rear endpapers. A stil useful reference for this type of stock certificate, many beautifully illustrated. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/good. Thin octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, more so to dust jacket. Slight musty smell to book. Sticker on pastedown. 104 p. w/ b&w illus., endnotes. A look at the Royal mint trial plates (a piece of metal used as a standard in the assaying of coins to determine a coin's accuracy and fineness) from 1477 to 1873. An unusual topic.

Louisville, KY: Cane Curiosa Press / Minerva Books, circa 2003. 2nd edition. . Hardcover. Very good/good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards, a bit more to dust jacket. Some slight scuffing to dj covers. 397 (1) p. w/ many color & b&w illus., bibliography, origins of illus., museums and historical societies, collectors, index. An attractive and important reference on American canes. Covers Historical, Folk art, Silver handled, Gadget canes, fakes, and more.

Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Whaling Museum Society, 1993. First Trade paperback printing. . Paperback Original. Very Good. Octavo in landscape format (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers 79 p. w/ b&w ilustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index, and appendices on Srimshanders, people, places, and ships in the collection. An attractive survey of scrimshaw and the collection of same in this important whaling museum.

Stuttgart, Germany: Rühle-Diebener-Verlag, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto (over size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. Text in German and English. 337 p. w/ many b&w and color illus. and some color. A look at European jewelry from much of the 20th Century. Includes short essays on events and the German view of things thru various decades via the European Jeweler magazine. More of a coffee table of high end European jewelry styles over 8 decades.

Lewes, East Sussex, UK: Guild of Master Craftsmen Publications, LTD., 1997. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edgs and corners of covers.A bit of rubbing to front cover. 230 p. w/ many drawings & color illus., glossary, further reading, index. A superb and classic book on lettercarving by a master English carver.

Tecumseh, MI(?): not noted. , [ 1984 ]. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Name of former owner on inside cover. 166 p. w/ b&w illus. Covers tokens from forts, airfields, arsenals, barracks, camps, hospitals, canteens, service clubs, veterans, regiments, and more.

Tecumseh, MI: Paul A.Cunningham, 1981. softcover. Very good. Thin quarto (oversized). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Some scuffing to covers. Name of former owner on inside cover. A couple spots on foredge. 86 p. w/ b&w illus. Covers tokens from forts, airfields, arsenals, barracks, camps, hospitals, canteens, service clubs, regiments, and more.

Thiensville, WI: Token and Medal Society, Inc. , 1975. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Very good. Thin quarto (oversozed). Slight wear to edges and corners of covers. Name of former owner inside front cover. 79 p. w/ b&w illus., indices. A survey of many music tokens for instruments like player pianos, orchestrions, and more,