Oblong octavo, spiral-bound (stiff, green wrappers, white plastic spiral binding), 167 pp + [32] pp. Index. Illustrated. Very Good+, with lightly rubbed edges. View More...
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Lombard, Illinois: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1986. Third Edition.
Seller ID: 17965scs
Octavo, slick blue boards (hardcover), gilt letters & decorations, map illus. endpapers, 334 pp. Illus. with photos. Fine (As New). From Foreword: We are proud to bring you this third expanded edition...Since the last edition, a great deal of new research has come to light about thimbles from archaeological records, metallurgical treatise, and reviews of important archival information by concerned collectors around the world. To better capture the beauty and elegance of some of the world's most stunning thimbles, we have added hundreds of examples in full color for your enjoyment. In the... View More...
Square quarto, red cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, xii, 298 pp. Fine (As New), in a Near-Fine dust jacket with slight edgewear. Full-color illustrations. ÒWelcome to a celebration of timeless toys and a tribute to the people who brought them to life. The Playmakers is a toy trip of epic proportions, covering nearly 100 years worth of playthings and offering a delightful look back at many childhood favorites. Over 420 color photographs bring these classic toys to life. OVer 130 additional images of ads, patents, illustrations and historical photographs support the revealing and entertai... View More...
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Siegfried's Mechanisches Musikkabinett, Rudesheim am Rhein, (2002). First Edition.
Seller ID: 2427qls
Signed and Inscribed by Siegfried Wendel. Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color photo. illus. green boards), 265 pp + 14 pp ads. Fine (As New). Illustrated with full-color photographs. View More...
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New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., (1979). First Edition.
Seller ID: els2569
Quarto, brown cloth (hardcover), gilt letters, 608 pp. Good+, with speckling to covers and light foxing (age darkened spotting) to endpapers; in a Very Good dust jacket with light edgewear. Includes The Collector's Encyclopedia of Half-Dolls Price Guide: Quarto, paperbound (stapled self wrappers), 19 pp. Very Good, with a few pages dog-eared. From dust jacket: Here at last is the definitive book about china half-figures, those nostalgic reminders of the days when tea-cosies, boudoir lamps, perfum bottles and pincushions were topped with porcelain figures representing theupper portion of ... View More...
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Cheney, WA: Virginia White, 1982. Third Printing.
Seller ID: 60853bd
Octavo, white full-color illus. stapled wrappers, 24 pp. Near-Fine. From Introduction: The purpose of this booklet has been to partially fill the void of information relating to the Hmong refugees of Southeast Asia and their textile folk art, primarily their needlework. The availability of this wonderful work is increasing in the United States as more refugees reach America and to fully understand its artistic signficiance some general background information is needed. This volume does not pretend to be definitive in any way. Its information came from both American and Southeast Asian pr... View More...
Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color illus. boards), 479 pp. Fine (As New). Text (other than title) entirely in Chinese characters. ISBN# 978-7-5010-1875-8. View More...
Quarto, hardcover (slick, full-color illus. boards), 161 pp. Fine (As New). Text (other than title) entirely in Chinese characters. ISBN# 978-7-80749-230-6. View More...
