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Hommage a Teriade (Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy Arts, 9 August - 12 October 1975)

Royal Acadamy Arts, London
Square 4to in colour printed stiff card covers, 68pp, plates etc. Exhibition devoted to the Paris art patron and publisher of fine illustrated books and the art journals Verve, Minotaure and Bete Noire
Spine tanned covers marginally tanned and a little dusty else about FINE an otherwise well preserved clean and tight copy
1st editionSoftcover
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British Jigsaw Puzzles of the 20th Century

Richard Dennis, Shepton
Extra Large 4to. in colour printed boards, 132pp, illustrations in text, colour plates, index etc
NEW unread copy
1st editionHardcover
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Sir William Burrell 1861 - 1958 (Revised Edition 1985)

Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, Glasgow
Landscape 4to in stiff glossy card covers, 24pp, sepia plates etc
VERY GOOD (mild cover creasing, corners rubbed, otherwise a clean and tight copy)
Softcover
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Postcards and Cigarette Cards (Philips Auction Catalogue for Sale 29 and 30 July 1987)

Phillips, Son and Neale, London
4to in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 56pp plus 16pp plates at rear, 974 lots listed and described
An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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Royal Mail Special Stamps 19 -The Story Behind the Stamps

Royal Mail, London
Lavishly produced Square 4to in decoratively blind embossed black faux leather 56pp, plus folder re dead Queen Mother stamps. Lacks all stamps but otherwise complete
AS NEW in an AS NEW slip-case
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Royal Mail Special Stamps-the Story Behind the Stamps-no 14 (Complete with all stamps as issued)

Royal Mail, London
Lavishly produced square 4to in gilt and blind embossed faux leather covered boards, 51pp, illustrated in colour throughout PLUS all 9 special issues for 1997 (42 stamps in all) in folder PLUS erratum slip relating to death of Princess Diana and its effects on stamp selling. All housed in a cloth and colour printed slip-case
All AS NEW in an AS NEW slip case
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Royal Mail Special Stamps No 15 (1998) the Stories Behind the Stamps

Royal Mail, London
Square 4to in gilt and blind embossed black simulated leather, 51pp on glossy art paper, with transparent pockets for stamps, illustrated in colour throughout, with colour printed thick card slipcase. Lacking the stamps
AS NEW in an AS NEW slip-case
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Antique Personal Possessions

Blandford Press, Poole
4to in green faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine., 128pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, index etc
A well preserved FINE copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges) in a near FINE Dust Jacket (two minor short closed tears adjacent to head of spine panel, barely noticeable residue from old price sticker)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Dolls' Houses and Miniatures

John Murray, London
4to in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, colour plates, illustrations in text, bibliography, index etc
An extremely well preserved almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (very slight push to spine ends) in an almost AS NEW Dust Jacket (minute nick to head of spine panel)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Collectors Book of Books

Studio Vista, London
Large 4to. in black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, colour plates, numerous illustrations in text, index etc. With the blank bookplate on the front fly-leaf (as issued)
A well preserved near FINE copy (slight shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, page-block edges slightly tanned and dusty) in a slightly tanned and lightly edge-nicked but otherwise VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (looks very presentable in its protector)
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Fountain Pens Vintage and Modern (Signed Limited Edition)

Classic Pens, Epping
4to in blue faux cloth, gilt lettering to spine. 244pp, numerous illustrations in text, index etc. No 57 of 1000 copies, this being a signed presentation copy from the author
AS NEW in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
Signed copy1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Historische Aktien USA / Historic Stock Certificates USA, - Spiegelbilder der Wirtschaft - Band I / Mirrors of the Economy - Volume 1

Hermann Schmidt, Mainz
Large heavy 4to. in red cloth backed boards with printed paper labels to spine and front cover (as issued), 295pp, numerous colour illustrations, dual text in English and German
An almost AS NEW unread copy (faint shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, slight bump to bottom cover corner tips)
1st editionHardcover
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Durham Bookbinders and Booksellers 1660 - 1760

Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford
Large 4to. in stiff card covers, 61pp, plates etc
An extremely well preserved AS NEW unread or barely read copy
1st editionSoftcover
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More Binding Variants

Constable, London
8vo in printed red wrappers, 52pp. An appendix to Carter's Binding Variants in English Publishing 1820-1900
A well preserved very near FINE unread or barely read copy (very faint soil to bottom edge of front cover, slight pale red offset from front cover to front end-paper lower margin, tiny nick to top corner tip of front cover)
1st editionSoftcover
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An Exhibition of Coins and Medals From the British Museum Depicting Horses (Negishi Equine Museum, Yokahoma 21 April - 27 May 1990)

Negishi Equine Museum, Yokahoma
Large 4to. in colour printed stiff glossy card covers, 120pp, numerous colour and b/w photos in text, dual text in English and Japanese
FINE, a very clean and tight copy still close to new (few spots of slight shelf rub to cover edges)
1st editionSoftcover
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These Three

Morley & Mitchell Kennerley, London
8vo in rust red cloth over bevel edged boards, top edge gilt, gilt lettered black leather spine label (as issued), frontispiece with tissue guard, 91pp. One of only 400 copies for sale in Britain
A FINE+ unread or barely read copy (spine very slightly sunned and page-block edges faintly tanned)
1st editionHardcover
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A History of Dolls' Houses

Cassell, London
8vo in marine green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, plates, index etc
Name on fly-leaf. Very slight rub to spine ends end cover corner tips, tiny spot of very faint soil to front cover else FINE, an otherwise well preserved and very clean and tight copy
1st editionHardcover
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Thimbles Make You Happy - Small and Pretty Treasures for Needlework

Yoshio Kanno, Japan
4to in stiff grey plastic coated card covers, white lettering to spine and front cover. 88pp, Text in English and (mainly) Japanese with full page colour plates illustrating many hundreds of antique and collectible thimbles divided into a number of themed sections including Wedgewood, thimbles reflecting women's history, glass thimbles, Franklin Mint, advertising thimbles etc
An AS NEW unread copy in an AS NEW Dust Jacket
1st editionSoftcoverDustjacket
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The Moneymakers International

Black Bear Publishing, Cambridge
Heavy Square 4to in black faux cloth, white lettering to spine. 326pp, numerous colour illustrations in text and full page colour plates, index etc
FINE in a FINE Dust Jacket (very slightly creased at head of spine panel)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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How to Recognize Egyptian Art

Macdonald, London
8vo in colour printed laminated boards, 64pp, colour plates, bibliography, index
Pages slightly tanned else FINE, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy in not far from new condition
1st editionHardcover
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The Book World (A New Survey)

Thomas Nelson, London
8vo in red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, 232pp, bibliography, index. On all aspects of publishing a book-selling (incl. second-hand)
Slight fade to spine else VERY GOOD+, a well preserved, very clean and tight little used copy
1st editionHardcover
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How to Recognize Baroque Art

MacDonald, London
Small 8vo. in colour printed laminated boards, colour plates, etc
Slight browning to end-papers. Page-block edges faintly tanned else FINE+ still very close to new
1st editionHardcover
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How to Recognize Roman Art

MacDonald, London
Small 8vo. in colour printed laminated boards, colour plates, etc
An almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy (slight tanning to end-papers and page-block edges)
1st editionHardcover
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The Book of Guns and Gunsmiths

New Burlington Books, London
Large heavy 4to. 255pp, plates in colour and b/w, index
An almost AS NEW unread or barely read copy in an almost AS NEW Dust Jacket (price lined through in biro)
HardcoverDustjacket
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Antique Toys and Their Background

Chancellor, London
4to. 260pp, plates, illus, marks, index etc
An almost AS NEW barely read copy (top edge of page block faintly dusty) in a slightly edge-rubbed but otherwise almost AS NEW price-clipped Dust Jacket
HardcoverDustjacket
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The Connoisseur New Guide to Antique English Silver and Plate

Connoisseur, London
126pp text, 64pp plates, text illus., index
FINE, a well preserved, very clean and tight copy in lightly edge-rubbed but otherwise VERY GOOD+ price-clipped Dust Jacket
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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The Antiques Book

Bonanza, New York
4to. 319pp, plates, illus in text
Inscription on fly leaf. Some light shelf-rub to cover bottom edges, head of spine rubbed else near FINE in slightly edge-rubbed and dusty VERY GOOD Dust Jacket (short, closed but creased tear on front panel, looks presentable in its protector) a very clean and tight copy
HardcoverDustjacket
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Erotic Antiques - or Love is an Antic Thing

Lyle Publications, Glenmayne, Scotland
Hardback 4to. 128pp mostly plates of erotic objets d'art. 1st Edition
Light edge-crease to spine ends else FINE in VERY GOOD+ Dust Jacket (two-inch closed tear to bottom edge of front panel, light edge-creasing to top edges and bottom edge of spine panel, looks fine in its protector), a very clean and tight copy in not far from new condition
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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Collecting Decanters

Studio Vista / Christie's, London
4to in brown lettered cream faux cloth, 128pp, plates in colour and b/w, numerous illustrations in text
Bookplate on paste-down (hidden by wrapper flap), top edge of page block faintly dusty else AS NEW barely read copy in FINE Dust Jacket (tiny nick and slight crease to top edge of rear panel, looks fine in its protector)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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A Taste of the Past - A Collector's Miscellany of 18th and 19th Century Tableware

Adam & Charles Black, London
Hardback 117pp, colour frontis., illus in text, bibliography, 1st Edition
A well preserved, clean and tight copy Very Good+ copy in a VERY GOOD- Dust Jacket (short closed tear to head of spine panel, looks presentable in its protector)
1st editionHardcoverDustjacket
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