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192 pages including bibliography and index. A thorough introduction to the history of antique maps and how to collect and enjoy them, written by one of the world's leading antique map dealers. Wonderfully illustrated in colour. Text divided into three sections: Looking at Maps; Mapping the World and It's Countries; Globes, Curiosities and Miniatures. Book is clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear to reddish boards. Moderate wear to attractive dust jacket which bears two closed tears, each under a half-inch in length, to top edge of back panel. Nice copy. Book
xix, 272 p. illus. 21 cm. Hardcover Good condition, spine slanted
381p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, gift inscription
96pp. 27 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Circa 1971. Black and white photos. Contains lyrics, guitar chords and piano music for: Carry On; Teach Your Children; Cut My Hair; Helpless; Deja Vu; Our House; 4 + 20; Country Girl; Everybody I Love You; Suite - Judy Blue Eyes; Marrakesh Express; Guinnevere; You Don't Have to Cry; Pre-Road Downs; Wooden Ships; Lady of the Island; Helplessly Hoping; Long Time Gone; 49 Bye-Byes. Average wear and soiling externally. Prior owner's initials inside front cover and upon title page which also bears inkstamp of music store. No other markings. Binding intact. A wonderful vintage collectible from one of the greatest pop music influences of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Book
New New English Original bdg. Dust wrapper. 4to. (30 x 29 cm). In Turkish. 3 volumes set: (1428 p.), color and b/w photos. Cumhuriyetin baskenti. 3 volumes set. (From the Collection of Ugurlu Tunali). A very heavy set. HISTORY OF TURKEY Republican Turkey Ataturk Ankara Angora Ancyra Photography Collection Capital of Turkish Republic.
Tiny stain to textblock else fine. ; Catalogue accompanying an exhibition in Geneva of vase fragments in the remarkable collection of Herbert A. Cahn. These were produced by Greek colonists living in Sicily and western Italy between 440 and 275 BC and are mainly red-figure. Each fragment is illustrated and fully discussed by region, including the identification of the artist where possible. Almost all the painting depicts figures from warriors fighting amazons to Orestes and Electa sitting dejected on their father's tomb, to revellers at a symposium. French Text. ; Hellas Et Roma; 356 pages
448pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Folio, 92p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good On flower arrangements and floral designs used in various crafts
136 p. illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
304pp. 28 cm. Paperback
80 pages plus 84 plates. "A revised edition of 'Old Decorative Maps and Charts' by A.L. Humphreys with 84 reproductions and a new text by R. A. Skelton" - from title page. "Provides a survey of maps printed from copper plates or wood-blocks between the 15th and 18th centuries." - from dust jacket. Contents clean and unmarked. Binding sound. Moderate wear to blue cloth-covered boards. Closed tears to dust jacket now in mylar. Nice working copy of this wondrous reference. Book
208 pages. Index. Map endpapers. "Relates some of the author's rather unusual expeditions and adventures that will offer to the reader entertainment and, hopefully, some new information on old-time carvers... Most of the photographs show the straight side view of the decoys, which is better than the other views. I have tried to show as great a cross-section of Michigan and Ontario decoys as possible." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. An excellent copy. Book
Letterpress edition limited to 228. Manually printed in farmhouse parlour on various Shadwell papers hand-formed in the barn. Sabon Antiqua typeface. Handmade paper in different colors, some with sequins and glitter. "Joel" spelled out in upside down and backward perforations on spine. One page contains a lady die cut from a map rising out of library pocket (with grommet), her head a bright red sticker seal.
Light pen underlining and marginalia on about 8 pages else VG. Light rubbing to wraps. ; Well illustrated. ; 96 pages; Good guide to the antiquities of Delphi by the former Director of Antiquities at Delphi
Unpaginated. Follow-up to one of the first books devoted to the field of low-priced glassware mass produced in the late 1920s through the early 1940s. Contains a wealth of new information on patterns and factories. Unmarked. Excellent color photography throughout. Light wear. Two small adhesive marks atop front cover from former price stickers. Cirlox binding has two cracks but remains functional. Nice copy Book
Fine German Paperback. 12mo. (18 x 11 cm). In German. 148, [12] p. Signed and inscribed by Tekinay as "Sayin baskonsolomuz degerli Aydin bey'e en içten saygilarimla... Münih, Subat 1990". First Edition of fourth novel by Tekinay. Alev Tekinay is a Turkish writer. She was born in Izmir and attended the German High School in Istanbul. She studied German at university in Munich, getting her PhD in 1979. She then taught German as a foreign language and Turkish in various Bavarian universities. From 1983, she was attached to Augsburg University. She has written novels and short stories, and was awarded the Chamisso Prize by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. ISBN 3518382209.
[48] p., [44] leaves of plates : illus. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good [idea and text of the book, Jelka Radaus Ribaric ; general editor, Drago Zdunic ; contributors, the Ethnographic Museum . . . et al. ; photos. by Milan Babic ... et al.].
A new copy signed by Ondaatje on the title page. Removable "Autographed" sticker on dust jacket.
New English Paperback. Brochure - pamphlet - leaflet. Cr. 8vo. (21 x 10 cm). In English. [6] p., ills. Diyarbakir mosques. [Brochure].
New English Paperback. Brochure - pamphlet - leaflet. Cr. 8vo. (21 x 10 cm). In English. [6] p., ills. Diyarbakir Ulu mosque. [Brochure].
184pp. 23 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Fine English Paperback. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In English and Turkish. [10], 208 p. Documents of numismatic importance in the Ottoman archives. Coinage - medals and orders, mints and their administration, mint masters and superintends, stampers of imperial monograms (tugra), counterfeiters etc.= Basbakanlik Devlet Arsivleri Osmanli Arsivi'ndeki nümismatik ile ilgili belgeler katalogu. (Darphaneler, ilgili kuruluslar, madenler, meskûkât, kaime, madalya, nisanlar vb.).
4 vols. (281, 296, 295, 295 p.) Paperback Very good condition Contents: v. 1. Antique dolls dictionary, 1967-72 asking prices.--v. 2. Numbers in antique doll marks, 1968-1973 asking prices.--v. 3. Numbers in antique doll marks, part B: 1973-1974 asking price.--v. 4. Numbers in antique doll marks, part C: 1974-1975 asking prices.
Published in 1972 through 1976. Signed and dated by author upon title page of Volume 1. Light wear. Tight and square. Unmarked but for prior owner's name and details stroked out in black marker atop first page of each volume, and a faint bit of writing atop front cover of Volume 4. Great references for the antique doll. Book