Category: Antiques and Home Decorating

The Collector's Handbook to Keramics of the Renaissance and Modern Periods; Selected from his Larger Work, Entitled "The Keramic Gallery"

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Reeves & Turner. 1911. London. : 1911

Seller ID: 2052

Illustrated cloth. 350 illustrations Descriptions of various porcelains and pottery. Contents: Maiolica - Italy and Spain; Continental Fayence - France, Holland and Luxemburg, Russia, etc.; Continental Porcelain - Italy, Spain, France, etc.; Gr eat Britain - Pottery, Porcelain; Oriental Pottery and Porcelain - China, Japan, Turkey, etc.
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Ladies' Manual of Fancy Work: An Illustrated Guide to All Kinds of Needle-Work, Embracing Embroidery, Lace-Work, Knitting, Tatting, Crochet-Work, Net-Work, Etc., Etc., Etc. 500 Illustrations.

By: Croly, J. C.; June, Jenny (Preface)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, F. Trifet : 1884

Seller ID: 020246

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's blue wrapper with an illustration on the front cover showing a floral border and a woman sitting on a fence wearing a dress and hat. 8" x 11." Ninety-two pages, complete. 500 black and white illustrations, complete. Two pages of advertisements in front and four pages of ads in back. Inside of front and back covers also have ads. A manual with beautiful, intricately detailed illustrations of various fancy work projects, models, and patterns for items ranging from clothing accessories to home gifts and decor such as decorative screens, boxes, and baskets.
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Stop Thief; or, Hints to Housekeeping to Prevent Housebreaking

By: Cruikshank, George

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London, England, Bradbury and Evans : 1851

Seller ID: 019642

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Original publisher's brown 3/4 leather binding with decorative gray-blue boards. Sixteen-pages, complete. Fifty-two additional blank pages in the back. Top edge gilt. Gilt decorative lines on front and back boards. Gilt decorative flowers and lettering on spine. Bookplate removed from front pastedown. Pages are clean and intact except for very slight foxing. Boards and spine are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. George Cruikshank (1792-1878) was a British author and caricaturist who illustrated books for his friend, Charles Dickens. In this book, Cruikshank gives readers pra...
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Crusoe's Portable and Adjustable Shelving, in Sets, for Home and Export Trade. Book Shelves, Toilet Shelves, Tourist's Shelves, Music Shelves, Artizan's Shelves, Bedroom Shelves, Boudoir Shelves, Handy Shelves, &c., &c.

By: Crusoe's Portable and Adjustable Shelving

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York?,

Seller ID: 020946

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original publisher's pamphlet printed on one leaf of beige paper with an accordion fold. No date, circa 1890s. 3 1/2" x 6" folded. 18 3/4" x 6" unfolded. Twelve unnumbered pages (one leaf folded into six double-sided panels), complete. Seven black and white illustrations, complete. Paper is very clean and intact. Manufacturer's agent is listed as "G. Webster Peck, 110 Chambers Street, New York City." This brief trade catalog or advertisement promotes Crusoe's Portable and Adjustable Shelving in Sets. Illustrations show seven examples of Crusoe's Portable and Adjustable Shelving with a...
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The New Century Home Book

By: De Puy, Frank A.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Eaton & Mains : 1900

Seller ID: 023381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's turquoise cloth binding with illustration on front cover. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2." 400 pages, complete. Eight black-and-white plates, complete. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Pages are slightly age-toned. Minuscule rubbing to the edges, corners, and front outer joint. A few pages toward the back have a tiny bump in the lower corner of the fore-edge. A Fine copy. Thorough and multifaceted treatise on the turn-of-the-century home. Also covers subjects as related to domestic living such as cooking (recipes included), parenting, treating guests, caring f...
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The DX Collection Of Arms

By: Dexter, F. Theodore

Price: $100.00

Seller ID: 018331

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Fine

Original mimeograph, 16 pages with introduction to the collection plus descriptions of guns offered. Mimeograph is on F. Theodore Dexter personal stationary dated October, 1953. Also included are 37 black and white photographs (each 5 X 7) that shows each gun described. Letter and photographs are in an envelope postdated Oct. 30, 1953. It is from F. Theodore Dexter of Los Angeles, California and addressed to Guard C. Darrah, Esq of Stockton California. Photographs and letter are very clean.
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Oriental Rugs

By: Dilley, Arthur Urbane

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, A. U. Dilley and Company, Incorporated : 1909

Seller ID: 021133

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original publisher's black wrapper with gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. Four-page store announcement laid in. 6" x 8 1/2." Eighty pages, complete. Black and white plates, complete. Former ownership bookplate of R. M. Kearsley is tipped in on front pastedown. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Small red mark in lower-right corner of back cover. An article lauding this book is tipped in on the blank recto of the frontispiece. A Fine copy. This is a guide written for buyers on how to identify and select different types of "oriental rugs." The author also goes int...
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The Rocking-Chair : An American Institution

By: Dyer, Walter A., And Esther Stevens Fraser

Price: $37.50

Publisher: New York, New York, The Century Co. : 1928

Seller ID: 14559

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

xiv, 127 pages; illustrations; appendix; brown cloth binding with black lettering. Unopened, fold over from dust jacket pasted on inside pastedown. ". the material originally appeared in the magazine 'Antiques' .". Contents = Part I: 'Origin and Development' - Esther Fraser; Part II: 'The Boston Rocker' - Walter Dyer; Appendix - Some notes on Stencil Decorations & Chair Makers in 1831. Very good copy of this informative study of the rocker.
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The Practical Book of Period Furniture; Treating of Furniture of the English, American Colonial and Post-Colonial and Principal French Periods

By: Eberlein, Harold Donaldson, and Abbot McClure

Price: $37.50

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company. (1914). Philadelphia. : 1914

Seller ID: 2053

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

First edition. Illustrated cloth. 250 illustrations. Uncut pages. The authors describe this book as a ready reference to "identify and classify any piece of period furniture, whether original or a reproduction", and "The Illustrated Chronologica l K ey at the beginning of the book is of inestimable value in showing at a glance the dominant characteristics of each period style".
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1926 Calendar - "Fulton Meat Market. Fresh and Cured Meats, Groceries, Fruits and Vegetables. 400 M Street. Sacramento, Calif. Phone: Main 191."

By: Fulton Meat Market

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Joliet, IL, Gerlach Barklow Company : 1926

Seller ID: 020380

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original calendar from 1926 for the Fulton Meat Market that features a multicolored Maxfield Parrish-type illustration titled "The Dawn of Day" that shows two women in a picturesque landscape with flowers, trees, a lake, and mountains. Illustration is placed between backing and a top mat with gilt lettering, a gilt border, and gilt faux marbling. Calendar is unmarked and features the twelve months of the year. It is adhered at the bottom of the top mat with string and has embossed lettering on its front cover that says, "Life's Greatest Gift: A Year of Time." String also at the top of the ...
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Household Hand-Book Containing Reliable Hints and Suggestions for the Household

By: Haxworth, Lily, Compiler

Price: $15.00

Publisher: (Rumford Chemical Works). (Circa 1910). (Providence, Rhode Island).

Seller ID: 2044

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Wrappers. Illustrations. Back cover has slight spotting. Address label inside front cover. Pamphlet published by the Rumford Chemical Works extolling the many uses for their baking power product such as: care of kitchen utensils; preservation of food; laundry; house cleaning; care of dining table and utensils; etc.
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Practical Bricklaying Self-Taught Especially Designed for Home Study....

By: Hodgson, Fred T.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Chicago, Frederick J. Drake & Company : 1907

Seller ID: 018803

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Publisher's llight green cloth with black lettering. Nice clean copy inside and out. Illustrated with charts and line drawings. 5 x 7 1/2 inches. 178 pages plus three page index.
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U.S. Department Of Agriculture Farmers' Bulletin No. 1452. Painting On The Farm

By: Holman, H. P.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., United States Department of Agriculture : 1925

Seller ID: 018428

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fine

Original black and white wrapper with black lettering and illustrations on the front cover. 5 3/4 X 9 inches. 32 pages. Contents in this issue, importance of painting, when to paint, paint materials, ready-mixed paints, varnishes, paint mixed on the job, how to prepare surfaces for painting, how to estimate the quantity of paint needed, how to paint, precautions. Copy is clean and complete. Binding is tight.
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Inro and Other Miniature Forms of Japanese Lacquer Art

By: Jahss, Melvin and Betty

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Rutland, Vermont & Tokyo, Japan, Charles E. Tuttle Company

Seller ID: 8786

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Fine

Publisher's cardboard slipcase with a couple of small dents, otherwise the book, dust wrapper and slipcase are all fine. Former antique store-seller's ticket on front end paper. 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Color and black and white photos. 488 pages, including index.
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Victorian Glass Specialties of the Nineteenth Century

By: Lee, Ruth Webb

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Northboro, Massachusetts, Published By the Author : 1944

Seller ID: 7794

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original blue cloth with gil lettering. (1944). Contains chapters on: Rarities, most popular patterns, coin patterns, sets, butter dishes, table settings, figured glass, victorian novelities, animal dishes, glass hats, glass slippers, shoes and books, vases, peachblow, burmese and other shaded glass, sandwich glass, etched glass, etc. 260 photo illustrations. 608 pages, including index. Two small splits at top of spine carefully repaired. Former owner's book plate on back end paper.
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How to Collect Old Furniture

By: Litchfield, Frederick

Price: $17.50

Publisher: London, England, George Bell and Sons : 1904

Seller ID: 14190

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

xiv, 169 pages; illustrations; notes, index; tan cloth binding with design on the cover, minor fading. Deals with furniture from the 16th century to the middle of the 19th century with illustrations and notes on construction and style. Very good clean copy.
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Colonial Furniture in America.

By: Lockwood, Luke Vincent

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons : 1901

Seller ID: 10786

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Good

xix, 352 pages; photo illustrations; index; bound in publishers cloth, lettering on the front cover and spine. Spine lettering flaked to the point of unreadability. Joints somewhat cracked and glue strengthened. Gilt edging to the top. Furniture covered is as follows: Chests, Chests of Drawers, Cup and Sideboards, Chairs, Settles and Sofas, Tables, Desks, Mirrors, Bedsteads, and Clocks. Former owners bookplate with ink inscription (can not make it out clearly).
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The Modern Priscilla. August 1928, Vol. XLII, No. VI

By: Lutes, Della Thompson (Housekeeping Editor); Bradford, Stella M. (Needlework and Homecrafts Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, MA, The Priscilla Company : 1928

Seller ID: 024750

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Original publisher's white paper wrappers with staple binding. Color illustration on front cover of two boys playing "Cowboys and Indians," in respective costumes. The one playing the "cowboy" has lassoed the boy playing the "Indian," who screams in anguish. 10 1/4" x 14." Forty-four pages, complete. Illustrations in black-and-white and color, complete. Advertisements interspersed throughout, some of which are illustrated in black-and-white or color. Former owner's name and address stamped in purple ink in upper-left margin of front cover. Pages and covers are very clean and intact ove...
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The Old China Book Including Staffordshire, Wedgwood, Lustre, and Other English Pottery and Porcelain

By: Moore, N. Hudson

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Frederick A. Stokes Company. (1903). New York. : 1903

Seller ID: 2033

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Cloth. Illustrations. In the Preface, the author writes that this book has been compiled to meet the wants "of those who own old china, particularly old English china, and would like to know more about it." Contents include chapters on Early P otte ry, Staffordshire Wares, Portrait Pieces, English Porcelain and Pottery, Basaltes, Lustres, White Ware, Wedgwood and His Wares, etc.
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Oriental Rugs

By: Mumford, John Kimberly

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons. (1902). New York. : 1902

Seller ID: 2032

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Collectible-Very Good

Third edition, revised and expanded. . Cloth. Illustrations. The author writes about the history of Oriental rugs, rug-weaving peoples, materials, dyers and dyes, design, weaving, classification, Turkish, Turkoman, Khilims, etc.
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Category: Antiques and Home Decorating