Collecting Nostalgia: The First Guide to the Antiques of the 30s and 40s.
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 367pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. More
New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow buckram, pictorial dust jacket. 367pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. More
South Brunswick: Thomas Yoseloff, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Second printing. Helpful introductory volume to collecting in new, previously ignored areas of antiques including keys, toy vehicles, serving trays, furniture hardware, bells, etc. More
South Brunswick: A.S. Barnes and Company, 1968. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Third printing. Shrewd collector's guide offering atypical categories of antiques for buyers interested in the cutting-edge of valuable collectibles. More
New York: A.S. Barnes and Co., 1966. Hardcover. Small 4to. Yellow cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 280pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Inscribed by Mebane. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the front flyleaf to a noted Horatio Alger authority (mentioned on page 251): "For my friend Ralph Gardner-- / bibliophile..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1969. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth, pictorial dust jacket. ix, 209pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Later printing. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth spine and blue paper over boards, dust jacket. ix, 309pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Bit of bubbling on front cover; ownership signature on front flyleaf; jacket edgeworn (mainly along the top), with several small archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Tight, attractive..... More
New York: Exeter Books, 1979. Hardcover. 4to. Blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 120pp. Color illustrations. Fine/fine. First edition. Historical account of the birth and development of this European art form. More
[London]: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1979. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 240pp. Illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Reprint of this entertaining overview of "The making and unmasking of fakes and forgeries." More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, [1998]. Hardcover. Photographs bu Susie Cushner and Melanie Doherty. Small 4to. Pale green cloth with black spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 165pp. Frontispiece, extensive illustrations (most color), color pictorial endpapers. Fine/fine. Absolutely pristine first edition of this thorough, delightfully illustrated study. More
Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1992. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Black and white cloth with color pictorial label. 80pp. Frontispiece, color illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and handsome. Entertaining history of Jack Daniel's whiskey, with illustrations of the variety of bottles used over the years. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 150pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Some jacket edgewear and several small edge chips, with jacket spine slightly faded and large chip at tail of jacket spine. A tight, attractive second printing of this text "presenting and..... More
N.p. Printed for Private Circulation, 1893-96. Hardcover. Three volumes. Small 4to. Original linen spines with paper labels and pale blue paper over boards. Very good. Exceptionally tight and attractive, with just the mildest bit of edgewear; uncut. A lovely, bright first edition of the first three volumes of the catalogue..... More
South Hackensack: Shooter's Bible, 1968. Hardcover. Oblong small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 309pp. Numerous illustrations, numerous tables. Very good/very good. First edition. More
Toronto: The Charlton Press, 1998. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. x, 438pp. Numerous illustrations (some color). Near fine. Second edition, tight and handsome, of this reference. More
New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1926. Hardcover. Small 4to. Purple cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 209pp. Color frontispiece, illustrations. Very good/good plus. Bookplate on front pastedown. Later printing. More
New York: Hawthorn Books, 1974. Hardcover. Photographs by Elinor Coyle. 4to. Green cloth spine and blue paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xxv, 213pp. Illustrations (some color). Very good/good plus. Ownership stamps on front and rear flyleaves. First edition. Lavishly illustrated guide. More
Los Angeles: Merle Norman Cosmetics, [1978]. Hardcover. Photographs by Dennis R. Millard. 4to. Red pebble-grained cloth with copper embossed lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. 277pp. Extensive color illustrations. Fine/very good. Mild bit of jacket edgewear; ownership signature on front flyleaf. First, unspecified limited edition of this sumptuous production, with..... More
Montezuma, IA: F. Brownell & Son, [1997]. Hardcover. 4to. Brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. x, 372pp. Extensive illustrations and line drawings. Fine/near fine. First published in 1951, this is the 13th printing of the updated and expanded third edition of this classic and definitive study. Quite..... More
New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1959. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow paper over boards, dust jacket. 168pp. Illustrations. Fine/very good. Later printing. More
New York: The McBride Company, 1956. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, dust jacket. 128pp. Illustrations. Near fine/good. Edgewear and minor edge chipping to jacket; ownership signature on front pastedown. First edition, tight and clean. More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth with silver lettering and decorations. xi, 151pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations and line drawings. Very good. Some edgewear, though internally near fine. Tight and nice first edition of this survey from editor William E. Warner's "The Arts and Industries Series"..... More
Dayton, OH: Viking Import House, 1961. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth with three-ring binding, price-clipped dust jacket. 138pp. Numerous illustrations. Very good/very good. Bit of offsetting to front flyleaf from newsprint contact. Early (not first) printing. Since a three-ring binder, updates could be added on newer releases; this volume includes added..... More
DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, [1969]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Coarse tan cloth with brown lettering and front board color plate. xi, 506pp. Extensive illustrations (some color). Very good. Some foxing and discoloration to cloth; duck-theme ownership inscription opposite copyright page ("Duck shooter / Dick Drukker / Room 267* / October..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, [1973]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black glossy paper over boards with red metallic spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vii, 248pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. Tight, handsome first edition of this standard how-to, badly outdated in terms of pricing and values but still useful. More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth and brown paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xiii, 178pp. Illustrations. Near fine/very good. First edition. More