Search Results: ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES from Fortuna Books

Hannover : Grobe, 1975 closed page edges light foxing , no dustwrapper , 717pp from eighteenth century postage marks and stamps although mainly nineteenth century. catalogue and price guide to German states postal ephemera, please email any questions (in English please). quite heavy will incur extra postage cost (2,000 gram rate) . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: V&A Publications , 2001 near as new, 208pp, examples from the various periods and styles of book production both internally and externally. well illustrated in full page colour photogrphy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

New York: Mcbride Nast and Company, 1913 decorative cloth with laid on monotone plate to cover, light bump to corners, light foxing to prelims, 128pp with monotone photographs throughout, early American house furnishing and interior design or decor. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Cassell, 1957 spine head lightly chipped, name to fep, vii 82pp laminated pictorial boards, alphabetical by country listing of stamps with a scout or guide theme (500 gram email for reduced shipping rate) . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall.

International Cultural Corporation of Australia, 1982 white papered pictorial boards , minor bumping to spine ends, 208pp with full page and some full colour reproductions of pieces exhibited at the 'Treasures of the Forbidden City' exhibition, included is a brochure that accompanied the exhibition, a sheet folded twice down to quarto size, Chinese ink and watercolour art. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Faber, 1969 price clipped DW otherwise tidy used copy, 508pp with many monochrome and some colour plates, bya professional art restorer, techniques and ethics of restoration . reprint. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Little Compton: Fort Church Publishers, 1993 (200 grams) perfect bound soft cover, 48pp illustrated throughout in colour photography of the museum collection as well as the surrounding countryside, . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Peerage Books, 1986 (1500 gram rate) translated by Slavos Kadecka, 240pp, colour and black and white photographs throughout, history of European clocks and watches with short look at Oriental and American clocks also, tidy book and wrapper. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Hobby House Press, 1986 apart from a few stamps, shelf mark to DW spine and two labels to rear DW panel in VG condition, top corner of fep has small area of lift where a label removed. 144pp with colour and black and white photos. appendix on nineteenth century underwear. Library label at rear paste down also. DW is under a library plastic cover. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ex-Library.

Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1977 (2000 gram rate =x2 standard shipping cost) two tone cloth, unclipped dust jacket, book has a whited out stamp to verso of fep which had offset to the half title, and this has also been whited out ( tippex) otherwise near fine with minor reading wear etc, 264pp+ plates, illustrated throughout in colour and monotone, in depth study of the various famous illustrators and schools of illustration etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Guildford: Charles W. Traylen, 1966 (200 gram rate) sheets folded and stapled in paper wrapper, 72pp, light handling soiling, one full page replica sample of a page of woodblock, rest being informative cataloging of the dealer's stock, . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Batsford, 1965 light rubbing to board edges, faint offsetting to edges of feps, DW price clipped but tidy under plastic sleeve, 112pp plus colour and b&w plates, some light foxing to blank versos of plates, diagrams in text, does not cover metalwork and jewellery making but rather the properties and uses of precious stones, methods of cutting gems etc as well as the scientific testing of gems / jewels for quality etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Vitoria: Fournier, 1977 soft cover, some wear or chipping to spine ends, heavy item, 139pp + indes + 73pp, colour images on sized paper, glass figurines, catalogue issued by Lladro. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Barlaston: Josiah Wedgwood and Sons FREE SHIPPING worldwide on this item, 24pp stapled into pictorial wrappers, wrappers faintly and uniformly browned, sized paper, staples rusted, undated but just post-war ( circa 1950), overview of the factory at Barlaston, well illustrated, shows the process of manufacture, history of the firm etc. First Edition. Pictorial Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Landscape 16mo.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards with light handling wear, spine ends and corners lightly rubbed back at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at head, archival taped full length of spine for strength, pen name at head of title, small stain to foot of title, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards with light handling wear, faint fade to spine, small name at head of title, spine ends and corners slightly rubbed at very ends and tips, otherwise tidy copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, with light handling wear, spine ends and corners rubbed back to boards, spine split at tail of joints, sunned spine, pen name at head of title, some erased pencil ghosts to endpapers and title page, fep is starting to detach at the bottom, a small puncture mark to lower ( ie rear) joint which has split the paper, a good clean but used copy, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Lesney, 1970 (500 gram rate) pictorial boards, tidy copy but a few pages have vertical creases where the pages have in the past been folded, pictorial endpapers show illustrations of Matchbox cars and trucks ( done in a juvenile style of drawing to match the art of the book) 41pp, a guided tour through the Matchbox factory with illustrations done in a naive, juvenile style probably to infer that "Mike'" did it himself. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by M Sasek. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Blandford, 1967 DW price clipped, 256pp including 80pp full colour photography. full history of the various civil and military decorations and awards of Europe and Great Britain.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Aage Struwing. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.