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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 6th edition ; 604 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. ; ISBN: 089145358X; 9780891453581 LCCN: 89-205042 ; LC: NK1125; Dewey: 745.1/075 ; OCLC: 15984965 ; "From A to Z, Schroeder's provides a guide to antiques with histories, background information, and original photographs. Illustrated." ; "After writing their first book, The Story of Fiesta, published in 1974, the Huxfords became pottery editors for Collector Books and in that capacity wrote several other books on various Ohio potteries: Roseville Pottery, McCoy Pottery, Brush-McCoy Pottery, Weller Pottery, and Roseville Pottery, Volume II. Since 1982 they have been editors of Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide; Schroeder's Collectible Toys; Antique to Modern; Garage Sale & Flea Market Annual; and Wanted to Buy." ; "The current values in this book should be used only as a guide. They are not intended to set prices, which vary from one section of the country to another. Auction prices as well as dealer prices vary greatly and are affected by condition as well as demand." ; Contents (Abridged): ABC Plates -- Abingdon -- Adams -- Advertising -- Advertising Cards -- Advertising Dolls -- African art -- Agata -- Akro Agate -- Alexandrite -- Alhambra China -- Amberina -- American Indian Art -- Amethyst Glass -- Animal dishes -- Antiquities -- Appliances -- Art Deco -- Art Glass Baskets -- Art Nouveau -- Arts and Crafts -- Aurene -- Austrian Ware -- Autographs -- Automobilia --- Autumn Leaf -- Aviation -- Avon --- Baccarat -- Badges -- Banks -- Barber Shop -- Barometers -- Bavaria -- Beer Cans -- Belleek -- Bennington -- Big Little Books -- Black Americana -- Blue and White -- Bottles and Flasks -- Boxes -- Bronzes -- Cambridge Glass -- Canes -- Carnival Glass -- Children's Books -- Christmas -- Clocks -- Cloisonne -- Coin operated machines -- Cut Glass -- Decanters -- Decoys -- Degenhart -- Depression Glass -- Dolls -- Doulton -- Fenton -- Fiesta -- Fishing -- FLow Blbue -- Fostoria -- Frankart -- Frankoma -- Fruit Jars -- Furniture -- Games -- Graniteware -- Hall China -- Haviland -- Homer Laughlin -- Hummel -- Inkwells -- Jewelry -- Kitchen -- Knives -- Lace -- Lamps -- Majolica -- McCoy -- Meissen -- Mettlach -- Militaria -- Molds -- Movie -- Musical Instruments -- Netsukes -- Nippon -- Noritake -- Occupied Japan -- Opalescent Glass -- Orientalia -- Pairpoint -- Paperweights -- Maxfield Parrish -- Pattern Glass -- Pens & Pencils -- Personalities -- Pewter -- Photographica -- Plastics -- Playing Cards -- Political -- Post Cards -- Posters -- Pre-Columbian Artifacts -- Prints -- Quilts -- Railroad -- Razors -- Records -- Red Wing -- Norman Rockwell -- Rockwood -- Roseville -- Royal Bayreuth -- Roycroft -- Rugs -- Russian Art -- Salt Shakers -- Satsuma -- Schlegelmilch Porcelain -- Sewing -- Shaker -- Silver -- Spoons -- Staffordshire -- Steins -- Stoneware -- Teddy Bear -- Tiffany -- Tiffin -- Tools -- Toys -- Vernon Kilns -- Warwick -- Watches -- Weapons -- Weathervanes -- Wedgewood -- Weller -- Willow Ware -- Winchester -- Wood Carvings -- World's Fair -- Wrought Iron -- Zsolnay ; ex-library ; corner clipped from cover ; else G. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. pp 203 d/j.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. Whitaker, Rita (illustrator). Heidelberg Publishers, 1972. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, x,203pp, illust. Pages a little tanned, top edge spotted, d/j price-clipped, slightly worn and marked. A fair copy. /0.4uk.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine/Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 2 Volumes 8vo., (x)203pp., (x)194pp. Bound in cream cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Sharp Stated First Editions. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear save some very gentle bumping to spine ends. Quite minor. Pages edges toned as is common. Very attractive clipped dust-jackets. Some minor edge-wear and rubbing on volume II. Fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. A very pretty, collectable set,

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Volume 45, 1748, Small slim 4to, pp187-275 includes XI-several essays towards discovering the laws of electricity, communicated to the Royal Society by John Ellicott. XII- A brief account of a roman Tessera by A brief account of a roman Tessera by Mr John Ward, XIII- An Account of a very learned divine, who was born with two tongues communicated to the Royal Society by Cromwell Mortimer M. D. & Secr. XIV-Upon the sounds and hearing of fishes by Jac. Theod. Klein R. P. Gedan. XV-An account of the poisonous Root lately found mixed among the Gentian by Jacobus Theodorus Klein and Richard Brocklesby. XVI- An account of large subterraneous Caverns in the Chalk Hills near Norwich; by Mr. Wm. Arderon, F. R. S. comprised in a letter from Mr. Henry Baker F. R. S. to the President. XVII-An account of some observations and experiments made in siberia extracted from the preface to the Flora Siberica by John Fothergill. XVIII-Novum Reique Medicae Utile Electricitatis Inventum Exponit by Joannes Henricus Winkler. XIX A letter from Mr Henry Baker. Soft card cover in very good condition with a little discoulration and rubbing to edges. Inside pages a little toned otherwise in lovely clean and bright condition. An excellent copy of these original early articles.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 2 volumes. 1972-73. 8vo. pp x, 203, x, 194. Illustrated by Rita E. Whitaker. Ownership signature of Sir Reginald Bennett of the Club Oenologique who contributes a piece on the 'Wines of Alsace.' Very good in very good dust wrappers, second vol with very faint wear but no loss. Signedes.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. 301 pages illustrations 24 cm OCLC 2578209 black cloth no dustjacket ; General contents: Introduction to coin collecting -- Collecting United States coins -- Background of American coinage -- Large and small cents -- Silver dollars -- Other regular issue copper and silver coins -- Gold coins --Commemoratives -- Mint engravers and dies -- Patterns ; FINE. Book.

(3) pages 'Index Supplement [Fitfth Volume, January to December 1930], Building, December 1930'; 564 annually counted pages on medium-glossy paper; fully illustrated throughout with photographs of buildings or their details and ground and floor plans; 8 multiple (partly huge) folded plans and views ('Baker Street Station Buildings', 'Builders' Administration', 'New Olympial Hall', 'New Headquarters Martins Bank Liverpool', 'New Midland Bank, new Headquarters, London', 'Liverpool Cathedral Organ Cases', 2x 'Thames House Westmister London', 'New Masonic Peace Memorial, Queen Street, London'). - Gilt-titled 'olive-grey' cloth-binding of the period with red-sparkled edges; 4to.(ca. 30 x 23 x 4 cm; ca. 2,5 kg.). *** [ERWEITERTER SOMMERVERKAUF / EXPANDED SUMMER-SALE: um über 30% REDUZIERTER PREIS bis Montag, den 20.07.2026 / PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, July 20; ursprünglicher Preis / originally EUR 300,-] --- FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE ANNUAL OF THE AS IMPORTANT AS NOWADAYS RARE ARCHITECTURAL MONTHLY; CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL, Fifth Year in 12 monthly Issues complete. - Cloth-binding minimally used, last two sheets with short central tear, corners of last page slightly dusty; A BEAUTIFEL COPY.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. An interesting collection of vintage books on the development of television, the first of which dates to just 1933, the year after the first UK television broadcasts, and only 7 years after the first transmitted moving image was demonstrated. The set comprises: Television for the Amateur Constructor, by H.J. Barton Chapple, foreword by John Logie Baird, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1933 1st edition (scarce);  Book of Practical Television, edited by G.V. Dowling, published by The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, undated, but 1935 1st edition;  The Principles of Television Reception, by A.W. Keen, published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, 1949, 1st edition;  Television To-Day; A Constructive Guide to Its Principles and Practice, by Roy C. Norris, published by Rockcliff, London, 1947 1st edition;  Practical Television Circuits with Additional Chapters on Test Apparatus and Auxiliary Equipment, by F.J. Camm, published by George Newnes Limited, London, 1954 1st edition; and;  The Young Man's Guide to Television, by W.J. Baker, published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1960, 1st edition. 6 books in total. A set of cloth bound hardback books in good condition, overall. With various minor faults, including; Chapple volume with cracked front endpapers at inner hinge and worn to webbing on first pastedown, & sunning to front cover. Baker volume with spotting to edge of text block, & price-clipped dustjacket. Norris volume sunned to spine, & soiling to cover. But, overall a very readable slice of television history, including some uncommon volumes. Text in English. Weight approximately 3.14kg (the set - unpacked). Extra postage may be payable for overseas orders. Many more photos available on request.