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Investing in Maps
Williams, Roger Baynton-
Book Number: 29790
ISBN: 0214650669
Publisher: London, Barrie & Rockliff the Cresset P. Barrie & Jenkins 1969
4to hardcover 160pp index, colour & b/w illus. good / good d/w. Bibliography: p. 152.

Price: $30.00


Royal Copenhagen
Winstone, H. V. F.
Book Number: 52811
ISBN: 9780905743370
Publisher: Seven Hills Books June 1985
4to. Hardcover in d/w. 160pp. Very good copy, with po name on fep, and small shelf wear at top of spine. Provides an informative, entertaining and visually beautiful account of Copenhagen ceramics. Its detailed captions and appendices contain much valuable information on artists, techniques, factory marks and the clays used. A source for reference and collectors.

Price: $55.00


Miller's Antiques Price Guide 2000
Norfolk, Elizabeth (editor)
Book Number: 51870
ISBN: 1840001410
Publisher: London: Millers Publications, 2000
Large 8vo. laminated boards, 808pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Carter & stuff : Alan Carter deals his best hand yet
Carter, Alan
Book Number: 51892
ISBN: 
Publisher: Belrose, N.S.W. AAC Specialist Antique Books 2005
8vo softcover 293pp very good.

Price: $15.00


Directory of European Porcelain Marks Makers and Factories - Fourth Edition.
Danckert, Ludwig
Book Number: 49243
ISBN: 071980003X
Publisher: N.A.G. Press July 1981
8vo Pictorial laminated boards. 344pp good, solid copy in damaged boards. A comprehensive reference book on European porcelain marks, makers and factories containing 4765 marks.

Price: $25.00


The Doulton Burslem Wares
Eyles, Desmond
Book Number: 52779
ISBN: 0091382602
Publisher: Barrie and Jenkins / Royal Doulton London 1980
4to. hardcover. 191pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $30.00


Miller's Antiques Price Guide 1997
McKay, Ian & Elizabeth Norfolk(editor)
Book Number: 52995
ISBN: 1857327330
Publisher: London: Millers Publications, 1997
Large 8vo. laminated boards, 808pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Miller's Antiques Price Guide 1994
Davis, Josephine (editor)
Book Number: 52996
ISBN: 1857321618
Publisher: London: Millers Publications, 1994
Large 8vo. laminated boards, 808pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Carter's OLD or NEW - How to Spot Reproductions, Fakes and Repairs.
Carter, Alan
Book Number: 55079
ISBN: 1876079010
Publisher: Carter 1995
8vo. Pictorial Laminated Boards. 178pp. Lifting the lid on antiques and collectables reproductions.

Price: $20.00


Belleek Porcelain and Pottery. A Handbook for the Collector.
Smith, G. M.
Book Number: 55740
ISBN: 
Publisher: Toucan Press, 1979.
8vo. stapled wraps. 35pp, b/w illus. very good.

Price: $11.00


The Furniture Doctor
Grotz, George
Book Number: 55992
ISBN: 0385266707
Publisher: Doubleday, 1989
8vo softcover 306pp index, b/w illus. very good.

Price: $12.00


Louis Comfort Tiffany Masterworks
Bédoyère, Camilla de la [Louis Comfort]
Book Number: 56601
ISBN: 9781844517404
Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing, 2007.
Square 4to. hardcover. 133pp. index, colour illus. Fine. / Near Fine d/w.

Price: $35.00


The Old China Book Including Staffordshire,Wedgwood,Lustre,and Other English Pottery And Porcelain
Moore, N. Hudson
Book Number: 59123
ISBN: 
Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York 1935
8vo. hardcover. 300pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, owner's details on fep. / Good chipped d/w.

Price: $18.00


The Triumph of Art Nouveau. Paris Exhibition 1900.
Julian, Philippe
Book Number: 59671
ISBN: 071481606X
Publisher: London: Phaidon Press, 1974.
Small square 4to. hardcover. 216pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good. / Very good d/w with faded spine.

Price: $22.00


A Century of Toys fromt he London Toy & Model Museum

Book Number: 60502
ISBN: 0949616001
Publisher: Michael Edgley 1982
4to. Softcover. 95pp. Very good. Illustrated throughout with b&w photographs and descriptions.

Price: $12.00


Belleek; The Complete Collector's Guide and Illustrated Reference
Degenhardt, Richard K.
Book Number: 60949
ISBN: 1299938191
Publisher: Portfolio Press, Huntington, NY, 1978.
4to. hardcover. 207pp. colour & b/w illus. Very good, light tape marks on endpapers. / Good d/w with tape marks on inside edge.

Price: $28.00


Carter's Price Guide to Antiques in Australasia 2005 21st Edition
Alan Carter
Book Number: 61714
ISBN: 1876079134
Publisher: Australia: Carter's Publication, 2005
4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 736pp. index, colour illus. Very good, owner's bookplate on fep.

Price: $35.00


Joy of Antiques
Pearsall, Ronald
Book Number: 20571
ISBN: 
Publisher: Australia. Reed Books 1988
4to. hardcover. 208pp. index. b/w & colour illus. near fine/very good+ d/w.

Price: $15.00


Faberge, 1846-1920
Snowman, A Kenneth
Book Number: 34078
ISBN: 0905649028
Publisher: Debrett's 1977
Oblong 4to softcover 132pp colour & b/w illus. very good.

Price: $12.00


Porcelain collecting for beginners
Moran
Book Number: 32144
ISBN: 070710243X
Publisher: Gifford 1972
8vo hardcover 117pp colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


English Painted Enamels
Hughes, Therle and Bernard
Book Number: 31239
ISBN: 
Publisher: Spring Books 1967
4to, brown cloth, d/w in protective covering, which has left tape marks on the end pages. 90 Illustrations in colour and b&w. 156pp. Contents include Early Enamellers, Experimental Work, York House, Battersea, South Staffordshire Work, Enamellers of Bilston, Birmingham, Wednesbury, Manufacturing Process, Decoration, Hand Painting, Transfer-printing, Gilding, Sources and Styles, Mounts and Index.

Price: $18.00


Rugs and Carpets of the World
Bennett, Ian (ed.)
Book Number: 28875
ISBN: 0906286190
Publisher: New Burlington 1977
Folio. hardcover 352pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Encyclopaedia of Small Antiques
Mackay, James A
Book Number: 26432
ISBN: 0946495092
Publisher: Bracken Bks 1984
4to hardcover 320pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


The Lyle Official Antiques Review 1986
Curtis, Tony
Book Number: 26428
ISBN: 0862480515
Publisher: Lyle Publications 1986
4to hardcover 798pp index, b/w illus. very good.

Price: $22.00


Antiques. Genuine and Spurious. An Art Expert's Recollections and Cautions
Litchfield, Frederick
Book Number: 26199
ISBN: 
Publisher: London Bell, 1921. 2nd ed
Large 8vo red cloth hardcover 277pp index, b/w plates, colour frontis. good, cover a little worn and faded, light foxing. / no d/w. ' ' '

Price: $15.00


Treasures Of The Churches Of France.
Taralon, Jean
Book Number: 26123
ISBN: 
Publisher: NY: George Braziller, 1966
Folio. hardcover. 308pp. index, b/w illus. very good. / fair chipped d/w.' '

Price: $18.00


The National Trust Country House Treasures; with Scottish Country House Contributions By Rosemary Joekes
Foss, Arthur
Book Number: 23576
ISBN: 
Publisher: BCA 1980
small 4to. 367 pps, Maps & Photographs, Glossary, Index. Colour and black & white plates. Good d/w, unclipped with small repaired tear to front near spine. Over 300 country houses in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are included. Includes information about each house's location and regional maps. A guide to the artistic and historic contents of over 300 houses open to the public in Great Britain. This book is the first to deal with the paintings, sculpture, furniture, tapestries, porcelain, glass and silver, the plasterwork, ironwork and woodcarving; and the craft collections such as dolls' houses or railway engines of Britain's architectural and cultural heritage.

Price: $15.00


A History of American Pewter
Montgomery, Charles
Book Number: 22443
ISBN: 
Publisher: New York: Praeger Publishers, 1973
4to. hardcover. 246pp. index, b/w illus. very good+. / very good, lightly chipped d/w.'

Price: $18.00


Porcelain
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Design, Patterson, Jerry E.
Book Number: 2407
ISBN: 
Publisher: Washington, DC: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1979. 1st,
hardcover, Very good to fine Prepared by the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Series: Smithsonian Illustrated Library of Antiques., 30 color & 105 b/w illus.

Price: $18.00


Gzhel Pottery
Vasilyev, Igor
Book Number: 20270
ISBN: 
Publisher: Leningrad, Aurora, 1987
Small square 4to. laminated boards, hardcover. 143pp. colour illus. very good, light weat to corners. / no d/w. '

Price: $18.00


English and Scottish Earthenware 1660-1860.
Hughes, G. Bernard.
Book Number: 6951
ISBN: 
Publisher: English and Scotish Earthenware 1660-1860. antiques
8vo. hardcover. 258pp, 4 colour plates, 40 b/w plates. very good, page edges browned. / very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


The Auctioneers: Lawsons - The First 100 Years
Ruhen, Carl
Book Number: 6336
ISBN: 
Publisher: Sydney, Ayres & James. 1984
5to. hardcover. 160pp. index. colour & b/w photos. near fine. / minor wear to spine ends. / near fine d/w.

Price: $10.00


Peter Carl Faberge, Goldsmith & Jeweller To The Russian Imperial Court, His Life & Work
Bainbridge, Henry Charles
Book Number: 6331
ISBN: 
Publisher: London Spring Books 1967.
4to. hardcover. 167pp. index. b/w & colour photos. very good. / good d/w.

Price: $28.00


A GUIDE TO BUYING ANTIQUES IN AUSTRALIA.
HOOPER, Toby and Juliana.
Book Number: 6237
ISBN: 
Publisher: Melbourne 1977 reprinted.
8vo. Orange boards in d/w with shelf wear at top and bottom of spine. (128pp.) Profusely illustrated with pictures, plates, diagrams and tables. period, style, scene in australia, restoration, hall furniture, prints, lights, dining room furniture, glass, sitting room furniture, pottery and porcelain, jewellery, bedroom furniture, silver, art nouveau, art deco.

Price: $18.00


Antique Bottles in Colour
Fletcher, Edward
Book Number: 4315
ISBN: 
Publisher: U.K.: Blandford Press, 1976
8vo. Hardcover. 166pp. + 103 colour plates. Very good / very good lightly chipped d/w.

Price: $10.00


Treasures by Peter Carl Faberge and Other Master Jewellers
Faberge, Peter Carl
Book Number: 3443
ISBN: 
Publisher: 1972 The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection
illus. on glossy pages, embossed wraps, G+ 80 items displayed.

Price: $25.00


Souvenir Buildings Miniature Monuments
Majua, Margaret and Weingarten, David:
Book Number: 3306
ISBN: 0810944707
Publisher: Architecture. Abrams, 1996.
Illustrated boards, illustrated in colour, excellent condition.

Price: $8.00


Marks of Achievement. Four Centuries of American Presentation Silver.
WARREN, HOWE & BROWN
Book Number: 3275
ISBN: 
Publisher:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston &c 1987. 4to,vg, vg d/w; 208pp, 225 ills 60 colour.

Price: $25.00


George Wickes 1698-1761, Royal Goldsmith
Barr, Elaine
Book Number: 39857
ISBN: 
Publisher: Studio Vista / Christie's. 1980
Small 4to. hardvover. 210pp. index. b/w illus. very good, light foxing to cover. / very good foxed d/w.

Price: $18.00


Spode's Willow Pattern and Other Designs After the Chinese
Copeland, Robert
Book Number: 50258
ISBN: 0289708931
Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Ltd April 1980
4to hardcover in d/w. 196pp near fine. The blue willow pattern created by the Spode Company is, after more than 200 years, the best known of all designs on pottery or porcelain. As the principal reference work on this famous motif, this authoritative guide gives a detailed account of the willow pattern, from its introduction based on traditional Chinese designs through changes resulting from technological developments. Patterns and their variants from Spode and other potters are illustrated and fully described. A valuable resource for collectors! 208 pages (50 in color), 300 b/w illus.

Price: $30.00


Specialist Price Guide to Collectables Volume Two
Carter, Alan (compiled by)
Book Number: 48092
ISBN: 0975212265
Publisher: AAC Specialist Antiques Books, 2005.
4to. softcover. 104pp. index, colour illus. Very good+.

Price: $20.00


Specialist Price Guide to Furniture
Carter, Alan (compiled by)
Book Number: 48091
ISBN: 0975212257
Publisher: AAC Specialist Antiques Books, 2005.
4to. softcover. 104pp. index, colour illus. Very good.

Price: $18.00


A New Touch-Stone For Gold And Silver Wares
Badcock, William
Book Number: 46788
ISBN: 
Publisher: Praeger Publishers, 1970.
8vo. hardcover. Very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $20.00


Fine Australian & International Art (Auction Catalogue)
Mossgreen Auctions
Book Number: 45458
ISBN: 
Publisher: Mossgreen Auctions 2008
4to. softcover. colour illus. Very good.

Price: $15.00


Fine Asian Art 20th Century design & antiques (Auction Catalogue)
Mossgreen Auctions
Book Number: 45457
ISBN: 
Publisher: Mossgreen Auctions 2008
4to. softcover. colour illus. Very good.

Price: $15.00


Artbook Adasia 89 Pakistan
Various
Book Number: 45414
ISBN: 
Publisher: Pakistan Advertising Assoc. 1989
Large square 8vo. hardcover, owner's name on title page. full-page colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $25.00


Art & Archaeology In China
Capon, Edmund
Book Number: 41785
ISBN: 0333229371
Publisher: Melbourne. Macmillan. 1977
blong 4to. softcover. 196pp. colour illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $22.00


Gordon Russell
Baynes, Ken
Book Number: 41712
ISBN: 0850721199
Publisher: Design Council 1980
Square 8vo softcover 71pp b/w illus. very good.

Price: $25.00


Staffordshire Portrait Figures
Hall, John
Book Number: 35040
ISBN: 850790504
Publisher: Letts, 1972
8vo. hardcover. 80pp. colour illus. very good, remainder stamp bottom edge. / very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


European & American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830
Le Corbeiller,Clare
Book Number: 39856
ISBN: 
Publisher: New York, Viking 1966.
4to. hardcover.120pp. colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $22.00


The collector's book of jade
Chu, Arthur
Book Number: 38971
ISBN: 051753150X
Publisher: New York Crown Publishers 1978
Large 8vo hardcover 144pp index, b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


Classics for collectors.
Bass, Tom et al.
Book Number: 38488
ISBN: 0646061283
Publisher: Albany, W.A. Paul Terry International 1991
Square 4to hardcover 80pp, colour illus. very good, owner's inscription on fep. / very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


Old English China And Pottery In Australasia.
Macdonald, J.D.
Book Number: 37573
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Shepherd Press, Sydney 1945
Small 4to. hardcover. 164pp. index, b/w illus. foxing to endpapers & edges. / good, chipped d/w missing small piece on bottom front edge.

Price: $35.00


The antique buyer's handbook 2 for Australia
Cook, Peter (Peter J.)
Book Number: 36900
ISBN: 0730102890
Publisher: Frenchs Forest, N.S.W. Reed 1990
4to hardcover 224pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


In the Wake of the Italian Artisan
Fagone, Vittorio.
Book Number: 36652
ISBN: 
Publisher: Silvana Editoriale D'arte, Milan, 1976.
4to. hardcover. 138pp. colour illus. very good. / good d/w missing piece at the bottom of spine.

Price: $40.00


The search for sunken treasure : exploring the world's great shipwrecks
Marx, Robert F., (Robert Frank)
Book Number: 25438
ISBN: 0091828147
Publisher: Milsons Point, N.S.W. Random House Australia 1993
4to hardcover 192pp index, colour illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


Barbie Chronicles : A Real Doll Turns 40
McDonough, Yona Zeldis
Book Number: 47283
ISBN: 1863251774
Publisher: Random House Australia 1999
8vo softcover 240pp very good. Index.

Price: $8.00


Doll Costuming. How to Costume French & German Bisque Dolls
Seeley, Mildred & Colleen
Book Number: 61488
ISBN: 0895862999
Publisher: HP Books, USA 1984.
4to. softcover. 160pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good, owner's initials on fep.

Price: $15.00


Collecting Antique Firearms
Kelvin, Martin
Book Number: 61175
ISBN: 0091663105
Publisher: Stanley Paul, London1987.
8vo. hardcover. 181pp. index, b/w illus. Very good=. / Very good d/w with chip on spine.

Price: $18.00


Ancient Macedonia
Doumas, Alexandra (Translation)
Book Number: 43283
ISBN: 960214002X
Publisher: Greek Ministry of Culture 1988
4to softcover 420pp colour illus. very good. Descriptions are in English and Greek.

Price: $18.00



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