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(Formerly Sabine's Fine Used Books)
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Antiques in the Raw
Antiques in the Raw

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Davis, Brad & Hannah Chiang
Book Description: China Art, Hong Kong, 1997. Cord Binding. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall-Oblong. A China Art exhibition catalogue of Chinese antiques. This is a scrapbook-type book with three-hole binding laced with woven cord, brown textured paper-covered boards with black and red titling on front and spine, pages are stiff card stock, each page has a tissue-guard, colour photographs of antique furniture are mounted in slits cut in pages, text is in calligraphy and some Chinese characters. Front cover has a couple of light pressure marks, otherwise this extremely handsome book appears to be without flaws. Unpaginated. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $50.00

Chaffers' Concise Hallmarks on Gold & Silver
Chaffers' Concise Hallmarks on Gold & Silver

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Chaffers, William
Book Description: Wordsworth Editions, Ware, Hertfordshire, 1989. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This hand-book of Hallmarks, which was first issued in 1897, has been considerably extended and upwards of two hundred new marks have been added, bringing the various alphabets up to the present time. Black cloth with gilt titling on spine, black and white diagrams throughout, 119 pages. Book appears to be without flaws. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has minor shelf wear, but is otherwise in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Collectibles Market Guide & Price Index
Collectibles Market Guide & Price Index

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Book Description: Collectors' Information Bureau, Barrington, Illinois, . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Subtitled "Limited Edition: Plates, Figurines, Cottages, Bells, Graphics, Ornaments, Dolls, Steins." Over 550 pages of the latest information on limited edition collectibles, covers clubs, tours, artists and news, advice on collecting, insuring and trading on the secondary market, 80 illustrated feature stories, plus pricing information and secondary market values for over 50,000 items. Colourful soft cover with white, yellow and pink titling, black and white plates plus 35 pages of colour plates. With the exception of a tiny pale mark on text block edge, this book appears to be without flaws. 356 pages plus 202 page price guide. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Collector's Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass
Collector's Encyclopedia of Carnival Glass

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Hand, Sherman
Book Description: Collector Books, Paducah, Kentucky, 1978. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 4to - over 9.75"-12" Tall. Book contains a lovely array of colour plates of carnival glass. Bronze coloured hard cover with white titling on spine and front, approximately 122 pages of colour photographs, with a detailed description of each item pictured. With the exception of a few tiny foxing spots on text block edge, this attractive book is in great shape. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has minor shelf wear, very light wear to corners, and is clean and bright. This is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $16.00

Complete Guide to French-Canadian Antiques
Complete Guide to French-Canadian Antiques

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Lessard, Michel
Book Description: Gage Educational lPublishing Ltd., Agincourt, Ontario, 1974. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Translated by Elisabeth Abbot. Book includes information on furniture, wooden objects, ceramics, glass, tinsmithy, lamps, foundry, forge, silver plate, works of art, pewter, tools, toys, firearms, papers, books, stamps, money, medals buttons, styles, etc., as well as a bibliography and a glossary. Illustrated soft cover with blak and brown titling on spine and front, illustrated with a multi-colour map of French Canada, and many black and white photographs and drawings, 255 pages. Cover has light edge wear and light shelf wear, back cover has multiple small stains and a sticker, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Early Furniture in Upper Canada Village 1800-1837
Early Furniture in Upper Canada Village 1800-1837

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Minhinnick, Jeanne
Book Description: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Toronto, 1964. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The furniture and accessories of Upper Canada Village, collected under the supervision of Jeanne Minhinnick, recreate an impression of everyday lie in a small village of eastern Ontario in the period from 1800 to 1837. This booklet covers the primitive furniture of the first shelter and the work of early coffin-, chair- and cabinetmakers. Chests, cupboards, tables, beds and other staple pieces are described, with delightful bits of social history and fashion, also of American and French-Canadian influence. Card cover, staple binding, black and white photographs, 43 pages. Some edge and shelf wear, crease to top free corner of front cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $6.50

English Pewter Touchmarks, Including the Marks of Origin of Some of the Scottish and Irish Pewterers
English Pewter Touchmarks, Including the Marks of Origin of Some of the Scottish and Irish Pewterers

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Jackson, Radway
Book Description: W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd., London, 1970. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A pocket-sized guide to pewter marks, edited and introduced by Ronald F. Michaelis. Green textured card cover with white and orange titling, pink borders, orange decoration, black and white illustrations throughout, 123 pages. Book appears to e without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Heritage Of Light, A - Lamps and Lighting in the Early Canadian Home
Heritage Of Light, A - Lamps and Lighting in the Early Canadian Home

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Russell, Loris S.
Book Description: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1968. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A detailed account of lighting technology with a scientific attention to detail, and backed up with more than two hundred illustrations. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Orange cloth with black decoration on cover, black and white photographs and illustrations throughout, 344 pages. This is a presentation copy: there is a pastedown on front endpaper reads "a memento to Malcom Thomson of an address before the Royal Canadian Institute November 30, 1968." Upper corners lightly bumped, very light wear to lower corners, text block edges very slightly darkened, a small list of names in ink on back endpaper. Dust jacket, which is price-clipped, has edge wear with creases and chipping, cover has shelf wear with a few spots where black colour is rubbed off, but is clean and bright. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Signed by Author
Price: $60.00

Il Vetro Soffiato - Da Roma Antica a Venezia
Il Vetro Soffiato - Da Roma Antica a Venezia

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Mariacher, Giovanni
Book Description: Electa Editrice, Italy, . Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Written in Italian, book is an outline of the Italian art of blown glass. 84 tipped in colour plates of blown glass made in Italy over the centuries. Each plate has a caption on a separate page. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, tipped in colour frontispiece, lovely colour and black and white illustrations throughout, 241+ pages. Top edges of textblock and cover are darkened. Dust jacket has light edgewear and shelfwear, spine is lightly sunned. This is a very handsome book. 147 pages of text, 160 pages of plates. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $60.00

Legend of Montrose A - the Black Dwarf
Legend of Montrose A - the Black Dwarf

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Scott, Sir Walter
Book Description: Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1901. Leather. Book Condition: Very Good+. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A volume of New Century Library, The Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Vol VI. Black leather with gilt titling and decoration on spine, gilt decoration and simple border on front, gilt border on back, gilt text block edges, black end papers, sepia frontispiece with tissue-guard, illustrated with sepia plates. This beautiful little book appears to be without flaws.165 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $24.50

Manuscripts, Annotated Books, Literary and Historical Portraits, Artefacts and Works of Art
Manuscripts, Annotated Books, Literary and Historical Portraits, Artefacts and Works of Art

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Roy Davids Ltd.
Book Description: Roy Davids Ltd., Oxfordshire, U.K., . Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9.75"-12" Tall. Auction catalogue, circa 1996. Colourfully illustrated tan cover with black titling, black and white frontispiece, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, 146 pages. Lower spine end has a quarter-inch closed tear and is bumped, text block edges have some minor smudges, otherwise book is in great shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Postage Stamps of China
Postage Stamps of China

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Book Description: Sotheby's and Corinphila in Association, , 1999. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Anna-Lisa and Sven-Eric Beckeman collection. 1885 Small Dragons. 1894 Dowager Empress 60th Birthday. 1897 New Currency Surcharges. 1897 Red Revenues. Customs Mail Matter handstamps. Auction in Hong Kong May 13, 1999. Catalogue in Chinese and English. No pictures. Red soft cover, gilt titling and illsutration to front, unpaginated. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $14.00

Unitt's Bottle Book and Price Guide
Unitt's Bottle Book and Price Guide

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Unitt, Peter; Anne Worrell
Book Description: Clock House Publications, Petersborough, Ontario, 1986. Comb Binding. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Bottle collecting is an increasingly popular hobby. This book seeks to help understand the finer points of bottle collecting starting with an introduction into the methods of bottle making, the colour of glass etc. before going into the different types of bottles. Black and yellow card cover with comb binding, many black and white illustrations throughout, 239 pages. Minor shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $11.75

What You Need to Know About Your Gold & Silver
What You Need to Know About Your Gold & Silver

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Branson, Oscar T.
Book Description: Dominie Press Ltd., Agincourt, Ontario, 1981. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. How much gold or sliver is in your rings, bracelets, watchcases, coins and tableware? How to sell and how to buy? Thsese are the questions Branson answers in this practical guide about gold and silver. Card cover, black and white illustrations by Connie Ash and black and photographs by Oscar Branson, 53 pages. Some shelf wear to cover with a bit of creasing to top free corner of front cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
Price: $10.75



 
 

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