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Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

by Christopher, Milbourne

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New York: The Christopher Collection (1956).. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paper covers. 44 pp. Illustrated. Light soiling to covers. Contents clean and tight. "lllustrated with rare engravings, prints, playbills, lithographs and photographs from the author's collection." Scarce.
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Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by...

Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by Sirelius, U.T

by Sirelius, U.T

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P.A. Norstedt & Soners. Stockholm, 1925. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Ex-Museum Library, front hinge splitting, tape repaired to margins of cover, blindstamped several pages, still internally good. * rm
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Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Volume 43
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Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Volume 43

by Euwe, Machglielis (Max) (1901-1981) [editor]

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viii+342 pages with diagrams, illustrations, tables, photographs and index. Royal octavo (9 3/4" x 6 1/2") rebound in half leather with stiff boards and lable to front cover. Volume 43. (Bibliotheca van der Linde-Niemeijeriana: 6203). 1st edition.This is the periodical for the Dutch Chess Federation and through the end of World War II the organ for the Dutch Chess Problem Society. This publication, started in 1893, is the longest continuing chess magazine in The Netherlands. The name was changed in August 1943 to Mededeelingenblad van den Nederlandschen schaakbond through August 1944, when it recaptured it old name.Condition:Edge wear, some age toning, corners bumped and rubbed, half title trimmed leaving offset darkening to title else about a very good set.
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Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

by Countess of Wilton

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hardback. good/fair. Please see photos for the best description of the condition.
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200 Patterns for Multiple Harness Looms
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200 Patterns for Multiple Harness Looms

by Groff, Russell E.

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First Printing
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McMinnville: Robin & Russ, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing. small 8vo.. black titles to white cloth covers, spine title weak. gift inscription and owner's blindstamp to ffep, owner's bookplate inside cover. light soil to edges of last pages. 200pp+ads..
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and...
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West, 1792-1910

by Goldblatt, Robert

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U.S.A.: Cape Town, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. small 4to. light dustjacket rubs. 1984 edition. signature to 2nd free endpaper. [ref. ASt.015].
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The United States Commemorative Stamps of the Twentieth Century 1935-1947, Volume II
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The United States Commemorative Stamps of the Twentieth Century 1935-1947, Volume II

by Johl, Max G.

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New York: H.L. Lindquist, 1947. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. small 4to. dustjacket age-toned and with light edgewear. SIGNED by author to half-title. 382pp w/index..
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The Tang of Height.
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The Tang of Height.

by [Women's Studio Workshop] Phyllida Bluemel.

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Edition of 49
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Hoover, Alabama
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Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop,, 2016.. Edition of 49. 8 x 7.75"; 80 pages. Screen-printed illustrations on newsprint, brown paper, and Seawhite sugar paper. Digitally printed text in 10 point Sans and Adobe Garamond Pro on Mohawk superfine paper. Coptic bound, with a wraparound board cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. WSW: "The Tang of Height was inspired by Phyllida's discovery of recurring appearance of box kites in the biographies of nineteenth-century scholars. Taking that shape as a metaphor for philosophical method and 20th-century thinking, the artist ties together the lives of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alexander Graham Bell, and Nan Shepherd through archival fragments - images and ideas that resonate. These details connect across disciplines, flickering between the abstract and the particular; the philosophical and the personal - a poetry of facts. The screen-printed illustrations, as inserts, float freely of the text and reveal non-linguistic connections… Read More
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Crusader Bicycles advertising booklet.
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Crusader Bicycles advertising booklet.

by Mead Cycle Company

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Moray, United Kingdom
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Chicago: the Hollister Press for the Mead Cycle Company, [early 20th-century]. 12 page advertising booklet, stapled self-wraps. Colour and two-tone chromolithographs. 2 horizontal creases from folding, some spotting and dulling to the cover. Very good condition. An attractive, early 20th-century advertising booklet for Crusader Bicycles by the Mead Cycle Company of Chicago. It includes two wonderful chromolithographs, including a double page spread depicting the Advance Model Crusader de Luxe for $19.85 and the Crusader Coaster-Brake Special for $17.80. The upper cover advertises their policies, including free shipping, a free 30 day trial, and five year guarantee, and there are also ads for a variety of accessories. "What more do you want in a wheel? What greater assurance could you ask in buying a bicycle? We are putting our priceless reputation behind these two latest Crusader Models and behind the unqualified statement that when you buy one you are making the best bicycle selection and the wisest… Read More
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Letters Upon the Art of Miniature Painting.
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Letters Upon the Art of Miniature Painting.

by Mansion, [Andre Leon Larue]

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London & Paris: R. Ackerman; L. Janet, 1822. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. Original pink boards, printed paper label to spine. Frontispiece and hand-coloured folding plate. Near-contemporary ownership inscription dated 1842. Boards rubbed and tanned at the edges with some small marks and spots, spine browned, ends of spine worn and chipped, corners bumped and worn, a few lights spots to early and late leaves, otherwise contents fresh. A very good copy. First edition of this guide to miniature painting designed for the education of young ladies. The author, Andre Leon Larue was born in 1785 and known professionally as Mansion. The son of a portrait painter, he worked as a miniaturist and also achieved remarkable results as a tinter of photographs during the 1840s and 50s. This was his first book on painting; the second was The Principles and Practice of Harmonious Colouring in Oil, Water, and Photographic Colours on Paper, Glass and Silver Plate. The present volume was… Read More
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Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley.
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Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley.

by Ridley, Elizabeth.

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1941. Hardcover. Good. Oblong Quarto. Second World War photo album compiled by American Red Cross worker Elizabeth Ridley, with three wartime Naval yearbooks & souvenir books owned by her sister Christine, a naval air mechanic in the WAVES programme. Oblong folio (340 x 260 mm). 1941-45. Contemporary dark blue skiver elaborately embossed in grey with military motifs including an American Eagle, planes, tank, battleship, artillery, and blimp. Bound with black nylon ties that may not be original. 80 black paper pages containing 219 photographs attached with photo corners. The photos range in size, with the majority measuring 90 x 60 mm, and the largest 255 x 200 mm. A few items, including some photos, a small colour Kodachrome, several negatives, and an unused Anchor Line trunk label are loosely inserted. Elizabeth has written her name and address on the front free endpaper and annotated many of the photos with white ink. The naval books owned by Christine Ridley include We Keep 'Em Flying: A Visit… Read More
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Fancy Work for Pleasure and Profit
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Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, IL.1905. Condition: Very Good+ No dust jacket. 496 pp. Text slight yellowing typical of age. Text block has brown tinted top edge and marbled fore edge. Illustrated throughout with over 350 woodcut illustrations and numerous color plates, including frontispiece. Second printing of this scarce and comprehensive work on embroidery, crochet, knitting, needlework, beading, and much more for women and homemaking. Published during the Victorian era, this book served as a guide in providing new, beautiful and inexpensive items for the home. Book was first published in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and was dedicated to Mrs. Potter Palmer, its President Board of Lady Managers. Remarkable condition for its age.
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Manuels-Roret. Nouveau manuel pour le Naturaliste Préparatoire.
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Manuels-Roret. Nouveau manuel pour le Naturaliste Préparatoire.: l'art d'empailler les animaux, de conserve les vegetaux et les mineraux, de preparer les pieces d'anatomie normale et pathologique; suivud un tratie des embaumens.

by BOITARD, M.

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Paris:: à la librairie encyclopédique de Roret, 1839. Nouvelle édition. A manual for preparing animals and birds for taxidermy and on preserving plants and minerals. Recent binding with burgundy quarter leather spine and gilt titles. Recent marbled boards. Four large folding plates to the rear. The original soft cover is bound in. The exterior is immaculate, inside there is a little foxing, and the oversized plates have a little edge wear to them. Overall an attractive and well preserved copy. 592 pages + 4 plates. 150 x 100 mm (6 x 4 inches). Nouvelle édition. Un manuel pour préparer les animaux et les oiseaux à la taxidermie et sur la préservation des plantes et des minéraux. Reliure récente avec dos en quartier cuir bordeaux et titres dorés. Plats marbrés récents. Quatre grandes plaques rabattables à l'arrière. La couverture souple d'origine est reliée. L'extérieur est impeccable, à l'intérieur il y a un peu de rousseurs, et les plaques surdimensionnées ont un peu d'usure sur… Read More
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Draping for Apparel Design
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Draping for Apparel Design

by Joseph-Armstrong, Helen

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Second Edition
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Longmont, Colorado
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Fairchild Publications, 2008. Hardcover. Used - very good condition. Book is clean with mild shelf wear. Light bumping at corners, ends of spine, and top of front cover. Pen marks on inside of front cover, possibly a former owner's name scribbled out. White draping tape stuck in the margin of p 15. Red pen markings on p 55. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
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How to Build a Soap Box Racer: Blueprints, Construction Details, Helps and Hints
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How to Build a Soap Box Racer: Blueprints, Construction Details, Helps and Hints

by Bobby Ballard

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Whitman Publishing Co. , 1938. Softcover. Good. 0x0x0. Collectible first edition, first printing of 1937 All-American Soap Box Derby and International champion Bobby Ballard's How to Build a Soap Box Racer: Blueprints, Construction Details, Helps and Hints. Published near the dawn of the soap box derby era, Ballard's how-to includes detailed instructions for building the Ballard car, blueprints and numerous photos of the then 12-year-old Ballard. Also includes an 11" x 8 1/2" sheet of additional instructions (presumably issued with the booklet) and a 1938 red, white and blue 8" x 5 1/2" Soap Box Derby entrant badge - Class A - with a Chevrolet logo along bottom edge. Topics include Tools and Materials, The Frame of the Car, The Axles, The Sections of the Body, The Brake, Assembling and Placing the Sections, Steering Gear and Covering the Body of the Car. Ballard was later a long-time inventor - among his accomplishments were the automobile rain switch and heated seat - he… Read More
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