144 pages plus adverts at back. Contents include: On Making Hair-Springs; On Fitting Hair-Springs; The Adjustment to Positions; The Adjustment to Isochronism; Regulating, or Rating; The Adjustment for Heat and Cold. Hinges intact. Above-average but not excessive wear. Silver lettering on backstrip still legible. Small chips from each end of backstrip. Blind-stamped boards. Unmarked.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; A Practical Treatise on the Balance Spring, Including Making, Fitting, Adjusting to Isochronism and Positions, and Rating; Also The Adjustment for Heat and Cold *FIRST EDITION* Cloc... View More...
L, 224 glossy pages. Marvelously illustrated in color and black and white. Many wonderful vintage ads. Chapters include: Introduction, Chronology of Wurlitzer Jukeboxes 1934-74 and early history of Wurlitzer; Photos and other Data on Wurlitzer Jukeboxes, Remote Equipment and Related Information 1934-74; Miscellaneous Photos and Other Items; Jukeboxes by Wurlitzer GmbH of West Germany; Deutsche Wurlitzer GmbH Jukebox Model Listing 1975-1984 and the "One More Time" 1015 of 1987-88. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy of this wonderfully nostalgic reference. View More...
31 pages Features: Tourists on Porcelain - Minton China dessert service depicting sketches from "Northwest Passage by Land" specially made for Viscount Milton; Canadian Autographs - Collecting Canadian historical autographs; Collecting Clocks - Narrowing the category of the collection; Caddy Spoons - Collecting caddy spoons (used to transfer the expensive tea from the caddy to the tea pot; Black Creek Pioneer Village - Village on the outskirts of Toronto that contains 18 buildings restored to tell the story of rural Ontario from 1793 to 1867; MacCallum Porcelain Collection: A Teaching Co... View More...
31 pages Features: Beausejour's Glass Works - History of the Manitoba Glass Mfg. Co. Ltd. at Beausejour, Manitoba; Beauty in Ontario's Pioneer Coverlets; There's Something Heart-warming About a Log Cabin; Those Puzzles in Porcelain - Eighteenth Century English porcelain dishes; Dutch Mirror of History - A journey down Amsterdam's Mirror Street (Spiegelstraat); and Sheraton Chairs - A Brief Look at (Thomas) Sheraton, the Supreme Chair-Man. Minimal wear. Small mailing label top left back cover. Minor soiling on back cover. Front cover and contents clean and unmarked. A sound copy. View More...
31 pages Features: Parian Statuettes - Brief history of Parian Statuettes of the 19th Century and the Canadian makers; Maisons du Quebec - Quebec architecture of the late 18th Century; The Burlington Glass Site Part - Burlington Glass Co. in Hamilton, Ontario (circa 1874 - 1910) and articles unearthed at the old site 1967; Scottish Silverware - History of Scottish silverware between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries; Unusual Exhibits in a Handmade Country - A look at a few of the 400 museums and art galleries in the Netherlands; Dried Bouquets for you Antiques - The art of drying f... View More...
31 pages Features: A Seat Below the Salt - Brief history of silver plate of the 1600's as owned by the aristocracy; Rockingham Teawares - Rockingham China Works of Swinton in Yorkshire - history and identifying attributes; Lithographs - The process and history of lithography; The Burlington Glass Site Part 3 - Brief history of Burlington Glass Co. in Hamilton, Ontario (circa 1874 - 1910) and articles unearthed at the old site 1967; Theorem Painting - Process of Theorem painting - designs painted on white cotton velvet; and Early Canadian Furniture. Minimal wear along spine. Small mailin... View More...
31 pages Features: Furniture of Upper Canada; Furniture of French Canada - History of fine furniture in French Canada; Tibetan Jewelry; From Modesty to Mod - Article on the Royal Ontario Museum's Centennial exhibition on Canadian clothing from 1780 to present (1967); The Fascination of Misericords - Background of Misericords (ornate wooden carvings); and How to Become a Collector Without Knowing It. Minimal wear. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. View More...
31 pages Features: Confederation Silversmiths - Brief history of Canadian silversmiths of the Confederation period (1867 - 1871); 300 Years of Canadian Art - A look at an exhibition of Canadian art at the Art Gallery of Ontario from the early French colonial period to 1966; Eskimo Art - A Collector's Viewpoint; Animal Menagerie of the 1700's - Brief look pottery and porcelain animals from 18th century England; A Short History of Antique Miniature Furniture; An Outline of English Period Furniture - Identifying the various periods, their dates, and the wood used; and Contemporary French T... View More...
31 pages Features: English Chair Styles 1660 - 1860; Royal Worcester Flower Making - History of flowers made in bone china (1751 - 1955), Royal Worcester porcelain; The Pre-Columbian Artifacts of Mexico - History, location and museums; J.S. McLean: A Tribute to the Modest Collector; and Silver Cream Jugs - History (1650 - 1780) and examples from the Mrs. William Bennett Munro collection. Small mailing label bottom right front cover. Moderate wear to front cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. View More...
16 pages. Features: White House Wit - from many Presidents; New Haven's Shubert Theater hosts three deer to spruce up musical comedy "The Yearling"; World's Most Expensive Doll House! - it has been insured for $2.5 million and is now owned by Queen Elizabeth - full-page color photo plus five black and white photos; Zipcode USA - teen Q&A - with photo of the Lovin' Spoonful and Dame Margot Fonteyn; The Girl in the Yellow Suit (fiction); Home From School - recipes. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality vintage copy. View More...
78 pages. Catalogue for an exhibition of Dene material selected from the collections from the National Museums Scotland. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated with colour photography. Text in English and a native language. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. View More...
60 pages. Topics include: 23 page report on the latest in Canadian Homes' frequent reports for antique lovers, with content from Herbert Schwartz, Robert Collins and George Hancocks. Great contemporary advertisements. Above-average wear. Several tape reinforcements. Unmarked. Minor water staining to some pages. View More...
80 pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Illustrated with colour photography. Very informative with sections devoted to: Pin Glossary; Pin Photography; Pin Description; and much more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A sound working copy of this interesting guide. View More...
These three issues remind us of tools and devices (now antiques) used by homemakers and families of long ago such as: Smoothing Stones, Hat Irons, Sad Irons, Goffering Irons, Fluter Irons, Box Irons, Gas Irons, Phonographs, Radios, and Cameras, not to mention live bands!. Total of 36 pages. Illustrated in black and white. Clean and unmarked with light wear. ; 4to View More...
Features: Motoring in Miniature - using models to preserve automotive history; Hershey Fall Meet; Glidden Tour; Recounting a 1924 Cross Country Tour in a Model T; Cover Model T 1910 Ford Touring; National Fall Meet - Central Division; Early Glidden Tourist Eddie Richard Guest at AACA's Hershey National Meet; 1927 Martin Aerodynamic Auto Takes AACA Glidden Tour; A 1910 Thomas; H.H. Franklin's 1910 Air-Cooled Torpedo; Mister Brass - Tommy Protsman of Atlanta, Georgia; How to make your own chain sprockets; The Stainless Steel Fords; AACA Movies; How to Photograph Antique Cars; 1931 6 Cylinder CM ... View More...
169 pages. Auction results sheet laid in. Gorgeous photography throughout, primarily in colour. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. View More...
Build the 1904 Model 'C' Ford from this uniquely designed paper cut-out model kit. Clean and unmarked with light wear. All pages present and untouched. Excellent copy. View More...
56 pages. All stamps included. Beautifully presented. Prior owner's business card taped inside front board. Gift greetings upon title page else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy in black slipcase. View More...
101 pages plus index. Text in French. Average wear. Unmarked. Front cover was folded in half and is now supported by 3 pieces of clear tape on verso. View More...
