Antiques / Collectibles from Bygone Books

Guildford, Surrey, UK: Lutterworth Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Antique Pocket Guides. Guildford, Surrey: Lutterworth Press, 1983. 1st ed, 16mo, stiff wrappers, 64 pages, b/w illustrations throughout (110 to be exact), listing of silversmiths known to have made card cases, index. Condition is NEAR FINE with just an old price sticker on rear cover.… Read more about this item

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK: Baros Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no additional printings noted). 8vo, blue boards, 149 pages, b/w photographs throughout, bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: small stain to top page edge, otherwise looks unread. The author discusses the history and development of visiting cards and their… Read more about this item

Des Moines, IA: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, 1971. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st edition (no additional printings), 8vo, spiral-bound stiff illustrated wraps, unpaginated, includes 24 plates on the recto with illustrations of china with description on the verso page opposite. Condition is VERY GOOD+ with slight edgewear to covers and a blue marker spot on bottom… Read more about this item

Southampton, NY: Cracker Barrel Press, 1970. Reprint Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Undated reprint, circa 1970s, of the original edition published for the Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut Committee on Historical Publications (Yale University Press, 1933). 8vo, stapled wraps, [16] Pages, b/w photographs of chairs. Condition: VERY GOOD, with some toning to edges of front… Read more about this item

Old Sturbridge Village, MA: Old Sturbridge Village / Meriden Gravure Company, 1955. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. No additional printings or editions noted, 8vo, stapled pamphlet wraps, 32 pages, blue and white illustrations. Condition: NEAR FINE: no visible wear. The fascinating story of young America as found in old blue Staffordshire.

Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1973. First Edition . Hardcover. LIKE NEW/VG+. 1st edition [stated], INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR [PAT KANE] on the half-title page; foreword by Charles F. Montgomery; introduction by Derek de Solla Proce. 4to, red cloth with black titles, 207 pages, glossary, annotated bibliography. NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: … Read more about this item

Scotia, NY: Americana Review, [no date]. Soft cover. VG. The first issue of the journal of Americana..they were not dated, only numbered. 8vo, stapled wraps, [20] pages (not including covers.) Condition is VERY GOOD : lt. discoloring to the blue/green paper covers, sm. chip at fore edge bottom corner, sl. yellowing to page edges.… Read more about this item