Search Results: Collecting from Minotavros Books

New York: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Black cloth spine over yellow boards, illustration in blind on lower front cover, 136pp. Illustrated. Light soiling on upper front board, o/w near fine in d/w.

Chicago: WiDL Video Publications. First Ediition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. ©1983. [275 p.p.] unpaginated. Contains a "Key-Word Index", and a list of resources, products and programs available for Atari. Light wear and rubbing to extremities. In very good condition. Scarce.

Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2000. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to. SIGNED and dated to title page by David G. Smith. Revised & Expanded 2nd Edition, with price guide. Photography by David G. Smith. Blue stiff card wraps, sewn and glued binding. 320 p.p. Fully illustrated, some photos in colour. Light damp staining to foot of front cover and title page. Bumping to corners. Slight darkening to spine. Light soiling to fore edge. Laid-in order form and bookmark.

London: Fredick Muller Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Red paper boards. xi, 100 ff. One hundred colour plates with description. Light bruising to corners. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped to extremities, spine sunned, some spots of delamination to rear cover.

Toronto: Stoddart, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Full burgundy paper. 403 pp. Over 700 colour and B&W photographs throughout. Fine condition. This outstanding book is certain to be the essential reference work on Canadian country furniture for decades to come. Folk-art authority Michael Bird's painstakingly researched - but lively - text provides a fresh, well-balanced view of popular furniture forms and regional styles from the Atlantic provinces, Quebec, Ontario, and the Western provinces.

New York: William Morrow, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. First edition stated. Quarter navy paper and tan paper boards. VIII, 245 pp. [16 pp.] B&W photos. Light bumps to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket has a few bumps to extremities, fine overall. Only a few dozen T206 Wagners are known to still exist, having been released in limited numbers just after the turn of the twentieth century. Most, with their creases and stains, look like they've been around for nearly one hundred years. But one--The Card--appears to have defied the travails of time. Its sharp corners and still-crisp portrait make it the single-most famous--and most desired--baseball card on the planet, valued today at more than two million dollars. It has transformed a simple hobby into a billion-dollar industry that is at times as lawless as the Wild West. Everything about The Card, which has made men wealthy as well as poisoned lifelong relationships, is fraught with controversy--from its uncertain origins to the… Read More

Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover.143 pp. Creasing to covers, some bumping to top edge, a few spots of wear to extremities.

London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Red cloth, 140pp. Illustrated. Gift inscription on ff/ endpaper. About fine in d/w. Jacket a bit worn with small tears at corners and jacket spine. A history of the musical box, what to look for when buying and restoring.

Blackwell, Avon: Geoff White Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 142 pp. B&W illustration in text. Covers rubbed, front cover slightly curled.

London: B.A. Seaby Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. tan cloth. 192 pp. [15] pp. B&W plates. Spine tilted and shaken, bruise to fore edge of rear board, slight warping to foot of front board. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Dust jacket is lightly soiled, bumped to extremities, a few short open tears.

London: Mettoy Playcraft (Sales) Ltd, 1968. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6" x 4.5" 46 p.p. + 2 leaf order form. Paper wraps, staple-bound. Vintage catalogue of model cars. Includes collectible toy versions of the Batmobile, James Bond's getaway cars, the Beatles' Yellow Submarine, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Green Hornet, selections of British, American, French, and racing cars, and more. Light chafing and creasing to wraps, else a fine copy.

London: William Collins, 1944. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Pictorial paper boards, matching dust jacket. 48 p.p., [4] double-sided colour plates + B&W photos in-text. Edge wear to boards. Discolouration to dust jacket. Wear and a few short tears to extremities.

New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth, 155pp. Illustrated. Fine in d/w, a small white scratch to lower front jacket.

London: Methuen & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 4th edition, enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. xvi, 196 pp. [46] B&W plates. Spine faded, some damp staining to cloth, bowing to boards. Offsetting to endpapers.

New York: Abrams, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. 367 p.p. White paper board, titling to spine. Very minimal wear or bumping to boards and dust jacket. Colour photography throughout. Text is clean and unmarked. In "In Flagrante Collecto," Marilynn Gelfman Karp explores and catalogues our impulse to collect the incidental miscellanea of the past.

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vanschnydel, Jan. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to ffep. Full green cloth. viii, 267 pp. Acid migration from tape to rfep. Dust jacket is sunned, generally rubbed, chipped to spine head and top front corner. An invaluable guide to almost every conceivable antique or art object that might be found in a Canadian attic.

London and Philadelphia: Kogan Page, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. xxiii, [9], 360 pp. [16] pp. colour plates of photos. Fine.

Hollywood, California: W.M. Hawley, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover, staple bound. 20 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers moderately soiled and foxed. Embossed ex libris stamp to front cover.

Ann Arbor, MI: Antique/Classic Bicycle News, 1987. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Original illustrated card wraps, sewn and glued binding. 98 p.p. Sticker ghost to rear, some bubbling to front joint, a few bumps to covers.

Charlotte, North Carolina: The Ceramic Circle of Charlotte and the Delhom Gallery Institute, 1971. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo. Yellow card wraps, staple binding. 52 p.p. B&W photos. Sunning to spine, some chafing to covers. Embossed ex libris stamp to title page and ink inscription to head.