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An Inventory Of the Historical Monuments In the City Of Cambridge
by Monuments, Royal Commission On Historical
CORPUS VASORUM ANTIQUORUM. CANADA FASCICULE I: ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM TORONTO
by Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1981. Large 4to, text and plates housed in the original cloth-backed printed folder. 42 plates with text. Fine. Attic black figure and related wares. By J.W. Hayes.
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SGD 95.04
In the Time of the Pharaohs; With 16 plates and a map
by Moret, Alexandre
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1911. First US ed. Hardcover. Exterior mildly worn; else tight, clean and very good.. xi, 310 pages xvi, plates (including frontispiece) folded map 22 cm; bibliographical references and index. Nice b&w plates. / Contents: The Restoration of the Egyptian temples.--Pharaonic Diplomacy.--Egypt Before the pyramids.--Around the Pyramids.--"the Book of the Dead."--Magic in Ancient Egypt. "Alexandre Moret (1868-1938) was a prominent French Egyptologist and a professor...
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SGD 37.19
Antique Toy World, Vol. 8, No.7, August 1978
by Dale Kelley, Editor
Chicago: Antique Toy World, 1978. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps.. 8 1/2" x 11" staple-bound in white wrappers. 28 pp. With features, ads and black and white photos.
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SGD 68.87
The Green Vaults of Dresden. Illustrations of the Choicest Works in that Museum of Art
by Gruner, Lewis [ed.]
London: Virtue and Company Ltd, 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. A very good copy in original maroon cloth with bevelled edges. Gilt title to front board, some minor wear to edges. aeg. Re-spined with original cloth with gilt title laid on. A substantial volume, mounted lithographic frontispiece portrait of Melchior Dinglinger; 3 pages introductory text, 24 full-page mounted chromolithographs and 4 mounted copper-engraved plates, accompanying text...
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SGD 122.79
ANCIENT WEAPONS IN BRITAIN
by Thompson, Logan
South Yorkshire: Pen & Sword Books, 2004. 8vo, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece, 176 pages; illustrated. Fine.
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SGD 79.89
THE HOLMES EXPEDITIONS TO LURISTAN. TEXT AND PLATE VOLUMES
by Schmidt, Erich F., Maurits N. van Loon, and Hans H. Curvers
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1989. Two volumes. Large 4to, original matching red cloth, gilt; jacket. Frontispiece, xv, (1) pages; 594 + xiv pages; 265 plates. The University of Chicago Oriental Institute Publications, Volume 108.
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SGD 143.25
Possessione: Trafugamenti e Falsi di Antichità a Paestum
by Zuchtriegel, Gabriel
Napoli: Arte'm, 2016. Softcover. VG. Black glossy softcover with photograph and white and yellow lettering. 148 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at Museo Archeologico di Paestum from July 2- December 31, 2016. Texts in Italian, with the exception of one in English.
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SGD 89.53
Sale Number 4035; Fine Modern First Editions with Important Autograph Letters & Manuscripts of Ernest Hemingway; part two; New York
by Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc
New York: Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc, 1977. Softcover. Fine in beige printed wraps with neat bookstore sticker on the front cover.. Square 8vo. Morning Session Tuesday, October 25, 1977. TheÊ Collection of Jonathan Goodwin, part two.
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SGD 68.87
Sir Edward Radclyffe of Dilston.
by Raine, James
Newcastle-on-Tyne: Society of Antiquaries, 1857.. 8vo. 24 pp. Reprint from Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries, New Series, Part III. Good, with traces of a missing colored paper cover.
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SGD 48.21
Tutankhamun: The Untold Story
by Thomas Hoving
Simon & Schuster: New York, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket which has a chip on the front panel and some light edgewear.. 8vo. 384 pp. Illustrated with 44 glossy black and white and 22 glossy color photos. Includes Sources, Index, front and rear map endpapers,
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SGD 48.21
Vitraux de France aux Douzième et Treizième Siècles. (Stained glass windows in French churches in the 13th and 14th centuries). (Bourges, Saint-Denis, Chartres, et al.)
by Verrier, Jean
Paris, Histoire des arts plastiques (Imprimé par Mourlot), 1949.. Small folio. 10 color lithograph plates printed by Mourlot frères. Original wrapper detached with loss on part of front cover (blank area). In-folio en feuilles sous couverture décorée rempliée, formé de 18 pages d'introduction et de 10 planches en couleurs d'une très belle exécution avec plan du vitrail au dos de chaque planche.
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SGD 130.85
Tubes et Boutons Cruciformes Trouves en Eurasie
by Janse, Olov
Stockholm: Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities / H.W. Tullberg, 1932. Offprint. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy.. 23 pp. [187-209 pp.] + plates [15 pp.]. Illus. with 5 b/w plates and 12 figures. Sm. 4to. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 4, Stockholm 1932. Over 60 objects illustrated.
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SGD 34.44
Autograph letter signed to Sir Sidney Smith, with enclosed ms. description of an old Egyptian plaque in another hand
by Bottin, Sebastien
Paris, 1821. Bottin, Sébastien (1764-1853). (1) Autograph letter signed to Admiral Sir [William] Sidney Smith (1764-1840). Paris, July 31, 1821. 1 page plus integral blank, on stationery of the Société Royale des Antiquaires de France. 317 x 219 mm. (2) Description d'une plaque d'or portant une inscription en lange et caractères grecs, du tems du troisième des Ptolemés . . . Manuscript in an unidentified hand, possibly that of Smith. N.p., n.d. [1821]. 2-1/2pp. 309 x 202 mm. Minor marginal fraying...
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SGD 1,721.75
ISLAMIC GLASS IN THE CORNING MUSEUM OF GLASS. VOLUME ONE
by Whitehouse, David
Corning: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2010. Large 4to, original black cloth, gilt; jacket. 430 pages; illustrated in color throughout. Fine.
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SGD 55.10
Animalier and Other 19th Century Bronzes From the Collection of the Late Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, Public Auction, Friday February 20, 1976 at 2.00 P.M., New York
by Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc
New York: Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc, 1975. Softcover. Fine in glossy color pictorial wraps. Square 8vo. 221 lots. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos throughout.
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SGD 61.98
Fine French and Continental Furniture, Decorations, Clocks, Rugs and Carpets; Public Auction Friday April 18 and Saturday April 19, 1975 at 2.00 P.M., New York
by Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc
New York: Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc, 1975. Softcover. Fine in black and white glossy pictorial wraps.. Square 8vo. 336 lots. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos throughout.
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SGD 41.32
A CATALOGUE OF THE GREEK VASES IN THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY TORONTO. VOLUMES I (TEXT AND DRAWINGS) & II (PLATES)
by Robinson, David M., and Cornelia G. Harcum
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1930. Two volumes. 8vo, original matching maroon cloth, gilt, decorated in blind. viii, 288 pages; text illustrations; 108 plates. Covers somewhat sunned and a bit worn; previous owners' bookplates, stamps and signatures on pastedowns; slight water damage to endpapers and covers; interiors near fine; generally very good overall.
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SGD 126.72
MINOAN AND GREEK CIVILIZATION FROM THE MITSOTAKIS COLLECTION
by N.P. Goulandris Foundation
Athens: Museum of Cycladic Art, 1992. 4to, original brown blind-stamped cloth, gilt; jacket. 328, (6) pages; illustrated in color throughout. Small tear to jacket; else fine.
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SGD 103.30
Early Science and Technology from The Library of The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia; Wednesday November 2, 1977 at 2.00 P.M., New York
by Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc
New York: Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Inc, 1977. Softcover. Fine in blue pictorial wraps. Square 8vo. 245 lots. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos throughout.
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SGD 103.30
Sotheby's Selected Meissen & Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, New York, 24 October 2019
by Sotheby's
New York: Sotheby's, 2019. Softcover. Fine in black matte wraps.. 4to. In black heavy card stock wrappers. 196 pp. 200 lots. Color Illustrations throughout. Important collection.
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SGD 103.30
English Furniture From Gothic to Sheraton
by Herbert Cescinsky
Grand Rapids: Dean Hicks, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Definitive resource for early English furniture. Over 900 illustrations of examples from the 15th to the 19th centuries.
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SGD 103.30
CORPUS VASORUM ANTIQUORUM. UNITED STATES FASCICULE XVIII: LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART FASCICULE I.
by Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977. Large 4to, text and plates housed in the original cloth-backed printed folder. Consecutive plates 841-892 with text. Fine. Corinthian, Attic red- and black-figured, and South Italian vases. By Pamela M. Packard and Paul A. Clement.
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SGD 95.04
Antique Toy World, Vol. 8, No.9, October 1978
by Dale Kelley, Editor
Chicago: Antique Toy World, 1978. Softcover. Near Fine in wraps.. 8 1/2" x 11" staple-bound in white wrappers. 32 pp. With features, ads and black and white photos.
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SGD 68.87
Fine Points of Furniture: Early American
by Albert Sack; Foreword by Israel Sack; Introduction by John Meredith Graham II
New York: Crown, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good minus dust jacket. 8vo., 303 pp. Third printing. A thorough analysis of the various elements of design, decoration, craftsmanship, construction, and finish of early [18th and early 19th century] American furniture. More than 100 types are discussed and 675 examples are illustrated, including some of the most notable pieces. With 800 black and white photos and illustrations. A valuable reference resource by the dean of 18th century American...
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SGD 68.87
The Future of the Past
by Stille, Alexander
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. .Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy xxi, 339 pages. The author tours the past as it exists today and weighs its prospects for tomorrow, from China to Somalia to Washington D.C. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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SGD 22.49
