OLD PEWTER ITS MAKERS AND MARKS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELAND
Written by Howard Herschel Cotterell.
Stock no. 1329828
Published by Charles E. Tuttle Company. 1969. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Silver covers with blue titles. xvii + first list of subscribers + 432 pages. 6 large folding b/w plates. I. Short Historical Introduction; II. The History of Pewter-Marking as Toldin the Records; III. The Old Pewterers and Their Touchplates; Secondary Marks, Collectors' Difficuties, Pewterers' Tokens and Trade-Cards,Etc., Etc.; V. Illustrations of Examples of Pewter-War; VI. Alphabetical List of Pewterers, With Illustrations of Their Marks, Where Known; VII. Alphabetical List of Those Marks Which,with the Device, Bear Only the Initials of Their Owners' Name; VIII. Illustrations of Those Marks Which Must Be Designated as "Obscure," for Want of Any Indication as to Their Ownership; IX. Index to Devices in Marks Illustrated in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII; X. Index to Hall Marks in Chapters VI, VII, and VIII. Spine bumped. Light foxing to prelims. Light brown stain to inner margins of a couple of pages (198 & 199), else contents clean. Dustwrapper is price-cut and slightly worn to top and tail of spine.

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ADVERTISING ART OF STEIFF
Written by Dottie Ayers; Donna Harrison.
Stock no. 1329011
Published by Hobby House Press. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A compilation of antique Steiff advertisements. Large format. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Colour & b/w illustrations/photos. The text of the German advertisements has also been translated into English. ISBN: 087588363X. Foxing to endpapers, textblock and verso of wrapper.

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THE COINAGE OF ROMAN BRITAIN
Written by Gilbert Askew.
Stock no. 1828294
Published by B.A. Seaby Ltd.. 1st 1951. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

A history and catalogue of Roman coins that particularly refer to the campaigns fought in Britain, and of the coins that were struck here when the country was a Roman province. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations of coins. Narrow band of fading to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Beige dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners and a small chip to top of spine.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF KITCHEN ANTIQUES
Written by John Woodforde. Illustrated by Trevor Aldous.
Stock no. 1827943
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

Observer book No. 97. Laminate boards. Illustrating and describing of 230 household objects from the 17th century to the 20th century. ISBN: 0723216371. Spine lightly browned and red title to spine faded to pink. Lower corners lightly bumped. Edges of pastedowns are grubby. Text block and endpapers lightly browned. Contents clean.

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MECHANICAL TOYS: HOW OLD TOYS WORK
Written by Athelstan Spilhaus; Kathleen Spilhaus.
Stock no. 1827855
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1989. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A detailed and lavishly illustrated guide to the development of the mechanical toy of which the authors are owners of more than three thousand mechanical and antique toys. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0709038577. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine and has a small edge-tear (no loss) to top of spine, rear panel is lightly scuffed.

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YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN: THE ANTIQUES AND HISTORY OF CHILDCARE
Written by Sally Kevill-Davies.
Stock no. 1826740
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1998. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

An enthralling and vividly written account of the history of child-raising over the last four centuries, and the everyday objects which were used. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Colour frontis and colour pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 185149135X. Reprint. Light shelf wear to base of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE RICH DESIGNS OF CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Richard Green; Des Jones.
Stock no. 1826335
Published by Rich Designs. 1st 1995. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The best of the "Bizarre" years. Every single one of Clarice Cliff's finest designed illustrated in colour. Large format. ISBN: 0952635410. Top of spine bumped. Glue which binds the free front endpapers to the contents has dried out and therefore the endpapers are unstuck inside the front hinge. Otherwise, contents clean and bright. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel.

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THE POLICEMAN'S LOT
Written by Mervyn Mitton.
Stock no. 1325293
Published by Quiller Press. 1st 1985. Very good condition.

Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour and b/w photos of antique British police equipment including truncheons & tipstaves. ISBN: 0907621503. Spine and corners slightly bumped. A few spots to contents, some pages 'stuck' together by damp(?) but easily separated (although some very slight surface paper damage may occur). Price cut wrapper is slightly edge rubbed.

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THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO JAGUAR COLLECTIBLES
Written by Ian Cooling.
Stock no. 1824608
Published by Bay View Books. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

The extraordinary range of automobilia inspired by the Jaguar marque - everything except the full-size cars themselves. Square format. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. Colour illustrations. 192 pages. ISBN: 187097994X. Board corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has minor foxing to verso (not visible to outside).

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YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN: THE ANTIQUES AND HISTORY OF CHILDCARE
Written by Sally Kevill-Davies.
Stock no. 1824206
Published by Antique Collectors' Club. 1st 1991. Very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

An enthralling and vividly written account of the history of child-raising over the last four centuries, and the everyday objects which were used. Grey cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour & b/w photos throughout. Colour frontis and colour pictorial endpapers. ISBN: 185149135X. Text block a little grubby. Grubby mark to lower corner of pages 286 & 287 (facing pages). Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH COINS (CYANAMID WRAPPER)
Written by Howard W.A. Linecar.
Stock no. 2130417
Published by Frederick Warne. 1980. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Observer's book No. 69. B/w photographs and diagrams. In rare advertising wrapper. Laminate boards. Bumping to base of spine. Foxing to outer page edges.

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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TOYS
Written by Constance Eileen King.
Stock no. 1609297
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1978. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Large format. In addition to a general historical description of each category, the book includes alphabetical entries on the major manufacturers, and also advice for the collector as well as comments on care and cleaning. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0707917126. Corners bumped. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine, edge creased and torn.

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