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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF GLASS
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1331367
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1976.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Observers Series No. 62. 95 half-tone illustrations and 8 colour plates. Small format. Dark blue boards. ISBN: 0723215499. Minimal bumping to spine and minimal dents to lower cover edges. A couple of corner tips creased. Pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is just lightly browned and edge creased.
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- OBSERVERS
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
- GLASS
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1331356
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1977.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Observer book 51. Small format. Blue boards, blue titles. Illustrated in line and half-tone with eight pages of colour plates. ISBN: 0723215189. Endpapers are very lightly (and only partly) browned. Else contents are fine. Dustwrapper is price-cut by publisher (with 'new' price label above) and is lightly browned.
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF COINS
Written by Howard W.A. Linecar.
Stock no. 1331345
Published by Frederick Warne.
1st
1977.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Observer's book No. 69. Later to be renamed, Observer's book of British Coins. With b/w photographs and digrams. Small format. Blue boards. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. A few marks to prelims and also on page 11. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and browned.
- Categorised in:
- OBSERVERS
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
- COINS
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF FURNITURE
Written by John Woodforde.
Illustrated by Roy Spencer.
Stock no. 1831431
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1980.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Observer book no. 35. Revised edition. Describing furniture from Tudor to Victorian times with 195 line illustrations. Laminate boards. ISBN: 0723200777. Third reprint. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine lightly sunned/faded to peach. Previous owner's gold label to front pastedown. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- OBSERVERS
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
- FURNITURE
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF SILVER
Written by Elizabeth De Castres.
Stock no. 1831430
Published by Frederick Warne.
1st
1980.
Very good condition.
Observers series no. 88. Laminate boards. With 96 b/w photographs and 18 line drawings. ISBN: 0723216134. Boards lightly browned, red title to spine very slightly sunned. Publisher's price-label to rear board. Small foxspots to top edge of text block and a couple of marks to lower edge and vertical edge. Some page edge browning. Overall a nice copy.
- Categorised in:
- OBSERVERS
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
- SILVER
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POSTAGE STAMPS
Written by Anthony S.B. New.
Stock no. 1831388
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1967.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Observer book No. 42. With 16 plates in full colour and 402 b/w illustrations. Book affected by damp to top horizontal edges of boards with damp staining to top margins of contents. Otherwise contents are clean. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded, rubbed at edgtes, damp stained at top and scuffed/grubby to rear panel.
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- OBSERVERS
- COLLECTING
- STAMPS AND STAMPCOLLECTING
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF KITCHEN ANTIQUES
Written by John Woodforde.
Illustrated by Trevor Aldous.
Stock no. 1831378
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1982.
Slightly better than 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. Boards clean, spine very slightly browned with very slight sunning of red title. Publisher's price sticker to rear board. Pale browning to endpapers else contents clean.
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- OBSERVERS
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY AND PORCELAIN
Written by Mary Payton; Geoffrey Payton.
Stock no. 1831346
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1973.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Observer book 51. Small format. Blue boards, blue titles. Illustrated in line and half-tone with eight pages of colour plates. ISBN: 0723215189. Light vertical reading wear crease to spine. Boards clean. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned (as is usual) and red title to spine has faded to orange (again, a common problem).
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF VICTORIANA
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd.
Stock no. 1831108
Published by Frederick Warne (Publishers) Ltd..
1st
1981.
Very good condition.
Observer Series No. 90. Laminate boards. 13 colour and 87 b/w photographs. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0723216207. Boars are ligthly browned. Red title to spine is sunned and therefore faded to a pale orange. Text block slightly grubby. Contents clean.
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- OBSERVERS
- VICTORIAN
- ANTIQUES
- COLLECTING
SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES FITZWILLIAM MUSEUM CAMBRIDGE PART I: ANCIENT BRITISH AND ANGLO-SAXON COINS
Written by Philip Grierson.
Stock no. 1830882
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1958.
Very good condition.
The first fascicule of the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles contains the Ancient British and Anglo-Saxon coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, numbering 216-777 respectively. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w plates. xix and 70 pages inlcuding index. Boards lightly scuffed, very light fading to spine. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ANGLO-SAXON
- COINS
- COLLECTING
- ANTIQUES
ROCKING HORSES
Written by Emma Marsden; Tony Stevenson.
Stock no. 1830849
Published by Courage Books.
1st
1993.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Collector's Guide to Identifying, Buying and Enjoying Rocking Horses. Large format. Brick red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour photos. 80 pages including index. American Edition. ISBN: 1561382191. A very nice copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed, lightly marked, verso is affected by damp mottling (not visible to front).
- Categorised in:
- ART
- ROCKING HORSE
- TOYS
- COLLECTING
- DESIGN
CLARICE CLIFF
Written by Lynn Knight.
Stock no. 1830531
Published by Bloomsbury.
1st
2005.
Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An insightful biography of one of the most prominent ceramic designers of the twentieth century. Black boards, green foil title to spine. Colour and b/w photos. 328 pages including index. ISBN: 9780747578284. Light rubbing to lower edge of boards, contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly faded to spine and a little scuffed.