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Buckinghamshire, UK: Shire Publications, Ltd., 2000. 8vo size staple-bound softcover with photo illustrated front cover; 40 pages with black and white and color photographs throughout From back cover: "Dinky Toys were introduced in 1931 as 'Modeled Miniatures' and these delightful diecast metal toys instantly became bestsellers. By 1941, when production temporarily ceased because of the Second World… Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1926. 8vo size blue clothbound hardcover with gold titles on front cover. Dust jacket is tucked into back of book. 229 heavyweight glossy pages with full page black and white frontispiece and other black and white illustrations, some full page. From dust jacket: "(The author) is a keen and experienced collector… Read more about this item

Avon 8vo size trade paperback; 231 tanned pages with black and white illustrations and color photographs on glossy stock. From back: "Carefully designed and lavishly illustrated with hundreds of sharp, clear line-drawings and eight pages of full-color plates, this book ranges from ancient Chinese ceramics to the work of English potters and designers in (the 20th) century. … Read more about this item

Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1990. Stated First American Edition 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 144 glossy pages illustrated throughout with color photographs. From jacket: "More than 25 houses are shown here - ranging from a simple seaside cottage to an elaborately decorated castle. Included are traditional Victorian- and Georgian-style hours, as well as more unusual dwellings… Read more about this item

1968. 8vo size blue (craft-like) paper covers; 471 heavyweight glossy pages with black and white photographs of the artwork throughout. Includes: Domenico Beccafumi: Judith with the Head of Holofernes Benvenuto di Giovanni (or Da Siena): Saint Jerome Boucher: Venus and Cupid with Doves, The Modiste, Shepherd Piping to a Shepherdess Diaz: Venus Disarming Cupid; The… Read more about this item

New York: Universe Books, 1964. One of a series published by Universe Books. 8vo size paperback; 134 pages with black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Color photo illustrated covers. Table of Contents (which, in this volume, is the last page of the book) includes: The first blown glass After the fall of… Read more about this item

W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. Stated First Edition 4to hardcover with dust jacket; 155 heavyweight, glossy pages profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. From jacket: "What these collections say about the collectors, and about human beings in general, is the subject of this strangely beautiful compendium. Here are (the photographer's) wonderfully exotic photographs… Read more about this item