Search Results: Antiques from Mike Park Ltd

New York: Main Street Press, 1990. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 192, signature on half-title, otherwise a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Mainz am Rhein, 2002. Very well illustrated, square octavo, pp 95, very clean internally, paperback, the slightest signs of use to the covers. VERY SCARCE. . First English edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Portland, Oregon: Collectors Press, 2005. Lavishly illustrated, large 4to, pp (iv) 188, a very good copy in dustwrapper. [Examples from the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, Bavaria, founded by the author. A very well presented book. Beyond visions of sugar plum fairies and wooden men with white beards, the nutcrackers featured in "The Art and Character of Nutcrackers" are elegant, sophisticated, rustic pieces of useable art steeped in history and tradition. Beautifully photographed, rare, and valuable, these nutcrackers from around the world are collected and celebrated in one place for the first time ever. What began as an innocent purchase during a production of the Nutcracker Ballet has blossomed into a world-renowned collection almost 40 years in the making. Arlene Wagner (also known as The Nutcracker Lady) and her husband have amassed more than 5,000 pieces. Housed in the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum, which is also a National Heritage Foundation site, the Wagner's collection is on… Read More

Sunset, Texas: Cow Puddle Press, 1986. Well illustrated, small octavo, not pagonated (c.300 pp ?), very clean internally, paperback, covers a little foxed and rubbed. [Apparently signed on the dedication page - "Old Onery - Jack Glover" - I am uncertain whether this is an actual signature, or whether it is printed on the page, it is certainly in a slightly different ink colour.]. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good.

Folkestone: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd, 1977. Large quarto, pp iv, 1129, slightly worn internally, cloth a little worn and faded, slightly rubbed at the joints. Very heavy - extra postage may be needed.. Cloth. Good.

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, 1918. Illustrated with 4 photographic plates, and many small text figures of marks, large slim quarto, pp (4), 36, paperback, yapp edges, very slightly worn, but a much better than average copy of this scarce work.. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good.

Ian Allen Ltd Well illustrated, tall quarto, pp (56), very clean internally, pictorial boards, slightly age-toned and marked.. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Very Good.

London: The Board of Education, 1927. Illustrated with black and white photographic plates, large 8vo, pp viii, 52, a little worn and age-toned internally, small pieces of sellotape and markes on the endpapers, hardback, cloth a little worn and marked. [Bedstead, chairs, settees stools and day-beds, tables, chests of drawers and cabinets, dressing-glasses and mirrors, boxes, clocks, frames, miscellaneous pieces, architectural details.]. Cloth.

Cumberland, Maryland: Hobby House Press, 1991. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 176, very clean internally, blue cloth in excerllent condition, a very good copy in a very slightly worn dustwrapper.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Horndean: Springwood Books, 1980. Well illustrated, large quarto, pp 304, cloth very slightly worn and very slightly bowed, dustwrapper slightly worn and slightly frayed at top, signature and date on front endpaper.. Cloth. Good/Very Slightly Worn.

Birmingham, 2012. Foreword by Brent Elliott. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp (4), 294, hardback, a very good NEW copy. [The Curious History of the Bulb Vase looks at the extensive range of bulb vases that appeared in Great Britain from the mid-18th century to date. Not only did they capture the imagination of Victorians, the sheer numbers produced are staggering. Much of the credit for the success of bulb vases can be placed at the feet of George Piercy Tye, a Birmingham industrialist who designed and produced the most innovative of glass bulb vases. Although interest in bulb vases trailed off in the early part of the 20th century, it is now showing something of a revival. Modern vases, such as those designed by Dartington Crystal and Margaret Howdle, demonstrate that the art and the interest in this area are as high as ever.]. First Edition. Pictorial laminated boards. New.

Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1994. Second edition. Illustrated, small quarto, pp x, 341, a good copy in a a dustwrapper which is a little creased and wrinkled along the top edge. [The standard work]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.

London: Fitzhouse Books, 1990. [Originally published 1906.] Well illustrated in black and white, large thick octavo, pp xxiv, 340, immaculate internally, green cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper shows just slight signs of use and has only the slightest suggestion of fade to its spine. [One of the seminal works on the subject.]. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

London & Sydney: White Lion Publishers, 1976. Illustrated, octavo, pp xii, 341, exceptionally clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped and shows only the very slightest signs of age-toning. An excellent copy.. Cloth. As New/Very Good.

Billinghurst: Sotheby's, 1988. Well illustrated, quarto, pp 160, very clean internally, paperback, covers very slightly worn. . Paperback. Very Good.

Japan: Akira kuni-sha [Not dated, probably 1950/1952]. Japanese text, with a half-page English introduction. Large slender octavo, pp 63, a little used generally, and now VERY weak internally with an internal hinge which is badly broken and just holding on the strings (see illustration), bound in Japanese paper-covered boards with a similar slipcase. RARE. [Immensely useful for its exhaustive listing of every lantern, with photographs and painstakingly detailed measured drawings.]. Boards in slipcase. Fair.

London: Butterworths, 1985. Ninth edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, four colour plates, and black and white photographs, octavo, pp (10), 434, very clean internally, black cloth in very good condition, in a very good dustwrapper.. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.

Folkestone: Wm Dawson & Sons Ltd, 1985. Large quarto, pp viii, 1008, slightly worn internally, cloth faded. Very heavy - extra postage may be needed.. Cloth. Good.

Northland Publishing, 1991. Eighth printing. Large horizontal octavo, pp 149, very clean internally, paperback, the covers in very good condition but slightly curved.. Paperback. Very Good.

London: HMSO, 1951. Large octavo, pp 20 + 171 illustrations, paperback, very slight signs of wear, but still a very good clean copy.. Paperback. Very Good.