Antiques & Collectibles Books
Discover a treasure trove of collectible volumes, first editions, and vintage books at our online bookstore. Find the perfect piece for your collection, including limited edition books & more!
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Native Born Son: The Journals of J. David FordNative Born Son is J. David Ford's first-hand telling of his suspenseful exploits while growing up in the eastern arctic during the 1920s and 30s. He was born into a multi-generational line of traders, trappers and Hudson's Bay Company employees who, since the late...
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The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary ObsessionIn the tradition of The Orchid Thief, a compelling narrative set within the strange and genteel world of rare-book collecting: the true story of an infamous book thief, his victims, and the man determined to catch him. Rare-book theft is even more widespread than...
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Brazil Modern: The Rediscovery of Twentieth-Century Brazilian FurnitureA stunning survey of the largely unknown, but increasingly collectible, modernist furniture of Brazil, whose design culture is set for wide international exposure.Twentieth-century Brazilian furniture design is perhaps the last great largely unknown tradition of modernism, characterized by rich and sensually textured hardwoods and...
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Pour ParentingPour Parenting Takeaways: Lindsay Davis: Ever wonder what wine would go best with a huge bowl of spilled cheerios? Or an unleashed toddler carrying a dirty diaper? Look no further! This book allows you to confidently pair your favorite wines with the ups and...
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Percussion Pistols and Revolvers: History, Performance and Practical UseIn the early transition from the long-lived flintlock system, handgun development closely paralleled that of the long arms. With the advent of the revolving pistols, however; came patents that created monopolies in revolver production and the through-bored cylinder necessary for self-contained metallic cartridges. The...
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Retro Watches: The Modern Collectors' GuideWhat you wear on your wrist can be more than merely functional. Eschewing the common categories of the "classics," the ostentatiously high-priced, and the "blingy," this book brings together individualist pieces that few have seen and even fewer own. Retro Watches is a collector's...
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Cabinets of CuriositiesUnicorns' horns, mermaids' skeletons, stuffed and preserved animals and plants, precious metals, clocks, scientific instruments, celestial globes--all knowledge, the whole cosmos, arranged on shelves in a single room. Such were the cabinets of curiosities of the seventeenth century, the last period of history when...
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Jewels: A Secret HistoryThroughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure...
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Coin Folders Nickels: Jefferson, 1938-1961Thanks to the Statehood Quarter Program, coin collecting has never been more popular. And to take advantage of this new interest in the hobby, we're giving our complete line of Whitman Classic Coin Folders a beautiful new look.-- Multi-million dollar cover updates for the...
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Building Toys: An Architect's CollectionThe book Building Toys: An Architect's Collection documents over 100 architectural building toys from the author's collection, from the mid-1800s to the present, from the U.S. and abroad. Each toy has an immersive two-page spread celebrating its unique features with photos of packaging graphics,...
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1000 VasesA chunky, giftable compendium of beautiful vases by emerging designers from around the worldA vase is never merely a container. As Georges Braque once said, the vase gives form to emptiness: ever since the earliest human civilizations, this object has had a purpose that...
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Shaker Fancy GoodsShaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their own--Fancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects...
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Cuphead coloring bookYour child needs this book. This awesome Cuphead Coloring Book Coloring provides 101 different pictures for drawing. This number of different images will provide many hours of fun for your little one. It will stimulate his imagination and creativity. Coloring book has no age...
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How To Draw: 100+ Projects With Step by Step Guidelines: Drawing For Beginners: Perfect Gift Book for Kids, Teens, Adults Vol 1How To Draw Tutorials: Drawing For beginnersIf you are looking for how to draw books (or) drawing books for beginners (or) how to draw animals (or) how to draw flowers (or) how to draw vehicles, then you are at right place.This How To Draw...
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The Illustrated Catalog of Rifles and Shotguns: 500 Historical to Modern Long-Barreled FirearmsA complete compendium of rifles and shotguns through the ages. A "rifled" firearm is one in which the projectile is made to spin as it travels up the bore. The term "rifle," however, was originally applied to muskets to differentiate them from the earlier...
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Gee's Bend: Get Ready: A Quilt Print Jigsaw Puzzle: 1,000 Pieces: Jigsaw Puzzles for AdultsA magnificent 1000-piece puzzle featuring a colorful, intricately patterned quilt by artist Mary Lee Bendolph, matriarch of the historic quilting community in Gee's Bend, Alabama, and published by Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, California. This is the first jigsaw puzzle to feature a print...
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Ikat from Timor and Its Outer Islands: Insular and InterwovenThis is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically, this technical perspective highlights the human factor. Focused on the last century of the colonial period,...
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Jurassic World: Die-Cast Metal ProjectorThis officially licensed, high-quality die-cast metal mini projector shines the Jurassic World logo onto nearby surfaces DIE-CAST METAL: 3-inch mini light projector molded in die-cast metal LIGHTS UP: Projector shines the Jurassic World logo onto nearby walls and surfaces, up to 5 feet BONUS...
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Walther P.38: Germany's 9 MM Semiautomatic Pistol in World War IIAdopted by the German Wehrmacht at the end of 1939, more than 1.2 million P.38s were manufactured up to 1945. Designed by the Walther company from its civilian model PP, it was the first double-action military pistol. Its robustness and simplicity of manufacture made...
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Wrappers DelightThe sweetest memories of all: vintage candy-wrapper designCompiled by famed nostalgia enthusiast Jonny Trunk (owner of record label Trunk Records, and author of The Music Library, Own Label and Wobbly Sounds), and with a foreword by Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker, Wrappers Delight is crammed...
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