Port Said, Entrance of the Suez Canal, c. 1880. Albumen print mounted on coeval cardboard. Negative numbered 128. Condition: faded, cardboard cut. Dimension: 19,3 x 25,3, cardboard 23,8 x 31,8 cm.

"Ancient India", Bulletin of the Archeological Survey of India, number 13, Year 1957. Edited and published by the Director General of Archaeology in India, New Delhi. Printed by the Job Press Ltd., Kanpur. 8 3/8"x10 11/16" (21,5x27 cm). 145 pages. Numerous drawings, maps and photos. A series of articles on the archeology of India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, by British and Indian field experts, published in the mid forties to the early sixties. Contents described on cover (see photo 1)...

Ca 1900 A"revised and enlarged edition" published by The Mershon Company, New York. No date given.The pages have darkened and the pastedown shows minor wear and a bit of spotting otherwise the book is fine. The boards are brown featuring a burgundy design with gilt lettering on the spine. A faint school stamp is on the title page. 244 pp.

A stated Second Printing ( November 1975), published by Alfred Knopf, New York. The pages are uncut. There is light smudging and brown spots on the text block and on a few front pages as well as on the inside jacket. The cream colored boards are fine. 380pp plus index. Illustrated.

A blue hard cover and former library copy published by Hyperion Press.No date. There are library date stamps on the front end paper which is clipped.Seventy nine plates.

Early 19th century map of the world, in Mercator projection, the Pacific Ocean at center, titled at upper right "Mappemonde sur la Projection de Mercator", measuring 10" by 14 1/2" inside the double mats, and 16" by 21" as nicely framed. The map might date to about the 1820's. The United States is shown as "Etats Unis". There are numerous picturesque early geographic names like "Is. Sandwich/Owhyhee", "Othahiti", "Nouvelle Hollande" for Australia, The map is printed on old style paper...

This is the Well Known Book: MUSIC OF THE WILD By GENE STRATTON-PORTER. 426p; 7 1/4" X 9 3/8"; MULTI B&W Photo Illustrations; each photo has a Poem Caption; very light foxing; little used and Grade is VG+ to NF. Contents list III Parts: The Chorus of the Forest/ Songs of the Fields/ The Music of the Marsh. Also reading the Title page will give the Reader an IDEA as to this BOOK'S Subject Matter. From an Exceptional Virginia Estate in an Affluent suburb of Washington, D.C...

ROLEX DATE Style 16mm Steel Logo Buckle 19mm Croco Leather strap. BUCKLE: Back marked: “ACIERINOX ROLEXSA Swiss”, 16mm Logo Buckle. The strap is a 19mm Genuine Leather Crocodile pattern. This high Grade strap (Marked SUISSE QUALITE) is suitable for the earlier ROLEX Models; DAYTONA, OYSTERDATE, DATE, Air King and Precision in two tone or gold. Complete your Rolex gold watch with this correct and suitable strap. THIS IS A FINE COLLECTIBLE. DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET...

For your home or office in Texas, or elsewhere if you are homesick for the Lone Star State, a wall-ready, circa 1900 antique map of the state, by cartography publisher George F. Cram (1842-1928). Illinois-based Cram published maps in the late 19th and early 20th century in atlas form. This map came from one of those atlases. It maintains its central fold...

Paperback. Stated "Thirteenth printing". Dell Publishing 1968. Crease on the back cover- light staining and wear on the front. Some paragraphs are highlighted in yellow.Pages have yellowed. Acceptable copy.

Hobson, R.L., The wares of the Ming dynasty. Rutland/Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1962. With dust jacket and with card board slip case. 1st edn. Little tear in back of dust jacket, all in all in near new condition.
Book on ceramics and porcelain with 9 color plates, 50 b/w plates, hand drawn marks, etc.

A charming completely hand-drawn map of the South American continent, likely created by a school child at a time when geography was taught to youngsters, measuring 8 1/2" by 6 1/2" (19" by 15 1/2" in black strip modern framing). The age looks to be 19th century. The creator used a red-brown ink, and pencil underlying in some places. Note the cartouche at lower right, and the quaint term "Amazonia" and "Brasil" spelling. The map has been mounted in recent times...

Unsigned hand-tinted photograph of a stream/pond scene. Image size is 5 7/8 by 3 3/4 inches, mat size is 9 5/8 by 7 5/8 inches. Framed size is 10 1/2 by 8 1/2 inches. Condition is good with a water stain on left side of mat near frame, small white spot on mat in upper right of image. Pre-1940, original frame and backing, very minor damage to lower right frame corner. Horizontal coloration difference is due to lighting when taking photo of framed work, not a flaw.

"The Genius of Japanese Design" by Sherman Lee. 1981 First Edition, Kodansha. 203 pages. Condition: New. 32 color plates, 800 B/W plaes, including 15 pages of Japanese family crests. "A superb introduction to Japanese art by one of the foremost authorities in the field. A brilliant analysis of the unique features of Japanese design and motif as represented in more than 1,500 illustrations. Valuable for the artist, designer, and art historian." Sherman E...

A lovely chestnut brown patinated plate coin 1/2 daler 1716 from Karl the XII (1697-1718).

These platecoins are very seldomly this nice: Finely struck stamps, wonderful metal and a fine patina. Bears an old 1980s-1990s pricetag of 6800 d. kr.

Size: 10,5 cm. in diameter and weighing ca. 370 grams.

Ex Private Danish Collection.

Collectible magazine featuring Star Trek articles and pictures, a story on space age costume designer, Larry Le Gaspi, etc.

An oversize albumen photograph of a carriage on a narrow bridge with the rising spray from Niagara Falls visible in the distance. I am reasonably confident that this a bridge connecting Goat Island to the river bank on the American side or possibly a bridge connecting Goat Island to one of the Three Sisters. It was likely taken and printed by George Barker, though no title or name is on either the front of the image or on the back of the mount. The image is 16 inches (40.5 cm) tall by 19 inches ...

An excellent reference book signed by the author, Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. and published in 1982 by Dodd Meade. The jacket has a few tears ( see photos) however, this hardcover is in nice tight condition. A fine history of the Gorham Company (Providence, Rhode Island) and their silverware products. There are 295 b&w photographs, 8 color plates, 40 photographs of marks, photographs of 313 flatware patterns. 332pp.