All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1980 item #1188718
Second Printing (1976). A hard cover with dust jacket edited by Jacqueline Onassis with the cooperation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Published by Viking Press. Numerous B&W and color illustrations. Light wear on the jacket otherwise in fine condition.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Ephemera : Pre 1980 item #1416600 (stock #JB01118)
This is an interesting association item: at right, a color offset print of a tree in spring in full blossom, the work of the noted popular Italian contemporary artist MICHELE CASCELLA (1892-1989). In the blank left hand area, the artist wrote in French "Pour Jane Kroc, con touti saluti (avec mon coeur!), and signed by the artist and dated "Ott. 1971"...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Ephemera : Photographs : Special Interest : Pre 1980 item #1480554 (stock #TC)
Asian Ethnic Artifacts
Price on Request
This photo was part of a Historic Photograph Exhibition celebrating the success of the Communist's Revolution. The Exhibition was held in Beijing sometime in the 70s/80s. The photo was printed from the original negative.... Large format 15 x 20 inches
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Pre 1980 item #1424988
A hard cover with no dust jacket published is 1979 by the Smithsonian Institution. The cover shows light wear with mild tanning at the front left corner and there is an old price written in pencil on the front free paper. Many counties and time periods are referenced. A glossary is also included. Slightly musty. 126pp.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1980 item #1054543
A small paperback published in 1971 by Forlag in Oslo. B&W and color photos. Includes many artists (Munthe, Munch, Heydahl, etc.)Light wear on the cover and a small brown stain on page 72~otherwise in very good condition. 71pp.+
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : References : Fine Art : Pre 1980 item #1018302
1979. Exhibition catalog.Artists' bios with b+ w illustrations. (Neil Dallas Brown, Robert Callender, Peter Collins, Patricia Douthwaite, Ian Hamilton, Alexander Fraser, John Huston, John Johnstone, John Knox, William Littlejohn, Robin Philipson, Ian McKenzie Smith.) Published by the Maine State Commission on the Arts & Humanities~ Augusta, Maine. 28 pp. Light wear.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Pre 1990 item #513055 (stock #211)
Lladro figurine "Happy Birthday" measuring 8" tall x 4" wide. No. 5429, introduced in 1987; perfect condition - no box.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Numismatics : Coins : Ancient : Roman : Pre 1990 item #1472597 (stock #2984)
A beautiful pair of Czech Art glass cups and saucers mid century modern about 2” in height and 4” wide. The saucers measuring about 6” diameter….. Quillen
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Numismatics : Coins : North American : Canada : Pre 1990 item #1270643 (stock #02500)
A frosted proof encapsulated Royal Canadian Mint collector coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of Sir Alexander Mackenzie's voyage to Canada. This .500 silver coin includes the information certificate, the plush fitted leatherette case and the cardstock outer sleeve. it is in mint as issued condition. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted. Small packet air shipping to the U.S. starts at $9.50 (other spots may vary)...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Numismatics : Exonumia : Pre 1990 item #1180388 (stock #02226)
A commemorative 1-9/16" pure silver medallion or coin in its original plastic presentation case for the 100th anniversary of Hatz, the motor and engine manufacturer. This coin states: MOTORENFABRIK HATZ.RUHSTORF 1880-1980 on one side and DER GRUNDER MATHIAS HATZ on the other. It is stamped FEINSILBER 1000/1000 on the edge, and the blue fitted plush and silk lined box is stamped HATZ MOTORENFABRIK HATZ RUHSTORF/ROTT...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1316783
Spoils of Time
$170.00
Art From Ritual, Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, introduction and catalogue by Dawn Ho Delbanco, 1983 (first edition, hardcover.) A scholarly study of 70 important ancient bronzes from the Shang to the Eastern Zhou dynasties. 157 pages illustrated profusely with full page color plates and black and white details. Detailed, scholarly discussion of items in the Sackler collection following an informative introduction. Ex Libris Warren E...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1176093 (stock #B-14)
"The Art of Rosanjin" by Sidney Cardozo and Masaaki Hirano. 1987 First Edition, Kodansha. Hard cover with original plastic dust jacket. Condition - New. 163 pages. Includes numerous color and B/W plates, illustrations, and writings of Rosanjin's works and essays. "Genius walks hand in hand with eccentricity. Rosanjin had both and more...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1176103 (stock #B-18)
"Shigaraki: Potter's Valley" by Louise Allison Cort. 1981 second printing. Clothbound hard cover with original dust jacket. Condition - New. 428 pages, 52 full color photographs and more than 300 B/W photos encompassing both the great variety of Shigaraki wares and the techniques and processes still in use today. Louise Allison Cort, formerly assistant curator of Oriental Art at the Fogg Museum, is a craft historian and the recognized Western authority on Shigaraki ware...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1425117
An exceptionally clean and fresh copy of the hard cover book "The Ghosts of Forever", published 1980 by Rizzoli, by the famous American author RAY BRADBURY (1920-2012). This is a handsome tome, 14" by 11" by 1", in original dust jacket, which shows minimal wear if any. Bradbury inscribed the book in black marker "For Lewis!/Good wishes!/From Ray Bradbury/June 24, 1981". Also included is a tipped-in print "Phobos"...
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1309585
Published in 1989 by Casa Editrice Bonechi (Florence Italy) an illustrated soft cover with 150 colored illustrations. A valuable pictorial resource in light of the current crisis in the Middle East.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1241289
Published in 1980 by the Smithsonian Institution Press/Renwick Gallery of the National Collection. Gray cloth boards. No dust jacket. B&W photos.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Pre 1990 item #1426261
A stated first edition with woodcuts by Mary Azarian. The book is in very good condition with the exception of a tiny black spot on the side textblock and a house drawn on the bottom. The pages are uncut. Published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1981.
All Items : Traditional Collectibles : Books : Bindings : Religious : Pre 1990 item #1107892
This is the 160th revised edition published in 1989 by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai and printed by the Kosaido Printing Co., Ltd. Tokyo,Japan.Hard cover with dust jacket in near mint condition. Silk bookmark.