Collecting from Minotavros Books
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Collecting Medals and Decorations
by Purves, Alec A.
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1968
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$30.00
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London: B.A. Seaby Ltd, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. tan cloth. 192 pp. [15] pp. B&W plates. Spine tilted and shaken, bruise to fore edge of rear board, slight warping to foot of front board. Ink stamp to front pastedown. Dust jacket is lightly soiled, bumped to extremities,… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$30.00
Collecting Military Postcards
by White, Geoff
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$45.00
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Blackwell, Avon: Geoff White Ltd, 1987. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Soft cover. 142 pp. B&W illustration in text. Covers rubbed, front cover slightly curled. Item Price
CA$45.00
Model Soldiers / Les Petits Soldats / Model Soldaten
by Nicholson, J.B.R. (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$35.00
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London: Belmont-Maitland Publishers, 1967. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8.5" x 11.5" Pictorial paper boards. iv, 36 pp. Colour photos by Philip O. Stearns. Spine cocked. Boards rubbed. Light rubbing to extremities. Dust jacket is soiled, edge worn, chipped to spine and corners, several short tears. Item Price
CA$35.00
Buttons: A Guide for Collectors
by Squire, Gwen
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1972
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$150.00
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London: Fredick Muller Ltd, 1972. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to. Red paper boards. xi, 100 ff. One hundred colour plates with description. Light bruising to corners. Dust jacket is price clipped, bumped to extremities, spine sunned, some spots of delamination to rear cover. Item Price
CA$150.00
Scottish Regimental Badges 1793-1971, Including Commonwealth Forces: An Illustrated Reference Guide for Collectors
by Bloomer, W.H. and K.D.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$25.00
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London: Arms and Armour Press, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Orig. burgundy paper. 75 pp. B&W illustrations. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned. Else fine. Item Price
CA$25.00
How to Identify Old Chinese Porcelain
by Hodgson, Mrs. Willoughby
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1920
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$45.00
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London: Methuen & Co, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 4th edition, enlarged. Orig. blue cloth. xvi, 196 pp. [46] B&W plates. Spine faded, some damp staining to cloth, bowing to boards. Offsetting to endpapers. Item Price
CA$45.00
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Saddam Hussein Watches
by Parr, Martin
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2004
- Binding
- No Binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$275.00
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London: Chris Boot, 2004. 1st Edition. No Binding. Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. SIGNED by Martin Parr to head of rear cover. Unbound folio. Unpaged, [40] pp. Colour illustrations. Watch photography by Simon Denton. In near fine gold foil envelope. Features photographs of wrist watches bearing the image of Saddam Hussein. Uncommon. Item Price
CA$275.00
Posters: Va-Va-Voom
by Gadzinski, Tim [editor]
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2006
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$80.00
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New York: Poster Auctions International, Inc, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to. Auction catalogue of collectible posters. Volume XLIII. Black cloth boards, silver and red lettering and decoration, poster inlay to front board and red logo to rear. Unpaginated. Almost 700 colour poster photographs with descriptions. Fine. Item Price
CA$80.00
In a Canadian Attic
by Stevens, Gerald
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$50.00
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Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Vanschnydel, Jan. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. SIGNED with inscription to ffep. Full green cloth. viii, 267 pp. Acid migration from tape to rfep. Dust jacket is sunned, generally rubbed, chipped to spine head and top front corner. An invaluable guide to almost every conceivable antique… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$50.00
The International Art Markets: The Essential Guide for Collectors and Investors
by Goodwin, James (editor)
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$100.00
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London and Philadelphia: Kogan Page, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full black paper boards. xxiii, [9], 360 pp. [16] pp. colour plates of photos. Fine. Item Price
CA$100.00
Finders, Keepers: Eight Collectors
by Purcell, Rosamond Wolff Purcell & Stephen Jay Gould
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$50.00
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New York & London: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Black cloth, 155pp. Illustrated. Fine in d/w, a small white scratch to lower front jacket. Item Price
CA$50.00
Introduction to Japanese Swords
by Hawley, W.M.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1973
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$50.00
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Hollywood, California: W.M. Hawley, 1973. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover, staple bound. 20 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers moderately soiled and foxed. Embossed ex libris stamp to front cover. Item Price
CA$50.00
Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.: Identification and Values
by Ritchie, Roy and Ron Stewart
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$50.00
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Paducah, Kentucky: Collector Books, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Soft cover.143 pp. Creasing to covers, some bumping to top edge, a few spots of wear to extremities. Item Price
CA$50.00
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The Knife and Its History: Written on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of Victorinox
by Victorinox
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Published
- 1984
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$400.00
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Ibach, [Switzerland]: Victorinox, 1984. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). Full burgundy leatherette boards. 160 pp + [31 pp. plates]. Fully illustrated, with many illustrations in full colour. Fine condition in near fine slip case. The 100th anniversary history of the company that makes the Swiss Army knife and other knives and cutlery. Item Price
CA$400.00
Steuben Glass
by Steuben Glass
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1959
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$25.00
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New York: Steuben Glass, 1959. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 7.75" x 8.5" Original light green printed wraps, stapled binding. 36 pp. B&W illustrations. Stain to upper corner of rear cover, light age toning to extremities. Fine condition overall. A catalogue of the collection of Steuben Glass from 1959 as they opened their new store at 56th Street… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$25.00
Morgenlandische Teppiche
by Ropers, H. [Heinrich]
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1955
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$60.00
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Braunschweig: Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1955. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Bibliothek fur Kunst und Antiquitaten-Freunde, 19. Text in German. Full burgundy cloth. Top edge red. 319 pp. [23] colour plates, plus numerous B&W photos in-text. One B&W fold-out map. Bruising to upper corners of boards, spine tilted. Some bumping to lower corner of text block Dust jacket has… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$60.00
Anyone Can Make Money buying Art
by Shulman, Morton
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$26.00
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New York: Macmillan, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Black cloth spine over yellow boards, illustration in blind on lower front cover, 136pp. Illustrated. Light soiling on upper front board, o/w near fine in d/w. Item Price
CA$26.00
Canadian Country Furniture 1675-1950
by Bird, Michael S.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$95.00
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Toronto: Stoddart, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Full burgundy paper. 403 pp. Over 700 colour and B&W photographs throughout. Fine condition. This outstanding book is certain to be the essential reference work on Canadian country furniture for decades to come. Folk-art authority Michael Bird's painstakingly researched - but lively - text provides a fresh, well-balanced view of… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$95.00
Collecting Musical Boxes and How to Repair Them
by Ord-hume, W.J.G.
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$50.00
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London: George Allen and Unwin, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to. Red cloth, 140pp. Illustrated. Gift inscription on ff/ endpaper. About fine in d/w. Jacket a bit worn with small tears at corners and jacket spine. A history of the musical box, what to look for when buying and restoring. Item Price
CA$50.00
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Popular Illustrated Guide to Canadian Coins, Medals, & &
by Breton, P.N.
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
- Item Price
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CA$65.00
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Winnipeg: Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute, 1963. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. First Reprint of P.N. Breton's writings on Coins relating to Canada. Limited to 1300 copies, of which this is No. 47. Brown cloth, 343pp. Illustrated. Text in English & French. Some bumping to corners and spine, weith light wear on edges. Boards a bit faded but still a… Read more about this item Item Price
CA$65.00