Antiques & Collectibles from Lawrence Jones

London: New Cavendish Books., 1991. 190+15pp, num bw & few col ills. Pictorial cloth. Minor soiling and rubbing to cover, minor foxing. Facsimile of the 1898 catalogue of Gebruder Bing, a German company that was for many years a premier toy maker. Includes steam powered toys, tin toys, trains and more. Great reference for the collector.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item

San Jose: R. James Bender Publishing, 1988. 496pp, bibliography, num bw ills. Pictorial cloth. Light foxing to prelims and edges, prev owner stamp to title page, 3 line gift note opposite foreword. German swords of the first half of the 20th century with a supplemet on Imperial swords by Gregory Douglas.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.… Read more about this item

London: Herbert Jenkins, 1968. xii, 108pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendix, 48 bw plates, line drawings. Pale blue cloth, no jacket. Indian swords-chapters are northen half of India, southern half of India, Nepal and Assam. Appendices: Kopis blade; techniques and local styles in the decorative arts; hilt forms and their local variants.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Brisbane: The Author, 1976. 134pp, index, glossary, bibliography, bw ills, line drawings. Blue cloth in jacket. Light toning/foxing to endpapers, 1cm tear to top front of jacket. Edition limited to 2000 copies of which this #1587.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Tokyo: Kogei, 1980. Approx 200pp, num bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Light foxing to edges otherwise excellent. Text in Japanese. Tanto blades of the Kamakura Gendai era with Oshigata ills.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Essex, UK: F. Stephens, 1969. xiv, 209pp, glossary, bibliography, num bw ills. Black cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, rubbed and edgeworn with large tear to rear panel. Prev owner name and bookseller stamp to front free endpaper, some foxing to prelims.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

Denton, TX: Nihonto Kemma Ltd./Thomas B. Buttweiler, 1979. 159pp, bibliography, appendices, line drawings. Brown cloth with tsuba in black to front and rear , no jacket. Light foxing to endpapers. 10 monographs presented in three sections: The Sword as History, The Sword as Steel and The Sword as Art.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Paris: Flammarion, 2006. VERY HEAVY-will require additional postage to most destinations. 381pp, sources, 600+ ills (most colour, some folding). Gray cloth in jacket with slipcase.Slight edge wear to jacket, slight rubbing to slipcase. The must-have volume on Jaeger-LeCoultre watches and watchmaking presenting and analyzing dozens of vintage and contemporary creations. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Ian D. Skennerton, 1986. HEAVY. 404pp, index, appendices, hundreds of bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. A few very small, very light marks to covers. The standard reference on the subject and quite scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Toowoomba: Donald Cooney, 2005. xiv, 145pp, index, glossary, maps, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card covers. Light edge wear to cover, light crease to top front corner. SIGNED by the author inside front cover. The story of Australia's stock bells detailing makers from the bush blacksmith to large commercial enterprises. Photographs of over 200 bells.. Signed by Author.… Read more about this item

Chislehurst: Oakwood Press, 1949. 98pp + ads at rear, bw ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with some foxing, bookseller label to front pastedown and light foxing to endpapers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New Zealand: New Century Press., 2000. x, 110pp, num bw ills; xii, 28pp. Or pictorial card. Minor edge wear to covers. Edition limited to 1000 & 500 copies respectively of which both #233. Both SIGNED by author. An exceptional reference to NZ commemorative medals. The content of the book is the same as that of the second edition, the supplement… Read more about this item

London: Murray Cards International, 1998. 304pp, bw & col ills, index of brands. Pictorial card. Rear cover creased, minor edge wear. Prices over 11000 series including new issues discovered up to 1997, additional pages of col ills, all major varieties of British cards and more. Obviously out-of-date but a decent guide to relative scarcity.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.… Read more about this item

London: Robert G Sawers, 1974. xii, 292pp, index, 216 bw ill. Maroon textured silk boards with page marker ribbon, in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, minor abrasion to front free endpaper from removal of prev owner label, light toning/foxing to page edges, small taped tear to bottom rear of jacket with associated scuff to rear board. 216 outstanding tsuba… Read more about this item

Skopje: Institute of Folklore, 1975. Unpaginated (approx 100pp)126 col ills, bw drawings. Beige cloth in jacket. Long tear to front panel of jacket. damp stained at top rear panel of jacket and rear endpapers. Beautifully illustrated.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Zdravev, George (drawings); Bilbilovski, Kiril (photography). 4to.

NSW: The Author, 1990. 167pp, references/bibliography, num bw ills. Pictorial yellow card. Light edge wear to cover, slight fading at spine.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Golden Square, Vic.: Crown Castleton Publishers, 1993. 64pp, num bw ills. Green pictorial card. Near new. SIGNED by Ken Arnold on title page. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1986. 144pp, index, num bw & some col ills. Blue boards in jacket. Slightest of edge wear. Australian dollmakers from c1900 onward. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Basel: Editions Roche, 1992. 123pp, index, bibliography, num bw & col ills. Green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Antique apothecary jars. Text in German/auf Deutsch.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Newsouth / Australian Maritime Museum, 2012. HEAVY. xiii, 258pp, index, notes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Near new. The museum's curators reveal the fascinating stories behind many fascinating and diverse objects in their collection.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.