Hobbies from Minotavros Books

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1922. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Second edition, second printing. Orig. brown cloth, gilt titles. xvi, 206 pp., ads. [26] B&W plates, 20 text illustrations.

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. N.d, [ca. 1928]Orig. green cloth. 256 pp. [3] colour plates + [15] B&W plates + 82 illustrations, 164 illustrations total. Scarce in dust jacket. Light chafing to extremities. Foxing to edges of text block. Dust jacket is price clipped, some rubbing to… Read more about this item

Fort Worth, Texas: American Handicrafts, 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 11" x 8.5" Oblong soft cover. [32] pp. B&W illustrations. Chafing to covers and edges, some creasing to joints.

New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 214 pp. B&W illustrations in text, colour frontis. Covers lightly curled, bumping to corners, light soiling to rear cover, else fine.

Boston: The Priscilla Needlework Company. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 7" x 10" N.d., [ca. 1910s]. Orig. wrappers. 48 pp. Fully illustrated. Staples rusting. Light general soiling and age wear. 0.

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1962. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. Soft cover. xix, 297 pp. B&W illustrations. Covers are damp stained and soiled, creasing to corners. Damp staining to fore edge of text block. Ink ownership inscription to ffep.

Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1974. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 9" x 10.25" Soft cover. 14 pp., 120 numbered B&W photographs. Covers are age toned and curled, creasing to corners, sticker to head of rear cover. In San Francisco on 18 February 1972 Tony Ray-Jones was told that he had an acute and rare form… Read more about this item

London: B.T. Batsford, 1955. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). Orig. red cloth. T.E.R. 224 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine and edges sunned, white scuffs to front board. Spine cocked. O/w fine.

St. Johns, P.Q.: Corticelli Silk Company, Limited, 1900. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5.5" x 8" Orig. card wrappers. 167-257 pp. Illustrated. Some general soiling and wear to wraps. A quarterly magazine devoted to instruction in art needlework and crochet.

Ottawa: Lee Valley Tools Limited, 1981. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Reynolds, R.. 6" x 9" Orig. card covers, saddle-stitched, staple bound. 48 pp. B&W line illustrations in text. Sunning and rubbing to spine and tail edges, else fine.

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.

Dobb's Ferry, NY: Morgan & Morgan, 1982. Soft cover. Near Fine. Meyer, Richard J.. 8vo. Soft cover. 144 pp. B&W photos. Creasing to upper corners. Slight darkening to covers. A few spots of wear to spine and rear cover.

Athol, Massachussetts: The L.S. Starrett Company, 1961. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo. Soft cover. 475 pp. B&W photos and illustrations. Rubbing to extremities, a few spots of wear to covers. Creasing and slight sunning to spine. Light soiling to front.

London: Orbis Publishing, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. Full brown cloth. 144 pp. Copiously illustrated, mostly in colour. One spot of glue residue to front board, else a fine, bright copy. This book is a compendium of facts, figures, and anecdotes about the king of cigars, from its earliest days in pre-Colombian America to its present position… Read more about this item

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.

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

Princeton: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1960. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Full black cloth. xiii, [1], 128 pp. B&W illustrations. Interior clean. Bookseller's label of Technical Books, London to rear pastedown. Dust jaccket sunned at spine, lightly rubbed to extremities, a few short tears. Flaps are cropped but price intact.

Portland, Oregon: Frank Amato Publicataions, Inc, 1996. Soft cover. Fine. Bunse, Richard. 8vo (imperial). Second edition. Soft cover, coil bound. 88 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Fine condition.

Woodbridge, Ontario: Self-Published, 1978. Soft cover. Very Good. 18mo. SIGNED and dated with inscription from author to title page. Paperback. [x], 163 pp. Sunning and bruising to spine, spots of light wear to joints and corners, creasing to upper corner of front cover. Age toning to pages. The follow-up to Wild Birdwatchers I Have Known, featuring even more… Read more about this item

London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1978. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Full brown cloth. 144 pp. Light bumping to spine ends and corners. Hinges reinfoced with tape. Bookplate pasted to ffep. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned to edges and flaps, bumped at spine ends. Edges reinforced with tape. In this expanded version of his BBC television series,… Read more about this item