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By: James H. Garbani
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Arizona Territorial Trader: 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000070
Condition: Fine
Includes a separate 32" x 20' reprint of Map and Index of Arizona Mining Districts (1961) by the Arizona Bureau of Mines. Written for collectors of Arizona mining history (especially stock certificates). This book "lists 12,6000 mines and mining companies with their corresponding mining/mineral district of closest geographical location. All companies listed conducted mining in the Territory and/or State of Arizona between 1854-1954. Other features are black and white reproduction of many older stocks and bonds." From the publisher. 320 pages. View more info
By: N/A
Price: $15.00
Publisher: 1949
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000148
Condition: Very Good
Pictorial covers, slight creasing on front cover and a 1/4' tear at bottom. Catalog for a traveling exhibition of art from the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna to several museums in the United States, as part of a post-WWII cultural exchange. 67 pages plus 43 B&W photographs of exhibit objects including paintings, bronzes, armor, tapestries, lapidary arts and cameos. Ex-libris John Sinkankas (PeriLithon Books), with his bookplate on inner front cover. This publication was acquired as part of a large purchase of ephemera that had been in the inventory of John Sinkankas (PeriLithon Books) aft... View more info
By: Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, England, Sotheby, Parke Bernet & Co.: 1979
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000243
Condition: Very Good
Auction Catalog with Estimates insert. Some minor creasing and sunning. Descriptive catalog of 200 lots, including 64 of jade and stone items. 3 plates of B&W photos (16 of porcelain, 9 of stone objects). 19 pages. View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Cleveland, OH, Cleveland Museum of Art: 1944
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000149
Condition: Very Good
Cardstock wraps, with catalog title and information pasted to cover. Crease along spine and lower right corner of front cover. Glue remnants from small price sticker on upper front cover. Contents near fine. Catalog of a diverse fine art collection donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art, with detailed descriptions. 90 pages, including many B&W photographs. This publication was acquired as part of a large purchase of ephemera that had been in the inventory of John Sinkankas (PeriLithon Books) after his passing. The rebinding in cardstock was probably done by John Sinkankas, as this was a comm... View more info
By: San-pao Li, Hung-hsian Chou and Ann L. Lui
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Orange County, California, Chinese American Council of Historical and Cultural Foundation of Orange County: 1988
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000250
Condition: Very Good
Cover slightly creased, rubbed and soiled. Tissue page in front of cover page is aged and mildly discolored. A documentation of a traveling exhibit of Chinese history, art and culture which was developed to educate children (grades K-12) about China and its people. Touches on all aspects of Chinese history and culture from geography to history to art.62 pages, with numerous drawings, photographs and maps. SCARCE. View more info
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Buffalo, NY, American Optical Company: 1963
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000136
Condition: Very Good
Photographic cover, slight scuffing and soiling, else fine. Sales brochure for line of scientific/industrial microscopes. 31 pages plus several additional loose sales sheets including a price list, photographic tube adapter and microscope series price list. View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Los Angeles, California, Sotheby Park Bernet: 1973
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000132
Condition: Good
Auction catalog. Stapled edges. Cover shows some sunniing along spine, small pen mark (1/4") at bottom of front cover. Auction estimates handwritten next to lot numbers, as well as some prices realized. Some B&W photographs of auction items. 53 pages plus auction estimates. View more info
By: Vladislav I. Chuprov, Anvar A. Yusipov and Viktor P. Orlov
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Moscow, Russia, Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000014
Condition: New
Beautifully illustrated publication of gem materials found in the Russia, with the goal of promoting Russian gemstones. Photos from an exhibition on Russian gem and lapidary materials held in Moscow at the "Gems" Museum. In Russian and English. 81 pages. View more info
By: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Price: $275.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Parke-Bernet Galleries, INc.: 1944
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000093
Condition: Very Good
Printed wraps, cover lightly soiled along edges, 5mm tear at top of spine. pages in near fine condition. Rare auction catalog of the extensive Yamanaka & Co. reference library. The Japanese company had its assets confiscated (and subsequently liquidated) by the U.S. government during World War 2. 1037 lots (many of a single publication) encompassing the breadth of publications on Chinese and Japanese arts and crafts, including jade, lacquer, prints, ceramics, and bronzes. It is a very comprehensive and valuable catalog for anyone seriously interested in Chinese and Japanes arts and crafts. 10... View more info
By: Wendell E. Wilson, Joel A. Bartsch and Mark Mauthner
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Houston, TX, Houston Museum of Natural Science: 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000109
Condition: Fine
Copper lettering on gray cloth cover. Embossed end papers. Beautiful "coffee table" book, featuring exceptional mineral specimens from the Houston Museum of Natural Science. 150 remarkable mineral photographs by Jeffrey Scovil. 264 pages. View more info
Price: $18.00
Publisher: Switzerland, Verlag Paul Haupt Berne: 1965
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000094
Condition: Very Good
Pictorial cover. Covers mildly scuffed, lightly soiled, and some minor creasing. Publication on 18th and 19th century jewelry from the Schweizeriscen Landesmuseum in Zurich, Switzerland. Acquired from the estate of John Sinkankas in 2005. 15 pages and 16 B&W plates. View more info
By: Margarita I. Novgorodova (Editor)
Price: $95.00
Publisher: Moscow, Russia, Fersman Mineralogical Museum: 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000117
ISBN: 5900395286
Condition: Fine
Pictorial cover. This publication brings to light the catalog for an important mineral collection long lost in the vast holdings of the Fersman Museum. The collection of Heinrich Christofer Gottfried von Struve was assembled in the early 1800's. A contemporary of Humboldt and Jules Verne; Struve, a Russian naturalist and diplomat, accumulated over 9,000 mineral specimens from throughout Europe and beyond. This reproduction of a portion of the catalog showcases 82 plates featuring crystal drawings of key mineral specimens. A color photograph accompanies each drawing. A fine work highlighting ... View more info
By: J. John Barlow, Robert W. Jones and Gene L. LaBerge
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Appleton, WI, Sanco Publishing: 1996
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000108
ISBN: 0965351009
Condition: Fine
Gold lettering on spine and cover, black cloth. Dust jacket has minor scuffing. Contents fine. This bbok seved as a catalog for the very fine mineral collection of F. John Barlow. Features world-class mineral specimens, selected for their aesthetics and rarity. The collection was eventually dispersed at auction. Contains several hundred high quality color photographs. 408 pages. View more info
By: Sotheby's
Price: $125.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Sotheby's: 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000186
Condition: Near Fine
Auction catalog. Pictorial wraps and jacket. Auction catalog of a freat mineral collection. 226 pages, including numerous color photographs of beautiful and rare mineral specimens. View more info
By: Sotheby's
Price: $85.00
Publisher: New York, NY, Sotheby's: 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
Inscription: No Signature
Seller ID: 000052
Condition: Fine
Only defect is one small stain (approx. 5mm) on exterior of pages. Auction catalog of an extremely fine scientific library, including works from the 16th to the 20th century. View more info
