125.00 USD

Antique book filled with outlandish ideas about reading facial features to discern character traits, Physiognomy by Leila Lomax is a curious read. Between the decorative green covers, Lomax puts forth unscientific information that claims will teach the reader, "How to read character in the face and to determine the capacity for love, business, or crime."

Physiognomy, also referred to as anthroposcopy, is an old idea in the history of human thought dating back at least to ancient Greece. The concept of physiognomy experienced a resurgence in interest and scholarly attention in the late 18th century and 19th century. The pseudoscience of physiognomy is related to phrenology and palmistry.

This is a rare book and would make a great gift for the collector of early psychology, quack medicine, or pseudoscience items. The antique book published in 1906 has a decorative binding and title page. The book is in very good condition showing some rubbing and wear on the cover and spine. Endpapers and pages, although browned with age, are clean. Binding is tight.

The volume includes an advertising list of titles & descriptions of other books published by Penn Publishing including Magic, Graphology, Astrology, Practical Palmistry, and Slips of Speech.

The small volume measures approximately 6" x 4 1/2".

Physiognomy by Leila Lomax
The Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, 1906
163 Pages including index

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24.95 USD

Everyone says carpe diem, which really is a good idea, but let's not forget all the fun you can have if you carpe noctem.

Latin for seize the night, pin this quote on your office bulletin board for inspiration on the nights you have to work late.

Taken from a vintage set of Mitten's Movie Tilers, each white ceramic letter has a metal push pin on the back for use on a bulletin board or soft piece of wood.


Black background not included.

Letters will be sent to you in a gift box.

The letters are in good condition showing typical wear and some light soiling at the edges of some of them.

Letters measure 3/4"

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30.00 USD

Old school wood pencils from Eberhard Faber, these Elementary 6370 are retro, well made, and hard to find. You can own seven of these awesome vintage graphite pencils.

Each painted green wood pencil is marked "Eberhard Faber Elementary 6370 U.S.A." All but one is also marked "Woodclinched." This pencil is also a slightly lighter shade of green. The pencils are in very good condition and have never been sharpened.

A bit thicker than the average pencil, this writing tool was designed for young school children's small hands.

Founded in 1861, Eberhard Faber manufactured their pencils in N.Y.C. on the East River on the site that is now the United Nations Building. I've found advertisements for the Elementary 6370 dating back as far as 1920. This batch is circa 1950s - 1960s.

Pencils are 7" long and have a 3/8" diameter.

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185.00 USD

Made by the noted German globe company Paul Oestergaard Columbus Verlag, this vintage celestial globe has a chrome half meridian and is mounted on a wooden bookend.

The vintage star globe shows the night sky with prominent constellations labeled in English not their traditional mythological names. Hence the vintage globe refers to The Winged Horse for Pegasus, The Twins for Gemini, The Fishes for Pisces, and so on.

The small constellation globe has a 4-inch diameter and is constructed from printed paper gores over pasteboard. The globe is in good condition showing minimal wear and light soiling from age.

The wooden bookend mount shows wear with some discoloration on the varnish and a few nicks and scratches.

The circa 1960s vintage globe is marked "Made in West Germany" and "The Sculptor's Tools" above the Paul Oestergaard Columbus Verlag hallmark. The globe was compiled by Prof. Dr. Johannes Riem and drawn by C. Luther.

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95.95 USD

It is rare to find a full, unused bolt of Corbett Brothers Quality Ribbon on a spool with their signature black cat label. So rare, that I am selling the spool complete with its 10 yards of green grosgrain ribbon to keep them together.

The Corbett Brothers headquartered their ribbon business at Fourth Avenue at 18th Street in New York City, with a branch in St. Etienne, France, and a textile mill in Paterson, N.J.

This beautiful grosgrain ribbon is 4 1/2" wide and is wound on the spool with a protective paper backing. I unwound the spool just a few feet to take photographs.

The ribbon is in very good vintage condition. The spool and label show shelf wear. The label black cat label is creased and as a few small tears as well as some minimal paper loss. The bottom label is crumbled, torn and worn around the edges with some paper loss. This label identifies the ribbon as "Made in the United States."

Spool is approximately 5 1/8" tall with a 3 1/4" diameter.

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45.95 USD

Science and Invention Magazine dating from June 1926, this rare and collectible magazine is filled with cool illustrations, technical schematics, articles, stories, inventions, ideas, and advertisements.


191 Pages of Retro Science and Technology FUN!

Includes ads for General Electric and American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Systems.

Approximately 11 3/4" x 8 5/8"


Vintage magazine in good condition for its age. Cover shows wear particularly around the edges. Paper on the spine is mostly worn away, but the binding is intact and tight. No missing pages. No cut outs. Back cover and last handful of pages have some paper loss at the top side edge. Over all, this is a good copy of a very rare magazine.

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25.00 USD

Cool old vintage radio part, this is a Clarostat Controls and Resistors Automatic Line Voltage Regulator made in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fresh from the estate of a prominent radio & television innovator and crystal radio enthusiast, this piece of radio electronics history is in its original packaging and looks great on display.

I'm not a radio or electronics expert. I have no idea if this regulator works or if you should even use it as intended, as it is probably not up to today's electrical codes.

The regulator is marked:

"AUTOMATIC LINE VOLTAGE REGULATOR

CLAROSTAT MFG CO, INC BROOKLYN "

Box measures 4 1/4 inches X 2 inches X 2 inches.

Regulator is 4 Inches tall and has a 1 3/4 inch diameter.

Box shows wear. One piece of the top is torn off and missing.
Regulator appears to never have been used.

I also have a set of 3 type 4D precision radio frequency transformer coils in their original box. The coils were manufactured by the Acme Products Co, Boston, Mass, exclusively for The Precision Coil Co., 209 Centre Street, New York City.
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25.00 USD

Pin this vintage straw hat shaped brooch on a jacket or use it to secure a scarf. Evocative of a summer day, this pin will put a little sunshine on your lapel.

Made by Elias Artmetal before the company shifted its focus to making frames, the pin is crafted from an alloy of sterling silver and pewter which does not tarnish. Back stamped with the Elias hallmark USA Sterling Pewter 389.

Pin is in excellent condition.

Measurements: 1 1/2" diameter

Comes in a gift box ready for giving.

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45.00 USD

With its imaginative illustrations of space travel, Tom Corbett's Wonder Book of Space captures an age of innocence at the beginning of the atomic era and the space race. This beautifully illustrated children's book, part of the popular Wonder Books series, tells the tale of astronaut Tom Corbett, his rocket ship Polaris, and Johnny & Janie's space adventure.

A first edition of this delightful book, the book is clean and pristine -- rare to find this vintage children's book in such amazing condition.

Book is clean. Binding is tight. Colors are bright. Appears to have only been read once. Some minor wear at the base of the spine and on the back cover.

Tom Corbett's Wonder Book of Space by Marcia Martin
Illustrated by Frank Vaughn
Wonder Books, New York, 1953
Copyright Rockhill Radio Recording
Lithographed in the United States

8 1/4" x 6 1/2"

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28.95 USD

Small Boat Building by H.W. Patterson is a practical handbook for the amateur craftsman interesting in constructing a wooden boat. The small vintage book has its original dust jacket as well as a decorative cloth cover.

The boat building book covers such topics as tools, selecting wood, laying down, the boat's backbone, setting up, planking, and deck framing. The book is filled with beautiful illustrations as well as ten pull-out plate diagrams.

This is a genuine vintage book published in 1940. It shows typical wear includes chipping to the paper dust jacket, soiling, and discoloration of the pages.

Small Boat Building by H.W. Patterson
The MacMillan Company, New York, 1940
Illustrated, 144 pages
7 1/4 inches by 5 inches

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185.00 USD

Antique set of gaming tokens, these brass coins in the shape of playing card suits where used for scoring in a variety of Victorian era card games including whist.

The vintage brass tokens have nice detailing that remains crisp despite obvious wear. The brass is fairly bright. The gaming tokens where used in their time and show light scuffs and scratches, as well as soiling. Two coins, the spade and the heart, have what look to be black ink spots on the registry side of the token. The diamond token has some red marks. I have not attempted to clean these gaming coins.

According to the Kovels English Registry Marks identification guide these brass game coins were registered on October 5, 1883.

The coins measures approximately 3/4 of an inch each.

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18.95 USD

A colorful trio of vintage glass Christmas ornaments, hang these small bell-shaped decorations on your tree for a traditional holiday look. The silver bell rings! The pink one is marked "Shiny Brite Made in U.S.A. on its cap. The gold, blue, silver & white striped bell has a mold line down its center

The bells have spots and wear typical for glass ornaments of their age -- they are from the 1950s.

Silver bell measures 1 7/8 inches from its cap to base and is 1 1/4 inches wide at its base; the pink bell measures 1 1/8 inches from its cap to base and 1 3/8 inches across its base; the striped bell measures 2 3/4 inches from cap to base and 1 5/8 inches across the its base.

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45.00 USD

Vintage set of miniature musician figurines, these wooden figures have red tilaks on their foreheads, a sign of the Hindu Kashatriya, traditionally members of the ruling and military class.

This vintage military band is a bit rag tag, with chipping paint, nicks & scratches. A few of the musicians are missing their instruments. This band of 14 small musicians makes a big impact displayed together. The figurine set would make a terrific gift for a music teacher or band leader.

Figurines ranges in height from approximately 2 1/8 to 2 1/2 inches tall.

Set includes fourteen (14) wood figurines.


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35.95 USD

These vintage Czech glass buttons are new old stock. Each bundle contains twenty four (24) faceted jet black glass buttons. Button are in their original wrapping paper marked "Made in Czechoslovakia."


Each button measures just shy of 3/4 of an inch.

Price is per bundle -- 24 buttons in each bundle. Four (4) bundles are available.



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18.95 USD

This beautiful vintage art book from the Kodansha Library of Japanese Art series examines the incredible career of the artist known as Hokusai. The book includes high-quality color art reproductions as well as black and white prints.

Vintage from the 1950s, the book shows light signs of wear with some discoloration on the cover and tanning at the page edges. Cover has an old price notation in pencil on the upper right-hand corner.

Katsushika Hokusai
English Text by Elise Grilli based upon the Japanese text of Ichitaro Kondo
Library of Japanese Art
Charles E. Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont - Tokyo, Japan, 1958
Fifth Printing, Printed in Japan
44 Plates 29 in Full Color
Unpaginated
6 3/4" x 4 3/4"

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25.95 USD

Use this vintage ceramic white rabbit planter as your Easter centerpiece, or as part of your general spring decor. The bunny rabbit planter can be filled with flowers, candies, or a house plant.

The vintage ceramic rabbit planter is in very good vintage condition.

Made in Japan. Bottom marked "57335".
Measures approximately 6 1/2" long x 6" tall x 4" deep.
Planting area measures approximately 4" x 2" x 3"

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39.95 USD

Part two of P. V. N. Myers's Ancient History for Colleges and High Schools, A History of Rome is filled with beautiful illustrations and colorful maps.

Published in 1898 by Ginn & Company, Boston, the book has paper covered metal corner protectors from The Bible Institute in Chicago.

In good condition showing typical aging for 110+ year old book, the volume has some scuffing and wear on the red cloth binding and yellowing to the pages. Paper is in good condition and is not crumbling. A few pages are slightly crumple near the top.

The book has 45 illustrations, 6 colored maps, 6 sketch maps, & 3 table/chronological summaries.

Measures 7 1/2" x 5"

230 Pages including an Index plus 9 pages of Ginn & Company advertisements.

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89.95 USD

Vintage lot of Vis Ed flash cards in cool colorful boxes cover an essential range of high school level academic subjects including physics, algebra, American history, english, and spelling.

The cards could certainly be used as intended, and they would also make a wonderful vintage-inspired school decor accent. The smaller Compact Facts cards have a wonderful graphic image of Rodin's Le Penseur (The Thinker).

Lot includes six (6) boxes of vintage Vis Ed cards from the 1960s. The cards look as if they have never been used. The American history set is in its original factory-sealed box.

Algebra Summary Cards
Algebra Intermediate Compact Facts
American History II Compact Facts
English Grammar Compact Facts
Physics Compact Facts
Spelling 20 Words A Day
Published by the Visual Education Association, Dayton, Ohio.

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75.00 USD

Vintage children's book has wonderful full-page pop-up scenes of boats and ships at sea. The artful paper engineering brings the beautiful illustrations by the Czech artist Vojtêch Kubašta to life.

This collectible vintage popup book will delight young and old.

Published in 1986, this is a 1st edition of this marvelous children's book. The vintage book is in very good condition showing some wear on the cover. The pop-up scenes are in excellent condition.

All At Sea
An All-Action Pop-Up Picture Storybook
Illustrations by V. Kubašta
Artia, Prague, 1986
Printed in Czechoslovakia

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98.95 USD

Mount Analogue, a French literature classic, is an allegorical avant-garde novel based upon the concept of pataphysics. Written by René Daumal, and published posthumously, the absurd and metaphysical novel introduced the word "peradam" to literature, the concept that an object reveals itself only to those who seek it.

This is a vintage copy of the sought-after 1974 English language paperback edition published by The Penguin Metaphysical Library. The small paperback is in very good condition and does not appear to have been read. There is some light shelf wear on the cover and spine.

Mount Analogue, A Novel of Symbolically Authentic Non-Euclidean Adventures in Mountain Climbing by René Daumal
Translation and Introduction by Roger Shattuck
With a Postface by Véra Daumal
The Penguin Metaphysical Library, 1974
120 Pages; 7 1/8 inches by 4 3/4 inches

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