39.95 USD

"You Can Live Successfully In Your Lifetime" by Ben Abbott loudly proclaims its title slogan on the book's cover and spine.

Published in 1948 by Challenge Books, You Can Live Successfully was an early edition to the boom in self-help books. The vintage book is a fun read, and is a mix between good old common sense advice and pop psychology. The book would make a great graduation gift!

The bold graphics on the cover make the book a perfect display piece for your office or workshop. It's sure to be a conversation starter.

The book is vintage from 1948 and in good condition for its age showing wear around the cover edges and at the top and base of the spine. The pages are tanned with age and the previous owner make some line marks in pencil. The flaps from the book's dust jacket are present, but the remainder of it is lost to time.

You Can Live Successfully "In Your Lifetime" by Ben Abbott
Challenge Publishers, San Diego, California, 1948
217 Pages, Plus one page "Creed of a Successful and Happy Man" at the back of the book
7 3/4 Inches by 5 1/4 Inches

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65.00 USD

Vintage 1940s Alamo Pottery planter, this robin egg blue ceramic bowl has wonderful art deco styling. Made by the Alamo Pottery company in San Antonio, TX, the planter is stamped with the studio's blue mark and number 748.

Alamo Pottery is very had to find as it was only made between 1945 & 1951. This is a beautiful example of Alamo's art pottery. Add it to your collection!

Planter is in very good condition. No chips, no cracks, no crazing. The planter was used as a planter and has a slight soil ring and some spotting on the bottom.

Measurements: 12" long x 5 3/4" wide x 3 3/8" tall.


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45.00 USD

Weathered book set of two Norman Mailer classics will not only look great on your bookshelf but are well worth the read.


Norman Mailer's The Naked and The Dead, considered one of the best novels of World War II, catapulted the 25-year-old author to literary fame upon its publication in 1948. The Rinehart symbol (an R in a circle) on the copyright page indicates that this is a 1st edition copy of this 20th-century classic. Includes a New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review clipping of Richard Match's May 9, 1948 review of the book. I found the clipping neatly folded between pages 642 & 643. Consequently, there is significant yellowing on these pages from prolonged contact with the clipping.

Here's a quote from this glowing review.

"'The Naked and the Dead' is about infantrymen--or, rather, men in the infantry --and the despair, the lung-searing fatigue, the unutterable terror and horror of jungle war. Its author is Norman Mailer, aged twenty-five, writing out of Brooklyn, Harvard, Leyte and Japan. Forget the age and remember the name: Norman Mailer. With this one astonishing book, his first full-length work of fiction, he joins the ranks of major American novelists."

The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer (1923-2007)
Rinehart and Co, New York, 1948
First Edition
8vo. 721 pages
Printed in the USA by the Haddon Craftsmen
Black cloth printed in white on the spine.
No dust jacket.
Book is in fair to good condition. Cover is chipped along spine, bottom edges and corners. There is a scratch on the back cover. Tight binding, clean pages, except where noted above.

Of A Fire on the Moon investigates the U.S. space technology industry giving a candid inside view of NASA.

Of A Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer
Little, Brown, and Company, Boston, 1970
Book Club Edition
416 Pages, Dust Jacket
Book is in good condition. Dust jacket shows typical wear.


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225.00 USD

This vintage wood bowl is a beautiful work of modern art. The exceptionally well made vintage wooden bowl would look amazing in any Mid Century modern inspired setting or with more traditional home decor.

The heavy, hand-turned wood bowl can be used for fruit, decorative items, or simply displayed for its own beauty. As this is a genuine circa 1950s wood bowl, the piece does show light signs of wear.

11" Diameter

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30.00 USD

This trio of polyester knit fabric samples from Blue Ridge Winkler Textiles, a division of Lehigh Valley Industries, Inc. can be used for any number of arts & crafts projects.

The knit samples are in shades of orange red, blue, & purple in a tone-on-tone pattern interspersed with gray. The set of three samples comes with one Blue Ridge Winkler Textile tag identifying one of the colors as "Flame Red."

Each fabric sample measures 36" x 39". The purple sample has a small 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" square cut out of one corner.

Fabric is in good, clean condition.


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21.00 USD

These vintage miniature baby chick figurines are just darling. Add the little charmers to an Easter or spring display.

The miniature ceramic birds are in good condition showing minimal signs of wear. No chips. No cracks.

1 3/4" Tall
1 1/4" Wide
1 5/16" Deep


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75.95 USD

Cool old vintage dentistry supply boxes designed to keep stainless steel dental bands organized can be repurposed to store any number of small items, from office odds & ends, jewelry, and beading supplies.

The vintage wood boxes have dovetail corners, metal hinges on the front that close securely, and white plastic inserts with wells for stashing and organize small things.

The cases and the contents (there are some stainless steel dental bands in some of the storage wells) date from the 1960s and were made by Rocky Mountain Dental Products. The boxes are old and show wear including scuffs, dings, and scratches.

Each case has a sheet of paper taped on the inside with various indications of stock and usage as well some old dental band stock in the wells.

Listing is for one wooden storage box.
Three boxes are available:
Anteriors
Lower Left Molar
Upper Molars

Boxes measure approximately 14 1/4" by 9" by 1 1/2"

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14.95 USD

Pewter clown thimble, at least I think it is a thimble, as it came in a lot of vintage thimbles and it functions as a thimble, would be a neat gift for the thimble collector or clown lover.

The thimble is marked "1985" on one of the clown's collar ruffles along with the remains of a copyright mark that is mostly worn away. The used thimble is in good condition showing light wear.

Approximately 1 3/4 inches long x 1 1/8 inch wide

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125.00 USD

Amazing vintage French ribbon trim from the legendary Hyman Hendler, this 100% woven jacquard cotton trim is reversible and versatile. Use it as trim on an elegant dress, embellish a hat or handbag, use it in your art, put it on display -- it's that beautiful.

The black and white circle design gives the vintage trim a very modern and sophisticate look.


Ribbon trim measures just over 2 inches wide.

The listing is for the entire spool -- over 15 yards of trim.


Ribbon trim is old new stock and in very good condition.

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25.00 USD

This classic children's science book on spacecraft technology introduced space race age kids to robots and the scientific instruments necessary for successful outer space exploration. The outer space science survey includes a circa 1965 look at the Orbiting Geophysical Observatory, weather satellites, Surveyor space probes, and the fledging Apollo project. The vintage book is illustrated with line drawings, charts, and photographs.

This is a genuine vintage book not a recent reprint. It is an ex-library book and has "discard" stamps on the front and back endpapers, and a library stamp from the "North Junior High School Library. The book shows age appropriate wear. The book has its original mylar library dust jacket protector and is marked with a Dewey Decimal catalogue number.

Robots In Space, A Science Survey Book
by Michael Chester
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1965
Library Edition; 127 Pages
Illustrated
8 1/4" x 6 1/4"


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19.95 USD

Circa 1930s French Line travel brochure includes vintage maps of France with an inset of Northern Africa, Paris, and the world, as well as information about French Line ocean liners, Air France plane travel, travel agencies in America, French Line world services, and general tourist information.

This brochure can be dated to the late 1930s as it mentions the French Line ocean liner SS Champlain which was sunk off La Pallice, France in 1940 by the Nazis.

Lithographed in the U.S.A. the fold-out map brochure opens to a large poster size measuring 39" by 26". The map brochure shows typical signs of wear including tears around the edges and at the folds and tanning to the paper.

France Map by C.S. Hammond & Co. N.Y.

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145.00 USD

Fabulous vintage ribbon trim from Hyman Hendler, this 100% cotton textile has beautiful embroidered blue and gold flowers on a navy blue background.

Exclusively produced for Hendler's, this is an amazing floral ribbon that can be used in sewing and craft projects.

The spool contains over 10 yards of ribbon!


3 1/8" Wide

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145.00 USD

This unusual and beautiful vintage dance card notebook has an ornate metal cover with fountains, pretty maidens, scrolling floral design, and shell motif border.

The stamped metal chatelaine notebook is in good condition with a nice patina of age. The silk cord is in good condition.

The dance notebook contains a program for the Phi Beta Delta midwestern convention that took place on Saturday, April 18, 1925, including a list of chaperones for the evening, the names of the organizers, and a list of the fraternity's midwestern chapters along with their corresponding universities.

The pocket-size notebook also has two dance pages which are filled in with twelve names. A girl named "Gusta" is noted for the 1st, 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th, and last dance. There are also two pages with handwritten, notations "Gusta Golderberg Falmouth Kentucky" and " Gusta Goldberg 420 S. Division Ann Arbor, Mich" as well as the Greek letters theta sigma sigma.

Popular in the eighteen and early nineteen century, dance cards, also known as carnets de bal, were popular accessories at formal events used for noting dance partners for particular dances.

3" x 2 3/4"

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25.95 USD

Brush up on your reading, writing & arithmetic with this instant library collection of antique school books. Vintage books have decorative red bindings and are overall in good condition.


The Complete Arithmetic, Oral and Written: Without Answers
Greenleaf's Mathematical Series; "on the basis of works by Benjamin Greenleaf, A.M."
Thom. R. Shewell & Company, Boston, New York, Chicago, 1899 Edition; 246 Pages
Dimensions: 7 1/2" x 5"
Worn spot on upper back cover board, chipping at top of spine, but over all, in very good condition, tight binding, no torn pages. Some charming pencil notations from previous owner, inscribed with name and address: Nora Richardson, Goddard Sem. Barre, Vt.


Handbook of Composition by Edwin C. Woolley
D.C. Heath & Co, 1907, 239 Pages
Nameplate on back inside cover with inscribed name "Harold C. Ferguson, Clark College, Worcester, Mass." and doodles.
Dimensions: 6 3/4" x 4 3/4"
Good vintage condition, shows wear around board edges and spine, crease on back cover.

English Literature by Rev. Stopford Brook
Literature Primers, Ed. John Richard Green
American Book Company, 1895; 240 Pages plus advertising pages
Dimensions: 6 1/8" x 4 3/8"
In good condition. Marks on cover & back, a few pencil marks, rubbing along spine.



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24.95 USD

Instant collection of five (5) vintage sewing thread spools in fabulous shades of orange and coral, put them on display or use the thread in projects. The antique silk thread are on wood spools and represent several hard-to-find labels including Carlson Currier Belding Bros. San Francisco (one spool) and B & A Richardson Belding Corticelli (three spools).


The coral colors are just wonderful and would make a beautiful display in a sewing room, studio, workshop, craft room, or even as a table centerpiece.

Sewing thread lot includes:

1. B & A Richardson Belding Corticelli - Sew With Silk - Size A - No. 2020 - 50 Yards
Wooden spool and thread in good condition. Spool is almost full.

2. B & A Richardson Belding Corticelli - Sew With Silk - Size A - No. 2675 - 50 Yards
Wooden spool and thread in good condition. Spool is almost full.

3. B & A Richardson Belding Corticelli - Sew With Silk - Size A - No. 4350 - 50 Yards
Wooden spool is in good condition. Thread has been broken in several places. Spool is mostly used up.

4. Belding Corticelli - Pure Silk - Size A - Shade 4460 - 100 Yards
Wooden spool has a small nick on the bottom. Thread is in good condition and spool is mostly full.

5. Carlson Currier - Belding Bros. San Francisco - Pure Silk - Size A - Shade 281 - 100 Yards
Wooden spool is in good condition. Silk thread looks slightly soiled to my eye. The thread has broken at several points. Spool is less than half full.

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145.00 USD

Produced by Sanford Ink Company in the 1930s, this vintage globe traveler inkwell would make a cool home or office decor accent. The miniature bakelite plastic world globe twists at equator opening to reveal a vintage bottle of blue Sanford ink.

The molded bakelite is in very good condition. No chips. No cracks. The ink bottle has some old blue ink in it.

2 3/4" Diameter

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45.95 USD

Lovely set of six (6) vintage English Ambassador Ware Fondeville small plates with a cobalt blue border and floral design can be used as dessert dishes or bread plates.

The dessert plate set would make a wonderful wedding or shower gift for the vintage loving bride.

Each plate has the Ambassador Ware Fondeville England mark on the back. Plates are in very good vintage condition. Two of the plates have crazing as shown in photograph four (4).

6 1/8" Diameter


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45.00 USD

This vintage Kosta Boda glass vase has a lovely owl design.

The Swedish art glass vase is molded in a classic Vicke Lindstrand era shape, and is signed "Kosta" on the bottom along with two unidentifiable numbers? letters? and the numbers 223. The vase is very heavy for its size.

The modern vase would fit into any decor, and would make a great gift for an owl lover.

Approximately 5 1/4 inches tall, 4 inches at its widest point, and 2 1/4 inches deep.

This is a piece of vintage art glass. The vase shows typical wear including scratches, a few flea bites near one side of the branch, and a flea bite on the base, none of which detract from the beauty of the piece

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125.00 USD

Fabulous French ribbon trim, this amazing vintage textile was stored for years in Hyman Hendler's Manhattan showroom which closed in January 2015. The wide black rayon ribbon has a beautiful woven embroidery design in gold and orange.

This striking ribbon can used as trim on an evening dress, transformed into a dashing sash, used in an arts & crafts projects, or displayed as a work of art itself.

Ribbon is in "as new" condition.


2 1/4 inches wide

Approximately 16 Yards

100% Rayon


Made in France


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495.00 USD

A beautiful specimen of Art Nouveau bronze work, this pin tray is also a fine example of a "naughty," a decorative dish with an image of a woman that when turned over reveals her naked derriere. Finely wrought, this footed bronze dish has great detail showing an array of flora and a lovely long haired lady peering through the leaves. She appears to be sticking out her tongue.

This rare & sassy Art Nouveau pin tray would make an amazing gift for the collector.

Tray measures approximately 6 1/2" x 5 1/2" and stands 1 1/4" tall and is in very good vintage condition. There are a few spots of age-related patina in the leaves, on one of her arms, on the back, and tray feet. The tray is very heavy for its size weighing 2 lbs.

I have another "naughty" pin tray of a woman holding up her skirt which I will be listing in my shop soon.

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