25.00 USD

Published in 1959, this vintage Rand McNally Space Age World Atlas was produced for AC Spark Plug Electronics Division of General Motors. The vintage space race era atlas contains color maps of the world, color maps of the moon and outer space, as well as star charts of the northern and southern hemispheres.

The over-sized vintage atlas is in good condition for its age showing typical wear. The spine has been reinforced with heavy tape and there is obvious wear at the base of the spine. The maps are in excellent condition.

Rand McNally Space Age World Atlas
Published for AC Spark Plus
The Electronics Division of General Motors
1959
47 Pages

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This Chase Hand Painted Japan ceramic angel figurine was originally part of a larger set of choir cherubs. The angel is robed in white and has a 1940s hairstyle. The angel holds a scroll of music.

Made in the late 1940s - early 1950s, this angel is a classic mid-century Christmas decoration produced in Japan for the American market.

The angel statue is in good vintage condition showing typical wear including some paint loss. She has her original Chase Hand Painted label and is marked "Japan" in red.

Approximate Measurements:
5" tall x 2" wide x 1 1/2" deep


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Vintage medical science book published by Schering in the 1940s provided doctors, nurses, and other allied medical professional the latest information on sex endocrinology.

The small vintage book is filled with beautiful medical illustrations and has an artful graphic design layout not typically associated with medical books. The book has an eight-page glossy illustrated plate section. Given to doctors as a gift from the Scherling drug company, the volume includes a section on drug "package information" for treating endocrine problems.

This is a genuine vintage book from the 1940s. It shows light shelf wear and has some soiling on the cover. Although the binding is tight, the binding webbing shows through at the beginning of the illustrated plate section on at page 41.

Sex Endocrinology
A Handbook for the Medial and Allied Professions
Schering Corporation, Medical Research Division, Bloomfield, N.J., 1945
First Edition, Designed by F. W. Frohlich and Company, Inc., Printed by The Georgian Press, Inc.
88 Pages
7 1/2 inches by 5 1/2 inches

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16.95 USD

Missing a wise man? Add this vintage Christmas nativity figure to your set and complete (or start) your wisemen trio. This creche figurine is made out of paper mache and is marked "Germany" on the bottom.

Wise man is in good condition for a 60+ year old paper mache figurine. The paint is beginning to crackle on the hand thats on his hip. He has a chip at the base of his robe and a few flea bites.

Measurements: Approximately 6 1/2" tall; 2 1/2" wide; 2 1/8" deep.

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Vintage American Home Magazine gives an interesting glimpse back in time at early 1930s home decor, house plans, menus, kitchen equipment, knitting and handicrafts, gardening, and more. The vintage magazine cover artwork is by Adolph Treidler who is best known for his World War II propaganda posters. The back cover has a Lucky Strike ad featuring a glamorous woman.

Genuine vintage not a recent reprint, the magazine shows typical wear from use and the passage of time. The cover has a few small tears along the edges and a bit of paper loss at the bottom right-hand corner. The paper shows typical toning. Pages are clean.

The American Home
Aug - Sept 1932
Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc.

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45.00 USD

Written by the Jesuit and theological philosopher Tilmann Pesch, Das Religiöse Leben (The Religious Life) contains Catholic prayers and instruction for men on how to live a good Christian life.

This book is in Tilmann's native tongue, German, and contains no English translation. It is a lovely vintage prayer book with a slipcase, flexible leather cover, decorative endpapers, gold gilt title lettering and page edges, and an attached ribbon bookmark.

Published in 1922, the vintage prayer book is in very good condition for its age. There are a few notations and underlinings in pencil. Otherwise, pages are clean and binding is tight. The book's slipcase shows typical shelf wear.

Das religiöse Leben. Ein Begleitbüchlein mit Rathschlägen und Gebeten zunächst für die gebildete Männerwelt
by Tilmann Pesch
The religious life. An accompanying booklet counsels and prayers first for the educated man's world
Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder & Co, 1922
592 Pages; Pocket Size 5 1/4" x 3"

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Two vintage Atkins Saw advertising catalogs from the 1920s are filled with illustrations of their saw tools and mill specialty equipment.

The small catalogs are wrapped in what looks to be their original paper wrapper. The lot includes Saw Sense (22 pages) and Atkins Mill Saw Saw Tools and Mill Specialties (32 pages). The small tool brochures are small enough to fit in a vest pocket.

The tool catalogs date from the 1920s and show typical signs of wear and tear. The pages of Saw Sense are considerably tanned with age.

Each catalog measures 6 1/4 inches x 3 5/16 inches
Stapled bindings

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125.00 USD

This rare vintage perfume bottle designed by legendary Kosta Boda glass artist Elis Bergh would make a very special gift.

Elis Bergh (1881-1954) was trained as an architect before joining Kosta Glass as an artist in 1929. We worked with Kosta until he retired in 1950 and was considered an artistic leader of the company.

The small art glass perfume bottle has a heart shaped glass stopper as well as an etched flower design. The vintage Swedish Kosta Boda art glass piece is signed "Kosta" on the bottom along with a "B" for Bergh and the number "2327."

The vintage glass perfume bottle is in very good condition showing light signs of wear from age and use. The glass bottle has its original Kosta foil label but it is worn and not legible.

Approximate Measurements:
3 1/4" Tall
1 3/4" Wide

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35.00 USD

This vintage technology dictionary would make a great gift for the tech geek in your life. The Elsevier's Dictionary of Automatic Control in Four Languages covers technology and engineering terms in English, French, German, and Russian. Published in 1963, the front section of the vintage technical dictionary has scientific words & terms arranged in four columns. There are four thumb-indexed sections at the back, one for each language represented in the reference book.

This is an ex-library book deaccessioned from Fairleigh Dickinson University library. The vintage reference book has the university library's embossed stamp on the title page, the library's ink stamp on the page edges, as well as a reference label on the spine along with library classification number on the spine and on the front cover (not the Dewey system).

The book is in good condition with a tight binding and clean pages excluding the library marking stated above. There is a brief bio of the compiler pasted down on the front endpaper, and residue from a library due date sheet on the back endpaper. The vintage dictionary has an attached red ribbon book mark.

Elsevier's Dictionary of Automatic Control in Four Languages
English/American, French, German, and Russian
Compiled and Arranged on an English Alphabetical Base by W.E. Clason
Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, London, New York, 1963
9" x 6 1/8"

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29.95 USD

This vintage Munising wooden dough bowl has a deep patina of age and a rustic charm that makes it a perfect decor accent in a country farmhouse kitchen. The bowl shows wear from use and the passage of time. The old wooden bowl would make a wonderful farmhouse table centerpiece.

The vintage turned wood bread bowl has a Munising marking on the back dating it to the 1930s - 1940s. The bowl is slightly oval in shape measure approximately 11 inches by 11 1/2 inches. The bowl is hefty for its size.

Approximate Measurements:
11" x 11 1/2" x 3"

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39.95 USD

Filled with drawings and time-honored information on plant propagation, this antique farming book, The Nursery Book, also has a decorative cover worthy of display.

Part of The Rural Science Series, this vintage gardening book would make a great gift for a master gardener or aspiring farmer.

Genuine vintage published in 1911, not a recent reprint of this title, the antique book shows age-appropriate wear from use and the passage of time. The cover shows light soiling and wear around the ends with some fraying. Pages are toned with age and a few pages have a few small tears at the edges. The vintage book has a stamp at the front from the "Michell's Seed House, 518 Market St," Philadelphia. Michell's is still in business. You can read about the company's history on their website.

The Nursery Book
A Complete Guide to The Multiplication of Plants
by L.H. Bailey
The MacMillan Company, New York, 1911
Sixteenth Edition
Illustrated; 365 Pages plus advertising pages at the back

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19.95 USD

Initially turned down by several publishers, A.E. Housman's A Shropshire Lad went on to become one of the most beloved collections of poetry during the 20th century. The small volume of sixty-three poems speak of youth, love, early death, nature, and the disappearing rural way of life. The poetry book was carried in the pockets of soldiers during World War I, given as gifts to young men, was the subject of school classroom recitation... "When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say...."

This vintage volume of the classic poems is simply bound in brown cloth with gold title lettering on the cover and spine. The small book fits easily in the hand or pocket.

The book is in good condition. Some light soiling on the cover, wear at the top and bottom of the spine and the cover edges. The endpapers and book pages are slightly tanned with age lending a nostalgic tone to the book.

A Shropshire Lad by A.E. Housman
The Richards Press Ltd., London, 1944
101 Pages
5 1/8" x 3 1/2"


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Scarce vintage advertising measuring glass for the Spectro-Matic paint tinting system measures up to a pint. The 1950s advertising beaker has a spout for easy pouring and bright red lettering. The vintage measuring beaker is marked along one side in ounces and in cup increments.

The vintage measuring cup is in good condition having no chips and no cracks.

Approximate Measurements:
6 Inches Tall
3 1/4" Top Diameter
1 Pint Capacity

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45.00 USD

Festive and beautiful vintage souvenir scarf from Spain depicts the vibrancy of Spanish culture with scenes of flamenco dancers, matadors, and bullfighting.

The scarf can certainly be worn as intended, but the vintage textile could also be hung as wall decor.

The scarf is in good condition. It has a machine-stitched hem, about an inch of which has come undone. The fabric feels like rayon.

Scarf measures approximately 30 inches long by 29 inches wide.

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Instant library of classic mythology books includes The Golden Bough, Bulfinch's Mythology, Hamilton's Mythology and more.

The decorative book bundle would make a fine gift for the literary enthusiast, and would look very scholarly as office decor or on a library shelf.

The vintage book set is in very good condition showing wear consistent with age. Several of the vintage volumes have their previous owner's bookplates on the front endpapers. Books are clean.

The Age of the Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
The Heritage Press, New York, 1942; 369 Pages
Illustrated; No Dust Jacket

Bulfinch's Mythology
The Modern Library, A Modern Library Giant, Random House, New York, Circa 1942
Illusrated; 778 Pages
Previous Owner's Bookplate (Dorothea Burns) on Front Endpaper. Dust Jacket shows wear with some chipping around the edges.

The Golden Bough by Sir James G. Frazer
Volume I, Abridged Edition
MacMillan, 1958
Previous Owner's Bookplate (Dorothea Burns) on Front Endpaper, Dust Jacket shows wear with discoloration, chipping, creases.

Myth and Mythmaking edited by Henry A. Murray
George Braziller, New York, 1960; 381 Pages
First Edition
Previous Owner's Bookplate (Dorothea Burns) on Front Endpaper, some chipping at the base of the dust jacket.

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Illustrated by Steele Savage
Little, Brown and Company, Boston
Copyright 1942; Twenty-Seventh Printing; 497 Pages
No Dust Jacket

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Vintage amber glass pig platter is the perfect serving tray for a country farmhouse kitchen. Fill the vintage glass pig tray with bacon and pass it around!

Circa 1960s vintage glass platter is in good condition showing light wear from use and the passage of time. Displays well and is a practical serving piece.

Approximate Measurements:
13" x 9"

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Written by Harry Castlemon (pen name of Charles Austin Fosdick), a prolific 19th-century author of adventure books for boys, Frank Among the Rancheros is part of The Rocky Mountain Series of novels published by Porter & Coates.

This very early edition, possibly a first edition, has a decorative cover and an illustration of Frank, the main character.

The book is a genuine antique from the 19th century, not a modern reprint. As such, expect wear and aging appropriate for a book that is almost 150 years old. The pages are tanned with age, but supple and not crumbling. Some of the pages have soiling. The cover has some spots and wear along the edges and at top and bottom of the spine. Binding is tight.

Frank Among the Rancheros by Harry Castlemon
The Rocky Mountain Series
Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1871
R.W. Carroll & Co., Cincinnati
254 Pages; 6 3/4 Inches x 5 inches

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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 vintage book set can be used as decor in classroom, children's room, or baby nursery.


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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Vintage TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) menu has a detachable large-format postcard depicting the Portuguese folk dance Bailinho Da Madeira Camacha.

The menu postcard is No. 7 in a series of paintings by Abilio Mattos e Silva a noted artist and costume designer for the opera, ballet, and theatre.

The card is in good condition showing slight wear around the edges and at the base of the fold.

Measures 9 1/16 inches x 5 11/16 closed.
Circa 1966

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Make the season bright with this vintage lighted Star of Bethlehem tree topper. The plastic circa 1960s vintage Christmas tree topper lights up and shines brightly.

As this is a genuine vintage Christmas ornament, the star topper shows typical signs of wear from use and the passage of time. The plastic star has some dings and scratches, as does the hard cardboard mounting stick.

The star measures approximately 6 1/2" tall x 6 1/2"wide x 2" deep not including the mounting stick, and 8 1/2" tall total.

The vintage Christmas Tree light is marked for indoor use only.
115-125 Volts

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