old books, sheet music and ephemera

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  redwork embroidery books, full size vintage style designs to embroider red or blue

  Two newer needlework books, red work and blue work embroidery (though of course you could use any color (s) you want in these projects!)....

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  1950s vintage book history of folk arts art of Ukraine, Ukrainian league published rare

  Unusual and very interesting book published in the 1950s with the backing of many Ukrainian league members (their names printed in the in...

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  vintage Sears catalog, Fall Winter 1963 big book, collectors reference 60s retro

  Big Fall / Winter catalog from Sears, 1963. This has just about everything that you could want or need for a family and home, mid-century...

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  unused 1950s vintage Whitman fuzzy wuzzy flocked Santa Big Christmas coloring book

  Unused Whitman fuzzy wuzzy cover coloring book - Santa's BIG BIG Book to Color, dated 1955. This has the greatest illustrations and c...

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  shabby antique books w/ beautiful covers, mid - late 1800s vintage 19th century

  Lot of three very lovely, very old books, all shabby and loose, in poor condition. These still display very well just as the are, to use...

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  antique books for holiday decorations, A Christmas Carol & art cover illustration poetry

  Collection of three early 1900s vintage Christmas books to read or display as holiday decor. This lot is two fancy gift books with lovely...

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  70s vintage pattern booklet macrame designs, retro hippie curtains fringed shades for windows

  70s vintage needlework pattern booklet Macrame Window Dressings, some really groovy designs here! I've shown just a couple of the sty...

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  60s book of traditional antique designs for painted tole trays, Hitchcock chairs

  1960s vintage book, American Antique Decoration, 132 pages with authentic examples and detailed designs for Hitchcock style chairs, tolew...

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  20s vintage International Textbook Chemistry Materials of Construction antique builders book

  1920s vintage Chemistry and Materials of Construction, published by the International Textbook Company (copyright Great Britain, printed...

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  The Voice of Thanksgiving vintage green cover music book psalms & hymns

  I picked this 1920s vintage hymnal up because I think the cover is so beautiful, simply styled. And the music is simply scored, easy to s...

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  70s vintage Huygen Poortvliet The Book of Gnomes w/ dust jacket

  Vintage copy of The Book of Gnomes, a classic! This has some wear to the dust jacket, and a former owner's name on front endpaper. Cl...

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  MCM vintage architectural landscape design book Concrete in the Garden 60s mod hardscaping

  1960s vintage hardcover, 63 pages Concrete in the Garden, Gerd Daumel. This is used, worn with some soil and discoloration from age. Very...

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  vintage Watty Piper The Brimful Book Mother Goose rhymes stories 1930s

  Big beautiful old children's book with tons of illustrations - this is Watty Piper's The Brimful Book of Mother Goose rhymes and...

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  new old stock unused business record ledger sheets, binder notebook paper w/ grid lines

  Box of 'new' vintage ledger sheets, 8 1/2" x 5", in good clean condition. Interesting paper for crafts, art journaling et...

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  vintage technical text book welders Lincoln Electric Lessons in Arc Welding trades

  Lessons in Arc Welding 2nd edition, published in 1941 by Lincoln Electric. Some great old equipment shown here, doesn't look much lik...

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  Alcoholics Anonymous 1939 1st edition facsimile copy, collector's book w/ dust jacket

  Reprint - reproduction of the first printing first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, originally published in 1939. Nice and clean, with du...

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  1800s antique art binding book CAMPBELL embossed gold cover poetry of Thomas Campbell

  The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, no date on this that I could find, late 1800s vintage. This has a beautiful old cover, green cloth...

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  illustrated history of Eau Claire Wisconsin out of print book w/ many old photos

  1988 hardcover book An Illustrated History of Eau Claire, Heartland of the Chippewa Valley. 126 pages, tons of great old photos of early...

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  antique illustrated art edition Thomas Moore Lala Rookh violet print binding vintage book

  Thomas Moore's Lala Rookh, dated 1890 in a beautiful art binding with floral pattern and gold. Even better are the 100 illustrations,...

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  Harrison Fisher portraits art plates antique book A Dream of Fair Women

  Early 1900s vintage book of art and verse, A Dream of Fair Women, with Harrison Fisher illustrations ('Gibson girl' style portrai...

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  70s vintage copper metal art horse barn wagon team, music box King of the Road

  Late 1960s or 70s vintage copper or brass metal art music box, plays King of the Road while the horses go around in and out of the barn....

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  HH Bennett book early photographs of Wisconsin, Dells history & midwest railroad travel

  'Pioneer Photographer - Wisconsin's H.H. Bennett', an 8 1/2"; x 11" softcover book. 192 pages, nearly every page with...

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  vintage Japan ceramic gnome S&P shakers, Book of Gnomes figurines

  Early 80s vintage Japan gnomes salt and pepper shakers, in excellent condition. These are really wonderful, very detailed, like figurines...

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  antique vintage poetry book, old hardcover binding w/ gold Bryants poems

  Poems of William Cullen Bryant, in a beautiful old binding, circa 1900 or thereabouts. This is a small hardcover, about 6 1/2" x 4 1/...

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  lot unused library book cards, authentic vintage paper ephemera for projects

  Large lot of assorted library book insert cards and catalog cards, shown altogether in the first photo. Authentic vintage deadstock for u...

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  Emilys Moo 60s vintage Tibor Gergely picture book, Jersey cow illustrations

  Ex-library hardcover children’s book Emily's Moo by Tibor Gergely, no date, probably 1960s? Not overly worn, such cute illustration...

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  1920s vintage book Rudolf Steiner philosophy, introduction to Anthroposophy

  Nice old copy of Fruits of Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner philosophy with bibliography. This is very spotted, with browning on endpapers....

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  50s vintage Whitman die-cut Santa Night Before Christmas picture book

  Night Before Christmas, a die-cut softcover Whitman book dated 1958, Florence Sarah Winship illustrations. Great Santa cover art here....

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  complete H P Lovecraft, horror sci-fi stories collected fiction hardcover book

  Newer (2008) collected fiction of H P Lovecraft, published by Barnes and Noble. This has gilt page edges and cool, gothy cover art! It...

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  antique History of The United States for early readers, vintage book patriotic cover art

  The History of The United States, in words (or divided words) of one syllable, made for beginning readers. Cute, and a little weird....

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  vintage printed cotton hankies, childrens novelty print handkerchiefs inc Golden Book hanky

  Lot of seven vintage child's print cotton hankies (one Golden Book, and some other cute prints!) all in a worn o...

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  70s vintage out of print quilting book, West Virginia appalachian mountain quilters

  Dated 1973, The Mountain Artisans Quilting Book, 179 pages with 'the techniques, patterns and designs of the famous West Virginia co-...

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  China Painting in the French style, hand painted porcelain illustrated how to book

  Painting on China in the French Style, by Gigi Branch. This is a hardcover book, 95 pages. Nice and clean with paper dust jacket, though...

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  vintage craft book how to make silk flowers, illustrated instructions full size patterns

  From Silk to Flowers - Hand Rolled Silk Flowers for You to Make, a 1970s vintage softcover booklet with full size patterns, 41 pages in a...

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  dead stock new unused library book cards, authentic vintage paper ephemera for projects

  Full case (1000 cards) sealed packages of library book cards, white, blue, pink as shown. The cards are about 4 3/4" x 3"....

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  1940s vintage Christmas graphics, old 78 records album (empty) Fred Waring big band carols

  1940s vintage Decca record album Twas The Night Before Christmas - Fred Waring and his Pennsylanians, orchestra, glee club and soloists....

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  Parrak the White Reindeer Inga Borg Sweden vintage ex-library picture book

  Mid-century vintage copy of Parrak the White Reindeer by Inga Borg, no date on this that I could find. This is an ex-library book in lib...

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  collecting hankies, vintage identification guide color photos out of print reference book

  Vintage (2000) soft cover collector's book - Collecting Handkerchiefs. This is such a fun 'wish book' of vintage hankies! Lo...

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  vintage macrame patterns instruction booklets, hippie retro bohemian home decor designs

  Lot of six 1970s vintage macrame booklets, mostly things to make for the home - wall art, hanging tables, plant hangers etc.. Very groovy...

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  Danish Handcraft Guild book of embroidery w/ charted cross stitch designs, herbs & flowers

  Vintage soft cover book of Danish cross-stitch embroidery designs for herbs and medicinal plants, Flora Danica style! A little yellowed b...

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  70s vintage McCalls Book of Quilts quilting patterns, traditional & mod design

  1970s vintage softcover McCall's Book of Quilts, 160 pages - history, patterns, new takes on old designs etc. Has some spotting and w...

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  1950s vintage big book catalogs jewelers & housewares, Chicago companies Hagn & Trebing

  Two big old catalogs of 'general merchandise' and jewelry, 1950s vintage. These have been in an attic for many years, and smell k...

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  1940s vintage two volume dictionary, big books w/ old red & gold covers

  The New Century Dictionary in two volumes, published by Appleton Century, 1940s. These have some really nice color plates and TONS of sm...

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  Erica Wilson crewel work embroidery kit, Earth has Music - early 80s vintage

  Vintage Erica Wilson crewel embroidery kit, dated 1981. "The Earth Has Music For Those That Listen", with birds all around - very...

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  antique color plates illustrated natural history books birds insects trees moss vintage 1914

  Three volume collection Nature Library - these books are numbered I, II, III, and are complete in themselves, though I can't find an...

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  50 US states quilt block patchwork designs pattern templates, vintage Dover book

  Quilt block patterns for each of the 50 states, first published in Hearth and Home magazine. This is a Dover softcover with nice clear p...

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  out of print china painting books, German language art instruction, illustrated how to

  Lot of four German art books, all china painting titles. These are entirely in German, but have photos and diagrams on almost every page....

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  40s 50s vintage Bobbsey Twins books green covers Great West Mexico Indian Hollow etc.

  Lot of eight 1940s and 1950s vintage Bobbsey Twins books - And Their Schoolmates, In The Great West, At Clover Bank, Own Little Railroad...

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  antique book Canary bird raising cage birds breeding & care, types of canaries

  Victorian era book on breeding and raising canaries - The Canary, dated 1879, published by the Singer Gravel Paper Company. This little...

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  vintage Napco Japan Christmas angels figurines, mini angel band w/ musical instruments

  Beautiful hand painted china figurines, mid-century vintage Napco ware, made in Japan. These four little angel ponytail girls are just 2...

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  I Can Read book Spooky Tricks 60s 70s vintage weird science for children

  Cute Halloween - y cover on this vintage I Can Read book, Spooky Tricks. Cool weird science fun!...

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  lot china painting books, illustrated instructions how to supplies brush stroke techniques

  Large collection of small press (most out of print) books and booklets about china painting, tutorials and designs in many styles. There&...

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  antique early readers, reading primers learning to read schoolbooks circa 1900 vintage

  Lot of three First Readers, each different, all roughly turn of the century. These have such beautiful text and illustrations!...

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  1850s antique book business bookkeeping ledger accounting course study textbook

  A Practical System of Book-Keeping, published almost 200 years ago, showing some wear and considerable age consistent with its vintage....

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  vintage silhouette art, book of antique & modern head portraits of all ages

  1985 soft cover book of painted silhouettes of boys and girls, men and women of all ages - so many pictures, lots of inspiration here! T...

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  lot 50s vintage mail order catalogs, mid-century department store sale books, retro graphics!

  Lot of nine vintage store sale catalogs from mid-century vintage mail order companies - these have some great retro illustrations of ever...

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  antique book marble boards leather binding Frank Leslie's magazines early 1900s

  Hardbound volume of early 1900s content from Frank Leslie's magazine - this has lots of articles and stories, and great old graphics....

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  vintage Montgomery Ward catalog, Spring Summer 1957 big book, baby boomer memories

  Big Spring / Summer catalog from Montgomery Wards 1957. This has just about everything that you could want or need for a family and home,...

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  vintage 1954 Sears catalog, big sale book, 50s summer sports, fashion, home goods

  1954 Summer Sale catalog from Sears - this is 463 pages, complete with unused order blank! 50s fashions for the whole family, automotive...

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  1940s vintage two volume dictionary, big books w/ old red & gold covers

  The New Century Dictionary in two volumes, published by Appleton Century, 1940s. These have some really nice color plates and TONS of sm...

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  1950s picture book ABC vintage cars & trucks illustrations Ninon / Anne Alexander

  Library bound hardcover, ABC of Cars and Trucks, Anne Alexander and Ninon. This is used, ex-library, 1950s vintage. Wonderful very retro...

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  vintage Montgomery Wards Christmas 1957 wish book catalog, tons of toys, retro fashion & decor

  Montgomery Ward Christmas wish book catalog from 1957. Tons of toys, and other retro stuff for the whole family! It's somewhat worn b...

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  Aldens department store mail order catalog vintage 1959-1960 fall winter big book

  Fall / Winter 1959 - 1960 catalog for Aldens, 791 pages of mid-century everything! This is a fun read, we don't often find the big ca...

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  antique Sears catalog, 1915 or 1916 WWI vintage near complete big book

  Sears Roebuck catalog, from 1915 or 1916, I think. This is dog eared and missing a few of the first pages and the cover, but at around 15...

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  Irish dancers music box vintage ceramic St Patrick's Day leprechaun boy & girl

  Vintage music box, plays When Irish Eyes Are Smiling while it turns! This is unmarked, 60s or 70s vintage made in...

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  Mark Twain, Washington Irving antique gold embossed Victorian era art binding book covers

  Lot of lovely old antique books, such beautiful bindings on these! Titles are Life on the Mississippi by Twain, two volumes of Washington...

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  vintage silk cloth cover book China in Peace & War, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

  Interesting vintage copy of China in Peace and War by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, dated 1940. The cover is silk clot...

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  instant collection vintage books, romances w/ gibson girl antique cover art

  Collection of five early 1900s vintage novels with lovely dust jackets or cover art, pretty Victorian and Edward...

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  1906 book, quotes & speeches of Abraham Lincoln for all occasions year round

  The Lincoln Year Book, 1906. "Containing Immortal Words of Abraham Lincoln Spoken and Written on Various Occasions...

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  antique Electricity Book for Boys handy electrical experiments projects steampunk inventor

  Vintage 1908 science book, Harper's Electricity Book for Boys, 407 pages of scary cool Edison style stuff! This...

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  retro 60s vintage gold angel made in Japan, Silent Night Christmas music box

  60s vintage gold Christmas angel made in Japan, stands 9 1/2" tall and plays Silent Night when wound up at the base. She's...

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  antique encyclopedia books 5 volume library w/ vintage engravings, photos, color plates, dated 1914

  1914 People's Cyclopedia set in five volumes, cloth covers, 7 3/4" x 5 1/4". These have some lovely old illustrations!...

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  tiny mini books library Lolly Pop 40s 50s vintage children's Lollipop book collection

  Lot of seven 40s - 50s vintage Lolly Pop books, cute little doll sized picture books 4 1/2" x 3 1/2" overall. They're worn, bu...

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  Horrors of Tornado Flood & Fire 1918 vintage book w/ antique line drawing engravings

  Worn old book of horrifying natural disasters with some very interesting illustrations! If you collect gory curiosities, this will...

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  vintage gold aluminum Christmas bell, musical music box holiday decoration in original box

  1960s vintage Musical Christmas Bell, working fine, carefully kept in its original box for many years. (The box...

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  Mr Christmas double decker carousel, electronic music box plays holiday Christmas carols

  Mr. Christmas double decker carousel... this is an electric holiday decoration which plays Christmas carols at i...

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  vintage illustrated history of the Great War, 1919 book published by Woman's Weekly, WWI maps & photo

  Freedom's Triumph, a large atlas size (14" x 10 1/2") book of the Great War, published by Woman's Weekly, dated...

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  huge antique book, beautiful 1880s manual of letter writing for social & business letters

  Great big 1880s book of mannerly writing for all occasions, with a wealth of beautiful graphics and typography....

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  vintage mirror plastic shadowbox music box w/ dancer couple dancing to waltz

  Working vintage music box winds up and plays a waltz while the couple dances....

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  vintage brass door bell mid century Authotone mechanical doorbell musical chime

  Mid century vintage architectural hardware... a mechanical door bell with musical, 2 tone chimes. This is an Authotone Suburban No 840. T...

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  collection of 1960s vintage little Golden Books Bible Stories series book set

  Set of twelve vintage Golden Press books of Bible Stories, cute little hardcover books much like a Little Golden Book, but...

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  50s vintage Whitman Guides, lot of 10 little guide books flowers, trees, birds, fish

  Little library of Whitman guide books, most 1950s vintage, all with wonderful old illustrations. There's 10 books in the c...

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  antique garden book, 1910 Manual of Gardening w/ diagrams, engravings, photos

  Early 1900s vintage Manual of Gardening by L H Bailey, this the second edition dated 1910....

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  1950s Popular Mechanics hand book All About Upholstering, mid-century modern furniture designs

  1952 hard cover book from Popular Mechanics Press, All About Upholstering by John Bergen....

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  antique book American Gardener's Assistant dated 1866, illustrated w/ vintage engravings

  Beautiful old gardening book first published in 1866 (the only date we could find in this book)....

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  cottage flowers 40s 50s vintage garden book Geraniums Pelargoniums w/ illustrations

  Geraniums Pelargoniums for windows and gardens by Helen Van Pelt Wilson, published in 1946 (this edition from 1957)....

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  new stock electronic music boxes lot, Christmas holiday music Frosty & Rudolph

  Unused lot of craft supply music boxes made in China, electronic button music boxes with holiday music and blinking red li...

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  grandmother's scrapbook of vintage greeting cards, holiday cards, valentines

  Old scrapbook with a ton of vintage greeting cards (mostly 60s and 70s) sent to a grandma, and carefully saved. Quite a co...

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  vintage collectors antique guide books, old EAPG glass patterns, pressed pattern glass pitchers

  Large lot of antique guides to old china and pattern glass, all by Minnie Watson Kamm. These are 1940s through 70s, long o...

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  large old leather bound books, antique 1930s vintage Literary Digest magazines

  Two beautifully shabby old leather bound books, bound copies of the Literary Digest from the spring of 1931 and the spring...

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  vintage holiday decoration, large Christmas bell mechanical music box plays Jingle Bells

  Large Christmas bell music box, plays Jingle Bells when the string is pulled. This works fine, though it seems strange at...

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  American Gasoline Engines Since 1872, makes & history w/ photos, collector's guide book

  584 page soft cover collector's book, American Gasoline Engines Since 1872. Tons of black and white photos, and a wealth of en...

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  vintage Night Before Christmas story picture book & Santa / reindeer die-cut paper decorations

  Mixed lot of cute vintage Christmas pieces - an assortment of undated paper cutout decorations, and Twas The Night Before...

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  1930s vintage Perry's Musical magazines,sheet music for popular songs, dance tunes

  Lot of nine old issues of Perry's Musical Magazine... this is mostly popular home music, 'lighter' than the old Etude maga...

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  new old stock vintage ledger book sheets, blank lined paper for altered art paper or craft

  Lot of three packages of unused old stock ledger paper, page size 8" x 10 1/2". This is clean and nice, interesting materi...

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  vintage sheet music lot, 90+ pieces 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, great cover art graphics

  Large lot of vintage sheet music, over 90 pieces in all. Most of these have some wear from use, though I believe a...

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  early 1900s vintage Ledger w/ lined paper, unused large blank book for journal, altered art

  Beautiful antique Ledger book, all blank, never used. It's hardcover, measures about 12" x 7 1/2"....

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  vintage Japan music box plays Memory, ornate metal trinket box w/ forget-me-nots

  Pretty musical trinket box for jewelry or other tiny treasures, cast metal with forget me not floral inset on the top. It'...

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  Happy Birthday revolving musical cake stand, vintage litho print metal cake pedestal music box

  Vintage Japan rotating cake stand for a special birthday cake! This plays Happy Birthday of course, and measures 6 1/4" across...

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  1930s deco vintage book 60 Alphabets, for typography lettering, artists & designers

  60 Alphabets, a vintage 1949 printing of the 1930s original published by the Hunt brothers. This is a well loved, much used co...

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  antique vintage traveling bag satchel books or blanket roll carrier, leather handle & straps

  Antique detachable carrier for carpetbag, document case, or traveling rug, with leather grip and straps. It's about 14...

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  vintage Cherished Memories keepsake box, wood bookcase box w/ leather textured paper

  Lovely rustic vintage 'book' box to hold photos and other special treasures. It's 11" x 8" x 2" overall....

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  Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson old books, vintage editions w/ color illustrations

  Lot of two different old editions of Treasure Island - these have some lovely cover art and illustrations. Both have been well...

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  Land of the Great Lakes, 1950s vintage midwest geography history school book text

  Unused vintage school binding geography / history book for children - Land of the Great Lakes, dated 1958. It's 188 pages, wit...

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  1920s vintage picture book puppy story The Little Dog That Would Not Wag His Tail

  Beautiful 1922 picture book - with a happy ending! - The Little Dog That Would Not Wag His Tail. This measures 9" x 11", hardb...

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  1940s vintage Alice in Wonderland special edition book color Tenniel illustrations

  1940s vintage Random House special edition of Alice in Wonderland with colorized Tenniel illustrations. So sweet!...

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  Let's Draw Horses, H C Harlan 1950 horse art drawing pencil sketching book

  1950s H C Harlan art book, Let's Draw Horses. This is lovely stuff with natural western style styling. The book does have some...

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  1930s vintage book w/ color plates, A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett

  Nice old illustrated copy of A Little Princess. This has been used and loved - has child's name on the inside front cover, and s...

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