Category: Crafts & Hobbies

Allied's Radio Builder's Handbook : And, Allied's Radio Circuit Handbook, 1946

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Allied Radio Corporation : 1946

Seller ID: 22633

64 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Set of two (2) tall softcover booklets, pale-gray and brick-red covers, 32 + 32 pages, 44 + 58 b/w photos and diagrams. ; We have graded these items Fair. Light edgewear. Both have spotted covers, with the worst spotting on the upper rear covers (with are blank). No other defects. Scarce.
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Planning Your Home for Health and Comfort : With American Standard Heating Equipment and Plumbing Fixtures

By: American Standard

Price: $20.00

Publisher: American Radiator & Standard Sanitary Corporation : 1950

Seller ID: 24386

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

44 pages; 12mo (7") 18 cm; Oblong softcover, 8.25 x 7 inches, self-wraps, 44 glossy pages including covers, list of salesoffices, 45 b/w and 60 color illustrations. Includes page showing top six most popular colors of 1950. ; Glorious mid-century modern appliances and fixtures including: Lavatory sinks. Toilets. Neo-Angle bathtub. Master bathtub. Lavatory cabinets. Bidet. Knobs and faucets. Kitchen sinks. Gas-fired, oil-fired, coal-fired boilers. Standard radiators. Baseboard radiators. Convectors. Water heaters. Furnaces. Blowers (here called winter air conditioners) and more. ; Light to mode...
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Results of the Events Held at the 35th National Turnfest of the American Turnerbund : June 29th to July 3rd, 1936, Cleveland, Ohio

By: American Turnerbund Turnverein

Price: $40.00

Publisher: American Turnerbund : 1936

Seller ID: 24449

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

32 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Tan softcover, 32 pages, 54 sports listed, with all challengers named, their club names given, and their final scores or official times listed. Men's and women's. No illustrations. ; Topics include: Decathlon, upper grade, middle grade, lower grade. Swimming, free style, back stroke, breast stroke, relay. Septathlon. Pentathlon. Soft ball. Golf. Archery. Fencing. Badminton. Apparatus work. Also prizes listed for two non-sporting events: Literary essays, Mental exercises. ; The Turnerbund was a network of gymnastic societies (Turnvereine) that promoted athletic and aca...
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Book of Things to Make and How to Make Them : In School, at Home, Art Book for High Schools, Detroit Public Schools

By: Arbuckle, Mabel

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Board of Education : 1943

Seller ID: 22766

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

74 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall gray softcover, 74 sturdy pages, index, dozens of b/w diagrams and illustrations, simple instructions explaining various arts and crafts. ; Foreword by Warren E. Bow. Edited by Mabel Arbuckle, assisted by Helen J. Copley and a dozen art instructors. ; Topics include: Bookbinding. Etching metal. Glass. Leather dyeing. Make your own gesso and oil paint. Photography. Make your own negatives. Make your own darkroom. Plaster molds. Pottery decoration. Stone carving. Wood carving. More. ; Very little wear but covers show small spots and some sunning to edges. No major...
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David Austin's English Roses

By: Austin, David; Illustrated by Clay Perry

Price: $23.00

Publisher: Conran Octopus : 1995

Seller ID: 22799

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

160 pages; 4to (11.25") 29 cm; Large hardcover, black boards, pink endpapers, 160 glossy pages, index, history of the rose, rose family tree, growing and decorating with roses, etc, etc, numerous b/w diagrams, over 60 varieties of English roses shown in full color photos. ; Copyright 1993. This is 7th printing, 1995.; Only a touch of sunning to top edge. No other defects.
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Cobb Would Have Caught it : The Golden Age of Baseball in Detroit

By: Bak, Richard

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Wayne State University Press : 1991

Seller ID: 24195

ISBN-13: 9780814323557

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

385 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Hardcover, dark blue cloth, 385 pages, index, bibliography, over 100 high-quality historical b/w photos in text, with captions. Includes interviews with 17 retired players and support personnel. ; Detroit baseball history. Main focus is on Detroit Tigers; includes chapter on Detroit Stars team of Negro National League and their star player Turkey Stearnes. ; Small amount of wear to heel. Jacket spine slightly faded. No other defects. ; Great Lakes Books Series
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Eighth Annual Hobby Show, the Importance of Hobbies in American Living : Presented by the J. L. Hudson Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1942

By: Baker, Rea Barr

Price: $8.00

Publisher: J. L. Hudson Company : 1942

Seller ID: 14019

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair

12 pages; 16mo (6.25") 16 cm; Small white booklet, 12 glossy pages. Guide to craft show held June 1 through June 6, 1942, on 12th floor of what was Detroit's largest department store. ; Mainly a list of exhibitors, with a brief ad for Hudson's toy and hobby department and a few other sidebars. ; Covers and every page has marks, some in fountain pen, some in ballpoint, some in pencil. Several exhibitors are marked 'good' or other comments. Worn but all readable. Binding intact. Quite scarce.
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Hobby Crafts and Pastime Show : In the Twelfth Floor Auditorium, the J. L. Hudson Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1941

By: Baker, Rea Barr

Price: $8.00

Publisher: J. L. Hudson Company : 1941

Seller ID: 14018

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good-

16 pages; 24mo (5.5") 14 cm; Small orange booklet, pale orange pages with brown lettering throughout, 16 pages. Guide to craft show held June 2 through June 7, 1941, at what was then Detroit's largest department store. ; Some featured events: Puppet show by Margo and Rufus Rose. Old world crafts, arranged by Florence Cassidy. Crafts from Detroit settlements, by Mary Giovan Weinman. Hobbyists interviewed by Dorothy Garland. Antique autographed handkerchiefs, collected by Mrs. George Hogan Jr. List of members of Detroit Symphony Orchestra and their hobbies. List of exhibitors. More. ; Several ex...
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Locker Room Ballads

By: Baxter, John E. ; Illustrated by James Montgomery Flagg

Price: $16.00

Publisher: D. Appleton & Company : 1923

Seller ID: 17640

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

76 pages; 12mo (7.75") 20 cm; Small hardcover, green cloth, gilt lettering, polo player in gilt on front, [xii] + 76 + 2 pages, 20 b/w illustrations, 15 original humorous poems with rhyme and meter, several regarding golf or polo. ; Same date. NAP. Poems include: A Golfer's Kickability. The Perfect Golfer. The Nineteenth Hole has Water in it Now. Committees that Function at the Club's Expense (the Green Committee). More. ; Only minor wear to book. Former owner penned name, address, and date in a tiny hand on front endpaper, and date on rear endpaper. No other defects. Lacks jacket.
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Most Often Needed Radio Diagrams and Servicing Information, Volume 1 : 1926-1938

By: Beitman, M. N.

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Supreme Publications : 1941

Seller ID: 22632

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

240 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall yellow softcover, 240 pages, index, over 230 circuit diagrams for every popular brand of radio manufacturer. Volume 1 stated. ; Includes diagrams for Allied Radio, Atwater Kent, Chevrolet, Clarion, Crosley, Detrola, Emerson, Gabvin, General Electric, General Household, General Motors, Graybar Electric, International, Majestic, Montgomery-Ward, Noblitt-Sparks, Philco, RCA, Sears-Roebuck, Sparton, Stewart-Warner, Transformer Corporation of America, United Motors, Westinghouse, Zenith and many more. ; Worn around edges. Covers have smudges and cup rings. Interi...
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Most Often Needed Radio Diagrams and Servicing Information, Volume 2 : 1939

By: Beitman, M. N.

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Supreme Publications : 1941

Seller ID: 22631

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

192 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall green softcover, black cloth over spine, 192 pages, index, over 180 circuit diagrams for every popular brand of radio manufacturer. Volume 2 stated. ; Includes diagrams for Air-King, Allied Radio, Ansley, Belmont, Chevrolet, Crosley, Detrola, Emerson, Fada, Gamble-Skogmo, Howard, Lafayette, Majestic, Montgomery-Ward, Motorola, Noblitt-Sparks, Oldsmobile, Philco, RCA, Sears-Roebuck, Sparton, Spiegels, Stewart-Warner, United Motors, Zenith and many more. ; Moderate edgewear. Front cover has three spots (see image). Interior clean, binding tight. Scarce.
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Lawnplay Croquet by South Bend : How to Play, Rules and Regulations

By: Bend, South

Price: $11.00

Publisher: South Bend Toy Manufacturing Company : 1965

Seller ID: 22601

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

16 pages; 12mo (7.25") 15 cm; Green and yellow softcover booklet, self-wraps, 16 unnumbered pages, 24 illustrations and diagrams. Topics include: History of croquet. How to lay out a court. Terminology. How to play Croquet. How to play Croaky. How to play Golf Croquet. Care of your set. More. ; Published by South Bend Toy Manufacturing Company, a division of Playskool Manufacturing Company, makers of Lawnplay and American Maid South Bend Toys, 1965. ; Item is worn, staples are rusty but intact. Rear page long ago was torn and very neatly taped. Small hole near crown, apparently as issued. All ...
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System, the : A World Champion's Approach to Chess

By: Berliner, Hans

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Gambit Publications : 1999

Seller ID: 22846

ISBN-13: 9781901983104

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

176 pages; 8vo (8.25") 21 cm; Brown and red softcover, 176 pages, brief bibliography, about 150 b/w chess-board diagrams. ; Edited by Graham Burgess. ; Covers show light edgewear. 5 leaves creased at tip. 16 pages have yellow highlighting.
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John A. Biewer Company, St. Clair, Detroit : Bait and Tackle Catalog

By: Biewer, John A.

Price: $58.00

Publisher: John A. Biewer Company : 1954

Seller ID: 23907

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

188 pages; 4to (11") 28 cm; Tall orange softcover, brown plastic comb binding, 188 pages, two-color litho on front, index, over 960 items shown in b/w, 328 items shown in full glossy color, with descriptive info and current (1954) retailprices for each. ; Items include baits, lures, flies, fish hooks, fishing line, rods, reels, tackle boxes, sinkers, spinners and much more. Fishing tackle from company that started as Biewer Brewery and is now Biewer Lumber. ; Item dates from circa 1954 but some supplementary pages are dated 1961 or 1970.; Worn but intact. Small closed tears to covers and front...
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Blizzard's Action Toys

By: Blizzard, Richard; Illustrated by Richard Smiles

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Rodale Press : 1988

Seller ID: 21379

ISBN-13: 9780878578207

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

115 pages; 4to (10.75") 28 cm; Tall hardcover, red cloth, [x] + 115 pages, 2 appendixes, hundreds of b/w diagrams, 17 full-color glossy photos, 17 projects arranged in order of difficulty. ; Originally published in UK 1987. This is 1st North American edition, 1988. Photos by Richard Smiles. ; One of the best books ever published on how to make large-scale wooden action toys children will love. Toys include: Scooter trike and trailer. German Fokker triplane. Fire fighters ladder truck. Quarry crane. Tractor-trailer. Dump truck. Mercedes Benz farm tractor. Water-powered inclined mountain railroa...
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Great Hunters, Volumes 1, 2, 3 : Their Trophy Rooms and Collections

By: Boyce, Michael J.

Price: $60.00

Publisher: Safari Press : 1997

Seller ID: 20909

ISBN-13: 9781571570680

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

172 pages; Folio (12.25") 31 cm; Set of 3 tall hardcovers, [iv] + 172 + [iv] + 244 + [iv] + 208 pages, over 200 stunning photos per vol, nearly all in full color. ; Each vol 1st edition with full number line. Vol-1, 1997, intro by Michael J. Boyce. Vol-2, 1998, intro by Warren K. Parker. Vol-3, 2001, intro by John J. Jackson III. ; Truly spectacular. ; No marks or defects to books. Minor edgewear to jackets.
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Operating Instructions for Model Series 60700, 61700, 80700 and 81700 : 4 Cycle Briggs & Stratton Gasoline Engines

By: Briggs & Stratton

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Briggs & Stratton Corporation : 1956

Seller ID: 23934

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

16 pages; 8vo (9.5") 25 cm; Softcover. This lot includes: 16-page main booklet with 36 b/w diagrams. 4-page Rotary Power Mower Instruction, with 11 diagrams. 2-page Operating Instruction Supplement for the start-run-stop control, 10 diagrams. 1-page Operating Instructions supplement for the wheel adjusters, 3 diagrams. 1-page Directions for Installation of the Perfection Universal Jet-Pack Grass catcher, 5 diagrams. Engine Warranty Certificate and Registration Card. All in original orange envelope. ; Total of 28 pages plus envelope. Lawn mower, engine and accessories. No date but we estimate a...
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Gunsmith Kinks 2 : (Volume II)

By: Brownell, Bob

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Brownell & Son Publishers : 1991

Seller ID: 23067

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

496 pages; 8vo (8.75") 22 cm; Hardcover, dark gray cloth, 496 pages, over 400 b/w photos and line diagrams, 702 gunsmithing kinks (pro tips, shortcuts, secret techniques) for hunters, shooters and collectors. Also a few anecdotes. ; Copyright 1983. This is 6th printing, April, 1991, stated. This is vol-2 ONLY of a series of 3. ; Written by F. R. "Bob" Brownell, edited by Frank Brownell, of Brownell & Son. ; No marks or defects to book. Jacket shows only a hint of edgewear. ; Item laid in: small leaflet from Brownell's, Montezuma, Iowa, suppliers for gunsmiths and hobbyists.
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(Chess) Easy Guide to the Queen's Gambit Accepted

By: Buckley, Graeme

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Cadogan Books : 1998

Seller ID: 22839

ISBN-13: 9781857445237

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

128 pages; 8vo (8") 21 cm; Blue softcover, 128 pages, text in 2 columns, over 200 chess-board diagrams. ; Light edgewear. No interior marks. Binding tight and square. ; Cadogan Chess Series
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Texas Rangers Media Guide 1973 : Official Guide and Record Book for Press, Radio and Television

By: Busch, William R.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Texas Rangers : 1973

Seller ID: 19536

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

40 pages; 8vo (9.25") 23 cm; Tall softcover, red white and blue covers, fold-and-staple binding, 40 pages, 5 b/w photos, tons of facts and stats. ; Baseball history. ; Only very minor edgewear. No marks, no tears.
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Category: Crafts & Hobbies