Antique & Collectible Books & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great World War II homefront book entitled "Make and Mend for Victory". The paperback booklet has several sewing patterns and tips for repurposing clothing and accessories, as well as illustrations and black and white...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of the album "LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin: nach 15 Originalphotographien vom Bau des Luftschiffes". This was compiled to commemorate the round-the-world flight of the German airship LZ-127 "Graf Zeppelin", a craft...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover copy of "St. Paul's School in the Great War", published in 1926 by the St. Paul's School Alumni Association. St. Paul's is a Concord, New Hampshire preparatory school that was established in 185The book presents...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War I copy of "Soci??t?? des Moteurs Salmson Moteurs D'Aviation" aircraft motor reference manual. Salmson was initially a Paris engineering company created in 1890 by Emile Salmson. Eventually the outfit took on the...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare first edition of "The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan" by Thomas Dixon Jr. The bookplate is from the New Hampshire summer home of John J. Glessner, famed industrialist. Glessner, a Midwest native, invested in...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of the 1979 edition of "Murder off Miami" by Dennis Wheatley and J.G. Links. Originally published in 1936, the fictional crime dossier format book has been reprinted complete with clues, photographs and hair...

ARTIFACT: This is the September 1977 edition of "Soldier of Fortune" Volume 2, Number This issue with reports on combat knives, betrayal in Vietnam, American Merc destroys Cuban espionage ring, 'Castle Keep' in Rhodesia, Linebacker II, Tigers...

ARTIFACT: This is a paperback copy of "Drinking for Love: A Bachelor's Guide" by Allen Schwartz. This book offers somewhat humorous and not altogether sound advice for seeking short-term female companionship, and lists some classic cocktail...

ARTIFACT: This is a hardcover 1946 revision of "Some of These Days," Sophie Tucker's autobiography. A Russian-born ??migr??e to Connecticut, Ms. Tucker was a vaudeville artist, pianist, actress and singer known for her large physical presence...

ARTIFACT: This is a copy of Time Magazine Volume 19, Number 6, from August 6, 1945, the same day the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. The cover story for this issue is called "Junior Sailors". The magazine also contains a great 6 page full...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare book signed by General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing and presented to World War I Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force veteran William Booth. Pershing led the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I, and is the only...

ARTIFACT: This is a lovely circa 1898 copy of "Tam O'Shanter", a poem by Robert Burns concerning a tipsy and imaginative farmer and his horse. This copy was printed in Glasgow, Scotland. The book has a soft plaid cloth cover and the pages are...