The first, fully illustrated book on gadget canes. A must not only for cane and antique collectors but also for anyone interested in the unknown and unusual. Detailed photographs of over 1,600 canes with every conceivable object hidden inside: weapons, musical instruments, watches, telescopes, eyeglasses, scientific instruments, smoking kits, games and much more, requiring 35 chapters to classify them. This book covers canes in 75 private collections, in almost 100 museums and in patents filed in both the US and Europe.
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The first, fully illustrated book on gadget canes. A must not only for cane and antique collectors but also for anyone interested in the unknown and unusual. Detailed photographs of over 1,600 canes with every conceivable object hidden inside: weapons, musical instruments, watches, telescopes, eyeglasses, scientific instruments, smoking kits, games and much more, requiring 35 chapters to classify them. This book covers canes in 75 private collections, in almost 100 museums and in patents filed in both the US and Europe.
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Clean unmarked copy. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows moderate age-toning around edges; Binding is sound; Creasing to front pages; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Good. Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked interior text. Light scuffing and smudging to boards and spine strip. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Geneva, Switzerland: Catherine Dike, 1983. First edition in English, 1983. Hundreds of illustrations from photographs, some in color. Hefty book, green hardcover with dustjacket, 374 pages. The book is near fine with tight binding, clean pages, no names or other markings. The dustjacket is very good with some light shelf soil to the white background, no chips. First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Foxing to top edge of textblock, else clean and unmarked. Light wear to jacket, now in mylar. Text in English, French. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 374 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Very good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Dust jacket placed in mylar for preservation. No markings or notations. Moderate loosening to binding. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Dust jacket in good condition. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. DJ shows light scuffing; Binding is sound; Previous owner gift inscription on front free page; Secure packaging for safe delivery.
