Pair of Mounted Swordfish Bills

In good condition From a private collection Free international shipping Swordfish Bill & Horn Novelty Sword 19th Century

This expertly prepared taxidermy specimen features a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas), a striking bird native to the arid savannas of southern Africa. Notable for ...

This is a beautifully photographed book which features some of the few remaining examples of Bill Willis's work in his adopted homeland of Morocco. There was probably not another arc...

Pair of steel candlesticks mounted with antelope feet. Square steel sheet base folded over to form the legs and support.

A Pair of silver mounted, walnut handled cannon barrel flintlock pistols by Freeman, London. with good proof marks and numbered turnoff barrels. The silver grotesque masks on the but...

Pair of African antelope horns mounted on base of stainless steel. Measures: H 97cm, D 13cm.  

Rare pair of Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted, threaded crystal match strikers, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1907, Robert Jones - maker. Each match striker measu...

Pair of American brass double stacked maritime beacons with carrying handles, makers stamps, original red and blue 360 degree Fresnel lenses, and mount...

The Art and Design of Dale J. Evers Hardcover by Bill Morem. Inscribed "to Karl and Kathy All the Best Dale". Dale Evers is a cutting edge American artist. ...

"The triumph of this book is that it does manage to reflect the mad experience of traveling in Southeast Asia, while still reflecting on what it all means" (Roth 101).


FIRST EDITION of one of the seminal photobooks of the 1980's. SIGNED BY BURKE INSIDE ORIGINAL DRAWING OF HIS HAND. One of only 1000 copies printed of the first edition.

"Bill Burke has become known for his large-format portraits shot on Polaroid Land film, which have the formality and feel of nineteenth-century photographs whilst remaining acutely modern in their sensibilities. In his best book, I Want to Take Picture, this technique is entirely appropriate, since it records his personal pilgrimage to southeast Asia, duplicating the enterprise of the old colonialist photographers but adding a contemporary twist...

"Although the pictures have a nineteenth-century feel, the book is also a diary that records a twentieth-century experience. Burke not only uses his photographs, but also employs documents- reproductions of ephemera like money...