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Golden Oak Furniture
ISBN: 9780764305511 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Golden Oak Furniture shows more examples of American oak furniture than any other book ever printed. Over 670 color photographs, a descriptive text, and an extensive glossary of terms combine to present golden oak tables, chairs, sofas, sideboards, clocks, bedroom suites, chests, and cupboards of many varieties. They are organized by the rooms they were designed to furnish. Today, this furniture is enjoyed and collected across America. The book is an important reference which presents a huge selection of furniture types and invites comparisons by pointing out details of construction and...
Golden Oak Furniture shows more examples of American oak furniture than any other book ever printed. Over 670 color photographs, a descriptive text, a...
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143,23 zł |
Guide to Tarzan Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764305757 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. One of the hottest fields in collecting, Tarzan memorabilia ranges from comic books at a dollar or two to first editions valued in the thousands Part of our cultural heritage for nearly a century, the chest-beating ape man (what other fictional character can be described by a gesture?) has been a hero for generations of boys and girls. Appearing in books, movies, radio, comics, toys, television, cartoons, and even on luggage and vitamins, the image of Tarzan is sure to spark childhood memories of Saturday movie matinees or evenings spent reading the latest issue of the Tarzan comic book....
One of the hottest fields in collecting, Tarzan memorabilia ranges from comic books at a dollar or two to first editions valued in the thousands Part...
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143,23 zł |
Chameleon Ware Art Pottery: A Collector's Guide to George Clews
ISBN: 9780764305771 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the only book on the highly attractive, hand-decorated Chameleon Ware pottery from George Clews & Co. Ltd. in Tunstall, England. The company's finest work was made in the 1930s, but production started early in the century. This ware was exclusive when originally sold and its beautiful colors and exciting designs are now increasingly appreciated by discerning collectors. Colorful and informative, this book charts the history of George Clews' pottery during its fifty-five year existence, and gives a clear guide to collecting Chameleon Ware. Illustrated with over 250 color photographs,...
This is the only book on the highly attractive, hand-decorated Chameleon Ware pottery from George Clews & Co. Ltd. in Tunstall, England. The company's...
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143,23 zł |
America's Oak Furniture
ISBN: 9780764305801 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The mellow tones of antique natural oak have become popular accents in a growing number of households in America today. Furniture made over the last hundred years in dense oak, which holds the crisp edges of fine carving detail and displays strong designs have come to be appreciated by the descendants of their first owners. This first generation of mass-produced American furniture which utilized the ingenuity of the machine age for its construction, and the inspiration of catalog marketing for its distribution, has now come to be appreciated for its special forms and solid materials. Its...
The mellow tones of antique natural oak have become popular accents in a growing number of households in America today. Furniture made over the last h...
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117,64 zł |
Ocean Liner Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764305818 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book recreates the ambiance of the ocean liner era by showing the actual objects used on board. Each piece of ocean-liner memorabilia is like an Aladdin's lamp, releasing wondrous memories of that grand style of travel. Beginning in the late 1890s, shipping lines forged their identities by commissioning unique furniture, china, silverware, glassware, vases, ashtrays, playing cards, menus, and stationery. These types of items characterized the different ocean liners, from the Normandie with her elegant Art Deco furnishings, to the stainless steel gleam of the S.S. United States, to the...
This book recreates the ambiance of the ocean liner era by showing the actual objects used on board. Each piece of ocean-liner memorabilia is like an ...
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143,23 zł |
A Complete Guide to Collecting Antique Pipes
ISBN: 9780764305962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This is the first American book to consider the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. Besides present-day briars and corn cobs, pipes can be found made of meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones and rare woods. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value.
This is the first American book to consider the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pip...
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117,64 zł |
Creating Coffee Tables: An Artistic Approach: An Artistic Approach
ISBN: 9780764306235 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Designing and making a coffee table represents a unique project for the craftperson, offering the reward and satisfaction of building a beautiful and yet fairly simple piece of furniture. A coffee table project requires forethought and planning. It also helps to develop confident handskills and the attitude to do one's best, especially for someone just beginning to explore furniture making. Creating Coffee Tables: An Artistic Approach takes the novice as well as the advanced woodworker through a fully illustrated step-by-step process from design to applying a finish. Drawing from his study at...
Designing and making a coffee table represents a unique project for the craftperson, offering the reward and satisfaction of building a beautiful and ...
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143,23 zł |
More Golden Oak
ISBN: 9780764306457 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Velma Susanne Warren's latest book on golden oak is an important addition to every oak furniture collector's bookshelf. Using over 700 color photos and related graphics, the author leads us through room after room of fabulous antiques. With detailed commentary on the pieces in the photos that the reader is seeing, the author describes, instructs, and amuses as we follow her guided tour. Faithful readers of Ms. Warren's first book, Golden Oak Furniture, now in its third revised edition, will be enthusiastic about More Golden Oak. With pleasure, they will turn page after page of photos of...
Velma Susanne Warren's latest book on golden oak is an important addition to every oak furniture collector's bookshelf. Using over 700 color photos an...
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143,23 zł |
Late 19th Century Furniture by Berkey and Gay
ISBN: 9780764306563 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The Berkey and Gay furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, became one of the leading nineteenth century furniture manufacturers in America. Furniture in the Gothic Revival and Eastlake styles by Berkey and Gay became well known for their high quality, and two Neo Grec chamber suites by Berkey and Gay won recognition of high merit at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Over 300 photographs of Berkey and Gay furniture from company catalogs are presented with value ranges for today's market in this useful reference book for furniture historians, dealers, and collectors.
The Berkey and Gay furniture Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, became one of the leading nineteenth century furniture manufacturers in America. Furni...
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143,23 zł |
Transistor Radios: 1954-1968
ISBN: 9780764306600 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Kick off your shoes, put on your sunglasses, and get ready for a nostalgic trip back to the heyday of portable music. Transistor radios, those quintessential '50s and '60s accompaniments for the beach, backyard, and shirt pocket, have become one of the most popular and colorful collectors' items of recent years. Packed with over 460 full color photographs, this book provides an overview of the endless variety of transistor radio types, sizes, and styles produced during the prolific early years of their development. Over 1,000 radios are featured here, from American manufacturers such as...
Kick off your shoes, put on your sunglasses, and get ready for a nostalgic trip back to the heyday of portable music. Transistor radios, those quintes...
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143,23 zł |
Depression Glass for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764306709 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Once given as a premium for purchasing a product or given as a gift for buying a movie ticket during the harsh years of the Depression, this colored glassware of green, yellow, pink, blue, and other hues is now avidly collected by countless Americans. Recently hailed as one of the top collectibles sought on the Internet, Depression Glass has attracted the interest of many young enthusiasts. From Adam to Windsor, readers of this book will soon become familiar with these pattern names as well as gain a richer appreciation of this tableware's history and its value today. Very inexpensive when...
Once given as a premium for purchasing a product or given as a gift for buying a movie ticket during the harsh years of the Depression, this colored g...
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117,64 zł |
Batman(r): The Unauthorized Collector's Guide
ISBN: 9780764306839 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. With over 6000 items listed, this is the most comprehensive guide to Batman(R) collectibles ever assembled between two covers. Nearly 300 color photographs accompany the informative articles and detailed price guide listings. Highlights include a Comics section which lists every comic book in which Batman has appeared from his debut in 1939 through to the end of 1997, plus a Figures section which lists all of the various Batman action figures. Covering everything from Artwork to Videos, and price ranges from 15> to $150,000, this book is a must for any Batfan or student of popular culture.
With over 6000 items listed, this is the most comprehensive guide to Batman(R) collectibles ever assembled between two covers. Nearly 300 color photog...
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143,23 zł |
Antique Phonograph Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gimmicks
ISBN: 9780764307331 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Antique phonographs enjoyed a vigorous commercial existence 100 years ago. The market they inhabited was as filled with options, accessories, gadgets and gizmos as today's late-night television is populated with slicers, dicers, car waxes and beauty secrets. Collectors have acquired, examined and used these peripherals for years, but little has been written about them. In an effort to reveal more about the fascinating accessories, horns, storage cabinets, advertising and ephemera which surrounded the antique phonograph, the authors have examined nearly 20,000 pages of primary documents, and...
Antique phonographs enjoyed a vigorous commercial existence 100 years ago. The market they inhabited was as filled with options, accessories, gadgets ...
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235,34 zł |
Holiday Plastic Novelties: The Styrene Toys: The Styrene Toys
ISBN: 9780764307812 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Styrene novelties were the toy of choice during the late thirties and forties in the United States. Even World War II did not dampen the American public's love affair with these inexpensive colorful objects. The war ended but the romance continued, with all sorts of styrene plastics--candy containers, banks, party favors, holiday decorations, baby toys, stocking stuffers, partyware, and kitchen decorations. The list marches on. This fun book is about those plastic novelties that flourished at the end of the Art Deco era. Charlene Pinkerton gives collectors and dealers plenty to see, in a...
Styrene novelties were the toy of choice during the late thirties and forties in the United States. Even World War II did not dampen the American publ...
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117,64 zł |
The Cream of Strawberry Shortcake(tm) Collectibles: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780764308123 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Strawberry Shortcake is an ideal, a philosophy of life that may be looked down upon smugly by collectors of supposedly more "sophisticated" dolls. But Strawberry's charm is in her very lack of sophistication, her refusal to be forced into the grown-up shoes of somebody else's idea of fashion and desirability. Here are hundreds of items that spread the wonderful outlook of one of the "berry" sweetest dolls ever into the hearts and homes of little girls through the 1980s. As they grow up, many girls have continued to treasure this memorabilia that celebrates friendship, kindness, and goodwill,...
Strawberry Shortcake is an ideal, a philosophy of life that may be looked down upon smugly by collectors of supposedly more "sophisticated" dolls. But...
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81,83 zł |
A World of Bus Toys and Models
ISBN: 9780764308147 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Here is the most comprehensive collection of toy and model buses ever presented in one book. Experience the evolution of bus transportation as you explore a worldwide showcase of buses from the 1920s to the present. This book provides a unique resource for discovering an extensive variety of buses and over 150 toy companies who made them. These models feature coaches of most major manufacturers of buses; American, European and Asian coaches are shown in the actual liveries (trim) of scores of bus companies. Also featured are school buses, trolley buses and others. With over 500 color...
Here is the most comprehensive collection of toy and model buses ever presented in one book. Experience the evolution of bus transportation as you exp...
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143,23 zł |
A Trekker's Guide to Collectibles with Prices
ISBN: 9780764308154 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. In 1996, Star Trek and the crew of the Enterprise celebrate their 30th anniversary. Today, the Star Trek world is a multi-million dollar adventure with three spin-off television series and seven movies to date with thousands of loyal fans. The mountain of collectibles Star Trek has left in its wake are presented here in newly revised text, lists of items and almost 600 color photographs with captions chronicling the field, and price listings to include 500 new items not appearing in the last edition Brief synopses of the series and films put the collectibles in perspective.
In 1996, Star Trek and the crew of the Enterprise celebrate their 30th anniversary. Today, the Star Trek world is a multi-million dollar adventure wit...
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Battery Toys: The Modern Automata
ISBN: 9780764308185 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This superb reference work provides a newly revised, comprehensive overview of the entertaining world of battery toys. Battery operated robots, animals, people, character toys, banks, monsters, and cars are shown, compared, and fully analyzed in this first specialized book on the subject. Vehicles and figurals from the mid-fifties and the sixties comprise the major portion of this book, but some choice examples from the late forties and the seventies are also included. A detailed desirability chart will enable enthusiasts to estimate the value of potential additions to their collections....
This superb reference work provides a newly revised, comprehensive overview of the entertaining world of battery toys. Battery operated robots, animal...
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143,23 zł |
Antique Advertising Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780764308192 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Although advertising has a history that goes back thousands of years, it is the Americans who have made it into an art form. Advertisements were put on everything from pocket mirrors to memo pads, the sides of barns to the sides of carriages and buses. A history of advertising printed in the 1880s even show an advertisement on a tombstone. With the advent of color lithography in the late 1800s, some of the most beautiful and highly collectible items were created. Tin signs with colorful, strong images, often embossed, were made for stores, and often found their way into homes. Paper...
Although advertising has a history that goes back thousands of years, it is the Americans who have made it into an art form. Advertisements were put o...
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235,34 zł |
Cowboy Culture: The Last Frontier of American Antiques
ISBN: 9780764308208 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The American cowboy's unique life-style inspired tools, clothing, amusements, advertising, and more which are avidly sought by collectors today. They are presented here with over 1000 color photographs identified in text and captions. Each section of this beautiful new second edition is more complete and has better examples than earlier books devoted to each subject. In Cowboy Culture, these items are inspected in their many variations. Here are exquisite spurs, saddles, gambling tools, photography, guns, holsters, bits, chaps, gloves, boots, hats, badges, and knives. Objects related to Wild...
The American cowboy's unique life-style inspired tools, clothing, amusements, advertising, and more which are avidly sought by collectors today. They ...
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373,51 zł |