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The Pleasures of English Coin Collecting
ISBN: 9781406788648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1934. Contents Include How to Belong and What to Collect Early British, Roman and Saxon Coins Norman Coins Plantagenet Coins Tudor Coins Stuart, Commonwealth and Restoration Coins Hanoverian Coins Bibliography Late of Mint Marks Plate of Inscriptions
Originally published in 1934. Contents Include How to Belong and What to Collect Early British, Roman and Saxon Coins Norman Coins Plantagenet Coins T...
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114,62 |
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Scloppetaria or Considerations on the Nature and Use of Rifled Barrel Guns
ISBN: 9781406789386 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1808. The author not only appreciated the advantage of the rifle in war, he also gives an exceptionally lucid account of its origins, operation and mechanics. The well illustrated contents will prove of great value to the historian, soldier and gun enthusiast. Contents Include: Of Projectiles in General Theory of Spiral Motion Qualities of the Rifle History of the Rifle Construction and Perfections of the Rifle Appendages of the Rifle Modes of Using the Rifle General Hints Loading, Aiming, Cleaning etc. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the...
Originally published in 1808. The author not only appreciated the advantage of the rifle in war, he also gives an exceptionally lucid account of its o...
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149,90 |
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The Watch Jobber's Handybook - A Practical Manual on Cleaning, Repairing and Adjusting: Embracing Information on the Tools, Materials Appliances and P
ISBN: 9781406790863 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a complete handbook on repairing watches, with information on clearing, fixing, adjusting, maintaining, and much more. Although old, the information within this book is timeless and will be of as much use to the modern reader as it was to those familiar with its original publication. Contents include: Early Time Measures and Modern Watches, A Watch Movement and How to Take it Apart, Examining, Cleaning and Putting Together, Repairs and Adjustment, Glossary of Terms, Tools, Materials, and Parts and Processes Used in Watchwork . Many vintage books such as this are...
This vintage book contains a complete handbook on repairing watches, with information on clearing, fixing, adjusting, maintaining, and much more. Alth...
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158,72 |
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Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World
ISBN: 9781406791136 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A general list of Watch and Clockmakers. Contents Include: Conventions Abbreviations List of Names with Alternative Spellings List of Watch and Clockmakers List of Initials and Monograms List of Place Names Maps
A general list of Watch and Clockmakers. Contents Include: Conventions Abbreviations List of Names with Alternative Spellings List of Watch and Clockm...
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cena:
176,36 |
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Monumental Brasses of England and the Art of Brass Rubbing
ISBN: 9781406793994 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1898. This comprehensive and well illustrated book will enable the explorer of churches to more fully appreciate the true value of those ancient brazen memorials which adorn many pavements, walls and interiors. Contents Include: Origin and History of the Manufacture of Brasses Making a Collection Classes of Effigies Brasses of Knights Ladies Civilians Shroud Brasses Accessories Additional Classes A Literary Guide List of Counties and Places etc.
Originally published in 1898. This comprehensive and well illustrated book will enable the explorer of churches to more fully appreciate the true valu...
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141,08 |
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Chaffers' Hand Book to Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate
ISBN: 9781406794007 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1902. A revised edition with upwards of forty of the hall marks having been redrawn from original specimens. The well illustrated Contents Include: Tables of Date Letters of the Assay Offices London Birmingham Chester Exeter Newcastle Sheffield Edinburgh Glasgow Dublin. Keywords: Edinburgh Glasgow Assay Offices Specimens Exeter Sheffield Upwards Newcastle Dublin London
Originally published in 1902. A revised edition with upwards of forty of the hall marks having been redrawn from original specimens. The well illustra...
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110,21 |
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The Hand Book of Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain of the Renaissance and Modern Periods
ISBN: 9781406794038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This edition was originally published in 1914 and contains excellent reproductions of upwards of 5000 marks and monograms from many different countries. The meaning of many of the marks are also given with the approximate dates when the different factories flourished
This edition was originally published in 1914 and contains excellent reproductions of upwards of 5000 marks and monograms from many different countrie...
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145,49 |
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Diana an Illustrated Collection and Price Guide: Porcelain Plates
ISBN: 9781410744463 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 85 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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70,05 |
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Dolls A to Z
ISBN: 9781410751881 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
65,36 |
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A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll
ISBN: 9781411627406 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll, is about five Japanese swords that came to the United States after W.W.II and a Japanese hanging scroll of a 'Seated Samurai. The book is richly illustrated with over 110 photographs of these swords, map segments, and other associated materials. There are three original short stories centered around three of the swords. The book also contains sections regarding Medieval Japan, the Samurai, Japanese Sword Smiths, and Japanese Sword Care and Cleaning; Detail Technical Data of these swords is included, and there is a short biography of artist of the scroll....
A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll, is about five Japanese swords that came to the United States after W.W.II and a Japanese hanging scroll of a 'Seat...
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80,26 |
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Italian Pottery Marks From Cantagalli To Fornasetti (Black and White Edition)
ISBN: 9781411664722 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The 1st Identification Guide Of Late 19th & Early 20th c. Italian Pottery & Porcelain Marks for English-Speaking Collectors. Praised by collectors & dealers internationally as an essential guide, it's been included in the traveling library of Antiques Roadshow & received a glowing review in NEAJ, July 2005. Mr. Wendell Garrett, Senior VP of Sotheby's & Editor at Large of The Magazine Antiques said in a personal note to the authors "I am most impressed. The book is comprehensive in scope, scholarly in research, beautiful in its illustrations, and clear in its writing. Everyone interested in...
The 1st Identification Guide Of Late 19th & Early 20th c. Italian Pottery & Porcelain Marks for English-Speaking Collectors. Praised by collectors & d...
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88,38 |
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Italian Pottery Marks: Faenza The City Of Ceramics
ISBN: 9781411668379 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Black & White Edition. The only pottery & porcelain identification guide written in English that explores the rich history of one of Europes most important ceramics producing centers, the city of Faenza. Faenza, from which the world of art coined the term faience, was home to such past greats as the Minardi Brothers, Pietro Melandri, Carlo Zauli and Riccardo Gatti and is now the home of the most important ceramics art museum in the world as well as the largest international ceramics competition on the planet. Unlike most identification guides this book brings the artists to life, explores...
Black & White Edition. The only pottery & porcelain identification guide written in English that explores the rich history of one of Europes most impo...
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121,85 |
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100 New York Mysteries
ISBN: 9781411695818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. If it was possible to make a silent movie and turn it into a book, this would be it. "100 New York Mysteries" is a wordless book, a tone poem, and an essay on the sublime beauty found in the streets of New York City. This book is also part of an exhibition, "100 New York Mysteries" at DCKT Contemporary Art in NYC (June-August, 2006). For more information visit www.aaronkrach.com or www.dcktcontemporary.com.
If it was possible to make a silent movie and turn it into a book, this would be it. "100 New York Mysteries" is a wordless book, a tone poem, and an ...
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61,70 |
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Antiques and the Stately Homes: The Story of Castle Fairs
ISBN: 9781412054911 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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69,86 |
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Into the Antiquities Trade
ISBN: 9781413431933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Into the Antiquities Trade is a true story that documents the author's global exploits in the international antiquities trade. Mr. Cheek, one of the few real-life "relic hunters," spans the globe in search of rare ancient works of art, giving the reader an intoxicating glimpse into the inner workings of the trade through an international cast of characters. The author expands on the trade's current political situation and clarifies a myriad of opinions, while stressing his viewpoint that "there in no better preserver of ancient art than the private collector." Into the Antiquities Trade is a...
Into the Antiquities Trade is a true story that documents the author's global exploits in the international antiquities trade. Mr. Cheek, one of the f...
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86,58 |
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Into The Antiquities Trade
ISBN: 9781413431940 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Into the Antiquities Trade is a true story that documents the author's global exploits in the international antiquities trade. Mr. Cheek, one of the few real-life "relic hunters," spans the globe in search of rare ancient works of art, giving the reader an intoxicating glimpse into the inner workings of the trade through an international cast of characters. The author expands on the trade's current political situation and clarifies a myriad of opinions, while stressing his viewpoint that "there in no better preserver of ancient art than the private collector." Into the Antiquities Trade is a...
Into the Antiquities Trade is a true story that documents the author's global exploits in the international antiquities trade. Mr. Cheek, one of the f...
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cena:
132,26 |
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To an Island in Africa
ISBN: 9781413442137 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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119,03 |
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The Wartime Journal of Major General Maurice Rose
ISBN: 9781413446135 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Wartime Journal of Major General Maurice Rose is a fictional account of his command of the 3d Armored Division during the climatic western European campaign of World War II. The 3d Armored Division came of age in the bloody hedgerow fighting in Normandy, in June, 1944. After the breakout at St.Lo the division led the whirlwind summer offensive of the American First Army
The Wartime Journal of Major General Maurice Rose is a fictional account of his command of the 3d Armored Division during the climatic western Europea...
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90,52 |
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Greetings from Tucson: A Postcard History of the Old Pueblo
ISBN: 9781418467586 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Anyone living or visiting Tucson holds a fascination for this eclectic southwestern city that offers up so much in the way of natural beauty and an interesting history. Tucson is a city that reflects a diverse cultural past that is much more than the pretty mountains ringing the city, so time for locals and visitors to take a fanciful trip down memory lane using a unique medium of the picture postcard. This colorful book contains over 150 postcard images covering some of the Old Pueblo's most loved tourist destinations, the University of Arizona, cultural institutions, Native Americans,...
Anyone living or visiting Tucson holds a fascination for this eclectic southwestern city that offers up so much in the way of natural beauty and an in...
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cena:
132,89 |
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Alamo Pottery
ISBN: 9781420815528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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220,23 |