wyszukanych pozycji: 52
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Dry Spells: State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China
ISBN: 9780674033344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In Late Imperial China control of the weather became an integral part of local government. This study looks at rainmaking activities organised or conducted by local officials under the Qing dynasty.
In Late Imperial China control of the weather became an integral part of local government. This study looks at rainmaking activities organised or cond...
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194,46 |
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Odes from the Sandbox: A Field Kit for Letters Between Soldiers and Their Beloved
ISBN: 9781548718749 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
51,83 |
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Demeter's Child
ISBN: 9781436307543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
96,01 |
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Ironwork Today 3: Inside and Out
ISBN: 9780764338762 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Over 450 vivid color photos provide a sweeping overview of the amazing range of iron artwork being created by 82 of today's artist-blacksmiths. These works in metal are found in public spaces, offices, and homes. They vary in size from small, everyday objects to staggering public monuments. The pieces, discussed by the artists who made them, include sculpture, gates, railings, furniture, lighting fixtures, doors, locks, and much more. This book, the third in an ongoing series, has artwork arranged by the artist alphabetically, rather than in categories. This allows readers to see the full...
Over 450 vivid color photos provide a sweeping overview of the amazing range of iron artwork being created by 82 of today's artist-blacksmiths. These ...
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cena:
235,65 |
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Making Black History: The Color Line, Culture, and Race in the Age of Jim Crow
ISBN: 9780820352831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on the engine behind the early black history movement, Carter G. Woodson and his Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on...
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cena:
139,03 |
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Collecting Star Wars Toys 1977-1997: an Unauthorised Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780764306518 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Presented here in lively text and over 650 color photographs are the toys that have been played with and collected by ardent fans of George Lucas's Star Wars Trilogy for twenty years. The action figures, playsets, and spacecraft of the Rebellion and the Empire are displayed in a colorful and easily referenced format. The gaming equipment, model kits, playthings, promotional items, puzzles, and weapons produced from 1977 though 1997 are examined as well. Not stopping there, this sweeping survey includes an overview of the most popular items from the rest of the ever-expanding Star Wars...
Presented here in lively text and over 650 color photographs are the toys that have been played with and collected by ardent fans of George Lucas's St...
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143,42 |
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Collecting Star Wars(r) Toys 1977-Present: An Unauthorized Practical Guide
ISBN: 9780764309069 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Presented here in lively text and over 650 color photographs are the toys that have been played with and collected by ardent fans of George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy for twenty years. The action figures, accessories, playsets, and spacecraft of the Rebellion and the Empire are displayed in a colorful and easily referenced format. The gaming equipment, model kits, playthings, promotional items, puzzles, and weapons produced from 1977 through 1997 are examined as well. Not stopping there, this sweeping survey includes an overview of the most popular items from the rest of the ever-expanding Star...
Presented here in lively text and over 650 color photographs are the toys that have been played with and collected by ardent fans of George Lucas' Sta...
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143,42 |
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Canes & Walking Sticks: A Stroll Through Time and Place
ISBN: 9780764320415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Elegant formal styles include handles of gold, silver, and ivory. Innovative system sticks display a vast array of objects hidden within their shafts and handles (including a working violin). Fascinating relic canes were produced from shipwrecks and historical sites. Forbidding Memento Mori canes and exotic forms represent dozens of nations around the globe. Folk art sticks bear decorations as unique as the artists who created them. This wide-ranging volume weaves...
Over 760 beautiful color photographs display hundreds of canes & walking sticks that span centuries and a multitude of designs. Elegant formal styles ...
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cena:
321,26 |
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Making Black History: The Color Line, Culture, and Race in the Age of Jim Crow
ISBN: 9780820351834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on the engine behind the early black history movement, Carter G. Woodson and his Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
In the Jim Crow era, along with black churches, schools, and newspapers, African Americans also had their own history. Making Black History focuses on...
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cena:
518,30 |
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Odes from the Soul: A Guide for Writing to Help Connect with Your Beloved
ISBN: 9781987737912 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
51,83 |
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Demeter's Child
ISBN: 9781436307550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
168,04 |
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Collecting Pokemon: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780764310751 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Meet an electric mouse and 149 of its closest friends in the volume that introduces you to the world of Pokemon collecting Hundreds of beautiful color photographs display the hottest Pokemon collectibles produced for the American market today. Topping the list are the cards and characters from the immensely popular Trading Card Game, followed by comics, figures, toys, and electronic games sure to excite every collector. Also included in the text are brief histories of Pokemon's development in Japan and successful export to America in 1998, and of the rise of trading card games in the 1990s....
Meet an electric mouse and 149 of its closest friends in the volume that introduces you to the world of Pokemon collecting Hundreds of beautiful colo...
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cena:
50,16 |
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Art Jewelry Today 3
ISBN: 9780764338830 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Enjoy this overview of the wearable artwork created by more than one hundred of today's top art jewelers. The artists provide discussions of their work along with examples of their creativity. Hundreds of vibrant color photographs display one-of-a-kind works of art, including necklaces, brooches, bracelets, rings, and earrings in gold, silver, mixed metals, glass, and enamels, with found objects and innovative designs. In a departure from the previous volumes, the artists are arranged alphabetically so readers may see the entire scope of their work on the page together. These artists have...
Enjoy this overview of the wearable artwork created by more than one hundred of today's top art jewelers. The artists provide discussions of their wor...
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cena:
235,65 |
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Art Jewelry Today 2
ISBN: 9780764330650 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Hundreds of stunning color photos display the wearable artwork produced by today's top art jewelers, including one-of-a-kind necklaces, brooches, bracelets, rings, and earrings in gold, silver, mixed metals, glass, enamel work, found objects, and more. Here is sculpture made small and designed to adorn the body and draw the eye, created by artists who have committed their lives to their work. The text introduces artists from around the globe. This book is the second in a series pioneered by the late Dona Meilach and provides readers familiar with her work with a new look at some of the...
Hundreds of stunning color photos display the wearable artwork produced by today's top art jewelers, including one-of-a-kind necklaces, brooches, brac...
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235,65 |
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Fascinating Flow Blue
ISBN: 9780764303357 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Enjoy a wide-ranging array of rare, unusual, and highly prized Flow Blue ceramic wares in 500 color photographs in this new study. The focus is on products of English potteries, although beautiful examples from America and elsewhere are included. Among the photos are lovely teapots in many shapes and sizes, children's tea and dinner services, potpourri jars, pitchers, platters, and plates. Also presented is a survey of the body shapes which Flow Blue adorns. Values for each of the items are included, along with an index and a bibliography. The index cross references patterns found in all four...
Enjoy a wide-ranging array of rare, unusual, and highly prized Flow Blue ceramic wares in 500 color photographs in this new study. The focus is on pro...
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143,42 |
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Printmakers Today
ISBN: 9780764334627 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Inspiring color photos review the art of today's printmakers, from massive installation pieces to small and surprising three-dimensional works. The techniques range from classical to the experimental, including woodcuts, lithographs, screenprints, silkscreens, etching, mezzotint, serigraph print, linocut, solarplate, vitreograph, photoetching, aquatint, drypoint, digital transfer, and more. Each artist describes the techniques employed and inspirations involved.
Inspiring color photos review the art of today's printmakers, from massive installation pieces to small and surprising three-dimensional works. The te...
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235,65 |
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Franciscan Dining Services
ISBN: 9780764315800 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Franciscan dining services have graced table tops since 1930s. These colorful ceramics, potted in both earthenware and china and in a wide array of varying patterns and shapes, have come to the attention of collectors in recent years. A wide range of patterns and forms are captured here in over 700 beautiful color photographs. Individual patterns are portrayed, along with five-piece table settings and a variety of serving dishes. Museum pieces and advertising signs round out the presentation in this wide ranging text. A history of the Franciscan ware potteries is included, along with their...
Franciscan dining services have graced table tops since 1930s. These colorful ceramics, potted in both earthenware and china and in a wide array of va...
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cena:
143,42 |
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Beautiful Bauer: A Pictorial Study with Prices
ISBN: 9780764310379 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Meet the brightly colored pottery that set the trend for casual mix-and-match dinnerware years before Fiesta This pictorial overview of the pottery produced from the 1920s through the 1950s by the J. A. Bauer Pottery Company is illustrated with over 450 vibrant color photographs. Items ranging from brilliantly glazed dinnerwares and garden pots to massive oil jars and hand thrown vases are all included. A number of rare pieces are depicted as well. A brief history of the company, several original company brochures, examples of the manufacturer's marks, a bibliography, and an index round out...
Meet the brightly colored pottery that set the trend for casual mix-and-match dinnerware years before Fiesta This pictorial overview of the pottery p...
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cena:
189,54 |
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Weller Pottery
ISBN: 9780764321863 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. One of the early twentieth centurys most prolific potteries, the S.A. Weller Pottery Company, of Zanesville, Ohio, produced art pottery and artwares reflecting the major art movements of the day, including Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco. Here, over 520 striking color images display the broad array of wares produced by Weller from 1895 to 1948, including such well-known lines as Art Nouveau, Aurelian, Coppertone, Dickens Ware, Eocean, Forest, Hudson, Louwelsa, Sicard, and Woodcraft. This sweeping survey includes a sampling of hand decorations by many of the companys respected...
One of the early twentieth centurys most prolific potteries, the S.A. Weller Pottery Company, of Zanesville, Ohio, produced art pottery and artwares r...
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cena:
235,65 |
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A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue
ISBN: 9780764310966 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Here is the first concise handbook guide to the dining services and house wares with the distinctive Flow Blue transfer decoration. This handy reference work provides basic definitions of Flow Blue decoration and the wares on which it appeared throughout the Victorian era. Hundreds of color photos are grouped into three historic production periods recognizable by their artistic styles, and guidelines to identifying Flow Blue by these periods are presented. A brief synopsis of each English, American and European manufacturer whose ceramics appear in the text is presented with their marks. With...
Here is the first concise handbook guide to the dining services and house wares with the distinctive Flow Blue transfer decoration. This handy referen...
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cena:
97,30 |