wyszukanych pozycji: 51
Dry Spells: State Rainmaking and Local Governance in Late Imperial China
ISBN: 9780674033344 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 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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207,21 zł |
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. 13-18 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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153,46 zł |
Collecting Pokemon: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780764310751 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 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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50,87 zł |
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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251,11 zł |
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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152,83 zł |
Canes & Walking Sticks: A Stroll Through Time and Place
ISBN: 9780764320415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 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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349,39 zł |
Demeter's Child
ISBN: 9781436307543 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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109,77 zł |
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. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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59,25 zł |
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. 13-18 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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561,14 zł |
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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251,11 zł |
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. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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59,25 zł |
Demeter's Child
ISBN: 9781436307550 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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192,11 zł |
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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152,83 zł |
A Pocket Guide to Flow Blue: With Prices
ISBN: 9780887408564 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the author of Flow Blue and Historical Flow Blue, a field guide to this captivating nineteenth century collectible. An indispensible reference, it provides basic definitions of Flow Blue wares and offers 100's of color photographs. Whit this book in hand, the reader will be able to identify and date Flow Blue ware with confidence. A Values Reference is included to help the collector. This book is a must for anyone who collects these avidly-sought and highly-prized Victorian services.
From the author of Flow Blue and Historical Flow Blue, a field guide to this captivating nineteenth century collectible. An indispensible reference, i...
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103,69 zł |
Pacific Pottery: Sunshine Tableware from the 1920s, '30s, and '40s...and More!
ISBN: 9780764312762 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Over 500 color photographs, and an historical text present a beautiful overview of the ceramic table, kitchen, and artwares produced by California's Pacific Clay Products Company from the 1920s through the 1940s. The company's famous Hostessware serving pieces, known for their eye-catching solid colored glazes and streamlined forms, are promiently featured. Also provided are the history of this pottery firm, a review of the manufacturer's marks, a bibliography, and an index. Values accompany the photo captions.
Over 500 color photographs, and an historical text present a beautiful overview of the ceramic table, kitchen, and artwares produced by California's P...
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201,97 zł |
Wood Art Today 2
ISBN: 9780764334634 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This survey of current trends in international woodworking explores the artists' inspirations and techniques. Veteran wood artists and newcomers are featured in hundreds of striking color photos. Includes carvers, turners, and sculptors of free standing and wall mounted sculptures, installation pieces, furniture, vessels, jars, vases, bowls, boxes, teapots, and much more. This useful and beautiful guide benefits buyers, art teachers, professors, museum curators, collectors, galleries, and artists alike. A resource guide in the back provides contact information.
This survey of current trends in international woodworking explores the artists' inspirations and techniques. Veteran wood artists and newcomers are f...
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251,11 zł |
Historic Flow Blue
ISBN: 9780887406409 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. America in the nineteenth century Victorian age was changing as fast as the engines of the Industrial Revolution could carry it. At every turn, Flow Blue was there, first sparking the interest of the affluent and later the middle class with its rich colors and complete table services. This book puts Flow Blue in its historical context and covers the British, American and European manufacturers who produced it, the exhibitions that promoted it, the people who owned it and what moved them to buy it. Over 500 color photographs present the variety of forms and patterns in these popular wares from...
America in the nineteenth century Victorian age was changing as fast as the engines of the Industrial Revolution could carry it. At every turn, Flow B...
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152,83 zł |
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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103,69 zł |
Showhouses 3: A Decorators' Tour
ISBN: 9780764341748 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In this continuing, successful series, over 200 beautiful and inspiring color photos reveal the recent contributions to the field of interior design by talented designers participating in Decorator Showhouse events across the United States. Interior designers, assisted by a dedicated army of avid volunteers, transform rooms of historical houses into masterful works of art. Created to astound the public and contribute to charitable causes, these designers create masterworks of interior design. Within the pages of this fascinating book, you will tour the showhouses without the crowds, moving...
In this continuing, successful series, over 200 beautiful and inspiring color photos reveal the recent contributions to the field of interior design b...
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223,81 zł |
A Trekker's Guide to Collectibles with Prices
ISBN: 9780764308154 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 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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152,83 zł |