-
Vendor:Linda Kline
Beginner's Guide to Oriental Rugs
There are numerous "Coffee table" art books available that serve as a catalogue of some Oriental rugs. Although useful, most of these books tend to leave people confused and are more akin to a museum catalogue than serving as a useful working book for...- $14.95
$14.95- $14.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Michael L. Roberts
United States Navy Patches Series: Volume II: Aircraft, Attack Squadrons, Heli Squadrons
A new multi-volume series covering United States Naval patches from World War II to the present - each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color.Author: Michael L. RobertsISBN-10: 088740801XISBN-13: 9780887408014Publisher: Schiffer PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/08/1997Pages: 144Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.20lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.60w x 0.60d- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Michael L. Roberts
United States Navy Patches Series: Volume I: Aircraft Carriers/Carrier Air Wings, Support Establishments
A new multi-volume series covering United States Naval patches from World War II to the present - each volume contains over 1000 patches in full color.Author: Michael L. RobertsISBN-10: 0887407536ISBN-13: 9780887407536Publisher: Schiffer PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/06/1997Pages: 160Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.70w x 0.60d- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:C. L. Miller
The Jewel Tea Company: Its History and Products
The Jewel Tea Company of Chicago, Illinois reached a national market for its household products through salesmen and mail order catalogs from 1901 until 1981. the company's Autumn Leaf Pattern china-featured throughout the text-was widely distributed and frequently graced dinner tables earlier this century....- $39.95
$39.95- $39.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Marshall Clagett
Ancient Egyptian Science, Vol. I: A Source Book, Knowledge and Order, Tome One, Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 184)
Contents: Tome 1: Knowledge: Fruits of Scribal Activity in Ancient Egypt; Early Egyptian "Annals" on Stone (the Palermo Stone); "Bio." of Metjen; Inscriptions from the: Tomb of Niankhsekhmet, Tomb of Washptah, Tomb of Senedjemib; Tales of Wonder at the Court of King Cheops (Khufu);...- $115.00
$115.00- $115.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Rachael Scarborough King
After Print: Eighteenth-Century Manuscript Cultures
The eighteenth century has generally been understood as the Age of Print, when the new medium revolutionized the literary world and rendered manuscript culture obsolete. After Print, however, reveals that the story isn't so simple. Manuscript remained a vital, effective, and even preferred forum...- $35.00
$35.00- $35.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Jane Kallir
Viennese Design
Jane Kallir's comprehensive work not only charts the rise, flowering and decay of the Wiener Werkstatte, but assesses its extraordinary artistic achievements in every branch of design. In doing so, the author analyzes for the first time the dense web of connections--institutional and educational,...- $27.50
$27.50- $27.50
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:E. Helene Sage
Saddleries of Montana: Montana's Makers from Territorial Times to 1940
This one-of-a-kind resource covers the saddleries of Montana Territory and State over the period from approximately the 1860s through 1940. Learn about the fascinating societal impact of nearly 200 prominent and lesser-known saddleries, brought to life with 545 photos and 9 useful charts. These...- $60.00
$60.00- $60.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Edward Ball
Ball's Manual of Gretsch Guitars: 1950s
The ultimate go-to book for information about vintage Gretsch guitars of the 1950s, illustrated with over 120 exquisite images, this is an authoritative, extremely detailed review of both Gretsch guitar production and the individual guitar models that the company introduced during the decade. It...- $39.99
$39.99- $39.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Brett Weiss
The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987
There have been many top 100 books before, but rarely one like this. Here are the best of the early video games, shown in over 400 color photos and described in incredible detail in the entertaining and informative text. Each game's entry features production...- $34.99
$34.99- $34.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Wolfgang Peter-Michel
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife: Collecting Britain's Most Iconic Dagger
The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife stands symbolic for daring secret operations that Britain ran during World War II. This book provides an insight in the development of 20th century's most influential military fighting knife and its historical background. Also the biographical background of its inventors,...- $59.99
$59.99- $59.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Tod Lange
New York Subway Graffiti
Ride back in time on the colorful New York City subway line of the 1970s to 1990s; the graffiti years, when subway cars became rolling metal canvases for some of the most notorious and influential graffiti "writers" of all time. Explore the amazing array...- $29.99
$29.99- $29.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Roseann Ettinger
Antique Dresser Sets 1890s-1950s
Slip into the romantic world of a private dressing room. Here fancy and jeweled perfume bottles, powder jars, trinket boxes, hairbrushes, mirrors, and matching trays in sets of up to twenty items cover a dressing table or dresser top. Cosmetics, scents, and tools of...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Lynell K. Schwartz
Vintage Purses: At Their Best
The beautiful diversity of high quality vintage purses is presented here through a friendly and informative text and hundreds of clear color photographs. Chosen from among the leading private, dealer and museum collections, these primarily nineteenth and twentieth century purses are among the finest...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Tina Skinner
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs, Mid 1940s
Reflecting the trends of wartime, with an emphasis on the ever-changing roles of women in society, this book illustrates the movement towards more masculine styles and patriotic fashions and colors, while still representing the tailored and restrictive styles that had once dominated the lady's...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Edward Force
Classic Miniature Vehicles: Northern Europe: Northern Europe
Here, at last, is a long-awaited volume for collectors of miniature vehicles. After a span of several years, noted authority Edward Force turns his eye toward the vehicles produced in northern Europe from the early to mid-20th century. From Scandinavia the toys include the...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Stanley A. Block
Antique Glass End of Day Marbles
Nearly 900 beautiful color photographs display End of Day antique glass marbles produced, by glass artists after hours to prove their skill, during handmade marble's "Golden Age," from the mid-1880s through c. 1918. End of Day Cloud, English style, Joseph's Coat, and Onionskin marbles...- $39.95
$39.95- $39.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Branislav Radovic
German Helmets of the Second World War: Volume Two: Paratoop-Covers-Liners-Makers-Insignia
This two volume set is a fully illustrated, detailed look at the famous German "stahlhelm" of World War II. Full color photographs - including multiple-view, interiors, and up-close detail - show Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Paratroop, and many others. Both volumes have been specifically...- $79.95
$79.95- $79.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Branislav Radovic
German Helmets of the Second World War: Volume One: M1916/18 - M1932 - M1935 - M1940 - M1942 - M1942/45
This two volume set is a fully illustrated, detailed look at the famous German "stahlhelm" of World War II. Full color photographs - including multiple-view, interiors, and up-close detail - show Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Paratroop, and many others. Both volumes have been specifically...- $79.95
$79.95- $79.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Paul Sanders
Head Dress of Imperial Germany: 1880-1916
This book is a compilation of helmets collected over the past thirty years, and is intended as an illustrated reference source on the elaborate head dress of the Imperial German Army from 1880-1916. Displaying many rare helmets in full color, large format photographs, the...- $75.00
$75.00- $75.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Al And Helen Wilson
Wilson's Coca-Cola(r) Price Guide
This excellent reference for anyone interested in the wondrously broad range of Coca-Cola collectibles is now in its newly revised fourth edition This book is filled cover-to-cover with approximately 2,000 bright, color pictures of the most sought-after Coca-Cola products ever made, from advertisements, trays,...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Peter Harrington
British Army Uniforms in Color: As Illustrated by John McNeill, Ernest Ibbetson, Edgar A. Holloway, and Harry Payne - C.1908-1919
Gale and Polden's postcards of British uniforms are now widely collected but little is known about the artists and few of their original paintings have survived. Now over 130 of these rare works by artists such as Harry Payne, Edgar A. Holloway, John McNeill,...- $49.95
$49.95- $49.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Jeffrey B. Snyder
Collecting Star Wars(r) Toys 1977-Present: An Unauthorized Practical Guide
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...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Witherell
California's Best: Old West Art & Antiques
This is the most comprehensive study of Old West art and antiques from the Golden State to date. Best quality furniture, gold and silver objects, gold quartz jewelry, gambling tools, firearms, Bowie knives, and beer advertising items of California significance from 1850 to 1920...- $89.95
$89.95- $89.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Frank Chiarenza
The Milk Glass Book
"Milk glass" today is considered neither white nor entirely opaque, as illustrated by more than 450 photos in this book. Drawn from the extensive collections of members of the National Milk Glass Collectors Society, most pieces pictured here have not appeared in any previous...- $49.95
$49.95- $49.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Roseann Ettinger
Men's Clothing & Fabrics in the 1890s
By today's standards, men wore formal dress every day in the 1890s. The color lithographs and line drawings of men dressed for work that are shown here bear striking contrast to men in the streets now. That very fact makes these clothes more than...- $24.95
$24.95- $24.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Tina Skinner
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Late 1970s
Enter an ultra-patriotic era of "military mood" fashions, replete in red, white, and blue. One in a series of books from Schiffer Publishing documenting fashion trends in America, this is an invaluable resource for fashion designers looking to revive and rework retro styles, for...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Jan Lindenberger
The Unauthorized Guide to Snoopy(r) Collectibles
The beagle came into the world on October, 1950, in a comic strip named "Peanuts," created by Charles Monroe Schultz. This illustrious beagle's name is, of course, Snoopy! The rest is history. This endearing character has found his way into the American heart and...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Arthur Hayes
Uniforms of the Third Reich: A Study in Photographs
This new book takes a close look at a variety of authentic World War II era German uniforms including examples from the Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Allgemeine-SS, Hitler Youth and Political Leaders. The pieces are shown in large full frame front and rear shots,...- $69.99
$69.99- $69.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell
Collectible Halloween
Take a peek, if you dare, into a small, dark corner of a 30-year-old collection and an archive of Halloween collectibles, artifacts, and associated items. The author has been studying, archiving, researching, and writing about the subject for most of those years and is...- $29.95
$29.95- $29.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Maureen Reilly
Women's Hats of the 20th Century: For Designers and Collectors
Hats represent an art form that is opening up new vistas for the vintage clothing collector. For the authors hats are a visual treat, and they have crafted a book that is chuck-full of some of the sweetest you'll ever see. This carefully researched...- $49.99
$49.99- $49.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Pat Moran
German Headgear in World War II: Army/Luftwaffe/Kriegsmarine: A Photographic Study of German Hats and Helmets
This two volume set by Pat Moran and Jon Maguire illustrates, in full color, over 240 visor hats and helmets of the German: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, SS, NSDAP, Police, Civilian, and miscellaneous formations. Each peaked hat is shown from four angles, including interior, and...- $75.00
$75.00- $75.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Jon A. Maguire
More Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens: An Expanded Study of Usas, Usaac, & Usaaf Uniforms, Wings & Insignia - 1913-1945 Including Civilian Auxiliaries
Jon Maguire's book Silver Wings, Pinks & Greens was a tremendous success and set a new standard for American uniform and insignia references. Following its publication there still remained among collectors and historians a desire for more information. There was also an outpouring from...- $79.95
$79.95- $79.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Peggy Ann Osborne
Button Button: Identification and Price Guide
This well-organized guide is recommended by the Button Society as a book that every button collector and dealer should own. The standard book in the field, it gives information to identify the age, material, and desirability of any button that may be found. It...- $16.99
$16.99- $16.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Alan R. Wise
Jet Age Flight Helmets: Aviation Headgear in the Modern Age
This new photo documentation is the first book ever to cover in detail the history and development of military flight helmets from the post-World War II era to the present, and includes over 120 different helmets and their associated equipment such as oxygen masks,...- $75.00
$75.00- $75.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Roger Fresco-Corbu
European Pipes
From the Antique Pocket Guides series - a useful series for the collector of small antiques. Collecting small antiques can be of absorbing interest, partly because of items are easy to display and partly because they can be found in a great variety of...- $8.00
$8.00- $8.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Edward V. Williams
The Bells of Russia: History and Technology
This generously illustrated book records the story of Russia's bells--the thousands of awe inspiring instruments that gave voice to the visual splendors of Russian Orthodoxy and to the political aspirations of the tsars. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest...- $49.00
$49.00- $49.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:J. P. Blake
Little Books About Old Furniture - Tudor To Stuart
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: J. P. BlakeISBN-10: 1409792374ISBN-13: 9781409792376Publisher:...- $28.99
$28.99- $28.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Charles C. Jones
Antiques Of The Southern Indians, Particularly Of The Georgia Tribes
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Charles C. JonesISBN-10: 1409781844ISBN-13: 9781409781844Publisher:...- $33.99
$33.99- $33.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Edward Wenham
Antiques A to Z - A Pocket Handbook for Collectors and Dealers
A little pocket handbook providing A-Z of information, terminologies, and types of different antiques. Includes chapters on Barometers, Clocks, Enamels, Furniture, Glass, Pottery and Porcelain, Silver, Firearms, Armour and others. The book is profusely illustrated by beautiful pen and ink drawings.Author: Edward WenhamISBN-10: 1408631555ISBN-13:...- $31.99
$31.99- $31.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Helen Mary Lehmann
Glass And Glassware
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.Author: Helen Mary LehmannISBN-10: 1406708577ISBN-13: 9781406708578Publisher:...- $29.99
$29.99- $29.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:James Millingen
Ancient Coins of Greek Cities and Kings: From Various Collections Principally in Great Britain
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...- $30.95
$30.95- $30.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:John Edward Gray
A Hand Catalogue of Postage Stamps: For the Use of Collectors (1862)
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...- $13.56
$13.56- $13.56
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:J. J. Pringle
Twenty Years' Snipe-Shooting: Extracts From The Daily Journal Of The Game-Books Of The Snipery (1899)
Twenty Years' Snipe-Shooting: Extracts From The Daily Journal Of The Game-Books Of The Snipery (1899) is a book written by J.J. Pringle. The book is a collection of personal accounts and observations of the author's snipe-shooting experiences over a period of twenty years. The...- $48.95
$48.95- $48.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:J. J. Pringle
Twenty Years' Snipe-Shooting: Extracts From The Daily Journal Of The Game-Books Of The Snipery (1899)
""Twenty Years' Snipe-Shooting"" is a book written by J.J. Pringle in 1899. The book is a collection of extracts from the daily journal of the game-books of the Snipery, which was a shooting club in Scotland. The author shares his experiences of snipe-shooting over...- $33.95
$33.95- $33.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Michael Johnston
The Medieval Manuscript Book: Cultural Approaches
Traditional scholarship on manuscripts has tended to focus on issues concerning their production and has shown comparatively little interest in the cultural contexts of the manuscript book. The Medieval Manuscript Book redresses this by focusing on aspects of the medieval book in its cultural...- $34.99
$34.99- $34.99
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Chris Cowin
British Leyland: Betting on a miracle: 1978-1986
"British Leyland: Betting on a Miracle" covers the period 1978-86 and follows on from "British Leyland: Chronicle of a Car Crash" which covered 1968-78.It continues the story of Britain's largest car manufacturer through a turbulent era which saw radical change in national strategy regarding...- $17.58
$17.58- $17.58
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Don Wilwol
Catalog Cuts of Early American Hand Saws
For those saw collector who have American saws, these catalog cuts are from the top four early manufacturers. Henry Disston & Sons (1918), E. C. Atkins & Company Catalog No. 19 (1923), Simonds Saw Catalog (1916) and C.E. Jennings Catalog (1918). Tool collectors use...- $24.55
$24.55- $24.55
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Connie Monaghan
Estate Liquidation Ins & Outs: What to Do With Antiques and More
From garden gnomes to jewelry and gold, your estate items can be easily liquidated. Whether you want someone else to handle it or you want to sell the items yourself, you'll find out: Are your things antiques? What are they worth? What's the best...- $10.95
$10.95- $10.95
- Unit price
- per
-
Vendor:Albert Derolez
The Palaeography of Gothic Manuscript Books: From the Twelfth to the Early Sixteenth Century
Albert Derolez has developed new terminology for describing the different scripts in this detailed study of handwriting in manuscript books produced in western and central Europe from c.1100 to c.1530. This makes Derolez's survey unique and an ideal tool for all interested in late-medieval...- $185.00
$185.00- $185.00
- Unit price
- per