Antiques & Collectibles

Superlatives tend to fail in describing Joan Blaeu's Atlas Maior-that being said, it stands as one of the most extravagant feats in the history of mapmaking. The original Latin edition, completed in 1665, was the largest and most expensive book to be...

Whether it's Antiques Roadshow or American Pickers, or any of the number of TV shows on flea markets, the world of collecting inspires a cult following of millions of Americans. Celebrated author Maureen Stanton takes readers behind the scenes and deep...

This new edition of Architectural Tiles: Conservation and Restoration continues to inform and educate on appropriate means towards the preservation of this valuable heritage.It not only contains new and up to date information on materials, practical...

Taken from a family archive held at the Royal Armouries, Only Water Between tells the story of Captain Jack Adam and his family. Deployed to France in 1918, Jack leaves behind his beloved wife Gert and their three children. Separated by war, letters ...

The Vine Pottery was founded by Lawrence Arthur Birks and Charles Frederick Goodfellow in Stoke-upon-Trent in 1894. Beginning with small scale production of fine bone china tableware, the company fortunes were transformed in 1901 when Edmund G. Reuter...

A giant high-top sneaker embellished with golden scissors floats in a polka dot sky along with the surprising motto, "Run With Scissors." Hooked rug maker Jill Cooper explains, "The older I get, the more I don't follow 'the rules.' This rug was a way to...

Survey of Historic Costume Coloring Book highlights Western dress from the ancient world to today through fashion silhouettes. By coloring line drawings that parallel chapters from the Survey of Historic Costume, Seventh Edition textbook, students will...

This book features the collector/author's well-informed views about a careful selection of mainly 19th century knotted pile carpets and flatwoven covers in various techniques from his own extensive collection, which has been built up over a period of...

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. For many of us, modern memory is shaped less by a longing for the social customs and practices of the past or for family heirlooms handed down over generations and more by childhood encounters with ephemeral commercial...

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...

This comprehensive, illustrated handbook is intended for collectors of apothecary bottles and other pharmaceutical and medical paraphernalia, covering artifacts likely to appear in North America and the United Kingdom from early Colonial times through...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780760363898Author Robert N. PrippsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Motorbooks InternationalPublisher Motorbooks International

A perfect book for lovers of movies and movie posters. Over 300 color images of vintage movie posters include the extremely rare drive-in theater posters along with more common one-sheet size. These posters, often very different from the standard...

An account of what papyrology is and what the papyrologist does. _Book InformationISBN 9780198148418Author E. G. TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 344gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

Elvis Presley wears another crown besides the King of Rock 'N' Roll--he also is the King of Collectibility. Nearly a quarter century after his death, items bearing Elvis's name and likeness are in hot demand. In this comprehensive book, renowned Elvis...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080260338Author Francois ChailleFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1980g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523091638Author Thom HartmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Berrett-Koehler PublishersPublisher Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982358467Author Edwin U SowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint NawccPublisher NawccWeight(grams) 331g

Drawn from some of the world's most prestigious collections, this comprehensive work is a visual and historical reference exploring the craftsmanship and technical progress of German pistol development from 1871 to 1914. Using specially commissioned...

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...

The appeal of precious stones has held people of all cultures and civilizations enthralled, it is a phenomenon that has lasted to the present day.Book InformationISBN 9783897902039Author Wilhelm LindermanFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint...

Camouflage Uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia is a comprehensive guide to the history, design and use of camouflage field uniforms of the Soviet Union and Russia. This excellent reference contains factual and interesting material covering the...

An illustrated, full-color value guide covering a wide range of bookend types and styles, with a detailed look at the three main processes used to create cast-metal bookends, a tour through the history of manufacturers who pioneered this art form, a...

The notion of retrieving a bit of the past-by owning a material piece of it-has always appealed to humans. Often our most prized possessions are those that have had a long history before they came into our hands. Part of the pleasure we gain from the...

At times controversial and uncompromising, always intellectually honest, Alessandro Conti's book is - astonishingly - the only attempt to comprehensively chart in time, the changing impact of man's desire to preserve for future generations the materials,...

"Flicking through the book... you'll discover all manner of vintage cigarette holders, ranging from cheap promotional items given away by New York nightclubs to extravagant versions crafted by the likes of Tiffany, Faberge, Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981534909Author J BallmannFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Totalmojo Productions, IncorporatedPublisher Totalmojo Productions,...

Benny Joseph made his living as a professional photographer in Houston's black community during the crucial decades from the 1950s through the early 1980s, when the amplified pulse of rhythm and blues underscored the social changes sweeping the nation...

An overview of the turbulent 1960s and 1970s through the lens of fashion, a period when demure silhouettes and pastels exploded into bold prints and tie-dyed psychedelic chaos and ultimately resolved into a personal style dubbed by Vogue the "New...

From the Coolest Corner - Nordic Jewellery presents groundbreaking and fresh jewellery from Northern Europe, a comprehensive selection of current works by artists from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic States. The best and most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578289540Author Kalika KekkarFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Kalika KekkarPublisher Kalika KekkarWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 279mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857234366Author Gianmaria BuccellatiFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

'The Engagement Ring' is the only fully comprehensive guide, written by a top diamond jewellery expert. With over 25 years of experience hand making jewellery, Lewis takes you behind the scenes and exposes trade secrets that will help you get the...

As part of its rise as a regional South American power, Chile chose to emulate the highly successful Prussian military system in the last decades of the 19th century. Prior conflicts and the prospect of war with Argentina, which came to a head in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781387867011Author Don NarusFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 4mm

The fourteenth century witnessed a late medieval arms race; an era that began with knightly combatants armed in mail-and ended with them dressed head-to-toe in the complete plate armour that is commonly associated with knights. Although well documented...

This exquisite volume presents the best vintage exotic skin handbags by the most renowned designers of the past century and a half. Intended particularly for fashionable women, design students, collectors, dealers, and clothing historians, it outlines...

Electrical lighting fixtures from the 1920s through 1940s reflect the popular taste for Art Deco styling in public, commercial, and home interiors. Beautiful color photographs of dramatic lights from theaters, important houses, great architects, and...

Today Paul McCobb's furniture and interior designs of the 1950s rank alongside Russell Wright, Gustav Stickley, and Heywood-Wakefield as marked staples in modern design. Paul McCobb's Directional Designs furniture line exhibits the low-cost, functional,...

This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted Beijing photography postcards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the...