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This one-stop practical book guides you to run a wide range of music therapy groups with pre-school and primary aged children with additional needs. Gain understanding on how to adapt and improvise to ensure that the group meets the individual child's...

This is the first comprehensive collector's identification and value guide to My Little Pony (R). These popular toys were made by Hasbro (R) from 1981 to 1991 and are attracting the interest of collectors around the world. The 300+ color photographs...

Delve into the dark and dangerous side of humanity with this intriguing collection of artifacts and ephemera relating to some of the world's most infamous criminals and criminal acts. From an 18th Century hangman's noose to Charles Manson's cremation...

Horse brasses are flat, generally round, ornaments for decorating the harness of draught horses. First devised as charms to keep the animal safe, brasses later became purely decorative. This book traces the history of horse brasses, from the plain,...

This book is an excellent course in a legendary art form; for less than its price, a reasonable model of a ship in a bottle can be made. Five projects of graduated difficulty are explained clearly step-by-step through drawings, black and white, and color...

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...

This title includes essays by Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Mieke Bal, John Forrester, John Windsor, Naomi Schor, Susan Stewart, Anthony Alan Shelton, John Elsner, Roger Cardinal and an interview with Robert Opie. This book...

The Adjustable Spanner is the product of thirty years' collecting and original research, fired by Ron Geesin's acquisition of the SLIK adjustable spanner that hung in his father's garage. At the core of this book is a concise history of this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849026888Author Ada Wentworth FitzwilliamFormat HardbackPage Count 68Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams)...

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...

In thousands of years of tilling the soil, we have created a great variety of garden tools to dig, cut scrub, harrow fields, and trim borders. What makes the tools unique, and collectible, is the way function has dictated form, resulting in not only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486243467Author Franco DeboniFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Now in its revised sixth edition, this classic reference book is designed for the collector, with a historical survey, hundreds of color and black and white illustrations, a description of how mechanical wristwatches work, and a thorough glossary...

From the creation of the QWERTY keyboard to the world's first portable typing machine, this handsome collection is a visual homage to the golden age of the typewriter. From the world's first commercially successful typewriter-the Sholes & Glidden Type...

An attractive introduction to collecting paper money - a major hobby which has seen an increasing popularity in the last decade. It embraces art and can form a miniature art gallery involving the best engravers in the world and famous artists. For those...

Amateur repairers of clocks and watches grow in number every year as they discover the delights and challenges of the horological hobby. Often an initiate will begin with one of the classic books on the craft for the professionals, published by NAG Press...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993174407Author Alan HopkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 216Imprint The School of Historical DressPublisher The School of Historical Dress

The colorful earthenwares known as Majolica are popular once again, part of the nostalgic revival of Victorian taste in interior decoration. Majolica's long history begins with Italian Renaissance tin-glazed wares; over the centuries its styles and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486409580Author Mercer MercerFormat PaperbackPage Count 339Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

From G.I. Joe*t to Star Wars*t John Marshall has provided a thorough, informative, and entertaining look at the action figures produced during the 1980s. In over 430 superb color photographs, fans of the pocket-sized G.I. Joes*t, of movie and TV...

Dealing with a complicated watch used to be a rare job for the watch repairer, but with the popularity of the automatic, it is almost commonplace. Furthermore, the increased interest in calendar work, alarm watches, and chronographs will undoubtedly...

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...

This book introduces the world of Bang & Olufsen, from their futuristic audo and hi-fi systems to their elegant television sets and attractive portable models, which have captivated enthusiasts for the best part of four decades. The small Danish company...

An essential addition to any transportation toy library, this is the book that bus lovers have been waiting for! Over 1,500 toy buses are shown in full color, from early buses to transit and trolley buses to school buses and modern luxury coaches. They...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486421612Author Charles Edward ChapelFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

In the world of costume jewelry, the name Lea Stein Paris (R) is recognized as the most notable and innovative designer of plastic jewelry of the 20th century. Her use of sculptured laminated celluloid in many novel combinations of textures, colors, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781939104038Author Rick NewcombeFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Sumner BooksPublisher Sumner BooksWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm

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...

From the bestselling author of Highly Sensitive People in an Insensitive WorldShame might be far from the first thing that comes to mind when you think about what's causing your problems. Shame is hidden, and rarely something we talk about, but it can...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080203410Author Francois ChailleFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1660g

The Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust cares for five venues in Brighton and Hove, including the spectacular Royal Pavilion, a royal palace created by George IV as his summer retreat, designed in its final form by John Nash in a Moghul Indian style and set...

History Today carried a feature in 2015, describing The Origin of Museums as "a cult book [that] spawned a new discipline in the history of collecting". Indeed, the first publication of this book in 1985 undoubtedly marked a propitious moment in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884452864Author Col Frank C FosterFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Medals of Ameica PressPublisher Medals of Ameica PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903685962Author Ora PinhasFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Richard DennisPublisher Richard DennisWeight(grams) 1380gDimensions(mm) 316mm * 234mm *...

This retrospective brings insight into hundreds of stunning rock posters by Jim Phillips made over 40 years, from 1965 to 2005, and counting. Phillips tells his life story and how the posters record an evolution of Rock Age music. Containing iconic...

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...

The Adjustable Spanner Volume II gathers together revelatory information arising from Ron Geesin's first book, and combines it with further detailed analysis of manufacturers and biographical details of inventors. Described with warmth, detailed...

The ancient and wonderful art of direct stone sculpture is brought to life in this comprehensive new book by the noted sculptor, Milt Liebson. After a brief, informative historical overview of stone sculpture, he leads the reader through the hands-on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781835633465Author David HartillFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint New Generation PublishingPublisher New Generation PublishingWeight(grams) 349g

A beautiful and inspiring volume, Never Stop to Think Do I Have a Place for This indulges our desire to surround ourselves with belongings that impart beauty and meaning to our lives. Delving into the interiors (and the collecting mindset) of real-life...