Antiques, vintage and collectables Books
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The World of Kreiss Ceramics
Book SynopsisThese distinctive ceramic figurines, kitchen ware and bathroom ware were made in Japan from 1946 until about 1971. They are brightly painted and known for humorous expressions and appearance. This guide shows a wide selection of the known items, in color and with descriptions,dimensions, and estimated values. They are popularly recognized and collected for their delightful appearance. The Psycho series is the best known and most desirable.
£20.69
Schiffer Publishing Ltd ANTIQUE TOOL COLLECTORS GUIDE TO VALUE Collectors
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£18.04
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Parker Pen Repair Manual No. 5115
Book SynopsisRepairing a fountain pen is not as simple as it seems. After learning the parts and mechanical characteristics of a pen through the directions in this service manual, one can quite easily remedy most ordinary complaints. Clear drawings and simple instructions are provided.
£9.49
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Collecting Fiesta LuRay Other Colorware
Book SynopsisOver 150 lines of solid-colored dinnerware were produced in the United States from 1930 to 2000. This book focuses on the most popular lines from four major and five minor companies. Homer Laughlin''s Fiesta; Taylor, Smith and Taylor; Knowles''s Lu-Ray; and Mr. Clemens lines led in popularity. Behind them came Zephyr, Georgette, Sevilla, Romany and Rancho, and Camwood Ivory lines. Each of these companies is fully discussed, with their marks, colors and items identified and valued for today''s antiques market.
£29.59
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Diamond 1 Perfume Bottles Price Guide
Book Synopsis222 different glass perfume bottles, 81 peg stoppers, and 91 various jars made 1910 to 1925 by Diamond Glass shown in clear drawings. Includes glass mould numbers, sizes available, weight per gross, and estimated prices without lables. Original labels on bottles will bring considerably more.
£7.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Fostoria Fine Crystal and Colored Glassware
Book SynopsisCollectors of pretty and popular Fostoria crystal are now able to learn the pattern names, sizes and factory inventory numbers for hundreds of Fostoria tableware shapes, as well as their recent values at the marketplaces. Both a Supplementary Catalog and a Catalog from 1925-30 demonstrate the fine etching work that distinguishes Fostoria''s glassware.
£17.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Exclusively Roseville
Book SynopsisThe Roseville Pottery Company began in Roseville, Ohio, in 1890, and produced art pottery decorative ceramics until 1954. Their original appeal has made Roseville pottery popular antiques today. With this guide, you learn the pattern name, date first made, and description with value range for thousands of different shapes of various sizes and glaze colors. The alphabetical organization and workbook format make record keeping easy for today''s collectors and dealers.
£27.19
Schiffer Publishing Ltd An Overview of Homer Laughlin Dinnerware
Book SynopsisFor over 140 years, the Homer Laughlin Company, of East Liverpool, Ohio, made popular ceramic plate shapes, each with different decorative treatments that are identified by numbers and date codes. This book shows, in 805 color photographs, 43 dinnerware shapes as well as kitchenware, specialty items, and backmarks. With this information, you can learn to identify each shape and treatment. Today, this dinnerware is valuable in antiques markets.
£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd The Granite Iron Ware Cook Book
Book SynopsisBoth a cookbook/housekeeping guide and an 1877 catalog of enameled iron cookware, this unusual book has practical, old fashioned food recipes as well as images of 99 different antique kitchen vessels and their value ranges today. With it, you can name, value and know the intended use for the enameled iron kitchen and toilet goods you find at antiques markets. Also, you can cook authentic meals (from soup to dessert) and preserve fresh fruit. This is a basic household guide your great-great grandmother may have used.
£6.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd China for America Export Porcelain of the 18th
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£31.44
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Factory Decoys of Mason Stevens Dodge and
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£28.79
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Miniature Lamps Bk 1
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£39.09
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Guns and Gunmaking Tools of Southern Appalachia
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£13.29
Schiffer Publishing Ltd A People and Their Quilts
Book SynopsisQuilts are a reflection of the people who make, use, and cherish them through the years. John Rice Irwin has personally conducted interviews with hundreds of old-time quiltmakers, some of whom were over one hundred years old. Detailed photographs taken by Pulitzer Prize winner Robin Hood depict an opulent conglomeration of quilts, from the community quilt which became known as the Murder Quilt. More importantly, Irwin looks under the quilts, at the lives of the people who created and used them. He explores their ambitions and aspirations, their struggles and disappointments. From the young ladies of Salem Valley who pieced a quilt for the town's most eligible bachelor in the hope that one of them would sleep under it, to the retired physician who began quilting in his late sixties to fill his spare time, Irwin presents their stories with compassion and candor. This lavishly illustrated volume is a treasure trove of creative needlework, colorful anecdotes, and intriguing personal histor
£999.99
St Martin's Press Tangled Vines
Book SynopsisA New York Times BestsellerOn October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California''s finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately set by a passionate oenophile named Mark Anderson, a skilled con man and thief with storage space at the warehouse who needed to cover his tracks. With a propane torch and a bucket of gasoline-soaked rags, Anderson annihilated entire California vineyard libraries as well as bottles of some of the most sought-after wines in the world. Among the priceless bottles destroyed were 175 bottles of Port and Angelica from one of the oldest vineyards in California made by Frances Dinkelspiel''s great-great grandfather, Isaias Hellman, in 1875. Sadly, Mark Anderson was not the first to harm the industry. The history of the California
£16.99
WW Norton & Co The Golden Flea A Story of Obsession and
Book SynopsisAn enchanting tale of the search for forgotten treasures at one of the greatest flea markets on earth.Trade Review"[Rips] has humanity, humor and the gift of a limpid, agile, unpretentious prose style…A captivating portrait." -- Ben Downing - Wall Street Journal"[Rips] captured the singular vocational pull of the collector, and in doing so…show[s] us the whimsical and strange roots that run deep beneath stuff." -- Lauren Kane - Paris Review "Staff Picks""Discovering the flea through Rips's experience is magnificent, but the human influence on the transactions…give it true beauty." -- Shelf Awareness"A tender, passionate, melancholy elegy." -- Luc Sante - Bookforum"A wry and engaging ode to a bygone aspect of N.Y.C. culture." -- Publishers Weekly"Michael Rips’s surreal style is perfectly suited to the wondrous world of flea markets. The Golden Flea delights with portraits of people on the margins of city life, the eccentric and easy-to-ignore pickers, collectors, vendors, and others obsessed with laying claim to a piece of the past. In describing his own fortunes and follies in that world, Rips captures the best and worst of what it means to collect." -- Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief"I love this book so much I decided to mark my favorite bits with asterisks and ended up with something that looked like the Milky Way galaxy." -- Patricia Marx, author of Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?"An extraordinary portrait of a New York filled with unlikely treasures, human and material. Michael Rips is a magician of seeing, and only he could have come up with this enchanted construction." -- Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland"Michael Rips writes with a unique combination of sly humor, close observation, and sympathy. He takes the philosopher’s long view, is impressively open, and treasures all manner of people and experiences. He finds gold in stories that might otherwise go unremarked. This book is exemplary in its inclusiveness, humanity, and wit." -- David Salle, author of How to See
£19.94
F&W Publications Inc Harry Potter The Unofficial Guide to the
Book SynopsisA legacy of magical treasures! Since 1997 with the publication of the first book, Harry Potter has cast a spell over millions of Muggles around the world--not the least of all bewitched collectors. Harry Potter: The Unofficial Guide to the Collectibles of Our Favorite Wizard conjures rare, extraordinary and magical treasures sprung from the Potter books and movies, and even the imaginations of fans. In its enchantingly visual pages, you'll discover delightful riches including author J.K. Rowling's writing chair that sold at auction for almost $400,000, first-edition books, original art, movie posters, film props, exclusives, limited-edition items, fun fandom pieces, and other wonders to behold. So with a whisper of 'accio' and a flick of your wand, summon forth the fascinating, the fantastical and the fabulous found in Harry Potter: The Unofficial Guide to the Collectibles of Our Favorite Wizard.
£18.04
F&W Publications Inc 2020 Collector Car Price Guide
Book SynopsisCar values fluctuate wildly, never more so than in our current economic environment. Pricing information is a must for collectors, restorers, buyers, sellers, insurance agents and a myriad of others who rely on reliable authoritative data. With well over 300,000 listings for domestic cars and light trucks, and various import vehicles manufactured between 1901 and 2012, this is the most thorough price guide on the market. This invaluable reference is for the serious car collector as well as anyone who wants to know the value of a collector car they are looking to buy or sell. Prices in this must-have reference reflect the latest values, in up to six grades of condition, from the esteemed Old Cars Price Guide database. New information for the most recent model year will also be added to our new Old Car Report database.
£21.00
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Blooming Grove and Washingtonville Images of
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£21.24
Arcadia Publishing Historic Alabama Bells
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£20.39
Counterpoint Paris: A Journey Through Time
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£23.19
University of Vermont Press American Furniture 1999
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£53.20
University of Vermont Press American Furniture 2000
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£50.40
University of Vermont Press American Furniture 2001
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£53.20
University of Vermont Press Ceramics in America 2001
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£53.20
BetterLink Press Incorporated Qingming Shang He Tu: Scenes along the River
Book SynopsisThe painting Qingming Shang He Tu (Scenes along the River during the Qingming Festival),an over 16-foot panorama running from right to left, is considered to be one of the most brilliant works in Chinese art history. It is a masterpiece of realism, recording the pulse of a thriving, historical town and showing extraordinary detail.
£43.16
Arcadia Publishing Oregon Wine Country Stories Decoding the Grape
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£21.24
Creative Paperbacks Formula One
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£9.49
Imagine & Wonder The Beatles White Album and the Launch of Apple
Book SynopsisFor many Beatles fans, the group's two-disc set from November 1968 is their favorite Beatles album. It was titled "The Beatles," but became known as "The White Album" for its pure white cover. At over 90 minutes long, it is filled with 30 incredible songs that range from rock 'n' roll to folk to heavy metal to calypso to country & western to raunchy rockers to lush ballads. There are parodies of the Beach Boys and Bob Dylan, along with a long sound collage unlike anything most listeners had ever heard before. The Beatles White Album and the Launch of Apple covers not only the group's remarkable double album, but also the birth of their Apple business venture and Apple Records' stunning debut with "Hey Jude," "Revolution" and Mary Hopkin's nostalgic classic "Those Were The Days.
£17.05
Bloomsbury Publishing USA The Globemakers: The Curious Story of an Ancient
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£26.35
Rockridge Press All about Penguins: Discover Life on Land and in
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£9.41
Amicus Ink Race Cars
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£7.59
Amicus Ink Curious about Hot Rods
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£10.44
Amicus Ink Curious about Indy Cars
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£10.44
Amicus Ink Curious about Stock Cars
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£10.44
Amicus Ink Curiosidad Por Los Hot Rods
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£10.44
Amicus Ink Curiosidad Por Los Autos Indycar
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£10.44
Amicus Ink Curiosidad Por Los Stock Cars
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£10.44
WW Norton & Co The Midcentury Kitchen: America's Favorite Room,
Book SynopsisNearly everyone alive today has experienced cozy, welcoming kitchens packed with conveniences that we now take for granted. Sarah Archer, in this delightful romp through a simpler time, shows us how the prosperity of the 1950s kicked off the technological and design ideals of today’s kitchen. In fact, while contemporary appliances might look a little different and work a little better than those of the 1950s, the midcentury kitchen has yet to be improved upon. During the optimistic consumerism of midcentury America when families were ready to put their newfound prosperity on display, companies from General Electric to Pyrex to Betty Crocker were there to usher them into a new era. Counter heights were standardized, appliances were designed in fashionable colors, and convenience foods took over families’ plates. With archival photographs, advertisements, magazine pages, and movie stills, The Midcentury Kitchen captures the spirit of an era—and a room—where anything seemed possible.Trade Review"A refreshing retro-kitchen history" -- Florence Fabricant, The New York Times"If you want to understand your kitchen, this is the book for you. Packed with fabulous period images and memorable detail, this is the story of how the center of the American home came to look the way it does today—and what that can tell us about gender, capitalism, and social norms." -- Nicola Twilley, writer and co-host of the Gastropod podcast"Modern kitchens are the midcentury era in miniature: an embrace of the new, equal parts invention and consumption. Sarah Archer tells this story with warmth and wit, accompanied by beautifully chosen images throughout." -- Glenn Adamson, author of Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects
£17.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Collectable Names and Designs in Women's Handbags
Book SynopsisVintage and future accessories expert, Tracy Martin reveals what to spot when buying both vintage and modern handbags which are already desirable with collectors or have the potential to become sought after in the future. From the Victorian miser bag to 1950s Lucite and the op-art designs of the Sixties to bang up to date modern examples such as Lulu Guinness's iconic Lips clutch, Tracy recommends the most desirable for collector's of all budgets. Throughout the pages she shares her top tips on which designers to buy from the past, present and future, how to avoid getting caught out by fake or damaged bags and where is best to invest. Together with a detailed social history on the designers and their bags, this lavishly illustrated book is a must-own for all those passionate about handbags.
£25.00
Octopus Publishing Group Millers Antiques Handbook Price Guide 20222023
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£45.59
Octopus Books Millers Antiques Handbook Price Guide 20242025
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£42.75
Lights Camera Lionel Trains
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£44.96
Beckett Media Beckett Baseball Almanac 29
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£999.99
Beckett Media Beckett Vintage Almanac 10
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£34.20
Beckett Media GAMING ALMANAC E15
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£27.17
Beckett Media BASKETBALL PRICE GD E32
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£999.99
Beckett Baseball Almanac 30
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£44.96
