The joy and magic of Christmas are celebrated in this sumptuously illustrated, nostalgic pictorial exploration of old-fashioned Christmas. Nearly 1...

Collectible porcelain Christmas plates have been made in Denmark by Bing & Grondahl since 1895 and by Royal Copenhagen since 1908. These and th...

Experience warm wishes and happy remembrances of Christmas through postcards, rural carrier cards, and business trade cards organized chronological...

Illustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is the type of reference guide a collector cannot afford to...

Illustrating and describing over a thousand Christmas collectibles, Christmas Revisited is the type of reference guide a collector cannot afford to...

From the first Christmas celebrations in Colonial America to Christmas in the 1990s, this book explores in detail holiday preparations, tree tradit...

For many people, decorating for Christmas includes wearing jewelry with seasonal designs. The range of Christmas tree pins, shown in over 1,200 bea...

This in-depth review of Christmas history and traditions in the United States covers a period that many Americans remember well. See Christmas deco...

This in-depth review of Christmas history and traditions in the United States covers a period that most Americans remember well. Everyone will appr...

Fashion is a business of smoke and mirrors, notorious for crushing the souls of most who dare to be part of the industry. Go on a global expedition...

Wrist chronographs are mechanical wristwatches that, in addition to their normal clockwork, have a mechanism that allows them to time short-term ev...

Cigar Box Labels: Portraits of Life, Mirrors of History pays tribute to cigars and the pictorial glory of Victorian-era cigar box labels, a unique ...

Cigarette lighter collecting has quickly become a very popular hobby throughout the world. Here, at last, is accessible information for the collect...

The cemeteries of greater Cincinnati have had their share of hauntings, strange occurrences, and odd phenomena throughout history. Entombed within ...

Don't let Cincinnati's size fool you - it has plenty to offer residents looking to spend a lazy day exploring their hometown and tourists taking th...

The Cincinnati tri-state area (Ohio, Indiana, & Kentucky) offers many creepy and ghostly locations to explore! Take your place upon a throne in...

circa Fifties Glass from Europe & America includes the Italian and Scandinavian designer art glass usually referred to as "Fifties glass," plus...

Maryland's history unfolds along the waterways of the Chesapeake Bay, where European exploration, colonization, and commercial development of the B...

City Hall is the first book to feature striking contemporary images of the most architecturally significant city halls in the United States. This d...

This book covers the 20 years that transformed Philadelphia into a city of neighborhoods, from Kingsessing to Wissahickon. At the turn of the 20th ...

In a little more than a hundred years, a wild and desolate barrier island in Maryland became a teeming resort city. The story began in 1875 when a ...

A must-read for Civil War enthusiasts and quilters seeking accurate information on reproducing Civil War quilts. The stories of fourteen extraordin...

Re-enacting Civil War battles in authentic costumes has become a growing hobby among the general population today. Popular with novice and historia...

In 1861, Charleston, South Carolina, was the focal point of war between the United and Confederate States; to Southerners, Charleston was a symbol ...

Take an extraordinary and unique series of walking and driving tours of beautiful towns that were once plunged into the heart of the maelstrom that...

In December 1864, Confederate and Union forces clashed in the Siege of Savannah. Using this guide you will tour the city's river defenses, witness ...

Clams, oysters, and scallops have long been among the most popular seafood. Provided here is a unique and extensive examination of them, colorfully...

Over 420 color photographs illustrate the wide range of wares made available by Cliff, Cooper, Murray, Rhead, and those at Carlton: designers whose...

The water is so clear and filled with so much color, it's like splashing liquid glass. Lake Tahoe is legendary for its crystal-clear turquoise wate...

The classic diner is an icon of the American roadside. As cars were mass-produced, so were these aluminum gems, whose metal bodies and neon signs c...

The definition of a beautiful face has never been constant. See how political and social climates have molded accepted beauty rituals and the evolu...

Following upon the success of their first book, The Queen Anne Stool, Tom Heller and Ron Clarkson decided to offer a book about building one of the...

In more than 100 pieces of contemporary flash, “Tilt” and his collaborators celebrate the lineage of tattoo artists who have paved the way while lo...

Japanese folklore and modern American tattooing come together in this book of more than 100 sheets of tattoo flash designed to be drawn on the body...

Traditional American tattooing has a rich, extensive heritage. Often underappreciated, it represents a true folk art, encompassing design motifs an...

The great postwar modern furniture designs are classics, because they are still great. Herman Miller, the company that led the office revolution, i...

This fresh new book exposes the most famous Hollywood entertainers of the 1920s to 1960s. These “Classic” performers are remembered for epic career...

The first photographic investigation of the history, companies, people, places, uses, prices, and the kerosene lanterns themselves. Some of these l...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Someone once said, "There is nothing new under the sun only new ways to do things." This could be the anthem of the agencies that produced the adve...

This is a staggering volume of thousands of examples of the celluloid acetate stencil, an essential tool in the history of tattooing. Mythical crea...

The unearthing of authentic celluloid acetate stencils, a project undertaken by Long Island tattoo shopowner and memorabilia collector Cliff White,...

Solar returns employ the astrological technique of reading the next year's activity for a chart calculated for when the transiting Sun returns to i...

A ghost's work is never done in Cleveland, Ohio. Within these pages abide tall tales and myths, documented reports, and weird stories of the unspea...

Mountains, oceans, cliffs, rivers -- don't many of us want to live above the treetops? Aside from soaring views and dramatic vistas, these hillside...