This book offers collectors and admirers of this beautiful art informative text and splendid photographs. All enameling techniques--from classic to...

In the past ten years, antique textiles, especially those from France, have become very popular for interior decoration. In her easy-to-read style,...

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...

Nearly 900 beautiful color photographs display End of Day antique glass marbles produced, by glass artists after hours to prove their skill, during...

Swirl marbles comprise one of the largest categories of antique handmade glass marbles and come in many distinct and eye-catching types, ranging fr...

Ice skating has a rich heritage with traditions spanning the centuries and the globe. Here is a concise history of skating, from the first bone ska...

Out of print for a while, this classic reference work on antique ironware is available once again. Antique collectors, iron buffs, and industrial h...

Do you own an old lamp? Would you like to learn its approximate age, value, and history? Antique Lamp Buyer's Guide is the reference book used by p...

Do you own an old lamp? Are you wondering what it is, how it was originally used, how you can make it better, or how much it was worth? If so, this...

Informative as well as inspirational, this book is for all who love collecting as well as displaying fine Limoges porcelain. It covers the history ...

From the sweet simplicity of household linens to lacy confections of European origin, this essential reference will answer many questions about hei...

From grand jardinieres to diminutive butter pats, this book features ceramic majolica that added vibrant color to every room of the home in over 45...

Family physician and artist Dr. C. Keith Wilber presents a hand-illustrated tour of medical history via the doctors' instruments. This study chroni...

Mining's dramatic and dangerous nature is reflected in the hundreds of specialized tools and artifacts shown in over 500 color photographs and disc...

The art of history in motion, with the thrill only motorcycles can bring! Between these covers is a spectacular collection of clockwork motorcyles ...

There is something about antique homes and their hard-working barns that captures the imagination. Maybe it's their pleasing proportions, maybe the...

Humanity's hunt for calculating devices probably started with the use of small pebbles to keep track of numbers. The counting inventions progressed...

The antique phonograph is the center of a beautiful, brilliant, and sometimes bizarre universe of accessories. The commercial development of the ph...

In this, their fifth collaboration, award-winning authors Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul examine the fascinating and collectible field of p...

Antique phonographs enjoyed a vigorous commercial existence 100 years ago. The market they inhabited was as filled with options, accessories, gadge...

The closure of the era of chemical imaging coincided with the turn of the 21st century: now is the perfect time to review what photography has been...

This delightful compendium of American pocket mirrors showcases more than 500 miniature treasures of early 20th century design. Small celluloid rou...

Some of the earliest college and professional sports gear is presented in an easy-to-find, chronological format and 600 beautiful color photos. Cho...

Large quantities of leaded decorative windows were manufactured in the years surrounding the turn of the century. Glasses of many colors and textur...

This second book by Nick Snider presents the popular collectible military sweetheart jewelry and collectibles that were so important to the home fr...

This noteworthy and exceptionally comprehensive book features edged weapons dating from the Neolithic period to the early 20th century. These fasci...

The delightful figural toothbrush holders that are so beloved by collectors today have their roots in the early 1800s. Here is the whole range of t...

Since 1973 Michael Adler's first book, The Writing Machine, has been affectionately called "the bible of the typewriter enthusiast." The renowned t...

Small bronze figures, made in Vienna, Austria, beginning around 1850, are well known for their great detail and expressiveness. They were produced ...

In 1929, wicker furniture reached its peak of popularity, not surpassed until today's widespread enthusiasm for antique and modern styles. This is ...

This far-reaching and absorbing book is designed to help identify and value woodwind instruments made in Europe and the United States during the ei...

Enhance your gourd vessel or basket with antlers. Containing 169 color images and step-by-step instructions, learn how to drill, frame, and attach ...

A manual of orchid growing, this book covers all you need to know in order to grow the queen of flowering plants, the orchid.

More than 200 artful, provocative images celebrate the best of Southern California's tattooed models, a diverse and gorgeous group known as the Ink...

The mountains of the Appalachia abound with tales of ghosts and mysterious places. Covering 16 counties, 40 spine-tingling stories will have you tr...

The shape of an Apple Gourd makes it perfect to decorate for beginning artists. Ten projects include a 'Be My Valentine' gourd, fish and rooster ad...

Frilly, lacy, sweet, and sexy--aprons defined a generation of happy housewives and hostesses. Today these filmy, finely home-crafted garments are s...

Today, a sense of nostalgia and the irresistible urge to play have combined to make arcade memorabilia and antique arcade games one of the hottest ...

Archimede Seguso (1909-1999), one of the great Muranese masters, took traditional glassmaking techniques to extremes. His introduction of merletto ...

This mesmerizing photographic and literary log book unravels the mysteries of more than 70 islands dotting the sea from New York Harbor at the mout...

Architect Richard S. Requa traveled Spain and the Mediterannean, documenting authentic architecture. Together with The Monolith Portland Cement Co....

The doors are wide open and you're welcome to wander through. Don't worry about the carpets as you enter through stately doorways, cozy up to colos...

The doors are wide open and you're welcome to wander through. Don't worry about the carpets as you enter through stately doorways, cozy up to collo...

Explore a golden age in architecture when architects, builders, and homeowners let their imaginations run wild. If you are thinking about renovatin...

This new book showcases a vast array of ironwork commissioned for new commercial and residential building projects. Traditional styles in modern se...

More than 300 antique postcard images take readers through Mexico's streets and palaces, churches and courtyards. Architects, designers, and landsc...

The civic and residential architectural structures, spanning the early decades of the 1900s through the 1960s, that defined America's presence in t...