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Finally, a book on Tibetan art and antiques with 500 brilliant color photographs that provide a broad survey and visual reference guide. It presents Tibetan thangka and tantric religious art and ritual objects, manuscripts, woodblock prints, document holders, sculptures, furniture,...
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With over 300 beautiful color photos and an informative text offers practical knowledge for the planning, building, and care of water features in gardens. From design to maintenance, all necessary steps are made clear, including planning, building processes, material uses...
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This invaluable guide is not only a basic reference, but an identification tool that can be taken to auctions, shows, exhibits, and antique shops. This revised sixth edition includes a newly updated value guide, the catalog names for various shapes...
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Stained glass has long been a part of domestic architecture, but in the late 1800s its popularity soared. In part, this was due to new manufacturing techniques and distribution networks, but also it caught the imagination of Victorian, Art Nouveau,...
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An extensive review of the great range of contemporary New York photographers and their widely diverse, surprisingly divergent, images. It presents their subject matter and etheir very definitions of photography, darkroom and digital. Their photographs have been seen in publications,...
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Step back in time to learn how Jersey City has evolved since the seventeenth century. More than 350 color images provide a tour of Newark Avenue, the Junction, Greenville, and Journal Square. Enjoy the architectural landscape as you view such...
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This book will serve generations to come as the definitive book on buying and collecting the beautiful, 1930s to 1950s era large letter linen postcards. Over 2,300 large letter postcards are documented, with a carefully researched value for each card....
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Over 300 postcards and engaging text present Maryland's beach resorts of yesteryear. Before the completion of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and improved highways, the Chesapeake Bay was dotted with many beach resorts. By the 1890s, the two most popular beaches...
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Ornament, as practiced by architects, artists, and designers for a hundred years, presents itself as a system of order and grid, and not merely as adornment. Long before the recently occurring renaissance of the ornament, the Studio of Claudia and...
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Over 300 miles of eye-catching scenery along scenic Route 7 has been captured in more than 330 stunning color photos. This visual story reveals the broad scope of activities to see and experience along one of America's most storied roadways....
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The boat on which Edna Ferber based her famous novel brought excitement and entertainment to isolated small towns up and down the East Coast in early twentieth-century America. The builder of the boat, James E. Adams, was a farmer from...
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Christmas costume jewelry produced in the last fifty years has never before been so carefully explored. Here are Christmas tree pins, wreaths, ornaments, Santas, snowmen, and other decorations set with rhinestones mounted as earrings and pins. Over 340 dazzling photographs...
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Baltimore was an innovator in the development of cast-iron architecture, but the city's heritage of buildings in this genre, once numbering more than a hundred, has dwindled to only a handful today. The Baltimore region also had a long tradition...
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Baltimore was an innovator in the development of cast-iron architecture, but the city’s heritage of buildings in this genre, once numbering more than a hundred, has dwindled to only a handful today. The Baltimore region also had a long tradition...
$19.95
For those who enjoy reading cookbooks as well as using them, this delightful tidewater cookbook is an elegant feast. A blend of historic and modern recipes compiled by the Episcopal Church Women of St. Paul's Parish in Centreville, Maryland, in...
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Compare Lexington of the past from postcards with current buildings and scenery using current color photography. The author collected most of the postcards, researched them, and wrote the text to reflect the places that are landmarks in Lexington. See the...
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The Fort Myers and Sanibel Island, Florida, area is peppered with beautiful homes, luxury resorts, and beautiful seashells. See the early years through 450 rare postcard views, drawings, and photographs. Tour Thomas Edison’s winter home and laboratory. Visit Sanibel --...
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Over 280 crisp color photos reveal artifacts of early American everyday life that were useful for surveying land, building log homes, farming the land, traveling, blacksmithing, and cabinetmaking. From light paper ephemera such as land surveys and playing cards to...
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Chester County, Pennsylvania, is arguably one of the more historic and naturally beautiful places in the United States. While much has changed since colonial days, when its abundant natural resources helped support a nation-to-be, visible reminders of past activities remain...
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Step into the history of Palm Beach, Florida, from 1900 to the 1960s through 421 color images. See the Breakers Hotel, Everglades Club, and present-day marvels the Flagler Museum and Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. Learn its evolution into a winter resort...
$14.99
Got Ghosts? Las Vegas certainly has, and many of them. There's an abundance of paranormal activity in this super hot, dry, and enchanting desert. Come join us on the South side of Las Vegas as we learn about a ghost...
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From concrete dinosaurs of Bongoland and the Citrus Hall of Fame, to underwater scenery of Silver Springs and alligators of Gatorland, 1950s Florida had something to offer every native and visitor. Over 400 vintage postcards take readers on a journey...
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Every modern house includes flat concrete surfaces. Concrete features range from utilitarian sidewalks to garage floors to tennis courts made of pervious concrete so water won't pond on it. You don't need years of experience to build a good concrete...
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Las Vegas is a city with a rich history and colorful past, complete with famous skeletons in her closets and numerous ghosts making their presences known around town. From the orbs that show up in photos taken in the Luxor's...