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Pens, pencils and related ephemera is a large collecting field. This practical guide is designed to be an introduction to this subject. The book is divided into three sections - pens, pencils and writing equipment - and within these each section is divided chronologically. The book follows the development of designs, provides information on manufacturers such as Parker, Sheaffer, Waterman and Montblanc, and include hints on dating, condition, restoration and care.

From the pricing leaders of sports cards and collectibles comes a new basketball card price guide, offering complete coverage of all known cards including the newest releases and graded cards. The book features prices and listings from 1948 to present with checklists for more than 3,700 sets and values for more than 175,000 cards. Over 2,250 photographs accompany the listings. Covers cards from the NBA, WNBA, and CBA, as well as from college, high school the Olympics, and more. All popular card...

This no-frills, all facts gun guide delivers exclusive details about the latest models, newest accessories and up-to-date laws and technical advancements affecting today's firearms market."Guns Illustrated 2008" is as up-to-date as it gets, with authoritative test reports from experts including John Taffin, John Haviland, "Doc" Carlson and others, with specifications and prices for 1,800 revolvers, rifles, shotguns, commercial semi-custom arms, muzzleloaders and airguns.The exclusive "gundex" re...

This comprehensive new reference focuses on the variety of animal figures produced in Staffordshire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Characterized by a cottage industry quaintness, Staffordshire figures were known as "image toys" and "chimney ornaments" in their day. Countless subjects were produced but the animal models comprise a Noah's Ark of some of the most charming and endearing figures. Today, Staffordshire animals are among the bestselling and most widely collected antique...

Textiles provide a visual history of a country's culture and crafting traditions in a way few other things can accomplish. In Textiles of Southeast Asia, Dr. Robyn Maxwell provides the definitive work on Southeast Asian textiles. Traditional textiles are one of the most widely collected and important categories of Southeast Asian art. Using an extensive range of locally produced raw materials and an astonishing array of techniques-including applique, weaving, batik and embroidery-the textiles o...

Explore the stunning diversity of North American Indian and Eskimo baskets, from little-known native basketry to the more common forms. This colorful book combines manufacturing techniques, raw materials, forms, and decorations with information on native lifestyles. More than 175 regional and tribal styles are documented in an easy-to-use and beautifully illustrated format, with a newly updated value guide. Readers will be able to identify their own Indian baskets using this guide's standardized...

This is the first complete study and reappraisal of the remarkable collection of Japanese art at the Cincinnati Art Museum. It features a wealth of artifacts, including paintings and ceramics, metal objects and weaponry, screens, masks, cloisonne enamel, lacquer ware, ivory carvings, kimonos, and dolls, the majority dating from the Edo period (1615?1868) to the end of the Meiji Period in 1912. In addition to an important introduction by Hou-mei Sung, curator of Asian art, there are contribution...

Learn the ins and outs of tobacco use, from cigars, pipes, vapes, hookahs, and more! As we live in the "golden age of cigar making," there is more to know and appreciate than ever before. Great cigars and pipe tobaccos take years to grow, nurture, age, blend, and construct, yet their destiny is to return to dust; it is an extraor

You Really Got a Hold on Me The Beatles disbanded in 1970. Rock 'n' roll's greatest group, however, was far from finished. Today The Beatles dominate the world of music and entertainment memorabilia as never before. Like a modern-day archeological dig, The Beatles: Fab Finds of the Fab Four unearths a treasure trove of rock relics in a stunning pictorial guide to a new era of Beatlemania. Filled with delights and insight, you'll discover John Lennon's lost Gibson guitar now worth millions; t...

Equip yourself with HTML5 and CSS3 skills using this practical, user-friendly book by the Illustrated Series. Designed to meet the needs of users from a broad range of experience levels, this book provides the nuts-and-bolts for beginners and allows more experienced users to brush up on the basics and quickly move on to more advanced topics. Each two-page spread focuses on a single skill, making information easy to follow and absorb, which is especially important with a complex topic such as HTM...

Offers guidance in evaluating and selling coins as well as providing historical background and value lists.

Offering a broad and complete introduction to the 19th-century ceramic art called majolica, this revised and enlarged edition includes a new chapter, 27 added colour photographs of recently discovered pieces and 18 fresh colour illustrations (replacing the older black-and-whites, an updated bibliography and list of museums with majolica collections.

In his third book, Christer Löfgren expands the scholarship on imperial Chinese porcelain with a radical, new interpretation of the term “Mark and Period”. From identifying only marks on imperial porcelain, to looking at objects associated with those marks, his analysis will change imperial porcelain's image and significantly contribute to the knowledge base of Chinese porcelain experts and collectors. For the first time, it is now possible to group all imperial items in all these periods, from...