Antiques Collectibles category: 2714 books

Over 300 outstanding illustrations — thoughtfully selected and excellently reproduced — depict ornate altar screens, doors, chandeliers, balcony railings, candelabra, tombstone crosses, pulpits, gates, window screens, and more. Brief captions identify the types, origins, and dates of pieces in this excellent collection for artists, interior designers, craftspeople, and lovers of antiques.

While the importance of collections has been evident in the sciences and humanities for several centuries, the social and cultural significance of collecting practices is now receiving serious attention as well. As reflected in programs like Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers, and websites such...

Make sure you’re getting the genuine article with this “well-illustrated” guide and “must read” for collectors of twentieth-century military memorabilia (Antiques Diary). Written by a longtime collector, A Guide to Wartime Collectables tells readers what to look for when looking for...

Cos’è OSÉ? Quaderni con annotazioni e corpi, una collezione privata di liberi pensieri e foto pruriginose, uno scandaloso memoriale privato di quelle che potrebbero essere le nostre nonne, casalinghe felici della metà del Novecento. NOBOOK presenta questa preziosa raccolta inedita di ritratti...

Gaunt's Time had a meaning for blossoming colonial Victoria akin to that of Greenwich Time for those "back home" in England. But to remember Thomas Gaunt only as a clock maker is to do him a great disservice, for he was well known throughout the colonies - and the greater western world - as a maker...

Ein Stück amerikanische Geschichte: Das Leben des einen Präsidenten, betrachtet durch die Augen eines anderen Beide waren sie Präsident der USA: George H.W. Bush und sein Sohn George W. Bush. Kurz vor den Präsidentschaftswahlen im nächsten Jahr hat nun George W. Bush über den Vater geschrieben:...

The late nineteenth-century Biloxi potter, George Ohr, was considered an eccentric in his time but has emerged as a major figure in American art since the discovery of thousands of examples of his work in the 1960s. Currently, Ohr is celebrated as a solitary genius who foreshadowed modern art movements....

Masaaki Hiroi is an extremely renowned craftsman, who earned his status to be recognized as an artist. Masaaki Hiroi makes Edo tops, toys played by both adults and children not only in present-day Japan but also all over the world. He has created numerous Trick tops out of his imagination and creativity...

An intimate narrative history of porcelain, structured around five journeys through landscapes where porcelain was dreamed about, fired, refined, collected, and coveted. Extraordinary new nonfiction, a gripping blend of history and memoir, by the author of the award-winning and bestselling...

People all over the world are doing wonderful things at work, at home and in their communities. Unfortunately, many of them do not have professional biographies that show their accomplishments and other good works. This eBooklet was created to help them to write powerful bios that spotlight who they are, what they do and how they can serve you.

Helmuth Rilling, charismatischer, weltweit wirkender Dirigent, Lehrer und Vermittler von Musik, ist "fast schon ein Denkmal" (Die Zeit): Von ihm geht ein "viele Menschen entflammender Geist" aus, der Teile der Musikwelt, insbesondere das Chorwesen, seit Jahrzehnten beeinflusst...

Die Erfinder des Schockrock: provokant und genial "Bevor die Welt je etwas von KISS, den New York Dolls, Marilyn Manson oder Ozzy Osbourne hörte, gab es Alice Cooper, die allererste Schockrock-Band." Das sagten die Experten der Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, bevor sie Alice Cooper in...

Jeder glaubt sie zu kennen, die Tragödie von der "Zigeunerin" und dem Soldaten. Unendlich populär sind manche Melodien aus Georges Bizets "Carmen", etwa die Habanera oder der Torero-Marsch. Aber jenseits der Folklore-Klischees und der Huldigung für die Opernstars ist in "Carmen"...

El relato más sincero, desinhibido y adictivo nunca escrito sobre lo que sucede entre bambalinas en una subasta de arte. Pury nos guía a través de este mundo secreto a través de su historia, sus anécdotas, sus coleccionistas, sus momentos de esplendor y de oscuridad."Yo y el barón"...