Product Description: Robert Engman's distinctive sculptures developed from his training and fellowship with some of the mid-twentieth century's most renowned art teachers and famous sculptors. As shown here in over 600 color photos, his beautiful curved, minimal surfaces and clean abstract designs evolved as he sought his own voice with bronze, steel, aluminum, and plastics...read more

Product Description: More than 1,000 exciting pieces accompany the story of plastic jewelry from the 1920s to the present in this revised and expanded 5th edition. Original designs of bracelets, pins, necklaces, buttons and buckles are featured accompanied by text that gives the materials used and a history of the styles...read more

Product Description: Many of the most beautiful costume jewelry pieces made since the 1940s are presented with full color photographs. In chapters arranged chronologically, the jewelry reflects the changing retail market and manufacturing changes in materials, techniques, and colors...read more

Product Description: This revised 6th edition of the classic reference features all the Matchbox die-cast metal toys made between 1947 and 1982 in color photographs with history of the manufacturers and descriptions of each toy and their variations. This is a thorough study of the subject...read more

Product Description: The delight in owning colored and large-stone costume jewelry has grown over the last ten years among an international group of enthusiasts. This popular field of collecting is imaginatively conveyed through appealing photographs and thoroughly researched text in this expanded new edition...read more

Product Description: This special pottery combines the traditions of Pueblo and Navajo artists from Arizona and New Mexico with daring new interpretaions by the modern generation. In hundreds of beautiful color photos, styles inherently connected with old beliefs and Southwest clay are shown to have a fresh appearance in the hands of contemporary potters...read more

Reflecting vital changes in the Uniform Building Code, the MSJC Code, and ASTM standards, as well as the latest insight into evolving materials, systems, and technology, the new Fourth Edition of Masonry Design and Detailing is written for practicing professionals who are seeking a current, hands-on guide to quality masonry that is neither an esoteric structural engineering manual nor an overly simplistic do-it-yourself book. Every important aspect of masonry is illuminated in practical terms, including all types of wall systems, unit and mortar selection, component detailing, material specs, quality control testing, building code compliance, aesthetic variables, and installation requirements. Enhanced by more than 400 illustrations, the Fourth Edition gives architects, engineers, specifiers, and masonry contractors the principles and practical know-how they need to ensure quality, performance, and durability in masonry construction.

Product Description: This book provides an overview for identifying and dating vintage eyewear for the growing numbers of collectors. Explore ways in which eyeglass design has developed to reflect both popular fashion and scientific investigation.The designs of frames and lenses were changed as more comfortable and practical styles were invented...read more

Product Description: Some of the most beautiful pieces of costume jewelry made since the 1940s are presented in full color photographs. The visual creations are enriched by an introduction by Lawrence Feldman of Fior in London. A value guide is included along with an index to make this book a useful, beautiful guide for collectors...read more

Product Description: The mellow tones of antique natural oak have become popular accents in a growing number of households in America today. Furniture made over the last hundred years in dense oak, which holds the crisp edges of fine carving detail and displays strong designs have come to be appreciated by the descendants of their first owners...read more

Product Description: In Matchbox* Toys, color and black and white pictures illustrate all of the Matchbox* toys that were made between 1947 and 1982. A history of the company and descriptions of each toy and its major variations make this a thorough study of the subject...read more

Product Description: The fascinating evolution of jewelry designs by Indian artists of the American Southwest is documented in this exciting book. The concise yet highly informative text accompanies color photos of this jewelry. Silver, shell, turquoise, gold, diamonds, and other exotic materials are shown beautifully used in belts, buckles, bracelets, necklaces, men's jewelry, earrings, and pins...read more

Product Description: Color photos of magnificent jewelry and fascinating legends associated with the different gemstones are combined to form a unique, fresh approach to antique and modern jewelry. European and American jewelry styles spanning 300 years proclaim the social, political, and financial power of their owners...read more

Product Description: Porcelain dishes made in China for 18th- and 19th- century American families from Maine to South Carolina and west to Mississippi and California are presented with family crests, initials, names, and original decorations.

Product Description: Learn to make two different styles of beaded necklaces with a renowned expert, Ani Afshar of Blazing Beads in Chicago. With beads and supplies you can find at any craft store, you can follow the step-by-step color illustrated directions in this book to make a multi-strand choker with an adjustable tie closure and a beaded rope with tassel ends...read more

Product Description: Demonstrates basic basket making techniques, tells how to customize store-bought baskets, and includes tips on decorating with baskets

Here is a beautiful publication of new factual information and 1043 color illustrated examples of highly popular styles. Important and prolific designers of costume jewelry including Chanel, Schiaparelli, Boucher, Miriam Haskell, Monet, Sarah Coventry, and many more are well represented. Current prices are included to aid the collector. This will be a most useful reference for collector and dealers, and the current value ranges will aid and inform all. , 382 color photos, 8 1/2'' x 11'' , Price Guide/Index

Shows and describes miniature cars, trucks, ships, and planes manufactured by Lesney, a British toy company and briefly traces the firm's history

Product Description: The Woods We Live With has been written by people who themselves live with, work with, love, buy and sell wood. The fact that they sell and write about wood mostly over 150 years old does not din their enthusiasm and interest for wood, or their ability to convey modern ideas simply...read more