Product Description: At once an important social history of tobacco and smoking and a beautiful coffee table book, A Token of Elegance is ideal for art and design historians, history students, museum professionals, and collectorsOf great interest to jewelry historians as many cigarette holders were made for their international clientele by the major jewelry firms and this is the first book where so many cigarette holders are catalogued and photographedThe book offers an unprecedented look at cigarette holders through a selection of approximately 125 pieces from the collection of Carolyn Hsu-Balcer...read more

The author introduces readers to the Aesthetic Movement through words and images, carrying readers back more than a century to an era when British woodcarvers where offering classes that were filled mainly by enthusiastic housewives hoping to learn how to carve beautiful furniture. (Antiques & Collectibles)

Product Description: Casa Asia, established in 2000 by the Spanish government to foster cultural and educational exchange between Asia and Spain, celebrates its inaugural exhibition entitled "Divine Presence: Arts of India and the Himalayas". The exhibition brings together over 60 of the world's finest examples of Indian and Himalayan art, drawn from 26 leading private and public collections in Europe and North America...read more

Profiles the film star's collection as one of the most famous in the world today, providing descriptions of her most noteworthy pieces and describing their representation of particular relationships and events in her life. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

More than 125 years ago, Baron Ferdinand Rothschild transformed a barren hill in the countryside outside London into the setting for an astonishing French Renaissance–style chateau that remains one of the most extraordinary houses in all of England. Bequeathed to Britain's National Trust in 1957, Waddesdon Manor and its spectacular gardens are now open to the public, welcoming more and more visitors every year. Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs and unpublished historical material, this book provides a fascinating portrait of the Manor and its inhabitants. Perusing it, readers can marvel at the architecture and interior decor, wander through the romantic gardens, enjoy the renowned collections of superb English portraits, Dutch Old Masters, and exquisite furniture and textiles—and bask in le style Rothschild.

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Shows examples of sketches and pages from the artist's journal in which she documented her existence with objects that she found

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Product Description: FAn exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 195 pages; Physical desc. : 195 p. : ill. (some col. ) , col. Map ; 31 cm...read more

In a terrifying near future in which the wasteland Earth can no longer support all its human population, a seventeen-year-old is endangered by a new edict calling for the relocation of one child from every two-progeny household. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Contemporary Mathematics for Business and Consumers is an adventure into today's business world of the new millennium and it's associated mathematical procedures. The book is designed to provide solid mathematical preparation and foundation for students going on to courses and careers in accounting, marketing, retailing, banking, office administration, finance, insurance, real estate, and business administration...read more

Explores the life and career of the jeweler known for the imaginative costume jewelry he created for first ladies and Hollywood stars

An introduction to the Buddhist way of life explains the Kalachakra ceremony and initiation, the meaning of the sand mandala and its symbols, and other cultural information.

Product Description: Michael W. Monroe, Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American Art, selected this collection of fine contemporary crafts specifically for the interiors of the White House, to be viewed and admired alongside the works of the past...read more

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