Product Description: The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals, the presumed antiquity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable and ubiquitous, but in recent years the genre has been visibly in decline...read more

Product Description: A fun and humorous treasure trove of extremely rare, all-American beefcake pinups. From the author of Bunny Yeager’s Darkroom and Bettie Page comes Beefcake, a Herculean collection of male nudes culled from vintage magazines of men for men...read more

Product Description: In 1838 Thomas Edmondson, an employee of the fledgling Newcastle & Carlisle Railway, revolutionized the ticket issuing process in Britain and left an enduring legacy: the Edmondson ticket. Purchased as proof of the contract between passenger and railway company, the ticket was a receipt, travel pass and an ephemeral record of almost every train journey ever taken in the British Isles, reflecting the nostalgia of the railways and a period of history when the movement of millions of people brought together England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales...read more

Product Description: Every child who grew up in the Fifties and Sixties remembers the Brooke Bond collecting cards that came with every packet of tea. Some were lucky enough to have the specially-produced albums in which to collect the cards that had either come with the latest packet of tea or been traded in the school playground...read more

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Someone wants to prevent a lucrative real-estate deal and will stop at nothing, including murder, to block the venture, and lawyer Dan Karden finds himself investigating a case of foul play at the behest of his clients. Original.

Product Description: From dazzling formal attire to everyday leisure and work clothes, these costumes and accessories reflect changes in Chinese-American style over the past 100 years. Outfits for male and female dolls of all ages range from traditional garb — including quilted and silk jackets and cheongsams — to dragon t-shirts and other modern attire...read more

Product Description: This book offers 30 of the most beautiful lithographed images ever printed on cigar box labels. Perforated pages tear out easily and are fit for being matted, framed, and hung as a centerpiece in your home. Each meticulously reproduced poster measures 11" x 14" and can be displayed in either a 14" x 18" or a 16" x 22" matted picture frame, or trimmed to fit an 11" x 14" frame without a mat...read more

Product Description: A seagull swoops across a packet of Senior Service, a seaman from HMS Hero poses in a lifebelt cameo on twenty Player's, a laughing cavalier puffs away at a Passing Cloud. And a Jeeves-style butler offers us a Kensitas on a silver tray...read more

Product Description: Read how folk used to celebrate with dressing up, fortune-telling games, parties, and much pleasurable spookiness, and recreate your own vintage Hallowe’en with old-fashioned projects, including a carved Jack o’ lantern, a witch costume, and fun decorations for your home...read more