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Provides descriptions, prices, and photographs of small firearms. The definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including Beretta, Browning, Colt, Remington, Savage, Smith & Wesson, Winchester, and many more.

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A guide for gun values. It is the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. It also features with colour photos from gun dealers and shows, as well as introductory materials that every collector and potential buyer should read.

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Reprint. Originally published by Coward-McCann in 1961.

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Historische Bestecke III completes the series on the renowned Amme Collection of historic cutlery.

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Examination of the printed tableware popularised in the nineteenth century and in which there is growing interest today.

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This lavishly illustrated book investigates an outstanding eighteenth-century example of a samut khoi, a type of beautiful folding book found in Southeast Asia, which became particularly popular as a repository for the Buddhas teachings.

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The Gold and Silversmith's Craft Trust Schwbisch Gmnd appoints City Goldsmiths since 1989. Famous artists like Max Frhlich, Norman Weber and Deganit Stern Shocken have won the award.

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Complete transcription of the work reports of the workshop employees Eberlein, Ehder and Reinicke of Johann Joachim Kaendler, one of the most prominent personalities in the history of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, together with a catalogue on some 995 models. Text in German.

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Highly illustrated with colour images of manuscripts, rare books, and artefacts, this book showcases the many important Korean antiquities held in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford in a single volume for the first time.

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Showcases the collection of ancient jewelled objects taken from the Berlin Museum, the Louvre, the British Museum, the Islamic collection at the Metropolitan Museum, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and the Princeton Museum which are thousands of years old, some from as far back as 4,000 BCE, with photography and history.

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The leaping deer from the range of wooden toys from the Seiffen region is an international symbol in the gleaming eyes of children and collectors alike. Text in German.

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The leaping deer from the range of wooden toys from the Seiffen region is an international symbol in the gleaming eyes of children and collectors alike. Text in German.

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This catalogue describes 24 manuscripts from the collection of Thomas Ryburn Buchanan presented to the Bodleian Library in 1939 and 1941, including illuminated manuscripts from before the mid-sixteenth century. The collection consists primarily of late medieval devotional books from France, the Netherlands and renaissance Italy.

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A catalogue of works presenting 1587 pieces from world-famous ceramicists in the The Hinder/Reimers Collection.

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"A basic guide to all aspects of book collecting-- what to collect, who to buy from, auctions, bibliographies, care, fakes and forgeries, investments, donations, definitions, and more."

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A true record of an era, this unabridged facsimile of the retail giant's 1895 catalogue showcases some 25,000 items, from the necessities of life to products whose time has passed. Illustrated.

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600 rings by international artist jewellers document how these miniature works of art have become modern sculptures showcasing new materials and techniques, daring designs and current themes.

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Guide to the collections of the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, which includes the Eva and Peter Herion collection of ethnographic jewellery, and the Philipp Weeber pocket watch collection.

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A delightfully nostalgic trip through the vast inventory of what was once the largest supply house

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Takes you on a trip through the vast inventory of what was once the largest supply house on Earth.

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This authoritative reference book on the important Seguso Vetri D Arte glass factory provides collectors, auctioneers and art historians with a wealth of unpublished drawings and photographs.