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By: John Bly
ISBN: 9780747804505
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book not only tabulates the hallmarks that enable the identification of silver items but also traces the history of English silver, describing some famous makers and providing hints on spotting fakes.
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By: John Vince
ISBN: 9780747804802
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Horse brasses are flat, generally round, ornaments for decorating the harness of draught horses. This book traces the history of horse brasses, from the plain, simple early examples through to the more advanced brasses that were developed as our knowledge of brass casting improved. It includes 200 photographs of different horse brasses.
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By: Cecil A. Meadows
ISBN: 9780852632888
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Traces the evolution of oil lighting and places on record details of the many fine lamps which served our forebears so well.
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By: Robert White
ISBN: 9780747802662
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Caroline Goodfellow
ISBN: 9780747803812
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A concise history of the doll industry over the last 300 years in Europe, the United States and the Far East. It shows how dolls have developed and illustrates typical examples of dolls from each area.
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By: Halina Pasierbska
ISBN: 9780747805014
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The earliest known dolls' house was made in Bavaria in the mid-sixteenth century. Like most of those built in the following 250 years, it was designed not to be played with, but to be a perfect representation in miniature of a princely house, and to reflect the wealth of the owner. This book outlines the history of these little buildings.
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By: Halina Pasierbska
ISBN: 9780747803829
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2004
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By: Jacqueline Fearn
ISBN: 9780747803928
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Hasteners, idlebacks, washing bats and goffering machines all had a place in the Victorian household. The author has assembled photographs of many such bygones and provides a commentary on their place in the domestic economy.
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By: Sarah Horowitz
ISBN: 9781543934076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: R M Bennett
ISBN: 9780753522813
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2011
Publisher: Ebury Publishing
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Eamines all the aspects of the overlap between elite forces and the hidden worlds of intelligence and counter-terrorism. This book takes an objective look at the secret, controversial role of special forces and 'Freelancers' in covert, deadly operations around the world. It is packed with examples of individual heroism, and courage in adversity.
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By: Margaret Swain
ISBN: 9780747802563
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 1994
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This book shows the variety of subjects and techniques of embroidered pictures in the Georgian period in Britain (1714-1830).
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By: Christopher Baglee
ISBN: 9780747805106
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Of the millions of enamel advertising signs produced between 1850 and 1950, only a few thousand survived and the authors describe and illustrate over 100 samples from their own collection.
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By: Paula A. Baxter
ISBN: 9781573561280
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Provides information about Native American jewellery from the mid 1800s to the present.
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By: John Bly
ISBN: 9780747807865
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The story of English furniture begins in the sixteenth century, when crude medieval tables and stools gave way to more sophisticated, jointed designs. This book reveals that the Tudor furniture is the earliest to survive. It concludes with a masterclass in detecting the alterations and fakery that can affect the value of a piece of furniture.
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By: Ivan G. Sparkes
ISBN: 9780852635629
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2000
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An introduction pointing out the basic characteristics which help in the naming and dating of Windsor chairs.
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By: Tom Schaumleffel
ISBN: 9798350921991
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Hardback)
By: Tom Schaumleffel
ISBN: 9798350934694
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2024
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Hardback)
By: Douglas Winter
ISBN: 9798350925791
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
By: Eve Eckstein
ISBN: 9780747801825
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Fiona Shoop
ISBN: 9781845284565
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2011
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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(Hardback)
By: Peter Wann
ISBN: 9780899304922
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jul 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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(Paperback)
By: Eric Monk
ISBN: 9780747804222
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The oldest keys known to exist date from around 4,000 BC in Ancient Egypt. These were simple wooden cylinders that were part of a mechanism to secure doors. By the time of the Roman Empire, metal keys were in common usage and had begun to adopt the recognizable pattern of keys today. This book tells the story of the key.
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By: Marta Garrett
ISBN: 9781667860848
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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Volume 3 follows the movement to more creative sosaku kokeshi (starting around 1970). It also includes modern or kindai kokeshi and other kokeshi-related items.
(Paperback)
By: Marta Garrett
ISBN: 9781667860770
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
Publisher: BookBaby
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