Found 14 Antique Ivory Reference Book Products.
From the invention of gunpowder more than 1,000 years ago in China to the latest Metal Storm firing system with electronic ignition, The Great Book of Guns presents a historical approach to the development of firearms and their place in world events. In chapters on Pistols and Revolvers, Rifles and Shotguns, Submachine Guns, and Heavy Machine Guns, individual weapons are featured in chronological order. Each entry is superbly illustrated with color photography and has detailed specifications and individual descriptions of the gun and its historical context. With an extensive index, up-to-date glossary of technical terms, and historical timeline of firearms, it's easy to chart the history and development of firearms with this superb treatment of more than 1,000 internationally produced weapons.
Over 600 color photographs feature fashion accessories, toys, dolls, decorative boxes and albums, household and utilitarian articles, grooming aids, and advertising novelties. A chapter on the invention of celluloid and the pyroxylin plastics industry in America, a discussion on care and preservation of celluloid, and a timeline of developments are provided in this vast resource. 2001 values. AUTHORBIO: Keith Lauer is the curator of the National Plastic Center and Museum of Leominster and a native of Marietta, Ohio. Following his semi-retirement he pursued his interest in the history of the plastics industry and its artifacts. He entered local politics and served as a city council member for 14 years. He is a member of the American Plastics History Association, the Plastics Historical Society, the Plastics Pioneers Association, and the Antique Comb Collectors Club International. AUTHORBIO: Julie Robinson lives in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and is the mother of four children. A native of Fayette, Maine, and long-time collector of antiques, in 1991 she enrolled at the Institute for the Study of Antiques and Collectibles in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. As a student, a required research paper began her involvement with celluloid. She is a member of the American Plastics Association, and a freelance writer/photographer. REVIEW: Though many books have been produced on celluloid, this is the first attempt to produce an historically accurate account of the early American pyroxylin plastics industry and the collectible articles produced by the manufacturers thereof. It offers information in word and graphics that will help others share in the satisfaction of collecting and preserving some of the approximately 50,000 different products that have been made of celluloid since its development.
This is the first American book to consider the history and development of the tobacco-smoking pipe as an art form and is an illustrated guide for pipe collectors. Here the author has assembled fact and fancy, history laced with humor, and a chronological collection of pipes. The accompanying text explains pipe styles, materials, and values. Besides present-day briars and corn cobs, pipes can be found made of meerschaum, porcelain, ivory, amber, silver, gold, semi-precious stones and rare woods. Craftsmen have combined imagination, whim, and fantasy to create pipes of fine artistic value.
A guide to porcelain produced by "Ohme Porcelain Works" of Germany, "exclusively for export to the United States"--p. 6.
From the Star-Spangled Banner flag to Dorothy's Ruby Slippers, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History is home to some fascinating objects. In fact, one of the most fascinating of these, and one of the most popular, is itself a home. On the museum's third floor sits a five-story dollhouse donated to the museum by Faith Bradford, a Washington D.C. librarian, who spent more than a half-century accumulating and constructing the 1,354 miniatures that fill its 23 intricately detailed rooms. When Bradford donated them to the museum in 1951, she wrote a lengthy manuscript describing the lives of its residents: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doll and their ten children, two visiting grandparents, twenty pets, and household staff. Bradford cataloged the Dolls' tastes, habits, and preferences in neatly typed household inventories, which she then bound, along with photographs and fabric samples, in a scrapbook. She even sent museum curators holiday cards written by the Dolls. In America's Doll House, Smithsonian Institution curator William L. Bird, Jr. weaves this visual material and back-story into the rich tapestry of Faith Bradford's miniature world. Featuring vibrant photography that brings every narrative detail to life, America's Doll House is both an incisive portrait of a sentimental pastime and a celebration of Bradford's remarkable and painstaking accomplishment.
Imagine a world with no guitar picks. Nothing but muted mandolins and bare-fingered banjos. No sounds of Doc Watson, Chet Atkins, or Stevie Ray Vaughan. You might as well imagine a song without a tune. This eye-catching book full of stunning color photos looks at the history of the pick and includes fantastic picks of every shape, design, and material. Also includes a commemorative pick!
Initiated in 1999 and continuing until 2008, the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters Program has sparked lots of new interest in coin collecting. The Mint releases each new coin in the same order that the states joined the union, circulating a new coin approximately every ten weeks. The 2002 American Guide to U.S. Coins provides background details about this exciting program, as well as pictures of all the quarters released so far, practical collecting advice, and estimated prices. In addition, sections new to this edition offer authoritative information on how to judge any coin's value; how to tell if a coin is counterfeit; how to start building a collection; and how to clean, care for, display, or store coins safely.The 2002 American Guide to U.S. Coins covers the whole range of U.S. coinage, including early American coins, Civil War money, commemorative coins, mint errors, Hard Times Tokens, proof sets, and more. Revised and edited by a leading professional numismatist, it explains how auction houses work and give valuable advice on buying, trading, and selling on the Internet. With a comprehensive resource section and hundreds of new, clear photographs, it is the ultimate handbook for all collectors and coin enthusiasts.
This book is loaded with money-saving tricks and organizing tips, as well as lots of encouragement, all designed to help you determine the budget for your wedding - and then stick to it. You'll find dozens of creative, innovative ideas that will not only save you money, but make planning your wedding a fun, friend-and-family-involving process you'll savor in memory forever. In this new edition you'll find actual case histories of four weddings - how the brides stayed within their budgets without sacrificing the quality and elegance of the day, the latest wedding trends - how to be fashionable at a low price, money-saving tips for the groom, updated, average costs for everything from flowers to wedding gowns, reception food to photographers, for nine regions nationwide, creative new cost-cutting ideas contributed by recent brides, complete instructions on how to set up a wedding notebook to keep track of every aspect of planning your wedding, detailed questions to help you focus on your idea of the "perfect wedding" before you start planning, and a "what to do when" calendar/timetable for quick reference.
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