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Victorian Secrets

What a Corset Taught Me about the Past, the Present, and Myself

by Sarah A. Chrisman ...

On Sarah A. Chrisman’s twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, she had specifically asked her husband not to buy her a corset-ever. She’d heard how corsets affected the female body and ... Read more

$21.68 NZD

On Sarah A. Chrisman’s twenty-ninth birthday, her husband, Gabriel, presented her with a corset. The material and the design were breathtakingly beautiful, but her mind immediately filled with unwelcome views. Although she had been in love with the Victorian era all her life, she had specifically asked her husband not to buy her a corset-ever. She’d heard how corsets affected the female body and
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Clans and Tartans

Traditional Scottish tartans

by Scottish Tartans Authority ...

Series series Collins Little Books
The perfect introduction to Scottish tartans. Produced in association with the Scottish Tartans Authority, this Little Book focuses on the history of the world famous Scottish tartan. Optimised for colour tablets. The images in this ebook are not suitable for viewing on black and white e-ink devices.Contents include:• Over 100 clans presented with their tartan, crest, motto and Gaelic clan name.• ... Read more

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The perfect introduction to Scottish tartans. Produced in association with the Scottish Tartans Authority, this Little Book focuses on the history of the world famous Scottish tartan. Optimised for colour tablets. The images in this ebook are not suitable for viewing on black and white e-ink devices.Contents include:• Over 100 clans presented with their tartan, crest, motto and Gaelic clan name.•
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Antique Marks

by Collins ...

This handy guide to identifying and interpreting gold, silver, platinum and ceramic marks includes all hallmarks from 1544. Details of the new hallmarking system, international marks and guides to the great makers are all included.Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you knew more about grandma’s silver spoons? Do you envy the experts’ ... Read more

$15.99 NZD

This handy guide to identifying and interpreting gold, silver, platinum and ceramic marks includes all hallmarks from 1544. Details of the new hallmarking system, international marks and guides to the great makers are all included.Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you knew more about grandma’s silver spoons? Do you envy the experts’
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Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2020-2021

by Judith Miller ...

Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. It has earned the reputation of being the book no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Compiled by Judith Miller, world-renowned antiques expert and co-founder of the book, the guide features more than 8,000 antiques.Comprehensive sections cover ceramics, furniture, glass, silver ... Read more

$19.99 NZD

Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. It has earned the reputation of being the book no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Compiled by Judith Miller, world-renowned antiques expert and co-founder of the book, the guide features more than 8,000 antiques.Comprehensive sections cover ceramics, furniture, glass, silver
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A Beginner's Guide To Collecting Powder Compacts

by Caroline Y Preston ...

For lovers of these beautiful little feats of engineering ……….This is an inexpensive little guide intended for those starting to collect powder compacts. It gives general information on collecting and caring for compacts and features colour pictures, rarity indication and details of around 300 different powder compacts, carryalls and nécessaires from the early 1900's up to the present day. ... Read more

$4.99 NZD

For lovers of these beautiful little feats of engineering ……….This is an inexpensive little guide intended for those starting to collect powder compacts. It gives general information on collecting and caring for compacts and features colour pictures, rarity indication and details of around 300 different powder compacts, carryalls and nécessaires from the early 1900's up to the present day.
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This Victorian Life

Modern Adventures in Nineteenth-Century Culture, Cooking, Fashion, and Technology

by Sarah A. Chrisman ...

Part memoir, part micro-history, this is an exploration of the present through the lens of the past.We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles, ... Read more

$27.40 NZD

Part memoir, part micro-history, this is an exploration of the present through the lens of the past.We all know that the best way to study a foreign language is to go to a country where it's spoken, but can the same immersion method be applied to history? How do interactions with antique objects influence perceptions of the modern world?From Victorian beauty regimes to nineteenth-century bicycles,
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Le Canada chez soi

L’Histoire en guise de décor

by Peter E. Baker ...

Translated by Jacqueline Dionne, Jocelyne Benoit ...

Une visite guidée montrant comment l’Histoire peut transformer une maison ordinaire en un chez-soi unique, ainsi qu’un rappel de la force de caractère et de l’ingéniosité qui ont façonné notre pays.Inspiré par le 150e anniversaire de la Confédération canadienne, célébré la même année que le 375e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal, l’auteur et antiquaire québécois Peter E. Baker donne vie à l ... Read more

$54.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Une visite guidée montrant comment l’Histoire peut transformer une maison ordinaire en un chez-soi unique, ainsi qu’un rappel de la force de caractère et de l’ingéniosité qui ont façonné notre pays.Inspiré par le 150e anniversaire de la Confédération canadienne, célébré la même année que le 375e anniversaire de la fondation de Montréal, l’auteur et antiquaire québécois Peter E. Baker donne vie à l
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Manual dos Conquistadores 3

Série Melhor Guia para Conquistadores 3, #3

by Ikechukwu Joseph ...

Series Book 3 - Série Melhor Guia para Conquistadores 3
Manual dos Conquistadores 3 da Série de Melhor Guia para Conquistadores. O livro três é uma continuação dos livros um e dois e contém mais de cem chaves inspiradoras, motivacionais e pepitas de sucesso que ajudarão você a cumprir seu destino e aproveitar seu potencial. É um chamado para despertar direcionado a qualquer pessoa que queira se destacar na vida. Este livro o ajudará em estratégias de ... Read more

$8.99 NZD

Manual dos Conquistadores 3 da Série de Melhor Guia para Conquistadores. O livro três é uma continuação dos livros um e dois e contém mais de cem chaves inspiradoras, motivacionais e pepitas de sucesso que ajudarão você a cumprir seu destino e aproveitar seu potencial. É um chamado para despertar direcionado a qualquer pessoa que queira se destacar na vida. Este livro o ajudará em estratégias de
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The Everything Coin Collecting Book

All You Need to Start Your Collection And Trade for Profit

by Richard Giedroyc ...

Series series Everything® Series
Are you one of the 125 million coin collectors in the United States? Whether you're a beginner or an avid collector, The Everything Coin Collecting Book is your accessible reference for this exciting and profitable hobby. Written by a well-known numismatic authority, this is only authoritative guide written in an approachable style for every reader.Read The Everything Coin Collecting Book and you ... Read more

$11.41 NZD

Are you one of the 125 million coin collectors in the United States? Whether you're a beginner or an avid collector, The Everything Coin Collecting Book is your accessible reference for this exciting and profitable hobby. Written by a well-known numismatic authority, this is only authoritative guide written in an approachable style for every reader.Read The Everything Coin Collecting Book and you
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Chinese Jade of Five Centuries

by Joan M. Hartman ...

Chinese Jade of Five Centuries was originally published in print form by Tuttle Publishing in 1969.In Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, Mrs Hartman provides an encompassing look at one of the minor arts which must be considered vital to a judgement of artistic achievements of any civilization.Magnificently illustrated with 45 black and white photographs and 10 color plates, the book displays many ... Read more

$27.99 NZD

Chinese Jade of Five Centuries was originally published in print form by Tuttle Publishing in 1969.In Chinese Jade of Five Centuries, Mrs Hartman provides an encompassing look at one of the minor arts which must be considered vital to a judgement of artistic achievements of any civilization.Magnificently illustrated with 45 black and white photographs and 10 color plates, the book displays many
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Union Glass Co. Cutting Blanks, Punch Bowls Through Miscellaneous

Union Blanks, #3

by Rob Smith ...

Series Book 3 - Union Blanks
Information about Brilliant Era cutting blanks suppliers is scarce. Hundreds of blank pictures are presented in the last 94 pages (Punch Bowls Through Miscellaneous) of this large undated Union Glass cutting blanks catalog. It was originally issued circa 1903-06 to the cutting firm of F. X. Parsche of Chicago IL. A photocopy of the original was was the 2003 basis for Chapter 3 of the LABAC Cycle ... Read more

$4.99 NZD

Information about Brilliant Era cutting blanks suppliers is scarce. Hundreds of blank pictures are presented in the last 94 pages (Punch Bowls Through Miscellaneous) of this large undated Union Glass cutting blanks catalog. It was originally issued circa 1903-06 to the cutting firm of F. X. Parsche of Chicago IL. A photocopy of the original was was the 2003 basis for Chapter 3 of the LABAC Cycle
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Catálogo del Fondo de Música de la Catedral de Santiago de Chile

Vol. 2

by Alejandro Vera ...

El presente catálogo describe en detalle el contenido del fondo de música de la Catedral de Santiago de Chile, que preserva más de 1700 partituras manuscritas e impresas de 1770 a 1940, aproximadamente. Se trata de la colección musical más antigua del país y el repertorio que contiene pertenece tanto a compositores que trabajaron en la propia catedral –entre ellos, el catalán José de Campderrós y ... Read more

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El presente catálogo describe en detalle el contenido del fondo de música de la Catedral de Santiago de Chile, que preserva más de 1700 partituras manuscritas e impresas de 1770 a 1940, aproximadamente. Se trata de la colección musical más antigua del país y el repertorio que contiene pertenece tanto a compositores que trabajaron en la propia catedral –entre ellos, el catalán José de Campderrós y
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Prehistoria de Puerto-Rico

by Cayetano Coll y Toste ...

La isla de Puerto Rico corresponde al Archipiélago de las Antillas; á este hermoso grupo de islas, las más privilegiadas del mundo, que enclavadas entre los dos Continentes americanos y arrulladas por las azules ondas del Mediterráneo Colombino, se extienden en semi-círculo, desde las anchas desembocaduras del Orinoco hasta frente al cabo Catoche. El Archipiélago antillano se acerca por las islas ... Read more

$3.99 NZD

La isla de Puerto Rico corresponde al Archipiélago de las Antillas; á este hermoso grupo de islas, las más privilegiadas del mundo, que enclavadas entre los dos Continentes americanos y arrulladas por las azules ondas del Mediterráneo Colombino, se extienden en semi-círculo, desde las anchas desembocaduras del Orinoco hasta frente al cabo Catoche. El Archipiélago antillano se acerca por las islas
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An Encyclopaedia of Famous Clock and Watchmakers - Details of Famous and World Renowned Watch and Clock Makers

by Anon ...

This little book contains an alphabetical list of world famous watch and clock makers. Each entry signifies the period when the person referred to was connected with the Clockmaker's Company, or known to be in business, or when some example of their work was made. Following the names and addresses of some makers is a description of their work which has been met with, or of some invention or ... Read more

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This little book contains an alphabetical list of world famous watch and clock makers. Each entry signifies the period when the person referred to was connected with the Clockmaker's Company, or known to be in business, or when some example of their work was made. Following the names and addresses of some makers is a description of their work which has been met with, or of some invention or
... Read more
Standard Catalog of Military Firearms

The Collector's Price and Reference Guide

Edited by Phillip Peterson ...

The trusted guide to collectible military firearms!Standard Catalog of Military Firearms, 7th edition, contains more than 2,000 models of military firearms manufactured between 1870 and today. With more than 1,600 photos and expanded descriptions--including coverage of bayonets, magazines, clips and holsters--this book fills a long-standing gap in military weapon price guides. The book also ... Read more

$54.99 NZD

The trusted guide to collectible military firearms!Standard Catalog of Military Firearms, 7th edition, contains more than 2,000 models of military firearms manufactured between 1870 and today. With more than 1,600 photos and expanded descriptions--including coverage of bayonets, magazines, clips and holsters--this book fills a long-standing gap in military weapon price guides. The book also
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Beautiful Recycled Art

Skills, Tips and Tricks For Learning How To Create Beautiful Recycled Art, Trash Art and More

by Arthur Ferrero ...

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$3.90 NZD

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Antique Marks

by Anna Selby, The Diagram Group ...

Series series Collins Gem
This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, along with details of the new hallmarking system.Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you knew more about grandma’s silver spoon? Do you envy the experts’ ability to identify and date old ... Read more

$3.99 NZD

This pocket-sized guide to identifying and interpreting metal and ceramic marks has been improved with the addition of the most recent hallmarks, along with details of the new hallmarking system.Do you attend car boot sales or browse in antique shops in search of bargains? Have you ever wished you knew more about grandma’s silver spoon? Do you envy the experts’ ability to identify and date old
... Read more
Art Collecting Made Easy

Step by Step Comprehensive Blueprint on How to Get Started in Art Collection as A Complete Beginner and Master It

by Erick Lees ...

Do you want to start collecting art but feel overwhelmed, unsure of where to begin, how to spot valuable pieces, or avoid overpaying?And are you looking for a step-by-step guide that will simplify the process of art collecting so you can confidently start your collection and avoid common mistakes?If you’ve answered YES,This Book Will Teach You How to Master the Art of Collecting Without the ... Read more

$10.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Do you want to start collecting art but feel overwhelmed, unsure of where to begin, how to spot valuable pieces, or avoid overpaying?And are you looking for a step-by-step guide that will simplify the process of art collecting so you can confidently start your collection and avoid common mistakes?If you’ve answered YES,This Book Will Teach You How to Master the Art of Collecting Without the
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A Seniors Guide to Selling Trading Cards Online: How Seniors Can Profit from Selling Trading Cards On eBay, Facebook, and Other Markets

by Brian Thomas ...

Unlock the potential of your trading card collection and turn your passion into a profitable venture in retirement. Whether you're a lifelong collector or just starting out, this guide will show you how to confidently navigate the exciting world of online card sales. Tailored specifically for seniors, this book takes you through the entire process, from identifying valuable cards to setting up ... Read more

$16.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the potential of your trading card collection and turn your passion into a profitable venture in retirement. Whether you're a lifelong collector or just starting out, this guide will show you how to confidently navigate the exciting world of online card sales. Tailored specifically for seniors, this book takes you through the entire process, from identifying valuable cards to setting up
... Read more
Chinese Furniture

A Guide to Collecting Antiques

by Karen Mazurkewich ...

The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best museum-quality hardwood pieces to standard softwood specimens still available at reasonable prices on the international market.Carpenters from this era were ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars.Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best museum-quality hardwood pieces to standard softwood specimens still available at reasonable prices on the international market.Carpenters from this era were
... Read more
From One Auction Buyer and Reseller To Another

by Marques Vickers ...

This edition is the easy-to-follow guide offers detailed and practical advice on successfully buying, consigning and e-commerce reselling of valuables and inventories through live regional auction houses. The book's straightforward language introduces little known profit outlets and potential passive income streams and through the lucrative, fast-paced industry of auction buying and sellingThe ... Read more

$9.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This edition is the easy-to-follow guide offers detailed and practical advice on successfully buying, consigning and e-commerce reselling of valuables and inventories through live regional auction houses. The book's straightforward language introduces little known profit outlets and potential passive income streams and through the lucrative, fast-paced industry of auction buying and sellingThe
... Read more
American Pickers Guide to Picking

by Libby Callaway ...

A true adventure story and the go-to guide for "picking" American treasures from anyone's backyard, straight from the stars of History's American PickersIn these pages, professional treasure hunters Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz chronicle their road trips across the American countryside in search of "rusty gold" to buy and sell among the picking world's one-of-a-kind characters. Whether you are a fan ... Read more

$30.99 NZD

A true adventure story and the go-to guide for "picking" American treasures from anyone's backyard, straight from the stars of History's American PickersIn these pages, professional treasure hunters Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz chronicle their road trips across the American countryside in search of "rusty gold" to buy and sell among the picking world's one-of-a-kind characters. Whether you are a fan
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Colorado Warbird Survivors 2001

A Handbook on Where to Find Them

by Harold A. Skaarup ...

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Colorado.The majority of the Colorado Warbird Survivors can be viewed at the Pueblo Weisbrod Air Museum, the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, on the grounds of Buckley Air Force Base in Denver, on ... Read more

$6.99 NZD

The purpose of this handbook is to provide aviation enthusiasts with a simple checklist on where to find the surviving retired military aircraft that are preserved in the state of Colorado.The majority of the Colorado Warbird Survivors can be viewed at the Pueblo Weisbrod Air Museum, the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum in Denver, on the grounds of Buckley Air Force Base in Denver, on
... Read more
Miller's Field Guide: Art Deco

by Judith Miller ...

Series series Miller's Field Guides
Miller's Field Guides are an invaluable resource for collectors when out buying items at antiques shops, auctions or car boot fairs. They provide a fast and accurate way to recognize, identify and date antiques. In each book a simple question-and-answer checklist is provided for a wide range of key items, teaching you what to look for as well how to spot a fake or a copy. There are price codes ... Read more

$13.99 NZD

Miller's Field Guides are an invaluable resource for collectors when out buying items at antiques shops, auctions or car boot fairs. They provide a fast and accurate way to recognize, identify and date antiques. In each book a simple question-and-answer checklist is provided for a wide range of key items, teaching you what to look for as well how to spot a fake or a copy. There are price codes
... Read more

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