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  • 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

    R155,12

  • Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide 2021-2022

    by Judith Miller ...
    All entries new for each edition.Miller's Collectables Handbook & Price Guide 2021-2022 is the up-to-date guide to the collectables market no dealer, collector or auctioneer should be without. Featuring more than 4,000 objects in full colour, each with a detailed description and price range, the book also shows you how to spot that rare example that may be worth twenty times more than another ... Read more

    R543,25

  • The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins 2014, 52nd Edition

    by Thomas E. Hudgeons Jr. ...
    Forover fifty years, The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins has been the bestselling sourcebook for collectors. Filled with the most current values and the latest market reports, this updated edition has all the information you need to become a knowledgeable coin collector.Features Include:•Over 18,000 prices•Values for every U.S. coin ever minted•An updated market review that ... Read more

    R154,20

  • Beautiful Recycled Art

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

    by Arthur Ferrero ...
    Arthur Ferrero ... Read more

    R36,35

  • 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

    R682,97

  • Pilates for a Flat Stomach

    Perfect Abs in Just 15 Minutes a Day

    by Anna Selby ...
    Just 15 minutes a day will work wonders to give you the flat stomach you’ve always wanted!Pilates is well known as one of the best forms of exercise for people who want a longer, leaner physique. In Pilates for a Flat Stomach, expert Anna Selby has selected the specific exercises you need to do to achieve the toned stomach you’ve always dreamed of.Just 15 minutes a day of the low-impact, high ... Read more

    R159,03

  • Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin

    Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents

    by Elizabeth H. Dow ...
    Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private hands. Such manuscripts are often archival material that escaped government control, and government archivists want that missing material back to complete the historic record. Collectors and dealers, however, assert that since the government didn’t ... Read more

    R1 283,85

  • Pompei e le sue rovine, Vol. 3

    by Pier Ambrogio Curti ...
    Nel capitolo di quest’opera I Fori, dicendo del Foro nundinario o venale, toccai dell’opinione manifestata da molti che anzi essere un simile foro, quel luogo fosse invece un quartiere di soldati, e venni osservando come da essi si avesse per avventura a scambiare la parte per il tutto, riconoscendo io con altri come in tal foro si ritrovasse un quartiere sia di soldati, sia di gladiatori, come ... Read more

    R47,49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Knives 2023, 43rd Edition

    Edited by Joe Kertzman ...
    Series series World's Greatest Knife Book
    The World’s Greatest Knife Book Returns!From unique art pieces to hardened tools of war and industry, every knife has its own allure, utility and even soul. This complex and fascinating nature defines a particular knife and is the driving force behind today’s growing and thriving custom knifemaking culture. The pages of KNIVES 2023, 43rd Edition present the best of the best knives and knifemakers ... Read more

    R365,23

  • Major Wolcott’s List

    Major Wolcott’s List Firearms Used in the Johnson County, Wyoming, Cattle War of 1892

    by William N. Hockett ...
    The Johnson County War took place in Wyoming in April 1892. At that time, a group of powerful Wyoming cattlemen created a hit list of seventy men—small ranchers, cowboys, and others they considered a hindrance to large-scale ranching interests. They planned an invasion of the county, intending to search out and kill the men on the list. But when they arrived, the locals fought back. Major Wolcott ... Read more

    R79,68

  • Coin Collecting For Beginners 2026: Essential Strategies to Build a Valuable Collection and Master Numismatics

    by Oliver Langston ...
    Dive into the fascinating world of coin collecting with this comprehensive guide for beginners! Whether you're just starting or looking to expand your existing collection, Coin Collecting for Beginners 2026 provides everything you need to understand the rich history and art of numismatics. From ancient coins to modern investments, this guide offers a step-by-step approach to building a collection ... Read more

    R142,79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Driving the Dream: The Essential Guide to Preparing, Listing, and Selling Your Luxury, Exotic, Classic, or Collectable Car Via Auction

    by Trey Seiter ...
    Unlock the secrets to successfully selling your luxury, classic, or exotic car at auction and turn your dream drive into a successful sale with "Driving the Dream." Penned by Trey Seiter, this book is your ultimate guide to navigating the complex world of car auctions, ensuring you get the best price for your prized possession. With "Driving the Dream," you'll gain the knowledge and tools to ... Read more

    R126,90

  • Holography and Philately

    Postage Stamps with Holograms

    by Hans I Bjelkhagen ...
    Holograms on postage stamps have become a new topical subject in philately, and there has been a growing interest among philatelists in collecting such items for many years now. It was more than 35 years ago when the first definitive postage stamp with a hologram was issued in Austria in 1988. Since then many countries have issued hologram stamps or souvenir sheets, some of them on more than one ... Read more

    R98,54

  • Wares of the Ming Dynasty

    by R. L. Hobson ...
    This book explains and illustrates as many varieties of Ming ceramics as possible. The text is based primarily on information obtained from Chinese sources and the occasional notes made by Europeans who visited China in Ming times. To these, Mr. Hobson has added his own penetrating deductions, made after careful study of well-authenticated specimens and of observation by earlier scholars. His ... Read more

    R131,43

  • A 79 Year old Gearhead, An AI Co-pilot, and a Real Android APP. Impossible? I Decided to Find Out.

    by AlBeix ...
    I Built an Android App at 79 With Zero Coding Experience.Here's How, and why the most important tool I used wasn't a programming language.I'm a lifelong gearhead. Have been since I was old enough to tell the difference between a flathead and a flat tire.Over the decades I've spotted more interesting abandoned vehicles down more back roads than I could ever count. Barn finds. Field finds. The ... Read more

    R142,79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beginners Guide to Real Estate Photography

    by Steve Rutherford ...
    Series Book 1 - Beginners Guide to Photography Book Series
    Best Selling Author and award winning Australian based photographer, Steve Rutherford shares his knowledge and expertise in this easy step by step instructional book. "Beginners Guide To Real Esatet Photography" the latest book in the Best Selling "Beginners Guide to Photography" book series.If you are just starting out in photography. Or you are a Real Estate Agent, Property Manager, Architect, ... Read more

    R79,13 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Masterpieces of Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings

    Third Edition

    by Verna Cook Salomonsky ...
    This well-known reference work has been consulted by generations of collectors, curators, dealers, historians, and craftsmen, and it remains in use decades after its initial publication. Photographs and measured drawings of the most striking furniture pieces of the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries constitute the major part of the book; the accompanying text indicates stylistic features and ... Read more

    R291,51

  • Antiques 101

    A Crash Course in Everything Antique

    by Frank Farmer Loomis IV ...
    An inroductory guide to antique styles, history, and designsNot sure how to tell Chippendale from Queen Anne, or Art Deco from Art Nouveau? Learn the easy way with Frank Farmer Loomis IV, an appraiser and lifelong antiquer. If you're looking for clear, simple explanations rather than unpronounceable terms like corbeille a fleurs (flower basket) or sang de boeuf (red glaze), you've come to the ... Read more

    R119,82

  • How To Pastel

    Your Step By Step Guide To Pastels

    by HowExpert, Farcas Fabiana ...
    In this book "How To Pastel", you will discover in a practical and easy way how to draw with pastels.The book contains information, techniques, tips and images from which you can learn: about the pastel, about the types of pastels, how they work, how to take care of them, the surface of the paper and about the papers for pastels, how to hold the pastel in your hand, how to hatch, blend, color, ... Read more

    R182,47

  • Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values

    The Shooter's Guide to Guns 1900 to Present

    by Phillip Peterson, Andrew Johnson ...
    The No. 1 gun price guide to the most popular firearms of all time!This updated 18th Edition of Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values will help you buy and sell in this active market with the utmost confidence. It is the only illustrated price guide for firearms produced from 1900 to the present, and the best insurance policy against paying too much or selling for too little.More than 25,000 prices ... Read more

    R525,88

  • 生物之書

    The Biology Book: From the Origin of Life to Epigenetics, 250 Milestones in the History of Biology

    by 麥可‧傑拉德, Michael C. Gerald, 葛羅莉亞‧傑拉德, Gloria E. Gerald ...
    Translated by 陸維濃 ...
    Series series 科學人文
    史上最強系列第6集《生物之書》從生命起源到表觀遺傳學250則趣味故事＋詳解歷史＋精采圖片從閱讀中學習生物知識的百科圖文並茂的豐富百科．博古通今的中外歷史趣味橫生的常識故事．條理分明的資料寶典【本書特色】‧豐富條目：250則生物學史上重大里程碑一次收錄。‧編年百科：條目依年代排序，清楚掌握生物發展演變；相關條目隨頁交叉索引，知識脈絡立體化。‧濃縮文字：每篇約700字，快速閱讀、吸收重要生物學觀念和大師理論。‧精美插圖：每項條目均搭配精美全彩圖片，幫助記憶，刺激想像力。‧理想收藏：全彩印刷、圖片精緻、收藏度高，是科普愛好者必備最理想的生物學百科。_________________________________________... ... Read more

    R174,63

  • KNIVES 2020

    Edited by Joe Kertzman ...
    Series series World's Greatest Knife Book
    Discover stunning custom knives!Throughout history, knives of untold numbers of styles, materials and designs have been carried as tools, weapons and adornments -- and each knife has a distinct attraction all its own. That allure has helped custom knifemaking evolve, and continue to grow and thrive today. The pages of Knives 2020, 40th Edition gives you the most elite crop of knives and makers ... Read more

    R321,41

  • The Story of Louis Vuitton Luggage

    by Laia Farran Graves ...
    A symbol of French luxury and the art of travel, Louis Vuitton luggage is more than a companion for the journey - it is a global icon.Louis Vuitton revolutionized travel in 1854 with the creation of his elegant, lightweight, airtight trunks - setting a new standard in luxury luggage. This visionary design not only launched a legendary fashion house but also redefined how the world journeys in ... Read more

    R294,85

  • Coin Collecting Bible - 5 in 1

    The Ultimate Guide to Start And Grow Your Coin Collection and Learn How to Identify, Collect and Profit From Your Hobby

    by James Arthur ...
    Jumpstart your coin collection and discover how you can start collecting a fascinating variety of rare antiques, medallions, bullions, error coins & more!Do you want to begin a deeply rewarding hobby and connect with a valuable part of history?Do you have some old coins lying around, and you’ve always wanted to know what they’re w... ... Read more

    R145,94 or Free with Kobo Plus