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The Big Book of Tin Toy Cars: Commercial and Racing Vehicles

$49.95

This comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable reference features hundreds of tin toy cars from toy makers around the world. Included are toys from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Spain, Taiwan, and the United...

Westclox

$34.95

Hundreds of Westclox® electric clocks introduced between 1931 and 1970 are displayed in over 720 images. This impressive book also covers Westclox store displays, after-market automobile clocks, and weather instruments. Many of the over 200 store displays pictured feature impressive...

Collectors' Guide to Vintage Souvenir Tablecloths and Linens

$29.95

Revisit those family vacations of yore through these charming, colorful tablecloths and linens. These whimsical collectibles are fun "snapshots" of America's tourist industry from the 1920s through the 1960s, as captured by enthusiastic textile designers on boldly printed cloths. Over...

Westclox®

$34.95

Over 790 images display hundreds of Westclox*r "wind-up" clocks and watches produced between 1885 and 1970. An extensive history of the company and its employees is told through photographs, poems, letters, and anecdotes drawn from the Westclox magazine-Tick Talk ....

Cher™ Doll & Her Celebrity Friends

$19.95

During the 1970s, the real Cher wore Bob Mackie designs for her TV show as well as for galas and other public appearances. Presented here are the fashions that Mego Corporation recreated, perfect little miniatures captured in doll-size. This vast...

American Art Pottery Wall Pockets

$29.95

This is the ultimate guide to ceramic wall pockets, presenting the work of more than 60 American pottery firms. Beautiful pieces, designed in every color and shape imaginable to hold, primarily, flowers, are displayed in more than 570 stunning color...

California Ghosts

$14.99

Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen one? This chilling volume presents twenty-six true, first-hand accounts of spooks, spirits, and hauntings across the state of California, each published here for the first time. The book introduces many cases...

Comprehensive Guide for Camera Collectors

$39.95

Written for the camera collector and photography buff, this comprehensive collectors guide and history takes a novel approach to both the instruments and the image. Illustrated with over 500 color photographs, this volume moves from the camera obscura to digital...

Flat-woven Rugs & Textiles from the Caucasus

$59.95

This book fills a void in Western texts by presenting the largest selection of Caucasian flat-woven carpets and textiles ever included in a single book. They originate in the region south of the Caucasus Mountains and west of the Caspian...

Imperial Cape Cod Glass

$29.95

Imperial Cape Cod was the favorite pattern produced by the Imperial Glass Company of Bellaire, Ohio, for many years, from its inception as a Mother's Oats premium in 1932 until Imperial's closing in 1984. This beautiful and durable pattern was...

In the Service of the Kaiser

$49.95

Military artists tend to paint the two extremes of the soldiers life; at one end the subject is rendered in his parade best uniform, pressed and spotlessly clean, and at the other extreme locked in heroic combat defeating his enemy....

Imperial German Military Officers’ Helmets and Headdress

$79.95

This long-awaited work is a detailed reference on the officer’s headdress of the Imperial German army from 1871-1918. Described and shown in full color are helmets from the following subjects: generals, infantry, cavalry, artillery, technical troops, communication troops, train, semi-military...

Corgi Juniors and Husky Models

$34.95

Corgi Juniors and Husky Models brings together the story of these small-scale model cars and other toys into one book for the first time. Once the #3 brand in many markets, these toys competed head-to-head with Mattel's Hot Wheels cars...

Fenton Burmese Glass

$29.95

Illustrated examples of fine Burmese glass, organized by year of their introduction, along with information and background on the glass workers who produce this glass.  Burmese glass was developed by the Mt. Washington glass company in 1885 and was named...

California Tile: The Golden Era, 1910-1940

$59.95

For centuries handcrafted tile has been a predominant decorative surface in tropical climes from Middle East through the Gulf of Mexico to California. California tile makers excelled in their craft during the first half of the twentieth century, producing richly...

The SS-Panzer-Artillery Regiment 1 Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) in World War II

$59.95

This book is the first volume about Artillery Regiment 1 of the 1st Waffen-SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH). The artillery batteries of the LAH during the whole of World War II faced some of the hardest combat, and probably...

Victorian Architecture

$29.95

An unabridged republication of Selected Designs from Shoppell’s Modern Houses, originally published by The Co-Operative Building Plan Association, Architects, 63 Broadway, New York, 1890. This rare catalog of residential designs is an invaluable guide for architectural historians, preservationists, and anyone...

A Century of Artist Letters

$79.95

This personal and engaging book reproduces over 100 letters from the most-famous 19th- and 20th-century painters in Paris between 1855 and 1968. Among the artists are Claude Monet, August Renoir, Edouard Manet, Pablo Picasso, and Mary Cassatt. With each letter...

Wristwatches

$19.95

Now in its revised sixth edition, this classic reference book is designed for the collector, with a historical survey, hundreds of color and black and white illustrations, a description of how mechanical wristwatches work, and a thorough glossary. Updated price...

Staffordshire Figures

$59.95

Imagine the gilded age of a nation reflected in hundreds of earthenware figures, each with its own story to tell. This book offers an in-depth study of the cultural, socio-economic, religious, political, and technological history that defined the British Empire...

The Encyclopedia of Shaker Furniture

$125.00

This comprehensive reference documents the full scope of furniture from Shaker communities in New England, Ohio, and Kentucky. Furniture produced throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, ranging from free-standing tables, chairs, desks, boxes, and case clocks to built-in cupboards...

The Golden Age of Cigarette Lighters

$49.95

Here is what could be the largest collection of vintage cigarette lighters ever assembled. It is a fascinating chronicle of cigarette lighters' Golden Age. This era begins with the primitive lighters made at the turn of the 20th century and...

Modern Figurative Paintings

$69.95

The first half of the 19th Century spawned one of the most exciting concentrations of artists and artistic innovation in history. The French impressionists opened the door to creative freedoms never before experienced, and a community rich in artistic and...

The Art of Carnival Glass

$39.95

Iridescence! An ever-changing, shimmering play of color, a dancing rainbow of light— this is the essence, and indeed, the art of Carnival Glass. This beautiful book begins at the very heart of Carnival, with a comprehensive analysis, full of fascinating...

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