America's First One Hundred and Fifty Years
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Release : 1957
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Author : Stephen Hanks
Publisher : Crescent
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 34,8 MB
Release : 1990-03-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780517023990
Relive baseball's history and evolution through remarkable stories and more than 1,000 striking photographs. The most comprehensive baseball book available, this colorful volume covers every season of the major leagues since 1876 with intriguing analysis, thorough statistics, and little-known facts. (Beekman House)
Author : Geoffrey C. Munn
Publisher : Antique Collector's Club
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,45 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Antique dealers
ISBN : 9781851497843
Wartski is a family firm of art and antique dealers, specialising in fine jewellery, gold boxes, silver and works of art by Carl Faberge. The firm was founded in Bangor, North Wales in 1865 by Morris Wartski, maternal great-grandfather of the present day Chairman. From King George V to JFK and Elizabeth Taylor, Wartski's London showroom has welcomed the great and the good of the modern era. They visit to view and buy the company's fabulous stock of goldsmiths' work and jewellery, not least the celebrated works of Faberge. BBC Antiques Roadshow expert, Geoffrey C. Munn, tells the remarkable story of how the jewellery firm rose from humble beginnings in Bangor, North Wales, to become the preeminent Mayfair jewellers and antique dealers specialising in the work of Carl Faberge and Russian objets d'art. Wartski - The First 150 Years is lavishly illustrated throughout with images of the celebrated jewels and their illustrious owners. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Munn is the Managing Director of Wartski Ltd. He is co-author of Pre-Raphaelite to Arts and Crafts Jewellery and the author of Tiaras: A History of Splendour, Castellani and Giuliano - Revivalist Jewellers of the 19th Century and The Triumph of Love - Jewellery 1530-1930. He is also a jewellery specialist on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow. SELLING POINTS: * Presents the essence of Wartski's history, from its humble beginnings to its very considerable fame. * The book showcases the firm's stock, scholarship and clientele 200 colour illustrations
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Page : 34 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 1957
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Page : 400 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780949318046
Author : Giles Paley-Phillips
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1783527730
'Superb, moving, beautiful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep He will be allowed to visit his mother soon. His mother who is terminally ill, his mother who he has been barred from seeing as he recovers from his own bout of pneumonia. Until then, with the help of his physiotherapist Freya, he must navigate his increasingly empty and isolated existence: his father, who finds solace in the bottom of a glass; his Nana Q, whose betting-slip confetti litters her handbag; his friends, who simply wouldn’t understand. Time passes with the promise of soon, but one hundred and fifty-two days later the boy will come face to face with his grief, and move beyond to a world full of possibility, hope and love.
Author : Murray Moss
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0847840867
The first book on the house of Baccarat, one of the oldest and most preeminent luxury brands in the world, renowned for its fine crystal creations. Baccarat celebrates more than 250 years as one of the most important and prestigious luxury houses. Acclaimed for its high-quality traditional craftsmanship of fine crystal stemware, barware, candelabra, perfume bottles, and jewelry, Baccarat is known the world over as a symbol of quality and refinement. Highlighting the extraordinary range of Baccarat's crystal creations--from its trademark iconic glassware commissioned by royalty and heads of state from around the world and throughout the centuries to their contemporary creative collaborations with star designers such as Philippe Starck, Andrée Putman, Arik Levy, and Marcel Wanders--this volume showcases the enduring glamour and style of the most important crystalworks house of all time. With beautiful historic photographs and drawings from Baccarat's extensive archive, which display the incredible craftsmanship and technical innovations of the highly skilled glassblowers, glasscutters, engravers, and gilders, and captivating images from its advertising campaigns and celebrity clientele, Baccarat is a sumptuous celebration. Offering a lavish and in-depth look at some of the most stunning crystal creations in history, this volume is for anyone interested in design and craftsmanship.
Author : Thomas H. (Thomas Hall) Carpenter
Publisher : [Newburgh, Ont.] : Hedgehog Productions
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 42,63 MB
Release : 1990
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ISBN : 9781895261011
Author : Charles C. Miller
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Page : 340 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Bee culture
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Author : Martin W. Sandler
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Contemporary
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Photography
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American Image captures the nation's experience through one hundred fifty years of photography by anonymous amateurs and celebrated masters.