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  • The Unknown Title

    The Beginning

    by Some One, Some Two ...
    Series Book 1 - Some's first series
    We’re constantly developing new technologies and features to improve our services. For example, we invest in artificial intelligence that uses machine learning to detect and block spam and malware, and to provide you with innovative features, like simultaneous translations. As part of this continual improvement, we sometimes add or remove features and functionalities, increase or decrease limits ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Histoire du timbre-poste

    Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Les quatre cents coups du marteau d'ivoire

    Il est, en plein Paris, un édifice qui renferme autant de trésors que la caverne d’Ali-Baba : l’Hôtel Drouot. Encore faut-il, pour y pénétrer, connaître le « Sésame, ouvre-toi ». Ce Petit manuel des ventes aux enchères vous le révélera. A vrai dire, il ne contient aucune formule magique, mais un exposé précis du mécanisme des ventes aux enchères et une description des us et coutumes de la maison. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Le jouet de fer-blanc

    Il en est des chapitres — ou, pour mieux dire, des textes — qui composent ce livre, comme des wagons de chemin de fer : chacun constitue un petit monde bien à part, avec son histoire et ses personnages ; mis bout à bout, les uns derrière les autres, ils sont le train. Et ce livre — qui n’est ni tout à fait un volume de nouvelles, ni tout à fait un roman — est un train : avec un début et une fin — ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Ornamented Tray

    Two Centuries of Ornamented Trays (1720-1920)

    by W.D. John ...
    This authoritative and definitive work contains the first formal history of antique trays every published. Each of its six chapters is written by a different authority. They discuss:Lace-Edge PaintingThe "Chippendale" StyleTrays Ornamented with Gold LeafThe Freehand Bronze TechniquesStenciled TraysThe Country Painted TrayThe book is lavishly illustrated with more than 500 photographs, seven of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Dixie Clockmakers

    by James Gibbs ...
    The magnificent artistry and craftmanship of eighteenth and nineteenth century clockmakers in the South has been recorded in this lavishly illustrated volume.Entitled Dixie Clockmakers, the 192-page volume traces the development of clockmaking and horological history below the Mason-Dixon line and documents the works of those artisans who designed and constructed some of the world's finest ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mes soldats de plomb

    by Jean Guilbart ...
    Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Le charme des vieilles poupées

    Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d’un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d’origine. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Of Arms and Men : A History of War Weapons and Aggression

    A History of War, Weapons, and Aggression

    The appearance of the crossbow on the European battle field in A.D. 1100 as the weapon of choice for shooting down knights threatened the status quo of medieval chivalric fighting techniques. By 1139 the Church had intervened outlawing the use of the crossbow among Christians. With this edict arms control was born. As Robert L. O'Connell reveals in this vividly written history of weapons in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Ornamented Chair

    Its Development in America (1700-1890)

    Edited by Zilla Rider Lea ...
    Discriminating decorators and collectors, no less than dealers and researchers in antiques, have long felt the need of a comprehensive study of the ornamented chair and its development in America. This book is the product of an effort to satisfy that need and at the same time to bring new pleasures to lovers of beautiful furniture.The book is based on photographic and research material collected ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Mingei: Japan's Enduring Folk Arts

    Explore Japanese folk art--called mingei--with this beautifully illustrated book.Mingei literally means the "arts of the people" and is a treasured expression of Japanese culture and history. This book of Japanese folk art introduces 116 exquisite and interesting Japanese pieces, describing their origins, showing how they are made and used, and relating the background of myth and folklore ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Atlantic Canadian Imprints

    A Bibliography, 1801-1820

    Series series Heritage
    The first comprehensive analytical bibliography of Atlantic Canadian imprints, this volume covers some 320 books, pamphlets, broadsides, government publications, and serials. Most have not been listed before in any bibliography or catalogue. They represent the holdings of more than thirty libraries and archives in the four Atlantic provinces, and in Ontario, Quebec, the United States, and England ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Stories I Ain't Told Nobody Yet

    Selections from the People Pieces

    by Jo Carson ...
    Fifty-four monologues and dialogues, a remarkable distillation of rhythms and nuances from the region of the heart. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Restoring Grandfather Clocks

    The grandfather clock, an entirely new kind of furniture, first appeared in the late seventeenth century. From then on, with its long case to protect pendulum and weights, its rugged movement and large, clear indication of time, it has been a success story right up to the present day. Virtually none of these clocks is beyond repair and often the work required is within the scope of inexperienced ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Northern Algoma

    A People's History

    Northern Algoma is a vast wilderness north of Lake Superior and a land rich in natural resources — fur, gold, iron ore, endless tracts of forests. Its modern history began in the eighteenth century with the fur traders. Then came the gold-seekers, followed by the lumber barons and the industrialists. As railways opened up the area to the world, more and more people came to seek their fortune, work ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Money and Exchange in Canada to 1900

    Of special interest to coin and bill collectors, as well as history buffs and students, is this clear, concise and intriguing explanation of the various coins and currencies used in Canada between 1600 and 1900. Covering the French, British, and Canadian periods of our history, the wide range of currencies used is explained: livres, pounds, playing cards, louis d’ors, eagles, shillings and dollars ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Trades and Crafts of Old Japan

    Leaves from a Contemporary Album

    This very rare series of Japanese paintings depicts everyday artisans in feudal Japan. Extensive commentary provides insight into the historical and cultural context of the scenes.More than three centuries ago, not long after Japan had entered the period of seclusion decreed by her Tokugawa rulers, an unknown artist, or perhaps a group of artists, painted a series of pictures for an album ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The World of Beer Memorabilia

    Identification and Value Guide

    In 1951, while Herb served as a cryptographer with the US Air Force in Munich, Germany, he purchased his first pieces of beer memorabilia: eight beer glasses. He and wife Helen didn’t know it yet, but this small purchase would lead to them having the largest private collection of beer memorabilia in the world.Loaded with over 200 sharp color photos, The World of Beer Memorabilia: Identification & ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Augusta in Vintage Postcards

    Series series Postcard History Series
    In the early 1900s, America was swept up in the postcard craze. All over the country, people seized on these charming snapshots of life as a means of keeping in touch with friends and family, as well as seeing strange and exciting parts of the world. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles

    by Ray Westlake ...
    A revised and updated collector’s reference guide to British Army metal shoulder titles from all the various units.Newly revised and updated, Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles records the titles worn throughout the British Army by units of the Regular, Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteer, Territorial and Cadet forces.Details of some two thousand patterns are set out in the text and illustrated by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Story of Western Furniture

    As well as fulfilling a functional need, furniture has always been an index of status. From the throne of Tutankhamen or the bed of State of Louis XIV to the austere Shaker chest or the Charles Eames chair and later modern pieces from Europe, the Far East and the United States, the style of each piece tells much about the outlook of the makers and the needs and skills of the time.This absorbing ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • 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

    $8.99 USD

  • Around Little Rock

    A Postcard History

    Series series Postcard History Series
    During the �Golden Age of Postcards,� a craze that swept the nation in the early 1900s, postcard photographers captured images of everyday life in small towns all over the country. In this tradition, its creators unknowingly produced an invaluable archive of historical data that gives us a glimpse of the way life used to be. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tropical Gemstones

    by Carol Clark ...
    Series series Periplus Nature Guides
    Learn the essentials of Asian gemestones with this useful and portable reference book.Gemstones, both mythical and real, are deeply embedded in the arts, religions and cultures of Asia. This handy pocket guide provides an excellent introduction to the full range of superb gemstones mined and processed in the region, their physical characteristics, historical importance and countries of origin. ... Read more

    $5.99 USD