Modern Book Collecting

Modern Book Collecting

Author: Robert Alfred Wilson

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1602399859

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A new edition of the classic guide to book collecting includes a new section on Internet resources.


Comprehensive Guide for Camera Collectors

Comprehensive Guide for Camera Collectors

Author: David Williamson

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764319761

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Illustrated with over 500 color photographs of vintage cameras and many images captured with them, here is a comprehensive book for collectors. It tells the story of photography from the camera obscura to digital imaging, with all the major cameras in-between. Early inventors and photographers are highlighted in a discussion of the evolution of cameras Camera groupings are based on format and function. Collectors will learn how to examine, care for, and test a camera, and will find the current price ranges of classic cameras invaluable. The glossary is a primer for the beginning collector and a refresher for the professional.


Staffordshire Spaniels

Staffordshire Spaniels

Author: Adele Kenny

Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764302169

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Popular Victorian spaniel figures made in Staffordshire, England from c. 1840-1900 presented with a detailed look at all of the Spaniel variations, history, and recent reproductions beautifully illustrated with color photographs. Spaniel types and sizes, tips for collectors, and a helpful glossary are included. Captions offer descriptions, sizes, dates of manufacture, and current values.


Collecting Children's Books

Collecting Children's Books

Author: Jonathan Scott

Publisher: Diamond Publishing Group Limited

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780953260171

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This book contains a complete list of children's works by over 200 collectable authors and illustrators, and provides help in identifying the collectable editions of all the works listed. It also includes a guide to the value of every first edition.


Figurative Cast Iron

Figurative Cast Iron

Author: Douglas Congdon-Martin

Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9780887406225

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From the bronze age to the present, molten metal has been poured into molds to create an infinite variety of forms and to serve a variety of functions. This marriage of form and function is what has made figurative cast iron so popular among collectors. This beautiful new book will give the reader insight into the creativity of the designers of cast iron which allowed the mundane objects of life to become interesting works of art and fancy. From doorstops to doorknockers, still banks to lawn sprinklers, bottle openers to bookends, their functionally was hidden in the forms of animals, flowers, buildings, people, and more. Figurative Cast Iron: A Collector's Guide documents this practical art with over 900 beautiful full-color photographs. A price guide will help make this book useful as well as pleasurable.