1000s of diverse titles published since 1974
Barbara Ifert
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This new book is an excellent reference for the multitude of ceramics items marked “MADE IN JAPAN” that were…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 350 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887406133 | Binding: soft cover
Ed Goshe, Ruth Hemminger & Leslie Piña
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The Tiffin Glass Company, of Tiffin, Ohio, produced hand made Depression Era glass, modern wares, and other…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 289 color photos, 376 b/w images | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764308697 | Binding: hard cover
Douglas Congdon-Martin & Tina Skinner
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Relive an era when the kitchen was kitsch — melamine bowls were pink and purple, cocktail shakers and party…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 398 color photos | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780764327582 | Binding: soft cover
Norma Shephard
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Over 1,240 beautiful museum quality hats reveal the milliner’s ingenuity from the 1790s to the 1970s. Among the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 1190 color & 58 b/w photos | 240 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764324031 | Binding: hard cover
Dee Hockenberry
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The teddy bear turns 100 this year! Celebrate the origins of the delightful toy bears that have charmed adults and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 353 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764315138 | Binding: hard cover
Ray T. Giles & Daniel L. Shuey
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Covering the 100 years that Winchester and its predecessor companies, Volcanic Repeating Arms Co., and New Haven…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 1,400+ color photos | 352 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764325410 | Binding: hard cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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An indispensible reference for anyone interested in salt and pepper shakers, compiled by two of America’s foremost…
Size: 8 1/2″ X 11″ | 1500+ items in color | 112 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887406072 | Binding: soft cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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This new volume focuses on nodder salt and pepper shakers with over 300 nodders as well as hundreds of…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 500+ color photos | 112 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887407895 | Binding: soft cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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This third volume by Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins focuses on character salt and pepper shakers. Featured in…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 300 color photos | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764301124 | Binding: soft cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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The increasingly collectible categories of nursery rhymes and literary characters, including children’s stories…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 700+ color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764305535 | Binding: soft cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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Here’s another treasury of salt and pepper shakers from experts Larry Carey and Sylvia Tompkins! This fifth volume…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 675 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764308802 | Binding: soft cover
Larry Carey & Sylvia Tompkins
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Here is a field of salt and pepper shaker collecting all its own–advertising. A fascinating and diverse group of…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 1130 color photos | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764311857 | Binding: soft cover
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The most common marks found on antique ceramics, 1600s to 1900s, hand-drawn and with identification and dates…
Size: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ | 1100 hand-drawn marks | 64 pp
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ISBN13: 9780895380579 | Binding: soft cover
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The most common marks that appear on antique American ceramics in today’s markets are presented in alphabetical…
Size: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ | 1800 hand-drawn marks | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780895380401 | Binding: soft cover
Donald Brian Johnson & Leslie Piña
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“The style you want–at the price you want to pay!” From 1930 to 1942, such advertising slogans drew cash-strapped…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 377 color & 49 b/w photos | 200 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764311376 | Binding: hard cover
Holly Wahlberg
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This newly revised book presents a factual discussion of the wide variety of colorful and popular plastics…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 250 color photos | 112 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764307836 | Binding: soft cover
Gerald T. Gowitt
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The invention of the Argand burner in 1784 propelled a virtual lighting revolution in the first half of the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 336 color photos | 256 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764315145 | Binding: hard cover
Arene Burgess
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Pandora would have had the best of times between these two covers. For those who just can’t resist a peek under…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 439 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764303197 | Binding: soft cover
Suzanne Marshall
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Jewelry manufacture had its American beginnings in the late 18th century and grew, over the course of the next 200…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 298 color photos/267 b&w illus. | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764318382 | Binding: soft cover
Lorraine Punchard
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Beautifully photographed and extensively documented, this book features over 650 color photos of children’s…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 652 color photos, 169 b/w marks | 224 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764318146 | Binding: hard cover