Schiffer publishing mär 2008 (15 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Join designer Ani Afshar for a jewelry-making workshop to create a bead necklace with long ribbon streamers, another bead necklace with cropped ribbons, and a pair of beaded drop earrings. Then introduce your own variations as you build skills with Ani's guidance and over 100 color photographs that detail each step. A gallery of similar styles Ani has made with different beads and colors will inspire you to keep creating. If you need supplies, kits are available for jewelry in this book.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Take a jewelry-making workshop with designer Ani Afshar, who will teach you step-by-step to make an elegant flower brooch, a flower lariat necklace, and flower dangle earrings with colored beads and fishing wire. Then introduce your own variations as you build skills with Ani's guidance and over 100 color photographs that detail each step. A gallery of similar styles Ani has made with different beads and colors will inspire you to keep creating. If you need supplies, kits are available for jewelry in this book.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Unlike any other tour guide, this book provides a unique combination of five short tours that are easy to walk and designed to make you a local expert. Take a quick, entertaining stroll while you enjoy unique tidbits of information and eclectic stops. Even if you take only one of the tours, this book brings historical Cape May home to you. Detailed prose and 126 vivid color photos help you fully experience Cape May with every turn of the page. The best thing about this guide is that each tour takes place along commonly traveled, familiar routes, which makes it easy to get to know the area. At Cape May Point, you can search for Cape May diamonds on the beach. From Lover's Lane through town to Congress Hall and the Henry Sawyer Inn, everyone will enjoy the tour.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - These projects join two age-old skills: gourding and sewing. With simple techniques, you can combine gourds with a cloth body to make dolls or puppets to enjoy or give as gifts. In this Do-It-Yourself guide, you'll learn how to make: - a gourd ragdoll - reversible dolls - marionettes - even bobble gourdheads! - And much, much more. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Tour 16 of the most haunted locations Arizona has to offer. Make friends with the ghost girl who watches over visitors at the Bisbee Inn. Meet average people who stay at the Oliver House, but then astral project along the quiet-night streets. Hear voices and footsteps of ghosts who prowl the Noftsger Hill Inn. The destinations in this book have impressive paranormal activity that are likely to give you your own spooky stories to tell, if not scare the pants off you.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An avid group of loyal collectors, spanning generations and races, can't get enough of these rare and quirky antiques. Now in its fourth edition, this indispensable field guide provides many additional objects and completely updated values for a culinary tour of popular kitchen collectibles featuring black characterizations. The captions and text contain information about the sizes and approximate dating of the hundreds of pieces shown, and give tips on avoiding the fraudulent reproductions that increasingly plague the market. Items illustrated and documented include cookie jars, cups and glasses, decanters, linens, salt and pepper sets, spoon rests, platters, string holders, wall pockets, hot pads, note holders, plaques, teapots, pitchers, cookbooks, and a host of other products and advertising. Additionally, an entire chapter is devoted to the ever-popular advertising icon Aunt Jemima.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Take a virtual tour of scenic Columbus, Ohio as more than 300 vintage postcards and prints showcases the city's rise from wilderness to manufacturing center to an ideal residential community. You'll see: the breath-taking skyline, the State Capitol, the Deshler Wallick Hotel, the R.K.O. Theatre and Le Veque-Lincoln Tower Plus, get an in-depth look at Ohio State University, the O'Shaughnessy Dam, and much more. This book is a great resource for historians and postcard collectors worldwide.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Take a virtual tour of scenic Rocky Mountain National Park, and the resorts at Estes Park and Grand Lake, Colorado. See historic lodges and lakes, travel through scenic Big Thompson Canyon, and view picturesque mountain ranges along the way. Over 400 vintage postcards and prints offer readers an in-depth look at one of America's top vacation spots. Postcard collectors worldwide will enjoy this valuable resource.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Massachusett's Harvard Square is one of the busiest and most exciting spots in New England. The heart of it is Harvard University with all its history, tradition, and ivy-covered, red brick walls. Over 250 vintage postcards display the growth of Harvard Square -- from a sleepy village, where General George Washington took command of the colonial troops, to a contemporary city. Harvard Square, and the city of Cambridge by extension, still retains many historic buildings and churches and its student population with all its associated, diverse, cosmopolitan attractions.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Explore the rich fossil record of the Paleozoic Era, from the Cambrian (545 million years ago) through the Permian (almost 300 million years ago) with 650 high quality color photos and detailed, highly readable text. Following his successful work on the earliest fossils, the author now starts at that time in earth's history when life blossomed into a variety of body plans (phyla), and explores the successive periods of the Paleozoic Era. These include the Cambrian; the early, mid-, and late Ordovician; the Silurian and Devonian with their numerous marine fossils and some of the earth's first land plants and early fish; the diverse land plants and peculiar marine life of the Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods); and the fossils of the Permian, including many fossils of life forms that would go extinct in the worlds greatest extinction event. This is a great book for fossil hunters of all ilks and anyone interested in the early remnants of life. Those who collect or trade fossils will find a useful guide to the values of the fossils.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This book is the first comprehensive and easy to use reference since World War II covering prominent German wartime plastics manufacturers and products. Aimed squarely at World War II German militaria, ordnance, and small arms collectors, the author provides a concise account of the constituents and manufacturing processes, markings, codes, trademarks and material identification techniques of wartime Kunststoff products.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Panoramic photography of North Shore, Massachusetts, captures 120-degree views. Favorite vistas of the North Shore of Massachusetts are beautifully exposed in this book, including Rockport from seawall to seawall, and beaches from Revere to the playlands in Salisbury. Images portray waterfront scenes including the area's beloved lobster boats, yachts, and sailboats, along with portrayals of popular places including Pigeon Cove, the Old Newbury Town Square, the Eastern Point Lighthouse, Manchester, and Ipswich.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This insightful study of traditional Mexican clothing is based on authentic dolls made by folk artists in Mexico. With over 550 color photographs, it is a beautiful and comprehensive review that relates customs, language, music, and folk arts to a blending that is wholly Mexican and now its national culture. Men's and women's regional clothing is explored, including serapes, sombreros, Colonial dress, skirts, and shawls. Dolls, period photographs, and adult clothes present a visual story tracing variations that clothing has undergone from decade to decade. Today, people in all walks of life will find this refreshing look at traditional Mexican attire to be fascinating and inspiring.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Sterling Silver jewelry and tableware that was sold at the Jensen store in New York City included designs by American craftsmen, especially William De Matteo and Alphonse La Paglia, in the late 1940s. This is the story of these two silversmiths' work and its impact on fancy goods of the mid-20th century period. Silver tea sets, candelabra, centerpieces, bowls, serving spoons, and women's jewelry sets were made in original designs that incorporated Danish styles for which the store was famous. Today, these are vintage items that are valuable and highly popular among collectors of fine traditional style decorative arts. Many identifying marks, catalog pages, and original advertisements are presented and discussed. Through newly found documentation, original working drawings, and careful analysis, these vintage silver items finally can be identified and appreciated for their specialty status among the finest luxury goods worldwide.…

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - This three volume set on Imperial German swords, daggers, and bayonets is a follow-up to the author's successful and highly acclaimed four-volume series on World War II German (2005), and his equally heralded three-volume series on World War II German swords (2006). These new Imperial volumes are the result of many years of arduous research on both sides of the Atlantic with several dozen advanced Imperial blade collectors making contributions. Additionally, the author's long-term relationship with key personnel in the Solingen edged weapon industry opened numerous doors in the preparation of this invaluable reference series. No one can doubt the fact that the quality of the Imperial sidearms far surpasses their subsequent mass-produced Third Reich counterparts. The author was afforded complete access to two of the most advanced Imperial edged weapon collections in the United States and one in Germany. Whether you own a single Imperial German edged weapon or have a massive collection of these beautiful artifacts, this series of references will greatly expand your knowledge and appreciation of these unique sidearms and will prove to be a must for all German edged weapon aficionados. …