Antique Books

This book reflects the period from 1960 to the present, from when clocks and other antiques were plentiful and modestly priced and dealing was fun to the present time, when good examples are difficult to find and higher priced. Clear advice is given on buying and selling clocks. Many of the rare clocks that have passed through the author's hands and been carefully restored are illustrated.

“No matter how many doorways I step through,” writes Barbara Milo Ohrbach, “I am always intrigued by what people collect and how they live with their antiques.” Readers have turned to Ms. Ohrbach’s bestselling Antiques at Home again and again, using it as a treasured source and an invaluable primer on collecting. In this new book, A Passion for Antiques, she has responded to the countless requests from her fans to create an all-new guide that takes a look at the endlessly alluring and ever-growing, ever-changing world of antiques.

As a passionate collector herself, Ms. Ohrbach has traveled the world, and her journey has taken her from the finest London antiques dealers to New York City flea markets and elegant Italian homes. Now all of her insider advice and wonderful discoveries reflecting her impeccable taste are collected in this one volume. In it, she shares her secrets for finding, living with, and caring for treasured old objects.

Featuring the exquisite homes of some of the world’s most distinguished and dedicated antiques collectors, A Passion for Antiques will inspire all those looking for creative ways to decorate with their most prized possessions. With her usual clarity, Ms. Ohrbach also includes practical tips for properly cleaning and storing precious objects and lists of professional sources for restoring them. Whether you collect vintage clothing or rare silver, you will find invaluable information here.

Ms. Ohrbach’s enthusiasm for travel rivals her passion for antiques. For those who, like her, have taken their quest around the world, she has created a stylish guide to her favorite international cities, with information about fashionable antiques shops and shows, the hottest markets, and noteworthy museums, as well as insider tips on where to stay and dine.

Filled with information as priceless as the objects to which it pays tribute and illustrated with more than 250 extraordinary, lush photographs, A Passion for Antiques will delight newcomers to antiques as well as any knowledgeable collector.

This little book would be a great addition to anyone's library who collects or deals in silver jewelry and objects. The first five chapters talk about the different methods of examining silver, various types of silver and silver plating, ways silver items are made, and how to identify and date pieces by style and period. The rest of the book is dedicated to international silver hallmarks . . . (it) has fresh information and up to date hallmarks. I am very pleased to own a copy of "All About Antique Silver!" --Marbeth Schon, author, Modernist Jewelry

In only 168 pages, this book has made a successful collector out of me. It has numerous illustrations, all in color; an orderly method of describing types of buttons and their history; tips on cleaning and displaying them; and addresses of publications, suppliers, and clubs for collectors. Although it is crisply informative, the book also conveys the pleasant, upbeat personality of the writer. -Amazon.com

ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE FISHING RODS 4th Printing (November 2002). This most recent printing includes a revised and updated price guide with additional historical data and rod maker listings. It is a valuable resource for the collector, antique dealer or angler interested in classic fly rods, bait casting rods, spinning and ocean rods produced from bamboo, wood, fiberglass and steel. The author provides a concise history of rod construction techniques and offers detailed analysis of important fishing rod design patents granted from 1875 to 1950. Close-up photography of distinctive components for identification with a complete system for evaluating rod condition.

This is the most useful, colorful guide to antique marbles. Includes a collector's resource guide and directory as well as a value guide. This handy, pocket-sized edition is a must for the marble collecting enthusiast! 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Everett Grist is the author of several books on marbles: Big Book of Marbles,Machine-Made & Contemporary Marbles, and Antique & Collectible Marbles. He is also the author of Collectible Aluminum. REVIEW: This handy pocket guide is great for marble collectors. It begins with a general guide to the different classes of marbles, then follows with color photos of agate, comic, sulphides, and more. A handy value guide with current collector values rounds out the book.

Experience the past firsthand when you open the cover of Antique and Vintage Fashions, 1745 - 1979, a Collector's Guide. This unprecedented work chronicles over 200 years of fashion trends. Enjoy 800 captivating photographs of real garments, hats, shoes, and accessories. Unlike any other work this features detailed annual fashion trends lists in chronological arrangement so collectors can identify way beyond what is pictured. The identification details are compiled from researching period sources, including fashion plates and periodicals. Photographs of clothing and accessories that reflect the year's trends accompany these lists. The majority of fashions depicted belong to women with a lesser extent devoted to children and occasional examples pertaining to men. The wide time span makes the book useful to see and compare clothing and accessories quickly and easily across many decades. This wealth of information, visual presentation, and yearly arrangement make it an indispensable guide for collectors.

As Tachibana, Ono, and Kanda continue to run the bakery "Antique," their daily routine is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a tall, mysterious man in dark sunglasses. Addressing Tachibana as "my lord", his name is Chikage Kobayakawa. Not only does the man's appearance lead to surprising revelations about bakery manager Tachibana and his past, but also triggers chef Ono's notorious "demonic charm." The bakery also deals with the hectic holiday rush, and this year, Tachibana has decided to start a special Christmas delivery service - as Santa in a red Ferrari!

In Volume 3 of the award-winning manga, Ono's mentor Jan, an ingenious French patisier, enters the story. Two women reporters - a.k.a. "busty female announcer unit Haruka & Tammy" - also enter the scene, and while manager Tachibana is interested in them, they're only interested in Ono's cakes. Continuing what makes Antique Bakery great, each new character has his own lumbering way of searching for happiness, and we dig deeper into the closets of the series' most popular characters.

160 beautiful antique floral botanical illustrations in JPG format. These are scans of hand-colored botanical plates originally published in the late 1700s and early 1800s to introduce these exotic plants to England. Some are from copper-engravings and some are lithographs. Printable for cards & crafts, these are large enough to mat and frame as prints, lovely for your home or business. Great for a kitchen, garden room, bed or bath, den or study -- decorate your office or restaurant -- even sell prints in your antique shop or flea market stall! Print directly from the CD, or copy to your image-editing software to print. These beautifully naturalistic and detailed vintage pictures are perfect to print for card making, scrapbooking, altered art projects, fabric, magnets, decoupage and other crafts! Perfect for shabby romantic decorating, a French cottage look, or a more traditional formal antique look. Makes a wonderful & unique gift for gardeners or anyone who loves flowers.

A lovely digital image collection of various flowers, each with title. Full-color images from the original Georgian and Victorian era prints.

Use with PC or Mac. All images are 300 dpi JPGs at a size of approximately 4 x 7 inches. They are 150 dpi when printed at 8 x 14 inches.

LICENSE & TERMS OF USE: These digital images are offered under license. Purchase of this CD is purchase of a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the digital images in accordance with our terms of use, and ownership of the digital images themselves remains with SummertownSun Publishing. Buyer (the licensee) may print these images for personal or commercial use in printed form. The digital images themselves may not be resold, shared, uploaded, or otherwise redistributed, for free or for profit, in any digital format without written permission.

Boxes are beguiling because they can have the double delight of an enticing exterior and the anticipation and satisfaction of a fully fitted interior. This comprehensive guide to the decoration, style, use and contents of all types of boxes from diverse cultures is the first book to cover both these aspects. The coverage of decoration and styles of boxes is remarkably complete and includes the traditional, the exotic and the eccentric. Folk art to Fabergé, tea caddies to tinder boxes, medicine chests to music boxes, ditty to document, voting to vampire, painting, sewing and writing boxes are just some of the topics that are included. The result is a pictorial treat, the text lavishly illustrated with images of nearly 2,000 boxes. It should be a most valuable reference book for the dealer and collector alike.

Antique Clouds is the definitive coffee-table book of clouds, a pictorial exhibition of clouds from the last century. This photographic essay celebrates a hundred years of clouds in America - the romance of clouds - not their science. In this collection of antique photos from the time between the Civil War and the Great Depression, you will hopefully discover something of the whimsy of clouds. This book contains over 100 vintage high-quality color cloud photographs in the form of Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Umbratypes, Calotypes, Talbotypes, Cyanotypes, Tintypes, Ferrotypes, and Aurotypes. All these photographs have been lovingly restored to their original colored tints, and each photograph is accompanied by an explanatory caption. Included essays and side-bars cover such topics as the Crimean War, Presidential elections, the bottling of clouds, historical Vulcanic and Vitalist theories of cloud formation, incidents of mercury poisoning by early cloud-photographers, attempts in the 1870s to photograph the clouds of Mars, stereoscopes, and a compendium of interesting stains found on antique photographs. About the Author: President of the American Society of Cloud-Enthusiasts, Jason Murk is from New Mexico, a land where summer clouds are so puffy-white that you want to reach out with a spoon and eat them because they're like marshmallows in the sky. The American Society of Cloud-Enthusiasts believes clouds should be allowed to emigrate from overcongested cloudy areas to sunnier climes, and for this reason, proceeds from your purchase of this book will be used to resettle under-privileged clouds. Published by the Oscura Press.