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455 beautiful color photographs and engaging text showcase mens belt buckles from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Military, police, fire service, western, and youth group buckles are well represented, along with intriguing multi-function buckles containing cigarette lighters, knives, and guns. Masculine lifestyles are reflected through these personalized buckles, ranging from buckles used by scouting organizations worldwide and bronc riding champions to those employed by the Highway Patrol and Secret Service. Collecting tips and values are included. This is an excellent reference for the dealer and collector, and an inspirational guide for clothing and jewelry designers and fashion historians.

This fascinating book takes soap carvers to an advanced level, showing methods of making multiple-bar soap carvings of selected North American mammals. Beautiful color photographs and the text move step-by-step through the carving of eight animals: a bear and cub, wolf, cougar, prairie dog, harp seal, killer whale, and otter. Art, natural history, and environmental issues are integrated into the instructions for a super learning experience.

The evolution of phonograph design in twentieth-century America is full of gleaming metal, glistening wood, pastel plastic, glowing dials and fashionable fabrics. Through 340 color illustrations and detailed captions that the authors have assembled, the development of phonograph design is engagingly explored from the early 1900s through the disco days of the 1970s. All who are interested in phonograph collecting, design, art, music and twentieth-century social history will be fascinated by this book.

The identification of English white ironstone plates is made far easier through this new book. Organized according to the shape names, the 327 color photographs and 252 drawings of plates, rims, potters marks and registry marks are easy to compare. Copper Lustre and Tea Leaf decorations are included. Because few written records from the manufacturers are available to help analyze these plates, made in large quantities for export primarily to the United States between about 1840 and 1890, this study will be an important reference for identification and comparisons. It is both comprehensive and easy to use, providing an important tool for collectors, dealers, curators, designers, auctioneers, and historians for analyzing Victorian cultural history.

Over 500 full color photographs provide a fascinating glimpse into the late Victorian era of lithographed paper toy making. Includes useful facts about history, manufacturing, and typical illustrations found on the toys, books, and games, plus a listing of the most prominent manufacturers of the time. Values, measurements, dates, and game pieces provided in the captions.