Antiques & Collectibles
epub |eng | | Author:Kevin Kious

Colorful reverse-on-glass signs, like this from Fell Brewing, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, were issued by many small breweries during the 1930s. Space-saving bottles called “stubbies” and “steinies” also were new to ...
( Category: Beverages & Wine February 1,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Colin M. Roach

Bows and spears formed the samurai’s first lines of offense, with the sword usually being reserved for when the supply of the former had been exhausted. The Sword of Esoteric ...
( Category: Military February 1,2018 )
epub |eng | 2014-01-01 | Author:Mike Robuck

Pattern: English Jack Company: Damascus Steel Products, DASCO Closed length: 4½" Handle material: Jigged bone Value range:$175–$200 Pattern: Curved jack Company: Early Keen Kutter, E.C. Simmons Hardware Closed length: 3½" ...
( Category: Hunting & Fishing February 1,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-02-01 | Author:Murray Carter [Carter, Murray]

Making tinder is an easy job with the Matagi knife. Machetes, 16- to 20-Inch Blades Machetes, which are also known as cutlasses in some parts of the world, are typically ...
( Category: Crafts & Hobbies February 1,2018 )
epub |eng | 2013-09-13 | Author:George A. Walker

The point of a proof paper is to give you some idea of what your image will look like when it’s printed on your good paper. Don’t spend a lot ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles February 1,2018 )
epub |eng | 2011-03-24 | Author:Mark Moran

Bowl with monkeys around the rim, the interior with a crackle glaze, the monkeys’ garb in colors, Japanese, circa 1910, 7 3/4 in. diameter. $700-$950 Left: Candlestick in the form ...
( Category: Encyclopedias & Subject Guides January 31,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Yoshindo Yoshihara & Hiroko Kapp & Yoshindo Yoshihara

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) photos of red pine charcoal (left) and oak charcoal (right) in cross-section. Different techniques are used for tatara charcoal production in different places. However, the primary ...
( Category: Asia January 31,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Turnbull, Stephen;

The swordsman fugitive Kunisada Chuji, who was crucified in 1850, was one of the most notorious criminal swordsmen of the later Edo Period. Here he examines the head of one ...
( Category: Military January 31,2018 )
epub |eng | 2016-01-29 | Author:Mark Smith

WEAK SIGNALS Sooner or later you are going to encounter a signal that you question. It doesn’t quite sound like the rest, and you may not even be able to ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 29,2018 )
epub |eng | | Author:Mark W Wiles

The two most common types of balance in modern and antique watches are the bi-metallic balance, and the plain/annular balance. Bi-metallic Balance Fig. 159: Bi-metallic balances. Image 1: (A) Brass ...
( Category: Encyclopedias & Subject Guides January 28,2018 )
azw3 |eng | 2014-08-13 | Author:Sunflowerman

( Category: Painting January 28,2018 )
epub |eng | 2010-01-28 | Author:Reyne Haines

Mido Mido was founded in 1918 in the town of Biel, Switzerland, by George G. Schaeren. Mido was responsible for many firsts, such as the first automatic watch, the first ...
( Category: Encyclopedias & Subject Guides January 28,2018 )
epub |eng | 2015-02-23 | Author:Cooper, Bryan

Mark IV tanks in action during the Flanders campaign. The one on the left has been hit by enemy artillery and is on fire. Mark IVs under construction at the ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 24,2018 )
epub, pdf |eng | | Author:Patricia J. Graham

Plate 2-64 Kosode (small sleeve robe) with scenes of famous places of Kyoto, second half 18th century. Blue silk ground with paste-resist dyeing, silk and metallic thread embroidery, 157.5 x ...
( Category: Antiques & Collectibles January 23,2018 )
epub |eng | 2017-02-21 | Author:The Rotenberg Collection

Fifty-Two Art Studies deck, ca. 1950 Fifty-Two Art Studies deck, ca. 1950 wolf deck, ca. 1950 wolf deck, ca. 1950 Artists’ Models deck, ca. 1954 wolf deck, ca. 1950 wolf ...
( Category: History & Criticism January 23,2018 )