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Aluminum: Its History, Occurrence, Properties, Metallurgy And Application, Including Its Alloys - Paperback

$53.26

by Joseph William Richards (Author)This text contains a detailed treatise on Aluminium, and includes a wealth of information on aspects such as its history, occurrence, properties, metallurgy and applications, its alloys, and much more besides. Although an antique text, much of the information contained herein is still very much relevant and, as such, this text will be of significant value to those with an interest in aluminum and its various properties and uses. The chapters of this book inc...

Hardening, Tempering, Annealing and Forging of Steel; A Treatise on the Practical Treatment and Working of High and Low Grade Steel - Paperback

$44.62

by Joseph Vincent Woodworth (Author)This book contains a classic guide to metalworking, concentrating on the various processes and techniques involved in forging, hardening, tempering, and hardening steel. Written in clear, simple language and containing many helpful diagrams, this timeless volume is perfect for those with a practical interest in metal work and allied subjects, and it is not to be missed by collectors. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It ...

Home Tanning and Leather Making Guide - A Book of Information for Those Who Wish to Tan and Make Leather from Cattle, Horse, Calf, Sheep, Goat, Deer a - Paperback

$48.94

by Albert C. Farnham (Author)Leather in some form has been in use from mankind's earliest days to the present, and although there are many ingenious and valuable imitations and substitutes, the saying "There's nothing like leather" is as true as ever. This book contains a detailed treatise on tanning and leathermaking, written for those who wish to tan and make leather from cattle, horse, calf, sheep, goat, deer, and other hides and skins. A must-have for those with an interest in leatherwork...

The Art Of Saw-Filing - Scientifically Treated And Explained On Philosophical Principles - Paperback

$35.98

by H. W. Holly (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 56 Dimensions: 0.13 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: June 27, 2008

How to Create Tree Sculpture: Tep by Step Instructions Fully Illustrated - Paperback

$11.52

by Sal Villano (Author)This book offers complete step by step fully illustrated instructions, clearly showing how you can create three very different types of wire tree sculptures. All material and tools needed to create these tree sculptures are readily available through easy to locate sources, such as craft stores, hobby shops, hardware stores and florists. This book is the calumniation of years of creating wire trees, and other natural forms, using only different types and grades of wire. ...

Beautiful Babies: The ART of Reborn Doll Making - Paperback

$70.49

by Michele Barrow-Bélisle (Author)Just what is a "Reborn Baby" you ask? Reborn Doll making is the fascinating new art of taking a vinyl baby doll, and enhancing it using repainting techniques, to create the look and feel of a real live baby. The results are simply breathtaking and the dolls are very often mistaken for actual infants. We share our secrets for creating Beutiful Babies in this step-by-step manuals, so you too can learn the Art of Reborn Doll Making. Number of Pages: 96 Dimension...

Senior Activities Planning Guide - Paperback

$41.24

by Richard N. Diggs (Author) Number of Pages: 324 Dimensions: 0.66 x 10.98 x 8.22 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: August 29, 2003

Ireland's Belleek: A Collector's Reference Guide - Paperback

$37.96

by Manning A. Mann (Author), Horace Manning Mann (Author)The Horace Manning Mann famous collection of rare and unique Irish Belleek is known throughout the world and is depicted as one of the most prestigious collections ever assembled. Number of Pages: 204 Dimensions: 0.43 x 11 x 8.25 IN Publication Date: January 26, 2005

Sweater Quest: My Year of Knitting Dangerously - Paperback

$17.99

by Adrienne Martini (Author)"I knit so I don't kill people" --bumper sticker spotted at Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival For Adrienne Martini, and countless others, knitting is the linchpin of sanity. As a working mother of two, Martini wanted a challenge that would make her feel in charge. So she decided to make the Holy Grail of sweaters--her own Mary Tudor, whose mind-numbingly gorgeous pattern is so complicated to knit that its mere mention can hush a roomful of experienced knitters. Cre...

$20.66

by Gladys Scanlon (Author)Grown-ups Coloring Book is a coloring book designed with the senior in mind bringing wonderful visions of the past to the coloring artists. Gladys "Pama" Scanlon (age 91) has had a love of drawing since growing up on a farm in Nebraska. Drawing with a stick in the dirt was her first canvas. Her love for art was born. Grown-ups Coloring Book is her memories of her past. Drawing has always been her passion and this book her dream. The dream has kept her sharp and healt...

Cherokee Style Double Walled Basket - Paperback

$12.47

by Gerald L. Findley (Author)A book of instruction for weaving a Cherokee Style Double walled Basket. Number of Pages: 42 Dimensions: 0.09 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: August 28, 2006

A Beginner's Handbook to Traditional Native American Beadwork - Paperback

$15.23

by James Byrne (Author), Teresa A. Byrne (Illustrator)This book is designed to help the beginning or novice beadworker explore the art of traditional Native American beadwork and guide them through their initial projects. While many beadwork craft books stress more contemporary beading applications, this volume emphasizes the techniques and materials necessary to emulate the traditional art of native artisans. The basic techniques of sewn beadwork are described in detail and are accompanied b...

$11.50

by Nessmuk (Author), George Washington Sears (Author)Written in 1884 under the pen name "Nessmuk", "Woodcraft and Camping" is the classic and timeless guide on roughing it by expert woodsman George Washington Sears. Born the eldest of ten children in Massachusetts in 1821, Sears took the pen name "Nessmuk" from a Native American who befriended him as a child. This connection and an early exposure to books on Native American culture left Sears with a life-long love and appreciation for surviva...

Twilight Garden Coloring Book: Published in Sweden as Blomstermandala - Hardcover

$17.99

by Maria Trolle (Artist)Maria Trolle's Twilight Garden coloring book collection sets itself apart from the competition with its romantic sophistication. Striking black endpapers and white-on-black printed imagery dispersed throughout lend this hardbound edition a luxurious feel. Artists will fall head over heels for Twilight Garden Coloring Book's 96 pages brimming with lush gardens, flowers, vegetables, and fantastic creatures common to a Scandinavian landscape. Deer, hedgehogs, kittens, spa...

Peonies: Beautiful Varieties for Home & Garden - Hardcover

$24.99

by Jane Eastoe (Author), Georgianna Lane (Photographer)A floral gardening guide to the ultra popular peony.From Shawnee Chief to Top Brass, this guide to over 60 varieties of peonies presents an eclectic selection of specimens--from those with the best visual appearance and the most fragrant perfume, to those that are easiest to grow and produce the best cutting flowers. With commentary on each bloom, easy-to-follow growing advice, and glorious photography, Peonies will appeal to anyone who a...

Gem Tree Sculptures: A Guide to Creating Your Own Gem Tree - Paperback

$27.52

by Dana A. James (Author)Gemstone Wire Tree Sculptures is a guide to help create and design gem trees as another form of the lapidary arts. Gem, mineral and bead enthusiasts as well as those who love craft projects, now have the opportunity to learn this lost art form and how it is used as a creative outlet. All instructions are designed with the beginner in mind and include photos and diagrams to help navigate through the steps. This is a great hobby for creating inexpensive gifts for family...

How to Purchase Archaic Jade on the Internet - Paperback

$101.75

by Stephen Payne (Author)Learn how to purchase archaic jade. Build a valuable art collection. Chinese jade from 100 to 5,000 years old. Learn secrets that only experts know. Number of Pages: 340 Dimensions: 0.8 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: May 26, 2009

Tulips: Beautiful Varieties for Home and Garden - Hardcover

$24.99

by Jane Eastoe (Author), Rachel Warne (Photographer)From the tulip fields of Netherlands to your garden flower patch, tulips are loved the world over.Jane Eastoe's passion for gardening and Rachel Werne's spectacular photography combine to showcase these gorgeous bulbs and show that anyone can grow and enjoy tulips at home. Tulips have more than 3,000 variations and their diverse textures mean that they can work anywhere, from vases to garden plots, from romantic bouquets to wedding boutonnie...

Shades of Glass: Gaffer Bournique's Journey to Indiana - Paperback

$68.78

by Ken Humphrey (Author)This visually attractive presentation includes over 100 historical photos and documents. It follows the forty year career of a highly skilled American glassworker, Adolphe Bournique. From 1874 until his death in 1913 he, like the glass industry, moved from the New England states, across the Midwest until he founded his own firm in Kokomo, Indiana. The firm's primary product was art glass in sheet form which was used for church windows and the popular Tiffany style lamp...

Quilt Stories from Stadel Mountain - Paperback

$66.02

by Gloria Driscoll (Author), Carol Gendle (Author), Gloria Driscoll and Carol Gendle (Author)Mom is gone, the last of the four generations of Stadels who lived on Stadel Mountain. The 1870's farmhouse lies quiet, but for an old dust covered trunk. Memories of life on the farm draw us to the trunk. The eager hands of the fifth generation gently open the lid to reveal twenty- four family quilts. Vibrant splashes of colorful fabrics stitched together in quilted patterns spill from the trunk. Qu...

Cage Birds and Their Songs: A Cultural Perspective - Paperback

$70.36

by Stephen Plass (Author)It may be instinctive to think of a canary when the topic of songbirds in cages comes up. However, in the songbird world there are many other small birds or finches with singing abilities that rival or surpass a canary. Few birds can match the whistling ability of a Lesser Seed Finch or Large-billed Seed Finch but these birds are not well known around the world. This book discusses the hobby of keeping songsters in cages and aviaries, and puts the spotlight on some So...

Exuberant Animal: The Power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement - Paperback

$30.60

by Frank Forencich (Author)Move to live, live to move Health and fitness is a bushy, multi-disciplinary practice that includes body, mind, spirit and the creative imagination. Exuberant Animal explores the totality of human health and promotes a truly integrated approach that spans culture, biology, psychology and animal behavior. You'll discover powerful new ideas for movement and living that will stimulate your vitality, creativity and enthusiasm. "Frank is a superb writer. His voice is cl...

The Jeweler's Assistant in the Art of Working in Gold (Reprint of the 1892 Handbook) - Hardcover

$71.91

by George E. Gee (Author)Complete unabridged reprint of the rare 1892 book. Chapters include ...(1) The Chemical and Physical Properties of Gold ...(2) The Precipitation of Gold in Waste Solution ...(3) The Different Colors of Gold ...(4) The Mixing and Melting of Gold ...(5) The Dry Coloring of Gold ...(6) The Wet Coloring of Gold ...(7) Melting and Casting of Gold ...(8) Electro-Gilding ...(9) Some Other Modes of Gilding ...(10) Practical Manipulations ...(11) Mixing Alloys of Gold ...(12) ...

A Handbook of Laboratory Glassblowing (Concise Edition) - Paperback

$62.91

by Bernard D. Bolas (Author)This reprint of the rare original concise edition by Bolas contains some additions. Number of Pages: 116 Dimensions: 0.28 x 8 x 5 IN Publication Date: April 01, 2007

How To Draw Funny Pictures: A Complete Course In Cartooning - Paperback

$35.93

by E. C. Matthews (Author), Zim (Illustrator)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 164 Dimensions...

How To Celebrate Shavuot At Home - Paperback

$27.29

by Abraham J. Karp (Editor)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 48 Dimensions: 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN P...

Treasure Chest Of Marionette Hobby-Craft V1: Showing How You Can Make-Mould-Cast-Paint Puppet And Marionette Heads - Paperback

$27.29

by Helen Fling (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.12 x 9 x 6 IN Publi...

$18.95

by Timothy Lemke (Author)The New Gypsy Caravan book on how to build a travel trailer that is based on the design of a Gypsy Caravan. The book includes measured drawings, photographs and assembly instructions on how to build a caravan mountable to a conventional utility trailer and is capable of being towed by a small car. The background and history of the Gypsy caravan are also included. Number of Pages: 106 Dimensions: 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: June 20, 2008

Vintage Scratch & Sniff Sticker Collector's Guide - Paperback

$32.40

by Pulp! Publishing (Author)In the late 1970s, scratch and sniff stickers were used by teachers to reward their students for a job well done. By the early '80s, thousands of different styles had been produced. These stickers became so popular that children of all ages made collecting and trading them their favorite hobby. With '80s nostalgia becoming more and more popular today, many people are rediscovering these stickers and collecting them again. This guide is the ultimate resource for vin...

How To Remember Names And Faces - Paperback

$28.73

by Howard Smith (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 76 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Publ...

Signs of God Religious Stained Glass Patterns: 35 Designs - 22 Pieces or Less! - Paperback

$20.09

by James A. Williams (Author)This unique book was created for stained glass artists who desire simple and beautiful patterns incorporating many of the familiar symbols of Christianity. Included in this book are 35 original designs featuring such notable scenes as Noah's Ark, Moses parting the Sea, the Burning Bush, Jesus carrying the Cross, and Jesus' Tomb. Also included are designs showcasing such symbols as the Cross, the Dove, and the Bible. With these patterns, even a beginning level arti...

Bear Basics & Beyond: An Inspirational Guide. the Teddy Bear Making Basics, Through to Creating and Promoting Your Own Unique Collection. - Paperback

$57.55

by Helen Gleeson (Author)Bears Basics and Beyond is the book veteran bear artist Helen Gleeson always wanted to buy, but could never find. So she wrote it herself. Now you have a complete and inspirational guide to making beautiful bears which covers everything from the initial concept to the final marketing and promotion of your own special bear collection. Helen guides you through your choice and collection of supplies and shows you the difference between real fur, synthetic fur, alpaca, su...