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Women's purses are uniquely personal statements. Many antique beaded, textile, and leather purses have survived as treasured collectibles and new styles are fashion icons. This exquisite new book examines the passionate history, art, and design of antique, vintage, and contemporary...

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Immerse yourself in the flamboyant world of designer Kenneth Jay Lane, whose gorgeous costume jewelry has ornamented the world's most famous and powerful women for more than forty years. Over 670 sparkling color images present Lane's wide-ranging and innovative jewelry,...

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Explore designs for jewelry in natural and synthetic plastics throughout the 20th century. This fun and visually exciting book presents lavish and popular jewelry designs chronologically, covering many types of plastics — from Bakelite, celluloid, and Lucite to Plexiglas, natural...

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The story of the Chesapeake Bay is told through 466 vintage postcards and other ephemera. See the Bay our forefathers knew and recall, days before there were bridges. Travel by steamboat between Baltimore and Norfolk; go to bathing beaches in...

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The South Beach Art Deco District is all about light and color: splashes of neon at night in a dazzling array of hues; alluring turquoise ocean waters by day, under a sub-tropical sun; whimsical pastel boutique hotels, shops, and cafes...

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The classic diner is an icon of the American roadside. As cars were mass-produced, so were these aluminum gems, whose metal bodies and neon signs came to characterize modernity in the mid-twentieth century. From the 1920s to the 1950s, these...

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For those uninitiated into the 21st century world of concrete, this book will serve as a real eye-opener. For those in the concrete, landscaping, and interior design industries, this is a beautiful portfolio of the possible. More than 200 sumptuous...

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Study great gardens in Rome, Florence, Milan, Lake Como, and Verona, and visit the Vatican, royal palaces, and secluded cloisters at the turn of the century with one of Britain's most important architects. A treasure finds new life in this...

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San Francisco, the City by the Bay, rose from a small Spanish settlement to become one of the largest and most unique cities in the United States. Vintage postcards from the 1900s to the 1960s showcase the Golden Gate Bridge...

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Over 100 beautiful color photos and an engaging, detailed text direct an unusual and eye-opening art tour of Savannah, Georgia. Well known for its unique city plan of public squares and gorgeous historic homes, Savannah is also home to a...

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Over 700 images create a portal into the architectural style of Oaxaca, Mexico's most colonial city. Oaxaca's Spanish Colonial architecture dates back to the early sixteenth century, and these images explore an aesthetic that has hardly altered in all that...

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Since the early twentieth-century, Beverly Hills, California, has been known for its movie stars and mansions. Here, in over 300 color and black and white postcards, Beverly Hills' glamorous heyday comes to life. Follow this famous city's development into the...

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Follow the history of logging as it unfolds across the United States, from the virgin forests of the east, to the towering redwoods of the West Coast. Historic photography, much of it beautifully hand tinted, captures images of the early...

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A beautifully illustrated, well-researched presentation of the evolution of fountain pens, showing how political and social events influenced their designs, the trends in their evolution process, and competition, fights, and mergers among manufacturers. This guide shows more than 3000 fountain...

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Focusing on provincial furniture of the early 1800s to early 1900s (late Qing Dynasty), this stunning book provides a detailed look at assorted chairs, benches, tables, storage pieces, beds, and screens originally created and used in eight Chinese provinces. Over...

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Finally, a book that takes you beyond the beautiful Art Deco buildings of Miami's South Beach to the glamorous twenty-first century people who build them, work in them, love and live in them. These beautiful people come to South Florida...

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The details of dozens of historic Connecticut homes are explored in clearly detailed photography and illustrations.  This wonderful and exhaustively researched book is an invaluable tool for anyone researching, restoring, or duplicating homes built in the New England states from...

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Return to an earlier time, a more elegant age, when celery vases, stands, glasses, uprights, and jars graced nineteenth century Victorian and early twentieth century tables. Over 350 beautiful images display vintage cut, pattern, and art glass celeries. These images...

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This is the classic resource for authentic Mediterranean and Spanish architecture, compiled in 1929 by the pioneer architect of its revival style. Its 144 plates display many country and city dwellings, interiors as well as exteriors, and architectural, garden, and...

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Folk art traditions in Haiti today rise to the level of fine art in the beaded flags shown here. They demonstrate a joyful expression of living with the spirits, as the flagmakers express their individual artistic spark. Over 350 color...

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New Hampshire is a state rich with history; some of it haunted. Explore the ghosts and their haunts in towns such as Alton, Dover, Franconia, Litchfield, Nashua, Portsmouth, and West Chesterfield that will leave your senses tingling with adventure. Get...

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Take a nostalgic, scenic journey through the San Diego of days gone by. 226 vintage postcards show the city as it appeared decades, and even a century, ago. From crisp Marine formations at Fort Rosecrans to casual strolls through Balboa...

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Visit Portland, Oregon, the "Rose City," as it was in days gone by. Over 380 vintage hand-tinted and black and white postcards from the 1900s to the 1950s take readers on a nostalgic visual tour that includes City Hall, Council...

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Nestled in the shadow of Pikes Peak, amidst dazzling scenery of the Rocky Mountains and the Front Range, is the town of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Vintage black and white and hand-tinted postcards from the 1900s to the 1950s take readers...