309 books (16 pages) in this category
Harajuku Paper Dolls: Japanese Street Fashions
by GREG PAPROCKI
The Japanese fashion trend known as harajuku draws its inspiration from Victorian gothic, glam, and manga styles, focusing on bright colours and cartoon-like accessories. This collection features four paper dolls and a vibrant wardrobe of ...
ISBN: 9780486797410
Binding: Paperback
by HILDA AMPHLETT
""One must always wear a hat when lunching with people whom one does not know well,"" observed Coco Chanel, ""because one appears to one's best advantage."" The couturier's regard for the power of hats to confer dignity and attractiveness upon ...
ISBN: 9780486427461
Binding: Paperback
Hillary Clinton Paper Doll Collectible Campaign Edition
by TIM FOLEY
""Dress them up! Mix and match! Cleverly play off the candidates' bios."" - USA TodayRegardless of your politics, this collectible Hillary Clinton paper doll deserves your support! The former Secretary of State - as well as New York Senator and ...
ISBN: 9780486811468
Binding: Paperback
Historic American Costumes and How to Make Them
by MARY EVANS
This easy-to-use handbook presents step-by-step instructions and patterns for a tremendous variety of clothes and accessories from colonial times through the Civil War. More than eighty illustrations depict Puritan, Dutch, Quaker, and Native ...
ISBN: 9780486475967
Binding: Paperback
Historic English Costumes and How to Make Them
by TALBOT HUGHES
Based on the most up-to-date information available, this awe-inspiring collection features all the popular dinosaurs - plus recent discoveries! Thirty highly detailed drawings spotlight the Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor, ...
ISBN: 9780486469850
Binding: Paperback
by CARL KOHLER
Egypt, Babylon, Greece up through 19th-century Europe; based on surviving pieces, art work, much more. Includes many clear, measured patterns for reproducing historic costumes. Full text. 595 illustrations. ""Landmark in the field of Western ...
ISBN: 9780486210308
Binding: Paperback
History of Jewellery, 1100-1870
by JOAN EVANS
The history of jewelry has closely paralleled the history of mankind. Used as amulets to protect against harm and worn for ceremonial occasions, jewels also signaled wealth, power, and position. This engrossing scholarly study by a noted English
ISBN: 9780486261225
Binding: Paperback
History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming
by CATHERINE PERRY HARGRAVE
Most likely invented in the Far East, playing cards arrived in Europe at roughly the same time as paper money and gunpowder, and by the early eleventh century were in widespread use in France. This classic history, never superseded, not only ...
ISBN: 9780486412368
Binding: Paperback
History of the American Automobile Coloring Book
by A. G. SMITH
Forty-four meticulously rendered, royalty-free line drawings of classic autos, including historic Roper steam carriage (1865), Ford Model A. Runabout (1903), Ford Model T touring car (1909), Studebaker Starlight Coupe (1951), Chevrolet Bel Air ...
ISBN: 9780486263151
Binding: Paperback
by C. WILLETT CUNNINGTON
"". . . thoroughness and most impressive scholarship . . . much entertaining detail and . . . pleasant humour."" - The Times Literary Supplement (London)Underwear - practical garments with a utilitarian function or body coverings that serve an ...
ISBN: 9780486271248
Binding: Paperback
Maker-Inspired Projects For Building Your Own Robots
by Quarto UK
Learn to make your own robots with this approachable, illustrated guide for beginners to intermediate robotics enthusiasts. ...
ISBN: 9781781317006
Binding: Paperback
by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
High-quality reproduction of James Montgomery Flagg's classic World War I poster, in which Uncle Sam exhorts Americans to report to the nearest Army recruitment center. Printed on heavy stock and laminated; suitable for framing. ...
ISBN: 9780486592190
Binding: Poster
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume
by DOREEN YARWOOD
From the headgear of the ancient Greeks and Etruscans to Elizabethan farthingales and modern footwear, this authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. It covers every world culture with 650-plus entries ...
ISBN: 9780486433806
Binding: Paperback
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Railway Locomotives
by P. RANSOME-WALLIS
In this volume, noted Columbia University Professor of Architecture Cyril M. Harris offers a unique tour through the entire history of architecture: an extraordinary compendium of clear, concise definitions for over 5,000 important terms. This ...
ISBN: 9780486412474
Binding: Paperback
Illustrated Handbook of Western European Costume
by IRIS BROOKE
This valuable survey uses theatrical costumes as contemporary clues to the wearing apparel that was in vogue in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, and Flanders from 1260 to 1840. Enhanced with the author's charming, accurately rendered ...
ISBN: 9780486427478
Binding: Paperback
Illustrated Jewelry Catalog, 1892
by NEW ENGLAND JEWELER
This hard-to-find catalog of jewelry from the Gilded Age offers a rare and generous look at late-nineteenth-century taste in diamonds, watches, and all manner of rings, lockets, charms, scarf and stick pins, earrings, bracelets, and scores of ...
ISBN: 9780486402963
Binding: Paperback
Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
by John Sutherland
A brand-new, revised edition of John Sutherland's bestselling literary puzzle classic ...
ISBN: 9781785782992
Binding: Paperback
Italian Girl and Boy Paper Dolls
by KATHY ALLERT
2 dolls, 32 costumes from Calabria, Lombardy, Sardinia, Piedmont, Trentino-Alto Adige, Emilia-Romagna, Valle d'Aosta, more. Map. 8 plates. ...
ISBN: 9780486274614
Binding: Paperback
by MING-JU SUN
Embodying an intricate blend of pattern and colour, texture and composition, the Japanese kimono is a stunning garment with origins dating back to the Nara period (645-794). Its history is rich in tradition, culture, and art.Drawing her ...
ISBN: 9780486250946
Binding: Paperback