Collector Books.Collector Books Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009 www.collectorbooks.com John W. Obbard's Early American Furniture Early American furniture Furniture made in the second half of the 17th century by American colonists. The earliest pieces were massive and based on English Jacobean styles. : A Guide to Who, When, and Where (1574324896 $19.95) is as much a history of the genre as a collector's reference--so don't expect glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. color photos here. Instead, chapters pack in production history, notes on furniture makers and eras, and descriptions of key pieces with an eye to surveying the entire industry rather than the pieces of a particular company, making Early American Furniture a top pick for any serious about studying early American pieces. A specialty item indeed is Lar Hothem's ORNAMENTAL INDIAN ARTIFACTS: IDENTIFICATON AND VALUE GUIDE (1574325191, $34.95)--and it will prove invaluable to any avid collector of ornamental Indian works. Color photos of stones, beads, slate, copper and other works pack a reference organized by material, making it easy for artifact collectors to quickly reference a piece. The second updated edition of Anna Mary Feldmeyer and Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Holtzman's UHL UHL United Hockey League UHL University Hygienic Lab (Iowa's Public Health and Environmental Lab) UHL University of Hawaii Library (Honolulu, HI) UHL User Header Label POTTERY IDENTIFICATION & VALUE GUIDE (1574325280, $16.95) packs in color photos and history for general production pieces, hand-turned pieces, gardenware and more, pairing these explorations with color photos and packaging all in a book lending to a take-along tote. Ditto for the fifteenth edition of Gene & Cathy Florence's POCKET GUIDE TO DEPRESSION GLASS & MORE: 1920S-60S (1574325124, $12.95), which offers header pages of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color photos accompanied by values and photo legends. Both are especially strong 'take along' picks when you're going to the flea market See computer flea market. flea market yard sale of used items at low prices. [Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Inexpensiveness or estate sales. |
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