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Gold: The true story of the discovery of gold in Australia and the
'Impostor ', 'greedy' and 'incompetent' - Edmund Hammond Hargraves was beloved by few and reviled by many more. Ask google Who discovered gold in Australia? and you'll promptly get 'Edward...
Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical
The miniaturist art of gem engraving is the least familiar of the major arts of ancient Greece, yet we know it to have been practiced by the greatest artists. This...
Bow Porcelain
Focuses on Bow Porcelain which is one of the best known and characteristically English porcelain ever produced in this country. Elizabeth Adams is the author of "Chelsea Porcelain" and the...
Snuff Bottles from China: The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
Snuff Bottles from China: The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection
The Island Standard
This book is the first comprehensive study of the monetary history of one of the major coin-producing states of the Hellenistic and Roman Aegean. It analyzes the Classical, Hellenistic, and...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...
The Story of the Diamond: Timeless. Elegant. Iconic.
A symbol of power, a promise of marriage and a girl's best friend, the diamond is unmatched by any other gemstone in the world. From ancient civilizations and the royal...
Paul Martin: My World Of Antiques: Collect, buy and sell everyday
Paul Martin, famous for his passion for beautiful furniture, has been the hugely successful TV presenter on BBC1's Flog It! for the past fifteen years. In this book he reveals...
The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...
The Six Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Wrestlemania
They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...
Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture
If you're one of the 200 million Americans who drink coffee every day, you may have marveled at the ubiquitous plastic coffee cup lid, with its clever combination of indentations,...
Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles
Newly revised and updated, 'Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles' records the titles worn throughout the British Army by units of the Regular, Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteer, Territorial and Cadet forces. Details of...
Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles
Newly revised and updated, 'Collecting Metal Shoulder Titles' records the titles worn throughout the British Army by units of the Regular, Militia, Yeomanry, Volunteer, Territorial and Cadet forces. Details of...
Fans in Spain
This book examines the long history of fans in Spain and their place within the country's decorative arts. The work is presented in seven chapters which place the fan in...
Ford Model T Coast to Coast: A Slow Drive across a Fast Country
Author: Tom CotterFormat: Hardback, 198mm x 254mm, 224 pagesPublished: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc, United States, 2018The book is as much a contemplation of early-20th century American life as it...
Man with a Van: My Story
Author: Drew PritchardFormat: Hardback, 144mm x 222mm, 422g, 288 pagesPublished: Ebury Publishing, United Kingdom, 2021Quest TV's addictive No 1 show Salvage Hunters has turned straight-talking antiques-dealer Drew Pritchard into a...
QSL? (Do You Confirm Receipt of My Transmission?): A Visual Language of Two-way Radio Communication
Author: Marc DaCostaFormat: Hardback, 203mm x 279mm, 1540g, 276 pagesPublished: Standards Manual, United States, 2022Communications between amateur radio (AKA ham radio) operators and citizen band stations have been crowding the...