The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve

 

Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (Standard Catalog of Smith and Wesson)

Smith & Wesson outfitted some of the biggest and boldest gunfighters both actual and fictional including Wild Bill Hickock Buffalo Bill and Dirty Harry whose exploits are still legendary. Today a renewed Smith & Wesson corporation is back in the front of the pack. Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson 3rd Edition combines full color photos with details collectors need to identify and better appreciate all Smith & Wesson firearms.For fans of Smith & Wesson firearms this book is a must-have. This work provides easy-to-locate listings organized by model ad year of manufacture to quickly and accurately identify firearms. With more than 775 models of Smith & Wesson guns and variations including many models not found in other firearm-pricing guides this is the book for any Smith & Wesson gun-toting fan.

 

Burleigh: The Story of a Pottery

Burleigh the Story of a Pottery narrates the history of Staffordshire earthenware manufacturers Burgess Dorling & Leigh Ltd recounting the efforts made by the family firm to develop and sustain a successful business through the variable trading conditions of Britain's ceramics industry.The company's roots stretch back to 1862 when as Burgess & Leigh they took over a small pottery manufactory established in 1851 in Burslem 'mother town' of the Potteries. The company's earliest products were chiefly domestic table- and toilet wares decorated with popular underglaze blue transfer printed patterns such as Asiatic Pheasant. A successful export trade led to the building in 1888 of the Middleport Pottery described as 'the model pottery of Staffordshire'. In 1903 under the dynamic leadership of Edmund Leigh the company launched the global brand name by which the company's products are still known today Burleigh Ware.Unhappily the recessions affecting Staffordshire's ceramic industry during the 1990s led to the five-generation family firm of Burgess & Leigh going into receivership and for a time the future of the Middleport Pottery was under threat. Fortunately William and Rosemary Dorling owners of The China Box Company were able to rescue the business. Now operating as Burgess Dorling & Leigh Ltd the company enters a new and exciting phase of its life in the twenty-first century. It is committed to restoring and preserving not only the Grade II listed Victorian Middleport Pottery but also the traditional skills of English pottery manufacture which earned Burgess & Leigh its worldwide reputation.

 

Collecting Foreign-Made Toy Soldiers: Identification and Value Guide: An Identification and Value Guide

This one-of-a-kind guide provides information on more than 50 manufacturers from 13 countries and nearly 8000 individual prices. Alphabetical organization makes an attack lighting fast. Perfect companion to Collecting American-Made Toy Soldiers.

 

The Collector's Encyclopedia of Disneyana

Shows and describes toys figurines games and other objects featuring Walt Disney characters

 

Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J.Paul Getty Museum

Since the Middle Ages Europeans mounted oriental porcelain in settings of precious or semiprecious metal as a tribute to the value of the pieces. And beginning in the 18th century it became increasingly fashionable in Parisian society to decorate the interiors of houses with Far Eastern materials such as lacquer and mounted porcelain. This revised catalog features thirty-two examples from the Getty's collection of lacquer and porcelain mounted in settings of silver gold and gilt bronze ranging in date from 1665 to 1785.

 

Balmuth M: Hacksilber to Coinage: New Insights into the Monetary History of the Near East and Greece (Numismatic Studies)

Ancient Near Eastern hoards of randomly shaped silver pieces generically called Hacksilber have come increasingly to be interpreted as hoards of pre-coinage currency. These papers present new insights into the circulation and use of these hoards drawing on new scientific and documentary analyses. The authors explore the important question of how roughly hacked material gradually evolved into pre-weighed and stamped coinage; the foundation of all modern monetary systems. Contents: The silver hoard from Tel Dor ( Ephraim Stern ); The Tel Mique-Ekron silver hoards: The Assyrian and Phoenician connections ( Seymour Gitin and Amir Golani ); The Silver Trail: response to the papers of Ephraim Stern and Seymour Gitlin ( William G Dever ); The impact on the natural sciences of Hacksilber and early silver coinage ( Zofia A Stos-Gale ); The conceptual prehistory of money and its impact on the Greek economy ( David M Schaps ); Observations on monetary instruments in pre-coinage Greece ( John H Kroll ); Analyzing and interpreting the metallurgy of early electrum coins ( Paul T Keyser and David D Clark ); Remarks on the value and standards of early electrum coins ( Robert Wallace ).

 

Coyote Columbus Story

A trickster named Coyote rules her world until a funny-looking stranger named Columbus changes her plans. Unimpressed by the wealth of moose turtles and beavers in Coyotes land hed rather figure out how to hunt human beings to sell back in Spain. Thomas King uses a bag of literary tricks to shatter the stereotypes surrounding Columbuss voyages. In doing so he invites children to laugh with him at the crazy antics of Coyote who unwittingly allows Columbus to engineer the downfall of his human friends. William Kent Monkman's vibrant illustrations perfectly complement this amusing story with a message.

 

The Four Winds Guide to Indian Artifacts (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)

Authentic American Indian-made clothing containers weapons horse gear musical instruments basketry pottery textiles and jewelry is presented visually through 892 color photographs and in a detailed text which identifies the origins materials uses and value on today's market. In addition to the description of all items depicted a separate bead glossary provides information on beadwork styles bead colors and bead sizes. This is a most valuable reference to a complex and popular field of international collecting importance.

 

Mustang Restoration Handbook: Restore 1965-1970 Mustang Notchbacks Fastbacks & Convertibles

Ground up or section by section this guide will show you how to restore your 1965-70 Mustang to like-new condition. Packed with dozens of identification charts and more than 450 photos and drawings. the guide covers year-by-year equipment changes and disassembly and assembly. A Mustang suppliers list is a bonus.