Over 120 designs — many more than 500 years old — include rosettes, borders, ornate squares, circles, and other symmetrical motifs. For use on wood-handled knives, large chests and boxes, other projec
Only significant account done of Yucatan in post-Conquest era. Describes geography and natural history of the peninsula, gives brief history of Mayan life, discusses Spanish conquest and its effects,
Mozart's last five piano concertos in full score, plus cadenzas for Nos. 23 and 27, and the Concerto Rondo in D Major, K. 382. Reprinted from authoritative Breitkopf & Hartel edition. Study score.
In this study of the hieroglyphs in 3 surviving Maya codices, the author has tabulated all character variants, worked out meanings, and has interrelated these meanings with Maya culture. Day, month, n
Rothstein's photographs provide a moving chronicle of rural and urban life, small-town America, and important labor and political events from 1936 to 1941
157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Man
The 2nd in performing sequence, and the most popular and frequently performed of the Ring operas, superbly reprinted here in the authoritative C. F. Peters edition published in Leipzig, ca. 1910.
104 stained glass projects using all the well-known themes of Art Nouveau: swirling forms, florals, peacocks, and sensuous women. Sourcebook for use or for inspiration. 104 projects on 60 plates.
Beginning with a history of ancient Egypt, the author then discusses daily life of the people, examines the Egyptian family and school, furniture, jewelry, food and drink, work and play, the Egyptian
Over 90 designs for immediately workable projects: abstract patterns in both straight-line and curve; men and women in characteristic garb from the 1920s; geometrically stylized birds, trees and anima
One of the largest pictorial surveys available contains rare illustrations of jewelry, metalwork, glass ceramics, textiles, architecture, furniture, and other objects. 579 photographs display jewelry
These haunting images of battlefields and ruined mansions reflect?one of the Civil War's most devastating military campaigns. Originally published in a now-rare collector's edition in 1866, this?compl
With 1 sheet of 4 x 8 plywood, home tools, and this book, you can build a 6-room, 36 x 13 x 26 dollhouse. No great skill needed. Over 40 diagrams and photographs.
This book provides 100 outstanding brushstroke and free-style alphabets in one easy-to-use volume. The emphasis is on free style while the fonts take on a diversity of form: upright, lightface, Japane
Based on a series of lectures given at Harvard in 1944 and first published in 1948, this book is a brilliant examination of the materials and concepts that are the basic building blocks of music: harm
The only book you'll need on the?fundamentals of?threads and weaves, plus numerous projects. Coverage includes shed and its variations, weaving a table mat or rug on a loom, making a two-harness table
Beautifully designed monograms — 350 in all — that can be composed with pairs of letters — to personalize table and bed linens, personal apparel, and more. With crowns; several large and small alpha
Godey's Lady's Book was probably the most influential women's magazine of its era, offering recipes, household tips, and hand-tinted fold-outs showing the latest fashions. Based on those vintage fashi
Create an authentic fashion parade of Victorian styles with four dolls and 28 gorgeous costumes, including walking suits, carriage dresses, evening and seasonal attire, a bridal gown, and accessories.
Over 110 patterns for projects from edging and trimming to handbags, baskets, pillowcases, aprons, and more. Includes complete directions, guide to materials, and 121 illustrations. "...lovely pattern
Budge gives the history of hieroglyphic writing, its evolution into hieratic and demotic scripts, and the fascinating tale of its decipherment by Young, Champollion, Akerblad, and others.
Covers determinants, linear spaces, systems of linear equations, linear functions of a vector argument, coordinate transformations, the canonical form of the matrix of a linear operator, bilinear and
Considered the first Romantic opera, this masterpiece of dramatic representation, orchestration, and melodious music influenced the entire progress of dramatic music. This edition reproduces the full
Beautiful selection of 100 19th-century American wood type fonts, many reproduced at actual size. Each font features a complete alphabet of capitals; many include lowercase letters, numerals, and punc
Second, thoroughly revised (1977) edition of probably the finest guide available for successfully raising small flocks of chickens: how to get started, equipment needed, controlling diseases and para
With its clear descriptions and accurate drawings, this easy-to-carry little volume will allow you to differentiate over 370 of the most common species: timothy, rye, foxtail, fescue, bluegrass, many
Thirty-sevenrenderings by Ed Sibbett, Jr., of Alphonse Mucha's spectacularly sensuous designs. Art Nouveau nymphs and goddesses, highly designed borders, stars, exotic ornaments. Printed in bro
This book captures the painstaking, step-by-step process of excavation, and the wonders of the treasure-filled inner chamber. 106 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the sc
This classic study probes the geometric interrelationships between art and life in discussions that range from Plato, Pythagoras, and Archimedes to modern architecture and art. Other topics include&n
Designed for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate study, this text contains an elementary introduction to continuous groups and differential invariants; an extensive treatment of groups of mo
This clear exposition begins with basic concepts and moves on to combination of events, dependent events and random variables, Bernoulli trials and the De Moivre-Laplace theorem, a detailed treatment
120 best tangrams — giraffe, skater, swordsman, fish, funny faces, more — and cardboard insert with 2 complete sets of tangram pieces to punch out and use. Solutions.
The swirling, organic forms of Art Nouveau have been adapted into 16 designs for this coloring book. Including women, flowers, birds, and animals, these designs are printed on translucent paper so th
Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. Kandinsky's provocative thoughts o
See Betty Grable, John Wayne, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, 106 great stars in 163 fascinating photographs. Innovations in pose, angle, and composition are still major influences on modern Hollywood
Oldest known cookbook in existence offers readers a clear picture of what foods Romans ate, how they prepared them. Actual recipes — from fig fed pork and salt fish balls in wine sauce to pumpk
Enjoy 25 favorite poems about swinging, shadows, the wind, and playing in bed. Nancy Tafuri's iIllustrations are as fanciful and appealing as the poems themselves.
This landmark work is a practical and historical guide to hand-weaving patterns and dye recipes. It revolutionized 19th-century practices by revealing closely held trade secrets to home weavers and dy
