Explains, illustrates criteria and techniques used by the Shakers to design, construct and finish the furniture and crafts for which they are admired. Over 250 photographs and measured drawings for ov
This engrossing tale relates Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly journeys through Christmases past, present, and future and his ultimate transformation from a harsh and grasping old miser to a charitable and c
With over 200 detailed illustrations and descriptions, these two catalogs are essential reading and reference materials and identification guides for Stickley furniture. Among the items depicted and d
Well-known needlework authority presents patterns, diagrams, photographs, and instructions for making a handsewn doll and 11 costumes. Dresses, suit, pinafore, skirt and blouse, robe and nightgown, c
Masterful retelling of Irish and Welsh stories and tales, including Cuchulain, King Arthur, Deirdre, the Grail, and many more. First paperback edition. 58 full-page illustrations and 18 figures.
Masterpieces of drawing from the great schools and traditions of Italy and northern Europe, spanning four centuries from Filippino Lippi, Andrea del Sarto, and Titian to Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and Ingr
Classic exposition of modern theories of differentiation and integration and the principal problems and methods of handling integral equations and linear functionals and transformations. Topics includ
Sears, Roebuck and Company's 1910 catalog of home building materials, fixtures, and accessories — from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain bathtubs. Vintage ad copy, specifications,
Directions and diagrams for making various types of puppets, dressing and handling them, setting up a stage, and writing and producing one's own show. Includes three puppet plays.
This incisive text, directed to advanced undergraduate and graduate students in mathematics, physics and engineering, deftly combines both theory and practical example to introduce and explore Fourie
Forty-five delightful images of children and animals illustrate the concepts of up and down, sweet and sour, work and play, and other opposites. In addition to offering hours of coloring fun, these co
Exhaustive, standard survey of baskets and their makers, from Alaska to South America. Describes uses — in defense and war, dress and adornment, fine art, preparing and serving food, gleaning and mill
Basic text for graduate and advanced undergraduate deals with search for roots of algebraic equations encountered in vibration and flutter problems and in those of static and dynamic stability. Other
Historic photos and illustrations capture the world's most famous ocean liner. Views of ship in dry dock and on trial runs, its captain and chief officers, the gigantic engine and rudder, staterooms,
8 dolls and 28 costumes: authentically rendered suits, busks, jerkins, capes, shifts, petticoats, corsets, linen shirts, breeches, and more—for work and travel, for leisure wear and special occasions.
Copyright-free collection of elegant borders and ornamental frames. Choose from 315 shapes and sizes ? circles, squares, oblongs and more ? on repro-quality paper for immediate use. 315 black-and-whit
Complete and comprehensive, this text for advanced undergraduates in physics and engineering features exceptional clarity and minimum of mathematic notation. The expert and up-to-date treatment covers
Clearly written treament elucidates fundamental concepts and demonstrates their plausibility and usefulness. Language is informal, examples are vivid and lively, and the perspectivie is fresh. Based
Accessible, illustrated introduction covers wave patterns and coherence, summarizes the development of lasers and the phenomenon of wave diffraction, and describes zone plates and properties of hologr
Cats were Steinlen's perpetual study and signature. He put them in his famous belle epoque posters, lithographs, and magazine illustrations, and sketched them endlessly. These 66 drawings and 8 pictur
This introductory guide to the romance of spices and herbs offers historical, geographical, literary, and culinary details. More than 85 familiar and exotic plants are illustrated and examined for leg
Covers encoding and binary digits, entropy, language and meaning, efficient encoding and the noisy channel, and explores ways in which information theory relates to physics, cybernetics, psychology,
1,489 decorative ornaments for artists and craftspeople: headpieces, tailpieces, dingbats, lunettes, calligraphic and heraldic devices, and more, in Renaissance, Baroque, Victorian, Art Nouveau, and m
You can make attractive decorative candles yourself, and this book shows you how. Make block, layer, and mottled candles; hurricane, abstract and glow-through candles; sand, taper, and applique candle
Pictures more than thirteen hundred pictorial symbols representing nearly every facet of human experience, and arranges public symbols according to service and facility and by local and national syste
Artists, crafters, and designers will rejoice in 100 unusual and authentic Victorian type fonts. Plain and decorative alphabets include Calliope, Buffalo Bill, Shaded Barnum, Fargo, Jackpot, and Burle
Rings of office and power, notorious poison-bearing rings, wedding and graduation rings, and many other types are covered in this excellent study tracing the origins, uses, and history of this timeles
This practical course covers line engraving, drypoint, and the tonal variations of mezzotint and stipple; etching and the tonal variations of soft ground, aquatint, and sugar aquatint; relief prints a
This book gives the original recipes for potpourris and pomanders, perfumes and sweet waters, and culinary recipes like conserves — both petals and hips — sauce eglantine, rossoly, rose jelly, rose hi
Beloved for its original and innovative harmonics and timbre, the "Trout" quintet appears here in the company of the Quartet in F Major and three trios for pianoforte, violin, and violoncello. Authori
The whys and hows of the various aspects of landscape painting: angles and consequent values, aerial and linear perspective, painting of trees, emotional properties of line and mass in composition, li
Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of mus
In nontechnical language and with 199 photographs and drawings, the author clearly explains how a microscope works and what kind to use; preparation and examination of specimens, and much more.
Thorough coverage of evolution of cults, rites and gods; the cult of Osiris; the Book of the Dead and its rites; the sacred animals and birds; Heaven and Hell; and more.
Famous classic has introduced countless readers to symbolic logic with its thorough and precise exposition. Starts with simple symbols and conventions and concludes with the Boole-Schroeder and Russel
Presented in both German and English, here are 10 works of classic humor that are in turn malevolent, jovial, sardonic, diabolical, and bloodthirsty. Includes "Cat and Mouse," "Ker and Plunk," "The Eg
This excellent, semi-technical account includes a review of classical physics (origin of space and time measurements, Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy, laws of motion, inertia, and more) and covera
Here are the great craftsman and biographer's full, readable discussions of architecture: orders; pavements; planning and design; modelling in wax and clay; tools and materials used in marble carving;
Introductory treatment emphasizes fundamentals, covering rudiments; arbitrary sets and their cardinal numbers; ordered sets and their ordered types; and well-ordered sets and their ordinal numbers. "
Serving as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Marshall's forceful personality and many opinions and decisions established him as the most significant figure of the Court's early years
