Ceramic Water Closets

Written by Munroe Blair

Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $11.95

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Wedgwood Jasperware

Written by Gaye Blake-Roberts

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 19, 2011
Price: $12.95

'Jasper' refers to the highly distinctive blue-and-white wares that have been produced by the Wedgwood company for more than two centuries. It was arguably Josiah Wedgwood's most important contribution to ceramic art and was a direct result of several thousand experiments over many years. It has been by far the most... Read more >

English Furniture

Written by John Bly and Eric Knowles

Format: Trade Paperback, 136 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $19.95

The story of English furniture really begins in the sixteenth century, when the crudities of medieval domestic tables and stools gave way to more sophisticated, jointed designs. This Tudor furniture is the earliest to survive in any quantity and it is where John Bly's classic history of English furniture sets out... Read more >

Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver

Written by John Bly

Format: Trade Paperback, 72 pages
On Sale: January 14, 2000
Price: $11.95

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Buttonhooks and Shoehorns

Written by Sue Brandon

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $11.95

The everyday need for a buttonhook began in the early nineteenth century when it was used to fasten leather button boots. However, it was in the 1880s that saw the development of a wide range of buttonhooks in varying sizes, shapes and materials, following the fashion for a line of buttons... Read more >

Harvesting Machinery

Written by Roy Brigden

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1989
Price: $11.95

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The British Toy Industry

Written by Kenneth Brown

Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 22, 2011
Price: $12.95

Toys have been made in Britain for hundreds of years, but it was in the twentieth century that the British toy industry reached its peak. Names such as Meccano, Chad Valley, Dinky, Scalextric, Bayko and Hornby dominated the trade at home and abroad. It was not to last, however, and foreign... Read more >

Triang Toys

Written by Kenneth Brown

Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $12.95

Wherever in the world today children play with toys, the odds are that their playthings will have been made in the Far East and carry the imprint of a major American Corporation like Mattel or Hasbro. It was not always so: for much of the twentieth century, it was the British... Read more >

Pop Sculpture
How to Create Action Figures and Collectible Statues
Written by Tim Bruckner, Zach Oat and Ruben Procopio

Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $29.99

Sculpt toys and collectibles with modern-day tools, techniques and applications used by today’s top industry professionals
 
Ever since a 12-inch G.I. Joe took toy soldiers to a whole new level by giving them the ability to pose via moveable parts, as well as interchangeable clothing and accessories, the business of creating pop... Read more >

The Silk Industry

Written by Sarah Bush

Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $11.95

Silk was first developed in ancient China as early as 2600 BC and over the centuries to follow it gradually spread first to South East Asia and then to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe along the silk route, becoming established in England in the fourteenth century. The early centers... Read more >