Antiques Collectibles category: 2714 books
A Guide Book of United States Coins 2013
The Official Red Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Identify your coins quickly and easily! THE OFFICIAL RED BOOK® features full-color, actual-size and enlarged photos, with historical details about each piece. The Red Book shows mintages for all federal coins, from the ultra rare to the everyday. You might have a real rarity in your pocket change!...
by R. S. Yeoman, Kenneth Bressett
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2011
The Official Red Book®, now in its 65th year, is famous nationwide as the premiere resource for U.S. coin collectors. This best-selling “one-volume library” helps you make smart buying decisions as you build your collection. Millions of readers rely on it for full-color photographs, detailed technical...
by Q. David Bowers
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Civil War tokens are tangible reminders of American history. These small, cent-sized tokens served as emergency “money” during the small-change shortage of 1862–1865. Today they are highly collectible, and A Guide Book of Civil War Tokens elevates the collecting and study of these once-shunned...
Auto Biography
A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
A brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy—a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of hands before his—while financial ruin, government...
The Corvette in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2010
It's every car-guy's fantasy-to casually peer into a long-forgotten garage or barn or warehouse and find the car he has searched for his whole life. Corvette in the Barn is a collection of true, often amazing, stories and essays about car collectors and enthusiasts who have discovered unusual and...
by DeWayne Augeson
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2010
Everyone loves the stories about someone finding those so called "treasures" while at an estate auction or a garage sale. DeWayne Augeson tells you how to find those treasures in this book based on over 40 years experience finding, buying and selling silver. With silver prices up almost...
by Bill Fivaz, J.T. Stanton
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Few books have excited the coin-collecting community like the Cherrypickers’ Guide. Since the first edition burst onto the scene in 1990, thousands of hobbyists have been searching for the rare die varieties described inside. This handy book tells you how to “cherrypick”—that is, how to examine...
by Pierre Fricke
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
This is a simple, fully illustrated value guide for Confederate currency. All major designs are illustrated with simple pricing for heavily used and lightly used notes. One need not learn to grade nor learn catalog numbers. Ideal for the person who comes into some Confederate money via inheritance or other means and wants to get a quick understanding of what dealers might pay for it.
by Harriet Ann Jacobs
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
Books for All Kinds of Readers Read HowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around...
Secrets of the Sommeliers
How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
A fascinating exploration of the inside world of sommeliers, sharing their unique perspectives, extensive expertise, and best stories.
Rajat Parr’s profound knowledge of wines, deep relationships with producers, and renowned tasting abilities have made him a legend in the business. As wine...
by Don Danenberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2008
Now MBI Publishing Company’s two top-selling boating titles—written by one of the world’s top authorities on the subject of antique wooden boat restoration—are available in one volume. In this comprehensive restoration guide for owners and enthusiasts of wooden powerboats of all makes and...
The Evolution of Useful Things
How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They are.
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
How did the table fork acquire a fourth tine? What advantage does the Phillips-head screw have over its single-grooved predecessor? Why does the paper clip look the way it does? What makes Scotch tape Scotch?
In this delightful book Henry, Petroski takes a microscopic look at artifacts that...
Black Men Built the Capitol
Discovering African-American History In and Around Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The first book of its kind, with comprehensive up-to-date details
Historic sites along the Mall, such as the U.S. Capitol building, the White House and the Lincoln Memorial, are explored from an entirely new perspective in this book, with never-before-told stories and statistics about the role...
Build Your Own AK
(Vol. I) Headspacing & Virgin Barrel Population
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2014
Got an AK Parts Kit? This ebook shows you how to build it right! The AK-47 and its variants are world-renowned for being simple, rugged and nearly indestructible. But if you wanted to build your own Kalashnikov rifle there was no good single source of construction information—until now.
This...