Miniature Book

Miniature Book
Author: Anne C. Bromer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2007-05
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

Illuminated manuscripts - The art of the book - Bibles - Psalms - Religious texts - Almanacs for daily living - The smallest books - Books for the young - Presidents, politics and propaganda - Life's pleasures - Oddities and objects d'art.

An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform

An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform
Author: Christopher Hoolihan
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781580462846

This is a catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of rare books dealing with 'popular medicine' in early America which is housed at the University of Rochester Medical School library. The books described in the catalogue were written by physicians and other professionals to provide information for the non-medical audience. The books taught human anatomy, hygiene, temperance and diet, how to maintain health, and how to cope with illness especially when no professional help was available. The books promoted a healthy lifestyle for the readers, giving guidance on everything from physical fitness and recreation to the special health needs of women. The collection consists of works dealing with reproduction (from birth control to delivering and caring for a baby), venereal disease, home-nursing, epidemics, and the need for public sex education.

Auction Catalogue

Auction Catalogue
Author: C.F. Libbie & Co
Publisher:
Total Pages: 150
Release: 1919-02-11
Genre: Catalogs, Booksellers'
ISBN:

Worlds Beyond

Worlds Beyond
Author: Laura Forsberg
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0300233817

An innovative study of how the Victorians used books, portraits, fairies, microscopes, and dollhouses to imagine miniature worlds beyond perception In 1856, Elizabeth Gaskell discovered a trove of handmade miniature books that were created by Charlotte and Branwell Brontë in their youth and that, as Gaskell later recalled, "contained an immense amount of manuscript, in an inconceivably small space." Far from being singular wonders, these two-inch volumes were part of a wide array of miniature marvels that filled the drawers and pockets of middle- and upper-class Victorians. Victorian miniatures pushed the boundaries of scientific knowledge, mechanical production, and human perception. To touch a miniature was to imagine what lay beyond these boundaries. In Worlds Beyond, Laura Forsberg reads major works of fiction by George Eliot, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and Lewis Carroll alongside minor genres like the doll narrative, fairy science tract, and thumb Bible. Forsberg guides readers through microscopic science, art history, children's culture, and book production to show how Victorian miniatures offered scripts for expansive fantasies of worlds beyond perception.

Auction Sale

Auction Sale
Author: C.F. Libbie & Co
Publisher:
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1919
Genre: Autographs
ISBN:

Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide

Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide
Author: Bob Huxford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 1996
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780891457343

Antique dealers and collectors are quite aware that bargains are getting harder and harder to come by each and every day. Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide is still a real bargain at $12.95. Collectors, dealers, and our customers continue to ask how we can produce this huge 612-page book each year for such a low price. It's simple -- we do it by numbers. It's no secret with publishing that the more you print, the less expensive each book is. So, thanks to all our loyal customers who continue to buy our #1 bestselling title, we are able to keep the retail price low without sacrificing one bit of quality. That is why you get the best for less. In August 1999 we will begin shipping the 18th edition of America's top antiques price guide. Once again we have included over 50,000 listings, each one from all-new sources and carefully checked by an authority on each particular subject. These 600+ expert advisors make sure only the best and most accurate information remains. No one person could possibly be an authority on the over 600 categories that fill this reference, but Bob and Sharon Huxford and their highly respected team of advisors work year-round to make this the most respected, up-to-date guide in the field of antiques and collectibles. Hundreds of sharp original photographs illustrate not only the rare and unusual, but also the common collectibles -- not postage-stamp photographs, but large, close-up shots that show important details clearly. Each subject is presented with history and other background information. Our editors keep abreast of newly developing trends, often adding several new categories a year. If it merits the interest of today's collector, you'll find it inSchroeder's. You can feel confident that the information we publish is up to the minute and accurate. Without a doubt, you'll find Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide the one to buy for factual information, quality, and the lowest retail price.

Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles

Warman's Country Antiques and Collectibles
Author: Dana Gehman Morykan
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Company
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1996
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780870697432

Provides price information for buyers of nineteenth-century and later American country furniture, household goods, and other items.