Titles starting with Y from Crunruh Books

NAWCC, 1981 Originally produced in 1882, this is a reprint of the catalog of the Yale Clock Company of New Haven, Connecticut. The Yale Clock Company produced many fine small clocks and seventeen are presented here. Also included is a history of the company and the patents of its founder Frederic Almon Lane.. Paperback. New. ... more information

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2004 Yang Yangping is best known for your Lotus painting. For in them she has developed her unique, highly personal technique to the point of absolute maturity, as she explores the endless variety of the lotus plant, it changes from green youth through maturity to old age, when the hot sun burns through the now translucent and tatterred leaves. Much has been written about the meaning of lotus in her work, as a Buddhist symbol of purity rising out of the mud of material things. Modern Chinesse writers and po... more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Art Media Resources Ltd; (December 2002), 2002 The Yao, a non Chinese minority moved most likely from the Yang Tse Basin many centuries ago to the Southern Chinese provinces of Hunan, Guizhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan. Possibly around the 13th century they pushed onwards to northern Vietnam then Laos and finally Thailand. Perhaps nine or ten centuries ago they became Taoists and adherence to this religion has helped them survive as a small but sophisticated society ... more information

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1993 A booklet containing information on the year of the Rooster.. Softcover. New. 5.5 x 8 in; 20 Pages. ... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1997 **NEW** This book is the day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs - 1st Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, written by the man who knows them best. 1st Air Cav Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Mertel. On 1 July 1965, at Fort Benning, Georgia, the 1st Air Cavalry Division was activated to employ newly developed techniques and tactics, providing the utmost in combat effectiveness and flexibility. After telling of the excitement at B... more information

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Heyworth Star, 1980 Duncan Glass is renowned for its outstanding quality and brilliance. However, its glass has been among the lesser documented due, in part, to a fire in 1892 that destroyed all the original records. Despite this handicap, Gail Krause has compiled an excellent A to Z guide to the early patterns produced by Duncan Glass. In fact, this book's strengths are the early years before and shortly after the fire. Lavishly illustrated, Ms. Krause's text is a pleasure to read. For example, fo... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2002 **NEW** In 90 beautiful color and 70 clear black and white photographs, yellow ware is shown to be an attractive and important ceramic. Through this book, yellow ware is established rightfully as the transitional ware between redware in the primitive period and white ware in the art pottery movement. The utilitarian purposes for which it was used in the home and institutions in the nineteenth century made it a very common ceramic, but therefore previously... more information

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Marietta, OH, U.S.A.: Antique Publications, 1998 The first glimpse of refracted yellow-green color in a barber bottle years ago inspired author Jay Glickman to learn all he could about this magic glass. The kaleidoscope of myths surrounding this elusive glass was almost as vast as its radiant tints; however, Glickman brought to light facts and fictions with the release of Yellow-Green Vaseline! A Guide to the Magic Glass. The revised and updated Yellow-Green Vaseline! continues to enlighten and educate. Com... more information

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Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2002 **NEW** "Yellowjackets! The 361st Fighter Group in World War II is a narrative history of a combat unit attached to the U.S. 8th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations from December 1943 through the end of the war in Europe. Based on intensive research in original unit documents, oral history interviews, and written recollections of surviving pilots and ground personnel, Yellowjackets! traces the history of the 361st Fighter Group (374th, 375th and 376th Fighter Squadron... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1996 **NEW** YESTERDAY'S HEROES contains all 433 Medal of Honor citations such as this excert: ... Although machinegun bullets kicked up the dirt at his heels, and 88mm shels exploded within 30 yards of him, Pfc. Dutko nevertheless made his way to a point within 30 yards of the first enemy machinegun and killed both gunners with a handgrenade. Although the second machinegun wounded him, knocking him to the ground, Pfc. Dutko regained his feet and advanced ... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Publishing, Limited, 2001 **NEW** In his newest book, silver expert Richard Osterberg guides readers on a colorful, yet practical tour of fine antique silver. The book's first part deals with silver flatware made circa 1875-1885, with a broad representation of patterns and forms. Next, a myriad of serving pieces are displayed, with examples of each type and function. In the third part, place settings are covered in many different patterns, showing the wide variety ... more information

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Atglen, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2000 **NEW** Explore fifty-six innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures into modern family homes, apartments, and condominiums. Includes more than 290 images and plans. The accompanying text describes how each historical, industrial, or agricultural structure was spared the wrecking ball, and transformed from derelict to dwelling by an innovative architect. Among the larger buildings rebuilt are churches, schools, factories, barns, a lighthouse, a g... more information

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Sydney, NSW, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1997 The Art Gallery of New South Wales houses one of the most important collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island art and culture. Its Yiribana gallery is the largest single space devoted to the permanent exhibition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art and culture in the world. This is the first catalogue to survey the collection, dividing them into seven themes that help the reader understand the scope of their art and culture. The co... more information

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Art Media Resources, Ltd.; Slipcase edition (July 1, 2001) The imperial collection of courtyard rocks, which has fortunately survived the vicissitutes and numerous social upheavals of history, is the quintessence of China's long and rich tradition of rock appreciation. This catalogue seeks to introduce the imperial collections that were formed by the Yuan, Ming and Qing emperors and are now preserved in several imperial gardens such as those in the Forbidden City, The Summer Palace, Xiyuan (Beihai) Park... more information

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