Old-fashioned holiday charm abounds with these collectibles and their colorful portraits of ruddy-cheeked children and Santas. Reproduced directly from rare originals, the images of twinkling stars, shiny toys, and candle-decked trees first appeared in the years between 1900 and 1930. Featured artists include John Winsch and Ellen Clapsaddle, along with creations from the famous house of Raphael Tuck …
Creative Haven Winter Scenes Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)
Thirty-one charming winter scenes will warm the hearts of serious colorists. All-original designs include young children gazing out of frosty windows and building snowmen, lovely snow-covered villages, wild animals roaming icy landscapes, horse-drawn sleds, and more. Illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Winter Scenes and …
From Martha Washington to Michelle Obama, 46 of the nation’s First Ladies grace the pages of this entertaining and informative coloring book. Presidents’ wives, daughters, and other relations who served as official White House hostesses appear here in finely detailed, ready-to-color line drawings. Many of the First Ladies are depicted in their inaugural gowns — others model …
Celebrate nature’s beauty with these sophisticated forest animal designs to color. Each of the 31 full-page illustrations is printed with a black background, creating dramatic effects for images of a howling wolf, menacing mountain lion, bushy-tailed squirrel, and other woodland creatures. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Midnight Forest …
Creative Haven Steampunk Fashions Coloring Book (Creative Haven Coloring Books)
Based on fashions from steampunk literature, these 31 original designs combine Victorian-era clothing with goggles, clocks, and other technological accessories. The illustrations’ intricacy and post-apocalyptic air offer mature colorists creatively challenging and unique coloring experiences. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Steampunk Fashions and other …
“An excellent book for all carvers.” — The Mallet”A woodcarver is one who can take a scrap of wood, breathe life into it with patient, skilled hands, and make it a warm object of lasting beauty. That is creativity,” say award-winning craftsmen Beiderman and Johnston in this well-organized and highly instructive guidebook that tells you everything you need …
Imagine yourself behind the wheel of a Porsche 911 GT2 Twin-Turbo Coupe! Here are the cars most of us just dream about — sleek, fast, fabulous machines that cost a small fortune! Thirty precisely and accurately rendered illustrations portray the legendary luxury cars that race through our imaginations: Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Coupe, BMW Z8 Convertible, Maserati Spyder 2-door …
On the night of April 14, 1912, while passengers aboard the Titanic were enjoying the luxurious accommodations of the White Star fleet’s newest ocean liner, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland. Described as “unsinkable,” the largest and most elegant ocean vessel of the period quickly sank in the early morning hours on April 15 with the loss …
The Arts of the Sailor: Knotting, Splicing and Ropework (Dover Maritime)
Over 150 years ago, the skills needed to operate a merchant sailing vessel were many and varied. While not nearly as much in demand today as they were in the days of the Yankee clippers, these skills nevertheless remain important and necessary to today’s yachtsmen and owners of smaller pleasure boats.In this excellent handbook on basic shipboard skills, …
The Explorations of Captain James Cook in the Pacific: As Told by Selections of His Own Journals
“No man ever did more to alter and correct the map of the earth,” writes Percy Adams in his new introduction, than James Cook, the Scotch-born British naval commander who rose from humble beginnings to pilot three great 18th-century voyages of discovery in the then practically uncharted Pacific. His explorations of the eastern coastline of Australia, leading to …