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"Collectors around the country love the book's grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. You'll find 32,500+ prices for more than 7,600 coins, tokens, medals, sets,...
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"This brand-new edition of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die covers more than a century of movie history. Every film profile is packed with details including the director and cast, a plot summary and production notes, and little-known facts relating to the film's history, "--Amazon.com.
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The Library of Congress brings booklovers an enriching tribute to the power of the written word and to the history of our most beloved books. Featuring more than 200 full-color images of original catalog cards, first edition book covers, and photographs from the library's magnificent archives, this collection is a visual celebration of the rarely seen treasures in one of the world's most famous libraries and the brilliant catalog system that has kept...
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"The Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Kovels are still the most trusted source for both the casual and the expert collector: with 20,000 actual prices (never estimates) and 2,500 full-color pictures of recently offered antiques and collectors' items, the Kovels' price guide is the most thorough, colorful, and complete antique guide available."--Page 4 of cover.
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"This detailed examination of two branches of American entertainment focuses on the various ways that radio stations and air personalities have been depicted in motion pictures. Covered are cinematic portrayals of various aspects of radio, including disc jockeys, sports broadcasts, religious programs, and the talk-radio format. Included is a chronological filmography of more than 600 titles."-- Provided by publisher.
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"Tony Meeuwissen's lively and engaging artwork has appeared in many decorative forms, from books and playing cards to magazine covers and postage stamps. Born in London in 1938, Tony Meeuwissen began his career at sixteen in a commercial art studio. By the age of thirty, he was a successful freelancer with commissions from Penguin Books, Radio Times, the Royal Mail, and many more. In 2013 he earned the prestigious Royal Designer for Industry designation...
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"In California in the early '50s, the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then, but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that revolution happened and how its reverberations are still felt today. The two-guitars-bass-and-drums lineup that would define pop music found its heart with the Fender bass. In the coming decades, the...
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The Prints and Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC) contains catalog records and digital images representing a rich cross-section of still pictures held by the Prints & Photographs Division and, in some cases, other units of the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress offers broad public access to these materials as a contribution to education and scholarship. The collections of the Prints & Photographs Division include photographs, fine and popular...
14) Kokoschka
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A major figure in the Expressionist movement, Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) studied in Vienna, and early in his career was strongly influenced by Art Nouveau, particularly the elegant style of Gustav Klimt. Around 1909 he painted the first of his Expressionist portraits, which seem to reveal their sitters' emotional life. The restless draftsmanship and broken patterns of color in these likenesses predict the emergence of the artist's mature style in...
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