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Books : Home & Garden : Antiques & Collectibles : Performing Arts
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13 is your lucky number! The 13th Edition Blue Book of Electric Guitars is now expanded to 1,312 pages including a new 16-page color Photo Grading System. It also has guitar reference information and values on over 1,200 guitar manufacturers/distributors including Fender, Gibson, Paul Reed Smith, Ibanez, Gretsch, Epiphone, Washburn, B.C. Rich, Jackson, and Guild as well as many independent luthiers and custom builders. Other features include a database of over 6,000 electric guitar images available on our website, a detailed serialization section, and contact information for all current manufacturers. With over 11,000 acoustic guitars listed in the 13th Edition Blue Book of Electric Guitars, 13 will be your lucky number!
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13 is your lucky number! The 13th Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars is now expanded to 832 pages including a new 16-page color Photo Grading System. It also has guitar reference information and values on over 900 guitar manufacturers/distributors including Gibson, Martin, Ovation, Taylor, Alvarez, Epiphone, Takamine, Washburn, Gretsch, and Guild as well as many independent luthiers and custom builders. Other features include a database of over 3,500 acoustic guitar images available on our website, a detailed serialization section, and contact information for all current manufacturers. With over 7,000 acoustic guitars listed in the 13th Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, 13 will be your lucky number!
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Here at last is the complete and definitive collection of the more than 2,500 Star Wars® action figures produced over the last 35 years. Fans and collectors can finally trace the evolution of each character in toy form from the time of their first appearance through the designs of today, with pages of amazing and inventive variations crafted to tell the stories of Luke Skywalker, Darth Maul, and literally hundreds more. Compiled by Stephen J. Sansweet, owner of the world's largest private collection of Star Wars memorabilia, the book also showcases and details the rare, popular, forgotten, and beloved figures coveted by fans the world over, drawing figures from the feature film, video game, and cartoon realms of the vast Star Wars universe.
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“I started collecting these personal pieces because I felt they belonged back in our family. This collection represents something of great importance to me, as it is part of our history.”--Julian Lennon
Over the years, Julian Lennon--John's oldest son--has built a unique collection of Beatles memorabilia, including several gold records, cells from the film Yellow Submarine, guitars, clothing (such as John's Afghan coat from Magical Mystery Tour), jewelry, autographed books, handwritten lyrics, posters, and postcards. Now, for the first time, more than 100 of these personal treasures are displayed in print. Julian, working with well-known music author Brian Southall, provides insight into every one of these beloved pieces and explains what they mean to him--and the family memories they evoke.
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With hundreds of photographs and an informative text, "80 Years of the Oscar" takes readers behind the scenes, from the first awards show in 1928 to this year's 80th anniversary.
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The guitar industry’s most comprehensive publication on acoustic guitar information and pricing has been dramatically improved! The new 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars™ is now nearly 700 pages, and features hundreds of new images. Written by Zachary Fjestad and edited by S.P. Fjestad, the fully revised 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars keeps the reader up-to-date on new and vintage pricing, technical information on acoustic and acoustic electric instruments, and serialization on most major trademarks. This Anniversary Edition lists the current and discontinued acoustic companies and luthiers, including the new crop of archtop builders, contains a thoroughly revised Trademark Index with contact information, and features hundreds of B&W photos depicting popular makes and models. Reliable guitar information has never been easier! The new 10th Anniversary Edition also showcases a fully revised, full color Photo Grading System™ (a Blue Book Publications, Inc. exclusive!). The Photo Grading System™ is the consumer’s best tool to correctly ascertain the various grades of both new and vintage acoustic instruments. These high resolution color photos enable even a novice to lock into each guitar’s unique condition factor easily and accurately, showing a variety of real world condition factors over a wide range of instrument models and configurations. Why guess when you can be sure? Most of the information contained in the new 10th Anniversary Edition Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars is simply not available in any other single publication for any price! No other reference and value guide for acoustic guitars even comes close.
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Replete with firsthand history--exclusive interviews with scores of insiders, poster artists, musicians, promoters--this is the ultimate high for the rock music fan, required reading for the poster collector. 1,500 full-color illustrations and 100 black-and-white photographs.
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Over 24,000 items with checklist-style listings, over 12,000 color photos, and accurate estimated values make this collector s guide a must-have for everybody who has ever owned merchandise produced for the Star Warsâ„¢ saga or who is selling or buying it now. Items have been collected from over 50 countries and compiled together into this impressive tome, the latest version of the longest running Star Wars identification guide series ever in print. This new edition covers the range from Advertising and Dart Boards to Squeaky Toys and Window Clings, everything, that is, except toys a category so large it will now comprise its own book. From the 1976 pre-release movie paperback through the latest Clone Wars kitchenware, thirty-five years of exciting and obscure Star Wars collectibles are archived here for you to discover, marvel over, and enjoy.
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700 never-before-published photographs of the King of Pop by Arno Bani: artistic, unique, exceptional images.
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Ehhh, what’s up, Doc? Here’s a first-hand look at the Looney Tunes from an irrefutable sourcethe characters themselves! This irreverent, hilarious, and just plain looney history provides an offbeat look at the animation industry, the behind-the-cels” men (and women) who gave the characters their unequivocal look, attitude, and voices, and a first-hand account of what the characters do when they’re not starring in the latest Looney Tunes cartoon.From Bugs Bunny's monumental rise from humble beginnings to animation 'star' at Warner Bros. Studios to Marvin The Martian's latest scheme to blow up the earth, The Looney Tunes Treasury recounts the key moments and quirky details of your favorite cartoon characters.
And the timing couldn’t be better, as Warner Bros. is rejuvenating the Looney Tunes brand in 2010 and beyond. Big announcements will include an innovative animated series starring the characters as you’ve never seen them before, new cartoon DVD releases, new mobile and wireless content, a U.S. Depart. of Health and Human Services campaign on health and wellness, live events, viral grassroots campaigns, and much, much more...
With more than 300 fabulous pieces of concept art, paintings, and memorabilia, The Looney Tunes Treasury is a must-have book for fans of all ages.
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Star Wars: 1,000 Collectibles takes the reader on a journey through cool and kitsch, from toys and costumes to life-size statues made of LEGO bricks to consumer goods such as candy, clothing, toothpaste--and much more. Drawn from the largest private Star Wars collection in the known universe, this stunning treasure trove of memorabilia and colorful anecdotes mixes fun with nostalgia, delighting both the casual fan and the serious collector. Since the first Star Wars film opened in 1977, George Lucas's epic space fantasy has become not only one of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time, but also an obsession for collectors around the globe, who have spent more than $15 billion on Star Wars merchandise.These collectibles range from the offbeat--C-3PO tape dispensers, fan-made bantha pinatas, and Darth Vader popcorn poppers--to the everyday--Boba Fett cake pans, Yoda PEZ dispensers, and "Cream of Jawa" soup. Here for the first time is a chronicle of the constantly expanding, all-encompassing, often-surreal lifestyle of collecting Star Wars--filled with incredible stranger-than-fiction stories from the galaxy's foremost collector.
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Star Wars memorabilia and collecting will be hotter than ever with the newest movie release in May 2005. This handy, portable guide can easily go with collectors to car boot sales, auctions, conventions and anywhere else their quest for Star Wars collectibles leads them. Features more than 300 full colour, detailed photos and illustrations of action figures, playsets, vehicles and more, with descriptions and today's dollar market values for each.
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The Compleat Talking Machine has served as the definitive repair and restoration manual for antique phonographs for nearly 20 years. The new 5th edition delivers the same practical step by step solutions to repair problems, plus includes an identification section with pictures and descriptions of over 300 early machines, and an updated guide to current market values.
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Shooters prize the semiautomatic Glock for its reliability and ease of use. But what many may not know is that with a few scraps of metal and some simple hand tools, the amateur tinkerer can convert any Glock to full automatic. The conversion design detailed in this book allows properly licensed individuals to transform a regular semiauto pistol into one that delivers selective-fire operation without altering the major components of the gun such as the receiver (frame) or slide. Step-by-step instructions, professionally prepared technical illustrations of weapon functions in semi and full-auto combined with high-quality photos showing the modified factory components and their proper relationships with the full-auto conversion parts allow the reader to clearly see and understand how the whole system works. Warning: Actual construction of the weapon described in this book may be illegal under federal, state, and local laws. All BATF rules apply, and the BATF actively pursues and prosecutes anyone who violates federal gun statutes. Therefore, this book is for academic study only.
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Issue 11 of Strange New Worlds Science Fiction Collectors Magazine was published December 1993. This issue featured a tribute to Science Fiction comic books.
Features articles:
A Brief History of the Comics Industry by Catherine L. Kouns.
ELFQUEST: An “Indy” Success Story. The creation of husband and wife team Wendy and Richard Pini tops the most successful of the independent comics.
An interview with Bill Mumy: The Boy Genius of Lost in Space comes of age by Gary Roen and Jeff Cisneros. Discusses his acting career and his series of LIS comic books.
Plus, Star Trek Comics: A brief retrospective by Bennet Pomerantz.
Comics from Trek Actors: Walter Koenig's Raver and William Shatner's Tek World by Jo Davidsmeyer.
Battlestar Galactica 15-year reunion. Collectors at the 15th anniversary convention for Battlestar Galactica by Becky Einsig
Regular Columns:
EDITORIAL: Science Fiction Media Fans: We Don't Get No Respect.
WHO CORNER The Strange Case of the “Missing” Episodes. In 1972 the BBC purged their archives, sending many classic Who episodes into oblivion.
by Tom Beck.
FOCUS ON FANDOM The Comic / Science Fiction Connection
Though they claim to be separate, science fiction and comics fandoms have a shared history and shared themes.by Karen Ann Yost.
MODELS AND MINIATURES An Arch Villain and a Chicken Walker. A review of two Star Wars models. by Archie Waugh.
THE ARTFUL COLLECTOR If You've Got it, Flaunt It. How to display your collectibles by Jane Frank.
COLLECTIBLE KIDS Passing on the Ideals of Your Hobby to Your Children. An adult's guide to children's collectibles by Adrienne Reynolds.
YE OLDE COLLECTIBLES & TRIVIA SHOPPE New for the Toon Fan by Bennet Pomerantz.
Book Reviews:
The Illustrated History of Science Fiction Comics and Alien Nation books.
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Offering the most comprehensive listing of Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes, Trigger and Bullet collectibles ever assembled. This is the premiere reference for all Roy Rogers collectors. This full-colour edition features more than 1,000 photos, item descriptions and historical and pricing information. Collectors and fans on the "Happy trails..." will love the colour photos of their favourite Roy Rogers collectibles, especially the many rare items they may be seeking for their own collections. Features: Includes pricing for every item and a special interview with Roy and Dale's son, Dusty Rogers; Full-colour with 1,000 photographs; Rare and vintage collectibles featuring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Gabby Hayes, Trigger and Bullet; Pricing information for each item.
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An informal history of sensational, scientific, silly, satisfying, and startling attractions based on seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth-century broadsides from Ricky Jay's extraordinary collection.
It includes observations on the convention of promoting such appearances, digressions on the manner and method of printing advertisements to do so, and insights into the psychology employed to that end. All are compiled in a monograph that is itself a shameless attempt to entertain and elucidate.
It is the contention of the author that neither the tongue of the most florid orator, nor pen of the most ingenious writer, can sufficiently describe the elegance, symmetry, and prodigious accomplishments of those who pass in review within these pages
Included are broadsides advertising: an armless dulcimer player, a ghost showman, a singing mouse, a chess-playing automaton, a cannon ball juggler, an African hermaphrodite, a chicken incubator, a rabbi with prodigious memory, a ventriloquist, a spirit medium, a glass blower, a woman magician, a speaking machine, a mermaid, a bullet catcher, a flea circus, and an equestrian bee keeper. Illustrated throughout