Chinese Mother of Pearl Gaming Counters
Author | : Bill Neal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Gambling chips |
ISBN | : 9780955640308 |
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Author | : Bill Neal |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Gambling chips |
ISBN | : 9780955640308 |
Author | : Bill Neal |
Publisher | : Young Writers |
Total Pages | : 31 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Gambling chips |
ISBN | : 9780955640315 |
Author | : R. C. Bell |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 474 |
Release | : 2012-04-30 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 0486145573 |
This encyclopedic volume provides the rules and methods of play for more than 180 different games: Ma-jong, Hazard, Wei-ch'i (Go), Backgammon, Pachisi, and many others. Over 300 photographs and line drawings.
Author | : Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti |
Publisher | : Bentham Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 347 |
Release | : 2016-02-04 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 168108225X |
Since the Paleolithic age to the present, molluscs - which include squids, octopuses and a variety of shellfish - have featured in different facets of our history. Yet much of this detail is either unknown or underappreciated. From the shapes and patterns in their shells, to their culinary, medicinal and scientific value and from their depictions in literature and religions, mulluscs in general, and shellfish in particular, have fascinated mankind for millennia. Man and Shells is a treatise on molluscs in our natural history. Readers will traverse through the journey by demonstrating how these organisms have accompanied humans in arts and culture, in ancient religions, the myths that surround them, their role in commerce as in dyeing and as currency as well as in aquaculture and fishing, and much more. Man and Shells helps us to appreciate these creatures that continue to have an important yet little known place in the cultural evolution of man through the ages.
Author | : Robert Charles Bell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Board games |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ronald W. Fuchs |
Publisher | : Winterthur Museum |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
This sumptuous volume accompanies a traveling exhibition of the same name that opens at Winterthur in February 2005. The full-color volume highlights 117 exquisite export porcelain objects from the extensive Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection at Winterthur. Authors Ron Fuchs and David Howard ground their presentation with an introductory overview of the manufacture of porcelain, the history of the china trade, and the importance of export porcelain in European and American history and material culture. Individual entries are grouped according to function: dining wares, drinking wares, household and personal utensils, and decorative wares. Each grouping is preceded by a short essay that places the objects within a historic context. An illustrated appendix addresses the coats of arms found on many of the objects, and an extensive bibliography offers supplementary readings.
Author | : Ann Israel |
Publisher | : Tuttle Publishing |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2014-11-18 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 1462915272 |
"I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Whether used as a reference or a beautiful keepsake, it's a very worthy addition to the world of Mah Jongg." --Ruth Unger, President, National Mah Jongg League This is the first book to fully capture the story of the exotic and exciting game of Mahjong or "Mah Jongg", offering an intimate look at the history of the game as well as the visual beauty of the tiles. When authors Ann Israel and Gregg Swain began playing Mahjong, they were unaware of the vintage collections that existed not only in the United States but also across the globe. Slowly, they started to collect their own sets of Mahjong and as their collections grew, so did their appreciation of the history of, and interest in, the game. Finding few references, Israel and Swain set out to create a book that chronicles the early beginnings of the game and documents Mahjong sets from the most basic, made simply of paper, to the most precious materials such as ivory and mother-of-pearl. Recognized and respected scholars and game experts have collaborated with Israel and Swain, contributing important chapters on the game's history and its pieces as well as technical information on the tiles. Lastly, great collectors from around the globe have shared their incredible sets and memories for the first time in one book for everyone to enjoy. With hundreds of beautiful new images by renowned photographer Michel Arnaud, and including historical documentation and ephemera, Mah Jongg: The Art of the Game fills the void between the past's and today's game, providing vision, inspiration and resources. Anyone who has ever been intrigued by a Mahjong tile will find in these pages visually stunning photographs that will entice them into becoming an enthusiast of the timeless game of Mahjong.
Author | : Jane Roberts |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
The 'madness' of George III is the one fact about the King that everybody knows. Some might also say that George III 'lost' the American colonies. Few would be able to add that George III founded the Royal Academy of Arts, that he was a patron of Samuel Johnson and the astronomer William Herschel, and a king who 'gloried in the name of Briton'. Among his contemporaries George III was noted as an outstanding bibliophile and a renowned connoisseur of music, science, painting and architecture. . . . Published to coincide with the major exhibition at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, George III & Queen Charlotte: patronage, collecting and court taste reconsiders the role of George III, Queen Charlotte and their family in encouraging the arts within the court and in society as a whole during the 50 years of the King's reign. Illustrated by a superb range of works of art in the Royal Collection, the book reveals aspects of George III as father, monarch, and man of letters that have generally been overlooked, and demonstrates his true importance as one of the most wide-ranging, influential and far-sighted collectors of his day. It is an important contribution to studies of the fine and decorative arts in the Georgian period, and will be an essential source of referene for both academics and collectors. -- Book jacket.
Author | : Parke-Bernet Galleries |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 860 |
Release | : 1955 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Country life |
ISBN | : |