Sailors' Valentines Pdf Ebook ISBN-10 0847824144, ISBN-13 978-0847824

Sailors' Valentines

By autor: John Fondas
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The story of Sailors' Valentines evokes romance-majestic sailing ships and long sea voyages, adventures in the New World, and daydreams of loved ones across wide oceans. It has been said that sailors made the Valentines at sea for cherished friends and family to pass the time and to bestow as gifts upon their return.Very rare and highly collectible, Sailors' Valentines are octagonal wooden boxes m...

Hardcover: 96 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli; 1st THUS edition (January 5, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0847824144
ISBN-13: 978-0847824144
Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 1.6 x 7.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 1670793
Format: PDF ePub fb2 TXT fb2 ebook

Quite unputdownable, in fact. Was not happy about the 3 torn up pages in the middle of the book. book Sailors' Valentines Pdf. If he's not writing (or at his day job), you can probably find him trying to get his 100 yard Freestyle (SCY) under a minute, or learning to do a Lutz Jump. What I disliked:1 - No real mention of the AI machine war, other than vague references to needs for ships for other reasons. I am looking forward to finding out what her reasons were. This new translation of "The Murderess" has been undertaken and published to mark the centenary of Papadiamandis's death. Industrial Audio & Absolute Sci-Fi© Eftos Ent. He writes so that you can understand the scripture better and so apply it to your life. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. There are characters aplenty. I have placed her on my top three authors to read list.

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This book is extraordinarily beautiful ... absolutely gorgeous. It is a hardcover book in the shape of an octagon; each sailor's valentine consumes a full page (so that both sides of a hinged valentine face each other, as they would in the actual va...

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ish cedar or mahogany. They contain intricate, stunning mosaics made primarily of colorful shells and often incorporate sentimental messages. The mosaics are covered in glass and often hinged together in pairs. When closed, the shell work is hidden and the glass protected so that the Valentines can be stored safely for travel. Now fetching extraordinary prices at auction and antiques fairs-as much as $35,000-they were actually made by craftsmen at the height of the Victorian Age in Barbados, a familiar port of call for many American and European ships.Now, for the first time ever, these highly prized and rarely seen antiques are presented at almost life size in this innovative and stunning package that mirrors the shape of an actual Valentine. Here are over fifty magnificent examples, photographed especially for this book and beautifully reproduced in detail. Page after page, this octagonal volume, which comes in a deluxe cloth keepsake box, captures the experience of holding one of these magnificent treasures in your hands. Avid collector John Fondas shares his expertise on the history, making, and collecting of Valentines in his introductory essay as well as provides a detailed listing of the shells used in their construction.A collectible itself, Sailors' Valentines will delight shell collectors, antiques lovers, Victoriana fans, and romantics of all ages.