This is not a typical coloring book! It features authentic vintage images that were drawn nearly a century ago. Here's a collection of beautiful hand-drawn vintage lifestyle portraits to color, featuring 42 antique illustrations of women from the early 1900s by artist Nell Brinkley. The moment you open this book, you will be enchanted by this collection of classic illustrations of women, originally created by the talented artist Nell Brinkley between 1912 and 1919. For years, Brinkley's iconic black and white line art regularly appeared in newspapers across the United States. While her unique style made her a household name, most of the individual works were quickly relegated to dusty archives -- and lost to later generations. Until now. Inside, you'll find dozens of her lifestyle portraits of women that we rediscovered and made into coloring pages. Every one of the 42 vintage images in this book was carefully chosen, then painstakingly restored by hand using digital technology in order to return it to its original glory. As a bonus, each highly-detailed antique picture is printed only on one side of the white paper, allowing you to color with your choice of medium without worrying about bleed-through to an image on the back. Enjoy a little modern-day relaxation and explore your creativity while giving these illustrations from the past a colorful new life! Note: In keeping with the original designs, the pictures are often very intricate, and there are large areas of black on certain pages. We chose not to over-simplify the artwork because of the tremendous amount of detail (and personality) that would be lost in the process. Please visit the publisher's site at Synchronista.com to view thumbnails of the illustrations in this book.

Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Book: Classic art by Nell Brinkley

Click Americana

Price, Nancy J.

Arts & Photography

Synchronista LLC

Jack London's first major work, "The Call of the Wild," changed both the face of literature and the fortunes of a young author. A tale of transformation - a domestic dog being forced by circumstance to revert to his wild state - instantly earned him great acclaim from readers and reviewers alike. Upon the book's release in 1903, noted literary critic and essayist Hamilton Wright Mabie wrote that the new little book about of a pet stolen from a comfortable home and forced to become a sled dog in the icy North was "likely to make a deep impression by reason of its power and unusual theme." As the narrative plucked heartstrings around the globe, London's work - which he gave to Macmillan Publishers for $2000 - immediately sold out its first print run, and has remained in bookstores ever since. If you've read it before, you already know what first-time readers will soon discover: "The Call of the Wild" is a story that stands the test of time. Along with the complete text, this special edition of the book contains most of the illustrations that appeared when it was originally published, as well as a selection of a dozen popular quotes, vintage book reviews from more than a century ago, bonus images, and a related short story London wrote a few years earlier - just after he returned from the frigid Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Taken together, the text, images and extra historical features within these pages offer greater depth to this influential story, as well as additional insight into the mind of the writer himself.

The Call of the Wild (Click Americana Classics)

Literature & Fiction

LONDON, JACK.

Classics

The twenties was a decade like no other. Between these covers, you will find 45 coloring pages with 60 different examples of clothes popular in the early 1920s. As you will soon see, the “flapper style” commonly portrayed in movies and on TV really represents just a fraction of what was considered to be in vogue at the time. “Flappers” were all about independence, confidence, bucking tradition, and forging new paths. Young women rebelled against their mothers’ and grandmothers’ corsets and petticoats, instead adopting sassy fashions featuring straight lines that emphasized slender frames. While the dress silhouettes were usually sleek, the fabrics and ornamentation used for the clothing often made up for such simplicity. Patterns — including stripes, stylized florals and other elaborate motifs — adornments like fringe, sequins and other exquisite details were prized. Popular accouterments included parasols, fans, wraps and scarves, feathered headbands and all manner of hats. It’s time to give these outfits from the Roaring Twenties the color and the verve they have been missing for the better part of a century!

Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Book #3: Vintage Fashion from the Early 1920s (Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Books)

Welcome, beer lovers, to a time when the brew wasn’t only something to be enjoyed, but actually celebrated as a healthy drink that sparked the appetite and helped you sleep. Beer has been made and sold in this country since before it even was a country. In fact, as far back as the 1600s, Manhattan (then known as New Amsterdam) was home to some of the first commercial breweries this side of the Atlantic. Still, it took more than a hundred years before companies regularly advertised their wares. We dove deep into newspaper archives to find hundreds of early ads for beers and brewers — covering the years between the American Revolution and the end of Prohibition — then put them all together to make this picture of the past. With more than 400 individual clippings, hundreds of vintage beer brands are represented! (We have also included a comprehensive index.) Inside, you will see that beer advertisements in the 18th century were often little more than polite invitations to the locals and passing ship captains. In the 19th century, every brand was “celebrated” and “the best” — while some promotional posters showed creepy caricatures loving their drinks maybe a little too much. Advertisers of the 20th century built upon all of those concepts, then added their own spin, slipping in buzzwords like “purity” and “cleanliness,” “nourishment” and “food value.” All of the authentic antique images in this book were carefully chosen, then digitally restored as much as possible to return them to their original glory. Ads are presented in sections based on the date of publication, so you can easily find a specific era, or simply browse the ads to see how trends and techniques changed through the years. So grab a bottle of your favorite malted beverage, and enjoy this little trip back through time. As they used to say, “After the nervous tension of a day’s work, there’s no better relaxation than a glass of good beer.” Or a book about good beer.

The Beer Lover's Guide to Vintage Advertising: Featuring Hundreds of Classic Beer, Ale & Lager Ads from American History

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

This is not a typical coloring book! It features authentic vintage images that were drawn a century ago. The most luxurious homes of the Victorian era were a sight to behold, from their commanding size right down to their charming details. Inside this book, you can take a look back to the 1870s — a time when many of the most ornate and elegant homes were built in America! Not only was the architecture remarkable, so were their bold colors. These 42 authentic home designs, created at the end of the Civil War reconstruction era, were made for those with extravagant budgets who desired grand estates and luxurious mansions. The lavish homes within this book feature high-end details such as resplendent porches and balconies, bay windows, arches, spires, turrets and towers, and all manner of ornate moldings and trim. Several types of exquisite architectural styles are within, including homes in the Gothic style, Franco-Italian and French château styles, Villas — and even a grandiose Elizabethan mansion. As a bonus, the original published descriptions are included on the back of each illustration, along with floor plans. While fans of classic and revival architecture will likely swoon over each stunning view, these elaborate, detailed illustrations will be of particular interest to experienced colorists. The homes from this age that remain standing today are considered historic treasures — all the more reason to explore these magnificent pieces of America’s architectural past. Note: In keeping with the original designs, the pictures are often very intricate, and there are large areas of black on certain pages. We chose not to over-simplify the artwork because of the tremendous amount of detail (and personality) that would be lost in the process. Please look at the preview pages or visit ClickAmericana.com/shop to view thumbnails of the illustrations in this book.

Vintage Homes: Adult Coloring Book: Luxurious Victorian Houses & Mansions

Architecture

This is not a typical coloring book! It features authentic vintage images that were drawn a century ago. The most charming homes of the later Victorian era were a sight to behold, from their complex structures to their ornate crafted details. Inside this book, you can take a look back to the 1880s and 1890s, when many elaborately-decorated houses were built in America. The homes in this book are mainly in the Queen Anne, Stick and Eastlake styles, though some may be considered Folk Victorian, with their unique and beautiful “gingerbread house” detailing. Most of these houses were built from wood, with many different textures, patterns, carvings and other ornamentation incorporated into the design. These 44 authentic antique house designs have all been drawn in the architectural elevation view — as if seen straight-on from the front. Many of these houses include wonderful wide porches and balconies, cupolas, turrets and towers, steep roofs, paneled chimneys, shingles, spindles, and ornate moldings and trim. But what about the exterior colors, as seen on the Painted Ladies in San Francisco? In addition to the creative, crafty styles of architecture, advances in manufacturing made a rainbow of paint shades affordable, and the homes that remain from this time are often vividly colored. While fans of Victorian architecture will likely admire each stunning image, these elaborate illustrations will be of special interest to experienced colorists thanks to the beautifully-detailed originals. Now you can give these vintage homes the color and the verve they have been missing for more than a century! Note: In keeping with the original designs, the pictures are often very intricate, and there are large areas of black on certain pages. We chose not to over-simplify the artwork because of the tremendous amount of detail (and personality) that would be lost in the process. Please look at the preview pages or visit ClickAmericana.com/shop to view thumbnails of the illustrations in this book.

Vintage Homes: Adult Coloring Book: Antique Victorian House Designs in Queen Anne & Other Classic Styles

The most charming homes of the later Victorian era were a sight to behold, from their complex structures to their ornate crafted details. Inside this book, you can take a look back to the 1880s and 1890s, when many elaborately-decorated houses were built in America.  These 44 authentic antique home designs have all been drawn in the perspective view — how they would look in a natural setting, or as may have been seen in a drawing of a home for sale. Many of these houses include wonderful wide porches and balconies, cupolas, turrets and towers, steep roofs, shingles, and ornate moldings and trim.  Broadly, the homes in this book are in the Queen Anne style, with many in the Stick or Eastlake style, though some may be considered Folk Victorian, with “gingerbread house” (bargeboard/vergeboard) detailing. Most of these houses were built from wood, with many different textures, patterns, carvings and other ornamentation incorporated into the design. But what about the color? In addition to the creative, crafty styles of architecture, advances in manufacturing made a spectrum of paint shades affordable, and the homes that remain from this time are often vividly colored.  While fans of Victorian architecture will likely admire each stunning image, these elaborate illustrations will be of special interest to experienced colorists thanks to the beautifully-detailed originals. The homes from this age that remain standing today are considered historic treasures — which is all the more reason for you to explore these magnificent pieces of America’s architectural past.

Vintage Homes: Adult Coloring Book: Perspectives of Queen Anne & Other Classic Victorian House Designs (Vintage Homes: Adult Coloring Books)

The sixties was one of the most diverse fashion eras on record. It started out very much in the tradition of the fifties — staid and tailored and proper — and ended up loose and flowing and flowery. “The decade began with Balenciaga and Givenchy — kings of a fashion that emphasized ladylike elegance,” the Camden, New Jersey Courier-Post recapped late in 1969. By the end of the sixties, the paper noted, camp had dethroned elegance. “The fashion was being set by unknown kids in London streets, hippies, and the weirdly costumed members of rock and roll groups.” Each of the 48 full-page images inside was chosen from thousands of fashion illustrations — the elegant, the camp, and the many looks in between — published between 1960 and 1969. The drawings are arranged by year, moving from the start of the decade to the end. Now, a half century after these clothes were designed, you get to grab your pencils or pens and dive into this set of vintage art to make it all your own! Hopefully some of them will light your fire. Note: This is not a typical coloring book! It features authentic vintage fashion images that were drawn in the '60s. See at myria.com/shop for a preview of everything that's inside this book.

Top Fashions of the '60s: Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Books

In America during the middle of the 1920s, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Clara Bow, Billie Dove and Marion Davies were just a few of the famous faces in the movie theaters. The screen sirens wore gowns of satin and taffeta, jerseys, twills, flat and printed crepes. Some of the many popular styles included outfits with small boleros, flares, pleats, high necks, lace vests and bishop sleeves. And the most-desired colors of the era? Periwinkle, Bristol scarlet, chartreuse green, amber tan, plum blue, blue lavender, Lanvin green, palmetto, wildrose, black and navy. Between these covers, you will find 49 coloring pages with more than 70 different examples of outfits popular during the mid-twenties. You will see that the stereotypical "flapper style" commonly portrayed in movies and on TV was just one of many looks in vogue during the middle of the twenties. "The silhouette is veering back toward the straight contour," wrote a style columnist in early 1926. Further notes on the fashion of the era noted: "Clever pleats and tucks are being employed in such a manner as to retrain a graceful freedom of movement, and yet not interfere with the slim slenderness of the straight line. Youthful two-piece models tie at the waist with huge, floating bows. Sleeves are usually long. Trimmings continue to be very magnificent." And now that you have the background on these outfits from the middle part of the Roaring Twenties, it's time to give them the color and the verve they have been missing for the better part of a century. Note: This is not a typical coloring book! It features authentic vintage fashion images that were drawn in the '70s. See myria.com/shop for a preview of everything that's inside this book.

Vintage Fashion from the Mid-1920s: Vintage Women Adult Coloring Book #14 (Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Books)

How did your last name come to be — and who brought it to America? Find out in this book, featuring 400 pages of information about more than a thousand last names of the original colonists and other early settlers! Discover information about hundreds of people who left their mark on this country — whether by fighting for it, legislating it, building it, improving it... or simply by having helped make it possible for millions of people to exist today. Decades ago, genealogists and other researchers spent countless hours investigating and tracing the ancestries of many of the last names common in America. They paged through rare old books and referenced dusty archival documents to find the sources of these surnames, to reconstruct how and when those families arrived in the United States. We rediscovered a wealth of information — drawing from more than a thousand different sources — and combined the best of what we found into this encyclopedia. Find out how the names were formed, and get unique insights about the families who carried the names hundreds of years ago. Now, you can benefit from their years of research in this one book — a collection like no other. You’ll find countless threads connecting people and places, gain new perspectives on topics covered in history books, and pick up some interesting trivia. Most important of all, it might be able to illuminate your own family heritage, or provide starting points for your own genealogical journey. It all starts with our not-so-simple heritage of last names — things that really only came into existence a couple dozen generations ago. By understanding the stories behind these names, we can learn not just about our own lineage, but get a whole new perspective on many of the real flesh-and-blood people who walked this earth long before us, and who have made it possible for us to stand here today. What's inside? See the list of names at myria.com/shop

The Encyclopedia of American Last Names: Family Genealogy and Meanings for 1000 Surnames of Early European Settlers to the United States

History

Americas

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