Victorian Houseware, Hardware and Kitchenware, by Ronald S. Barlow. 376 Pages. Softbound. Compiled from dozens of hard-to-find antique trade catalogs, this comprehensive guide features more than 2000 rare woodcut engravings depicting the antiques we frequently encounter today: home furnishings, appliances and utensils, hardware and farm tools. Accompanied by detailed captions, the numerous illustrations recapture the old-fashioned charm of the everyday household items of the Victorian era. Items include: apple corers, balance scales, housemaids' buckets, hay rakes, inkwells, spittons, washboards, and hundreds more It also includes a price guide (1992) estimating values. Historians, antique dealers, collectors, and lovers of Victoriana will find this book an indispensable reference and intriguing read. UNAVAILABLE (BK-1107)