I just received this book. One of the better "Pottery Collectors" books I've seen. The pictures are wonderful, for easy identification. The descriptions are very precise. Only a very small portion of this book is Lu-Ray Pastels. The rest is of all the other TS&T (Taylor, Smith and Taylor) pottery. The price guides are very comparable to what I've seen of pieces on the market.

The Meehan's book remains the "Bible" for all collectors of this fabulous pastel dinnerware of the late 1930's - early 1950's. Highly recommended!

This book didn't teach me how to draw cars!What it did show me was art work from talented car artists.Showing me artwork will not teach me how to draw a car.

This is an excellent book for both beginners and professionals. It is very easy to read and understand. It shows you from the basics to tricks the professionals use. I actually bought this book for my 11 year old son who is really into hot rods. He could tell you just about anything you want to know about Hot Rods and will if you give him the chance. I liked his book so well, that I Had to order one for myself. I am a professional artist, however my work is based on Native American Art but this book peaked my interest and I am now thinking of airbrushing T-Shirts for the Hot August Nights Event we have in Reno each year. What more can I say, it is an excellent book for all ages and all stages of artists!

I'm sorry for writing a 2nd review, but i just want to say that I disagree with the previous review saying it doesnt teach drawing cars. This book has a part about each of the important subjects on drawing cars, all the details that you need to know.
And I made a huge progress with it.
My website has the drawings which were done after the purchase of this book. When I compare the ones before with the new ones, it makes me laugh.
You dont just start drawing perfect cars after u read this book, it takes time and lots of practicing. Do you expect to be drawing like Thom Taylor just after u read it?!... Take you time and patience, lots of it. And thats all you need.

And at the end of the book you see the artwork, by the best car artists. Which is great.

This book does provide some very useful information, but I found myself reading sections over several times to get an understanding of some of the terminology. It does provide a good outline of what steps to follow to restore a hardwood floor that had been covered by carpeting for quite some years (this was my project). Two things that I believe would have made this book better are more illustrations providing examples and a glossary to serve as a reference for some of the terminology used. Overall, the book does provide very helpful information and definitely got me going in the right direction to restoring my mother-n-laws hardwood floors.