Solidly respectable local figures in their lifetimes, the great Italian makers sold mostly to players close to home.

One of the great American makers of the mid-20 century.

That's the boy I told you about.1 'The one who's the great maker of motors?'

(Manton was the great maker of hair-trigger duelling pistols in those days.)

That great maker of loud noises is dead!

Containing newly discovered biographical and historical information, this is the most thorough study to date of this great maker and his work.

Mutual professional respect, a great maker of friendships.

He came from a dynasty of great makers.

And is there a greater maker of madness of all sorts than John Barleycorn?

He was one of the great makers of Victorian Britain.