1500 Patterns No. J84.
Paris: CIe des Editions de l'Alma, 1985. Paperback. 4to. 194 pp. Corners lightly bumped and worn. Creasing to front cover, sunning to covers. Pages nice and clean, binding tight.
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The Curiosity Shop or Questions and Answers Concerning the Lumber Business:; A Compilation of Inquiries to the Editor of the American Lumberman and Answers Thereto
Chicago: The American Lumberman, 1906. Cloth. 529 pp. 12mo. Cloth. Shelfwear. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Browning and soiling to textblock. Soiling to ep's. P.o.'s ink signature and stamps to front ep's. Hingesplit repaired by seller. Minor soiling to some pages. Full title: "The Curiosity Shop or Questions and.....
Fixing Up:; A Bilingual Handbook for Older Homes / Manual de Consertos em Casas Antigas
Warren, RI: 1979. Paperback. 127 pp., 8vo. Paperback. English & Spanish texts. Light edgewear to covers & spine; lg po marker handwriting to front cover. Profusely illustrated w/ line drawings; also includes fold-out color chart. Pgs clean & crisp.
Fixing Up:; A Bilingual Handbook for Older Homes / Manual de Consertos em Casas Antigas
Warren, RI: 1979. Paperback. 127 pp., 8vo. Paperback. English & Portuguese texts. Light edgewear & sunning to covers & spine. Profusely illustrated w/ line drawings; also includes fold-out color chart. Pgs clean & crisp.
Atlas Layouts, HO Scale Railroads.
Hillside, NJ: Atlas Tool Co., 1987. Pamphlet. 4to. 48 pp, b&w diagrams. Cover somewhat worn, pages fine. Guide to building customized train sets.
Preston Bailey's Design for Entertaining:; Inspiration for Creating the Party of Your Dreams
Boston, New York, London: Bulfinch Press, 2002. First edition. Cloth. 183 pp. 4to. Cloth in dustjacket. First edition. Slight edge wear to jacket, minor soiling to spine. Book in near fine condition, soiling to top edge. Photographys by Roger Dong and Alex Kirkbride.
The Silk Pictures of Thomas Stevens.
New York: An Exposition Banner Book, 1957. Cloth Hard Cover. 8vo. 147 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped, light rubbing and tiny tears along dj edges, library markings to fpd and title page. A Biography of the Coventry Weaver and His Contribution to the Art of Weaving.
Columbia Yarn Book of Infants' and Children's Wear.
Philadelphia: Wm. H. Horstmann Co., 1934. Paperback. 92 pp. 4to. Paperback. Shelfwear and soiling. Bumping and lt creasing to spine, bumping to ends w/ small tears and chips. Last page missing. Front hinge split, repaired as much as posible by seller. Slight finger smudge to p. 69.
Designer Knitting with Kitty Bartholomew.
New York: Sterling Publishing Co, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. 144 pp. 8vo (square). Boards in dj. First edition. Moderate bumping to dj. sp. head and upper corners, laminate peeling at head. Very sl. wear to board edges.
Flowers and Table Settings.
New York and London: Thomas Y. Crowell Co, 1954. Hardcover. 96 pp. 4to. Hardcover in dj. Signed by author. Dj scuffed and soiled, wear to edges, bumping to sp.ends and corners w/ chips/tears, few tears to edges, foxing to flaps. Edgewear to book, lt foxing to edges, sp. ends bumped.....
Practical Millinery Lessons:; A Complete Course of Lessons in the Art of Millinery
New York: The Illustrated Milliner Co., 1914. Cloth. 125 pp. 16mo. Shelf and edgewear to boards. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Small white stain to rear board. Previous owner's name and inscription to ffep. Endpapers browned. Front hinge repaired. Includes b&w pics and diagrams.
Handmade Rugs.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1927. First edition. Cloth. 205 pp, 8vo. Cloth. First edition. Soiling to cloth; slightly edgeworn; spine label browned. Spine slanted; back board slightly bowed. Textblock top edge discolored soiling or foxing to fore- and bottom-edges. Two pieces of paper torn from fpd near hinge; all.....
A Guide to Old Lace and New in Italy.
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1893. Cloth Hardcover. 8vo. 186 pp. Spine ends and corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, lightly shaken, light soiling to spine and around cover edges. Exhibited in Chacgo in 1893 and dedicated to her Majesty Queen Margherita. Gilt decorated endpapers. Three black and white photographic plates.....
Jazzy Jars.
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2002. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 128 pp. How to decorate and fill jars for gifts. Using decooupage, baking recipes, acrylic, polymer clay, etc.
A Passion for Color.
New York: Macmillan, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. 157 pp. 4to. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Dj lightly edgeworn. Minor edgewear and few sm. lt markings to book. Photography by Anthony Crickmay.
O Christmas Tree.
New York: Rizzoli, 1989. Cloth Hard Cover w/ Dustjacket. 4to. 160 pp. Illustrated front dj cover. Light shelfwear, light rubbing. Very light shelfwear to bottom book cover edges, bottom edge sunned. Decorative endpapers. Interior bright and clean, filled with color photos of interesting and unique Christmas trees. Binding tight.
Paper and Fabric Mache: 100 imaginitive and ingenius projects to make.
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1994. First edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 128 pp. Crisp, clean copy. More than 100 paper and fabric mache projects displayed in color with detailed instructions. Includes how to make mache fruit bowl, sewing basket, vases, and wall hangings.
Dyeing Wool With Neolans.
Basle, Switzerland: CIBA Limited. Cloth. 8vo. 72 pp. Cover lightly scuffed and soiled, bumped at corners. Some yellowing to page edges, pages otherwise fine. A guide to dye processes for wool.
Hints on Household Taste.
Boston: J. R. Osgood & Co., 1872. Cloth. Small 8vo. 300 pp. Green cloth covers with blind stamp decoration, gilt lettering (to front cover) and bevelled edges. Spine faded. Rubbing to corners, spine ends, lighter rubbing to edges and joints. Tear to back top fore corner. Open tear to spine.....
Stevens' Specials.
Aurora, IL: Stevens Wholesale Furniture Co. Folded Pamphlet. 8vo. no page numbers: folded advertising pamphlet for Stevens Wholesale Furniture Co. in Aurora, Illinois, with b&w illustrations, prices, item numbers, and descriptions; tears along creases where paper weakened; crease down middle of entire pamphlet (not from folded binding); pages browned and.....
The Big Book of Quilting.
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 2003. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 392 pp. Very light rubbing to back cover. "Everything you need to create beautiful quilts, decorative accessories, apparel and more." Contributors are Cheyrl Fall, Bettina Havig, Mary Jo Hiney, Karol Kavaya, Maggie Malone, Fran Roen, Linda Seward, and Vicki Skemp.....
Glorious Color:; Sources of Inspiration for Knitting and Needlepoint, with 17 Projects
New York: Clarkson Potter/ Publishers, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 160 pp., folio. Hardcover in dj. First edition. Light bowing & shelfwear to boards. Slight shelfwear, cocking & shaking to spine binding very sturdy. Pgs clean & crisp. Slight scuffing, soiling & shelfwear to dj; sm crease to front cover &.....
Stitched From the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Ante-Bellum South.
New York: Dutton Studio Books, 1990. First edition. Cloth. 4to. 101 pp. First edition, in VG condition overall. Light soiling to back cover, small stamp to front page, light soiling to end-papers. Dust jacket lightly worn at edges, corners, head and tail of spine, small tear at bottom right corner.....
The Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book.
Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1918. Cloth. 270 pp. 8vo. Cloth. Shelfwear and light soiling. Bumping to spine ends and corners. Sunning to spine. Light damp staining/slight wrinkling to board fore edges. Light soiling and browning to textblock and ep's. Previous owner's name/date to ffep in pen. Light split.....
The Encyclopedia of Needlecrafts.
London: Hermes House, 1998. Illustrated Boards. Folio. 512 pp. VG condition. Light bumping to spine ends and corners, very slight general wear to back cover. Interior clean, binding tight. Wear to dj edges, approx 2" tear to back dj cover. "A complete practical and inspirational guide to traditional and contemporary.....