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1961 Civil Defense Information Booklet Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense
This booklet was printed in December 1961 and introduced by the then secretary of defense, Robert S. McNamara who had taken that office in August. Contains 46 pages, with illustrations and diagrams and lists what people need to know to survive a nuclear attack. Condition: Front page had a fold, rest is good. Nice piece of 1960s history!
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TE1260
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Into a Second Century with Procter & Gamble
A 50 page book, privately printed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1944 by the Procter & Gamble Company, telling how the company began with two men, one from Ireland, one from England who started by making soap in 1819 and what a success story, and they are still growing as a corporation today. This book was published for its stockholders. Nice condition, hardback, 8 ½ by 5 ½ inches.
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TE2501
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Readers Digest Complete Guide To Needlework 1979
Title: Readers Digest Complete Guide To Needlework
Year Published : 1979
Publisher: Readers Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville, New York / Montreal
Condition: Hard Cover / Good / Issued with no dust jacket - Original Owners name in ink crossed out on one page and ink stamped on another page, rest of book is in very good condition with tight binding.
Size: 504 pages, 10 by 8-3/4 inches
Comments: Step by step guide to many forms of needlework: Embroidery Needlepoint Knitting Appliquι Quilting Patchwork Macramι Crochet Rug Making Lacework; nice photos.
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TE1248
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How to build a family fallout Shelter, Office Civil Defense -Sept. 1961
This interesting 32 page booklet was sold by the Department of Defense. Published originally in June 1959 and reprinted in September 1961 by the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. Has step by step directions with diagrams on installing a fallout shelter, and its use and how to stock and be prepared in the event of a disaster, to save your family. What a nice piece of 1960s history!
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TE1816
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Singer Sewing Book / Revised Edition / The Complete Guide To Sewing
Title: Singer Sewing Book / Revised Edition / The Complete Guide To Sewing
Year: 1972
Publisher: The Singer Company, New York, New York
Condition: Good / used / name & date written on inside cover page /1 inch rip to dust jacket
Size: 500 pages, 11 inches by 8-3/4 inches
Comments: Hard Cover with dust jacket
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Anne Halliday Decorating With Crochet 1975
Author: Anne Halliday
Title: Decorating With Crochet
Year Published: 1975
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1975
Condition: Hard Cover With Dust Jacket; dust jacket has edge tears, very slight warp to front cover when laid flat, normal shelf wear for age, tight binding, no writing, nice photographs and diagrams.
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TE1817
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Interior Decoration a to z
Title: Interior Decoration a to z
Author: Betty Pepis
Year: 1965
Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Inc. Garden City, New York
Condition: Good / used / name & date written on inside cover page / dust jacket: rip, soiled, faded at edges
Size: 223 pages, 11 inches by 8-1/2 inches
Comments: Hard Cover with dust jacket / Well Illustrated, 1960s decorating styles
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TE1818
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The Doubleday Book Of Interior Decorating
Title: The Doubleday Book Of Interior Decorating
Author: Albert Kornfeld
Year: 1965
Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Garden City, New York
Condition: Very Good, except rip to dust jacket, name & date written on inside page
Size: 216 pages, 11-1/4 inches by 8-1/2 inches
Comments: Hard Cover / Dust Jacket / Well Illustrated, Decorating Styles
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TE1264
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1916- The Shoe Industry Frederick J. Allen
This hardback book was printed by The Vocation Bureau of Boston, copyright 1916, contains 327 pages, measures 5 by 8 inches and contains everything one could ever want to know about the shoe industry, and the process of shoemaking, from ancient times to the printing of this book in 1916. The book has 16 pages of shoemaking terms another interesting read!
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TE1819
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Better Homes & Gardens Flower Arranging
Title: Better Homes & Gardens Flower Arranging
Year: 1957
Publisher: Meredith Publishing Company, U.S.A.
Condition: Good for age, paper shows age ( a bit darker), name & address written on inside cover page
Size: 160 pages, 8 by 11 inches
Comments: Hard Cover / 115 illustrations, with instructions to create
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TE1265
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1934 The Art And Practice Of Printing Volume 5
This hardback book was published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, LTD in 1934 and is volume V of a work in six volumes. This book formerly was a college library book at St. Gregory Seminary, Mt. Washington Station, Cincinnati, Ohio and has that stamped on the front fly leaf along with Discard. Has 320 pages including an index plus some advertisements in the rear. This volume covers: Bookbinding And Ruling - letterpress bookbinding, edition case binding, stationary binding, loose-leaf books, and machine ruling, by John Mason an instructor in bookbinding at Leicester College of Arts & Crafts. Has lots of illustrations, and is in nice condition, except for the college library stamp in two places, and "discard" in two places. This book measures 7 ½ inches by 5 inches, has green cover with gold lettering.
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Unit Method Of Sewing
Title: Unit Method Of Sewing
Author: Iowa Home Economics Association
Year: 1950
Publisher: The Iowa State College Press, Ames, Iowa
Condition: Good, Spiral Bound
Size: 104 pages, 11-1/4 inches by 8-1/4 inches
Comments: Nice glossary defining sewing terms - Unit Construction: organized way of constructing a garment, unit by unit - modernizing clothing sewing methods
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TE1821
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How To Make Your Windows Beautiful
Title: How To Make Your Windows Beautiful
Year: 1965
Publisher: Kirsch Company, Sturgis, Michigan
Condition: Soft Cover, Original Owners name on inside cover page, faded cover at edges
Size: 72 pages, 12 by 9 inches
Comments: Styles In Decorative Window Treatments
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Readers Digest Crafts & Hobbies
Title: Readers Digest Crafts & Hobbies
Year: 1979
Publisher: Readers Digest Association, Inc. Pleasantville, New York / Montreal
Condition: Hard Cover / Good / Issued with no dust jacket
Size: 456 pages, 10 by 8-3/4 inches
Comments: Step by step guide to many activities from leatherworking to restoring furniture and others such as: Macramι Decoupage- Candle making - Papier-mβchι Basketry Stained Glass String Art Quiltmaking Collage- gardening Jewelry Framing Preserving Winemaking Bookbinding + more
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