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Books: Nonfiction: Arts and Crafts


What's New in the Collector's Showcase of Books: Nonfiction: Arts and Crafts?
The Most Recent Additions to This Category are First!
Milner Craft Series, Silk Ribbon Embroidery. This craft book by Jenny Bradford was published in 1990, is a step by step guide of silk ribbon embroidery, for gifts and garments, is hardbound, has 54 pgs. and is in excellent condition.  The Spirit of Christmas, Book Two, Creative Holiday Ideas. This craft book of projects was published in 1988 by Leisure Arts, is a step by step guide, is hardbound, has 159 pgs. and is in excellent condition.  A Crafters Book of Angels by Deborah Morgenthal. This craft book by Deborah Morgenthal was published in 1995, has 75 projects illustrated in color, is hardbound, has 160 pgs. and is in excellent condition.  F. Warne & Co., 1992. Adorable items to make with Peter Rabbit & friends. Hard cover, dust jacket & book like new. Easy to follow instructions, patterns, how to photographs and clear charts make this a beautiful and practical book to enjoy.

Milner Craft Series, Silk Ribbon Embroid $14.95

 

Spirit of Christmas Creative Holiday Ide $9.95

 

A Crafters Book of Angels by Deborah Mor $14.95

 

Toys and Designs from The World of Beatr $20.00

This fun book shows how to use a needle, thread and sometimes, knitting needles or crochet hook to make your own fashion jewelry. There are patterns for a faux pearl belt, choker necklaces, crocheted rings with crystal beads and long chains. There is even a section that covers pierced and clip earrings. The book has 23 pages and is in full color.  


Printing 


 Harold Curwen, ill. by Jack Brough 


 A book on the history of printing. Many illustrations. 


 Puffin Picture Book 70, Penguin Books Ltd., Curwen Press Ltd., Plaistow, London, England, 1948. Soft cover, 8-3/4 inches wide by 7-1/4 inches tall, 31 pages. 


 Some wear to corners and edges. Small tear at bottom of last page and back cover. 


 Under 1 lb.  Haines. Hard bound, 1st edition, 1948, published by Van Nostrand Company, Inc, 1008 pp. Book is good + condition, clean copy with a few light spots on the top of the pages, binding is tight, light wear to cloth , Sans DJ.


Covers leathercraft, woodworking, metal arts, jewelry, graphic arts, plastic arts, basketry and more. Each section is authored by a different person. Illustrated in black and white with photos  and drawings throughout.


 Hardbound, fourth Printing, 1976, published by Winchester Press, NY, 189pp. Book is near mint, DJ is tatty.

1971 Pattern Book for Fashion Jewelry $9.00

 

Printing - Harold Curwen history of prin $11.75

 

The Home Crafts Handbook edited by Ray E $25.00

 

Fiberglass Rod Making by Dale P. Clemens $20.00

Award winning Patty Jackson's designs, 1976, 24 transferable patterns of fruits, vegetables, flowers, mushrooms, roosters, frogs, a lamb, snail and American eagle. These  patterns can also be used for stitchery and shrinky art.  Kenneth F. Bates, 1967, World Publishing, the history of enameling, many illustrations, 1st ed., very good condition.  Virginia Nathanson, 1967, Hearthstone Press, very good condition.  Virginia Nathanson, 1969, Many illustrations, Hearthside Press, very good condition.

Tole Designer Patterns Transferable $8.00

 

The Enamelist $75.00

 

The Art of Making Bead Flowers & Bouquet $20.00

 

New Patterns for Bead Flowers and Decora $20.00

First edition hard cover, 1984, 158 pp, published by Oxmoor House. The book is in acceptable condition - there is soiling to the cover and the front board is slightly warped although the pages inside do not show any damage. The DJ is slightly tatty.

 First edition hard cover, 1989, 288 pp, published by Rodale Press. The book is in near mint condition  with only light wear to the lacquered cover. No DJ.


There are over 80 patterns, full sized templates and more for making traditional Amish quilts.

 Stafford and Robert Bishop. First edition hard cover, 1972, 313 pp, published by E.P. Dutton & Co. The book is in good + condition, with light shelf wear, small dent on top edge and a binders crease on a few pages in the back. Sans DJ.


 by Joyce Aiken & Jean Ray Laury, 1st ed., 1977, dust jacket, & book very good condition.

A Garden of Quilts by Mary Elizabeth Joh $10.00

 

How to Make an Amish Quilt by Rachel and $25.00

 

America's Quilts and Coverlets by Carlet $25.00

 

The Total Tote Bag Book / Designer Totes t $15.00

Sandra Buckingham, soft bound, 1994, 152 pp, published by Camden House. Book in good condition, light water damage to top right corners of pages.  First edition, hard cover, 144 pp, published by Sterling Publishing Co, 1988. Clean copy in very good condition. 

 D. Emtrekin, 1975, Sterling Publishing.  by John R. Lindbeck, hard cover, 1972, published by The center for Applied Research in Education, Inc., NY, 206 pp. Book in excellent condition, with small dents on bottom edge. Sans DJ .

Stencilling - A Harrowsmith Guide by $14.00

 

The Book of Wreaths by Rob Pulleyn $15.00

 

Vintage Arts & Crafts Book: Make Your Ow $8.00

 

Guide to Industrial Arts Education $15.00

Soft cover, first edition, second printing 1992, published by TAB Books, 206 pp. Book in excellent condition, with light wear to cover edges.

 Great book lot for the weaver in your household---this nice lot includes: 1. Weave Your Own Tweeds by Roger Miller 2. The Handcrafter volume I June July 1925 3. Handweaver and Craftsman Spring 1968 volume 19 and No. 2 4. Contemporary Hand Weaving by Ruth Overman and Lula Smide---Enjoy!  Westland. Frst edition, 1995, hard cover, published by Smithmark, illustrated in color, 185 pp. in near mint condition.


A collection of projects and pastimes from a bygone age 

 Country Wreaths from Caprilands, Adelma Grener Simmons, 1989, hard cover.

Easy Potpourri by David A Webb $10.00

 

Hand Weaving Book Lot Roger Miller Plus $25.00

 

The Victorian Book of Flowers by Pamela $12.00

 

Country Wreaths from Caprilands $20.00

The Art of Drying Plants and Flowers by Mabel Squires. 1958, dust jacket, Bonanza, very good.  This wonderful full color pattern book shows exciting new designs including macra-weaving and macra-sculptures.. If you are lost in the ozone of the 1960-70 era, this is a fun pattern book for macrame' work. There are plenty of plant hangers and wall decorations in this fully illustrated 23 page book.  Hard cover published in 1965 by  Wilfred Funk, 110 pp. In good condition, DJ is tatty.

 A 1973 edition of The Crewel Needlepoint World by Barbara H. Donnelly, with photography by Karl W. Gullers.  Written by a needlepoint designer and teacher, this book is filled with hundreds of beautiful designs, instructions on how to create your own designs and transfer them to canvas, a dictionary of stitches with illustrations, and superb photography.

Published by Gullers International, Inc., New York, Stockholm, Copenhagen, and by Morgan and Morgan, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, New York.  A crewel needlepoint book that will give you ideas and patterns for many years to come.

The Art of Drying Plants and Flowers $20.00

 

Macrame' Moods, 1976 Macrame' Pattern B $4.50

 

A Reference for Wood by Eric Sloane $25.00

 

The Crewel Needlepoint World $6.50

Three needlework books by Mira Silverstein - Guide to Combination Stitches, Guide to Looped and Knotted Stitches, and Guide to Slanted Stitches.


Each paperback has about 100 pages filled with instructions, illustrations, patterns and innovative methods for completing new needlework projects.  There is surface wear on the soft covers, but the inside pages are all fine. All 3 were published by David McKay Co., Ny.  Price is for all three books.  Jo Ippolito Christensen's 1979 experimentation with new needlepoint forms let to the publication of this book--Needlepoint: The Third Dimension.  Includes 264 pages of instructions, patterns and black and white illustrations.  Center pages are in color.  Published by Prentice Hall in 1979.  Good condition with jacket wear and minor wear on bottom edges of cover.  Inside pages are in excellent condition.  Good quality hardcover.  First edition, first printing of Woods & Woodworking by G.E. Baker & L. Dayle Yeager published by Howard W. Sams & Co, In, NY in 1975. The interior pages are clean, the cover is scuffed with a few dings, overall in  good condition.  The Godey Lady Doll. This is by Charlotte Eldridge with 15 dress patterns and 22 scale drawings of miniature furniture. This is from 1953 with hard cover and 209 pages in very good condition except dust cover has damage. Non Fiction. 9s39 L519x3.

Trio of Mira Silverstein Needlework Book $11.00

 

Needlepoint: The Third Dimension $8.50

 

Woods & Woodworking by Baker & Yeager $6.00

 

The Godey Lady Doll $17.00

Fox Fire 4, a How To book. How to make fiddles, springhouses, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening and further affairs of plain living. Several photos. This is from 1977 with soft cover and 496 pages in good condition except some stains. Non Fiction. L519x6.


 Afghans To Knit And Crochet. This is by Better Homes & Gardens from 1986 with 80 pages, hard cover and in very good condition. L512x4.


 The Baskets Of Rural America. This is by Gloria Roth Teleki and has a soft cover and 202 pages from 1975. L487x3.


 Complete How-to Book Of Indiancraft, (68 )Projects For authentic Indian articles from tepees to tom-toms', by W. Ben Hunt, 1973 and in excellent condition.

Fox Fire 4, a How To book $8.00

 

Afghans To Knit And Crochet $5.00

 

The Baskets Of Rural America $7.00

 

Complete How-to Book Of Indiancraft $14.95

Leisure Arts/Christmas Remembered Crafts Needlework projects, Book Four, O Christmas Tree, 1992, 96pg. Nice projects in full color and as new.


  

Leisure Arts Christmas Remembered Crafts $14.95

  



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