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Books: Nonfiction: Home and Garden


What's New in the Collector's Showcase of Books: Nonfiction: Home and Garden?
The Most Recent Additions to This Category are First!
Offering this book titled Decorative Walls in a Weekend by Salli Brand - simple step by step projects for maximum effect with minimum effort; published by Merehurst 1998. Colorful illustrated soft covers; near fine condition, no spine cracks, fraying, or stains, very clean. Pages are clean and crisp, no stains, scribbling, or tears. Ready to do some spring painting - need new ideas? - this book is very informative to show you how to achieve beautiful results for your painted walls, from stencilling to faux marble, from frottage to faux stone, also embossed wallpaper and fabric wall designs! Media Mail shipping to continental US addresses will be $3.00  Offering this book titled American Junk by Mary Randolph Carter - photographs by the author; published by Viking Studio Press, 1994, looks to be a first edition though no marked. Colorful illustrated hardboard covers; near fine condition, no spine cracks, fraying, or stains, very clean. Pages are clean and crisp, no stains, scribbling, or tears. Love to shop at flea markets and rummage shops? - this book is very informative to show you how to use what you find, what to look for and many surprises! Media Mail shipping to continental US addresses will be $4.00  Offering this book titled Use What You Have Decorating by Lauri Ward, published by G P Putnam's Sons, New York, 1998 - transform your home in one hour with ten simple design principles, using the space you have, the things you like, and the budget you choose. Original dust jacket is in very good condition, no tears or stains. Black hardboard cover with gold lettering on spine. Near fine condition, no spine cracks, fraying, or stains, very clean. Pages are clean and crisp, no stains, scribbling, or tears. Need a change? - this book is very informative to show you how to use what you have but in a whole new light! Includes the Ten Most Common Decorating Mistakes and How to Correct Them; Tell Me What You Want, Creating a Comfortable Conversation Area, Proper Furniture Placement, Finding Balance, Furniture of Different Heights, Creating a Cohesive Look, Finding the Focal Point, Using Artwork Effectively, Skillfully Displaying your Accessories, Using Lighting Correctly, Making Your Home More Beautiful, and much more! Media Mail shipping to continental US addresses will be $3.00  1950s to 60s Cleveland Press Home Makers Center, How To Do It Yourself by Jim Chandler by The Cleveland Press. It has 46 pages and is in very good condition. Booklet measures 9 by 11 inches. 07mus115

Decorative Walls in a Weekend Salli Bran $10.00

  

American Junk Mary Randolph Carter 1994 $15.00

  

Use What You Have Decorating Lauri Ward $15.00

  

1950s to 60s Cleveland Press Home Makers $5.00
Everything you ever wanted to know about how to fix stuff around the house. A very informative book for the lady of the house. It is a 5-1/4 X 8-1/4 inch paperback with 214 pages. No missing or torn pages but some yellowing (cover has a few scuffs.) Copyright 1972 by Kay B. Ward. Published by Grosset & Dunlap-New York. ADD $3.50 SHIPPING TO ANYWHERE IN THE USA. Shipping discount available on multiple purchases.  Shirley Monckton, 1989, Sterling pub., hard cover, dust jacket and book very good condition.  Derek Fell, 1990, Crescent Publishing, dust jacket and book very good condition.  Malcolm Hiller, Simon Schuster, dust jacket, 1991, very good condition.

The Feminine Fix It Handbook - Kay Ward $5.00

  

Arranging Flowers Techniques of Floristr $24.00

  

Essential Herbs The 100 Best for Design $65.00

  

The Book of Container Gardening $35.00
Montegue Free, 1947, Doubleday, color pictures. Bottom right corner 1" water stain.  Earth Sheltered Community Design, Energy Efficient Residential Development, prepared by the Undderground Space Center University of Minnesota. They examine all aspects of community design, including: site selection, topography, soil data, orientation, climate, roads and utilities, site design, density, marketability and more.This book was published in 1981, has 270pgs. and is in excellent condition.  This is a wonderful paperback full of information which makes it easier to care for your houseplants. This book was printed in the Netherlands and was translated by Cumming Kleeberg. There are many color illustrated pages of plants. The front cover has one tiny corner that has the color missing. This book is in excellent condition. This is a great book to have if you really want to have that "Green Thumb"!!!  Caroline Cass, 1997, Bulfinch Press, 1st ed., American Edition, dust jacket & book like new. Many beautiful flower arrangements.

All About Houseplants $5.00

  

Earth Sheltered Community Design, Energy $18.95

  

128 Houseplants You Can Grow by Rob Herw $6.99

  

Elton John's Flower Fantasies $35.00
Bernard Lavery, 1995, 1st ed., like new.  Beautiful informative hardcover book containing 256 pages of wonderful ideas for creating your own country home! More than 300 color photographs! Covers such subjects as Creating Country Style, Country Furniture, Collectibles Showcase, Country Interiors, Country Porches and Patios, Country Blooms, Coming Home to Country, and more! Condition is mint with the dust jacket! A great gift idea or for yourself. Thank you for looking!  Field Guide to Wild Herbs from Rodale. This book is dated 1987, has 50pgs., is highly illustrated and other than some writing on the back cover is in excellent condition.  Alice M. Coats, 1973, Phaidon, Lon., oversize, 4 centuries of flower il., 126 il., 40 color, dust jacket, very good condition. Oversized.

How To Grow Giant Vegetables $10.00

  

Better Homes & Gardens Country Style 198 $25.00

  

Field Guide to Wild Herbs from Rodale $4.95

  

The Book of Flowers $60.00
Ernest Pickering, 1951, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., very good.  Daniel Foley, 1949, 350 flowers in full color, torn dust jacket, book very good.  Louise Beebe Wilder, 1937, Mac Millan, very good condition.  The Country Kitchen. This is by Family Circle magazine. It includes color photographs, ideas and techniques for decorating the kitchen and also recipes for the Country Style. This is a hard cover book with 249 pages from 1990 in excellent condition. Cooking, decorating category. 05Books015.

The Homes of America $20.00

  

Garden Flowers in Color $15.00

  

The Garden in Color $65.00

  

The Country Kitchen $5.00
500 Terrific Ideas For Gardening. This is by Anne Halpin. This is a soft cover book, spiral bound, with 160 pages from 1992 in excellent condition. Gardening category. 05Books001.  1983, 1st edition, soft cover, Abbevile Press, Like new.  David Papworth, 1987, Crescent Books, like new.  1974, soft cover, very good condition.

500 Terrific Ideas For Gardening $3.00

  

Miniature Rooms, Thorne Rooms at the Art $50.00

  

Concise Encyclopedia of Garden Flowers $17.00

  

Roses of Yesteryear & Today $15.00
Soft cover, Stelvio Coggiatti, 1987, Fireside Books, like new  Mary Anne Mclean, 1987, Harry Abrams, 70 full pages, drawings of flowers & vegetables, dust jacket & book like new.  Stanley Gosling, 1973, Arco Publishing, dust jacket and book very good. Many colored illustrations.  Barbara Morris, 1989, Chartwell Books, illustrated in color, dust jacket and book very good condition. Liberty design 1874-1914 design of textiles, wall paper, carpets, furniture, jewelry, ceramics, glass and silver.

Simon & Schuster's Guide to Roses $20.00

  

Mary Anne's Garden $75.00

  

Pocket Encyclopedia of Chrysanthemums in $12.00

  

Liberty Design $55.00
Revised by Issen Nishikawa, hard cover, 1967, 138pp, published by Japan Travel Bureau, Inc, Toyko. Book is in Mint condition, the DJ is slightly tatty.  Country Living Country Lifestyles book. A decorators delight! This is a spiral bound book, that is in good clean condition, with all the best color pictures from Country Living Magazines! If you need ideas on how to display your collections, this book is the answer! If you are a decorator, this book is awesome! Everything I sell in my stores are shown somewhere in this book, from pewterware to graniteware, to woodenware, to yellow ware & on it goes! The copyright dates are 1990 & 1992, Hearst Corporation. It does not have page numbers, but I'd estimate there are over 900 pages, and many chapters. This would make a wonderful housewarming gift for someone that loves Country!  by Phyllis Paultz, Dolphin edition, 1973, 239 pp, soft cover, published by Dolphin Books. Book in good condition, lightly wear to cover.  By F.F. Rockwell & E.C Grayson. First edition , 1940, published by Wise & Co, 238 pp. Book in good condition. Book has light yellowing on right side of pages, foxing on last page, some pages lightly stuck together, cover faded and lightly soiled. Sans DJ .

Floral Art of Japan by Issotei Nishikawa $35.00

  

Country Living Country Lifestyles $45.00

  

How to Decorate with Natural Materials $10.00

  

Flower Arrangement in Color $10.00
Signed and inscribed by author, hard cover, first edition, 1966, published by Hearthside Press, 92 pp., book in good condition with light stain on page edges, sans DJ  Bernice Brilmayer, 1962, Doubleday, x-library book, 2 front pages torn out, dust jacket, good condition.  Peter Loewer, 1992, illustrated, dust jacket, very good condition.  Country Living Country Look Book. lst edition, 1991. Lovely, collectible hard cover book titled: Country Look and How To Get It. Hearst Corp., 192 pages; in very good condition and is chock full of ideas and full color displays! Great coffee table book, and features many of the items I sell in my stores including: quilts, boxes, pottery, bowls, and more! Not quite vintage yet, but definitely collectible! Perfect for the coffee table!

Chrysanthemums Indoors $14.00

  

Vintage Garden Book: All About Vines & H $8.00

  

Rodale's Annual Garden $20.00

  

Country Living Country Look Book $32.00
1953, oversized, Simon & Schuster  1989, 1st edition, very good, dust jacket.  1926, Richardson Wright, cover worn, oversized.  John Mattock & Jane Newdick, 1993, good condition

House & Garden's New Complete Guide To I $85.00

  

Laura Ashley Complete Guide To Home Deco $20.00

  

House & Garden's second book of Interior $200.00

  

The Step By Step Guide To Growing & Disl $20.00
The Concise Encyclopedia of Favorite Flowering Shrubs by Marjorie J. Dietz, 1963, 1st edition, illustrated, dust jacket, very good.  Outdoor Gardening in Pots and Boxes by George Taloumis, 1962, photos D. Van Nostrand Company, x library book, dust jacket, good condition.  The Woman's Day Book of House Plants by Jean Hersey, 1965, dust jacket, Simon Schuster, colored illustrations, very good condition.  Making Things Grow by Thalassa Cruso, 1973, Knopf, cover faded but book otherwise in very good condition.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Favorite Flo $15.00

  

Outdoordoor Gardening in Pots and Boxes $6.00

  

The Woman's Day Book of House Plants $15.00

  

Making Things Grow $10.00
Growing Orchids at your Window by Jack Kramer, published by Van Nostrand, 1963, dust jacket, x library book, but very good condition.  Gardening, Forcing, Conditioning, and Drying for Flower Arrangements by Arno and Irene Nehrling is a book club edition. Published by Hearthside, 1958, dust jacket.  Country Living Country Kitchens book. Great collectible hard cover book by Bo Niles titled: The Country Living Book of Country Kitchens, 1985, Hearst Books, (and no other copyright date in the book). This book has 255 pages, many full color, of the most wonderful kitchen displays! A fabulous book! Good condition except dust jacket is a bit worn. It contains pictures of all the things I sell in my stores.  Country Living Book. c.1997, lst edition. Not vintage, yet, but a great collectible book! Hard covered book titled: Handmade Country Old-Fashioned Crafts and Timeless Keepsakes. Good condition, and is 192 pages, and the author is Mary Seehafer Sears and Eleanor Levie. This book has vivid color pages showing many similar items to what I sell in my stores! Things like firkins, printer's boxes, pantry boxes, stoneware, pottery, quilts, primitives and more! It is a wonderful coffee table book, or to use for ideas when decorating your home.

Growing Orchids at your Window $10.00

  

Gardening, Forcing, Cond. & Drying for F $20.00

  

Country Living Country Kitchens Book $35.00

  

Country Living Book $32.00
The Country Store Book. c.1996. Not vintage, but awesome! This is a wonderful hard cover by Stefanie Donaldson, 160 pgs. No other copyright date in the book, so I assume it is the lst edition. The book features gorgeous, vivid full color pages of similar items I sell in my stores! Things like graniteware, woodenware, milk bottles, pottery, old bottles, etc. This book deals with traditional food, country crafts, natural decorations. Good condition; just the dust jacket is a bit worn around the edges.  The Gardener’s Bed Book. A must for every dedicated gardener by Richardson Wright. This is hard cover with 341 pages from 1939 in good condition. The dust cover has some damage. Non-Fiction, home and garden. L667x11.  <b><center>THE INSTANT GUIDE TO HEALTHY SUCCULENTS - JOHN PILBEAM</b> What goes wrong..and how to cure it 1984 hardcover by Eurobook Limited. US - Times Books, NY. John Pilbeam has grown, studied and written about cacti and succulents for over thirty years. He is Secetary of the British Cactus and Succulent Society and a member of the International Organization for Succulent Plant Study 80 pages with many color and black & white illustrations. Color pictures help you to pinpoint each problem. Captions give full instructions for nursing your plant back to health. Easy-to-follow text gives details of everday care. Great information by a real expert in this field. Condition: Very Good  <b><center>THE EUPHORBIA JOURNAL - VOLUME 7 BY STRAWBERRY PRESS 1991 - First Edition</b> In this volume they continue to explore the deserts of the world and the fascinating representatives of the succulent euphorbiaccae found there. There are many articles by passionate collectors and authorities covering India, South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, Yemen and several other regions. This Journal includes the cumulative index of Volumes 1 - 7 In addition they have continued the Photographic Collection and Descriptions of Succulent Euphorbias with increasing emphasis on habitat photographs in combination with identifying close-ups. Photography is by Ron LaFon Gorgeous Book in Good Condition

The Country Store Book $32.00

  

The Gardeners Bed Book $12.00

  

The Instant Guide to Healthy Succulents $4.95

  

The Euphorbia Journal - Volume 7 $40.00
How To Build Your Cabin or Modern Vacation Home, Popular Science, 1976, 160pgs and in excellent condition.  The Essential Handbook Of Victorian Etiquette. It is illustrated. This is by John O’Hara. This has a soft cover and 129 pages in good condition. Non Fiction. L529x2.  Life And Fashion In America, 1650 to 1900. This is by Paul McPharlin with great illustrations. This is from 1946 with hard cover and 40 pages in very good condition. Non Fiction. L523x8.  Country Ideas Book. This is a collectible 1989 lst edition, out of print book by Barbara Rogers. This hardcover book featuring ideas on entertaining, decorating, cooking, and more! It has 192 beautiful color pages with great ideas for design and display of country collections, among other things. The dust jacket has some minor frazzles at upper left corner and small tear, and a little rubbed area on the the lower right corner of the front hardcover. Other than that, it is in good condition, the pages are not tattered, yellowed or frayed at all, and the binding is tight. A great book if you need some ideas on how to incorporate some country into your decor.

How To Build Your Cabin or Modern Vacati $4.95

  

The Essential Handbook Of Victorian Etiq $5.00

  

Life And Fashion In America, 1650 to 190 $6.00

  

Out of Print Country Ideas Book $45.00
American Country Living book. Beautiful coffee table hard cover book that encompasses cooking, design, gardening and entertaining. It features 396 pages, most full-color, with vivid illustrations, recipes, designs, etc. Michael Friedman Publishing Group; various authors. Nice book to use for ideas on how to use country items in your decor, how to can your produce, how to dry herbs, etc. This is the 1994 edition, and it is in good condition, no tears, tatters or stray pen marks. Probably cost a pretty penny when new too!   

American Country Living Book $32.00

   


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