Coleridge, Anthony
Chippendale Furniture Circa 1745-1765
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked coarse weave cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slightly sunned spine, traces of storage and light creasing to edges. 420 plates plus 229pp. The work of Thomas Chippendale and his contemporaries in the Rococo Style including Vile, Cobb, Pierre Langlois, Channon, Hallett, Ince and Mayhew, Lock, Johnson and others. over the period 1745-1765. A heavy book. Very well illustrated.
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Bridgewater, Alan; Bridgewater, Gill
Treasury of Woodcarving Designs
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn with nicks and slight creasing to upper and lower rear edges. 192pp. A comprehensive source book with a wide-ranging collection of woodcarving designs from all over the world, illustrated with over 1,000 detailed drawings and photographs, plus their cultural and historical period connections. . Hardback edition very scarce in the UK.
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Serpell, David
Collecting Carlton Ware
No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to lower corner of rear covers, none to front or to slightly sunned spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 138pp. Detailed very well illustrated study of Carlton Ware which began production in 1890 with particular emphasis on collecting pieces including many prices as of the end of the 20th century.
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Mason, Garry (editor)
FX - Design, Business and Society : Issue 139 October 2005
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 170pp. A monthly trade magazine for the contract interior design industry with Gary Rhodes W1 restaurant, designing out the terrorists, National Trust HQ in Swindon, Butlin's Shoreline Hotel and much more.
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The Editors
IKEA Catalogue 2013
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Catalogue of Swedish home furnisher. 326pp. IKEA in 2013.
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Carter, Ernest F.
The Boys' Book of Model Railways
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked red cloth boards and the tiniest of bumps to corners. 144pp. How to create realistic model railways layouts and accessories.
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Harris, Jennifer ; Hyde, Sarah & Smith, Greg
1966 and All That - Design and the Consumer in Great Britain 1960 - 1969
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Catalogue of exhibits plus 160pp. From the Whitworth Art Gallery in 1986, this illustrated account describes the trendy new aspects of Britain in 1966 from the mini skirt and mini car to Centre Point, the cleaning of Manchester Town Hall and the Kenwood Chef.
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Gassmann, Doris & Seipp, Inge & Rogalski, Ulla
100 Jahre Seipp : 100 Objekte aus 100 Jahren
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with rubbed but unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. unpaginated. pp. For its 100th anniversary, the company Seipp Wohnen organized the exhibition '100 Objects from 100 Years', which related an object in design history to a historical event for each year of this period. This is the catalogue showing all of the 100 objects. Scarce in the UK.
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Lejard, Andre (editor)
The Art Of The French Book - from Early Manuscrips to the Present Time
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked black boards with white lettering and cream vellum spine and bumping to front corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped with some marking, small tears to corners, small piece missing from spine top and rubbed/nicked edges. 164pp. A history of French book production from the 9th century to books illustrated by Picasso, Matisse and Braque.
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Linkhorn, Forbes Lloyd (editor)
Illustrators 22 : The Twenty Second Annual of American Illustration
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. Unpaginated pp. With 633 illustrations chosen for the Society of Illustrators' 1980/81 Exhibition. A heavy book. Scarce in the UK.
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Wilde, Lyn Webster
Celtic Inspirations
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 160pp. A distillation of ancient wisdom illustrated with evocative photographs and superb artworks specially commissioned to capture the mystery and beauty of the Celtic imagination.
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Samuel, Evelyn
Introducing Batik
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and a little bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not torn with rubbed surfaces, sunned spine and minor creasing to edges. 80pp. A precise description and demonstration of the beautiful ancient craft of Batik, which can be quickly mastered, opening up possibilities in textile printing and design.
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Bury, Dr Steve (introduction)
Chelsea College of Art and Design Degree Exhibition 1997
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight curling outwards of cover fore-edges and no bumping to corners. 107pp. With full-page examples of the artwork from all eighty-three of the students at the Chelsea College of Art and Design as presented in their 1997 exhibition. Brief details of others works by the artists listed in the student details section. Very scarce.
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Sturgis, Russell
The Interdependence of the Arts of Design: A Series of Six Lectures Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago : 1904
Inscription on front end paper. No other marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight pages with dusty unmarked boards and page edges, well-rubbed ends of sunned spine and with bumping to corners. 227pp. A series of six lectures delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago, being the Scammon Lectures for 1904. Illustrated.
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Benson, Dorothy
Machine Embroidery : The Artistic Possibilities of the Domestic Sewing Machine
A well creased and rubbed copy with dusty/dirty marking to many corners and some pages. Many pages clean. Soiling to rear. Four centre pages loose. Reading copy only. 79pp. Advice, technique, samples in the twenty-five lessons. Some pages in colour. Undated ca 1950.
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Poulson, Christine
William Morris
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with sunning to spine and very tiny scratch to rear. 128pp. Biography of William Morris, his friendships, socialism, work and achievements in architecture, painting, textiles, wallpapers, poetry and furniture and influence on design.
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Grey, Maggie (editor)
The World of Embroidery : November 1997 : Volume 48 No 6
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Embroidery magazine with features on the language of textiles, textiles of Southern Africa, designing for dishes, wirework in context, a museum curator's day, Michael Brennand-Wood, traditional Japanese embroidery, Ten Plus Textiles, transatlantic styles, felt carpets from Central Asia, easy steps to design and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
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Grey, Maggie (editor)
The World of Embroidery : May 1998 : Volume 49 No 3
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor damp effect to upper edge, traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Embroidery magazine with features on Angkor carvings patterns, Indian embroidery, rainbow dyeing, north-west England silks, Brunel Broderers, overcoming 'stitcher's block', Sarah Burgess, hat-maker's nautical inspiration, Elizabethan costume inspiration, collage, Ulster embroidery, Opus Anglicanum and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
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Grey, Maggie (editor)
The World of Embroidery : July 1998 : Volume 49 No 4
No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease down centre of magazine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Embroidery magazine with features on acanthus leaf design, textile trends, design reserch in Arabia, North-west England cottons, health & safety and embroidery, teaching, brush pencil needle, piecing together, Mary Cozens-Walker, samplers through play, workof Cindy Hickock, traditions, work with a soldering iron and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
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Grey, Maggie (editor)
The World of Embroidery : January 1999 : Volume 50 No 1
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Embroidery magazine with features on Japan indigo patterns, Margi Hennen dolls, Lord Middleton collection, Pakistan to England cloth and stitch, creative screen printing, Sian Martin, Oxford Community Embroidery, lightweight felts, stitchers on the internet, Bowes Mueum, amber into gold, changing times and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
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Grey, Maggie (editor)
The World of Embroidery : March 2000 : Volume 51 No 2
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 64pp. Embroidery magazine with features on interior design, marbling, balance of design and stitch, Veise stitch, Bavaria national dress, art vs craft in India, Rebecca Crompton, Beatrix Atkinson, Sybil Francis, Barbara Siedlecka, Textiles for ceramics, Lichfield Textiles, Tudor sources, textile advertising and embroidery sales, events, books and exhibitions.
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Howard, Constance
Twentienth-Century Embroidery in Great Britain from 1978
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with nicks to upper corners, label removal rubbing to front, slight creasing to edges and traces of storage. 322pp. The history of emboridery from 1978 onwards with concise text and carefully selected illustrations plus comprehensive biographies and lists of prominent people of the craft.
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Jerstorp, Karin & Kohlmark, Eva
The Textile Design Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. A guide to understanding and creating patterns using texture, shape and colour on fabrics.
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Embroiderers' Guild Staff
Embroidery Studio : The Ultimate Workshop - Design, Technique and Inspiration
No marks or inscriptions. Crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 192pp. Practical advice on design and technique from the top teachers and professionals of the Embroiders' Guild with inspirational designs from around the world.
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