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1988No 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 with minor creasing to upper front edge and slight indenting. 144pp. A design manual to introduce beginners to the exciting and disciplined medium of cross stitch and to help the more advanced needleworker in the area of charting and design, encouraging them to attempt pieces of work entirely on their own.
1995No 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. 128pp. An introduction to the fascinating techniques of canvaswork with full instructions and advice, designs and images.
1948Ex library book with usual marks and stamps. No creasing to covers or to spine. Pages in fine condition. Boards well rubbed, dusty and with tape marks. 48pp. Well illustrated study of applique with stitches, samplers, designs, furnishings, toys and more. The outside of the book doesn't look great but the contents are in excellent condition.
1992No 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. 106pp. This work covers the history, colour theory, materials, preservation and care, and a variety of techniques of miniature painting and supports - from watercolour to oil, silhouettes to scraperboard and gold leaf to collage.
1950A 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.
1985Signed 'Jack Richards' to title page. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright slightly marked front board, general traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 90pp. A history of lace making and its manufacture in Nottingham. Well illustrated.
1977Advice on one garment in easily removable pencil. No other marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers. A clean tight copy with bright lightly rubbed/indented unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 39pp. Advice and techniques on starting to use a knitting machine, the tools used and a wealth of examples. Also patterns and how to make five jumpers, cardigans and sweaters for women, men and children. Scarce.
1977No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to lower corner of rear cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly rubbed sunned spine and no bumping to other corners. All fifty-one stencils intact and unused. pp. Fifty-one full-size stencils printed on durable stencil paper with full instruction on how to use them. Very scarce in the UK.
Madrid, Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan, 1966, 25,5 x 18 cm., carpeta en tela original con el título grabado el plano superior, un tomo en cartulina editorial de introducción y glosario con 52 págs. + 1 hoja + 1 hoja blanca + 42 láminas facsímiles en rama + 2 hojas blancas. (Tirada de 500 ejemplares en papel de hilo).
1991No 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. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 128pp. A complete guide to growing, drying and arranging flowers with a compendium of over a hundred plants suitable for drying.
1986No 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. 120pp. A step-by-step course covering materials, techniques, composition, figures and portraits, plants and animals, landscapes and buildings plus tips and hints.
1966No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly sunned spine and very minor bump to upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked but well-sunned and with some pieces missing. Now protected in a transparent sleeve. 433pp. A complete study of book manufacture from its starting point.
1922Volumes 1 & 2 in one book. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges, clear gilt lettering to spine and no bumping to corners. 382 + 385pp. A lavish work covering the history of English furniture from the 15th century and woodwork from the fourteenth century up to the end of the 17th century. The woodwork covers such as stairways, doors and church decoration. and much more. The furniture includes domestic clocks. Very well illustrated. A heavy book.
1986No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned/sunned rear cover and no bumping to corners. 175pp. A comprehensive guide to all levels of screen printing, from the making of a simple wooden frame to the preparation of photographic stencils.
1968No 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.
1990No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. Beautiful knitting designs, very well illustrated in colour with diagrams and full instructions to make twenty-eight garments.
1988No marks or inscriptions to contents. Very minor creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with faint marking to rear board and rubbing but no bumping to corners. 106pp. A collection of 35 articles from Fine Woodworking magazine of things to make. From simple toys to elegant furniture in varying degrees of challenge. Plans, drawings and photographs to help. With measurements and instructions.
[1954] Splendid 1950s illustrations, eight pages in full colour. 192 pages. Spine very faded, wear to joints with small tear at base. Slight fading to cover edges and some wear.
1928Signed C Edmondson (maybe the author's son) to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked maroon boards, very clear gilt lettering to spine, slight softening to spine ends, light foxing to end papers and no bumping to corners. 295pp. A distillation of the author's thirty years of experience of worsted drawing and spinning providing the practical advice designed to assist the men responsible for the running of worsted machinery. It deals with the Bradford or 'Open' system. Illustrated. Scarce in the UK. A number of extracts are tucked in at the front - wool preparation advice from the Textile Mercury, a two-page flyer advertising the book, a review of the book in a Leeds newspaper cutting and the remains of the book's dust jacket.
1973A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Price-clipped dust jacket. 7 1/4"w x 8 1/2"h. 104 pages. Black and white illustrations and photographs. This book provides detailed information on how to make four types of harp: the Celtic or Irish harp, the Minstrel harp of central Europe, the harp of Mexico and Paraguay, and the smaller harp of Scotland and Ireland, the Bardic harp or "Clarsach".
1994No 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 nick to top of slightly sunned spine. 208pp. The essential advice and techniques to help you repair and re-style your home to keep costs down as we enter yet another age of thrift.
1936No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, minor rubbing to spine ends, dusty untrimmed page edges and no bumping to corners. 274pp. 'A birds-eye view of the history of the beginning and the growth of the industry by which mankind is clothed.' Illustrated.
1976No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked red cloth boards and minor bumping to spine foot and upper rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor creasing to upper edge. Jacket now protected in fully removable transparent sleeve. 243pp. Originally published in 1923 is this account, in words and pictures, of the patterns of life and work based around the countryside in England which have for the most part disappeared.
1996No 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. 96pp. A modern technique for a traditional craft - step-by-step guide, with over 60 beautiful designs and templates to trace and use.
2004Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Very tiny crease to upper corner of rear cover. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 304pp. This work provides information, inspiration and instruction to enhance your existing stained glass techniques or to provide you with the basic tools to get started. Packed with projects and tips from professional artists.