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A Contribution to the History of English Pottery
A Contribution to the History of English Pottery

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Greg, Thomas Tylston
Book Description: City of Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, 1908. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Subtitled: With special Reference to the Greg Collection. Based on two lectures given by the author in 1906. Grey card cover with black titling. Light edge wear, spine and edges sunned, previous owner's initials in ink on half-title page. 81 pages
Price: $18.00

A to Z of Knitting - The Ultimate Guide for the Beginner to Advanced Knitter
A to Z of Knitting - The Ultimate Guide for the Beginner to Advanced Knitter

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Gardner, Sue, Editor
Book Description: Martingale & Company, Woodinville, WA, 2006. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This book, containing clear instructions with helpful photographs, walks the knitter from beginner's basics through Aran, Fair Isle, entrelac, and intarsia knitting. Colourfully illustrated soft cover with white and yellow titling, illustrated throughout with attractive colour photographs. With the exception of light shelf wear, this book is in great shape. 152 pages
Price: $11.75

Art to Wear
Art to Wear

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Dale, Julie Schafler
Book Description: Abbeville Press Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1986. A Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Works of art meant to be worn, to be animated by the human body. This is the essence of the vital new art movement beautifully documented in this book: tow decades of extraordinary clothing, 170 masterpieces by 62 artists. Purple cloth with blindstamped title to front and gilt titling to spine, blue endpapers, frontispiece, colour photographs throughout, 319 pages. This fabulous book seems to be without flaws. This book is overweight and extra postage may apply.
Price: $115.00

 
Basketry Express, The - Fall 1999

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Dean, Ankaret, Editor
Book Description: Ankaraet Dean, McDonald's Corners, Ontario, 1999. Paper Cover. Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. A Canadian basketry newsletter, published quarterly. Orange paper cover with black titling and decoration, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and photographs. Booklet appears to be with flaws. 17 pages.
Price: $10.00

 
Basketry Express, The - Winter 1995

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Dean, Ankaret, Editor
Book Description: Ankaraet Dean, McDonald's Corners, Ontario, 1995. Paper Cover. Book Condition: Fine. 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall. A Canadian basketry newsletter, published quarterly. Blue paper cover with black titling and decoration, illustrated throughout with black and white drawings and photographs. Booklet appears to be with flaws. 21 pages.
Price: $8.50

Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric
Beyond Craft: The Art Fabric

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Constantine, Mildred; Larsen, Jack Lenor
Book Description: Kodansha International, New York, 1986. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. This book is a documentation of the Art Fabric movement of the 60s with special chapters on its leading exponents. Their great works defined and validated the entire Art Fabric movement; it was the leading wave. Pictorial cover with flaps, black and white as well as full colour illustrations throughout, 294 pages. Very light age darkening and very light edge wear, front flap is price clipped. Otherwise the book is in great shape. This book is overweight and extra postage may apply.
Price: $55.00

Boundweave
Boundweave

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Barrett, Clotilde
Book Description: Colorado Fiber Center, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, 1982. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The purpose of this book is to make the weaver aware of the design otentials offered by such simple weave structures as twills, some twill derivatives and some basic two-tie block weaves. Grey soft cover with black titling and attractive colour illustration on front, black and white diagrams and plates throughout as well as a few in colour. Spine and edges of cover lightly sunned, owner's name in ink inside front cover. This is a handsome book. 92 pages
Price: $30.00

 
Casting a Torso in Bronze By the Cire Perdue Process

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Parlanti, E. J.
Book Description: Alec Tiranti Ltd., London, 1953. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paper covers in paper jacket, step-by-step instructions, black-and-white drawings throughout. Minor wear to edges, jacket has wear to spine, small piece missing from bottom front corner. Jacket is not price clipped. 40 pages.
Price: $12.00

Coptic Weaves
Coptic Weaves

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Seagroatt, Margaret
Book Description: City of Liverpool Museums, Liverpool, 1965. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Notes on the collection of Coptic Textiles in the City of Liverpool Museums" White soft cover with black titling, black and white illustration on front, staple binding, illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates, many pages of pattern and garment diagrams. With the exception of the top corner of front cover being clipped, this little book is in great shape. 160 pages
Price: $15.00

Crafts are Your Business
Crafts are Your Business

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Tooke, Gerald
Book Description: Canadian Crafts Council, Ottawa, 1976. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Book attempts to bring together practical information which may be useful to both beginning and established craftsmen. Red Cover, purple and white titling, staple binding, black and white illustrations. With the exception of a lightly sunned spine, this book is in great shape. 83 pages
Price: $9.75

 
Double Weave : Theory and Practice

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Brostoff, Laya
Book Description: Interweave Press, Incorporated, Loveland, CO, U.S.A., 1979. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Includes the history and threory of double weave, as well as clear instructions for practicing the different aspects of double weave. White softcover with colour illustration on front cover, black and white diagrams throughout, some colour photographs, 45 pages. Corners have minor wear, small patch of tiny grey dots on front cover.
Price: $25.00

Early American Designs - Toleware
Early American Designs - Toleware

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Christensen, Erwin O.
Book Description: Pitman Publishing Corporation, New York, 1952. Soft Cover. Book Condition: Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A collection of examples of Early American painted tin or toleware. Dark green soft cover with white titling and orange illustration, staple binding, illustrated throughout with black and white plates. Cover has edge wear and light shelf wear, otherwise book is in great shape. Unpaginaged
Price: $11.00

Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents
Embroidered Textiles: Traditional Patterns from Five Continents

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Paine, Sheila
Book Description: Thames and Hudson, London, 1995. Pictorial Cover. Book Condition: Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This beautifully illustrated and outstanding book is the first to examine in detail the symbolism of the motifs and designs that give life to these marvellous textiles. Pictorial cover with blue titling, 279 illustrations of which 171 are in full colour, 192 pages. White label sticker with which the previous owner covered their name on ffep.
Price: $30.00

Fundamentals of Feltmaking, Including Supplement
Fundamentals of Feltmaking, Including Supplement

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Spark, Patricia
Book Description: Shuttle Craft Books, Couperville, Washington, U.S.A., 1989. Card Cover. Book Condition: Good to Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Patricia Spark covers all aspects of basic feltmaking, from choosing and processing the suitable fiber, to finishing the completed felt cloth. Brown card cover, black illustration and titling to front, staple binding, black and white illustrations, 55 pages. Supplement in beige card folder, Viii pages. Previous owner's name covered with slim white sticker to front and 4" x 2" white sticker on title page.
Price: $45.00

Handwoven, Tailormade - a Tandem Guide to Fabric Designing, Weaving, Sewing and Tailoring
Handwoven, Tailormade - a Tandem Guide to Fabric Designing, Weaving, Sewing and Tailoring

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Alderman, Sharon D. And Kathryn Wertenberger
Book Description: Interweave Press Inc., Loveland, Colorado, 1982. Coil Binding. Book Condition: Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Black titling on illustrated soft cover, illustrated throughout with black and white line drawings and colour photographs. Cover has light shelfwear and some small, minor pressure marks, owner's name in ink on title page - a handsome copy. 145 pages
Price: $45.00

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