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BOBART, H.H: Basketwork Through the Ages.
London: Humphrey Milford for the Oxford University Press, 1936.
First edition. Illustrated in black & white. 8vo, pp.xv:174, original glazed
blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; corners bumped; binding suffering from
spot marks which have removed the glaze (but not the colour) from the cloth;
endpapers browned. Dedication inscription, signed by the author on f.f.e.
Quote Item No. 6442
Price: £12.00
BROWN, MARGERY: The Complete Book of Rush and Basketry Techniques.
London: Batsford, 1983.
First edition. Illustrated in black & white. 4to, pp.144, original yellow
cloth in price-clipped dustwrapper; spine slightly spotted, else a good copy.
Quote Item No. 6436
Price: £9.00
CARTER, E. ELLEN: Artistic Leather Work. A
Handbook on the Art of Decorating Leather. Six plates from Work Executed by
the Author and 21 illustrations.
London: Spon, 1912.
First edition. 8vo,pp.xii:51, original cloth; a very good copy
in dusty d.w.
Quote Item No. 2639
Price: £10.00
CHILTON-YOUNG, FRANCIS: Home Carpentry for Handy Men, a Book of Practical
Instruction in all kinds of constructive and decorative work in wood that can be
done by the amateur in House, Garden and Farmstead. With upwards of 550
Illustrations from the Pen and Pencil of the Author.
London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1895.
First edition. Large 8vo, pp.vii:772, original pictorial green cloth gilt;
inner joints strained, contemporary signature on endpaper; generally
good.
Quote Item No. 6110
Price: £25.00
DODGE, VENUS and MARTIN: Making Miniatures in 1/12 Scale.
Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles, 1989.
Illustrated in colour with black & white diagrams. Folio, pp.183, original
cloth in glazed dustwrapper; an extremely good copy.
Quote Item No.5755
Price: £10.00
DUNSMORE, SUSI: Beads.
Sarawak Museum Occasional Paper No. 2. Kuching: Sarawak Museum, ca. 1978.
Illustrated in colour and black & white. Oblong 12mo, pp.20, original
paper-wrappers; very good.
Quote Item No. 7019
Price: £10.00
DUNSMORE, SUSI: Beads.
Sarawak Museum Occasional Paper No. 2. Sarawak: for the Sarawak Museum, 1995.
Reprint. Illustrated in colour and black & white. Oblong small 8vo, pp.21,
original paper-wrappers.
Quote Item No. 6981
Price: £10.00
GANDERTON, LUCINDA: The Complete Guide to Needlecraft. The New Handbook
of Practical Instruction, with Step-by-step Techniques and Creative Projects.
London: Lorenz Books, 1996.
First edition. Illustrated profusely in colour. Large 4to, pp.256, original
glazed, paper-covered boards in dustwrapper; an extremely good copy.
Quote Item No. 6449
Price: £10.00
GOODWIN, JILL: A Dyer's Manual.
London: Pelham Books, 1982.
First edition. Illustrated in colour and black & white. 4to, pp.128, original
orange cloth in glazed dustwrapper; ownership stick adhered to top right-hand
corner of dustwrapper, else an excellent copy. Signed by the author on
title-page.
Quote Item No. 6429
Price: £18.00
HASLUCK, PAUL [Editor]: House Decoration comprising Whitewashing,
Paperhanging, Painting etc. In the "Work" Handbooks series.
London: Cassell, 1894.
Numerous illustrations in the text. Narrow small 8vo, pp. 160, original
pale green cloth decoratively blocked in green and lettered in red. Binding
lightly soiled, generally good.
Quote Item No. 6550
Price: £9.00
HUTCHINGS, MARGARET: Toys from the Tales of Beatrix Potter.
London: Mills & Boon, 1973.
First edition. Illustrated in colour and black & white. 4to, pp.315, original
glazed paper-covered boards in glazed price-clipped dustwrapper; edges very
slightly bumped else a very good copy.
Quote Item No. 5741
Price: £10.00
JOHNSON, KAY; BARRATT, OLIVIA ELTON; and BUTCHER, MARY: Chair Seating.
Techniques in Cane, Rush, Willow and Cords.
London: Dryad Press, 1988.
First edition. Illustrated in black & white. 4to, pp.192, original glazed
paper-covered boards; very, very slightly browned around edges of binding, else
a very good copy.
Quote Item No. 6431
Price: £48.00
LINCOLN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER: The Art and Practice of Marquetry.
London: Thames & Hudson, 1973.
Plates. 8vo, pp. 303, original cloth; very good in like d.w.
Quote Item No. 3999
Price: £10.00
LORANT, TESSA: Collection of Knitted Lace Edgings.
Wells, Somerset: The Thorn Press, 1981.
First edition. Illustrated in black & white. 4to, pp.64, original glazed
paper-wrappers, with a pair of fine, double-pointed knitting needles, taped to
the front cover (we assume that the book was issued thus); spine faded; in all
else, excellent.
Quote Item No. 7314
Price: £13.00
LORANT, TESSA: Knitted Lace Collars.
Wells, Somerset: The Thorn Press, 1983.
First edition. Illustrated in black and white. 4to, pp.64, original glazed
paper-wrappers, with a pair of fine, double-pointed knitting needles taped to
the front cover (we assume the book was thus issued) and with a folded "Collar
Shaping Guide" and "Corrections - Knitted Lace Collars" loosely inserted; spine
faded; in all else, excellent.
Quote Item No. 7315
Price: £13.00
McCLOUD, KEVIN: Kevin McCloud's Decorating Book.
London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
Reprint. Profusely illustrated in colour. 4to, pp.352, original green cloth in
glazed dustwrapper; binding rubbed along lower edge of cloth, else a very good
copy.
Quote Item No. 6461
Price: £10.00
NEWMAN, THELMA R: Contemporary Southeast Asian Arts and Crafts. Ethnic
Craftsmen at Work with How-to Instructions for Adapting their Crafts.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1977.
Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Large 8vo, pp.xii:306,
original paper-wrappers; corners and headbands slightly rubbed and bumped;
short tear to lower edge of binding; binding creased; internally excellent.
Quote Item No. 7024
Price: £10.00
OLIVER, DR. N.T: Lee's Priceless Recipes. The Standard Collection of
Famous Formulas and Simple Methods for Farmers, Dairymen, Housekeepers,
Mechanics, Manufacturers, Druggists, Chemists, Perfumers, Barbers, Chiropodists,
Renovators, Dyers, Bakers, Confectioners, ... Also recipes for Woodworkers,
Decorators, Painters, Paper-hangers, Metal-workers, Hunters, Trappers, Tanners,
Taxidermists, Stockmen etc. and all People in every Department of Human Endeavor.
Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1917.
Thoroughly Revised Edition. Frontispiece. 12mo pp.368, original limp
green cloth lettered in black. Crease to upper cover, inner joints cracked, text
browned. Name on front free endpaper.
Quote Item No. 6551
Price: £30.00
OSTERLAND, VIRGINIA: Bouquets from Beads.
London: Dent, 1972.
First edition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 4to,
pp.ix:222, original black cloth in glazed dustwrapper; ex-library copy with
usual stamps; f.f.e. crudely removed; frontispiece plate clipped across top
corner; spine of dustwrapper faded and rubbed at headbands; despite all a good
copy internally.
Quote Item No. 6446
Price: £9.00
REES, YVONNE: Gilding and Antique Finishes. Part of the "Practical Home
Restoration" Series.
London: Ward Lock, 1993.
First edition. Illustrated in colour and b&w diagrams. Small 4to, pp.96,
original blue cloth in price-clipped dustwrapper, an excellent copy.
Quote Item No. 6426
Price: £12.00
RIDGES, BOB: The Decoy Duck. From Folk Art to Fine Art.
Limpsfield, Surrey: Dragon's World, 1988.
First edition. Profusely illustrated in colour. Folio, pp. 191,
original cloth; excellent in like d.w.
Quote Item No. 4002
Price: £15.00
SABAH: Sabah Hats. Sabah Museum Leaflet No. 6.
Sabah: for the Sabah Museum, n.d. [c.a. 1966].
Illustrated in black & white. Small 4to, pp.16, original paper wrappers;
crease to front wrapper; generally good.
Quote Item No. 6982
Price: £10.00
SCRIVENOR, M. ELLIOT: Collection of Knitting & Crochet Receipts. Fully
Illustrated.
Edinburgh: Printed by Banks & Co. 1896., Published by John
Paton Son & Co., Alloa, N.B.
Ilustrated throughout from photographs. Oblong
small folio, pp. 225, with advertisements for John Paton & Co's.knitting wools
and view of their manufactory. Original pictorial limp cloth; upper inner joint
split, some light foxing. Generally good.
Quote Item No. 6553
Price: £75.00
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SHEPPARD, MUBIN: Taman Indera. Malay Decorative Arts and Pastimes.
Kuala Lumpur: Oxford University Press, 1972.
First edition. Illustrated in colour and black & white. 4to, pp.xviii:207,
original green cloth in dustwrapper; dustwrapper creased; a few marks to f.f.e.;
else, a very good copy.
Quote Item No. 6989
Price: £15.00
SHEPPARD, MUBIN: Living Crafts of Malaysia.
Singapore: Times Books International, 1978.
Colour photographic plates. 4to, pp.118, original black cloth in dustwrapper
protected by a plastic sleeve; an excellent copy.
Quote Item No. 6995
Price: £10.00
SPON, ERNEST: Workshop Receipts, for the Use of Manufacturers, Mechanics,
and Scientific Amateurs.
London: E. & F.N. Spon, 1882.
8vo, pp.450:16 (advertisements), original brown cloth; binding dusty and
marked, extremities rubbed, inner joints pulled but firm, signature cut from
upper blank margin of title, prelims foxed or dusty.
Quote Item No. 6547
Price: £15.00
THE BASKETMAKERS' ASSOCIATION: The Basketmakers' Association Newsletters Number
35 to 55 [missing Number 41].
Autumn 1985 - Autumn 1990.
Issued quarterly. Twenty newsletters. Illustrated in black & white. Small
8vo, original paper wrappers. Each newsletter contains interesting information
on the history of basketmaking and techniques.
Quote Item No. 6595
Price: £30.00
WARD, JAMES: The Principles of Ornament. Edited by George Aitchison.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1899.
Fourth edition. Frontispiece and illustrations. 8vo, pp. xix:207,
original green cloth blocked in an all over design in green and lettered in
gilt; a very good bright copy. Contemporary bookplate and signature.
Quote Item No. 6548
Price: £9.00
WELLS, PERCY A & HOOPER, JOHN: Modern Cabinet Work, Furniture &
Fitments. An Account of the Theory & Practice ......on the Growth and
Progress of Design and Construction.
London: B. T. Batsford, 1909.
First edition. Illustrated by over 1000 practical workshop drawings,
photographs, & original drawings, some plates folding. 4to, pp.384,
original cloth. Binding a little dusty; generally sound.
Quote Item No. 5432
Price: £30.00
CHURCHILL, SIR WINSTON SPENCER (1874 – 1965) and
MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, BERNARD LAW, VISCOUNT (1887-1976: Field-Marshall).
The printed programme for the El Alamein Anniversary, October 23rd
1946 at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Signed by both.
SMITH-DORRIEN, SIR HORACE LOCKWOOD
(1858-1930; General).
A good autograph letter signed, 2-sides 4to.
ALLENBY, EDMUND, FIRST VISCOUNT ALLENBY OF
MEGGIDO
(1861-1936; Field-Marshall).
A good autograph letter signed, 3 ½ sides 4to.