(Anne and Ronald D. Abramson; Asher, Betty; Carter, Christine; et al). Lonier, Terri.

Approaches to Collecting: Profiles of Recent Private and Corporate Collections.

New York: (American Craft Council), (1982). (1982). - Small quarto [8-1/2 inches square], softcover bound in decorative black-and-white wrappers. The binding is slightly rubbed with some very light staining to the wraps. 24 pages. Profuse black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very good.

Catalog for an exhibition shown at the American Craft Museum, New York City from October 31 to December 31, 1982. Very good .

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Book number: 28285

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; DECORATIVE ARTS; APPROACHES TO COLLECTING: Profiles of Recent Private and Corporate Collections; AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM; ILLUSTRATED CATALOG; TERRI LONIER; EXHIBITION; ANNE AND RONALD D. ABRamson; betty asher; christine carter; ceramics; furniture;

National Gallery of Art and Federal Security Agency.

Arts and Crafts: A Bibliography for Craftsmen.

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1949. 1949. - Octavo, printed gray wrappers. The spine & extremities are slightly darkened. 80 pages. Very good.

Prepared by the National Gallery of Art, Index of American Design in collaboration with the Federal Security Agency, Office of Education, Division of Vocational Education. Very good .

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Book number: 31878

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: ARTS & CRAFTS; REFERENCE; ARTS AND CRAFTS: A BIBLIOGRAPY FOR CRAFTSMAN; NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, INDEX OF AMERICAN DESIGN; FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY, OFFICE OF EDUCATION, DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

(Brainard & Armstrong Co.).

Directions for Crocheting "Four-in-Hand" Scarf and Other Articles. Presented by the Brainard & Armstrong Co.

New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, London: Brainard & Armstrong Co. (1892). (1892). - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed self wraps with vignette illustrations on the covers. 15 & [1] pages printed on pink stock with black & white illustrations. The edges are slightly bumped & soiled with a crease to the bottom corner of the rear cover. Very good.

Includes directions for crocheting scarves, lamp shades, silk slippers, suspenders, neck ties, a shipping bag, and more. With illustrations of each. Very good .

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Book number: 28718

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: TAILORING; CRAFTS; CROCHETING; CROCHET; FOUR-IN-HAND; DIRECTIONS FOR CROCHETING "FOUR-IN-HAND" SCARF AND OTHER ARTICLES; BRAINARD & ARMSTRONG; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; EPHEMERA.

Fawcett, Clara Hallard.

Paper Dolls: A Guide to Costume.

New York: H. L. Lindquist Publications, 1951. 1951. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY CLARA HALLARD FAWCETT - Large octavo, tan cloth with a vignette in tan & gilt on the front cover. The corners are bumped with slight fraying to the bottom corner of the rear cover. The gilt titling on the spine is a bit faded. xiii & 225 pages. The top edge is foxed. Illustrated in black & white by the author with a frontispiece and profuse full-page & textual illustrations. Good.

First edition.

Inscribed and signed in full by the author on the title page. Good .

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Book number: 94650

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; CHILDREN'S & ILLUSTRATED; PAPER DOLLS: A GUIDE TO COSTUME; CLARA HALLAND FAWCETT; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Hodgson, Fred T

The Up-to-Date Hardwood Finisher. In Two Parts. Part One: Giving Rules and Methods for Hardwoods, with Description of Tools Required... . Part Two: Treats on the Filling, Staining, Varnishing, Polishing, Gilding, Enameling and Finishing All Kinds of Woodwork... By Fred T. Hodgson, Architect

Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co. Publishers, (1915). (1915). Chicago, IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co. Publishers, (1915). (1915). Good. - Octavo, red cloth. The binding is rubbed, bumped & lightly soiled with light staining to the rear cover. 213 & [5] pages. Black-and-white textual illustrations & diagrams. The rear hinge is lightly cracked & the front hinge is starting. There is occasional soiling & foxing. Good. Good .

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Book number: 17648

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; WOODWORK; WOOD FINISHING; HARDWOODS; THE UP-TO-DATE HARDWOOD FINISHER; FRED T. HODGSON; TOOLS; FILLING; VARNISHING; GILDING; ENAMELING; STAINING; POLISHING.

(Kardon, Janet; Perreault, John).

The Aesthetic of Excess: American Craft Museum, February 8-April 8, 1990. (Exhibition Catalog).

New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. 1990. New York: American Craft Museum, 1990. 1990. Very good. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in violet & black wraps illustrated in black & white. 63 & [1] pages, profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine. Catalog of an exhibition of works by Mark Burns, Joyce Crain, John Garrett, Candace Kling, Michael Lucero, Richard Mawdsley, Jeff Perrone, Ginny Ruffner, and Joyce Scott. Very good .

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Book number: 99782

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; ART; THE AESTHETIC OF EXCESS: AMERICAN CRAFT MUSEUM; EXHIBITION CATALOG; JANET KARDON; JOHN PERREAULT; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; MARK BURNS; JOYCE CRAIN; JOHN GARRETT; CANDACE KLING; MICHAEL LUCERO; RICHARD MAWDS

Kardon, Janet; editor.

Craft in the Machine Age 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth- Century American Craft.

(New York): Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1995). (1995). - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 9 inches wide], cloth in a dust wrapper. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly rubbed with a few scratches & with a price-sticker on its bottom corner. 304 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Edited by Janet Kardon with essays by Kardon, Rosemarie Haag Bletter, Kate Carmel, Harvey Green and others.

Published in association with the American Craft Museum on the occasion of the museum's exhibition of the same title presented from October 18, 1995 to February 25, 1996. Very good .

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Book number: 33604

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; CRAFT IN THE MACHINE AGE 1920-1945: The History of TwentietH- Century American Craft; JANET KARDON; EDITOR; EXHIBITION; AMERICAN Craft museum; rosemarie haag bletter; kate carmel; harvey green; decorative ARTS; FURNITURE; TEXTILES; METAL; GLASS; J

Kessler, Jane; Douglas, Mary; Alexander, Bill; Carlson, Robert; Doubet, Ward; Igwe, Kod; White, Clarence D.; et al. Harper, Glenn, editor.

Art Papers: The Craft Issue. November/December 1992. Volume 16 Number 6. (Cover Title).

(Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), 1992. 1992. (Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Art Papers, Inc.), 1992. 1992. Very good. - Quarto, 13-3/8 inches high by 10 inches wide. Softcover, bound in decorative black & gray wraps. An address label is mounted at the top of the rear cover and the bottom corner of that rear cover is chipped. 83 & [1] pages, with black & white illustrations & pictorial ads. Very good. Among the contents of this issue of Art Papers are an article on Dale Chihuly by Mary Douglas; "The Idea of Clothing: A Nigerian Cloth" by Kod Igwe; "The Furniture/Sculpture Nexus" by Clarence D. Wright; and a conversation between Bill Alexander, Robert Carlson and Ward Doubet. The second half of the magazine is devoted to reviews of exhibitions, books and installations from around the country. Very good .

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Book number: 99320

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: ART; CRAFTS; PERIODICAL; MAGAZINE; ART PAPERS: THE CRAFTS ISSUE; GLENN HARPER, EDITOR; DALE CHIHULY; MARY DOUGLAS; JANE KESSLER; NIGERIAN CLOTH; TEXTILES; KOD IGWE; FURNITURE; CLARENCE D. WRIGHT; BILL ALEXANDER; ROBERT CARLSON; WARD DOUBET; BOOKS; EXHIBIT

Moser, Thomas.

Thos. Moser: Cabinetmakers. Catalog. (Cover Title).

(Portland, ME: Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, 1990). 1990). - Quarto [11-3/4 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], softcover bound in pictorial wraps. There is some minor soiling to the rear wrap. [81] pages. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. Near fine.

Laid in are a one-page statement about the company, a folded price list with an order form, and three folded sheets describing and illustrating with diagrams the construction of the Moser Trestle Table, Washington Square Chair and Shaker Roundstand. Fine .

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Book number: 11956

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: CRAFTS; CABINETMAKING; FURNITURE; CABINETMAKERS; THOMAS MOSER; CATALOG; ILLUSTRATIONS; DIAGRAMS; PRICE LIST.

Pontifex, Bryan.

The City of London Livery Companies.

London: Methuen and Co. Ltd. (1939). (1939). - Octavo, cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with the extremities slightly rubbed. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with its spine & extremities darkened & with a light crease to its front panel. viii & 93 pages plus colophon with an errata slip bound in. The contents are very good. Good.

First edition.

A History of the City of London guilds or livery companies. Included is a list of livery companies with precedence numbers, addresses of halls, and dates of principal charters. Good .

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Book number: 29824

Catalogue: Crafts

Keywords: LONDON, ENGLAND; MANUFACTURERS; MERCHANTS; CRAFTS; TRADE; HISTORY OF GUILDS; THE CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES; BRYAN PONTIFEX; GUILDSMEN; LIVERYMEN; TRADES TRAINING SCHOOL; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.