ANON

The New Dressmaker

New York, Butterick. 1921, New edition. Decorative Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. cloth lightly soiled, corners rubbed, new revised and enlarged edition copyroght date 1921, "with complete and fully illustratedinstructions on every point connected with sewing ,dressmaking and tailoring from the actual stitches to the cutting, amking, altering, manding and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants , men and boys" " 'The New Dressmaker' is the accepted authority on dressmaking and tailoring and the methods which it gives may be used whenever the current styles call for them", 168pp + adverts, well illustrated in b&w photos and diagrams. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011351

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Dressmaking Sewing Seamstressing Needlework Fashion Garments Vintage Historical Reference

DEAN BERYL

Ecclesiastical Embroidery

London, Batsford. 1958, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. DW some edgewear and light offsetting from tape to edges, book near fine but shows some age, 258pp + plates, complete look at religious (christian) embroidery and needlework as found in robes and altar decorations etc. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 003140

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Embroidery Needlework Religious Crafts Decoration Decorative Arts Medieval Catholic Anglican Christian Accoutrements Altar Cloth Costume

DENNISON MANUFACTURING CO.

Sealing Wax Craft

Framingham, Dennison Manufacturing Co. 1925, Second Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. copyrighted 1925, 36pp in stapled pictorial wrappers, light handling wear, staples rusted, centrespread in full colour, otherwise black and white illustrations throughout, home hobby wax craft with sealing wax, (200 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012647

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: 1920 1920s Twenties Craft Hobby Hobbies Homecrafts Vintage Period Decoration Deco Decor Wax Craft

JACKSON CONSTANCE & JUDITH PLOWMAN

The New Zealand Woolcraft Book, Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving

Auckland, Collins. 1981, reprint. (ISBN: 0002169681) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. large quarto, heavy, 192pp + colour plates, excellent in-depth source book, VG in same dust jacket. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007510

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Wool Spinning Yarn Woolcraft Home Craft Small Holding Homesteading Self Sufficiency Cottage Country Craft Dye Dyeing Weaving 0002169681

JACKSON CONSTANCE & JUDITH PLOWMAN

The New Zealand Woolcraft Book, Spinning, Dyeing, and Weaving

Auckland, Collins. 1983, reprint. (ISBN: 0002172046) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. large quarto, soft bound but still heavy, 192pp + colour plates, excellent in-depth source book, VG. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007511

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Wool Spinning Yarn Woolcraft Home Craft Small Holding Homesteading Self Sufficiency Cottage Country Craft Dye Dyeing Weaving 0002172046

KINNE & COOLEY

Clothing And Health; An Elementary Textbook Of Home Making

New York, MacMillan. 1919, reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. original issue not a facsimile, reprint after 1916, pictorial cloth with rubbed corners, handling soiling, otherwise a clean copy, all aspects of clothing including production from raw materials ( ie shearing wool, harvesting flax etc.) vii 302pp, includes photogravures in the text, intended as a work book for teachers and students. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009794

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Home-Making, Homesteading, Craft, Sewing, Needlework, Education, School Text, Textbook, Vintage, Not a Pod, Cloth

GASTON DESMOND

Upholstery a Practical Guide

London, Collins. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0004116712) Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Tig Sutton. near as new, 192pp with diagrams throughout, complete guide for the amateur or professional upholsterer, an emphasis on period peices from the nineteenth century, a practical guide to the traditional methods and materials of upholstery, offering advice on the tools, equipment and materials required together with step-by-step instructions and diagrams. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012457

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Upholstery Furniture Making Repair Covering Craft Do It Yourself Diy D I Y Practical Handbook 0004116712 Tig Sutton

MOORE HENRY & WEST DEAN

Tapestry; Henry Moore & West Dean

Edward James Foundation. 1980, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, Landscape12mo. (500 gram rate) label to contents page with dates of the New Zealand exhibition venues, otherwise very tidy copy, landscape 12mo stapled folded sheets, 32pp with b&w and colour photographs, Tapestries designed by Henry Moore and woven at West Dean. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 003760

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Henry Moore Tapestry Victoria and Albert Museum Exhibition Catalogue

INGERS, LARSSON, MAURITZSON, MEIJER & OHMAN

Ur Skanska Syskrin, Handarbetan Fran Malmohus Lans Hemslojdsforening

MAlmo, ICa-forlaget. 1963, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Tredje upplagan Boken ar nu tryckt i 22 000ex. quarter cloth with pictorial papered boards, 88pp + colour plates + folding chart at rear, small bump to lower edges, guidebook to Swedish (?) needlework, lacework, embroidery etc. (500 grams). Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012071

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Scandinavian Lace Work Embroidery Needlework Tredje Upplagan Boken Ar Nu Tryckt I 22 000ex. Ur Skanska Syskrin, Handarbetan Fran Malmohus Lans Hemslojdsforening

MOSELEY W J

Wood Polishing, a Practical Guide to French Polishing, Including the Treatment of Shop Fronts, Interior Fittings, Floors, Coffins, Furniture, &c

London, John Dicks Press. First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. undated probably early 1920s?, sewn sheets in papered card wrappers, spine damage with splitting and chipping loss, a few loose pages, a few marginal pencil marks, some rubbing and soiling to wrappers, 110pp, reasonably tidy but needs rebinding, illustrated, treatise on techniques of furniture polishing etc (500 grams). Good/Fair.

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Book number: 011816

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Carpenter and Builder Technical Series Number 22 Goth Gothic

ASHTON LEIGH

Samplers, Selected and Described with an Introduction By Leigh Ashton, of the Victoria and Albert Museum

London, The Medici Society. 1926, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. red cloth somewhat faded, rubbed to spine ends, corners lightly bumped, book tidy, DW only has front panerl and front fold in flap present, front panel has pasted on colour plate of a sampler, viii, 14pp + 5 colour plates + 72 b&w plates, errata slip present, SCARCE embroidery / needlework sampler of antique examples. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 003139

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Needlework Pattern Antique Antiquarian Vintage Embroidery Samplers Rare Sewing

D M C LIBRARY

Hardanger Embroideries Second Series 2nd Series

France, Dillmont. 1966, New and Revised. Soft Cover, Landscape 8vo. (500 gram rate) landscape format folded sheets stapled through spine with pictorial paper wrappers, name to front cover, light wear and creasing, 11pp + 25 plates with text on verso of some + adverts, new edition, revised. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010050

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Embroidery Needlework Sewing Threadwork Lace Lacemaking Traditional Crafts

GEDDES & MCNEILL

Blackwork Embroidery

London, Mills and Boon. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW has minor peeling to the edges of the lamination, small split tail of lower rear corner, book endpapers some minor tape rust from long gone cellotape, white out over a name, 115pp well illustrated with b&w photographs and diagrams, historical survey / bibliography / technique / design / patterns / materials and threads, popular in Tudor times, making a revival. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003802

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Embroidery Blackwork History Historical Antique Technique Design Patterns Tudor Needlework Sewing Craft

DUNCAN MOLLY

Spin Your Own Wool, and Dye it and Weave it

Wellington, Reed. 1968, First Edition. Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Erica Duncan and George Bull. light rubbing to spine edges, 46pp, pictorial hard boards, well illustrated straightforward guide to wool craft. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007508

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Wool Spinning Yarn Woolcraft Home Craft Small Holding Homesteading Self Sufficiency Cottage Country Craft Dye Dyeing Weaving Erica Duncan and George Bull

DUNCAN MOLLY

Spin Your Own Wool, and Dye it and Weave it Revised and Enlarged

Wellington, Reed. 1972, Revised and Enlarged. (ISBN: 0589003348) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Erica Duncan and George Bull. 52pp, pictorial hard boards, minor foxing mark to top corner of rear few pages, well illustrated straightforward guide to wool craft. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007509

Catalogue: Craft & Sewing

Keywords: Wool Spinning Yarn Woolcraft Home Craft Small Holding Homesteading Self Sufficiency Cottage Country Craft Dye Dyeing Weaving 0589003348 Erica Duncan and George Bull