Fancy Work Recreations. A Complete Guide to Knitting, Crochet & Home Adornment
by NILES, Eva M
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- very good
- first
- Condition
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Thomaston, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis, Minn: Buckeye Publishing Company, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Very good. First edition. 8vo; 433pp + [7pp publisher's ads]; gilt-stamped brown cloth, beveled edges; flowered decorative endpapers; b&w portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature and tissue guard; b&w wood engraved illustrations and line drawings; laid-in pencil drawings on old store "Counter Bill"; light scuffing to board edges and light age-toning of paper, a few scattered spots; very good. Divided into three sections: Knitting, Crochet, and Home Decoration, the book gives detailed instruction with illustrations of various types of needlework. Lacking a table of contents, the book has an exhaustive index.
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- Bookseller
- Sandra L Hoekstra Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 937
- Title
- Fancy Work Recreations. A Complete Guide to Knitting, Crochet & Home Adornment
- Author
- NILES, Eva M
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Buckeye Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis, Minn
- Date Published
- 1885
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Sewing, Home Arts
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