HANDICRAFTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation
by Eaton, Allen H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/No Dust Jacket
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Russell Sage Foundation (1946) 370 pp. Original dark blue cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding a bit rubbed at extremities; top of spine bumped. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Rear inner hinge cracked. Containing fifty-eight illustrations from photos taken for the work by Doris Ulmann.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Shoemaker Booksellers
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- 23913DA
- Title
- HANDICRAFTS OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS: With an Account of the Rural Handicraft Movement in the United States and Suggestions for the Wider Use of Handicrafts in Adult Education and in Recreation
- Author
- Eaton, Allen H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Publisher
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- DECORATIVE ARTS HANDICRAFTS BIBLIOGRAPHY ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT SOUTH SOUTHERN STATES SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS APPALACHIANS PEOPLE ANTIQUES HOBBY HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES COLLECTIONS COLLECTING COLLECTORS AMERICAN HISTORY UNITED STATES NONFICTION GENERAL ILLUSTRA
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- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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