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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
- first
- Condition
- Good +/fair
- Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Russell Sage Foundation. Wm. F. Fell Co. Printers, Philadelphia, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good +/fair. Octavo. [1], 370 pages. Color frontispiece. Illustrated with 58 photographs by Doris Ulmann. Dark blue cloth hardcover with gilt title on the front cover and spine. Color illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated end papers. Light shelf wear to the hardcover. Dust jacket is foxed, soiled, and edge chipped. 1937 gift inscription written on the verso of the right front flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30813
- Title
- Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands
- Author
- Eaton, Allen H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Russell Sage Foundation. Wm. F. Fell Co. Printers, Philadelphia
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Appalachia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
About Americana Books ABAA
Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
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- First Edition
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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