Search Results: Crafts from Lawrence Jones

South Holland, IL: The Goodheart-Willcox Co., 1976. 96pp, diagrams, photographs. Or stapled card covers. Some edge wear, creases to corners. Detailed plans for over 100 bir houses and feeders.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: George Newnes Limited., 1950. 2 VOLUME SET. HEAVY. vii, 280; v, 265pp, index, tables, bw ills/diagrams. Black cloth boards, no jackets. Light edge wear to boards, foxing/toning to endpapers, slight bump to bottom corner of volume one. No date but c1950.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Small 4to.

New York: Amphoto, 1995. 144 pages, illustrated with 131 color and 322 b/w photos, index. Paperback. In this revised edition more than 100 new color and 300 b/w photos illustrate how, with a minimum of equipment, in a studio or out-of-doors, anyone can take beautiful portraits of frineds, family, or professional clients. . Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Arco Publications, 1981. Previously published as Washable & Dryable Needlepoint. ix, 131pp, 8pp of color plates, b/w ills throughout, index of designs. Five-line rubber stamp on the half title page. Illustrated light card cover with a slightly creased upper front corner. The author developed a technique for needlepoint that uses only washable and dryable materials. The projects can be washed with regular laundry.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

London: Fontana/Collins, 1976. 192pp, text-ills. Paperback with some wear at the spine. From Aberration of Starlight to Zodiacal Light. Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Good. Illus. by Diagrams by Cyril Deakins. 8vo.

Brisbane: Modern Designers, private Academy of Dressmaking., 1930. 56pp, num bw ills. Blue and white wraps, blue cloth tape spine. No date-c1930. Covers edge worn with short tears, small chips and creases. A few pages have minor creases. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Good. 4to.

Port Washington: Kennikat Press, 1969. 223pp, index, appendices, 32 bw plates, line drawings. Or cream cloth, lacking jacket. Minor wrinkle to cloth on rear.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

New York: Bonanza Books, 1942. Foreword by Howard I Chapelle. 187 pages, illustrated throughout with working plans, details, glossary, index. Decorative blue cloth boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket which has insect damage at the rear flap fold. The book contains 12 complete working plans for models of ships which actually existed. The builder is guided from a very simple model through all phases of the building and rigging of a complicated full-rigged ship. Attention is given to local types such as a gundalow, anchor hoy, bugeye, and whaling schooner, plans of which had not previously been published in a form suitable for the model builder. The models: Chesapeake Bay Skipjack, Carrie Price; Piscataqua Gondalow, Fannie M; Anchor Hoy; Colonial Fishing Schooner; Whaling schooner, Agate; Scow Schooner, Regenia S; Chesapeake Bay Bugeye, Edith F Todd; Brig of War, Boxer; Ship Sloop, Wasp; Ship, Merchantman, Republican; Ship, privateer, Oliver Cromwell; and Sailing model yacht 50-800.. Hard Cover. Very… Read More

Huntsville, AL: Martha Pullen Company, 1990. 303pp, index, num bw ills, col plates. Or black cloth in pictorial jacket. SIGNED by author. Minor edge wear to jacket. How to make clothing in antique styles.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Poole: Blandford Press, 1982. xxii, 202pp, illustrated throughout in colour and b/w, glossary, bibliography, index, decorated end-papers. Most of the front flyleaf has been excised. Library stamp with Withdrawn stamp over it on the publications page (no text affected). There are no other library stamps. Four-line ownership stamp on the otherwise blank recto of the rear flyleaf (facing the last page of the index). Page edges lightly soiled. Or cl boards in price-clipped (upper and lower corners of front flap) dust-jacket which has a taped repair at the head of a faded spine. Small white sticker taped to the jacket by the spine foot. This is 'a comprehensive guide to the rich variety of decorative needlework. The background to many forms of needlework is discussed, including ecclesiastical vestments, Tudor and Stuart embroidery, blackwork and stumpwork, crewelwork bed hangings, upholstery covering, samplers, embroidered costues, silk pictures, Berlinwork and modern [1980s] uses'.. First Edition.… Read More

Greenbrae, CA: Body Blueprints Unpaginated (approx 80pp), num bw ills/diagrams. No date- c1980s.Or pictorial stapled card covers. Minor edge wear and toning to covers. Silverfish hole in bottom corner of last page (no other damage found). Includes ribbons in millinery, ribbon flowers, bows and more. . Edition Not Stated.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Folio.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. 303pp, index, appendices, num bw photos & diagrams. Tan cloth in jacket. Prev owner stamp inside front cover (under flap), a little foxing to page edges.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Mitchell Beazley, 1994. 143pp, index, glossary, num col ills. Or pictorial card. Very light edge wear. Inspiring craft book for all ages with photographs and step-by-step diagrams covering a wealth of exciting projects you can make at home with a minimum of expense and equipment. Includes jewellery in perspective, basic techniques, decorative skills and projects.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Summers, Kevin.. Oblong 4to.

London: Treasure Press, 1992. 160pp. Card covers with sprial binding. This comprehensive guide contains a method for gaining competence in the art of calligraphy. The author shows how to master the four basic scripts from which all Western scripts are derived. The method employed uses large movements to fix the required strokes in mind and these are scaled down as skill is acquired.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.

New York: Penguin Books, 1981. 199 pages, 24 pages of color plates, b/w ills throughout, fold-out designs, bibliography, index. There is some damage by the upper edge or the rear cover and last page of the book. Pictorial card cover. Following chapters on the history of stenciling and instruction in the art of stenciling with japan paint, the book provides eight stenciling projects, in order of increasing difficulty. With each project, the systems for developing design progress. The final two chapters cover designing, with suggestions for finding and creating new designs and instructions for adapting, enlarging and reducing them to suit specific purposes. A design gallery is included.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Fort Worth: Tandy Leather Company, 1979. 120pp, index, hundreds bw ills. Or pictorial card. Front cover creased.. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Branson, MO: Mound Builder Books, 1999. 64pp, bibliography, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers.. New Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Waldorf, Val.. 4to.

Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Company, 1974. Translated by Camilla Sykes. 132pp, 22 color and 114 b/w photos, glossary, classification of ceramic products. Or dec cl bds, gilt, in dust-jacket. A step-by-step guide to the age-old craft of painting on porcelain. Individual sections are devoted to painting with gold, applying overall background color, reserving areas in the background, painting lines, and creating imitation inlay and relief.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Tunbridge Wells: Search Press, 1990. 128pp, index, num col ills, patterns. Or card covers. Prev owners small stamp on title page. . Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Clarkson N Potter, 1987. 160pp, further reading, num bw & col ills. Or bloth in jacket. Tiny scuff at edge of spine.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.