Search Results: Crafts from Page 1 Books

Morelia, Mexico: Casa de las Artesanias de Michoacan. Soft cover. Very Good-. A catalog in magazine format, vg- in wraps with some rubs and creases. Intro in Spanish and English, covering: pottery and ceramic, vegetable fibers, unweaved and embroidery, "el huarache", musical instruments, engraved and turned wood, regional furniture, lacs and paints, gold work and silverware, and other artisan works. 82 objects are pictured, 15 in color. A very scarce and interesting catalog.

Beady Eyed Women's Guides, Enterprises, 1996. Soft cover. Good+. First Printing, January 1996 stated; 4to, spiral binding paperback; good+ (first and last two spiral hooks broken off of binding; covers rubbed and lightly creased; edgeworn; ends of spiral edge bumped; light bumping to corners); 35pp.

London: L. Reeve & Co., 1870. First Edition . Half-Leather. Good. Thomas and John Bewick. Unpaginated, but a large book with heavy paper for the black and white plates, " engraved for the most part by Thomas and John Bewicik." Rev. Thomas Hugo collected these engravings and produced a descriptive catalogue included here. Hugo, at times was contributor, trustee, and Vice President of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society. Condition: Maroon half-leather over boards worn around all edges so leather shows through. Marbled endpapers show hinge cracks, but interior seems fairly tight. No foxing. Good.

New York: Watson-Guptill, 1977. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. First Printing, 1975 stated; vg (inside front cover and ffep have three ink spots the size of a period; corners bumped) in vg- dj (worn at corners and spine ends; two tiny tears to spine head). 144 pages. Color plates on pages 49-64.

Prescott, Ariz.: Salusa Glassworks, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. 1st, oblong pictorial hardcover; the rounded spine conceals a ring binding. Vg+; covers a little rubbed. 242 pp. incl. index.

Bucharest: Verlag des Rumanischen Instituts fur Kulturelle Beziehungen mit dem Ausland, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good-. Edition unknown, 4to, ltr. blue cloth, vg- (water spot on front cover, faded spine) in vg- dj (water spot in the same place, some soiling). Unpaginated. Includes sections on woodcarving, architectural and otherwise, clothing, other weaving, painted pottery, manuscript illustration and decorated eggs. Text in German.

Milan: Skira, 1995. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st, sm. folio softcover, vg (edgeworn; corners of covers and pages bumped). 207 pp., heavily illustrated with the products and designs of the Driade company, which made the Eames and Bauhaus style of furnishings popularly accessible in the '70s.

New York: Sherman and Spoerer, 1940. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+. Conrado W. Massaguer. First Edition stated, no additional printings; 8vo, red cloth, no dj; good+ (boards and spine soiled; spine faded; edges toned and soiled; eps and pages toned; owner's name on fpastedown; cracked at pp132-3); 404pp incl. index.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1994. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. William Bennett Seitz photos. 1st, lg. sq. 4to, blue boards/blue cloth spine, vg+ in a vg dj with top edge wear & sunning. 152 pp. SIGNED & INSCRIBED by the author, the photographer, and Tom Joyce, blacksmith, who is pictured in the frontis. Joyce signed his article near the end of the book; Simpson & Seitz signed at the bottom of the half-title page, and all 3 have inscribed (and again signed) on the half-title to Armand Winfield, a well-known innovator in plastics design. Also laid in is a flyer on translucent paper (with a crinkled edge) advertising the booksigning at Okun Gallery in Santa Fe.

Kutztown, Penn.: Pennsylvania German Society, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Good+. First Edition, no additional printings; 4to, cream cloth; good+ (cocked and bowed; black smudge to top edge of front board; dent to top edge and bottom corner heavily crimped and bumped on rear board; spine ends and bottom corners bumped; smudge to side edge) in good+ dj (panels rubbed and scratched; scrape to front panel; tear to middle of rear panel along spine; stain to spine tail; edges worn, bumped, and creased); 302pp incl. index. Please be aware that shipping this item internationally will require additional postage fees.

Milan: Carlo Bestetti, 1967. First Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Very Good-. First Edition; folio, jade-green cloth; good+ (boards bowed; top edge of boards faded; spine ends and corners bumped and crimped; cracked throughout) in vg- dj (rubbed; edges bumped, worn, and creased); 231pp. Text in Italian, French, English and German.

London: Ermitage, 1997. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good+. 1st, lg. 8vo, red cloth, about fine in a vg+ illustrated cardboard slipcase. 239 pp. incl. index.

New York: Eaton and Mains, 1914. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo, green cloth, no dj; good+ (shaken; boards rubbed and lightly soiled; waterspot on front board; shelfworn; spine darkened; spine ends bumped and worn; small tear to spine head; corners bumped and worn; gift inscription on ffep in pencil; cracked at pp160-1; eps and pages toning); 278pp.

Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. 14th Revised Edition stated; 4to, blue cloth; vg- (rear board bowing; shelfworn; spine ends bumped and rubbed; title piece on spine rubbed; edges soiled and toned; three water stains to side edge) in good dj (toned and soiled with several water spots; spine browned; edges chipped, torn, and worn); 1095pp incl. index. Please be aware that shipping this item priority mail or internationally will require additional postage.

New York: Alpine Fine Arts Collection, Ltd., 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. First US Edition, Published in 1981 stated; 4to, gray cloth, housed in paper slipcase; vg+ (boards very lightly bowed) in vg+ dj (edgeworn) with a vg slipcase (toned; shelfworn; edges worn and lightly creased in spots); 237pp incl. index.

Arvada, Col.: Genre Communications, 1985. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 1st, a 4to comb-bound softcover, illus. w/ b&w photos. Vg (edgeworn; toning to edges of pages; covers lightly dustsoiled), unpaginated; printed on rectos only. INSCRIBED on copyright page (the cover is the title page).

Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northland, 1979. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. Hardcover 1st, oblong sm. 4to, vg+ in dj w/ a little sunning. 93 pp. incl. index. SIGNED by both authors on the ffep.

Mexico City: Colorgrafico/Libros y Encuadernaciones Finas, 1993. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Ricardo Kirchner photos. 1st, sq. 4to, black cloth, vg (worn corner at bottom of spine, "donated by..." sticker on ffep), boards bowed, corners and spine ends bumped) in vg- dj (rubbed, w/ edgewear & minor chips). 131 pp., color photos of craftsmen at work throughout.

New York: Lifetime Editions, 1949. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Edition, no additional printings; 12mo, midnight-blue cloth; vg (spine ends bumped, crimped, and worn; corners worn; top edge dustsoiled; pages toning) in good dj (scraped, dustsoiled, and creased; edges heavily chipped, torn, worn, and creased; large chips and tears closed on inside with now yellowing tape). Dj price $5.00; 361pp.

NY: Monacelli, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 1st, sm. folio, gray cloth, vg+ (a little sun at spine ends) in vg+ dj, a little rubbed. 320 pp. SIGNED by Tihany on the half-title and dated March 2004.