Hobbies & Crafts

New York, New York: Sterling/Museum Quilts Book - Sterling Publishing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. 128 pages: 11 x 10 in.: 2.6: KB#004976: Dustjacket now protected by a new Brodart Mylar Cover. "From appealing landscapes and warm-hearted people to beautifully colored flowers and amusing animals, let internationally renowned appliqué artist Janet Bolton show you how to create delightful pictures in fabric. Play with color, texture, and pattern, and use a variety of stitches and decorative embellishments to design truly original works of art. Learn simple cutting techniques, how to compose a picture, how to 'draw' with a needle and thread, and much more. With a full-color gallery of Janet Bolton's masterful pieces for inspiration, you won't want to wait to enter the enchanting world of patchwork folk art. " Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. .

New York: Sanford J Durst, 1978. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. numbered limited edition of 1000. slight shelf rubs. [ref. ASt.009].

New Orleans: US Philatelic Classic Society, 2006. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. slight corner bumps. no dustjacket. 378pp + ads. [ref. ASt.018].

Chicago: the Hollister Press for the Mead Cycle Company, [early 20th-century]. 12 page advertising booklet, stapled self-wraps. Colour and two-tone chromolithographs. 2 horizontal creases from folding, some spotting and dulling to the cover. Very good condition. An attractive, early 20th-century advertising booklet for Crusader Bicycles by the Mead Cycle Company of Chicago. It includes two wonderful chromolithographs, including a double page spread depicting the Advance Model Crusader de Luxe for $19.85 and the Crusader Coaster-Brake Special for $17.80. The upper cover advertises their policies, including free shipping, a free 30 day trial, and five year guarantee, and there are also ads for a variety of accessories. "What more do you want in a wheel? What greater assurance could you ask in buying a bicycle? We are putting our priceless reputation behind these two latest Crusader Models and behind the unqualified statement that when you buy one you are making the best bicycle selection and the wisest… Read More

Naval Institute Press, 2013-02-15. Hardcover. Good. 9x6x0. Name on inside cover/ title page. Additional pages appear to be clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Dust jacket is clean and bright, shows some crease on back cover, some edge and shelf wear from normal use/storage. No rips, tears or stains. Seaforth Publishing, 2012. Thank you for shopping with us!

White Wolf Games Studio, 2003-07-28. Hardcover. Very Good. 11x8x0. Excellent condition. Unmarked interior, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Cover is clean and bright, in very good condition, clean, very light signs of edge or shelf wear. Binding is in very good condition. A currently OOP (out of print), uncommon, or hard to find book. Ships quickly and with care.

One of 600 copies! Book is in very good condition.

Wildwood, 1985. Two volumes. Fine. Blue cloth, publisher's bindings. Lower corner of Vol. 2 ever so slightly bumped and rubbed; minor shelf wear to covers at edges and spine. Interiors clean, tight, and free of ownership marks. Gorgeous set! Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.

Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1889. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Softcover 8vo, 9 x 7 inches, 30pp. Printed wraps with ad for "The Modern Priscilla" on the rear panel. In Good condition; pages slightly creped from handling and wraps worn around the edges, including some splitting at the spine. Small chip to the bottom corner of the wrap and related closed tear to the pages behind it, faint tidemark in that corner. Delicate but intact. Remarkably intricate (and profuse!) diagrams of the traditional lace weaving technique, with emphasis placed on the care and patience required to realize the beauty of the art.. Later reissued by the Priscilla Publishing Co., this first issue by Prang is rare. 5 copies in OCLC.

Book cover like new - pages clean and unmarked, lightly tanned – spine like new.
Protected in clear jacket cover, very slight shelf wear.
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The growing appreciation of Japanese Art and architecture in the West has extended to the Japanese way with flowers. This book is intended as a complete introduction to Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement. Beginning with the history and development of the art, and its place in Japanese culture, we introduce the reader to the eleven basic styles. Next comes a large section devoted to vases, materials, tools, and methods. Text and pictures explain how to keep flowers fresh, how to select and prepare both fresh and dried materials, and how to make the most effective use of them. Twelve lessons in creating arrangements in the moibana style follow. I have tried to make this the most carefully detailed and profusely… Read More

Mcgraw-Hill, 1997. paperback. Good. 7x1x9. Unmarked. Text and graphics appear to be free of highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover book shows some edge, light corner curling and shelf wear from normal use. No rips, tears or stains. Binding is solid. The King's Quest Companion, 4th Edition (Covers Games I-VII). Fourth Edition. 1992. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. Ships in box, quickly and with care.

2CGaming, LLC, 2018. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 8x0x11. Very nice copy. Unmarked interior, no highlighting, creasing, underlining or writing. Cover in very good condition, clean and bright, very light signs of edge or shelf wear. No rips, tears or stains. (the discoloration shown in photos on the corners of each page is part of the design/graphics of the book-- NOT stains). First edition, First Printing, Full Print Line Displayed. 2018. 2C Gaming, LLC. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. Ships in box, quickly and with care.

Pinnacle Entertainment Group, 1997-12-31. First Edition. paperback. Very Good. 4x0x7. Clean, unmarked interior text, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Softcover book is clean and bright, shows a bit of edge, corner, shelf wear. No rips, chips, stains or tears. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. 1998. Deadlands: Tales O' Terror, 1877 (The Weird West). First Edition. Pinnacle Entertainment. Ships quickly and with care.

Hal Leonard, 1998-05-31. paperback. Good. 9x0x12. Unmarked, text appears free of highlighting, underlining and writing. Corner bumping, some page tips show bumping/tip creasing. Softcover book, cover shows a bit of creasing, several scratches, some edge, corner and shelf wear from regular use. Binding is solid. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. 1998. Hal Leonard. Ships quickly and with care.

Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
No dust jacket issued with this book.
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The book is partitioned into four sequential and interdependent sections. Section 1 covers the tools, their purposes, uses and maintenance. Section 2 describes each phase of the bead setting procedure and the sub-components. Section 3 applies the bead setting procedure to a variety of situations and expanding to fancy shapes. Section 4 defines and illustrates pave setting with various shapes of clusters present.