Resultados de búsqueda: Crafts from Lawrence Jones

Cambridge, MD.: Cornell Maritime Press, 1977. xvi, 690pp, index, glossary, 347 bw plates. Blue boards in jacket. Jacket rubbed with numerous tears at edges with associated creases, a few minor chips, small bump to bottom of front board. A completed revised and enlarged edition. Originally published in 1939 it remains an important reference.. Fourth Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 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.

Sydney: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australa, 2010. 271pp, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards, no jacket. Slight bow to boards. Tucked away in a suburban Sydney shopfront is a workshop where thye make dance shoes the way they have always been made-by hand. They make shoes that are worn by can-can dancers in Paris and by the acrobats of te Moscow Ciircus. This book looks behind the scenes of 28 little-know, but remarkable, trades and industries as diverse as harstack builders and a doll's hospital, an umbrella maker and a blacksmith. Explores the history, traditions and skills, passions and personalities and often the unexpected romance, strangeness and beauty of this hidden world.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to.

St. Louis: J. Missouri, 2010. 222pp, 322 bw ills. Pictorial card. No date-c2010. An early leader of Boy Scouts America teaches readers how to build a wide variety of practical shelters using either a hatchet or an axe.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Lloyd O'Neil, 1985. 140pp, index, bibliography, num bw & col ills, plans/diagrams. Brown cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, quite heavy foxing to endpapers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1987. 206pp, index, bibliography, num bw ills. Or card. Light rubbing to cover, minor foxing. How to save money by building your own fuel efficient kiln and firing it economically.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Tudor Publishing Co., 1950. Unpaginated (approx 200pp), bw ills. Gray cloth in jacket. Some toning and small bookseller label at front. Jacket edge worn with numerous small tears and creases, rubbed at folds, price clipped. Nearly 7000 designs, motifs, patterns, symbols and decorative devices based on Japanese family crests. Excellent reference for designers, craftsmen and hobbyists.. Edition Not Stated.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Oblong 4to.

New York: Dover Publications, 1990. x, 261pp, 337 line ills, 297 photographs, bibliography. Pictorial card. Covered with clear adhesive coating (contact), small mark on rear cover. Republication of the 1973 edition. Instructions for achieving beautiful hand-bound volumes presented in an easy-to-follow format.. Republication. Soft Cover. C. 4to.

Sydney: Lansdowne Press, 1987. 224pp, numerous color and bw photos, index, bibliography. Or white cloth in jacket. Some foxing to jacket and cloth, light edge wear to jacket. The Gentle Arts is a celebration of women's arts over the last 200 years.It traces the history of women's arts from the early settlers. Included is needlework, wood- and metal- work done for home and family, religious art, works done by women during the wars, and works made for exhibition at country shows. A delightful book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

London: B.T. Batsford, 1986. 288pp, index, bibliography, 300+ bw & 8 col ills. Pictorial card. Light crease to rear cover. A leading authority on church embroidery gives practical guidance on making and embroidering of vestments for use within the Pretestant, Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Jewish religions. Also deals with embroidery required for secular ceremonial robes and badges, including specialized gold work techniques.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Bathurst: Crawford House Press., 1995. HEAVY. vi, 164pp, index, bibliography, glossary, 118 col ills. Or boards in pictorial jacket. Foxing to title page and last few pages. Illustrates and discusses a wide range of Turkish kilims and related flat-woven textiles. Also includes a selection of bags and cushions which are often overlooked. The authors attempt to relate the weavings to the various groups who made them and in doing so to examine the origins of Turkish and Kurdish elements of the population. They provide an accurate account of the various weaving techniques, and have clarified some methods which are often wrongly described. Seperate sections are devoted to the importance of textiles in the history of mankind, and the sources of dyes used to obtain the glorious colours of the past. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: New Burlington Books, 2009. 160pp, index, glossary, num col ills. or card. Near new. Includes history of racing, construction basics, classic cart, illustrated projects and ten custom designs.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. Small 4to.

Sydney: The Macmillan Company of Australia, 1978. 172pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos, bibliography, index. Or cloth boards jacket. The jacket has the usual faded spine. Some wear to bottom edge of boards, thumb soiling to bottom corner. The book presents a survey of the exceptional range of craft skills which evolved in a country where the alternative to 'making do' was doing without. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Nauru: University of the South Pacific Centre, 2001. 199pp, references, bibliography, index, bw ills. Or pictorial card. Slight edge wear, minor thumb soiling to bottom corner. The definitive work on Nauruan string figures (ekawada).. Second Edition, Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. viii, pp165-252 + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or purple and white card. Minor surface silverfishing to covers.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. vii, pp533-563 + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or purple and white card. Very slight surface silverfishing to spine, pale orange chalk scrawl to front.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. viii, pp225-363 + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or light green and white card. Very slight surface silverfishing to spine, damp marked at upper corner of first several pages.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. vii, pp141-164 + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or olive and white card. Minor surface silverfishing to covers, narrow damp mark to upper right of first few pages.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. viii, 73pp + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or blue and white card. Minor surface silverfishing to covers, blue scrawl through pp30-33, narrow damp mark to edge of first few pages.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 4to.

Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1964. vii, pp111-140 + 5pp literature cited, bw ills. Or red and white card. Minor surface silverfishing to covers.. First Edition in Parts. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.