Hobbies, Crafts, Gardening from JWMah

Rutland VT / Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1982. (USA) 11th printing 1982. Owner's incription to the end paper, no other markings, Very Good + in price-clipped Very Good ony dust jacket with faint indentations to the front panel where used as a pad under writing paper. Green cloth, 270pp, index, 270 B&W photos. This book explains the basic rules… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1973. (USA) 2nd printing. Owner's name and address to the first page, no other markings,small crease to corner of back cover, otherwise Very Good used copy. Photo wraps, 372pp, index. Over 500 B&W photos and 42 colour photos. This book is a history and presentation of the art of weaving: origins… Saber más sobre este artículo

Beograd: Fide, 1977. (SERB) Small chip to lower corner of cover, crease to back cover, touch of rubbing to cover edges, some pencil markings to a several of the games, thus Good only used copy. Wraps, 336pp, Chess games and puzzles. (1.9 JM LVR 200/b1. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Radnor PA: Chilton Book Company, 1992. (USA) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 191pp, colour photos of stitches with colour patterns.300 stitches for Knit and purl; cable, lace, twist, lace and bobble. (2.5 JM HOJ 300/4. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

USA: Paperblanks, 2017. (USA) Presumed 1st American edition. No markings Fine with instruction leaflet intact; Lovely gold on red patterned covers, ribbon marker, pocket to back cover, 192pp. This red and gold Paperblanks Carmine 5-Year Snapshot Journal reproduces a 1688 binding protecting L’office de la Semaine Sainte. The original binding was adorned "à la fanfare,"a handtooled pattern edged… Saber más sobre este artículo

USA: Sixth&Spring, 2003. (USA) 1st printing. Owner's name to end paper, no othe rmarkings, Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover, 168pp, colour photos throughout showing knitted ornamental borders. Compiled by an acclaimed knitwear designer and teacher, this collection of 350 knitted edgings, borders, and trims runs the gamut of styles and offers something for all tastes. A wealth of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Portland OR: Timber Press, 1986. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, The names of the hybrids have been picked out in yellow hightlighter, but so neatly done I wasn't sure at first whether the yellow had been printed as part of the book, a touch of rubbing to the lower cover edges and base of spine, otherwise Very Good in Very Good… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Folio Society, 2007. (UK) 1st Folio edition 2007. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published in about Fine slipcase with a very faint scuff to one panel. Green hardcover, illus end papers, xviii, 230pp, index. B&W decorative illus. John Beverley Nichols was an English writer, playwright and public speaker. He wrote more than 60 books… Saber más sobre este artículo

USA: Koi USA & Associated Koi Clubs of America, 1987. (USA) Two volumes 1 and 2. Volume 1 was published in 1987; Volume 2 in 1988. Pen notations to first page of Volume 1, light spotting to back ocver which is white,Good used copy. No markings to Volume 2, Very Good used copy. Volume 1, 191pp, graphs, line drawings.… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Frances Lincoln, 2007. (UK) 1st printing. No makrings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, 208pp, index, colour photos and line drawings. This handsome book is illustrated with lovely photos of the gardens desinged by the Marchioness along with her own plans and drawings. Sir Roy Strong has called her "the greatest gardener of the twentieth century". A heavy… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vancouver: Poly Culture Art Centre, 2018. (CAN) Presumed 1st eidtion. No markings, very faint scuff mark to cover cloth, otherwise Fine; no dustjacket probably as published. Brown cloth hardcover, 244pp, colour photos of Yixing teapots with some portraits of the craftspeople who made them. This book accompanied a collection of 300 Yixing teapots from Beijing for a four-month exhibition… Saber más sobre este artículo

Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2004. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket as a band around the book. Hardcover, 176pp, index. Lovely colour photos. Thomas Hobbs explains his approach to "planing a garden like putting jewels into a box". (2.8 JM HOQ 102/b2. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by McDonald, David. 4to - over… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Bernard Quaritch Ltd., 1972. (UK) No date, a guess at 1972; date uncertain, No markings, tiny spot to back cover, Very Good. Illus card covers, side-stapled, 43pp, B&W illustrations. These book are from the collection formed by W.H. de Roos (1895-1971), Netherlands Consel-General in Kobe; 40 listings. (1.33 JM HOX 1/2. Staple Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Stanley Gibbons, 1952. UK) 30.5 x 28 cm, red cloth with spring binding, unpagainated. Printed cream coloured pages with B&W images of stamps and lined boxes with colour notes beneath each box. Nigeria, Niue, Nyasaland, Palestine, etc....up to the Somaliland Protectorate. This album is a companion to the Green Album (ST0025) and deals with mid 1930s… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: CiBA Co., Inc., 1940. (USA) Presumed 1st edition, 1940. Stamp of the CIBA Company of Montreal to the front end paper, no other markigns, there is a smll spot to the upper edge of the front cover about the size of a lima bean, some rubbing to cover corner tips, Good used copy; no dust jacket perhaps as published.… Saber más sobre este artículo

NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1994. (USA) 1st printing, no markings, about Very Good in Very Good dust jacket Green cloth, 612pp, index colour photos and illus. This is a complete one-volume reference for North American gardeners with a fully illustrated encyclopedia of 1000 of the best plants to grow in every region. The photo are excellent for plant identification. Garden… Saber más sobre este artículo

Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1977. (USA) 1st printing. No markigns, crease to corner of cover, Very good. Wraps, 136pp, biblio, 400 B&W photos and illu. This book explains woven jewe;ry, rug hooking, tapestry weaving using a creative approach with antural and found materials. (1.33 JM LVR 206/b1. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1978. (USA) Stated 1st edition, Owner;s name and address to the end paper, no othe rmarkings, faint foxing to top edge of pages, Very Good in Very Good dust jacket with a couple of edge faults; Dj is in mylar sleeve. Boards with brown spine, 366pp, index, over 400 line drawing showing techniques, colour plates, This… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hong Kong: Postmaster General Hong Kong, 1986. (HK) Presumed First publication, no date given a guess at 1986. No markings, Fine as New in clear pouch. 14.4 x 21 cm, glossy card covers, with cameo of Queen Elizabeth to front panel, with three rows of mint postage stamps arranged behind glassine protector strips. and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hong Kong: Postmaster General Hong Kong, 1994. (HK) First publication. No markings, Fine as New in Fine clear vinyl pouch with flap. 8 x 16 cm, Card covers, through stapled with cloth spine, no page numbers [70]pp, colour illus and B&W photos. Includes real stamps in perfect condition: 6 Hong Kong Classics Series no.3: five $2 stamps… Saber más sobre este artículo