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Needlework:

Fleischer's . FLEISHER'S KNITTING AND CROCHETING MANUAL - EIGHTH EDITION
Philadelphia 1910 Fleisher. A complete illustrated hand-book of the art, containing clear instructions for every step from the simplest stiches to elaborate garments. 4to., 191pp., wraps. Good, cover a bit soiled and worn. (a78741)
$35.00 (crochet) . THE ART OF CROCHETING
London and NY 1891 Butterick. 4to., 143pp., illustrations, original wraps with cloth spine. Good, text a bit toned, some wear on front, corners rounded. (a78740)
$98.00 (dressmaking) . WOMAN'S INSTITUTE LIBRARY OF DRESSMAKING TEXTILES, LACES, EMBROIDERIES AND FINDINGS
Scranton 1923 1st Woman's Institute. Hardcover. Octavo, 267pp., illustrations, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a78738)
$23.00 Picken, Mary Brooks . TAILORED GARMENTS ESSENTIALS OF TAILORING
Scranton 1925 1st Woman's Institute. Covers the soon-to-be lost arts of tailored buttonholes, buttons, trimming, tailored pockets, seams and plackets, tailored skirts, blouses, frocks, suits, coats, capes, garments for men and boys. Hardcover. Octavo, 369pp., illustrations, cloth. VG plus, no DJ. (a78737)
$25.00 Rodier, Paul . THE ROMANCE OF FRENCH WEAVING
NY 1936 new edition, Tudor. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 356pp., 20 color and 99 monochrome illustrations, teal cloth with red and gilt picture of naked woman holding about 50 threads as if she were holding strings on 50 balloons. Near Fine, faint bit of foxing on end papers, in Good DJ. (a72148)
$22.00 (tapestry) . VENTE SUR ORDONNANCE EXCEPTIONNEL ENSEMBLE DE TAPIS ET TAPISSERIES MODERNES ET DE GARNITURES DE SIEGES
1992 Joel Millon & Claude Robert. In French. Auction Catalogue. Octavo, 52pp., color illustrations, wraps. Near Fine. (a71324)
$44.00 Peters, Hulda . VAVBOK
1933. Forestandarinna for Skaraborgs Lans Hemslojd Skovde. 3: dje Upplagan. In Swedish. Oblong octavo, 91pp., 93 weaving patterns, each with photo illustration shown and text explanation, one line drawing of the loom and its parts, a few local related advertisments at the end from Skovde businesses, original wraps. Good, wraps rubbed, corners a bit worn. (a69619)
$100.00 Taylor, George William . SIGNIFICANT POST-WAR CHANGES IN THE FULL-FASHIONED HOSIERY INDUSTRY
Philadelphia 1929 University of Pennsylvania. Octavo, 140pp., green cloth hardcover. VG, light wear, cover faded, no DJ. (a69607)
$20.00 Niedner, Marie . HARDANGER STICKEREI BAND 16
Leipzig 1915 funfte auflage. Amazing embroidery designs. In German. Octavo, 58pp., 8pp., photo illustrations, large folded pattern on pink paper laid in, original wraps. Good , light wear. (a68449)
$35.00 Bapst, Germain . FRENCH TAPESTRY OF THE 15TH CENTURY REPRESENTING "LA COUR DU PRINCE DU MALICE"
Paris 1916. In English. Elephant Folio hardcover, 11pp., frontis, gilt printed blue boards. VG plus, light soiling on boards, a few small smudges on blanks. Scarce. (a48055)
$155.00 (knit wear) . DAVISON'S THE STANDARD KNIT GOODS TRADE 61ST ANNUAL OCTOBER 1951
Ridgewood 1951 Davison. Sm.4to., 914pp., printed hardcover. Good, some light wear. (a44459)
$39.00 Mijer, Pieter . BATIKS AND HOW TO MAKE THEM
NY 1925 7th Dodd Mead. 8vo., 86pp., photo illus. Owner bookplate. Near VG, no Dj. (a28114)
$30.00 Foris, Maria and Andreas . SUSANN FOLK CROSS-STITCH CHARTS
Nuremberg 1950 Sebaldus. A beautiful collection of 278 designs from the countries along the Danube. Embroidery patterns. In English. Sq,8vo., 7pp., fully illustrated with black and red illustrations, hardcover. Owner signed. A few pencil notations in margin. VG, new endpapers, no DJ. (a22071)
$45.00 Bowers, Alfred H. . RAFFIA-WORK
London 1930 2nd Pitman. Sm8vo., 110pp., photos and drawings. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a21879)
$35.00 Laughlin, Mary Elizabeth . MORE THAN FOUR A BOOK FOR MULTIPLE HARNESS WEAVERS
West Sacramento 1976 1st Author. 4to., 179pp., illus., spiralbound wraps. Near VG. (a21653)
$35.00 Carpenter, Jesse . COMPETITION AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IN THE NEEDLE TRADES 1910-1967
NY 1972 Cornell. Hardcover. Octavo, 910pp., index, cloth. VG. (a18080)
$43.00 Ley, Sandra . RUSSIAN AND OTHER SLAVIC EMBROIDERY DESIGNS
NY 1976 Scribners. 95p. color and bw photo illus. Fine in G-VG DJ. (a13608)
$25.00 Gallinger, Osma Couch . JOY OF HAND WEAVING
Scranton 1951 2nd Laurel. The complete step-by-step book of weaving. Sm4to., 306pp., photo illus., index, boards. VG in Good DJ. (a6377)
$26.00 Snook, Barbara . EMBROIDERY DESIGNS FROM PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
NY 1975 1st Scribners. Hardcover 4to., 135pp., monochrome and color illustrations, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a5232)
$29.00 Rug Pattern Catalogue. . GOOD SHEPHERD. ORIENTAL, TURKISH COLONIAL HOOKED YARN RUG PATTERNS.
Newton n.d. Manufactured by Shepherd Worsted Mills. 4to., 12pp., illustrations, wraps. Good. (f281)
$22.00 Baker, Walter and Ida. . BATIK AND OTHER PATTERN DYEING.
Chicago 1920 Atkinson, Mentzer. 8vo., 139pp., photo illustrations, drawings, hardcover. Good, light wear, no DJ. (f15)
$20.00