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Sewing/Needlework:

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)
$29.00 Bowers, Alfred H. . RAFFIA-WORK
London 1930 2nd Pitman. Sm8vo., 110pp., photos and drawings. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a21879)
$35.00 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. Good, inner hinges cracked, no DJ. (a22071)
$29.00(sewing). THE NEW DRESSMAKER
NY 1921 3rd Butterick. With complete and fully-illustrated instructions on every point connected with Sewing, Dressmaking and Tailoring. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 168pp., illustrations, cloth. VG plus. (a35)
$30.00 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 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)
$29.00Carlstrom, Jno. A.. CARLSTROM'S PROPORTIONS OF THE HUMAN FORM - A SCIENTIFIC TREATISE ON PROPORTIONS AS THEY APPLY TO GARMENT CONSTRUCTION - HEIGHTS AND WIDTHS REDUCED TO RULES APPLICABLE TO PRACTICE (first edition)
NY 1905 1st edition. Mitchell. Hardcover. Lg.4to., 162pp., frontis photo illustration of Carstrom, Illustrations of body shapes, etc., many charts of sizings, green cloth with gilt lettering on front board. Owner signed on table of contents page. Good, tiny bit of residue from two star stickers on end pape, light soiling and wear on covers. Scarce. (a54319)
$55.00 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 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 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 advertisements at the end from Skovde businesses, original wraps. Good, wraps rubbed, corners a bit worn. (a69619)
$100.00(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. no faults. (a71324)
$39.00 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(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)
$59.00 Rug Pattern Catalogue. . GOOD SHEPHERD. ORIENTAL, TURKISH COLONIAL HOOKED YARN RUG PATTERNS.
Newton n.d. (mid 20thc?) Manufactured by Shepherd Worsted Mills. 4to., 12pp., fully illustrated, wraps. Good, prices lightly written in in pencil. No actual patterns, just pictures of patterns available for purchase. (f281)
$30.00 (clothing) . CLOTHING WORKSHOP IN BROOKLYN NINETEENTH CENTURY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
c. 1880. 4-1/2 x 7 inches on mounted on board. Original photograph taken by The New York Photo View Co., Fulton St., Brooklyn. Show 8 adults and a large dog in a small room making clothing with sewing machine. (ny307)
$45.00