Hardcover. New York, Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 2nd pr., 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 125 pages. Hardcover. B/w illustrations throughout. Light brown fabric covered boards in good shape, clean inside. Dust cover age worn, in protective plastic. Pages and edges lightly yellowed with age. From the front flap: "The now extinct world of the blacksmith is recreated here in more than a hundred superbly detailed drawings and colorful text. Unlike many nostalgic accounts based on myth and romance, this book presents a historically accurate picture of the late-nineteenth-century New England smith, who daily performed the miracle of transforming lumps of re-hot iron into objects of utilitarian function."
Hardcover. NY, Macmillan , 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 160 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. Crowood Press, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 222 pages., color plates. This impressive work encompasses history, anthropology, and an expert exposition of textile arts from this region where textiles may denote group identity and may represent a large portion of a family's wealth. The author draws upon both published information and her own extensive travels in the area, describing practices and techniques that she observed in use in situ. She illustrates cultural and historical patterns in costume, often with the aid of temple paintings, sculpture, and historic photographs to supplement current images. Her descriptions of techniques, for example of weaving, are admirably balanced -- detailed enough to inform while presented with sufficient general information for a non-specialist reader. The illustrative material is good, often her own or her son's photographs, that shows the labor-intensive processes and world-class skills as well as the resulting spectacular museum pieces.
Softcover. Fort Lee NJ, Model Shipways, 1950, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 32-page stapled booklet, illustrated with many line drawings and diagrams. Green paper wrappers. Clean.
Softcover. NY, Singer Sewing Machine Co., 1930/1934, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two stapled brochures, 48, 64 pages. 5 1/2 X 8 1/4", both illustrated with b&w photos and drawings. Both clean. The draperies pages have some light wrinkling.
Softcover. 1982/83, Book: Very Good, Softcovers. Two stapled brochures, Fall 1982 and Spring 1983, 32 pages and 48 pages, Craftsmen Gallery, Boston. B&w photos. Back cover with stamp and written address. A small leaflet for an exhibition "Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Ideal", eight pages, New Jersey, 1983.
Softcover. Belfast IR, M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr , Six-panel brochure illustrating Glacier Window Decorations, a thin transparent material which imitates stained glass. The designs were manufactured in Belfast by McCaw, Stevenson & Orr, this piece from a distributor: Wm. B. Quaile of New York. Printed in color on both sides, Folded size 3 1/2 x 6", full size 20 1/2 x 6". Chipping, mild soil. No date appears, most likely 1890s.
Hardcover. NY, Robert Ensko, 1st, 1915, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with silver lettering, 46 pages. A slim volume listing all known silvermakers, both by name and locations where they worked. Covers a little worn. A clean, important reference for collectors.
Softcover. Guild of Master Craftsman, 1st, 1995, Softcover, 362 pages. Nearly 700 photographs and line drawings accompany informative text, exploring types, purchase, and care of woodcarving tools. Details sharpening methods and equipment; accessory tools; abrading; carpentry; electric tools, and much more. Modify tools to suit individual needs, and what holding devices to use. "...the Cadillac of books on woodcarving....It is more than just a craft-tool, project-oriented whittler's guide....Pye is a man who knows woodcarving...."--Arts & Activities. 8 color illus., 690 b/w illus., 8 1/4 x 10 7/8".
Hardcover. Chicago, American Technical Society, reprint, 1944, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with orange titles, 136 pages. Frontispiece, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, tables, graphs, index. First published in 1932, this book is the 1944 reprint. Bright, clean copy.
Hardcover. Milwaukee, Bruce Publishing Co., 2nd pr., 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brown cloth with orange lettering and sketch of shoemaker on cover, 138 pages. Many b&w instructional drawings. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Milwaukee WI, Bruce Publishing, reprint, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, oblong brown cloth with black lettering and design, 62 pages illustrated with b&w illustrations and photos. Detailed instructions on building birdhouses. Foxing to endpapers otherwise a clean copy.
Softcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, reprint, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 274 pages. With his informative commentary and over one hundred meticulous illustrations, Aldren A. Watson offers an introduction to the tradition of country woodworking in Country Furniture. Sample workshop designs, practical advice on tools and equipment, and an overview of reliable woodworking methods all lend to our understanding of a fascinating, timetested craft. From the sawmill to the workbench, Watson carefully illustrates the step-by-step process of furniture design, carefully delineating the fine details and instructing us on how best to accommodate our desired designs. Clean, like new.
Softcover. Peroria IL, Manual Arts Press, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages, illustrated, index.The original edition of this step-by-step guide to crafting hook rugs. Small bump to bottom corner causing a mild crease to pages. Spine label otherwise clean, no markings.
Hardcover. London, Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with black decoration. 103 pages, many b&w illustrations. Name on front flyleaf, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Tulsa OK, Winchester Press, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 147 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated wtih hundreds of black and white and full color photographs. As stated on the jacket flap this "is the first book ever published on an important new art form...with brief biographical and critical accounts of more than sixty of America's very finest carvers, together with an unprecedented pictorial collection of their sculptures - more than 150 photos and sixteen pages in color." Also laid in are two hand-written letters and two postcards signed by one of the artists featured, Arnold Melbe. Clean, sharp copy.
Hardcover. Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with silver lettering and design. A comprehensive look at the history of objects made of metal from Chicago between 1844 to 1970. Includes numerous black and white illustrations by Walter W. Krutz. 141 pages. SIGNED BOOKMARK by author laid in. Clean copy. No dust jacket issued.
Hardcover. West Boylston MA, Self Published, 1st, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a worn, chipped dust jacket. Full maroon cloth. 304 pages, numerous illustrations, several in color. Price list of author's rug patterns laid in. Mild musty smell.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, American Book and Bible House, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, decorated green cloth covers. An attractive how-to book for girls, featuring extensive descriptions of various crafts and even magic tricks to play with friends. Illustrated with several full-page color plates and numerous black-and-white in-text images and diagrams. 268 pages. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Milwaukee WI, Bruce Publishing, 3rd pr., 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pebbled maroon covers with green lettering, 64 pages, illustrated in b&w. Information and instruction for the beginner in leatherwork, placing emphasis on materials and tools needed. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Grand Central Publishing, 1st, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. All sorts of madcap home handicraft techniques and materials are showcased in this tongue-in-cheek volume, along with lots of photos of a beaming Amy Sedaris. INSCRIBED BY SEDARIS on the dedication page. Clean copy.
Softcover. Chicago, Popular Mechanics Co, 1st, 1932, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 220 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w. Pages reprinted from the magazine, vintage machinery, tools from back in the day. Small note above title on cover, otherwise clean.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Takes an illustrated look inside the cottage of the beloved children's book illustrator, Tasha Tudor, as she uses traditional tools and techniques to make a variety of nineteenth-century items, including candles, baskets, soap, cheese, and marionettes. Clean, like-new copy.
Hardcover. Interweave Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 160 pages illustrated in b&w and color. Offers a wealth of rug weaving techniques, employing simple, clear illustrations and providing notes on equipment, finishes, and more. Clean copy.
Softcover. Ketchikan AK, United States Indian School, 1st, 1950s, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled pictorial card covers. A chronicle of the Thlingets, Tsimpshean, and Haidias tribes of Ketchikan, Alaska with a map detailing their locations. Approx. 60 pages, line drawings and typewriiten text printed on one side of pages. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings of totem poles, basket designs, hats, fish, canoes, an Indian house, bowl, household box, etc. Topics include: various totem poles, a Legend of the Eagle Clan, tales, basketry, Indian fishing and rights, berries, canoes, gambling, houses, dances, seal and deerskin tanning, Potlatch, prayers, etc. Clear tape on edges of cover, bookplate on inside front cover.
Hardcover. London/NY, Castle Books (Thomas Nelson & Sons), 1st, nd, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket with some light spotting to rear panel. 204 pages, 24 color plates, 96 b&w illustrations and 9 Figure illustrations. "Previous books on the subject have often been based on inaccurate and varying translations of Chinese writings. Mr. Thiel, on the other hand, has carefully and studiously avoided speculation and fantasies, confining himself absolutely to the facts. Beginning with Chou and Ha Dynasties of 1122-206 B.C. and covering the periods up to and including the Ch-ing Dynasty of 1644-1912 A.D.; all that a collector needs to know about style, workmanship, color, texture, glaze is included here with stress on exact information. chapters are devoted to the all-important T-ang and Ming Dynasties."
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket. Takes an illustrated look inside the cottage of the beloved children's book illustrator, Tasha Tudor, as she uses traditional tools and techniques to make a variety of nineteenth-century items, including candles, baskets, soap, cheese, and marionettes. Clean, like-new copy.
Softcover. Oxfordshire UK, Wild Swan Publications, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 66 pages. Illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. fascinating book on making Landscape Models. 66 pages. Illustrated with several B&W Photographs and clear line drawings on most pages. Hugely informative and practical guide. Of interest to Landscape, Railway and Architectural modellers, Wargamers and Diorama Enthusiasts. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Brattleboro VT, Stephen Daye Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. 46 pages, b&w photos of candle-making. Old Ways of Working Series. Front endpapers have tape shadows and old price in crayon. Otherwise a clean, bright copy inside.
Hardcover. Chicago, Popular Mechanics Press, reprint, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth with black stamping, 99 pages. many b&w technical drawings. The author, Henry Christian Reetz, was a renowned expert in the field and his book remains an essential resource for both beginners and experienced electroplaters. Previous owner's notes in front and rear blank pages. Front fly leaf gone.
Softcover. Lincolnville Beach ME, Duck Trap Woodworking, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, stapled paper wrappers, 83 pages printed on one side only plus index and ads. B&w drawings throughout. Detailed instructions in words and pictures for canoe construction and finishing. This is the first printing from 1981. Clean copy.
Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, 4th pr., 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in a worn dust jacket with light water stains. Book is undamaged, blue cloth with gilt lettering, 86 pages illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams. No markings.
Hardcover. NY, Thomas Y. Crowell , 2nd pr., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 178 pages, with illustrations by the author and photographs throughout. Minor dust jacket edge wear, otherwise, very clean and tight.
Hardcover. NY, M.T. Richardson, 1903, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in orange cloth with black lettering and image of an anvil on the cover, 307 pages plus ads in rear. B&w illustrations throughout. Volume 3 in the series. Hinges cracked but a solid, clean copy.
Softcover. Syracuse NY, Gustav Stickley, 1st, 1905, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, approx. 200 pages, b&w illustrations, ads. Gustav Stickley showed his designs and ideas through his magazine The Craftsman. Published monthly between Oct 1901 and Dec 1916, The Craftsman was "the bible" of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the United States, which emphasized spare design, hand-crafting, and the importance of the individual craftsman. This issue features his article "Ornament: Its Use and Its Abuse". Also articles on The Development of the Public Library, The Future of Ceramics in America, Old Pewter Plate, The Modern House Beautiful, others. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. New York, Norman W. Henley & Co., 2nd Ed., 1902, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 304 pages plus publisher's ads for similar books in rear. Black and white technical drawings and plates throughout. This is the revised and enlarged edition of the 1900 book. Textured dark green cloth with gilt title on spine. Clean, bright copy.
Hardcover. London, Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 206 pages, b&w illustrations. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Previous owner's name stamped on inside front cover, otherwise clean. Mild musty smell.
Hardcover. Philadelphia, PA, Running Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 159 pages, color photographs throughout. Light edge wear to dust jacket. Previous price sticker on rear cover. Else a very clean, tight copy. Provides instructions and techniques for working with interior and exterior dollhouse designs, discusses tools and equipment, and offers advice on finding decorating ideas.
Hardcover. Portland, Or., C. H. Belding, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 119 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.
Hardcover. Grantsville, MD, Hobby House Press, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 112 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Minor shelf-wear to illustrated, laminated boards. No dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 224 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w with a few color plates in rear. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. US, Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 256 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Extensive color photography throughout. Marbled end papers and fly leaves. Edge wear to top edge. Faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a clean, tight copy.
Softcover. Chicago, Popular Mechics Press, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, illustrated wrappers, 204 pages plus publisher's ads. Profusely illustrated with diagrams and b&w photos on dozens of do-it-yourself projects. Light notations on front fly leaf, clean inside.
Softcover. Boston MA, Museum of Fine Arts, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages, softcover with illustrated wrappers, 98 pages with 126 b&w photos. Essay by Kathryn Buhler.
Hardcover. Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Co., reprint, 1934, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages, 254 illustrations in color and b&w. First published in 1914, this is the 1934 reprint. Light yellow cloth with two-color design. Previous owner's signature, date on front fly leaf. Otherwise clean, very good.
Record # 605011
Price: $70.00
Used & Rare Craft & Handwork Books
Our crafts category gathers used, rare, and out-of-print books on traditional handwork and making, from bookbinding and blacksmithing to needlework and model building. Aldren A. Watson is well represented with Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction and The Village Blacksmith, alongside Angela Thompson's Textiles of South-East Asia.
You will also find specialist and ephemeral pieces such as Winthrop Pratt's A Notebook for Ship Model Builders, Corticelli Lessons in Tatting, and vintage instruction leaflets from the Singer Sewing Machine Co. Some titles carry period diagrams and fold-out plates. Many are scarce craft pamphlets and manuals, so condition and availability vary across our used and rare stock.
 "Village Blacksmith, The by: Watson, Aldren A.")
 "Hand Bookbinding: A Manual of Instruction by: Watson, Aldren A.")
 "Textiles of South-East Asia by: Thompson, Angela")
 "Notebook for Ship Model Builders, A by: Pratt, Jr., Winthrop")
 "Hand-Made Bookmark: \"This Is Where I Fell Asleep\" by: N/A")
 "Dryad Leaflet No. 114: Slippers from Felt or Suede by: N/A")
 "Corticelli Lessons in Tatting: Book No. 3 by: Ellison, Nellie")
 "TWO BROCHURES. SINGER SEWING LIBRARY/No.1: Short Cuts to Home Sewing - No.4: How to Make Draperies by: Singer Sewing Machine Co.")
 "THREE BROCHURES ON CRAFTSMEN FURNITURE: 2 Craftsman Gallery Catalogs, one exhibition brochure by: N/A")
 "Glacier Window Decoration Brochure by: N/A")
 "Makers of Early American Silver by: Ensko, Robert")
 "Woodcarving Tools, Materials & Equipment by: Pye, Chris")
 "Forging Practice: a Practical Treatise on Hand Forging of Wrought Iron, Machine Steel, and Tool Steel: Drop Forging; and Heat Treatment of Steel, Including Annealing, Hardening and Tempering by:")
 "Shoe Repairing by: Karg, Henry")
 "Boy Bird House Architecture by: Baxter. Leon H.")
 "Country Furniture by: Watson, Aldren A.")
 "The Art of Hooked-Rug Making by: Martha Batchelder")
 "History of Vermont Glassmaking by: Max P. Petersen")
 "Embroidery And Design. A Handbook of the Principles of Decorative Art As Applied to Embroidery. Illustrated By Typical Designs by: Drew, Joan H.")
 "Masters of Decorative Bird Carving by: Small, Anne (foreword by Dr. George Miksch Sutton)")
 "Chicago Metalsmiths: an Illustrated History by: Darling, Sharon S.")
 "Color in Hooked Rugs by: McGown, Pearl K.")
 "Dainty Work for Dainty People by: Ferry, Christine A.; Cline, Alberta")
 "Fundamentals of Leathercraft by: Ross C. Cramlet")
 "Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People (SIGNED COPY) by: Sedaris, Amy")
 "Popular Mechanics Shop Notes for 1933- Volume XXIX by: Popular Mechanics")
 "Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts by: Tudor, Tasha, Brown, Richard W. (Photos) & Tovah Martin (Text)")
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 "Chinese Pottery and Stoneware by: Thiel, Albert W. R.")
 "Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts by: Tudor, Tasha, Brown, Richard W. (Photos) & Tovah Martin (Text)")
 "Landscape Modelling by: Norman, Barry")
 "Herter's Professional Course in the Science of Modern Taxidermy by: Herter, George Leonard /Barrie, Myron E.")
 "The Candle Book: Texts and Photographs by: Roy, L. M. A.")
 "Electroplating: A Treatise for the Beginner and for the Most Experienced Electroplater by: Henry C. Reetz")
 "Building Lapstrake Canoes by: Simmons, Walter J.")
 "Batiks and How to Make Them by: Pieter Mijer")
 "Rock Art of the American Indian by: Campbell Grant")
 "Practical Blacksmithing: Volume III by: M.T. Richardson")
 "The Craftsman Magazine: February 1905 Vol. VII, No. 5 by: Gustav Stickley (Ed.)")
 "Gas Engine Construction: A Practical Treatise describing the theory and principles of the action of gas engines of various types and the Design and Construction of a half horse power gas engine by:")
 "Welding of Plastics by: Haim, G. and H.P. Zade")
 "Encyclopedia of Dollhouse Decorating Techniques, The by: Davis, William")
 "Indian Baskets of the Northwest Coast by: Lobb, Allan")
 "Art of Making Beautiful Fashion Doll Shoes, The by: King, M. Dalton")
 "Flat-Woven Rugs of the World by: Justin, Valerie Sharef")
 "Making of Hunting Decoys (SIGNED COPY) by: Veasey, William")
 "Popular Mechanics Shop Notes: 1938 by: Popular Mechanics")
 "Colonial Silversmiths, Masters & Apprentices by: McLanathan, Richard B. K.")
 "Indian Blankets and Their Makers by: James, George Wharton")