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The Arts and Crafts of the Swat Valley: Living Traditions in the Hindu Kush
by Kalter, Johannes; with contributions by Joerg Drechsel, Viola Förster-Lühe, Jürgen Frembgen, Dietrich von der Lühe, and Margareta Pavaloi, translated by Sebastian Wormell
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9780500973844
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- 1
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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London: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Hardcover. 180p., profusely illus., very good condition in a price-clipped dust jacket with an old price sticker on the front flap. Item Price
$15.00
Monograph on the manufacture of wire and tinsel in the United Provinces
by Gwynne, C.W.
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$75.00
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Allahabad: Printed by F. Luker, Supdt., Govt. Press, United Provinces, 1910. Hardcover. iii, 27 pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates depicting workers making kalabatun, batia, salma, and other products, slender hardcover, some nicks and bumps to edges of cover, endpapers toned, interior very good. Item Price
$75.00
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Car and Locomotive Plans for Model Railroaders
by Model Railroader, The; prepared by staffers
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- 1948
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$25.00
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[Chicago]: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System, 1948. Paperback. Unpaginated, over thirty pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photos and detailed line diagrams, softbound in oblong 10.5x14 inch plainish printed wraps; folded in half to 10.5x7 inch wraps which are entirely blank (except for an offset rust-pattern left by an ancient paperclip). Texts confined to lengthy captions. Sent folded;… Read more about this item Item Price
$25.00
![[Three pairs of paper placemats from the Takumi Craft Shop]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/290/1582290641.0.m.jpg)
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[Three pairs of paper placemats from the Takumi Craft Shop]
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- n.d.
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- Ephemera
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$75.00
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[Tokyo]: Takumi Craft Shop, n.d.. Ephemera. Two examples each of three different designs, 13.5x17.5 inches, with the imperfections of handmade paper items (one of the ochre placemats has an edge piece missing). With a small explanatory card. Undated, but perhaps 1970s; from the collection of someone who traveled to Japan in that period. Item Price
$75.00
Furniture, Its Selection and Use. Report of the Subcommittee on Furniture: Its Selection and Use of the National Committee on Wood Utilization (Eighteenth report of committee's series)
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- 1931
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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Washington DC: GPO, 1931. Paperback. iv, 115p., many exemplars shown in b&w photography, in construction and in situ, and also by many diagrams, especially for chairs in parts, how pieced together. Item is staple-fastened, and the staples (faint rust plus as-new shinyness) are visible fore and aft, but no "pullings" or tears as are often seen in these book-structures.… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
Rug Making Becomes an Art. Circular 195, December 1937, Revised May 1941
by Morton, F. Edith
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- 1941
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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State College PA: School of Agriculture, Agricultural Extension Service, The Pennsylvania State College, 1941. Pamphlet. 16p., numerous b&w photoillustrations and a diagram, softbound in 9x6 inch decorated self-wraps, later printing. Staples a tad rusted with migration, a light corner-crease to entire pamphlet, else sound, and quite clean and unmarked. Techniques of hooked and braided rugs (and mats) with tools… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
How to Make Handmade Lantern Slides
by Hamilton, G.E.
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- 1952
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, 1952. Pamphlet. 24p., stapled wraps, 5x7 inches, illus., staples rusted, wraps lightly worn, else very good condition. Guide for teachers by an overhead projector company. Item Price
$15.00
A New Coin Classic of Magic, By S. Leo Horowitz - Mohammed Bey's Routine with the Okito Coin Box -and- More Mohammed Bey Reutines with the Okito Coin Box - 2 Master Routines. Plus Bonus Ideas By Harvey Rosenthal, Edward J. McLaughlin
by Horowitz, S. Leo, author; John J. Crimmins, Jr., editor
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- 1963
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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n.p.: Tannen Publications, 1963. Pamphlet. Prestidigitation. 53p., illustrated with numerous vignette photos and diagrammatic sketches, presswork on glossy alkaline paperstock throughout, softbound in 9x5.5 inch decorated wraps. Covers are rubbed and front cover has a corner-tip crease, item is otherwise sound, clean and unmarked. Item Price
$15.00
Material Culture of Kapingamarangi
by Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck)
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- 1938
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$70.00
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Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1938. Paperback. v, 291p., softbound first edition, illustrated with line maps, profuse sketches and diagrams in-text. Presswork on heavy alkaline paperstock, making for a rather heavy paperback. A very good copy with trivial corner-tip turnings. Find ownership stamps of Frank M. LeBar, another ethnologist. As stated, very good condition: sound, clean, otherwise unmarked, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$70.00
Down Among the Wild Men. The Narrative Journal of Fifteen Years Pursuing the Old Stone Age Aborigines of Australia's Western Desert
by Greenway, John
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- 1973
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$20.00
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Richmond VIC: Hutchinson of Australia, 1973. Hardcover. 361p., illustrated with original b&w photographs and a few line maps, hardbound first edition in 9.5x6 inch raspberry cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the colorphoto dust jacket. Casing is mildly edgeworn with crimps at top and tail of backstrip, quite sound and square, clean and free of any markings, dust jacket… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Pulled Thread Work II; 18th century embroidered lace in Denmark
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- 1958
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$15.00
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Copenhagen: Haandarbejdets Fremmes Forlag, 1958. Paperback. 50p., 7x9 inches; heavily illustrated, minor spine wear, library rubberstamp on title page for the "San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum," else in very good condition. Modern Designs. Item Price
$15.00
How to Sew Slipcovers. Prepared for The Singer Company
by Valentine, Claire
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- 1974
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$12.00
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no city, US: The Singer Company, 1974. Pamphlet. 32p, presswork on semi-glazed slightly acidic paperstock and illustrated with numerous monochrome sketches and a vivid color photo of Singer's latest design, The Futura. Laid in is a useful addendum from another source. Softbound, an 8x5.5 inch pamphlet in colorphoto wraps, covers somewhat rubbed and crimped from handling, paper is mildly… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Sewing for Your Home
by Gora, Irene
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- 1965
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$12.00
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Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, Inc, 1965. Pamphlet. 71p, presswork on slightly acidic paperstock and profusely illustrated with monochrome sketches, photos in color & b&w, diagrams, charts, detailing. Softbound, a 9x6 inch pamphlet in glossy decorated wraps. Item is stapled, staples now rusty and no longer holding inmost leaves (no losses). Covers somewhat rubbed and crimped from handling, paper is… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.00
Renklerin Sonsuzlugu (Geleneksel Turk Ebru Sanati) - Infinity of Colours (The Traditional Turkish Art of Marbling)
by Barutcugil, Hikmet
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$75.00
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Istanbul: Ebristan Publication, 2001. Hardcover. 176p., the terminal leaves bear nine actual examples of Turkish marblling (various sizes, one corner-tip is bent), otherwise expect precise reproductions on superfine paperstock, text printed in Turkish and English. Hardbound in 11.5x8.5 inch openweave red cloth boards and enclosed in a strong near-cardstock dust jacket. Mostly new or recent work by author Barutcugil,… Read more about this item Item Price
$75.00
Kettal Outdoor Furniture, 50 Years
by Alorda, Manuel, a founder and "team member
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- 2015
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$30.00
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Barcelona: Kettal Barcelona, 2015. Hardcover. 312p., high-quality color product photography throughout, usually uncaptioned except at intervals where the designer or the "collection" changes. Occasionally a line diagram is interposed, and in a terminal section a variety of "finishes" (fabrics, paints) is exhibited. Hardbound in 11x7.5 chipboard covers with special surfaces, with a red-orange cloth backstrip titled in white. Backstrip… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
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Maison Romaine, Domus Pompeiana
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- 1950
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- Cardboard Covers
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$20.00
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Paris: Ingenia, Constructions de Precision, 1950. Cardboard Covers. 4p., giant cardstock leaves (11.5x16.5 inches) printed recto-only in vivid colors (Roman interior decoration wasn't subtle), enclosed in a doubly-giant folder printed two-colors in French and Latin, francophone instructions for assembling a tiny cardboard villa (lotsa rooms) around gardens and pools. No perforations, you or your kid must be handy with… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Dee Dee Does Utopia
by Lawrence, Deborah Faye, art, compilation and text. Susan Noyes Platt, Peter Frank et alia, essays and analysis
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9780977802845
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$30.00
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Seattle: Marquand Books, Inc, 2008. Hardcover. Unpaginated, 26 fullpage color collages numbered in the captions and listed in a terminal index along with an extremely detailed vita, and a few more plates & lists besides (solo & group exhibitions, awards, selected reviews). Inscribed and signed on the titlepage, dated year of publication. Oversize hardbound in 14x10 inch colorplate boards,… Read more about this item Item Price
$30.00
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The Dream of Water. EBRU, the Living Tradition. This second print work is the progressed kind of the book, "Infinity of Colours
by Barutcugil, Hikmet
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$95.00
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Istanbul: Ebristan Publication, 2001. Hardcover. 155p., plus appended examples, precise reproductions on superfine paperstock, hardbound in 13x9.5 inch openweave dark blue cloth boards and enclosed in a strong near-cardstock dust jacket; upper board bears a lovely onlay. Find early marbling survivors, a few centuries old, and plenty of the new work by author Barutcugil, texts explaining features, techniques, and… Read more about this item Item Price
$95.00
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Vine to Wine. Photographed and Written by Richards Lyon
by Lyon, Richards, author and photographer
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- 1985
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- Paperback
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$20.00
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Napa CA: Stonecrest Press, 1985. Paperback. Unpaginated glossy alkaline leaves, perhaps fifty, softbound with a white wire spiral, 6x8.5 inch oblong featuring fullpage b&w plates verso facing recto texts, pretty much a blow-by-blow tracking of shoot to producer, with local and French history tucked in. A fine sound copy, perfectly clean and unmarked except for the authorial signature in… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
Kanban: Traditional Shop Signs of Japan
by Pate, Alan Scott
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- Used
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- 2017
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- Hardcover
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- 9780691176475
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San Francisco, California, USA
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$30.00
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San Diego, CA / Princeton, NJ: Mingei International Museum / Princeton University Press, 2017. Hardcover. 175p., cloth-coverd boards, 8.75x12.25 inches, profusely illus., very good exhibition catalog. Item Price
$30.00
