Crafts from Charity Bookstall

New York: Hearthside Press Inc., 1969. 8vo size hardcover with dust jacket; 207 pages plus index with black and white photographs and drawings and 23 color plates From dust jacket: "Together with the step-by-step fundamentals of beadwork, using easy-to-master techniques, this lavishly illustrated new book introduces a host of exquisite, heirloom-quality bead designs and decorations that include such… Read more about this item

New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1972. 4to size hardcover with illustrated dust jacket; 95 pages with black and white illustrations and photographs From dust jacket: "This handy, illustrated book provides parents and teachers with instructions and ideas for creating effective costumes, makeup and disguises for children's parties, plays, parades, Halloween - or just dressing up." Costumes include:… Read more about this item

Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1966. 8vo size pictorial hardcover; 47 pages with color and black and white illustrations throughout Includes instructions to make: Simple Mobile Mask Mobile Fish Mobile Valentine Mobile Beachcomber's Mobile Pen and Pencil Mobile Spy-Eye Mobile Tin-Can Mobile Boards are slightly warped and covers have significant edgewear. Ex-classroom library with only a label… Read more about this item

Stone Mountain, GA: Summit Designs, 1982. 4to size staplebound softcover with photo illustrated covers; 17 pages with black and white charts Designs include: Bobcat Caracal Cheetah Leopard Cat Lioness and Cubs Panther Snow Leopard Tigress and Cubs Edgewear, two small discolored area where stickers were removed. . Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Private… Read more about this item

Newton, NJ: Carstens Publications Inc., 1976. 4to size stapled magazine binding; 74 pages with some color and black and white photographs Contents include: Recycled Silver Jewelry Sensuous Leather Wedding Cake Wizardry Block Printing on Fabric Pots from Paper Mail Order Selling To Weave, To Knot, to Hang a Pot Sea Treasures/Shellcraft Edgewear and handling wear to covers, two… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications, 1983. 42 Chartered Designs of Lovebirds, Koalas, Angelfish, Butterflies and Other Colorful Creatures 4to size staple-bound pictorial softcover; 48 pages with black and white illustrations; covers and inside covers are illustrated in color. From back cover: "The 42 charts are designed to be worked in counted cross-stitch, but can also be used for… Read more about this item

Palo Alto, CA: Klutz, 2003. Everything you need to make your own personal picture bracelets. Includes two (2) silvertone bracelets, each with six droplets. Horizontal 12mo size spiral bound paperback; unpaginated - about 20 pages. Use the provided illustrated art to make your bracelet or follow the instructions on using your own photographs. The book says… Read more about this item

New York: Dell, 1995. First Edition with full numberline Horizonal 4to size pictorial cover; 95 pages with black and white illustrations throughout From back cover: "To help you take your own place in the pantheon of great moms, the authors have collected traditional and contemporary mom skills such as how to make a paper doll, write a… Read more about this item

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd; Designed as an elementary course of instruction and to meet the requirements of technical classes in connection with the Board of Education undated/circa 1930s; Fourth Edition 8vo size green patterned clothbound hardcover with black titles on the spine and cover; 91 pages with black and white illustrations by the author. Bumped… Read more about this item

Riverside, IL: The Radford Architectural Co, 1903. From title page: "A new and complete guide containing hundreds of quick methods for performing work in carpentry, joining and general woodwork, written in a simple, every-day style that does not bewilder the workingman, illustrated with hundreds of diagrams which are especially made so that anyone can follow them without difficulty." … Read more about this item

Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1990. Stated First American Edition 4to size hardcover with dust jacket; 144 glossy pages illustrated throughout with color photographs. From jacket: "More than 25 houses are shown here - ranging from a simple seaside cottage to an elaborately decorated castle. Included are traditional Victorian- and Georgian-style hours, as well as more unusual dwellings… Read more about this item

Tuttle, 1963. Signed by author on half title page 8vo size purple clothbound hardcover with silver foil titles and decoration on front cover; 86 pages with black and white illustrations and photographs throughout. Lovely silver foil endpapers. Contents include: Moribana and Heika Styles Seika Style The Modernistic Style Rikka Style Arrangement Lightly sunned spine has… Read more about this item

Toolemera Press, 2009. Mechanick Exercises of the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Arts of: Smithing Joinery Carpentry Turning Bricklayery To which is added: Mechanick Dyalling: Shewing how to draw a true Sun-Dyal on any given Plane, however Scituated, only with the help of a straight Rules and a pair of Compasses, and without any Arithmetical… Read more about this item

Chicago: Frederick J Drake & Company, 1936. Rare 1936 Edition 16mo size blue clothbound hardcover with black titles on spine and cover and black decoration - a chair - on front cover. Projects include Plate Racks Magazine Stands Tabourets Sewing Table, Cellarette and Card Table Plant Stands Hall Trees and Costumers Umbrella Stands Music Rack and Cabinet Morris… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1912. From title page: "A collection of more than 145 attractive Furniture Pieces Suitable for Handmade Construction; the Design, Proper Method of Making and of Finishing each Piece Being CLearly Shown Through Numerous Actual Photographs of the Finished Pieces, Complete Working Drawings, Bills of Material, and Accurate Descriptions of the Processes required to do… Read more about this item

Coats & Clark's, 1973. 5.5 x 11 inch color photo illustrated card pulls open to show four panels. One one side there are four color photographs illustrating the finished patterns for men, women, girls and boys. On the reverse are pattern instructions for Sleeveless Pullover, Children's Sweaters, and Woman's Jacket. The clansman yarn is a multi-colored yarn… Read more about this item

1977. 4to size staple-bound softcover; 44 pages with black and white photographs inside and color photos on covers and in center. Includes multiple detailed pattern instructions for children and adult balaclavas, multiple hat styles, scarves and mittens. Edgewear, creased bottom front corner, some small tears and creases to back cover.. Stapled. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" -… Read more about this item

1997. 8vo size spiral bound softcover with laminated front cover; 143 bright, white pages to the cookbook section, followed by a 16-page craft illustrated craft section, which is then followed by a few pages of publisher supplied contents on cooking and a pocket (now filled with circa 1997 glossy advertisements as produced) intended for your recipe cards. Illustrated color… Read more about this item

Asheville, North Carolina: Fiberarts, 1980. From jacket: "More and more artists and craftspeople began looking at these traditional techniques and materials with a decidedly untraditional eye. They began to experiment with new materials like color Xerography, plasic wires and slick acetates. They pushed these techniques beyond their historical definition; knitting was used to create sculptural pices and… Read more about this item

New York: Macmillan, 1974. From preface "Bargello is beautiful, repeated geometric design; long, quick-to-work vertical stitches; colors vibrant and contemporary or softly traditional...This embroidery is found in many countries andis know by many names - flame stitch, Hungarian stitch or Point de Hongrie, Florentine embroidery, and even Bargello..." 149 pages with vibrant color and black and white illustrations throughout.… Read more about this item