Art & Design from E Ridge fine Books

Transatlantic Arts. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1956. Hardcover. Seventh American Edition. 294 pp. Index. Illustrated throughout including half-tones, line drawings, and 4 glossy color plates. Light pencil markings. ; 8vo .

Charlottesville: Howell Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth on board. 10" X 10" ; 300pp. Indexed. Illustrations from American art. From the flap. "(A) delicious guide to that heritage, both as an historical account and as a cookbook. Hilde Gabriel Lee takes the reader on a gastronomic journey through… Read more about this item

Chicago: Extension Magazine. Good. 1951. First Edition. Softcover. Original paper wraps with saddle staple binding. First pringing. Unpaginated. No loose pages light general edge wear only. “More Little Nuns” was actually the first of the collections of Joe Lane nun cartoons, launching a series of books about nuns (and others about men of the cloth) … Read more about this item

Chicago: EXtension Magazine. Good. 1951. Softcover. Original paper wraps with saddle staple binding. Fifth printing. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Bill O'Malley "Two Little Nuns" were a humorous feature in the Catholic "Extension" magazine from the 1940'2-1960's. The cartoons featured Sister Maureen and Sister Colleen in comic adventures. No loose pages light general edge wear only. … Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. 11"x9" ; 96pp. Illustrated. Describes the calligraphical techniques and skills for Roman Majuscule, Unical, Caroline, Gothic, and Italic lettering as well as suggesting their use in making gifts and such items as stationery, greeting cards, and bookplates. … Read more about this item

California Historical Society. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt design; illustrated end pages. 12.5X9". Unpaginated. Double page illustrations, hand sketched by the author, on site, in great detail; hand lettered. Thollander takes the reader on a nostalgic journey of farm life in California and the essential place… Read more about this item

New York, London, Toronto: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 10" x 9"; 127pp. Index. Over 100 color photographs by Debbie Patterson. Recipes by Jane Suthering. With more than fifty crafts, floral projects, and recipes, Easter contains a wealth of ideas for springtime." from the flap. Contents:… Read more about this item

Lafyette, CA: C&T Publishing. Near Fine. 1995. Hardcover. Wire spiral bound for ease of use. 176pp. Index. Illustrated throughout using full color, black and white photographs as well as graphics. Harriet, who was voted one of the "88 Leaders of the Quilt World", created and inspired a whole new generation of machine quilters with her… Read more about this item

Detroit, MI: Allied Bakery Products, Inc.. Near Fine. 1960. Third Printing. Hardcover. 12" X 9". 360pp. Index. 20 full color plates, numerous black and white photographs. Foreword by George Chussler. Maroon, textured cloth; gilt title medallion deeply embossed with deep blind stamp circular boarder. A handsome copy, bright and clean with minimal wear to boards and… Read more about this item

Budapest, Hungary: Alap Publishing Co.. Very Good. 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Pictorial glossy hardcover. 10.25" X 8" 120pp. Foreword in German, English, French, and Russian by Zam Tibor. Aside from this foreword, the book is a photographic journey through the puszta now a National Park in Hungary. Szirmai uses her photography to draw the reader into… Read more about this item

Denver, CO: The Air-Vu Company. Very Good. 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 11.25" X 9": 218pp. A white plastic comb with stiff board covers. Edges are heavily worn; binding is solid without breaks; no marked or torn pages. The title page has light pencil markings. Before CAD (Computer-aided Design) there were pencils, and paper.… Read more about this item

New York: Drake Publishers Inc. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1974. First American Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in Milan Italy in 1972. This edition was published in red cloth with the original box of seven patterns/appendix in a hinged case; both the book and the appendix are in the matching slipcase. 170pp. Plus 171-174… Read more about this item

New York: Sterling Publishing Company. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue board. 11"X8.75" 160pp. Index. Illustrated in color. Choose from 75 creative projects made with fabrick, papier-mache, Batik, paint, and polymer are a few of the materials used. Each completed project has a full color illustration, material list, tools and illustrated… Read more about this item

New York / Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1980. Hardcover. 11.25" X 8.75" 208pp. Index. Illustrated. Photographs by Robert Epstein. "More than 75 patterns for elegant clothing, home decoration and gifts, with easy-to-follow instruction." Moderate wear to the edges of the dust jacket. Clean, straight copy.… Read more about this item

Oakview, CA: Young Publications. Fine. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Softcover. 11" X 8.5" Pp 87, [1]. Laid in is the multi-folded (as published) stiff card pattern - uncut. From the introduction. "Trip Around the World is a name often associated with quilts that have rows of squares forming their design. Since this true of all… Read more about this item

Fargo, ND: Nordic Needle. Very Good. 1977. Softcover. Softcover, saddle-staple binding. 11' X 8.5" 47pp. Illustrated. Hardanger embroidery is a delicate form of openwork which originated in Hardanger region of Norway hundreds of years ago. The Patterns in this book are designed mainly for the beginning or intermediate student of Hardanger embroidery. Some… Read more about this item

Dover Publications. Near Fine. 1974. Softcover. Softcover with minor edge and corner tip wear. Gift Quality. 57pp. Patterns on stiff card. Illustrated in black-and-white with colored quilt patterns inside the covers. Includes materials needed, number of pieces and full instructions. Patterns: Ribbon Border, Cut Glass Dish, Pineapple, Cube Work, Rocky Glen, Tree of Paradise,… Read more about this item

Dover Publications. As New. 1983. Softcover. 12" X 9" 16 plates. Gift quality. Text inside front and back covers. Uncut. The front panel has few creases and light wear along the spine and corner tips, the back cover is lightly but eavenly age toned. From the back cover: Origianl Dover (1983) publication. Historical notes. 16 … Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in about fine, unclipped dust jacket. 176pp. Gift Quality. Seventy quilts are pictured in full color, with complete instructions for 24 quilts. From the flap: "The Great American Quilt Festival was one of the celebrated events commemorationg the… Read more about this item

Self Published. Near Fine. 1975. Softcover. Comb bound softcover. 8/5" X 11" 66 single side pages. Illustrated throughout. " ...This book concerns itself with geometric pattern on an even weave fabric of linen, cotton or wool. Blackwork basically has a "lace" appearance where texture and/or shading are achieved by the … Read more about this item