CRAFT & SEWING from Fortuna Books

Framingham: Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1925 copyrighted 1925, 36pp in stapled pictorial wrappers, light handling wear, staples rusted, centrespread in full colour, otherwise black and white illustrations throughout, home hobby wax craft with sealing wax, (200 gram rate) . Second Edition. Printer Wrapper. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

London: Collins, 1982 near as new, 192pp with diagrams throughout, complete guide for the amateur or professional upholsterer, an emphasis on period peices from the nineteenth century, a practical guide to the traditional methods and materials of upholstery, offering advice on the tools, equipment and materials required together with step-by-step instructions and diagrams.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus.… Read more about this item

MAlmo: ICa-forlaget, 1963 Tredje upplagan Boken ar nu tryckt i 22 000ex. quarter cloth with pictorial papered boards, 88pp + colour plates + folding chart at rear, small bump to lower edges, guidebook to Swedish (?) needlework, lacework, embroidery etc. (500 grams) . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

London: John Dicks Press undated probably early 1920s?, sewn sheets in papered card wrappers, spine damage with splitting and chipping loss, a few loose pages, a few marginal pencil marks, some rubbing and soiling to wrappers, 110pp, reasonably tidy but needs rebinding, illustrated, treatise on techniques of furniture polishing etc (500 grams). First Edition. Original Wraps. Good/Fair. 12mo - over… Read more about this item

New York: Butterick, 1921 cloth lightly soiled, corners rubbed, new revised and enlarged edition copyroght date 1921, "with complete and fully illustratedinstructions on every point connected with sewing ,dressmaking and tailoring from the actual stitches to the cutting, amking, altering, manding and cleaning of clothes for ladies, misses, girls, children, infants , men and boys" " 'The New Dressmaker'… Read more about this item

New York: Pictorial Review Company, 1917 green cloth with white titling to cover and spine, some insect surface damage, corners bruised and slightly rubbed, name to fep, viii 254pp art paper, illustrated with b&w photos and diagrams, internally VG tidy copy, excellent practical information for amateur or professional. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? -… Read more about this item

Hannover: Verlag Th Schafer, 1988 Omas Handarbeits Bibliothek Band 5 mit 134 abbildungen uns 2 doppelseitigen musterbogen, faksimile reprint nach dem original von 1921 der band erschein erstmals beim verlag Otto Beyer, leipzig in der Reihe Beyers Handarbeitsbucher, Band 42, zustand als ob neu; hard covered with pictorial boards, 1988 facsimile reprint of 1921 original lacework (?) embroidery book… Read more about this item

France: Dillmont, 1966 (500 gram rate) landscape format folded sheets stapled through spine with pictorial paper wrappers, name to front cover, light wear and creasing, 11pp + 25 plates with text on verso of some + adverts, new edition, revised. New and Revised. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Landscape 8vo.

New York: MacMillan, 1919 original issue not a facsimile, reprint after 1916, pictorial cloth with rubbed corners, handling soiling, otherwise a clean copy, all aspects of clothing including production from raw materials ( ie shearing wool, harvesting flax etc.) vii 302pp, includes photogravures in the text, intended as a work book for teachers and students. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

London: Evans, 1955 unclipped dust jacket with light wear, small name and address to fep otherwise tidy copy, 141pp + plates, including photos and colour sketches of the designs, mainly to do with the British Royal Family, and Hartnell's designs for their gowns etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Norman Hartnell. 8vo - over 7? - 9?… Read more about this item

Wellington: Reed, 1968 light rubbing to spine edges, 46pp, pictorial hard boards, well illustrated straightforward guide to wool craft. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erica Duncan and George Bull . 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Auckland: Collins, 1981 large quarto, heavy, 192pp + colour plates, excellent in-depth source book, VG in same dust jacket. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1974 (500 gram rate) 68pp, pictorial hard boards, well illustrated strightforward guide . First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erica Duncan and George Bull. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Wellington: Reed, 1972 52pp, pictorial hard boards, minor foxing mark to top corner of rear few pages, well illustrated straightforward guide to wool craft. Revised and Enlarged. Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Erica Duncan and George Bull . 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

Auckland: Collins, 1983 large quarto, soft bound but still heavy, 192pp + colour plates, excellent in-depth source book, VG . reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.

London: Pitman, 1950 with numerous reproductions of original drawings and works by the author, decorated cloth with some light foxing to the cloth, bookplate to fep ( ex libris Pamela G Rogers, with a gramophone design) 278pp, with monotone plates and tipped on colour plates, from basic to advanced techniques, by the King's Prize Designer. Fourth. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No… Read more about this item

London: Mills and Boon, 1965 price clipped DW has minor peeling to the edges of the lamination, small split tail of lower rear corner, book endpapers some minor tape rust from long gone cellotape, white out over a name, 115pp well illustrated with b&w photographs and diagrams, historical survey / bibliography / technique / design / patterns / materials and… Read more about this item

Edward James Foundation, 1980 (500 gram rate) label to contents page with dates of the New Zealand exhibition venues, otherwise very tidy copy, landscape 12mo stapled folded sheets, 32pp with b&w and colour photographs, Tapestries designed by Henry Moore and woven at West Dean . First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Landscape12mo.

London: The Medici Society, 1926 red cloth somewhat faded, rubbed to spine ends, corners lightly bumped, book tidy, DW only has front panerl and front fold in flap present, front panel has pasted on colour plate of a sampler, viii, 14pp + 5 colour plates + 72 b&w plates, errata slip present, SCARCE embroidery / needlework sampler of antique… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1958 DW some edgewear and light offsetting from tape to edges, book near fine but shows some age, 258pp + plates, complete look at religious (christian) embroidery and needlework as found in robes and altar decorations etc. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.