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1976 Michigan Crafts Exhibition Detroit Institute of Arts; Frederick Cummings, Director
Detroit Institute of Arts 1976 Soft Cover Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Detroit Institute of Arts, 1976. Catalog of an exhibition on 1/14/76 thru 3/7/76. Unpaginated. 56 b/w illustrations. Spiral binding. Exterior front cover is textured hand-made paper with an apparently intentional small hole in it. Book is in Very Good condition - would be Near Fine except that upper right corner of cover has a small stamp "Hillyer Art Library" and related library markings; no other ex-library markings in this book.
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16.00 USD
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5th Biennial Michigan Artist-Craftsmen Exhibition Grand Rapids Art Museum
Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A. Grand Rapids Art Museum 1972 Soft Cover Very Good- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 1972. 16 pages. 5 b/w illustrations. Book is in VG- condition - ex-library but only library notation in on upper right corner of front cover. Catalog of an exhibition on 9/9/72-10/15/72. Includes a list of all items on exhibit together with the sale price of those for sale.
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8.78 USD
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Christmas Irving, Washington
Privately Published 1971 Soft Cover Very Good+ Privately Printed 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Privately published, 1971. 13 numbered pages. From the rear end page: "This excerpt from 'The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.,' first published in 1819, is here reprinted in Bodoni types for the friends of Evelyn and Alexander Lawson at Christmas, 1971." (Note: Alexander S. Lawson was a preeminent expert in typography. He was a professor of typography at the Rochester Institute of Technology from 1947 to 1977, and was a leading author on typography, his most famous book being "Anatomy of a Typeface." He also authored "Printing Types; An Introduction," The Heritage of the Printer," and "Printing Types Pa." He died in 2002.) Geoffrey Crayon was a pseudonym of Washington Irving. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition.
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22.50 USD
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Christmas of 1988 Something for Everyone Alexander Gallery
New York Alexander Gallery 1988 Hard Cover Very Good+ No Jacket 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
167 pages. High end collectibles, with description, price, and color photo of each item. Chapter headings are: Costumes (including Judy Garland dress from the Wizard of Oz, Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable clothing from Gone with the Wind), Disneyana (including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Pluto items), Animation, Toys (including Aster Big Boy Live Steam Locomotive, White Ives Train Set, Fulgurex Scale Model Brass Locomotives), Rock and Roll Memorabilia (John Lennon sketch book, Beatles Unpublished Photos), Baseball Cards (Honus Wagner, Tops '52), Golf, Fishing, Furniture, Folk Art, Weathervanes, African, American Indian Artifacts (includes 16 different items), Ledger Drawings, Pre-Columbian, Historial Items, Netsuke, Antique Firearms, Medals, Miniatures, Coins, Bills, Stamps, Furniture, Old Masters, Paintings, Jewelry. Book is in Very Good+ condition - some edge wear and cloth boards show some wear. Interior is bright and clean. No dust jacket.
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7.20 USD
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Decoupage Nimocks, Patricia - SIGNED BY AUTHOR
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1968 Apparent First Edition Hard Copy Near Fine Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Signed by Author
176 pages. Apparent 1st edition. Some color illustrations; many b/w illustrations, including some "how to" illustrations. Book addresses the history and origins of decoupage; understanding the materials you work with; preparing furniture for decoupage, painting, etc. decoupage procedures; and projects to try (which include metal tray with modern prints as a beginner project; basket purse; shadowbox picture; ribbon decoupage; lamp; lamp shade; covering a box with paper; lining boxes; ideas for accessories; your first decoupage; project suggestions for a beginner; further projects; panels, screens, picture and plaques. Book is in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket is in Good condition - tears, chips, creases along the edges, taped on inside; covered in plastic.
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12.38 USD
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Every Kind of Patchwork Pyman, Kit
Kent, UK Search Press 1983 0-85532-536-4 / 9780855325367 Hard Cover Very Good+ Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Campbell-Harding, Valerie
112 pages. Chapter headings are: Oversewn patchwork; Applied patchwork; Seamed patchwork; Stuffed patchwork; Folded and gathered patchwork; Quilting and finishing; Glossary of patchwork tchniques. From the dust jacket: "...contains twenty different methods of doing patchwork, from the tiny hexagonal mosaic patchwork so popular in England, to the large machined block patchwork quilts we associate with the United States. Beyond these well-known examples, thre are many types of patchwork which have been developed at different times and in different places in answer to special needs. These are all described and illustrated with plenty of colour, informative diagrams and charming decorations, and in a way that will encourage readers to try their hand at a new variety of their favourite craft." Book is in Very Good+ condition - book does not lie quite flat and top corners of board are bumped. Dust jacket is in Near Fine condition.
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6.08 USD
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Grasping Things: Folk Material Culture and Mass Society in America Bronner, Simon J.
Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A. University Press of Kentucky 1992 0813108128 / 9780813108124 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
247 pages. Book is in Very Good condition - edge wear including light creasing at corners; stain on front fly leaf near lower edge; page edges a little dirty. Spine is not creased; binding is tight; pages are clean. From the cover: "Bronner moves us past the usual discussions of form and variety in America's folk material culture to explain historical influences on, and the social consequences of channeling folk culture into a mass soceity. Dividing his discussion into the major behaviors of material life - entering and arranging houses, making and using things, consuming and arranging foods and goods - Bronner takes examples from his fieldwork on the sidestreets and backroads of America. Here he finds personal Americas steeped in family, community, and spirit - Americas whose meaning lie in their relation to the larger body politic." Gift wrap and gift card available.
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10.57 USD
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Handweaving Notes for Teachers Mairet, Ethel
London, U. K. Faber and Faber 1949 First Edition Hard Copy Very Good Fair-Poor 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Faber and Faber, London, 1949. First edition. Book is in Very Good condition: edge wear; light discoloration on boards; foxing on end pages; pages age-tanned; binding is tight and pages are clean. Dust jacket is in Fair-Poor condition: piece about 1" by 3" is missing from rear; other chips and tears; spine is sun faded.
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17.50 USD
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Hanukkah Alphabet: The Name Game
Shulsinger 0914080504 / 9780914080503 Soft Cover Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
24 pages. Coloring book. Book is in Near Fine condition - light crease on front cover. All pages clean and bright. Gift wrap and gift card available.
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6.75 USD
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Harvey Sadow: Toward a Vessel Aesthetic; Ceramic Works 1968-1988 Sadow, Harvey; William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A. William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut 1988 091838639x / 9780918386397 Limited Edition Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 1988. 72 pages. Limited edition of 3,000 copies. Oblong, measuring 8-1/2" high by about 10" wide. Catalog is in Very Good condition - crease in lower corner through most of catalog; top and bottom of spine chipped and rubbed; edge wear; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright. Catalog of an exhibition 3/21/88 - 5/22/88. Includes essays "Harvey Sadow - An Intimate Vision" by Jay Lacouture; "Man as Vessel - Mud as Metaphor" by Hildegard Cummings. 24 full-page color plates plus b/w illustrations.
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13.05 USD
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Indian Crafts of Guatemala and El Salvador Osborne, Lilly De Jongh
Norman, OK, U.S.A. University of Oklahoma Press 1975 1st Edition/2nd Printing Hard Copy Very Good+ Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1975. 1st edition/2nd printing with revisions, changes, additions. Book is in Very Good+ condition: top edge is a little dirty; bumped corners; prior owner's name & address sticker on front free end page. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition: edge has one 3/4" tear and one 1/2" tear; rubbing on edges and folds; not price-clipped.
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22.00 USD
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Masterpieces of Australian Bark Painting Ruhe, Edward L.
Albany, NY, U.S.A. University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany 1973 Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Unpaginated (24 pages). Soft cover. Book is in Very Good condition: light scratches on front cover; light edge wear; binding is tight and pages are clean and bright. Catalog of an exhibition of aboriginal art from Arnhem Land, organized by Edward L. Ruhe, University Art Gallery, State University of New York at Albany, April 2 through 29, 1973. Contents are: Introduction by Edward L. Ruhe; The Art of Yirrkala; The Art of Milingimbi; The Art of Western Arnhem Land; and The Art of Other Tribes. 20 illustrations, 19 of which are b/w. From the Introduction: "The present exhibition emphasizes artistic values rather than ethnography, thus taking advantage of the new widespread receptivity to unexplained art created by so much of contemporary European and American painting. From that point of view the accomplishment of the bark painters has extraordinary interest. It derives from a culture which does not entertain an idea of art or recognize artists as a class of men. If it did, it would no doubt relegate such ideas to the world of the non-sacred or trivial, along with most of the activities of everyday life. The anthropologist A. P. Elkin wrote of bark paintings as 'windows' into aboriginal minds. What we may see is confidence in a known, controllable, largely benign universe; a set of traditional ideas supporting a fully traditional and essentially stable society; and a religion which, whatever our private responses, clearly fits the capacities of men."
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95.00 USD
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New Tiffany Table Patterns Loring, John
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Doubleday Canada, Limited 1986 0385237588 / 9780385237581 Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
230 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - light edge wear and corner wear. From the rear cover: "Both imagination and vitality abound in this magnificaent and eclectic collection of table arrangements for the most diverse occasions. In this elegant bestseller - appearing for the first time in paperback -- some seventy internationally recognized personalities and designers share their ideas with Tiffany & Co. for bringing magic and enchantment to a formal dinner party...an office lunchy...a back porch suppeor...or breakfast in bed."
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10.35 USD
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Tribal Arts Auction February 16, 1986 Willis Henry Auctions
Marshfield, MA, U.S.A. Willis Henry Auctions 1986 Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, 1986. unpaginated (32 pages). Book is in Very Good+ condition -price for some items written in ink next to the illustration of that item; title page has "1986" written after the date. "Featuring over 150 pieces of African sculpture and masks from a major New England collection, and American Indian textiles, pottery ollas, baskets, silver and turquoise jewelry, arrowheads and stone artifacts from many different collections as well as sculptured wood pieces from New Guinea, the Phillipines, Indonesia and Mexico". Catalog lists 262 lots of which about 160 lots are illustrated with b/w photographs.
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18.00 USD
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Tribal Arts Auction November 11, 1986 Willis Henry Auctions
Marshfield, MA, U.S.A. Willis Henry Auctions 1986 Soft Cover Very Good+ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Willis Henry Auctions, Marshfield, 1986. 36 pages. Book is in Very Good+ condition - price written in ink next to each lot; binding is tight and, except for prices, cover and pages are clean and bright. Price list laid in. "Featuring American Indian, Oceanic Arts and over 150 pieces of Tribal African Arts. Indian includes Navajo textiles, silver and turquoise jewelry, polychrome basketry, pottery and beadwork". Catalog lists 280 lots. Most or all lots are illustrated with b/w photographs.
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18.00 USD
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