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$65.00
1y83b/11

Australian Studio Glass: The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art


IOANNOU, NORIS

4to, pp. 240; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Craftsman House 1995

KEYWORDS: studio glass Australia social history decorative arts culture cultural theory Australian Noris Ioannou

$185.00
1y83b/16

19th Century South Australian Pottery: Guide for Historians & Collectors


FORD, GEOFF; WADE, JOHN (forew)

Limited first edition, no. 289/1000. Signed by author. 4to, pp. 96; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G (moderate scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderat to heavy chipping; lg tearing repaired with archival tape).

PUBLISHER: Salt Glaze Press 1985

KEYWORDS: 19th century South Australia Australian pottery art arts sculpture guide

$55.00
1y57a/16

Bendigo Pottery


SCHOLES, PAUL A

4to, pp. 281; brown heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters; light to moderate cracking to frotn & rear hinges, bsg sl sloppy); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Lowden Publishing Co. 1979

KEYWORDS: Bendigo pottery cermanics art arts craft 19th 20th century Duncan Guthrie

$24.50
xxqeb214155

The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China


SILBEY, DAVID J

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2013

KEYWORDS: global conflict history the Boxers China Chinese peasants martial arts

$55.00
1g34a/17

The Art of Taaniko Weaving: A Study of its Cultural Context, Technique, Style, and Development


MEAD, SIDNEY M

Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. 95; illus. heavy card boards; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; red (paint?) stain to front board; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to feps).

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973

KEYWORDS: Sidney M Mead New Zealand Maori art arts craft crafts weaving Taaniko culture technique

$27.50
xxgoc214380

The Pottery and Ceramics of David & Hermia Boyd


VADER, JOHN

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Phillip Matthews / Hutchinson 1977

KEYWORDS: arts crafts art pottery ceramics David Hermia Boyd

$15.00
xxgpg214444

A Century of Architectural Drawing: Works from the Armson-Collins Collection


LOCHHEAD, IAN J (Intro)

Quarto stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture architectural drawings art history school of fine arts Armson-Collins collection

$40.00
1h96/2

The Four-Shaft Table Loom


FIELD, ANNE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986

KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies weaving four shaft table loom

$40.00
1h96/24

Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No 3: 1947


WADMAN, HOWARD (Ed) & PAGE, FREDERICK et al (Critical Reports)

Imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 171pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to frontis & title page, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: H H Tombs Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand arts year books past years issues number 3 three 1947 literature art

$35.00
xxsbe214693

Asia in the Making of Europe: Volume II A Century of Wonder: Book 2: The Literary Arts


LACH, DONALD F

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Asia history exploration culture influence Europe European literature arts

$50.00
1t14a/11

Contemplating the Ancients: Aesthetic and Social Issues in Early Chinese Portraiture


SPIRO, AUDREY

Super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 259pp, illus, VG+ (boards sl warped, preface detached but present & still tidy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1990

KEYWORDS: China Chinese ancient history antiquity Sui dynasty art arts portraits

$25.00
xxsdi214927

The Mott's Miniature Furniture Workshop Manual


MOTT, BARBARA and ELIZABETH

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fox Books 1995

KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies dolls houses miniature furniture doll

$22.50
xxsdq214954

The Ashford Book of Rigid Heddle Weaving (Revised Edition)


HART, ROWENA

Square super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ashford Handicrafts 2014

KEYWORDS: arts crafts rigid heddle weaving patterns projects hobbies

$22.50
xxsdx214957

Shaker Miniature Furniture


RUBIN, CYNTHIA and JEROME

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company 1979

KEYWORDS: arts crafts hobbies doll furniture dolls houses dollhouses

$25.00
xxsdx214958

Turning Lace Bobbins


SPRINGETT, DAVID

Quarto softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: C & D Springett 1995

KEYWORDS: hobbies crafts arts lace making bobbins tools woodcraft woodwork turning

$27.50
xxsiw215315

Wood-block Print Primer


TOKURIKI, TOMIKICHIRO

Quarto hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Japan Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese arts crafts wood-block printing

$50.00
ak5/8/33

The Riverside Milton


FLANNAGAN, ROY (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxxii + 1214pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1998

KEYWORDS: John Milton literature arts literary criticism art appreciation interpretation

$55.00
ak5/8/45

The Cabinet of Useful Arts: A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement and Present State of the Manufacture of Porcelain and Glass


LARDNER, Rev DIONYSIUS

Sm octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt tooling to spine, gilt decoration to boards/borders, marbled page edges & eps, vignette to prelims, xiv + 334pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & tanning to spine, light fading & soiling to rear board, light to moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green 1832

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings science porcelain glass crafts arts

$60.00
ak5/15/21

Sensation Smith of Drury Lane


CASTLE, DENNIS & PRINCE, HAROLD (Fore) & ASKEY, ARTHUR (Fore)

Imperial octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton 1984

KEYWORDS: Bruce Sensation Smith biography biographies memoir arts theatre theater stage art

$18.50
xxhcc215898

Ceramic Sculpture


KENNY, JOHN B

Quarto hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons 1967

KEYWORDS: arts art crafts pottery ceramics sculptures

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