Item 2157Making Collages
Chicago: Albert Whitman and Co., 1972. hardcover. 8vo 39pp. color and B/W photo illustrated guide to making collages. #02222.
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Item 1958Masonry Simplified
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1948. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 367pp. from front flap: "In addition to presenting a complete discussion of the tools, materials, and practices of masonry, this book also provides the "know-how" of the trade--information previously available only by word-of-mouth from top-notch workmen--information they have taken years to.....
Item 1477How to Make Good Pictures
Rochester, NY: Eastman Kodak Company, 1951. hardcover. 12mo 224pp. 29th edition. from front flap: "This is an all-new edition of the most famous and most popular picture-taking book in the world. In it, you'll find the keys to snapshot sucess. . . the pathway to rich camera rewards. No dry-as-dust.....
Item 2170101 Best Nature Games and Projects
New York: Gramercy Publishing, 1959. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 128pp. from front flap: "The world is full of fascination, but children are not sufficiently encouraged to explore its wonders. The trees, the rocks, the oceans, the birds and ants and fish are all around us, and too often go unnoticed.....
Item 2048The Furniture Doctor
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1962. hardcover. 8vo 286pp. from front flap: "In true Yankee cracker-barrel style, George Grotz offers practical information to everybody about the care, repair, and refinishing of furniture--fine or otherwise. Here are detailed, clear steps to improving that chest of drawers you found in.....
Item 2053Ben Hunt's Whittling Book
Milwaukee: Bruce Publishing Company, 1945. Revised and Enlarged. hardcover. 4to 127pp from Introduction: "In working with wood, whether it be fine cabinetmaking, Indian lore, pioneer work, or rustic construction, there are always a few details that require some kind of a pocket knife. Many find carving with a pocketknife so.....
Item 2165Science Experiments with Ten-Cent Store Equipment
Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1950. Second Edition. hardcover. 8vo 262pp. from Foreword: "...This third book, Science Experiences with Ten-Cent Store Equipment, leads you into the new and fascinating fields of Sound, Light, Electricity, and Magnetism. It illustrates, describes, and explains two hundred new experiences with equipment which you.....
Item 1890Back to Basics
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest Association, 1983. hardcover. oversized 8vo, 456pp. from "About This Book" : Back to Basics is a book about ther simple life. It is about old-fashioned ways of doing things, and old-fashioned craftsmanship, and old-fashioned food, and old-fashioned fun. It is also about independence--the kind of.....
Item 1489Mechanix Illustrated How-To-Do-It Encyclopedia
New York: Golden Press, 1961. first edition. hardcover. large 8vo, 16 volumes, vintage, richly illustrated guide on do it yourself household projects from basic woodworking to home electronics repair and much more.AbeBooks/Biblio: extra charges for shipping due to weight. #01552.
Item 1904The Folk Arts of Japan
Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1982. hardcover. 8vo 168pp. twelfth printing 1982. 110 gravure plates 18 color plates. preface by Soetsu Yanagi. from front flap: "The Folk Arts of Japan, by Dr. Hugo Munsterberg, deals with a rediscovered branch of Japanese art which, in the straightforward beauty of its.....
Item 1674Celebrate the Sun
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1969. first edition. hardcover. 4to 128pp. from front flap: "CELEBRATE THE SUN is about festivals, the expression of man's joy. Young people around the world contributed the fifty-one illustrations--glimpses of a world in celebration--recording moments of delight from their experience." #01737.
Item 3033How to Build and Repair Your Own Furniture
New York: Popular Science Publishing, 1951. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 255pp. from front flap: "You don't need a "knack" for carpentry. Neither do you need an elaborate home workshop in your cellar. All you need is the urge to make something yourself--to have fun and at the same time create.....
Item 1806Festivals For You to Celebrate
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1969. Susan Purdy. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 192 pp. from front flap: "Man has been celebrating festivals since he first noticed the seasonal changes of the sun, moon, stars, and weather. A study of holidays becomes a study of humanity, for all men are united in.....
Item 1405Antiques as an Investment
New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Julia Rush. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 536pp. #01469.
Item 3038The you don't need a man to fix it book
Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1973. Book Club Edition. hardcover. 8vo 240pp. from front flap: "Here is the fixit book women have been waiting for--a sympathetic but non-condescending approach to home repairs addressed to women as intelligent people who simply lack instruction. The authors start at the root.....
Item 1967Five Centuries of American Costume
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1963. softcover. 8vo 207pp. see pictures for synopsis. #02029.
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