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  • The Lore of the Honey Bee - Natural History and Bee-Keeping
    Tickner Edwardes
    Originally published in 1908, this is one of the earliest books on bee keeping and the natural history of the honey bee, with information on its natural history, bee society, anatomy, bee keeping, and much more. Full of fascinating information and detailed explanations, this timeless volume will be of considerable utility to modern bee keepers, and would make for a valuable add...
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    58,85 €

  • The Letter-Press Printer - A Complete Guide to the Art of Printing
    Joseph Gould
    A classic guide to the art of printing, covering the intricate mechanical operations and fascinating history of the letter press. First published in 1876, this comprehensive manual is a useful and instructive guide to letter-press printing. Covering a variety of printed products, such as newspapers and books, Joseph Gould gives an extensive overview of this forgotten art.The ch...
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    39,29 €

  • How to Make Dolls’ Houses
    Audrey Johnson
    This vintage book is a comprehensive and accessible manual for the building of dolls houses and furniture.How to Make Dolls’ Houses provides detailed, step-by-step instructions for building a variety of houses, beginning with a simple model schoolhouse that could be made cheaply and by children, and going on to more complicated tasks that eventually lead to the construction of ...
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    47,74 €

  • Gemstone Flat Lapping, Mechanized
    O.B.(Bud) Marshall
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    47,54 €

  • Carpentry for Boys
    J. S. Zerbe / JSZerbe
    Written in simple, easy to understand language, and illustrated with more than 300 detailed drawings, J. S. Zerbe’s 1914 classic Carpentry for Boys remains to this day the single most comprehensive volume ever published for boys on the subject of good, old fashioned hand tool woodworking. With chapters on tools and their uses, how to grind and sharpen tools, laying out work, us...
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    16,35 €

  • Needlework and Crafts - Every Woman’s Book on the Arts of Plain Sewing, Embroidery, Dressmaking, and Home Crafts
    Irene Davison
    Contents Include: Plain Sewing - Fastenings - Plain-Sewing Trimmings - Your Sewing Machine - Hand Embroidery - How to Work your Gift Transfers - Home Dressmaking - Mending - Crochet - Raffia Work - Stencilling - Barbola - Simple Ways of Weaving - Gesso-Work - Various Ways of Making and Decorating Lamp-Shades - Poker Work - Artistic Leather Work - An Introduction to Basketry - B...
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    47,78 €

  • Embroidery Stitches
    M. E. Wilkinson / MEWilkinson
    In this collection of Embroidery Stitches, I have endeavoured to place before those artists who are interested in needlecraft an exposition of the most useful and artistic stitches that have formed a part of my own work during several years’ study and practice of Art Embroidery. Some of these will be familiar to Needle-artists: others will serve to exemplify how, in process of ...
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    50,82 €

  • Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving - A Practical Text-Book of Design and Workmanship
    Archibald Christie
    Originally published in 1906 as part of the Artistic Crafts Series of Technical Handbooks. Contains many period photographs and illustrations.Contents Include: Embroidery Tools, Appliances and Materials Pattern Designing Stitches Canvas work and Stitches Methods of Work Embroidery with Gold and Silver Threads Lettering, Heraldry and Emblems The Garniture of Work Practical Direc...
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    48,89 €

  • Cooperage; A Treatise on Modern Shop Practice and Methods; From the Tree to the Finished Article
    J. B. Wagner / JBWagner
    This vintage volume contains a comprehensive guide to cooperage, being an accessible treatise on proper workshop practice and methods. Written in simple, plain language and full of helpful illustrations and invaluable tips, this handbook is ideal for he novice woodworker, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'Timber', 'E...
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    49,92 €

  • A Manual of Mending & Repairing Antiques
    Charles Godfrey Leland
    Originally published in London 1896. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. A thorough knowledge of the art of repairing, mending, or restoring va...
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    47,08 €

  • Dressmaking - A Manual for Schools and Colleges
    Jane Fales
    This vintage book contains a complete textbook on dressmaking, originally designed for use in schools and colleges. With simple, step-by-step instructions and useful diagrams, this volume is ideal for the novice dressmaker and would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'Costume', 'textiles', 'Textile Manufacture', 'Textile Economics'...
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    55,32 €

  • Quilts - Their Story and How to Make Them
    Marie D. Webster / Marie DWebster
    This book was the first book ever published in America on the subject of quilts and contains all the information one might want to know about the topic. The quilt has a tradition of long centuries of slow but certain progress. Its story is replete with incidents of love and daring, of sordid pilfering and generous sacrifices. The same type of handiwork that has sheltered the si...
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    47,04 €

  • American Potters and Pottery
    John Ramsay
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...
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    54,78 €

  • Pattern Design - A Book for Students Treating in a Practical Way of the Anatomy, Planning and Evolution of Repeated Ornament
    Lewis F. Day / Lewis FDay
    This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on pattern design, being a practical book for students concerning the anatomy, planning, and evolution of repeated ornament. Complete with interesting information, valuable tips, and a plethora of useful diagrams and examples, this book will greatly appeal to anyone with a keen interest in design. It would make for a worthy additio...
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    53,81 €

  • Duck Keeping - Poultry for Pleasure and Profit
    Victor Birtwistle
    Originally published in 1946. This work has been compiled with the object of advising the beginner on all aspects of duck management for pleasure and profit. Contents Include Breeds of Ducks for Laying and Table Purposes Breeding Practices and Principles Hatching, Natural and Artificial Rearing, Natural and Artificial Feeding For Eggs and The 'Table' Housing and Penning of Duck...
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    47,79 €

  • Bookbinding and the Care of Books
    Douglas Cockerell
    This early work on bookbinding is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains detailed instructions of the methods and materials involved in book preservation and binding. This is a fascinating work and thoroughly recommended for bookbinders and librarians. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremel...
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    52,61 €

  • Making Pottery For Profit
    Richard D. Cole / Richard DCole
    making pottery for profit by RICHARD D. OLE. Contents include: 1 POTTER S PROGRESS 7 case of the garden club lady 9 case of the hidden talent 11 pottery as therapy 12 a career - for you 13 2 SETTING UP YOUR POTTERY STUDIO 14 a studio in your home 14 restrictions 16 where to locate 16 ideal layout 18 raw materials 19 slip processing 19 casting bench 22 mold storage 23 faciliti...
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    43,99 €

  • Modern Fruit Production
    Joseph Harvey Gourley
    This vintage volume contains a complete guide to fruit production, with information on propagation, planting, spacing, grafting, budding, harvesting, and all other related aspects. Extensive yet accessible, “Modern Fruit Production” constitutes a valuable resource for both beginners and that with more experience, and is not to be missed by the discerning collector. Contents inc...
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    51,56 €

  • Enameling Principles and Practice
    Kenneth F. Bates / Kenneth FBates
    Enameling on metal is not difficult. It is an exacting art which demands careful attention to such details as cleaning, application and firing, but it cannot be called 'hard to do.' In my opinion a technical process such as enameling becomes as 'easy' or 'hard' to do as the one doing it makes it for himself. If one proposes to be an artist, he never considers such an ambiguous ...
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    51,95 €

  • Jewelry, Gem Cutting and Metalcraft
    William T. Baxter / William TBaxter
    This vintage book contains a complete and comprehensive guide to metal craft and jewellery making, with sections on gemstone-cutting and the proper identification of gem stones and gem minerals. Written in clear, plain language and full of and handy tips and invaluable information, this book is recommended for anyone with an interest in making jewellery, and it would make for a...
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    51,45 €

  • Lampshades - How to Make Them
    Olive Earle
    This volume contains a complete guide to designing and making lampshades. With information on tools, materials, common problems, planning, and other related aspects, this volume is ideal for novice handcrafters. Contents include: 'Planning the Lampshade', 'Candle Shades and Frameless Lampshades', 'Binding and Lining Frames', 'Fabric Shades', 'Decorated Shades', 'Shades for Side...
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    44,23 €

  • A Treatise on Painting
    Leonardo Da Vinci
    This classic book contains John Francis Rigaud’s translation of Leonardo da Vinci’s ’A Treatise on Painting’. It is not so much a guide to painting, although he has thrown in the odd piece of good advice, but is more a collection of his thoughts and an insight into what was the inspiration behind his paintings. This book is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of a...
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    51,42 €

  • Chemistry of Pulp and Paper Making
    Edwin Sutermeister
    PREFACE: The preparation of this book was undertaken because it was felt that there was need of a work dealing primarily with the chemical aspects of the pulp and paper industry and embodying under one cover the results of recent investigations along this line. The endeavor has been to include all details which the chemist should have to enable him to grasp the methods of manuf...
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    49,57 €

  • Clothing for Women - Selection, Design, Construction; A Practical Manual for School and Home
    Laura Irene Baldt
    Originally published in New York 1916. PREFACE: THIS book presents practical working directions for the design and construction of womens clothing, including various kinds of outer- and undergarments. It includes problems embracing the fundamental principles involved in the selection and design of clothing the theory and use of color pattern-making and clothing construction. As...
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    50,88 €

  • Concrete Pottery and Garden Furniture
    Ralph C. Davison / Ralph CDavison
    This early work on concrete pottery and garden furniture is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains instructions and illustrations for vases, fences, benches and much more. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the skills of DIY. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and befo...
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    43,91 €

  • China Painting - A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain (1911)
    M. Louise McLaughlin / MLouise McLaughlin
    CHINA PAINTING- A Practical Manual For the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain By M, LOUISE MCLAUGHLIN.Originally published in 1877. Contents include: INTRODUCTION, v CHAP, i Preparing the Design, ... 9 2 General Directions for Painting, , , 12 3 Composition of Palettes for various Styles of Painting, .... 20 4 Tinted Grounds, 44 5 Mat Colors, ..... 52 6 Other P...
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    48,81 €

  • Color Cement Handicraft
    Pedro J. Emos / Pedro JEmos
    COLOR CEMENT HANDICRAFT by PEDRO J. LEMOS. An extensively illustrated book originally published in 1922. FOREWORD: IT IS EVIDENT to the most casual observer that the use oi -* cement and concrete has developed into a most important building material undoubtedly the most important of the age. Industrial and vocational educators have recognized this importance and thousands of sc...
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    43,95 €

  • Needlework and Crafts - Every Woman’s Book on the Arts of Plain Sewing, Embroidery, Dressmaking and Home Crafts
    Agnes M. Miall / Irene Davison
    This vintage book contains a complete guide to needlework and crafting, with information on plain sewing, embroidery, dressmaking, and a variety of other home crafts. Profusely illustrated and full of simple instructions and handy tips, this volume is highly recommended for the novice crafter, and would make for a fantastic addition to any home collection. 'Contents Include: 'P...
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    57,25 €

  • The Home Art Crochet Book
    Flora Klickmann
    Originally published around 1900, this book is absolutely packed with well-illustrated crochet patterns. The information and instructions within are still of much practical use to the modern reader. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these clas...
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    48,85 €

  • 101 Fabulous Fat-Quarter Bags with M’Liss Rae Hawley-Print-On-Demand Edition
    M'Liss Rae Hawley / M’Liss Rae Hawley
    Contains things you need to start making fabulous bags for various occasion - from cute little children's pouches to handy totes and elegant evening purses. This title features 10 fat-quarter-friendly projects and a huge gallery of 101 ideas for 'bags' of inspiration. ...
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    22,40 €


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