Crafts, Games, Hobbies & Stamps

Berendsen, Anne, Marcel B. Keezer, Sigurd Schoubye, Joao Miguel dos Santos Simoes, and Jan Tichelaar. Tiles: A General History. Translated by Janet Seligman. New York: Viking Press, 1967. 4to (large book). 286 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color and black-and-white plates. A Studio Book. Translation of Fliesen: Eine Geschichte der Wand- und Bodenfliesen von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, 1964. Good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. Exlibrary: Spine label, stamps on front flyleaf, Contents page; barcode label and pocket on rear free endpaper. Stains along front and rear fore-edge of front flyleaf, and on half-title page; rear hinge weak. #24632. $20
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Bergen, Edward. How to Become a Ventriloquist. Illustrated by Samuel Nisenson. Mattituck, New York: Amereon House, 1968? Facsimile reprint. 125 pages. Illustrations. Frontispiece. First published in 1938. Good hardcover, lower part of spine crushed. Internally sound. #24916. $15
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Brackman, Barbara, and Chris Wolf Edmonds. Influences: Traditional and Contemporary Quilts. Wheatridge, Colorado: Leman Publications, 1983. Copy 1563 of 5000 catalogues printed. Oblong 4to (medium-large book). 43 pages. Bibliography. Color illustrations. The Influences exhibit was organized by Barbara Brackman and Chris Wolf Edmonds, with the assistance of Janet Dreiling, for the Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art in August, 1983. The 19 contemporary quilts included in this catalogue do not necessarily indicate where the art of quilt-making is headed in the future, but they certainly illustrate how current trends in quilting relate to the past.' - Acknowledgments and Introduction. Very good stiff pictorial wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 096029709X. #23269. $20
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Griffiths, Peter. Better Chess for Club Players. East Ardsley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: EP Publishing Limited, 1982. 1st edition, 1st printing. 117 pages. Illustrations. 'The author takes games by average players and annotates them fully to show where errors have been made. From time to time part of a master game is included for comparison.' - Rear cover. Good stiff wrappers (soft cover). ISBN 0715807889. #25010. $17.50
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Kelly, A. Ashmun. The Painting Trade Hand-Book, Being a Full Synopsis of All the Various Parts of the Trade Covered by the General Terms of House Painting, with Definitions of Technical Terms in Use in the Trade, Statistics of Particular Interest to Those Engaged in the Business as Master Employers, as well as To the Journeyman, Classified Information Pertaining to the Nature and Uses of Various Paint and Other Materials Employed, Methods of Estimating on Work, Instructions in Shop and Office Management, Etc., Etc., Etc. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1925. Narrow 16mo (small book). 165 pages. Illustrations. Good hardcover, edges slightly worn and rubbed. #21687. $25
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Marshall, Frank J. (Frank James). My Fifty Years of Chess. Preface by Thomas Emery. New York: Horowitz and Harkness, 1942. 242 pages. Photographs. Dated, inscribed and signed by the author. Chess Classics Series, 2. Part I, pages 1-26, contains a brief autobiographical sketch illustrated with photographs. Part II, pages 27-242, describes 'My Best Games,' from 1893-1941. The inscription on the blank front flyleaf reads: 'To Roy, Phyllis and Margaret Juber (?). With kind remembrances from Frank and Carie [i.e., Carrie] Marshall. New York. N.Y. August 4th, 1944.' Very good hardcover. #26636. $1800
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Simonds Manufacturing Co., Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Methods of Cutting Metal. Fitchburg, Massachusetts.: Simonds Manufacturing Co., 1917. 16mo (small book). 62, [2] pages. Illustrations. 'During several years of manufacturing an extensive line of Metal Cutting Saws we have collected a large amount of original information on this subject.' - Preface. Poor hardcover. Paper-covered boards with paper worn and frayed at spine, edges rubbed, front hinge loose, pages soiled. #26405. $25
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Steinbach, Christian. Sachsische Rauchermenl aus dem Ober-Erzgebirge. Hohenhameln/Niedersachsen: Steinbach GMBH Vereinigte Volkskunstwerkstatten, 1996. 256 pages. Color and black-and-white illustrations. Photographs. Maps. An illustrated and descriptive catalog of traditional handcrafted folk art 'Rauchermanner,' which used to be called 'Smoking Men' or 'Smokers'. Text in German and English. Very good pictorial hardcover. A few of the English-language descriptions and a few index entries have yellow highlighting. #24055. $45
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Veasey, Tricia, and Tom Johnson. Championship Carving. Exton, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 1984. 4to (large book) 152 pages. Index. Bibliography. Color photographs. Includes numerous biographies of professional, amateur and novice carvers. Exlibrary. Spine label; stamps on copyright page, title page. Rear flyleaf has been removed. Rear cover nearly detached. Good hardcover and dust jacket in library acetate cover. ISBN 088740023X. #23276. $20
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