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The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches
by Cook, Bridget M. ; Stott, Geraldine
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0823150577
- ISBN 13
- 9780823150571
- Seller
-
Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Watertown, MA: Charles T Branford, 1980. First printing full cloth hard cover with dust jacket. Clean, tight, unmarked copy showing only slight handling with mild shelf rubbing to lower edges. Dust jacket has three short, closed edge tears and is offered in new mylar cover. Comprehensive collection of stitches, history of the craft and painstaking research into the methods used in the lacemaking centers of Europe has well as variations from handcrafters make this the definitive reference volume on the subject. xvi, 267pp., index, glossary, well illustrated with 526 photographs, 305 diagrams and 264 prickings.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.
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- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20395
- Title
- The Book of Bobbin Lace Stitches
- Author
- Cook, Bridget M. ; Stott, Geraldine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0823150577
- ISBN 13
- 9780823150571
- Publisher
- Charles T Branford
- Place of Publication
- Watertown, MA
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to - over 9" - 12" Ta
- Keywords
- Bobbin Lace Lacemaking Historical Stitches Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Needlework;
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About the Seller
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