CHRISTMAS MAGIC : The Art of Making Decorations and Ornaments
by Perry, Margaret
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1964. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Margaret Perry (Author-Illustrator-Photographer). Text/Bright, clean, As New w/one folded corner. Gilt embossed green linen boards/Fine. DJ/Good; Strong & sound w/nips, chips to edges, small loss to upper front, & light soiling. Soil spots to fEP. Wealth of ideas for fashioning holiday decorations using readily available materials; focus is on Christmas, but concepts are readily adaptable to all occasions ... is a mobile ever out of place? Designs, and accompany illustrations and photographs, by Margaret Perry, who was Editor of Flower Magazine at the point of publication. Included are decorations the author fashioned for Jensen's, Neiman Marcus, and Lord & Taylor; besides inspiring creativity, the volume is also a historical documentation of American homemaker ideals of the 1950s and 1960s. Fine copy w/lesser dust jacket.
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- 100 POCKETS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007418
- Title
- CHRISTMAS MAGIC : The Art of Making Decorations and Ornaments
- Author
- Perry, Margaret
- Illustrator
- Margaret Perry (Author-Illustrator-Photographer)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Arts & Crafts/Holiday Decorations/Christmas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts & Crafts; Holidays/Festivals;
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