Search Results: Hobbies from Books Bought and Sold

London: J M Dent, 1972. Book that shows how to make ornamental flowers from beads, 222 pp good instructional text accompanied by line drawings and photographs. Book very good, wrapper very good just little rubbed top and bottom spineand couple of corners and little faded on spine. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. First. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 27 x 19.5 Cms. Hardcover.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd Very informative book on Clay Modelling For Juniors, not dated but c 1925. Contains 149 pages in bright clean condition just some browning to endpapers and school stamp on front endpaper and one on chapter one page , NO other stamps in the book, Many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are lightly rubbed to edgesand a few light marks. A pleasing example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST c 1925. Illustrated Boards. Good/No Jacket. 22 X 14.5 Cms. Hardcover.

Cambridge: Patrick Stephens, 1983. An in depth look at coarse fishing,189 pages with sections on tactics, the fish and how to catch big fish. Many photographs accompany the text, some in colour. Book and dustwrapper are very bright and clean a very nice copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 25 x 16.5 Cms. Hardcover.

Germany: Fleischmann, 1965. Excellent catalogue of Fleischmann model railways, locomotives, carriages, track etc. 72 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour and B/w illustrations, plus very informative text, in GERMAN NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION.. Illustrated card covers in very bright clean condition 2/6 written on front in black marker pen. A really nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ¼ x 5¾ Inches. Card Covers.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1927. Very informative book on how to make clipper ship models sub titled A practical manual dealing with every aspect of clipper ship modelling from the simplest waterline types to fine scale models fit for exhibition purposes.215 pages in bright clean condition just some light browning to endpapers. Many B/w photographs and illustrations, 5 fold out plans, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are clean, slight fade to spine andgold lettering a little dulled A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ½ x 6 Inches. Hardcover.

USA: Mary J Winters-Meyer, 1998. Card covers, spiral bond, published by author, on link chain stitch for beadwork. 112 pp well illustrated and informative. DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE VIA EMAIL ON REQUEST. First. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 28 X 22 Cms. Card Covers.

Liverpool UK: Meccano Ltd Paper cover pamphlet for Meccano outfit number 3 showing all the models that can be made with it, locomotives, lorries, ships and many others. Not dated catalogue number 13/1159/45 could be 1945 but not sure, 26 pages in overall bright clean condition just a little light browning due to quality of paper used. Outer covers are a little dusty and light browning in places small split to bottom of spine just over 2 inches long staples rusty. A pleasing copy of this catalogue SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST.. Illustrated paper Covers. Good Plus/No Jacket. 11 ¼ x 8 Inches. Paper Covers.