Search Results: Crafts & Hobbies from Bruce McLeod

FINE Third Revised Edition, 4th Printing, 1995. An exceptional copy of this book. As new but for a trace of edge wear on covers. 5.5" x 8.75", 222 pages. Written for the novice as well as the seasoned collector, this 3rd edition emphasizes areas that are accessible, are on public lands, and where collectors can find some success. It includes detailed directions to the noted and little-known deposits of the state include sketch maps, mileage logs and references.

London, U.K.: Gerald Duckworth & Co., 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. VG HC, no DJ. 1st Printing of the Fourth Master Edition (an amended reprint of the 1938 Master Edition). Slight wear & light soiling to boards, interiors FINE. 5" by 7.5", 212 pages.

Moose Jaw, SK, Canada: Youngman Hughes Enterprises, 1992. Soft cover. As New. As New Second Edition (1995). 8.5" x 11", 43 pages, alphabetical index. Considered to be one of the best in its field, this book includes these projects: Christmas Angel, Butterfly, Butterfly Doilie, Prairie Lily, and Prairie Lily Cushion Centre. Chapters include introduction, patterns, tapes, threads, needles, laying tapes, securing the tapes, decorative filling stitches, removing the pattern, finishing touches.

London, U.K.: Batsford, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. FINE/VERY GOOD First Edition, 1st Printing. A beautiful volume, appears unread, clean & unmarked, no wear - in a nice clipped DJ with minor shelf wear and light chipping. 5.75" by 8.75", 96 pages. Written by the curator at the Embroiderers Guild, this is a collection of traditional patterns of the peasants of Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Israel, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Yugoslavia. 80 working drawings illustrate a wide range of motifs: plants, flowers, animals, birds, figures and ships.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Canadian Institute of Ukrainain Studies and friends of the Ukrainian Village Society, 1988. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. Brand new first edition, 8.25" x 8.25" softcover, 63 pages, bi-lingual text (Ukrainian and English), well illustrated in b&w and color, glossary. Includes archival photos, weaving information, maps, photographs of museum quality woven articles, textile analysis, artifacts, and antique weaving tools.