Whatnot : A Compendium of Victorian Crafts & Other Matters

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New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1977. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (12.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Sharp corners. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with line drawing, old photos and prints. Index. First printing, with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. Includes step-by-step instructions for 60 Victorian arts and crafts projects. From the Dust Jacket: "This funny, funky, oddly elegant book of Victoriana and Victorian crafts grew from musty copies of CASSELL'S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, an 1870s English ladies' magazine. 'Tasteful Tips' for running a proper Victorian household, directing one's 'staff,' and engaging in dignified recreation for ladies are among the sometimes proper, sometimes preposterous subjects discussed. Much of the book is devoted to more than 60 enchanting bibelots for the house and garden -- arts and crafts at once Victorian, at once up-to-date: shellwork boxes, an imitation ebony and ivory chessboard, furniture decorated with chintz, an illuminated back-gammon board, hair work, buttonwork, beadwork, 19th-century Christmas decorations, imitation coral ornaments -- and on. For the garden, they've designed rustic doll furniture, an acorn plant container, a dovecote, and a sundial, even an aeolian harp." Bound in the original gilt-lettered blue cloth, with blind-stamped decorations on the front cover. Subtitle: Being a compilation of authentic home and hand crafts popular in the era of Her Most excellent Majesty, Victoria, by the grace of God Queen, assembled from the original 19th century edition of Cassell's Household Guide, London, and enlarged and expounded by the present authors.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket. 223pp.

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título

Whatnot : A Compendium of Victorian Crafts & Other Matters

Editor

William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York

Fecha de publicación

1977

Idioma

Inglés

ISBN 10

0688031552

ISBN 13

9780688031558

Encuadernación

Hardcover

Edición

First Printing of the First Edition.

Estado

Near Fine condition.

Estado de la sobrecubierta

Near Fine dust jacket.

Catálogos de vendedores

• Art / Fine Arts / Arts & Crafts

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