Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha 日本経済新聞社, 1959. Paperback. [26p], wraps, Japanese text. B&W photos of items from an arts and crafts exhibition held at Mitsukoshi Department Store. From the library of Laurence Sickman; his initials on cover. More
Cat.No: 142371
Madrid: Direccion General de Bellas Artes, [circa 1950s]. Pamphlet. 33p., plates I-XV with two b&w images per, softbound in 8x5.5 inch paste-fastened wraps printed black and red. Cover shows faintest signs of any handling or age, entirely clean and sound within, a very good copy. Snuff-boxes and other paraphernalia from..... More
Cat.No: 207244
Washington: The George Washington University, 1997. Pamphlet. 12p., 10x7.5 inches oblong, preface, introduction, bibliography, map, illustrated with color photos, very good in original stapled pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 113785
Tokyo: Nihon Kogeikai 日本工芸会, 1961. Pamphlet. [32p], wraps, Japanese text; with 10-page English catalog tipped in. B&W photos of items from the exhibition held at Mitsukoshi Department Store. English version not found in OCLC. More
Cat.No: 142370
npl: Colección Givi, nd. Pamphlet. [36]p., stapled wraps, illus. with b&w photos of lace patterns, staples rusted, wraps foxed along edges, else good condition. Text in Spanish. Photos of different bobbin lace patterns, but no written instructions. More
Cat.No: 340910
Washington DC: GPO, 1951. Pamphlet. Translated from English-language original(s): 74p., profuse line-drawn illustrations for the adult tinkerer, softbound, a pamphlet in 9x6 inch plain printed green wraps, mild edgewear, mild toning to text-block, a good to very good copy. Perhaps influenced by diplomatic recognition of the Franco regime; the other..... More
Cat.No: 287397
Washington DC: GPO, 1931. Paperback. iv, 115p., many exemplars shown in b&w photography, in construction and in situ, and also by many diagrams, especially for chairs in parts, how pieced together. Item is staple-fastened, and the staples (faint rust plus as-new shinyness) are visible fore and aft, but no "pullings"..... More
Cat.No: 313879
Portland, ME: Mosher Press, 1928. Pamphlet. [10], 32, [8]p., portrait, boards. 6 x 4 in. Embossed ex-library stamp on title page of the New England Historic Genealogical Society. Date ink-stamped on front cover. Covers soiled. Good. Excerpts from personal correspondence. Abbe was a surgeon and radiologist. Mosher Press was a...... More
Cat.No: 310389
Westwood, MA: J.B. Squier, [not before 1907]. Ephemera. [4]p., illustration, wraps. Includes an undated slip with prices for violin repair. Two horizontal folds; minor splitting along the lower fold starting at the spine. Good. Jerome Bonaparte Squier was called "the Stradivarius of America." Announces that, after 20 years, Squier is..... More
Cat.No: 315811
Paris: Ingenia, Constructions de Precision, n.d. [1950s?]. Cardboard Covers. 4p., giant cardstock leaves (11.5x16.5 inches) printed recto-only in vivid colors (Roman interior decoration wasn't subtle), enclosed in a doubly-giant folder printed two-colors in French and Latin, francophone instructions for assembling a tiny cardboard villa (lotsa rooms) around gardens and pools..... More
Cat.No: 291553
[Haiti]: n.d. Six-panel brochure, the cover partly foxed, interior clean. Includes a small map showing how to get to the village of Kenscoff in the hills above Port-au-Prince, where the handicraft center operated by the Baptist mission was located. Advertisement for a handicraft center intended to help rural residents maintain..... More
Cat.No: 341404
San Francisco: San Francisco Airport Commission, 2000. Pamphlet. Pamphlet in 9x9 inch glazed colorphoto wraps, a fine copy still in its shrinkwrap, which we have chosen not to disturb (probably quite lovely). More
Cat.No: 324072
Chicago: Popular Mechanics Company, 1946. Magazine. 204p. plus ad leaf, profuse illustrations by photography, artwork and diagrams amidst running texts. Softbound in 9.5x6.5 inch color wraps; trivial abrasion to one joint-line, a touch of handling soil to its opposite, find a former owner's penciled letters to front cover, this is..... More
Cat.No: 314288
Copenhagen: Haandarbejdets Fremmes Forlag, 1958. Paperback. 50p., 7x9 inches; heavily illustrated, minor spine wear, library rubberstamp on title page for the "San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum," else in very good condition. Modern Designs. More
Cat.No: 295891
Colorado Springs: Taylor Museum for Southwestern Studies, [1990?]. Pamphlet. 24p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with b&w vintage photos in text and 10 color plates, very good exhibition catalogue in stapled glossy color pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 93417
[Tokyo]: Takumi Craft Shop, n.d. Ephemera. Two examples each of three different designs, 13.5x17.5 inches, with the imperfections of handmade paper items (one of the ochre placemats has an edge piece missing). With a small explanatory card. Undated, but perhaps 1970s; from the collection of someone who traveled to Japan..... More
Cat.No: 313598
Edmonton: Ukrainian Women's Association of Canada, 1976. Hardcover. 96p., cloth-covered boards, profusely illus., map endpapers, corners bumped, gift inscription on free front endpaper, colored pencil notation on rear pastedown endpaper, otherwise very good condition. No dj. Overview of Ukrainian culture, including traditional costumes, folk dance, music, cuisine, and holidays. More
Cat.No: 324131
London: The Butterick Publishing Co., 1895. Paperback. 84p., wraps, illus. with line drawings of iron work, wraps worn and lightly soiled, spine chipped, 1.75 inch slash on cover, else good condition. Guide to making iron work for the home. Metropolitan Handy Series, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1895. More
Cat.No: 340486
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973. 222p, 6x9 inch blue cloth boards with topstained textblock and price clipped, photo-illustrated dust jacket; in very good condition. Ninth printing. On silvercraft. More
Cat.No: 346209
San Francisco: San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1993. 32p., 9x12.5 inches, illustrated with b&w and color photos, very good in stapled cardboard covers with half-dj as designed. More
Cat.No: 159584
Istanbul: Ebristan Publication, 2001. Hardcover. 176p., the terminal leaves bear nine actual examples of Turkish marblling (various sizes, one corner-tip is bent), otherwise expect precise reproductions on superfine paperstock, text printed in Turkish and English. Hardbound in 11.5x8.5 inch openweave red cloth boards and enclosed in a strong near-cardstock dust..... More
Cat.No: 292976
Baltimore: Project Liberty Ship, 2004. Magazine. 18p., coated paperstock throughout with scattered b&w photoillustration; slick magazine format, 11x8.5 inch glossy photo-decorated wraps. Has slight external crimping and faint small splash stains, a good copy. In this issue : Support HR 3729; Come Celebrate Liberty Week; How Not to Load Cargo;..... More
Cat.No: 183240
Milano: Cassina S.p.A., 1989. Pamphlet. 40p., high-end leatherwork shown in color exhibit photography on coated alkaline paperstock, softbound as a pamphlet in 12.5x9.5 inch stapled cardstock wraps. Descriptive texts in four languages. Slight abrasion to spine fold, mild crimpings and edgewear to covers, a very good copy. Find many behind..... More
Cat.No: 254031
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Mixcoac: FONART / SEP, 1986. Pamphlet. Two separate monographs in a single fastening: staplebound pamphlet in 8x5 inch glossy decorated wraps, 77p., b&w photographic and diagrammatic illustrations. Nice copy, sound and free of any markings. Text in Spanish. Pictured are baskets and diagrammed techniques, elaborate lock and key and other..... More
Cat.No: 216159
Benicia, CA: Through the Flower, 1983. 11p., illus., stapled wraps, staples heavily rusted, top corner stained, address label on rear wrap, else good condition. Newsletter documenting the progress of The Birth Project, a participatory art project in which "under Judy Chicago's direction, people around the country are working in their..... More
Cat.No: 347793
