Collectors Dictionary of Quilt Names by Khin, Yvonne M - 1988-01-01

HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Reprint* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1988* Publisher: Portland House.* Binding and cover condition: Quarter bound, green cloth, gilt title to claret spine strip. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal shelf wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of $29.95. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine. Now in clear protective un-attached wrapper. VG+ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear. First two pages have very slight crease, no marks to text, otherwise no visible faults. VG++* Illustrations: B/w line drawings to every page throughout.* Pages: 454 pp. text. xliii pp. index & blank pages at rear.* Description: The definitive resource to 2,400 quilt patterns organised by name & category and full of black and white illustrations by the author & with a complete index. Here at last for every enthusiast of quilts and quilting, antiques and collectibles, and needlework of all kinds is the complete reference to America?s homemade heritage. Collected and organised over ten years by Yvonne M. Khin, a modern quilt-maker and student of traditional pieces, this volume includes the proper names, dates and an explanation of their origin.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. thus with very minor faults reducing it to VG+. Colour dust jacket in clear protective cover.*