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The Mode in Hats and Headress by R. Turner Wilcox - 1948

by R. Turner Wilcox

The Mode in Hats and Headress by R. Turner Wilcox - 1948

The Mode in Hats and Headress

by R. Turner Wilcox

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. Large black cloth bound hardcover with silver lettering on face and spine. Tight and clean. Previous owners name on inside front page. The dust jacket has shelf wear. With multiple tears and a couple large chips along the edges. "The purpose of this book is to bring to students, artists and designers attention in close-ups the headdresses and hair arrangements as practiced since earliest times." Over 1000 detail drawings by the author. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1948.
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  • Illustrator R. Turner Wilcox
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  • Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Place of Publication NY
  • Date Published 1948
  • Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
  • Keywords HISTORY, HATS, HEADDRESS
  • Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

by Christopher, Milbourne

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New York: The Christopher Collection (1956).. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paper covers. 44 pp. Illustrated. Light soiling to covers. Contents clean and tight. "lllustrated with rare engravings, prints, playbills, lithographs and photographs from the author's collection." Scarce.
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Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by...

Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by Sirelius, U.T

by Sirelius, U.T

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P.A. Norstedt & Soners. Stockholm, 1925. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Ex-Museum Library, front hinge splitting, tape repaired to margins of cover, blindstamped several pages, still internally good. * rm
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Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

by Countess of Wilton

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Price List of No. 4711 Colognes, Perfumes and Toilet Waters, September 1909
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Price List of No. 4711 Colognes, Perfumes and Toilet Waters, September 1909

by Muhlens, Ferd. and William Kropff

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1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Homemade paper covers with neat writing title of the 1909 catalogue, well illustrated products for this famous perfume line, 36pps, includes list of Dr. P. J. Eichhoff's Superfatted Medicinal Soaps, type, contents and price; end notes show prices for S.S. Pierce products in neat writing. Also changed prices and notes in ink on margins of several pages. The NY importer is William Kropff whose name appears on front cover. He was also the designer of an apparatus for making perfumed toilet tablets worn by ladies attached to their clothing (patent office 1903). There is a loosely inserted postcard from the Muhlens group wishing to collect all signs, dummies, window displays from the NY store. Rare glimpse of the wide array of products available for society women in the realm of perfumes and colognes.
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and...
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West, 1792-1910

by Goldblatt, Robert

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U.S.A.: Cape Town, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. small 4to. light dustjacket rubs. 1984 edition. signature to 2nd free endpaper. [ref. ASt.015].
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Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

Panorama of Prestidigitators: Magic Through the Ages in Picture

by Christopher, Milbourne

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New York: The Christopher Collection (1956).. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Paper covers. 44 pp. Illustrated. Light soiling to covers. Contents clean and tight. "lllustrated with rare engravings, prints, playbills, lithographs and photographs from the author's collection." Scarce.
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Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by...

Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by Sirelius, U.T

by Sirelius, U.T

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P.A. Norstedt & Soners. Stockholm, 1925. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Ex-Museum Library, front hinge splitting, tape repaired to margins of cover, blindstamped several pages, still internally good. * rm
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Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

Art of Needle-Work, The (1842)

by Countess of Wilton

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Price List of No. 4711 Colognes, Perfumes and Toilet Waters, September 1909
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Price List of No. 4711 Colognes, Perfumes and Toilet Waters, September 1909

by Muhlens, Ferd. and William Kropff

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1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Homemade paper covers with neat writing title of the 1909 catalogue, well illustrated products for this famous perfume line, 36pps, includes list of Dr. P. J. Eichhoff's Superfatted Medicinal Soaps, type, contents and price; end notes show prices for S.S. Pierce products in neat writing. Also changed prices and notes in ink on margins of several pages. The NY importer is William Kropff whose name appears on front cover. He was also the designer of an apparatus for making perfumed toilet tablets worn by ladies attached to their clothing (patent office 1903). There is a loosely inserted postcard from the Muhlens group wishing to collect all signs, dummies, window displays from the NY store. Rare glimpse of the wide array of products available for society women in the realm of perfumes and colognes.
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and...
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Postmarks of the Cape of Good Hope: The postal history and markings of the Cape of Good Hope and Griqualand West, 1792-1910

by Goldblatt, Robert

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U.S.A.: Cape Town, 1984. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. small 4to. light dustjacket rubs. 1984 edition. signature to 2nd free endpaper. [ref. ASt.015].
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Folk and Festival costume of the World

by R. Turner Wilcox

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New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1965. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.
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Five Centuries of American Costume
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Five Centuries of American Costume

by Wilcox, R. Turner

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Five Centuries of American Costume
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Five Centuries of American Costume

by Wilcox, R. Turner

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Five Centuries of American Costume
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Five Centuries of American Costume

by Wilcox, R. Turner

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Five Centuries of American Costume
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Five Centuries of American Costume

by Wilcox, R. Turner

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Scribner Book Company, 1977. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Five Centuries of American Costume

Five Centuries of American Costume

by R. Turner Wilcox

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Five Centuries of American Costume

Five Centuries of American Costume

by R. Turner Wilcox

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Five Centuries of American Costume

Five Centuries of American Costume

by R. Turner Wilcox

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The Mode in Costume

The Mode in Costume

by R. Turner Wilcox

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The Mode in Costume

The Mode in Costume

by Wilcox, R. Turner

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Easy to Make Miniature Rooms #1
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Easy to Make Miniature Rooms #1

by Smith & Kratz

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Small crease to top corner and wrinkle along top edge of front cover. Includes sticker on front cover saying "released by U-Bild Enterprises a Division of U-B Newspaper Syndicate Van Nuts, CA" Solid binding. 23 pages. HH-10. 0.1" X 8.25 X 10.75" 0.1CM x 21.5CM X27.5CM Full color instructions for building two miniature rooms: the Emporium (a small general store) and The Parlour. Last page includes miniature signs to cut out for use in the Emporium. Includes instructions for how to make tiny shelves, a hanging oil lamp, a barrel, a clock, a coffee grinder, butcher's scale, brooms, picture frames, vase of flowers, a fireplace, and how to model various miniature foods in salt dough. Also includes how to build a staircase and shingles for the exteriors.
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How to Light a Doll House
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How to Light a Doll House

by Dickey, Jean

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Overall in excellent condition with some light wear to the cover at the edges and a spot on the back where there is some yellowed sticker residue. Interior pages crisp, clean and free of markings. 27 pages . 0.1" X 8.25" X 10.75" 0.2CM X 21CM X 27.5CMComplete and detailed instructions of lighting techniques in dollhouses and miniature rooms, with detailed diagrams. Includes information on how to properly space light bulbs in miniatures to keep them from overheating and to cast shadows appropriately as well as how to hide the wiring and transformer. Includes information on how to use a transformer to step down voltage for tiny bulbs. Shows how to make series wiring to be able to light miniature chandeliers and similar multi-bulb miniature fixtures.
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Udmurt Folk Embroidery
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Udmurt Folk Embroidery

by Lebedeva S.H

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2009
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Udmurt Folk Embroidery. Izhevsk Publishing House (2009). English, Russian, and Udmurt languages. Fine, as new, large hardcover with substantial text and full color and black and white illustrative plates. A history of the tradition with beautiful examples from the National Museum of the Udmurt Republic. A bright, handsome copy. Boxed for safe shipping. 3-b
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Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50's: Top Chops Sectioning Dechroming and Fadeaways

Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50's: Top Chops Sectioning Dechroming and Fadeaways

by Barris, George

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Barris Kustom Techniques of the 50's Vol. 1: Top Chops, Sectioning, Dechroming and Fadeaways. Barris, George ISBN-10: 0965200507. . Thaxton Press. Trade Paperback. EXLIB. 128 pages. 10 ½ X 8 1/4.This is volume I of a four volume set.
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L'Art De La Sculpture Sur Bois

L'Art De La Sculpture Sur Bois

by Norbury, Ian

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A 3rd print. good+ paperback with signs of use on cov. as in image, creased spine, soiling on edges, text very good. Notice: Has increased shipping cost due to weight (600gr.).
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An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools
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An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools

by Rogers, Gay Ann

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Needlework Unlimited, 1994. Hardcover. Fine. 243 pp. Red cover is in Fine condition. DJ is Fine except for 1 1/2" closed tear on bottom front, slight corner creasing. Comes with an accompanying price guide.
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The Bee-Man Of Orn
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The Bee-Man Of Orn

by Stockton, Frank R. & Maurice Sendak

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Frank R. Stockton: The Bee-Man Of Orn. ILLUSTRATED BY MAURICE SENDAK. Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964 Stated First Edition. Holt Library Edition. Exlib. Good/ Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Original price $3.27. Protected in a Mylar wrap. A clean, solid copy. SCARCE. A nice copy.
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The Brownies

The Brownies

by Juliana Horatia (Katherine Milhous, illus.)

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Juliana Horatia Ewing. FIRST EDITION. The Brownies, Charles Scribner's Sons Copyright 1946, Impression A. Please see stock photo. Illustrated by Katherine Milhous, author and illustrator of "the Egg Tree" RARE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA. USED. VG CONDITION/ No DJ included. Summary: The Brownie story has been told and written in many different ways by Brownie leaders both here (in United States) and in England. This adaptation is the version that the Girl Scouts in the United States use and like best." 50 pages. 5 5/8 X 7 ¾.
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The Quilt I.D. Book
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The Quilt I.D. Book

by Rehmel, Judy

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Prentice Hall Press, 1986. Hardcover. Fine. 368 pp. Pale yellow HC is in Fine condition. Neat pen signature on flyleaf. DJ has some fading to the top edge and creasing to top of spine.
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Rolling Stone Magazine No. 27, February 15. 1968
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Rolling Stone Magazine No. 27, February 15. 1968

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1969
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n. 1969. Soft cover. Good+. 1969 Soft cover Good+
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