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The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting
by Ickis, Marguerite
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- F/VG/ND
- ISBN 10
- 0486205827
- ISBN 13
- 9780486205823
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edn: Reprint.* Date of Publication: 2003 (1949)* Publisher: Dover.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems lightly-used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: B/w photographs, line drawings and diagrams throughout.* Pages: 270 pp. text. vii pp. index, acknowledgements, blank pages and advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Best available book on quilt-making with full information, full-size patterns for making 46 traditional quilts, 150 other basic patterns for making your own designs, and over 480 helpful illustrations. Guides the beginner through the basic planning and techniques of quilting while providing designs and ideas for the experienced quilt maker. There are also chapters on the history of quilt-making & famous American quilts and how to draft their patterns. It also covers collecting quilts as a hobby.* This is a FINE text reprint copy with minimal shelf wear to covers reducing it to VG.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3141
- Title
- The Standard Book of Quilt Making and Collecting
- Author
- Ickis, Marguerite
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - F/VG/ND
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Thus.
- ISBN 10
- 0486205827
- ISBN 13
- 9780486205823
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY USA 276
- Date Published
- 2003-03-28
- Size
- 17.5 x 1.5 x 24.4 cm
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- Shelf Wear
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- VG
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