Varied Occupations in String Work: Comprising Knotting, Netting, Looping, Plaiting and Macrame
by WALKER, LOUISA
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Macmillan and Co 1896. Small octavo, beige buckram boards, black & red lettering & line decoration to spine, coloured illustration to front board, gilt specimen not for sale lettering/tooling to front board, xiv + 254pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some surface loss, heavy discolouration to spine & boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, light folds/creases to some top page corners)
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- Title
- Varied Occupations in String Work: Comprising Knotting, Netting, Looping, Plaiting and Macrame
- Author
- WALKER, LOUISA
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co 1896
- Keywords
- hobbies crafts illustrated stitchwork embroidery needlework
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