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Rush-Work (Pitman's Craft For All Series)
by Mabel & Charlotte S. Cross Roffey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Pitman, London, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. green cloth spine; colour frontis. photo; A useful & informative guide to the craft of rush work with instructions on weaves, plaits & borders; basket designs; rush seating; repairs & historical records of uses of rush-sedge & various grasses. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 82 pages. some light usage marks to covers & front end-paper. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. illustrated by b/w. drawings & photo's.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; Basketry; Rural Crafts; Crafts & Hobbies. Inventory No: 3970. .
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- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3970
- Title
- Rush-Work (Pitman's Craft For All Series)
- Author
- Mabel & Charlotte S. Cross Roffey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Printed Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pitman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Crafts/Hobbies/Basketry/Rush Work/Rural Crafts/Pitman's Craft For All Series Crafts & Hobbies; Basketry; Rural Crafts; Crafts & Hobbies. Unbranded Mabel & Charlotte S. Cross Roffey Rush-Work (Pitman's Craft For All Series)
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- First Edition
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