Domestic Arts from Bygone Books

Philadelphia: Charles j. Peterson, 1877. Soft cover. Good. Peterson's Ladies National Magazine. February Vol. LXXI, No. 2. Philadelphia, 1877. Pages 109-172, plus fashion prints, engravings, advertisements. 1 fold-out color plate: Les Modes Parisiennes, The Winter Promenade, Engraved and printed by Illman Brothers; engraving "Such a Love of a Man" painted by E. Boutibonne, Illman Brothers engravers, for the… Read more about this item

New York: J. B. Ford, 1870. Hardcover. VG+. Printing of 1870, c1869. 8vo, green cloth beveled boards with gilt decorated spine and gilt author names on front cover, brown endpapers, all edges gilt, 500 pages, [8] pages publisher adverts, engraved frontis (Reuter-Stewart) and title page with tissue guard, text engravings throughout. Condition: VERY GOOD+ : light rubbing to… Read more about this item

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK: Baros Books, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition (no additional printings noted). 8vo, blue boards, 149 pages, b/w photographs throughout, bibliography, index. Condition: NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: small stain to top page edge, otherwise looks unread. The author discusses the history and development of visiting cards and their… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Priscilla Publishing Co., 1913. Soft cover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. An Illustrated Journal Devoted to Art, Needlework, Fashions, Home Decoration, and other Household Matters." Published monthly. Original price of 10 cents. Folio, illustrated wraps, 34 pages + covers. Condition: VERY GOOD- with some edgewear, light soiling. Cover of two women around… Read more about this item

Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum, 1957. Soft cover. Very Good. Museum Pamphlet Series, Number 2, on the famed (and fabulous!) quilt collection at the Shelburne Museum. 8vo, wraps, 96 pages, b/w illustrations, 1 in color, bibliography. Condition is VERY GOOD: light spotting to pages edges and on title and last page, the paste-on title label to front cover is… Read more about this item

New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1948. Soft cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Metropolitan Cook Book. New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1948. Description: 12mo, stapled wraps, 56 pages, index. Covers all manner of recipes: Beverages, Cereals, Quick Breads, Yeast Breads, Cakes, Frostings and Fillings, Cookies, Soups, Fish, Meat, Poultry, Leftovers,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Penn Publishing, 1906. Hardcover. VG. ...Good manners for all people, especially for those 'who dwell within the broad range of the average'." A later printing (originally published in 1892), 24mo, green cloth with white lettering and black decoration, 203 pages. VERY GOOD condition with light rubbing to spine head and tail, spine lettering is… Read more about this item

NY: Dover Publications, 1972. Soft cover. VG+. 2 volumes, the Dover reprint edition, first published in 1972, an unabridged republication of the second edition (1887) of the work originally published by A.W. Cowan, London in 1882 under the title "The Dictionary of Needlwork: An Encyclopedia of Artistic, Plain, and Fancy Needlwork." 4to, stiff wraps, 697 pages (in… Read more about this item

Springfield, MA: King-Richardson Co., 1902. First Thus Edition . Hardcover. G+. ... edited from the best authorities." 1st thus edition, 8vo, beige cloth / black titles, 436 pages, b/w illustrations. Condition is GOOD+: light cover and edge wear, corners bumped, owner name on endpapers, internally clean and tight, excepting pencil sribbles on… Read more about this item

NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. First American edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st Am edition; originally published in France as "Dentelles" by Editions Adam Biro, Paris in 1988. Quarto, deep red cloth, 192 pages, 180 illustrations (92 in colour), select bibliography. Condition is NEAR FINE book / VERY GOOD+ jacket: an owner gift card is taped… Read more about this item

Preoria, IL: The Manual Arts Press, 1925. Hardcover. G. McAfee, Ila.. No edition statement. 8vo, olive green cloth, 244 pp, b&w illustrations, color frontispiece, bibliography. Condition is GOOD / no jacket: a water stain to rear board, stain to fore edge that leaves a faint stain on margin throughout the book, a very… Read more about this item

London: J.M. Dent, 1931. First Edition . Hardcover. G+. 1st edition. sm. octavo, green cloth, 242p, b/w illus by Adrian de Fristan, bibliography. Condition is GOOD+/ no jacket: some lt. edgewear to spine head and tail and corners, very sl. cocked, spotting to endpapers, gilt on spine is dulled, owner name on… Read more about this item

NY: E.P. Dutton, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. VG/VG. 1st edition, quarto hardcover in blue cloth, 313 pp, b/w and color illustrations throughout. VERY GOOD book / VERY GOOD jacket: book has lt. edgewear, owner name on fep; jacket has lt. wear at edges, two 1" closed tears (one at spine head gutter, the other at… Read more about this item

Tallahassee, FL: Serendipity, 1983. First Edition . Soft cover. VG+. Based on the chintz quilts in the collections of The Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont and the Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina. 1st edition. 4to, wraps, 88p, color and b/w illus. VERY GOOD+ with sl. cover wear, old sticker residue on front… Read more about this item