Recent Arrivals from E Ridge fine Books

New York: Random House. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1944. Hardcover. Illustrations by McKnight E. Kauffer. Color frontispiece and 9 plates; green chapter heading illustrations. Forward by John Glasworthy 303 pages. Quarter yellow cloth with gilt label, green decorative paper-covered sides with matching endpapers, top edge tinted. The spine has… Read more

Quarry Books. As New. 2010. Softcover. New. 152 pages. Fully and beautifully illustrated. Publishers Blurb. The content encompasses a wide range of techniques and step-by-step projects that deconstruct and rebuild books and their parts into unique, upcycled objects. The book combines in equal measure bookbinding, woodworking, paper crafting, origami, and textile and decorative arts techniques,… Read more

North Light Books. As New. 2009. Hardcover. 128 pages. Fully illustrated. Publishers Blurb: Collage Fusion shows you how to create meaningful art with your favorite mediums - including fabrics, paint, papers, encaustic and so much more - using the Telamadera Fusion process. Artist Alma de la Melena Cox combined the Spanish words for fabric (tela)… Read more

New York: Henry Holt & Company. As New. 1993. Softcover. 96 pages. Fully illustrated. As new. From the back. 12 easty-to-make projects with more than 100 step-by-step color illustrations. Writing Paper and Greeting Cards; Notelet Case; Gift Bags; Box Cover; Wastpaper Container; Lampshades; Picture Mount; Picture Frame; Blotter and Letter HOlder; Letter Portfolio; Photograph Album… Read more

Tweety Jill Publications.. As New. 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Page 112. Fully illusrated. Light edge wear else as new. Publishers blurb: The term “altered art” conjures up different visions and ideas for every individual. Artists seem to be especially adept at finding their own characteristic meaning for anything they choose to give this name. Altered art… Read more

Design Originals. Near Fine. 2004. Softcover. 51 pages. Fully illustrated. People have been making books for centuries using a handful of traditional binding techniques. Mary Kaye Seckler's work combines these time-honored book making traditions with today's materials and tools to create a look that's fresh and new. Handcrafted books are made in many shapes and… Read more

North Light Books. As New. 2004. Softcover. As New. Soft Cover. 128 pages. Full of illustrations and diagrams. "Brazelton applies collage and decorating techniques used in such nouveau arts as journaling and scrapbooking to transform unappreciated hard covers into display pieces. Included are the usual tools and materials, from painting to rubber-stamping, along with instructions… Read more

Quarry Books. As New. 2010. Softcover. 160 pages. Fully illustrated. Publishers blurb: This large format, full-color, inspirational book, now in paperback, is about how artists use their collections to make artwork. The gallery-style format allows readers to see what artists collect, and the resulting spectacular artwork they make from it. The book features the collections… Read more

Design Originals. As New. 2003. Softcover. 52 pages. Fully illustrated. Gift quality. Publishers blurb: This advanced book skips the beginning techniques and goes straight to the basics of paper engineering. You will learn advanced techniques such as how to make pop-ups, parallel folds, fiber tents, stacked windows, pull tabs, suspended images, spinners, stucco doors,… Read more

Campbell. Very Good. N.D.. Hardcover. (1964) Spiral bound hard cover. Classic cookbook issued by Campbell Soups. "608 skillet dishes, casseroles, stews, sauces, gravies, dips, soup, mates and garnishes." 199 pages. Illustrated. About very good with worn corners and ends, else a very nice, bright copy. ; 8vo .

Minneapolis, Minnesota: England Press. Very Good. 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Wire spiral binding; stiff card covers. 167 pages. Illustrations by Kay Johnson. Glenny was a vocational school teacher in Minneapolis who ran a tea house. This is her collection of recipes requested by her family, friends and patrons. As with any good teacher the instructions are… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Good in Good dust jacket. 1970. Hardcover. Later printing. 114 pages. Illustrated some in color. Square copy, clean save some penciled notes; ends and corners heavily worn. The dust jacket is not price clipped but with split and chipped ends. Good working copy. The insturctions give "...large scale… Read more

Meredith. Very Good. 1976. Hardcover. First edition, fourth printing. 95 pages. Index. Illustrated. General age wear with toned edges and a few short edge tears. Classic of Better Homes and Gardens cook book collection includes the section Specialty Yeast Breads: Natural and Sourdough Breads; Foreign and Holiday Breads. The Sourdough portion begins with a starter recipe.… Read more

Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1975. Hardcover. Third printing. 99 pages + pattern pages for 10 small rugs, each with full color illustration and fully graphed. Designs are of Chinese motifs such as peonies, cranes, fish, and so on. Original dust jacket is now in clear cover and is not price… Read more

Portland, Oregon: Sanborn & Carter. Very Good. 1849. Hardcover. Revised Edition. (1847). viii, 408 pp. 7.25" X 4.5". About VG. First free endpage is partially adhered to the paste down; foxing throughout, back board loose with separation of the last 3 leafs, some paper loss of same. Notes written with pencil in beautiful script on blank pages… Read more

Chicago: San Francisco Examiner. Very Good. 1953. New and Revised. Hardcover. Signed by Illustrator . Recipes tested and approved by Prudence Penny - cover. vii, 856 pages [102] pages of plates. Illustrations some in color. Index. Better than very good with worn corner tips. No markings. Very nice copy. Ruth Berolzheimer (1886-1965) was an independent… Read more

New York: Peter Pauper Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York, 1965. Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Illustrated (illustrator). Frederic W. Goudy was an American printer, artist and type designer whose typefaces include Copperplate Gothic, Goudy Old Style and Kennerley. This is a clean, tight, unmarked… Read more

Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1940. Second Edition - Revised. Hardcover. Bright red cloth with spine title. 362 pages. Worn ends, worn stamped name else no other markings. Toned inside both covers. Overall nice copy. ; 8vo .

Cambridge, MA: Music From Bear Valley. Near Fine. 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Signed by Author . Signed by Author. Signatures of both Dorothy and Lloyd Bridges with a simple inscription "For the Hansons". No date. 263 pages. Illustrations. A fund raising cookbook by and of Dorothy Bridges collected recipes, proceeds to go to "Music From Bear… Read more

New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1949. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 494 pages. Index. Illustrated. Worn corner tips; some pencil erasure and notes on the rear free endpaper otherwise a clean tight copy. "Everyday Foods is written for youth of high-school age to whom a knowledge of the science of nutrition and application of this knowledge… Read more