The Art of the Lapidary [Gemstones]
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1950. Cloth Hardcover. Carefully written but not difficult to follow, the definitive handbook for all enthusiastic lapidaries.
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Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1950. Cloth Hardcover. Carefully written but not difficult to follow, the definitive handbook for all enthusiastic lapidaries.
New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1950. First Edition - Second Printing. Very Good in a Good Dust Jacket. From the Jacket Flap: "Here is an introduction to a delightful subject by a recognized authority. In 19 chapters the author describes the most collectible dolls: Peddler, Milliners' Models, Pre-Greiner and Greiner.....
Vermont: Chelsea Green Publishing, 1994. "Using plastered straw bales as building materials for a home may not sound stable or long-lasting, but these can be used for a variety of purposes from adjacent buildings to entire houses, can be used with relatively little experience, and have many attributes; from super-insulation.....
Murdoch Books, 2008. Over 1 Million Color Combinations to Enhance Your Garden The essential reference book for garden enthusiasts. Containing all the information you need to produce a colorful display, it covers everything from practical planting and seed care, to creative ideas using color, shape and texture. Fully illustrated projects.....
Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers Inc., 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Work from More than 100 Designers.Included are a wide range of outstanding design projects, from logos, company identities, and brochures, to posters, packaging, and more. But they all have one aspect in common.....
Atohl, MA: The L. S. Starlet Company, 1953. This was produced for student use in vocational schools and includes description and instruction of different precision measuring devices. Includes micrometers, gauges, calipers, and general principles of accuracy and tolerance.
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. 'Kitchen gardeners, the traditional backyard growers of edible plants, have been tending family gardens for some ten thousand years, and Kitchen Gardening in America is their first written history.Starting in the ancient days of.....
Portland, OR: Graphic Arts Books, 1993. Menuch, David - Photography. Hardcover in Dust Jacket. The parks are presented in a way that showcases their beauty as never before, including such parks as Hawaii Volcanoes and the Great Smokies along with Big Bend, the Redwoods, Yellowstone, and Bryce Canyon, David Muench's.....
USA: Westcoast Masters, 2011. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Everything you need to know to learn how to yield a pound per plant indoors. Revolutionary new techniques of manipulating and training the marijuana plant to produce previously unfathomable yields and quality, while enabling medical growers to stay.....
U.S.A. International Marine Publishing Company, 1975. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Bindings square and firm, text clean illustrated with drawings and a few photos. Dust jacket in a new clear Mylar protective sleeve has a damp-stain lower spine (does not affect book) and small loss top rear edge.
New York: Charles Scribners, 1962. Valadimi, Kegan. Hardcover. This book is designed to teach the beginner the fundamentals of crewel embroidery and also to enable the more advanced worker to improve her or his techniques and enlarge the repertoire of stitches that can be sewn. It tells how to choose.....
Japan: Tankosha Publishing, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Chinese Flower Knot, which sometimes goes by other names, including the 3 Leaf Clover Knot.
New York: McGraw-Hill Professional, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. In this introduction to the techniques of bookbinding, Franz Zeier guides readers step-by-step through projects for making a variety of boxes, portfolios, book covers, photograph albums, mats, and sewn and adhesiveBackground Information:Franz Zeier, a......