1920. Illustrated 126pp, 26pp blank, Oblong 4to, green buckram with gold border and manuscript title written in white. Signed by Abbott in ink, (1920). Some scuffs and stains to cover. Girls scrap book of newspaper clippings, circa 1898 many in color, about the Spanish American war. In the late 1800s, with the rising interest in scrapbooks, companies began selling blank scrapbook albums. Uncle Sam is a common national personification of the U.S. federal government or the country in general that..... More

Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2005. Profusely illustrated with color photographs by Andrew Cerino. Oblong 4to, black cloth. d.w. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, (2004). First Edition. Fine. More

Hong Kong: 1990. Color illustrations. Slim 4to, black cloth, d.w. (Hong Kong: Cheung Chau, 1990). Near fine. Text in Chinese and English. In ancient times girls took the knotting as a kind of needle works. They would secretly give their lovers the "United-Heart Knotting" to show their love. More

New York: Marek, 1978. Created by Patrick Firpo, Lester Alexander, and Claudia Katayanagi. Opening text by Steve Ditlea. Extensively illustrated in both color and black & white. 155pp., oblong 8vo, red, printed wrappers. New York: Richard Marek, (1978). First edition. More

New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914. Numerous b/w illustrations, patterns and instructions by the author. 107 pages. Slim 8vo, original beige cloth with pictorial cover (spine sunned and cover a bit spotty at top edge; front endpaper chipped at corner and neatly repaired at gutter). New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1914. First edition. Very good. A very good copy of this scarce craft book with instructions for making decorative bags, boxes, cases, books, cards, etc. More

New York: Abrams, 1995. Color and black and white images throughout. 304pp., Tall 4to, gray boards d.w. (New York): Harry Abrams in assoc. with the American Craft Museum, (1995). A near fine copy. More

London: Victoria & Albert, 2005. 360 illustrations, mostly in color. 368pp. Thick square 4to, black boards, d.w. London: Victoria & Albert, 2005. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper, still in the original shrink wrap. Published to coincide with the International Arts & crafts exhibition. More

Wroclaw: Zaklad Imienia Ossolinskich, 1954. Illustrated in black & white with several mounted color images. 164 pages, followed by 140 black & white illustrations. 4to, light blue cloth with embellishments. Wroclaw, Zaklad Imienia Ossolinskich, 1956. Slightly edge-worn with small tear in binding, but a very good copy. More

New York: Rizzoli, 1991. Patterned endpapers. Illustrated with color photographs by Jean-Pierre Henfrey, many full-bleed. 160 pages, burgundy cloth, dust wrapper. New York: Rizzoli, (1991). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: Abrams, 2000. Profusely illustrated. 232 pages, 4to, glossy red boards, dust wrapper. New York: Abrams, (2000). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More

New York: Abrams, 1999. Illustration profusely in color. 240pp. 4to, blue boards, slightly scratched d.w. New York: Abrams, (1999). Slightly waved pages and and Wendall Garrett's ownership stamp on endpaper, still a very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More

Paris: Chez Genets, 1801. 2 volumes. 356, 428pp. 8vo, bound in beautiful contemporary two-toned speckled calf; gilt-decorated spines with morocco labels. Paris: Chez Genets, 1801. Text in french. Near Fine. More

New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1993. Profusely illustrated in color. 312 pages, folio, gilt stamped burgundy cloth, dust wrapper. Inner front hinge weak, else a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Includes discussion and examples of fiber and fabric work, wood work, pottery, bone and leather work, and metal work. More