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Vogue Sewing for the Home

By: Bendel, Peggy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1985

Seller ID: 018959

ISBN: 0061811297

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

In clean unchipped jacket. Clean red cloth boards with blind-stamped and stamped silver lettering on cover, silver lettering on spine. Hint of slightest surface wear to corners, no fraying or fading. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 192 pgs. with index. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Dozens of easy and elegant decorating projects for every room in your home.
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Romantic Style - Lovely homes, pretty rooms, gentle settings

By: Better Homes and Gardens Books

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Better Homes and Gardens: 2002

Seller ID: 027154

ISBN: 0696212390

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Stated First Edition in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black boards with gold title box on cover, gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated with full color photographs. 215 pages with index. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped, unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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In Harmony with Nature: Creative Country Construction

By: Bruyere, Christian and Robert Inwood

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Drake Publishers, Inc: 1975

Seller ID: 028287

ISBN: 0877497788

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, third printing in original unclipped dust jacket. Large book - size approx. 9" x 11-1/2". Clean light brown boards with dark brown lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Previous owner bookplate on front pastedown, no other marks. Nicely illustrated throughout. 213 pages. Dust jacket has light soiling, edge wear and a few short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Creative construction techniques and ideas for designing and building your own structures...knowledge garnered from homesteader...
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The Next-to-Nothing House

By: Carrick, Alice Van Leer

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Boston, The Atlantic Monthly Press: 1923

Seller ID: 027172

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean and lovely decorated binding, second printing (1923). Clean green cloth boards with darker green and cream house and yard design on cover with unchipped cream lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with brief neatly penned previous owner inscription dated Christmas 1925 on front free endpaper. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 252 pages. The author's story of acquiring and living in a New England house (Webster Cottage in Hanover, New Hampshire).
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The Next-to-Nothing House

By: Carrick, Alice Van Leer

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press: 1923

Seller ID: 028871

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Second Impression in original dust jacket. Very clean green cloth boards with cream and dark green illustration, cream lettering on cover and spine. No fading or fraying. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages are clean, with very small previous owner name and date (Xmas 1926) written neatly on front free endpaper. Generously illustrated with photographs. 252 pages. Dust jacket with price intact on front flap (2.50), has age-toning, lots of small edge chips and short closed edge tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author takes us f...
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The Curtain Book - A Sourcebook for Distinctive Curtains, Drapes, and Shades for Your Home

By: Clifton-Mogg, Caroline and Melanie Paine

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Bulfinch: 2002

Seller ID: 025986

ISBN: 0821221949

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean softcover large book - size approx. 10" x 10". No chipping, creasing or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. No names, writing or bookplates. Beautiful full color photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg. 180 pages with index. Beautiful, tasteful, original ideas for draperies, curtains and window treatments for every room - including odd situations such as attics dormers, arched windows, beds, and more. A lovely book.
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The Art of the Stonemason

By: Cramb, Ian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Betterway Publications: 1992

Seller ID: 027084

ISBN: 1558702253

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Clean large paperback. No creasing or curling; all pages and edges are clean and bright - no names, writing or marks. Thoroughly illustrated with photographs, drawings. 174 pages. Size is approx. 8-1/2" x 11". Author is a fifth generation stonemason who relies on the old methods of buildign to create and restore beautiful structures that will last for centuries.
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Suggested Unit Course in Interior and Exterior Trim

By: Delmar Publishers, Inc.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Albany, New York, Delmar Publishers, Inc.: 1948

Seller ID: 028160

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Course in the Carpentry Series from Delmar Publishers, Inc. of Albany, New York. No date of publication, circa 1948. Clean softcover book with plastic comb binding. Size approx. 8" x 10-1/4". Wood-like card covers with entryway illustration. Tiny wrinkle to one lower corner, small #8 at upper corner of cover. Note at top edge of interior side of cover. Pages are clean. Well illustrated with drawings, precise instructions. 264 pages.
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The New Century Home Book

By: Du Puy, Frank A.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Eaton & Mains: 1900

Seller ID: 005195

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near FIne

First Edition, decorated American trade binding. Blue cloth boards with illustrated cover and hearth decoration on spine. Clean, bright, with very little wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; front free endpaper is missing. Pages are clean and bright. No names, writing or marks. Illustrated with wonderful old photographs of interiors and exteriors of houses from the era. 400 pgs.
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A Country House Companion

By: Girouard, Mark

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New Haven and London, Yale University Press: 1987

Seller ID: 027241

ISBN: 0300040830

Binding: Unknown

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing in clean unchipped dust jacket. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. Very slight and shallow bump to top board edge, no wear to cloth. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound. Pages and edges are clean with no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white photographs, portraits, art. 192 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no wear, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. For five centuries, the magnificent country houses of the English ruling classes were the settings ...
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Legacy in Stone: The Rideau Corridor

By: Humphreys, Barbara and Fiona Spalding-Smith

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Erin, Ontario, Canada, Boston Mills Press: 1999

Seller ID: 027365

ISBN: 155046213X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Clean unfaded black cloth boards with bright silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright with clean endpapers - no names, writing or bookplates. Illustrated with full color photographs by Fiona Spalding-Smith. 96 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped, has one short closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Stretching some 200 kilometres between Kingston and Ottawa, the Rideau Corridor encompasses a wealth of rural charm. At its h...
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American Colonial Architecture - Its Origin & Development

By: Jackson, Joseph

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, David McKay: 1924

Seller ID: 027574

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Very clean decorated American trade binding. Clean green cloth boards with gold lettering, decoration and line border on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. 228 pages with index.
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Oriental Rugs: A Complete Guide (signed, in dust jacket and slipcase)

By: Jacobsen, Charles W.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc.: 1975

Seller ID: 027376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Beautiful, clean book and dust jacket in original slipcase, inscribed and SIGNED by author. Rich red cloth boards with gold decoration and lettering. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers (small return address label on front fixed endpaper under dust jacket flap). Inscribed and signed on half-title page by the author: "Aug. 13, 1981 - To Mr. and Mrs. Richard Strauss with my compliments, Charles W. Jacobsen." Beautifully illustrated in full color and black & white, maps. ...
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Household Elegancies - Suggestions in Household Art and Tasteful Home Decorations

By: Jones, Mrs. C.S. and Henry T. Williams

Price: $50.00

Publisher: New York, Henry T. Williams: 1877

Seller ID: 019446

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Fourth Edition (stated). Blue-gray cloth boards with black lettering and decoration on cover, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. A few tiny spots of wear-through at top and bottom spine edges, surface rubbing to boards. Binding is tight & square; book is sturdy with clean chocolate brown endpapers. Previous owner name and date (1880) neatly penned on blank fly leaf. 300 pp. plus index and several pages of advertising. Beautifully illustrated in black and white.
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House

By: Kidder, Tracy

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin: 1985

Seller ID: 027050

ISBN: 0395363179

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition, First Printing in clean unclipped dust jacket. Cream paper-covered boards with author's gold initials on cover, beige cloth spine with gold lettering. A few tiny spots of foxing to cloth spine at upper edge. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean with clean decorated endpapers. Signature of someone (illegible) and date (1985) on half title page. No other marks. 341 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Author document...
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Arts and Crafts Design in America: A State-by-State Guide

By: Massey, James and Shirley Maxwell

Price: $12.00

Publisher: San Francisco, Chronicle Books: 1998

Seller ID: 028983

ISBN: 0811818861

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Very clean trade paperback with French flaps - size approx. 6-1/4" x 8-1/2". No chipping or creasing. Pages and edges are clean. Well-illustrated with beautiful full-color photographs with examples and descriptions of Arts & Crafts designs (furniture, architecture, decorative arts and more) throughout the United States. Gustav Stickley, Greene and Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Bernard Maybeck, William Morris, Louis Tiffany - the work of these arts and crafts masters can be seen firsthand across the country. State by state, this book guides you to the finest examples of this remarkable style,...
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Salvaged Treasures: Designing and Building With Architectural Salvage

By: Michael Litchfield

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company: 1983

Seller ID: 021531

ISBN: 0442258410

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

First Edition in clean original unclipped jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking; pages and edges are clean except for water-mark along upper edge of two preliminary pages. No names, writing or bookplates. 253 pages with index. Illustrated with photographs (color and black and white), drawings and diagrams. Clean dust jacket is not price clipped (30.50 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. An excellent do-it-yourself guide to assessing, remov...
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The Home Mechanic's Library, 6 volumes: Masonry; Electrical Work; Carpentry and Woodworking; Plumbing; Painting and Decorating; Metalworking

By: miscellaneous

Price: $40.00

Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1945

Seller ID: 027655

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Six hardcover books, all in near fine condition except for "Electrical Work" which has some fading to cover, but no wear. Cloth covered boards are clean with black lettering on spine. No fraying or wear. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Two of the books have a previous owner name neatly penned on front endpaper. Each book is profusely illustrated with detailed drawings, photographs, diagrams.
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Shelter for the Spirit: How to Make Your Home a Haven in a Hectic World

By: Moran, Victoria

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Harpercollins: 1997

Seller ID: 028161

ISBN: 0060174153

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

Clean hardcover book and dust jacket. Clean white boards with mustard yellow spine, gold lettering on spine. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean, slight tanning. Clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Foreword by Thomas Moore. 218 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Combining concepts of mindfulness and simplicity with a sensitivity to the demands of modern life, this insightful book brings readers back to what home is really supposed to be--a haven that revives and nurtures...
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Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for American Buildings, 1820-1920

By: Moss, Roger W

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Watkins Glen, New York, American Life Foundation: 1981

Seller ID: 029087

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Clean stated first edition in unclipped dust jacket. Dark brown faux leather boards with bright gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean. Size approx. 9" x 11". All pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers - no names, writing or marks. 108 pages. Dust jacket has very faint soiling to rear panel only, is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A documentary history of American exterior decoration in 100 plates taken from the collections of The Athenaeum of Philadelph...
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