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Brown cover with white and red design and lettering on front. Thomas J. Cooper and Company, 1905. Chip/tear in corner of front cover. Cover is beginning to pull away from spine. Light aging to pages. Otherwise good condition.

Brown cover with faded design on front and spine. The Charles C. Thompson Co. 1911. Good condition. Significant aging to interior pages. First two pages are no longer attached.

Chicago:: C. F. Beezley & Co.,, [1905].. publisher's decorated cloth.. Some light rubbing to the cloth; tight and sound.. 8vo,. Profusely illustrated (some color).

Thompson & Thomas, 1905. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Subtitle: "Embodying and containing instructions for transferring designs, embroidery stitches, shading, flat embroidery, church and bullion embroidery, raised embroidery, all sorts and designs of dainty trifles, drawn work, knitting and crocheting... hardanger embroidery, silk beaded purses and chatelaine bags, and pyrography or the art of burning wood. 496pp plus Indices. Color plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Top corner of front free endpaper is clipped. Front cover has a small brown spot. Lettering on spine is faded. Top and bottom spine, and cover corners, are rubbed.. Selling online since 1999. Quick shipping; Secure packing!

[Chicago, IL]: [Thompson & Thomas], [1905]. Thick tall 8vo. [8], 496, [12] pp. Colour frntsp., numerous colour plates, over 350 text woodcut illustrations. Publisher’s embossed pictorial brown cloth, cover art silhouette illustration of woman sewing in white & red (minor edgewear, slight bumping to corners, endpapers renewed, rubbing to spine, light uniform interior toning as usual), still VG- copy. Second printing of this scarce and expansive work on embroidery, crochet, knitting, needlework, beading, and much more for women and homemaking, in order to provide extra income. Book was first published in conjunction with the World’s Columbian Exposition, and the work is dedicated to Mrs. Potter Palmer, President board of lady managers. Addie Heron’s book was one of many guides published during the Victorian era in order to serve as markers of women’s household abilities in providing new and beautiful, yet inexpensive, articles of home adornment. See: Huneault & Anderson, Rethinking… Read More

Thompson & Thomas, Chicago, IL.1905. Condition: Very Good+ No dust jacket. 496 pp. Text slight yellowing typical of age. Text block has brown tinted top edge and marbled fore edge. Illustrated throughout with over 350 woodcut illustrations and numerous color plates, including frontispiece. Second printing of this scarce and comprehensive work on embroidery, crochet, knitting, needlework, beading, and much more for women and homemaking. Published during the Victorian era, this book served as a guide in providing new, beautiful and inexpensive items for the home. Book was first published in conjunction with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and was dedicated to Mrs. Potter Palmer, its President Board of Lady Managers. Remarkable condition for its age.