Books on Crafts
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A Practical Manual of House-Painting, Graining, Marbling and Sign-Writing. Ninth Edition.
xxi 394p small format hardback, Heston & Isleworth public library rebound in strong half calf, ...
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A Guide to Pictorial Perspective. Fourteenth Edition.
39p many plates, green limp cloth binding with black lettering, "No 16" to front, 16p publisher's ...
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A Treatise of Japaning and Varnishing. With an Introduction by H D Molesworth.
xvi 84p plus section with illustrations in the back, large format paperback, pink cover fresh, with ...
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The Decorator's Assistant: A Modern Guide for Decorative Artists and Amateurs, Painters, Writers, Gilders, etc. Containing upwards of Six Hundred Receipts, Rule and Instructions etc.
160p olive green limp cloth binding fresh with nice floral design to front, spine square and spine ...
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Practical House Decoration.
63p orange paper cover with black lettering, tight and clean copy, nice copy
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Painting Ironwork, Steel and Metal, Cement, Plaster, Brickwork, etc.
64p burgundy paper cover with black lettering, tight and clean copy, initials to endpaper, very good
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Oilmen's Sundries and How to Make Them. Second Edition.
vi 119p green cloth hardback with dustjacket, clean copy, jacket a little aged, a very good copy
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A Practical Handbook on Chinese Lacquer Work. First Edition.
25p plus price list not paginated, slim paperback, black cover with now faint gilt lettering, ...
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Sanderson Price List and Catalogue, 1931.
116p large paperback, brown cover with red lettering, paper samples in the back, printed with many ...
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Interior Decorating - Your Career.
106p slim hardback, dark grey cover with frontispiece and plates, a nice clean copy, a solid and ...
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The Theory of Colouring: Being an Analysis of the Principles of Contrast and Harmony in the Arrangement of Colours, with Their Application to the Study of Nature, and Hints on the Composition of Pictures, etc. Twelfth Edition.
vi 70p with colour plates, 20p publisher listing of art supplies bound in the back, original ...
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Low-Cost and Energy Saving Construction Materials. Volume 2. (International Conference on Development of Low-Cost and Energy Saving Construction Materials and Applications, Rio de Janeiro, 1984)
viii 300p white paperback with yellow bamboo illustration to front, hard to find title ...
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Das Nürnberger Kunsthandwerk des Jugendstils.
xiii 424p red softback (limp cloth) binding. fresh and solid copy, text reproduced from typescript, ...
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Modern Practical Design.
xv 247p original hardback grey pattern decorated cloth, printed on art paper with plates ...
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The Nuclear Survival Handbook: Living through and after a Nuclear Attack.
xiv 375p bright yellow paperback, fresh square copy, no names or stamps, very good
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Hand and Machine: Robert Welch - Designer - Silversmith.
206p large hardback, white dustjacket, illustrated throughout, excellent copy: Domestic silver, ...
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Basic Calligraphic Hands.
80p paperback, oblong format, burgundy cover, printed from hand, no names or stamps, very good ...
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The Art of Lettering.
56p hardback with illustrated black and white dustjacket, light wear to edges of jacket and pen ...
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Church Decoration.
this is a blue folder with various pamphlets documenting the work of the company, including a ...
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Gemme Møbler. Kister, skabe, skuffemøbler og chatoller pa Frilandmuseet ved Sorgenfri.
126p hardback with illustrated boards, well illustrated and informative, traditional Scandinavian ...
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The Imitation of Woods and Marbles.
124p original brown cloth, many illustrations, clean copy, binding tight, uncommon title
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Facts about Processes, Pigments and Vehicles: A Manual for Art Students.
x 131p original cloth firm and tight, gilt lettering to spine, names to endpaper, includes colour ...
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The Housepainter's Handbook.
vi 139p original paper covered boards with orange title panel, green cloth spine holding well, ...
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The Housepainter's Handbook.
vi 139p original paper covered boards with orange title panel, green cloth spine holding well, ...
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£86.00
Scumbling and Colour Glazing: A Practical Handbook For House Painters, Coach Painters, and Others. Second Edition.
ix 89p original green cloth with gilt lettering, 13 pages with colour samples (4 each) present, ...
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A Practical Guide to Stencilling; Individual Work in Stencilling; Progressive Kuno Cuts with Useful Applications.
this is a made up bound collection of three different titles published by Reeves, Pitman, Pitman, ...
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Painters' Colours, Oils, And Varnishes: A Practical Manual. Third Edition.
xiii 504p plus 86p publishers catalogue in the back, many illustrations in the text, a nice clean ...
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The Painter's Laboratory Guide.
ix 248p hardback, maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, firm binding and minimal wear, a ...
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Modern Fixing Practice.
x 162p maroon board covers with gilt lettering to front, boards in very good condition, ...
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Palazzo Mirto. Cenni Storico-Artistici ed Itinerario.
69p and 33 colour plates, very good condition, minimal wear, white cover with colour photo, binding ...
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Catalogue of Italian Terra-Sigillata in the Ashmolean Museum.
xix 64p including 25 plates, hardback in blue cloth with gilt lettering, very good condition, ...
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Exhibition of Calligraphy, Lettering and Illuminating, 1956.
32p stapled booklet, beige card covers, very good condition, front cover creased, binding intact, ...
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Furnishing the House.
152p hardback, grey card covers with cloth spine, very good condition, a little wear to cover edges ...
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Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition. June 12th - June 27th 1963.
116p staple-bound paperback, blue card cover, very good condition, binding intact, one or two light ...
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The Fourteenth Antique Dealers' Fair and Exhibition. June 9th - June 24th 1954.
104p staple-bound paperback, beige cover with red lettering, very good condition, light smudges to ...
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The Fine Art of Stencilling on Fabrics in Oil and Tempera Colours.
61p (+ 15 pages of advertisement) purple paperback, covers slightly worn, binding tight, pages ...
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Maioliche e Porcellane Italiane ed Europee. Bronzi. Esposizione, Milano, Novembre 1989.
120p large format paperback, white cover with lime-green card jacket, very good condition, a little ...
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The Practical Painter and Decorator Illustrated.
384p (+ 12 unnumbered pages of plates) green cloth hardback with pink illustrated dustjacket and ...
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Italian Renaissance Maiolica from the William Clark Collection.
192p large hardback, blue cloth with illustrated blue jacket, very good condition, little to no ...
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Modern Technique in Painting and Decorating.
228p pink hardback, boards slightly worn, binding tight, foxing to endpaper, pages clean and ...
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Painting and Decorating (Advanced).
160p hardback in crimson cloth, very good condition, minimal wear, firm binding, pages clear and ...
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Chippendale Furniture.
298p hardback in brown cloth, with 150p of b&w photo plates, very good condition, minimal wear to ...
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Charles Ricketts. Subtle and Fantastic Decorator.
100p large format paperback, glossy cover with brightly coloured artwork, very good condition, ...
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Italic. Platignum Instruction Copy Book III.
20p stapled booklet, very good condition, terracotta cover and clean white pages, diagrams and ...
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Vine Press Miscellany, October 1978.
44p paperback, beige cover with ornate design, very good condition, minimal wear, binding intact, ...
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Colour and Interior Decoration.
ix 84p hardback in very good condition, many pages of colour and b&w plates, patterned boards and ...
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Decorative Wedgwood in Architecture and Furniture.
146p large hardback in sky-blue cloth, minimal wear, binding firm, spine sunned, pages clean and ...
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Early American Decorating Techniques. Step-by-step Directions for Painting and Stencilling.
244p large format paperback, black cover with colour artwork, very good condition, a little light ...
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The Story of Wedgwood. A Living Tradition. With Factory Leaflet and Care Guide.
64p paperback, bluish-grey card cover, minimal wear, pages clean and neat, illustrations and ...
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The Portland Vase, Property of His Grace the Duke of Portland. Auction Catalogue for 2nd May 1929.
10p booklet with four photograph plates, tan card covers with thread binding, very good condition, ...
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