Whatnot : A Compendium of Victorian Crafts & Other Matters

Henderson, Marjorie; and Elizabeth Wilkinson

ISBN 10: 0688031552 / ISBN 13: 9780688031558

Editore: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1977

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1977. 8.5" wide by 11.25" tall. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (12.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Sharp corners. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Pages are fresh and crisp. Illustrated throughout with line drawing, old photos and prints. Index. First printing, with complete number row (123456789 10) on the copyright page. Includes step-by-step instructions for 60 Victorian arts and crafts projects. From the Dust Jacket: "This funny, funky, oddly elegant book of Victoriana and Victorian crafts grew from musty copies of CASSELL'S HOUSEHOLD GUIDE, an 1870s English ladies' magazine. 'Tasteful Tips' for running a proper Victorian household, directing one's 'staff,' and engaging in dignified recreation for ladies are among the sometimes proper, sometimes preposterous subjects discussed. Much of the book is devoted to more than 60 enchanting bibelots for the house and garden -- arts and crafts at once Victorian, at once up-to-date: shellwork boxes, an imitation ebony and ivory chessboard, furniture decorated with chintz, an illuminated back-gammon board, hair work, buttonwork, beadwork, 19th-century Christmas decorations, imitation coral ornaments -- and on. For the garden, they've designed rustic doll furniture, an acorn plant container, a dovecote, and a sundial, even an aeolian harp." Bound in the original gilt-lettered blue cloth, with blind-stamped decorations on the front cover. Subtitle: Being a compilation of authentic home and hand crafts popular in the era of Her Most excellent Majesty, Victoria, by the grace of God Queen, assembled from the original 19th century edition of Cassell's Household Guide, London, and enlarged and expounded by the present authors.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine condition./Near Fine dust jacket. 223pp. Codice articolo 003945

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224p cloth, dustjacket, large format, this copy from a Cambridge college library with very little use

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Titolo: Whatnot : A Compendium of Victorian Crafts &...
Casa editrice: William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York
Data di pubblicazione: 1977
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Near Fine condition.
Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine dust jacket.
Edizione: First Printing of the First Edition.