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Byers, Charles Alma; Bruce, Josephine; Cleaves, Helen E., Et. Al.
Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book; A Practical Book For The Woman Who Loves Her Home
Boston, The Priscilla Publishing Company,
1925, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Irma Favreau, Condition: Very Good, A great vintage decorating book, from the publishers of Modern Priscilla Magazine, 1920's. Profusely illustrated with half tone plates and many drawings by Irma Favreau; color frontispiece and 3 additional color plates. Illustrations include: Stencils for nursery and bathroom; diagrams for cane and rush seating; six steps to making slip covers; Jacobean embroidery stitches; making a lampshade; many on room arrangement; two chairs for women; home made desk for the kitchen; the right and wrong way to hang a picture, many others. Chapters include: using color in decoration; wall paper; floor coverings; kitchen and breakfast-nook; built in ready made and home made conveniences, etc. Bound in green floral chintz, pasted title panel to front board and spine. Spine panel midly soiled, upper corner chipped. All else clean, no writing, tightly bound. A scarce book. 12 mo, 340 pp. First Edition
(Vintage, Decorating, Modern, Priscilla, Home, Furnishing, Vintage, Home, Decorating, Stenciling, Reseating, Chairs, How, To, Make, Lampshades, Decorating, With, Wall, Paper) Cat No. 2324.
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Byers, Charles Alma; Bruce, Josephine; Cleaves, Helen E., Et. Al.
Modern Priscilla Home Furnishing Book; A Practical Book For The Woman Who Loves Her Home
Boston, The Priscilla Publishing Company,
1925, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Irma Favreau, Condition: Very Good, A great vintage decorating book, from the publishers of Modern Priscilla Magazine, 1920's. Profusely illustrated with half tone plates and many drawings by Irma Favreau; color frontispiece and 3 additional color plates. Illustrations include: Stencils for nursery and bathroom; diagrams for cane and rush seating; six steps to making slip covers; Jacobean embroidery stitches; making a lampshade; many on room arrangement; two chairs for women; home made desk for the kitchen; the right and wrong way to hang a picture, many others. Chapters include: using color in decoration; wall paper; floor coverings; kitchen and breakfast-nook; built in ready made and home made conveniences, etc. Bound in green floral chintz, pasted title panel to front board and spine. Spine panel midly soiled, upper corner chipped. All else clean, no writing, tightly bound. A scarce book. 12 mo, 340 pp. First Edition
(Vintage, Decorating, Modern, Priscilla, Home, Furnishing, Vintage, Home, Decorating, Stenciling, Reseating, Chairs, How, To, Make, Lampshades, Decorating, With, Wall, Paper) Cat No. 2324.
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Pierson, Clara Dillingham.
Among the Night People
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co.,
1902, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: F. C. Gordon, Condition: Very Good, Following her other nature stories for children (meadow, forest, farmyard, pond); Mrs. Pierson studies animals at night, with 10 full page color illustrations by F.C. Gordon. A beautiful book of stories on: black spanish chickens; wigglers become mosquitoes; naughty racoon children; timid little ground hog; young raccoons go to a party; skunks and the oven bird's nest'; lonely old bachelor muskrat; greed red fox, and many others. Green illustrated cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges. Front hinge cracked, board shakey. Previous owners name to f.e.p. All else clean, tightly bound. sm 8vo, 221 pp. First Edition. In protective polyester wrap.
(Clara, Dillingham, Pierson, F, C, Gordon, Illustrator, Nature, Authors, Children, S, Illustrated, Books, Among, The Night, People, Children, S, Classics, Antique, Book) Cat No. 2325.
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40.00
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Pierson, Clara Dillingham.
Among the Night People
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co.,
1902, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: F. C. Gordon, Condition: Very Good, Following her other nature stories for children (meadow, forest, farmyard, pond); Mrs. Pierson studies animals at night, with 10 full page color illustrations by F.C. Gordon. A beautiful book of stories on: black spanish chickens; wigglers become mosquitoes; naughty racoon children; timid little ground hog; young raccoons go to a party; skunks and the oven bird's nest'; lonely old bachelor muskrat; greed red fox, and many others. Green illustrated cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges. Front hinge cracked, board shakey. Previous owners name to f.e.p. All else clean, tightly bound. sm 8vo, 221 pp. First Edition. In protective polyester wrap.
(Clara, Dillingham, Pierson, F, C, Gordon, Illustrator, Nature, Authors, Children, S, Illustrated, Books, Among, The Night, People, Children, S, Classics, Antique, Book) Cat No. 2325.
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40.00
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Pierson, Clara Dillingham.
Among the Night People
New York, E. P. Dutton & Co.,
1902, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: F. C. Gordon, Condition: Very Good, Following her other nature stories for children (meadow, forest, farmyard, pond); Mrs. Pierson studies animals at night, with 10 full page color illustrations by F.C. Gordon. A beautiful book of stories on: black spanish chickens; wigglers become mosquitoes; naughty racoon children; timid little ground hog; young raccoons go to a party; skunks and the oven bird's nest'; lonely old bachelor muskrat; greed red fox, and many others. Green illustrated cloth boards and spine, mild rubbing of edges. Front hinge cracked, board shakey. Previous owners name to f.e.p. All else clean, tightly bound. sm 8vo, 221 pp. First Edition. In protective polyester wrap.
(Clara, Dillingham, Pierson, F, C, Gordon, Illustrator, Nature, Authors, Children, S, Illustrated, Books, Among, The Night, People, Children, S, Classics, Antique, Book) Cat No. 2325.
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40.00
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