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The following two books offered together at £6.00

Allbon, Leonard, G.~BASIC BASKETRY~London: Parrish, 1961~ xi, 124; 74 text figs. Dustwrapper.

Legg, Evelyn~COUNTRY BASKETS~London: Mills & Boon, 1960~220 x 145mm~105 pages, 104 text figures, 4 plates, book list. Dustwrapper good, top edges slightly rubbed, overall condition very good~materials and preparation, tools, hedgerow, design

The three items listed below offered as one lot at £4.00

Bahti, Tom~SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS~Arizona: K.C. Publications, 1966~300 x 230cms, 32pp black and white and coloured illustrations. Coloured card covers. Condition Good~baskets, pottery, woodcarvings, weavings etc
Bahti, Mark~SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS~Navada:
8th revised edition, 1983 K.C. Publications~300 x 230cms, 48pp, black and white and coloured illustrations, Coloured card covers, condition very good~jewellery, woodwork, baskets, pottery etc~

Fagan, A.W.~INDIAN BASKETRY~Leeds: E.J. Arnold & Son Ltd 1st? [nd]~21.5 x 14. Title page. List of contents, acknowledgments, 66,[I] {AD}; 48 text figs, 20 suggestions for design. Olive green boards, black lettering, front end paper slightly foxed otherwise condition very good plus~coiled work, selected stitches~

Blanchard, Mary, Miles~THE BASKETRY BOOK: Twelve lessons in Reed Weaving~New York: 6th reprint, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1922~29 x 14 cms~Photo frontis, xiii,111pp, xv text photos, 28 figs. Ex library. Front board faded, spine ends rubbed, library stamps, otherwise condition very good   £5.00

Bobart & Perrin~RECORDS OF THE BASKET MAKERS COMPANY~London: reprint facsimile, 1967, Broadwater Press Ltd of Dunn, Collin and Co. 1911 original ~22 x 14 cm~xi, frontis piece, 260pp,16 black and white plates, one coloured, some line drawings, black boards, gilt lettering, condition very good plus £20.00

The three items listed below offered as one lot at £20.00

Cary, Mara~BASIC BASKETS~Boston: Houghton Mifflen, 1st 1975~25.1 x 19cms~ 125pp, black and white text photographs, some figs and line drawings. Ex library copy, with library stamps, good dustwrapper protected by cellophane, no seletape, overall condition very good
Cook, Amber~NATURE CRAFTS: For All the Seasons~New York: Sterling 1993~260 x 22.5~,[v], 122, including index. Fully illustrated throughout, in black and white and colour. Text figures. Good dustwrapper, overwrapped in cellophane (peeling). Ex library copy with stamps, overall condition Very Good

Fellman Barbara,C.~FUN WITH BASKETS~New York: Charles Scribners & Sons, 1st 1995 x 23.5 x 19cm~photofrontis, xi, 100 pages, 30 text figs also black and white and colour photographs. Dustwrapper tattered, otherwise condition very good -covers linings, stencils, painting, fillers etc.

The following two items offered together at £2.00

Crampton, Charles~THE JUNIOR BASKET MAKER~Leicester: Dryad Press, 12th edition, 1964~21.5 x 14,~ [III], 36pages [38] 5 black and white plates, 16 text diagrams. Card covers ex library copy library stamp. Condition VG ~ canework, wooden bases~~

Crampton, Charles~CANEWORK~Leicester: The Dryad Press, 4th revision 1931 (illustrated 5th edition)~22.2 x 14.5, photo frontis, 76pages. Very Good condition with slightly chipped Dustwrapper~classic canework

The following three items offered together at £2.00
Crampton, Charles~THE JUNIOR BASKET MAKER~Leicester: Dryad Press, 6th edition 1954~21.5 x 14~photo frontis, 35pp. 4 plates, 14 dia & 10 figures.
Condition good~~canework, wooden bases~
Crampton, Charles~CANEWORK~Leicester: The Dryad Press, 19th revd edn, 1964~22.2 x 14.5~142 pages Very good in frayed dustwrapper~classic canework~

Crampton, Charles~CANEWORK~Leicester: The Dryad Press. 13th Impression. 1952.

22.2 x 14.5~ vii, 135pp, 103 text figures,  condition fair, spine present but detached, boards grubby and faded 

The following five items offered together at £18.00

Crooke, Edith, M.~ARTISTIC CANE BASKETRY UP-TO-DATE~London: The School of Basketry, 1st edition, [c1919]~18.9 x 12.3cm, 84pages, 35 figures, Index, 4pages ads, condition good canework on wooden bases~

Jacot, R.M.~USEFUL CANE WORK-Parts I and II Combined~London: Charles & Son Ltd.,

New edition revised nd [early 1905]. [xii], 143, + index 1p Ad. 83 text figs. 5 black and white plates. Green Cloth. Inscription front endpaper. VG+

Masako, Maki~RATTAN WORK~ Tokyo: Ondorisha Publishers Ltd., 1986. 36 x 18cm

96 pages with many diagrams throughout text. Illustrated card covers. Condition good.

Turner, Luther Weston~THE BASKET MAKER~New York: 1st edition 1909. Atkinson, Mentzer & Co. 19.6 x 15.7cm. 61 pages with black and white photographs. Condition very good for age. 

White, Mary~HOW TO MAKE BASKETS~New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. 4th? edition 1916. 19.3 x 13.2cm. Photofrontis xi, 194; [3] (Ads). 47 text figs, 20 text illns. Condition good.

Wright, Dorothy~BASKETS AND BASKETRY~ Newton Abbot, David & Charles reprint 1977. [ix], 133pp, many black and white photos throughout text. Diagrams, recipes, notes on photographs, basketmakers vocabulary, books, Appendix, index.Good dustwrapper overall condition good+ £5.00

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Dryad Handicrafts~DRYAD HANDICRAFTS: Materials Equipment & Books 1955~Leicester:

Ferguson, Margaret, W.~BAMBOO CANE WORK:Philip's Series of Varied Occupations for infants schools and junior classes~Stoke-on-Trent: George Philip & Son, 1st c1913~21.2 x 17cm. 30 pages with text illustrations. Grey boards slightly grubby with black lettering, pencil inscription front endpaper~doll's furniture~

Lee, Martha, L~BASKETRY AND RELATED ARTS~New York: D Van Nostrand Co. Inc. 1st edition, 1948~21 x 14cm~ i-vii, 189 pages, black and white photographs included in text. Dustwrapper in poor condition, but interior contents is good~materials and tools

Harvey, Virginia, I.~THE TECHNIQUES OF BASKETRY~New York: Sterling Publishing Co. Inc. 1999~210 x 260. 131 pages, many illustrations, 4 pages coloured plates, bibliography. Torn dustwrapper. Inscription front end paper. Overall condition very good~history, materials, tools, coiling, twining, wickerwork, splintwork, plaiting, beginnings, finishes, some unusual techniques~ £5.00

The following three books offered together at £9.00

Stanley Davies, A.~THE "MHEILLEA" AND ITS MEANING: a note on the harvest in olden times in the Isle of Man and other Celtic Countries:Iver Heath, 1949. 24.6 x  18.9. 27 pp black and white illustrations.pages 13-16 present but detached. Paper covers condition very good for age.

Coker, Alec~THE CRAFT OF STRAW DECORATION FOR CORN DOLLY MAKERS AND WORKERS IN STRAW~Leicester: Dryad 1st 1971~10" x 7.5"~ 86pp, photos, list of suitable wheat varieties, biblio, index. Dust wrapper, Condition overall very ood, Dustwrapper slightly creased.

Sandford, Lettice (text)~CORN DOLLIES - a W.I. Home Skills Guide to the craft behind the legend~London: Macdonald Educational Ltd., 1979. 26 x 19.2cm..

94pp, 4 black and white illustrations. Illustrated card covers. Condition good+

Coker, Alec~THE CRAFT OF STRAW DECORATION FOR CORN DOLLY MAKERS AND WORKERS IN STRAW~Leicester: Dryad 1st 1971~10" x 7.5"~ 86pp, photos, list of suitable wheat varieties, biblio, index. Dust wrapper, Condition overall very good, Dustwrapper slightly creased.  £6.00

McGuire, John~BASKETRY: THE NANTUCKET TRADITION-history, techniques, projects~Ashville, North Carolina, U.S.A. Lark Books 1990. 16 x 12.7cms~123pp. Glossary 2pp bibliography, index. coloured and black and white photographs and diagrams throughout text. Overall condition very good + £10.00

Rees, Yvonne~CANING AND RUSHWORK~London: Ward Lock 1995. 22.6 x 15.2cm [v],

95 pp inc glossary and index. Black and white and coloured illustrations throughout text.

Card covers illustrated, overall condition very good   £4.00

The following two books offered together at £9.00

Siler, Lyn~BASKETMAKERS BASKETS~Weaverville, NC. USA.~W.A.G.E. Enterprises 1990~ 27.6 x 21.6~ 32pp, txt photos and dias. Illustrated card covers grubby signed by the author, but otherwise condition good.

Wells, Carole and Jordan, Sandra~A BEVY OF BASKETS~Smithfield, North Carolina, U.S.A. 1984~27.8 x 21.5~ 192pp with black and white illustrations throughout text. Illustrated coloured card covers, spirally bound, crease to one corner of front cover, slightly grubby otherwise condition good plus

The following three items offered together at £5.00

ATLAS LEFALET NO 3: Basketry. 19pp, illd,. Not dated. Good condition.

MAYNARD, Barbara. Basketry in Easy Steps. Studio Vista, 1977, Large format hardback, in good used condition (one leaf torn at edeg without loss). 64 pages.

HARDING, MARY (editor). CRAFTS: including batik, weaving, braiding, macrame, letaherwotk, paintingm printing, clear-cast embedding and decoupage. Phoebus, 1978. 128 pages, large format hardback with dustwrapper. Very good condition, with neat inscription.

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