Semco Playcard Series: Book 2 and Book 3: With Needle, Threads, and Pricking Pin (2 items) [Semco Playcard Series].
by Semco, Art Needlework Pty Ltd
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Black Rock, VIC: Semco Art Needlework, 1935. Each: Ephemera small oblong, good condition, colour drawings (with colour thread, front & rear), pages lightly toned, some edgewear, pencil annotation front cover. Book 2: Pages attached to covers by spine thread, envelope attached to the inside front cover (contains thread and instructional card, but needle and pricking pin missing). Book 3: Pages detached (no spine thread), envelope inside front cover (empty). Each: 4 pp. These two pieces of Australian ephemera are Books 2 and 3 of a series of six illustrated booklets designed to be embroidered with a running stitch by pricking the design, then sewing with the threads. The Semco booklets (published in Victoria) are tutorial guides with colour illustrations designed to be instructional guides. Book 2 is a counting booklet with the numbers 1 to 5 in stitches and a colour illustration. Book 3 is matching objects (a pot plant and a watering can, a bucket and spade, a tennis racket and a ball). The sewing in both booklets have been completed by the previous owner. (No date, but 1930s.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41129
- Title
- Semco Playcard Series: Book 2 and Book 3: With Needle, Threads, and Pricking Pin (2 items) [Semco Playcard Series].
- Author
- Semco, Art Needlework Pty Ltd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Semco Art Needlework
- Place of Publication
- Black Rock, VIC
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- ephemera, needlebooks, decorating, crafts, hobbies, collecting, education, australia, victoria, collectible, collectable, australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- EPHEMERA;
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Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....