SINGER SEWING BOOK
by Picken, Mary Brooks
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Singer Sewing Machine Company, 1949. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed, olive green linen boards/VG : strong & sound w/edge rubs, light soiling/discoloration to surfaces, and faded backstrap. DJ/None. Maroon endpapers. COLLECTIBLE. Home economics. Guide to machine sewing at a time when it was not unusual to rent for domestic use. Illustrated with 18 color plates; a historical record of home fashions prized by American some six decades ago. Augmented with diagrams and line drawings, instructions for garments, slipcovers, and drapes, and, hand sewn embellishments. Fine copy less dustjacket.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014143
- Title
- SINGER SEWING BOOK
- Author
- Picken, Mary Brooks
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE-COLLECTIBLE
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Singer Sewing Machine Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Arts & Crafts/Home Economics/Sewing/Home Accessories/Clothing
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts & Crafts;
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