How-To Books from Cat's Cradle Books

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Robert Bentley Inc, 1967. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by R. F. Neale. Second Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages, illustrated with drawings and photographic plates. Cloth over boards is lightly shelf worn. ; Detailed instructions for restoring old cars. Chapters arranged by parts of the cars being restored.… Read more about this item

United States: Good Earth Publications, LLC, 1992. Softcover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light handling wear. Guide to growing and selling vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and small livestock on small plots of land. 9.0" (21 cm) tall; 351 pages.

Topsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Salem House, 1985. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Writing on ffep. Text pages clean, slightly tanned. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has closed tears, shelf wear, overall light soiling, some fading and clipped corner. ; Descriptions, color photographs, and landscaping plans for a variety of English… Read more about this item

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1991. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Fifth Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has edge rubbing, light shelf wear. ; Wreaths, garlands, topiaries, bouquets, beauty products, personal fragrances using fresh and dried herbs. Illustrated with color photographs. 7.75" tall; 132 pages.… Read more about this item

Floral Park, NY: Raymond Nones, 2007. Softcover. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have very light shelf wear. Author's name and address stamped on inside of back wrapper. ; Instructions for modular gardening, the practice of using multiple raised beds four by eight feet in size. Advice on creating the beds,… Read more about this item

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Roger Yepsen. First Edition. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Cloth over boards clean. DJ has minor edge rubbing. Elegant guidebook to the world of berries with instructions on finding wild berries, growing domesticated varieties, and preserving the harvest.… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Steven D. Guarnaccia. First Edition. Book plate with inscription on ffep. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Paper over boards is clean. DJ has very light edge rubbing. ; Hands-on, user-friendly guide based on low-maintenance organic techniques. ; Cartoons; 9.5" tall;… Read more about this item

New York: Barrons Educational Series Inc, 1990. First American Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Niccolò Grassi. First American Edition. , foxed on top edge of book. Pictorial paper over boards has bumped corners. DJ has edge rubbing, light overall shelf wear. ; Illustrated with color photographs throughout. Descriptions of more than 300… Read more about this item

New York: Harmony Books, 1992. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is slightly edge rubbed. DJ has light shelf wear. ; More than a thousand choices of flowers categorized by nine different color schemes: yellow, orange, red, pink,… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Abingdon Pr, 1996. Soft Cover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Wrappers have light edge rubbing. Thoughts on making decisions and taking inventory of one's life; reflections on the ordinary aspects of life; practical suggestions for taking steps to simplife one's life; charts and action plans to help.… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1976. Hard Cover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Illustrated by Kaye Florance. Square, tight binding and hinges. Clean, slightly tanned pages. Paper over boards is edge rubbed, otherwise clean. DJ has numerous closed tears, some general edge wear, overall shelf wear and light tanning. Basic gardening techniques, introduction to garden design,… Read more about this item

London, UK: Pavilion Books, 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards has light edge rubbing. DJ has light shelf wear with flaps glued to book. Illustrated with drawings. In this warm, humorous offering, Jane Down (alias Lady Muck) guides the reader… Read more about this item

New York: Harpercollins, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Previous owner's label on front pastedown. Remainder mark across lower edge of pages (visible when closed). Paper over boards is lightly edge rubbed. DJ has light edge wear at top, otherwise mild shelf wear. ; Comprehensive book on baking… Read more about this item

Boulder, Colorado: Griffin Publishing, 1995. Softcover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Previous owner's name inside front of wrappers. Pages clean, bright. Wrappers have light handling wear including crease near spine, minor edge wear. ; How to communicate with the deceased using instrumental transcommunication (ITC). ; 8.5" (18.5 cm) tall; 172 pages.

Hatboro, PA: Folklore Associates, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Previous owner's name on ffep. Pages clean, off-white. Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ has overall moderate edge wear, shelf wear. ; Methods and techniques used in collecting folkore data and materials, with consideration of the needs and problems of modern… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, off-white pages that are lightly foxed on edges (visible only when book is closed). Cloth over boards is edge rubbed. DJ is edge worn with several shallow closed tears at top edge. ; Scottish-born author's recipes for Scottish… Read more about this item

Springfield, Massachusetts: Milton Bradley Company, 1901. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Endpapers foxed. Pages lightly tanned except for pp. 130-131, which are heavily tanned due to a newspaper clipping having been inserted between them (since removed). Pages clean, cloth over boards edge rubbed, tanned at spine, and soiled. Illustrated with drawings. ; Step-by-step… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1916. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Third Edition. Book is in the French language. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Boards are edge worn with overall soiling and handling wear. ; Compact guide to the cultivation of tobacco. Illustrated with engravings. ; Encyclopédie des Connaissances Agricoles; 7.0" tall; 36… Read more about this item

Washington, D.C.: United States War Department, 1942. Soft Cover. Good with no dust jacket. Exlibrary markings. Clean but tanned text pages. Tight binding. Wrappers have light shelf wear. Sections on theory of reproduction processes, process photography, plate graining, offset plate making, offset press, miscellaneous reproduction processes, mobile map reproduction units. Includes tables. World War II manual. Ex-Library; 8.5"… Read more about this item

Happy Camp, California: Naturegraph Publishers, 1970. Soft Cover. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. Illustrated by Ken Mansker. Square, tight binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers have light edge rubbing, handling wear. Manual of basic communication using native American hand signals. Illustrated with black and white photographs, line drawings. 8.5" (21.5 cm) tall; 112 pages.