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Seller: DogStar Books, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 127 pages; Solid copy in dust jacket. Prior high school shop ownership - "Property of Elizabethtown Area School District" stamp to title page, page 127, and front page block. "Wood Shop Rm 76" markered to top page block. Light shelf wear top edge of jacket. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and color photographs of decorative wood pieces. Appears little, if at all read or used. VG-/VG. Seller Inventory # 19008
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 8791407-6
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 11621007-75
Seller: booksforcomfort, Comfort, TX, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st edition. Pyrography: The art of woodburning by Bernard Havez. Published by Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, New York, NY, 1978. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine in Good- DJ. Orig owners name & address stamped inside front cover. 128 Pgs. ISBN 0442232411. LCCN 78-3206. By Bernard Havez and Jean-Claude Varlet. This is traditional crafts, sometimes known as pokerwor, revived by the authors with a refreshing new approach to the medium. The development of modern tools using a controlled heating element allows the craftsman greater flexibility, and the many excellent illustrations in this book will act as a stimulus for experiment in design. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. This book was originally published in France under the title La Pyrogravure by Dessain et Tolca copyright 1975. Translated from the French by Pat Craddock. Description text copyright 2007 BooksForComfort. Item ID 14346. book. Seller Inventory # 14346
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Archival Photographs & Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. Text/NEW & Bright. Gilt embossed beige linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/a whisper of shelfwear. First published 1975 in French. This is the vintage 1978 First English Edition, 1st Printing. History of & new approaches to the traditional art of Pyrography (Greek term meaning "writing with fire"), which is also known as pokerwork or wood burning, using specialized modern pyrography tools, metal implements heated in a fire, or, even sunlight concentrated with a magnifying lens. The art is also popular among artists for decorating dried hard-shell gourds, leather, cork, papier mache, and even velvet. 126 pgs, profusely illustrated w/photographs, some in color. Seller Inventory # 021060
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0442232411