Murchie John (20 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2011). (1984) 2011 new edition. Square 8vo (175 x 180mm). Pp104. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations. Laminated boards. Fine new copy. Stickmaking using blackthorn: how to turn knobbly, unpromising looking sticks or roots into fine, interesting walking sticks of various types. With a certain amount of Scottish local history and much on the folklore of the species (Prunus spinosa). Contents include: The tree; Identification; History, growth and reproduction; Thickets; Where it grows; Branches; Colour; A walking stick and a piece of string; Theory of straightening shanks and bending handles; Methods of straightening and bending; The last experiment; Objet trouve; Culzean Bay; Origins of folklore and superstition. . …

Illustrated Coloured Cover. Condition: Very Good +. 1st Edition. 80p illustrated background, folklore and "how to do it" to make the perfect stick from an irregular blackthorn branch. The first edition. Clean with an owners name inside the front cover and a permanent protective transparent cover. See scans. …

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 104 pages. 6.97x6.93x0.59 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Original covers, oblong 10 3/8 x 8 ½ inches, 28 pp. Softcover, near fine. Moderate shelf wear, starting to lightly age yellow, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Art; exhibition catalogue (catalog) ; Canada.

spiral_bound. Condition: Very Good Plus. 80pp. (white spine) 8vo. sized. 1995 reprint. Spiral bound, but with card spine over the spiral. No inscriptions. Numerous photographic reproductions in colour and black and white plus a number of line drawings in the text. A thumb mark to the leading edge of the front card cover. A very well preserved, fresh, clean, tight and bright copy.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to softbound volume with 156 pages. One small famous museum library stamp but never circulated.

Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Tight and clean. Minimal wear. No marks or damage. Very good condition.

Softcover, 156 pages; in English and French; very good condition, clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Decorative card covers Pp.66 20 b. & w. photo illus. Oblong Vg. to fine Signed by Gary Wilson on title-page.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. CAtalogue for an exhibition at the Art Gallery of NS in 1994. Includes 7 illustrations, artist's chronology, and essay by Murchie.; 9.5 x 12".

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Moderate wear to wraps; edge and corner wear. Long crease across back corner. Scuffing and light scratches. (13).

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Booklet. Condition: Fine. 15 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Staplebound booklet.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Published by Alloway Publishing Ltd in 1984, here is the first softback printing of John Murchie Douglas' BLACKTHORN: Lore and the art of making WALKING STICKS. Glossy pictorial card covers, 80 nicely illustrated pages the book is in very good condition.…

Decorative card covers. Condition: Fine. 156 Pp. Numerous colour illus. Text in French and English.

Card covers. Condition: Very good. 24 Pp.

Card covers. Condition: Very good. 24 Pp. 4 colour & 4 b&w. illus.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The spine is slightly worn with light chipping at the top and bottom. Light edge chipping to the front and rear covers with a small stain to the top rear cover and a small triangular piece missing from the right edge of the front cover. The pages are browned with a little creasing and chipping to the corners and a little staining to the top corners at the back. Contains The Damp Man Again by Harding, Matthew South and Company by Jacobi, The Door Beyond by Lawlor, The Scrawny One by Boucher, The Inner Man by Burks, Phoebe by Murchie, The Antimacassar by La Spina, Vampire Kith and Kin by Quinn, But Not to Dream by MacDonald and Kingsbridge 214 by Derleth. Cover art by John Giunta and interior art by Giunta, Bok, Dolgov, Humiston, Dolgov, Napoli and Coye. Giunta, John; Bok, Hannes; Dolgov, Boris; Humiston, Fred; Napoli, Vincent; Coye, Lee Brown; (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.