Una Abrahamson (20 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing (No additional printings stated). Very Good/Very Good Minus with edgewear and chipping to Dust Jacket and no marks to text. Crafts/Design; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 191 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 239 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Book shows slight cocking. Acceptable / poor dust jacket with chips and pieces of scotch tape over tears. NOTE: Signed by author on the half-title page. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. b/w Illustration (illustrator). First Edition. In red cloth with gilt titling, 4to, 233pp. Illustrated. (gift inscription to endpaper). Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated (illustrator). 2nd prt. 4to, 238 pp.

Softcover. Condition: Good. 31 p. 19 x 24 cm. Line drawings. Light wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. FREE SHIPPING IN CANADA,EX LIB WITH USUAL STAMPS,CLEAN COPY,FIRM BINDING.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. A factual and entertaining exploration of everyday home life in Canada. Every facet of domesticity is examined and vividly illustrated with contemporary engravings.NOTE: Large format [29x21x2.5 cm] heavy volumen288p. illus. index.

2nd. Condition: very good in good dust jacket. sketches, drawings (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Canadian Edition. A look at Canada's heritage of crafts providing an illustrated history of each manual art - Ceramics, Glassmaking. Knitting, Leatherwork, Metalworking, Quilts, Rug-Making, Tapestries, Textiles, Weaving, Woodworking.It includes examples of the work of 14 Canadian entries at the 1974 World Crafts exhibition. 198p. bibliography, Index of craftspeople. NOTE: Oversized [29x21x3 cm] heavy volume. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Engravings (illustrator). Second Edition. **Bundle Up & Save On Postage** Dust jacket has edgewear, text is without flaw. 8 X 10.5" 238 pages, 1.5 kg From 1967. Deeply researched 19th century Canadian social history. Includes: recipes, old superstitions, home remedies and herbal cures, along with the popular games, songs and fashionable pastimes of the era. Every facet of domesticity is examined, from the relationships of the sexes to the upbringing of children. Many rare contemporary engravings illustrate this book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+-to-Very Good. Good-plus clean firm interior, no usage marks or inscriptions, small presentation label to lower front e/paper, contains numerous b&w photos and illustrations, plus a few colour photos, light tone to closed-edge of pages, vg clean firm boards, all tight; d/j has light shelfwear, as shown, rubbed to lower spine tip, faintly soiled to top side edges of spine, light rubs to extremities, but good appearance mostly with no tears or loss, price-clipped neatly to inner flap./.

2nd printing. Condition: very good in torn dust jacket. sketches,advertisements (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. The dust jacket is heavily torn and chipped in the corners and on the spine but has been preserved with plastic covering. The inner textblock is perfect.

Condition: Very Good. 4to pp. 191, 20 colour and 90 b/w illus., in sl/chipped dj, the heritage of Canadian handicrafts. book.

[0-7720-0711-X] [1974]. (4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 191pp. Black and white and color photographs, illustrations, bibliography, index. (Art--Canada, Ceramics, Crochet, Embroidery, Glass Making, Knitting, Leatherwork, Macrame, Metalworking, Plastics, Quilts, Rug-Making, Tapestries, Textiles, Weaving, Woodworking).

[1966]. (4to) Very good, no dust jacket. 238pp. Illustrated endpapers, illustrations, bibliography, index. Time Period 19th Century. Locale: Canada. (Canada, Clothing, Food, Health, Housekeeping, Private Life, Social History--Canada).

[1967], 2nd printing. (4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 238pp. Illustrations, bibliography, index, decorated endpapers. Time Period 19th Century. Locale: Canada. (History--Canada, Clothing, Food, Health, Housekeeping, Private Life, Social History--Canada).

Condition: Very Good. 4to signed on the half-title by author , sketch illustrations, illustrated eps, pp. 239. Signed by Author. book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Csakany, Gabriel; Kotulsky, Ivan; Maggs, Arnaud; Ike, Karol; (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. Features: Gorgeous Revlon lipstick ad; Like Father, Like Daughter - Princess Anne; Could you live in Kitchener-Waterloo? - article with photos; The Girls Who Leave Home; Day of Storm (story); Former nun Leona A. Brady talks about leaving the convent, her marriage and motherhood; Communes - a new 'family' way of life - with photo of Jim and Pat Wilson and their baby in the Yellow Ford Truck on Toronto's Baldwin St.; Late Summer Fruits; Sew 18 Fashions for Half the Ready to Wear Cost. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Beny, Roloff (photography) (illustrator). First Edition. 112 pages. Features: How to Trace Your Family Tree; 50 Experts Predict Your Future; Image of Canada; Women on the Go - Past; Women on the Go - Present; 200 Years of Canadian Art. Fiction: Napika; Horses of the Night. Food/Homes: A Centennial Feast; The Way We Lived; The Way We Ate; Shopping with Chatelaine; Meals of the Month; Homemaker's Diary. Other Articles: The Way We Looked; Centennial Sampler to Cross-Stitch; When Your Baby is Premature. Nice colour-photo ads for: Avon, Miss Clairol, World Book Encyclopedia, Wabasso, Nivea, St. Moritz cigarettes, Kraft salad dressings, Miracle Whip, Dole Boutique Desserts, Tampax, Northern Electric phones, Red Rose tea, McVitie's Biscuits, Smirnov Vodka (feature Phil Silvers), Clover Leaf tinned fish, Chun King foods, E.D. Smith Ketchup, Canada Dry ginger ale, Modess. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this fun and informative memento of Canada's Centennial in 1967.