Ireland's Traditional Crafts
by Shaw-Smith David
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500013217
- ISBN 13
- 9780500013212
- Seller
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Greenwood, Nova Scotia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$63.12NZ$31.57
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About This Item
London: Thames And Hudson Ltd, 1984. Edited by David Shaw-Smith with 440 illustrations, 125 in color. Photographs by David Shaw-Smith. Drawings by Sally Shaw-Smith. Foreword by Justin Keating. This extraordinary book offers in it contents ten thematic sections - Textiles - Stonework - Woodwork - Leather - Metalwork - Pottery - Glassware - Candle Making - Fly Tying - Willow,Rush, Straw, and Rural Life. We are introduced to the practice (with step-by-step descriptions and other guidance on how skills are excercised) , the history and the people. For in these pages you will be able to join the craftsmen and women who keep the old crafts alive. What beautiful lace designs! A map, about the contributors, suggested further reading list, places to visit and index has been provided. Price-intact illustrated dust jacket. A vey attractive copy which promises to please.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.
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- Bookseller
- Gilt Edge Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B2276
- Title
- Ireland's Traditional Crafts
- Author
- Shaw-Smith David
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0500013217
- ISBN 13
- 9780500013212
- Publisher
- Thames And Hudson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- Ireland + Ireland's Crafts + Spinning + Dyeing + Weaving + Lace + Crochet + Millestone Dressing + Drystone Walling + Coopering + Furniture + Hulls + Pipes + Spinning Wheels
- Bookseller catalogs
- IRELAND;
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