Description and condition: Pictorial cloth, 8vo, 248pp, 4pp publisher adverts, decorated EPs, b/w illustrations. Very good with moderate bumping to spine ends and corners, Higher Education Committee price pasted on FPEP, lightly shaken in parts, nice clean pages throughout. Contents: Intended for the layperson the book covers the following subjects: wood carving, beaten metal work or repousse, clay modelling and metal work in relief, enamelling and enamelled jewellery, bookbinding and leather work, inlaying and stained wood decoration, gesso, or painting in relief, fret work, needlework: planning and designing, animal forms in decoration, stencilling, poker work on wood and leather, decorative painting for rooms and furniture. SCARCE first edition of this work. |