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Biblio features a wide variety of rare hobby and crafts books in the Biblio Rare Book Room. If your passion is origami, squash, or magic, Biblio has the rare and antique book for you. Many of these niche books are signed or first editions, and they would be sure to add diversity to your rare and antique book collection. Many of the rare hobby and crafts books featured in the Biblio Rare Book Room have bold illustrations and unique bindings.

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Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by...

Finlands Ryor. Textilhistorisk unders?kning. Med 93 f?rgplanscher och 334 bilder i texten by Sirelius, U.T

by Sirelius, U.T

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P.A. Norstedt & Soners. Stockholm, 1925. Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE NEW boxes Ex-Museum Library, front hinge splitting, tape repaired to margins of cover, blindstamped several pages, still internally good. * rm
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An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hundered Examples of Games, and a Great...
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An Easy Introduction to the Game of Chess: containing one hundered Examples of Games, and a Great Variety of Critical Situations and Conclusions; including the whole of Philidor's Analysis, with copious selections from Stamma, the Calabrois, &c. Arranged

by Anonymous

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Used - Good to very good
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First
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Hardcover
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Fort Worth, Texas
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[26 ad]+282+[2 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 4 3/4") bound in original stiff boards with spine label in black lettering. (Hagedorn: 3. 1817) First American edition.This is the third chess book published in the United States and was not noted by Fiske in his bibliographical work. A revised edition was also published in 1817. Fisk first notes this in 1824, as a reprint of the London 1806 edition and notes that it was reprinted in England in 1809, 1813, 1819 and at other times. The name of the compiler has never been made public. The miscellaneous collection of anecdotes, essays and poems at the end is not without interest.Condition:Corners bumped and rubbed, paper hinges cracked, spine rubbed, former owner's label on front paste down else a good to very good copy of a very scarce chess item.
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ARCHERY. The Badmington Library of sports and pastimes

ARCHERY. The Badmington Library of sports and pastimes

by LONGMAN. C. J. & WALROND. Col. H

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Hardcover
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London, Greater London
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Longmans, Green and Co. London. 1894. FIRST EDITION.8vo. Fully illustrated throughout. Fine copy in half dark green morocco binding. Spine letttered and decorated in gilt. Marbled paper on boards.
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Coltelli d'autore: I capolavori dei maestri americani (Collana I Grandi libri) (Italian Edition)
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Coltelli d'autore: I capolavori dei maestri americani (Collana I Grandi libri) (Italian Edition)

by Roberto Allara

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Used - Fine
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1st
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Hardcover
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Granville, New York
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Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Priuli & Verlucca, 1998. Folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/4", 214pp., lavishly illustrated with full color plates. Text in Italian. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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The Shove Ha'penny Board Displayed  A Treatise wherein , Together with the History, the Whole...

The Shove Ha'penny Board Displayed A Treatise wherein , Together with the History, the Whole Practice of That Diverting Art and Admirable Mystewry are Described

by Dayrell-Reed, Trelawney

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Used - Very Good
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First Printing of the First Edition
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Hardcover
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Victoria, British Columbia
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London: Christophers, 1934. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing of the First Edition. Very good, with sometoning to covers, and darkening to spine. Prev. owner bookplate. Scarce..
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The Tang of Height.
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The Tang of Height.

by [Women's Studio Workshop] Phyllida Bluemel.

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Used
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Edition of 49
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Hoover, Alabama
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Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop,, 2016.. Edition of 49. 8 x 7.75"; 80 pages. Screen-printed illustrations on newsprint, brown paper, and Seawhite sugar paper. Digitally printed text in 10 point Sans and Adobe Garamond Pro on Mohawk superfine paper. Coptic bound, with a wraparound board cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. WSW: "The Tang of Height was inspired by Phyllida's discovery of recurring appearance of box kites in the biographies of nineteenth-century scholars. Taking that shape as a metaphor for philosophical method and 20th-century thinking, the artist ties together the lives of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alexander Graham Bell, and Nan Shepherd through archival fragments - images and ideas that resonate. These details connect across disciplines, flickering between the abstract and the particular; the philosophical and the personal - a poetry of facts. The screen-printed illustrations, as inserts, float freely of the text and reveal non-linguistic connections… Read More
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Neil Cost: Magic with Wood: A Photographic Collection of Unique and Rare Turkey Calls
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Neil Cost: Magic with Wood: A Photographic Collection of Unique and Rare Turkey Calls

by Marks, Michael F.

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Used- Fine
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Hardcover
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Longmont, Colorado
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Long Cane Press, 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. Used- Fine condition. Signed by the author. Book is number 537 of the numbered and signed first edition. Book is clean and tight. Book shows light shelf wear. Slight crease along the bottom edge on the front cover of the dust jacket. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated
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Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated: A Complete and Authentic Description of All Modern Elongateds, 1960-1978

by Rosato, Angelo A.

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Used - Fine
Edition
First Edition
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Hardcover
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Madison, Indiana
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New Milford, CT: Angros Publishers, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick quarto. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. Fine / Fine. 1732 pp. Turquoise leatherette on board with gold lettering on front board and spine. Signatured, stitched, and glued. Original unclipped dust jacket showing price of $129.95. Profusely illustrated with photos and drawings by the author. Dust jacket now in archival protective sleeve.Learn a bit about this book on YouTube. "Geraldine Rosato - Encyclopedia of the Modern Elongated by Angelo A. Rosato" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ipbb6gn6sI&ab_channel=ZachEdick
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Birdman Of Alcatraz
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Birdman Of Alcatraz

by Gaddis, Thomas E.

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Used - Very Good
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Stated First Edition
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Hardcover
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Salem, Oregon
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RARE SIGNED STATED FIRST EDITION: Gaddis, Thomas E.: Birdman Of Alcatraz, The Story of Robert Stroud .1955 Random House 1st. Ed. w/ exlib replacement 1st Ed. DJ is an original HARVEY GABOR White/black jail bars/ bird inset dust jacket protected by a mylar wrap. Unclipped Front flap states 9/55. Used. Good-/Good condition original dust jacket. Front cover states: "The fantastic true story of the prisoner with the longest record of solitary confinement in the United States – who became a leading authority on birds." The original source material for the gripping American film starring Burt Lancaster. Quite the find. Will ship from Oregon.
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1698 Book of SECRETS Health & Beauty Perfumes Makeup Fashion Arts Medicine RARE
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1698 Book of SECRETS Health & Beauty Perfumes Makeup Fashion Arts Medicine RARE

by BOUDE, J.

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Used - Near Fine
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Hardcover
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COLUMBIA, Missouri
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1698 Book of SECRETS Health & Beauty Perfumes Makeup Fashion Arts Medicine RARE
'Recueil de Secrets' is a rare, late 17th-century collection of 'self-help' secrets. Equivalent to the modern-day 'life hacks', this book contains hundreds of entries on important topics including health and beauty tips – (perfume making, artificial pearls jewelry, using makeup, etc.), arts, sciences, and even treatment and care of animal diseases.
Item number: #18457
Price: $750
BOUDE, J.
Recueil de secrets divisé en deux parties, la première concernant la conservation de la santé & de la beauté. La seconde, concernant les arts & les maladies des animaux
A Toulouse : Chez la veuve de J.J. Boude, 1698.

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Collation: Complete with all pages – 2 parts
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Part I – [12], 120
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Part II – [4], 150
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Language: French
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Binding: Leather; tight and secure
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Size: ~6in X 3.75in (15.5cm x 9.5cm)
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Abbildung der Gemein-Nützlichen Haupt-Stände von denen Regenten und ihrer so in Friedens als...
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Abbildung der Gemein-Nützlichen Haupt-Stände von denen Regenten und ihrer so in Friedens als Kriegs-Zelten zugeordneten Bedienten an bib auf alle Künstler und Handwercker…

by WEIGEL, Christoff.

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Used
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Hardcover
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Paris, France
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Regenspurg, Gedruckt… 1698.
4to [196 x 155 mm] (8) ll., 684 pages misnumbered 676; (1) l., 212 copper-engravings on full-page. Full light-brown calf, spine ribbed and richly decorated, red edges.
Contemporary binding.
First edition of this famous illustrated book about crafts in the XVIIth century. illustrated with 212 copper-engravings and a frontispiece.
Bauer, Weigel 1062, 10; Lipperheide Pe.; Brunet Suppl. II. 941 ; VD17 1:081343C; BL/STC German Books W-688
According to Brunet, there is a state before the numbers, which is the case in this copy.
"First edition of Weigel's popular account of trades and crafts, a book famed for its detailed descriptions of contemporary professions and guilds. Some, like fishermen and ship's captains, were rather unusual in Nuremberg or southern Germany".
" Geschätzt wegen dekorativer, genauer Darstellungen zeitgenössischer Stände und Handwerke mit entspr. Beschreibungen, die 'einen wichtigen Einblick in Handwerk, Künste und Handel zur Zeit Weigels' (B. 836)… Read More
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The Art of Fire

The Art of Fire: Beginning Glassblowing

by James McKelvey

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Used - Good
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Paperback
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Longmont, Colorado
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Third Degree Press, 2006. Good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear; overall a clean, solid copy with minimal signs of use. Note by author(?) on title page; proofreading notes penned into upper half of inside of back cover. No other marks. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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A Brief History of the Quilt (Deluxe).
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A Brief History of the Quilt (Deluxe).

by Schwartzott, Carol.

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Used
Edition
Edition of 5
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Hardcover
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Hoover, Alabama
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Freeville, New York:: Lilliput Press,, 2022.. Edition of 5. 13 x 15 x 4" wooden cabinet with 8 x 10 x 2" book laid in. Shadow box on front of box containing sewing items - spools of thread, quilt sample, thimbles, bobbins with thread, pin cushion with pins and threaded needle, scissor, small glass jars of beads and buttons. Glass cover protects the items. Book with 11 small hand quilt samples as illustrations. Printed with an archival pigment printer on Mohawk superfine vellum. Archival rag mat board for quilt windows. Book bound in green book cloth with layered paper title on front board. Cloth pull for lifting book from box. Box with metal clasp closure. Signed and numbered by the artist. Carol Schwartzott: "'A Brief History of the Quilt' was first issued in 1996. The National Museum of Women held a yearly competition for women book artists. The chosen book was given a grant to create/print/bind in an edition of 125 copies - 100 to the Museum and 25 held back to the artist.… Read More
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‎Le Journal des Dames. 131 hand coloured fashion plates.
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‎Le Journal des Dames. 131 hand coloured fashion plates.

by [LA MÉSANGÈRE, Pierre Joseph Antoine LEBOUT de]

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Richelieu, France
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Paris: Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1820. A lovely collection of 131 beautifully hand coloured fashion engravings from "‎Le Journal des Dames et des Modes de l'Empire..." Without any explanatory text. Each plate is entitled "Costumes Parisiens." The first plate is dated 12 (1803) the last is from 1830. The contemporary quarter leather binding has a deep red spine with gilt design and titles. red cloth boards. A little rubbing to both. Inside the plates are in good, clean condition, with a few foxing spots here and there. A very nice collection. Each plate is hand coloured. They measure 110 by 118mm (4¼ by 4¾ inches) The "Journal des dames et des modes" was inspired by the "Revue de La Mésangère". (Colas 1565; Lipperheide, zb 15; Hiler, 486). "Begun in June 1797, this journal was continued without interruption until the end of 1829. Every five days an issue appeared with a beautiful colored figure representing a costume, and the issue for the 15th of each month even contained two… Read More
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Buckskin The Ancient Art of Braintanning
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Buckskin The Ancient Art of Braintanning

by Steven.Edholm; Tamara Wilder

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Like New
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First Printing
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Paperback
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Martinez, California
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First printing (number line contains "1").
Book cover like new, slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Proceeds benefit Friends of the Library; books sold are NOT ex-library.
"Honest and reliable service - every book hand-packaged with care."
Try this easy to use field guide to braintanning -the same tanning method used for thousands of years by American Indians- and learn how to make your own velvety soft, durable and washable buckskin, all without the use of dangerous of polluting chemicals.
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