Anness Publishing, 1999, 506 pages. All the popular Fairy Tales by HCA and Folk Tales by the Brothers Grimm in one volume. Like new, no markings or signs of wear. 
#hca #denmark #danish #copenhagen #fairy #mermaid

 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Ohio

Fairy Tale Hans Christian Andersen and Folk Tales The Brothers Grimm

1975, 96 pages. Very good used condition, one mark on cover as shown. Pages have changed color slightly over time. Classic recipes and tips from the BH&G test kitchen. #cookbook #baking #cookies #brownies #grandma #family #homemade

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Better Homes and Gardens, Homemade Cookies Cookbook

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Each booklet is 48 pages. 
Apple published 1978, Cherry published 1984, Strawberry published 1986. Fun 
Sweet little books, gently used, no rips, tears, or markings. Classic recipes from yesteryear. 
#vintage #cooking #baking #fruit #apple #strawberry #cherry #vintage #retro


Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Strawberry/Cherry/Apple

One Hundred One Fruit Recipes

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DK Eyewitness Travel Top 10 New Orleans with pullout map. 
2017, 128 pages
pullout map shows a little wear.  
#travel #dk #nola #neworleans #bigeasy #bourbonstreet #america

Let the good times roll! New Orleans is a constant mosaic of color and life, and this top 10 guide puts all the fun at your fingertips. Find the best live music venues and attend colorful festivals and events. Visit must-see museums and galleries, view the city's many architectural highlights, and discover new places to shop or browse. Our insider tips help you find fun places for children and outline the top hotels and restaurants to make your trip unforgettable.

True to its name, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 New Orleans covers all the major sights and attractions in easy-to-use "top 10" lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.

   * Itineraries help you plan your trip.
   * Top 10 lists feature off-the-beaten-track ideas, along with standbys like the top attractions, shopping, dining options, and more.
   * Comprehensive laminated pull-out map includes color-coded design, public transportation maps, and street indexes.
   * Maps of walking routes show you the best ways to maximize your time.
   * Additional maps marked with sights from the guidebook are shown on inside cover flaps, with selected street index and metro map.


The perfect pocket-size travel companion: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 New Orleans.

Recommended: For an in-depth guidebook to New Orleans, check out DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Orleans, which offers the most complete cultural coverage of the city; trip-planning itineraries by interest and length of stay; 3-D cross-section illustrations of major sights and attractions; thousands of photographs, illustrations, and maps; and more.

Series Overview: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Top 10s are handy travel guides that take the work out of planning a trip. Packed with amazing ideas, informative maps, insider tips, and useful advice, DK's Top 10 guides lead you to the very best your destination has to offer. The pocket size make these the perfect guide to take on vacation. Discover the history, art, architecture, and culture of your destination through Top 10 lists, from the best museums, bars, and sights to the places to avoid.

DK Eyewitness Top 10 New Orleans

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Superstitions From Black Cats to see Mistletoe, the Hair of the Dog to the Number 13,: Spells, Signs, Charms, Cures, Potions, Taboos, Talismans, and more!
By Peter Lorie
Simon and Schuster, 1992, 256 pages
 Excellent gently used condition. 

• Why the groom must carry his bride over the threshold of their home and what will happen to him if he doesn’t
• How to employ a rabbit’s foot and other charms to protect yourself from evil spirits and bad luck
• Why we say “God bless you “when someone has sneezed
• What might happen if you don’t wear black to a funeral
• Who is suspected to be looking over your shoulder and why salt must be tossed at him if ever it is spilled
• why the luckiest thing you ever did was to pick up this fascinating book!
#superstitions #superstitious #supernatural #taboos #charms #luck 

A collection of charms, cures, taboos, and other omens delves into the origins of popular superstitions, describing why opening an umbrella in the house, walking under a ladder, and breaking a mirror is bad luck. 30,000 first printing.

Superstitions

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Better Homes & Gardens Professional Sewing Tips 
1966, 62 pages, hardcover

Small book full of information and tips on all kinds of sewing basics. 

Book is is good condition for age. Laminate in cover is peeling slightly and pages have darkened due to age.
#sewing #sew #seamstress #tailoring #tailor #fashion #vintage #homeschool #craft #crafting 

Professional Sewing Tips

60 pages, hardcover
Former library book with plastic book jacket and library markings. No signs of use. 
#smithsonian #museum #africanamerican #history #culture #washingtondc #washington #americanhistory

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture is truly groundbreaking!

The first national museum whose mission is to illuminate for all people, the rich, diverse, complicated, and important experiences and contributions of African Americans in America is opening.
And the history of NMAAHC--the last museum to be built on the National Mall--is the history of America.

The campaign to set up a museum honoring black citizens is nearly 100 years old; building the museum itelf and assembling its incredibly far-reaching collections is a modern story that involves all kinds of people, from educators and activists, to politicians, architects, curators, construction workers, and ordinary Americans who donated cherished belongings to be included in NMAAHC's thematically-organized exhibits.

Award-winning author Tonya Bolden has written a fascinating chronicle of how all of these ideas, ambitions, and actual objects came together in one incredible museum. Includes behind-the-scenes photos of literally "how to build a museum" that holds everything from an entire segregated railroad car to a tiny West African amulet worn to ward off slave traders.

How to Build a Museum

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Signed by author on inside front page as shown in photo. 
2007, 160 pages, hardcover 
New. 
#cooking #cookbook #cook #chef #foodie #maritius #nola #neworleans 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

One of America's most innovative chefs delves into a lesser-known aspect of global cuisine: the effect of crossing cultures, and therefore cuisines, in the world's tropical belt. Nearly all major European and Asian cultures have had adventures (and misadventures) in the tropics for more than a thousand years, leaving behind an exotic, tangled, and delicious web of influences. Once thought to be the simple home of the pineapple or coconut, the tropics from the Caribbean to Latin America to India to Vietnam are now understood to be one of the most fascinating culinary regions imaginable.

Dominique's Tropical Latitudes

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2013, 128 pages, hardcover
Excellent condition, only signs of use are too corner of jacket. 
#cookbook #cooking #cook #chef #belgium #belgian #waffle #frites #foodie #travel #europe #european 

Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes and Techniques in over 60 Classic Recipes

The recipes in this book evoke the tastes and textures of traditional Belgian cooking. All the classics are here, including cream of endive soup, Flemish-style asparagus, bef stew with beer, Belgian frites and chocolate mousse. The recipes come with cook's tips, variations and nutritional information.

The Food and Cooking of Belguim

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1989, 246 pages, hardcover. 
Very good gently used condition. Signs of age on page e edges and slight signs of use on book jacket. No missing or torn pages or markings of any kind. 
#oz #wizard #wizardofoz #wicked #glinda #dorothy #judygarland #movie #movies #classic #theater #acting #actor 

The Official 50th Anniversary Pictoral History

The Wizard of Oz

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Knitting Architecture
20 Patterns Exploring Form, Function, and Detail
By Tanis Gray
2013, 160 pages
Like New condition

Explore patterns that reveal the foundations of knitting design: form following function, details of construction, and the special relationship between raw materials and a finished product.
There are many parallels between Adena sweater in constructing a building: both of these processes rely on an idea, a blueprint or schematic, math, materials, and a little bit of inspiration. Choice is made in constructing the garment such as creating yolks, shaping, and homes, mimic the choice is made as a building is constructed. In both cases, these elements come together to striking effect. 
#knit #knitting #craft #crafting #handmade #design #patterns


Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

20 Patterns Exploring Form, Function, and Detail

Explore the true foundations of knitting design: construction, form following function, stability, and ornamentation.

The parallels between knitting a sweater and constructing a building seem obvious when considered. Sweaters suspend from yokes and shoulders; vertical planes are shaped to provide fit and allow movement; necklines, sleeves, and hems are adapted for specific purposes. Stitch patterns and textures elaborate design themes, and new and unusual materials can be used to striking effect.

Tanis Gray has curated a collection of designs from some of today's most innovative designers, all inspired by architectural themes. From accessories based on art-nouveau ironwork to a sweater that mimics Bauhaus style to a dress based on Greek sculpture, Knitting Architecture celebrates design through history.

Knitting Architecture

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Horse Mania
Lexington Arts and Cultural Council 
2000, 96 pages, hardcover 
Good used condition. Book itself is in excellent condition but there is substantial water damage to book jacket. 

Horse Mania swept into Lexington, Kentucky, during June 2000, bringing 79 art horses to the city streets. A public art project of the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council, colorful and imaginative horses were an immediate hit with the public and sparked a festival of public art throughout the summer and fall. 
Thousands passed through downtown and along the Horse Mania trail, looking, touching, and snapping pictures of the horses. This book is a photographic full-color tour of Horse Mania by Lexington art photographer Mary S. Razny, and it is a complete record of all the horses as they appeared in their respective locations, with captions that describe each horse, its setting, its artist, and its sponsor.
#Horse #horses #lexington #kentucky #painting #derby #art


A Public Art Project of the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council

Horse Mania

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Quilt Masterpieces by Susanna Pfeffer. 1988, 112 pages. Gently used condition. 
The quilt is considered one of America’s premier folk arts.
Within the pages of this volume are 48 of America’s finest quilts, representing a broad cross-section of the art. 
Each quilt, beautifully reproduced in full color photograph, occupies an entire page, allowing every detail to be studied carefully. Accompanying text and descriptions help put each quilt into its proper historical and artistic perspective.
#quilt #quilter #quilting #craft #crafting #sewing #sew #fabric

For generations, quilts have provided warmth, beauty, and often a sense of family history to American homes. These carefully hand-crafted heirlooms have evolved from functional pieces in ancient times to sophisticated works of art that grace museum Walls today. This sumptuous book celebrates 48 of America's most famous quilts, complete with the name of its creator, the material and technique used, the size, date, and place of origin, and the quilt's present ownership. Susanna Pfeffer also weaves a fascinating glimpse into the history of quilting and describes the basic quilt categories, from patchwork to contemporary. This stunning full-color volume will appeal to collectors and quilters alike.

Quilt Masterpieces

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The Ultimate Quilting Book by Maggi McCormick Gordon. 
1999. 448 pages 
Very good condition. Inscription as shown in photo. Minimal signs of use on corner. 

A comprehensive gallery of classic quilts, from Amish to Baltimore and Log Cabin to Nine Patch

Over 1000 inspirational ideas and practical tips

A library of trace off motifs to use again and again

Over 1000 illustrations and photographs

A full range of techniques shown in easy to follow step-by-step sequences. 
#quilt #quilting #quilters #craft #crafts #handmade #sewing #fabric 


Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Over 1,000 Inspirational Ideas and Practical Tips

More than 200 antique and contemporary quilts, nearly 100 classic patchwork patterns, 800 color and 200 black-and-white illustrations, 25 projects, and a library of 100 trace-off appliqu#65533; and quilting motifs. “An astonishingly beautiful book at an astounding price. The biggest book bargain to appear in a long, long time.”—The Quilter.


The Ultimate Quilting Book

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Favorite Brand Name Recipe Cookbook Vintage softcover 
1981, 384 pages

This book is jampacked with recipes and includes a comprehensive index. Book is in good condition for age with slight damage at top of spine as shown in photo. Pages have darkened due to age. 

The most complete collection of all-time favorite recipes ever! Here are the box top and side panel classics from hundreds of brand-name food products. Appetizers, soups, salads, casseroles, main dishes, sandwiches, sweets, and much more – you’ll find thousands of the most popular recipes in Favorite Brand Name Recipe Cookbook. 
Far more comprehensive than any previous brand name cookbook, this one has all those terrific recipes you never got around to clipping off empty food packages. Hundreds of food companies have contributed their most requested recipes. 

#vintage #retro #brand #cooking #70s #80s #recipes #grandma #food #nostalgia

Favorite Brand Name Recipes

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1994, Dover Publications, 88 pages. Good gently used condition. Pages are discolored due to age. 
#chicago #sandburg #chicago #american #midwest #city 

Written in the poet's unique personal idiom, these early poems include "Chicago," "Fog," "To a Contemporary Bunkshooter," "Who Am I?" and "Under the Harvest Moon," as well as many others on themes of war, immigrant life, death, love, loneliness, and the beauty of nature. New introductory Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines. Includes 2 selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "Fog" and "Chicago."

Chicago Poems

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#simplicity #sewing #crafts 


Simplicity Sewing Book 
Vintage Book 
1972, 256 pages, softcover

Full of straightforward basic information covering all the basics of sewing. 
• equipment
• picking a proper pattern 
• what’s in the pattern for you?
• bias? On grain? We’ll explain!
• from pattern to fabric to the unit system of sewing 

And much more!

Very good condition to age. Softcover shows slight wear and pages have darkened due to age

Erin R

@eclectic_selections_by_erin

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