Woman’s Handiwork in Modern Homes

by Constance Cary Harrison

$300 · Offered by John Windle Antiquarian

First edition

New York : Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1881. 8vo., xii, 242 pp., five chromolithographic plates and numerous uncolored engravings in the text. Original green cloth, stamped in burgundy ink, gilt title to upper board, some fraying to the edges of the boards; very good. Contemporary bookseller’s label and later ownership signature on front pastedown. § First edition. Detailed instructions and ideas for decorative projects in the home, ranging from

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