Valued as practical household items, admired as works of painstaking artistic creation, cherished as family heirlooms, our quilts also tell much about who we are, how we live, and what we believe. The 103 quilts featured here (all drawn from the Nebraska Quilt Project survey) exemplify more than a century and a quarter of quiltmaking, from the territorial period to the 1980s. The descriptions of the patterns, materials, and quiltmaking techniques are rounded out with biographical sketches of the quiltmakers women, children, ...
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Valued as practical household items, admired as works of painstaking artistic creation, cherished as family heirlooms, our quilts also tell much about who we are, how we live, and what we believe. The 103 quilts featured here (all drawn from the Nebraska Quilt Project survey) exemplify more than a century and a quarter of quiltmaking, from the territorial period to the 1980s. The descriptions of the patterns, materials, and quiltmaking techniques are rounded out with biographical sketches of the quiltmakers women, children, and men whose stories are as varied as the quilts they made. Quiltmakers, quilt collectors, and those who simply admire quilts will treasure this compendium of Nebraska s quiltmaking traditions."
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Good. All orders are dispatched within 1 working day from our UK warehouse. Established in 2004, we are dedicated to recycling unwanted books on behalf of a number of UK charities who benefit from added revenue through the sale of their books plus huge savings in waste disposal. No quibble refund if not completely satisfied.
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages are clean; bit of edge wear to the wraps and small creases to the fore corners. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 245 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade.
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VG/VG- 0803214529. Hardback first edition with previous owner's bookplate with marked-through name on front pastedown. Pages tight, white, clean. DJ crisp, glossy with several small edge tears in the quarter-inch range. Not a former library copy.;
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Fine in Fine jacket. 9 x 11 1/2. 246 page hardcover with many illustrations (color and b/w). The quilts are mostly shown in color, the historic photos are b/w. No flaws. Dust jacket is bright, complete and clean. Full green cloth exterior with title on spine in gold. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. University of Nebraska Press, 1991. First edition, full green cloth hard cover with dust jacket. A clean, tight, crisp copy. Dust jacket with trace of rubbing to upper rear tip, offered in new mylar cover. 245pp., index of quiltmakers, index of quilts, photographs. An accurate overview of the state's quiltmaking traditions, and the examples of quilts reflect various ethnic groups and also migration routes from eastern states. Directed to quiltmakers, quilt researchers, quilt-book collectors and others interested in local history and culture, women's history and folk art. Large book: NO international orders. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to-over 9"-12" Tall.
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