Quilts and Other Bed Coverings in the Canadian Tradition
by McKendry, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0442297785
- ISBN 13
- 9780442297787
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd.. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 0442297785 . 240 p. 31 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. A little light wear to the corner tips. Minor soil to front edge of the text block. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has edge and corner wear, including some tears, creasing, and crinkling. It is shelf rubbed. Flaps are darkened. Price clipped. An examination of the development and survival of nineteenth century handmade bedding in Upper Canada and Ontario. Describes the making and use of feather beds, ticks, bed furniture, sheets, coverlets, quilts, spreads and blankets. Illustrated with mostly black and white photographs. May require extra postage due to weight of book. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5033
- Title
- Quilts and Other Bed Coverings in the Canadian Tradition
- Author
- McKendry, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0442297785
- ISBN 13
- 9780442297787
- Publisher
- Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- 0442297785
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Homeward Bound Books
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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