Rex Stella Hay (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. cription Practical Hooked Rugs Author: Stella Hay Rex Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York Date: 1950 Printing: Second printing Format: Hardcover with dust jacket Pagination: 173 pages Condition: Good book / Good dust jacket Second printing of Stella Hay Rex's practical guide to the design, materials, and techniques of traditional hooked rugs. Published by Prentice-Hall in 1950, this standard-format hardcover offers instruction for rug hookers and readers interested in American folk art, textile crafts, domestic arts, decorative design, and mid-century handicraft publishing. The book is illustrated and includes practical discussion of design, color, texture, and technique—the core elements emphasized in Rex's later expanded work, Choice Hooked Rugs. This 173-page edition should be distinguished from shorter booklet-format works and later editions or reprints that may appear in online catalogues under similar titles. It is a useful period reference for collectors of rug-hooking books, needlework, handmade rugs, folk-art textiles, and vintage craft instruction. Condition: Good in a Good dust jacket. The book is complete and structurally sound, but there is a discolored patch on the rear cover corresponding to slight waviness in that area of the pages. The dust jacket is present and shows considerable wear and discoloration on rear cover. It is structurally sound though, hence the good rating. Please examine photos.…

3 Bll., 250 SS. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln. Opbd. Einband etwas bestoßen.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black cloth on boards with bright gilt design to front and titling to spine. Book is tight, square, sharp-cornered and free of major flaws or markings inside and out, other than date and inscription to ffep. Unclipped pictorial Dust jacket shows original price of $6.00 - some scuffing, chipping and closed tears but at least Good+, perhaps VG.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo. pp. xiv, 173. many b/w illus. index. cloth (covers bumped & bit frayed). First Edition.