Like new condition- 1974- rare find full of needlework ideas and instructions.  See photos for some of the projects to do.  Gift ideas and home decor.  95 pages

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

Simplicity’s How-To Book, 1974, Rare

Needlework Plus Magazine 

Paperback book demonstrates the artist’s techniques of oil painting.  66 pages, 1981 printing

The Magic of Oil Painting 

Booklet is tight, no crease in binding, 1985, 112 pages of instructions, pictures, and diagrams to complete your project.

Sunset Do-it-Yourself, 1985

Furniture Upholstery 

Ellen Appel

Book shows age on binding but is tight and clean.  1978 printing- 180 pages of photos, instructions, and ideas for fiber raft projects.

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

1978, 180 pages

The Fibercraft Sampler

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Magazine full of craft projects using various materials and techniques.  Patterns, instructions, and photos included.   March 1999, 81 pages.  Like new

Alene’s Craft Club Magazine, March 1999

Margaret Hubert

Book is clean and tight, no damage, dust cover has some wear on edges.  1981, 96 pages.  Black & white and cold photos with crochet instructions for your weekend project.  Great gift ideas!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Weekend Crochet Projects

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Susan P. Beck

Instructions, photos, and diagrams, 1997, 128 pages, clean, tight book, previous owner wrote name in front on title page.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Sew-Fast Gift Ideas

Quick Sewing Projects from Placemats

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Joyce E. Cusick

Make beautiful gifts using lace that will become heirlooms.  160 pages, 1993.

More than 40 Enchanting Projects to Make

Covers the history of lacework, techniques of sewing with lace, and instructions for making traditional and contemporary projects, including crafts using cutwork and Battenberg lace

Crafting with Lace

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Great ideas for holiday gifts for under $10, 2002, 176 pages.  

For under $10

Sew Creative Gifts

Second book of blending photos with fabric, make your quilts personal by adding your photos.  Instructions, diagrams, and photos make it easy to do.

2008, 143 pages

Blending Photos with Fabric 2

Franki Kohler

Make beautiful keepsakes using fabric and others materials- 47 pages of diagrams and instructions.  2006

Keepsakes You Can Make and Mail

Franki Kohler teaches six different techniques for making mailable fabric postcards that are useful for greetings, invitations, announcements, and more.

Fast Fun and Easy Fabric Postcards

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Pam Lindquist

For creating pillows from quilt blocks, have a Pillow Party.   Full color photos and step-by-step instructions.  80 pages, 2004, new condition 

Creating Pillows from Quilt Blocks

Add an armful of pillows to a sofa, bed, or chair, and the space becomes instantly inviting. Add a quilter's touch for a whole new kind of charm! Make heaps of gorgeous pillows from 12" quilt blocks. Book jacket.

Pillow Party

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Quiltmaker, magazine, Vol 15, No 2, Mar/April 1996 , #48

Tips, techniques  & patterns for today’s quilters

Quiltmaker, magazine, Vol 15, No 2, Mar/April 1996 

Barbara Taylor

Mark O'Shea

Snakes & reptiles- 255 pages of photos and information- 700 photographs and illustrations.  2006 printing 

Discover the amazing world of snakes, crocodiles, lizards, and turtles, with over 700 photographs and illustrations.

The Great Big Book of Snakes and Reptiles

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Scholastic book about sealife written in 2011.  96 pages of photos and information.  

Sharks & Underwater Monsters

Three tales about a cat with a knack for adventure and his care giver Marla.  Follow along as they solve three mysteries- some have said they enjoyed the humor of the cat’s journey.  

Marla & George - Cat Tails

Susan Weeks

The reader traces the paths of our ancestors from around the world to create our country and learn about the challenges they met.  Follows many families and includes interesting stories about their lives.  450 pages of well-documented facts.   A great reference book for genealogists and generations to come.

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

CROSSING PATHS-Ancestry Through History

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Theresa Bannan

History of the Irish who settled in Onondaga County New York, original book 1911, reproduced by Scholars Choice, 333 psges

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Pioneer Irish of Onondaga - Scholar's Choice Edition

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A milepost guide book for the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.  Items of historical significance and technical details.   177 pages, softcover, third edition 2012.
Ships from South Carolina.

The Official Guidebook - Great Smoky Mtns RR

Passage through Time- Milepost Guide

Francois Joseph] 1604-169 [Le Mercier

Historical papers reprinted from  old catalog 1604-1690 - the discovery of the Salt Springs at Salina 1654-8, 58 pages, paperback.
Ships from South Carolina.

Papers Relating to the First Settlement at Onondaga, and the Discovery of the Salt Springs at Salina

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Alexis Gregory

John Kenneth Galbraith

 Families of Fortune, Life in the gilded age, by Alexis Gregory, 1993, 224 pages, 10” x 12”, Coffee table book.  Slight tear on edge of dust jacket (see photo).   Stories and photos of affluent families and their homes. 
Ships from South Carolina.

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

Life in the Gilded Age

Never in history were greater fortunes made and spent than in the Gilded Age, a period of immense prosperity that lasted in Europe from the 1870's through 1914 and in the United States until the Great Crash of 1929.

Families of Fortune

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History of the Vikings and Ragnar Lothbrok, mythology, quests in America, England, France, Scotland, Ireland, and Russia.  Paperback, pages 302. 

3rd Edition 

Ragnar Lothbrok and a History of the Vikings

R. P. Hollis

Second book in the Kent Detective Agency Mystery series, Aspiring, South Carolina, author introduces characters as they solve the mystery of the
Poison pen letters, takes place in Florida, 251 pages.

A Kent Detective Agency Mystery 

The Poison Pen

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Kate Salley Palmer

James H. Palmer

Tells a story of South Carolina Native Americans, folktale. 
8 1/2” x 11”, hardcover, well
Illustrated.    SC education Press

History

A South Carolina Native American Folktale

Otter observes the first meeting of the Lady of Cofitachequi and her people with Hernando de Soto and his men.

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