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Presentation copy with a warm inscription by Chéri Charles on behalf of husband and wife: "A Monsieur et Madam / Harold T. Boucher / In memory of their trip to / France that brought them in / contact with the [?] our / heart / Chérie et Robert Charles". Additionally signed by J. Hilary Barth. 8vo: 9 x 6-1/4", [64]pp; [unpaginated; spiral binding; white wrappers printed in red and dark blue. Printed at The Pinchpenny Press. Illus. Text pages age-toned with some touches of soiling to upper margins. Overall light use to wrappers. Very good. With a foreword by Herb Caen who remarks "San Francisco, like Paris, is romantic about food", an observation perhaps even more apt fifty years hence. Twenty-six recipes, from A ("Anges a Cheval") to Z ("Fries Casanova"), with short anecdotal pieces apposite to each. Whether a sophisticated grilled cheese sandwich ("Auvergne Rarebits" with blue cheese) or lobster with whiskey, the recipes are appealing and the happy memories delivered with them engaging. OCLC cites five institutional holdings.

OF TALES AND RECIPES By Cherie and Robert Charles As told to J. Hilary Barth
Charles, Chérie and Robert Charles.
San Francisco, California: Leyton Publishing Co., 1959.
Price: $85.00
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Later printing (First printing in 1881). 8vo, xii, 242pp; tan boards with pictorial binding stamped in dark brown; coated tan endpapapers. With five chromolithograph plates and numerous additional text illustrations; frontispiece illustration and additional color plate by Louis C. Tiffany. Owner's signature at preliminary leaf; paper at front hinge splitting and hinge weakened; mild stain at front; wear to tips and ends. About very good. The writer's second book in which she canvasses the work women are doing. The book is divided into three major parts: embroidery; brush and pigment; and modern homes. It is an excellent text on the arts and influences which stimulated Victorian interest. She writes, for instance, on Tiffany's "Mosaic Glass for Window-Screens", surely one of the earliest pieces on the artist. The influence of Japanese aesthetics is reflected in her chapter on "Japanese Art in Decoration" in which she discusses "Fans, Umbrellas, Lanterns, and Kakemonos Japanese Lacquered Furniture, and Japanese Stuffs". Part 'how-to' book and part a decorative manual, WOMAN'S HANDIWORK is an informative original source. (See BAL 7179).

WOMAN'S HANDIWORK IN MODERN HOMES With Numerous Illustrations and Five Colored Plates from Designs by Samuel Colman, Rosina Emmet, George Gibson, and Others
Harrison, Constance.
(New York): Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882.
Price: $200.00
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Original sample book of sewing and embroidery techniques. Sample book: 11 x 8-1/2", 11 leaves of heavy tan cardstock (including covers), sewn with gray-green cord with brass ends; labeled at the front cover, "Dora L. Hunt / Sewing"; textiles mounted to each leaf with handwritten labels opposite. Some labels dislodged (but laid in); two labels lacking; a few textiles samples creased. Dora Hunt has signed most of the individual pages in pencil. All samples present and the entire book in generally lovely condition. Near fine. The contents: (1) three swatches of blue cotton with examples of hemming; combination stitch and basting;(2) two swatches of blue cotton with examples of overcasting and overhanding;(3) swatch of blue cotton with a dart sewn in (label lacking); swatch of white cotton demonstrating the buttonhole stitch; (4) swatch of fine white muslin, with lace inserts, showing hemstitching and "Bermuda fageting";(5) swatch of pale yellow thin flannel with "catch stitch" and a very pretty "feather stitch"; at verso, swatch of brown fabric with pleat;(6) four pieces of light green/medium green silk pieces demonstrating different machine sewing techniques (labels lacking); (7) swatch of brown cotton with "closed inverted seam"; "corded seam"; "lapped seam"; and, "slot seam"; verso, swatch of medium green cloth with various machine sewn decorations (stars, intertwined wreaths), as well as buttonholes, a hook and eye; and three elaborately decorated buttons;(8) three pieces of light green silk, one with a simple hem; one with elaborate pleating; and the third fashioned into a cord with a decorated button; (9) swatch of fine white muslin, with 1/2" net hem with various stitches and pleating; at verso, half of a small bodice, with hooks and eyes, inserts, etc.(10) three pieces of pale green and medium green silk cloth, one with ruching; the second with decorative gathering and ruching; the third with facing. Dora Hunt may have compiled this attractive sample book with its array of sophisticated sewing techniques for a class on advanced sewing. The presentation is simple, but very taking.

[Sample Book of Domestic Sewing and Embroidery Stitches and Techniques] SEWING
[Domestic Arts] Hunt, Dora L.
[NP: Sewn and Assembled by Dora L. Hunt, ca. 1920-1930s?].
Price: $200.00
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8vo: 9-1/4 x 6-6/8", 40pp; beige wrappers (stapled) with floral design, title and corporate author printed in reddish-purple. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs throughout. Touch of wear to spine ends, but fine. The introduction emphasizes the creativity and individuality which embroidery can offer to vary the standardization of mass production: "A few embroidered cushions, some mats, a table runner, transform your home by creating an intimate, personal atmosphere. A monogram on your blouse, a gay motif embroidered on a child's pinafore, a detail added to a dress, lend a personal touch to these garments..." The booklet offers "Practical advice to Beginners" and then reviews the "Couching stitch", "Darning stitch", "Stroke stitch", etc. as well as "Flat embroidery", "Broderie anglaise" and "Monograms", among other subjects. "Machine Embroidery" is one of a series of booklets issued by Thiriez & Cartier-Bresson on tatting, knitting, Irish lace, etc. A charming example.

Booklet: MACHINE EMBROIDERY
[Domestic Arts], Thiriez & Cartier-Bresson.
[Paris, France]: Thiriez & Cartier-Bresson, [ND, but possibly 1960-1970].
Price: $50.00
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