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		Spring Bulbs
		Daffodils, Tulips and Hyacinths		Crafts & Hobbies
		Geoff Stebbings
		Batsford 2005 208 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0713489243 245x189mm
		Published Price £19.99		Sale Price £3.99
	Of all the spring bulbs, daffodils, tulips and hyacinths reign supreme in popularity, and with thousands of cultivars to choose from you can be sure to find the right bulb for your needs - whether a dwarf daffodil for the rock garden or a tall tulip to come up through wallflowers. This illustrated guide covers hundreds of cultivars, with advice on choosing the right one and solid horticultural guidance on planting and growing.
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		Pratt Ware
		English and Scottish Relief Decorated and Underglaze Coloured Earthenware		Crafts & Hobbies
		John and Griselda Lewis
		ACC 2005 304 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1851494928 250x200mm
		Published Price £25.00		Sale Price £5.99
	Pratt ware takes its name from a family firm of potters who worked in Staffordshire in the 18th and 19th centuries, but it was made by many other potters, not only in Staffordshire but also in Yorkshire, Liverpool, Sunderland, Tyneside, Devon and Scotland. This volume, the first devoted exclusively to Pratt ware, describes the products of the various regions and the types of wares, including naval and military commemorative items, toby jugs and tea pots, and presents over 600 illustrated examples.
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		Modern and Contemporary Prints
		A Practical Guide to Collecting		Crafts & Hobbies
		Phoebe Phillips; Tom Robb
		ACC 2004 192 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1851494588 255x210mm
		Published Price £25.00		Sale Price £4.99
	Collecting original prints is the one of the most exciting areas in the art market. Whether you are buying for pleasure or as an investment, this handbook provides a fund of valuable information. After an introduction to the subject, it covers printing techniques, dealers' jargon, insurance, valuation and spotting fakes. Other chapters deal with framing, hanging and preserving prints, and the book concludes with an A-Z of artists, information on galleries and dealers and a bibliography.
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		Derby Porcelain
		1748-1848. An Illustrated Guide		Crafts & Hobbies
		John Twitchett
		ACC 2002 320 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1851492127 285x220mm
		Published Price £45.00		Sale Price £9.99
	Destined to replace Twitchett's earlier Derby Porcelain (1980) as the standard reference work on the subject, this book offers a comprehensive study of the Nottingham Road Derby factory, its staff and its wares, with detailed biographies of the people connected with production and sales during the factory's first 100 years. The book is in five parts, each one arranged alphabetically for ease of reference: history, people, production materials and techniques, subject matter and patterns and usage (types of product).
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		The Cookbook that Changed the World
		The Origins of Modern Cuisine		Crafts & Hobbies
		T Sarah Peterson
		Tempus 2006 256 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0752440268
		Published Price £17.99		Sale Price £3.99
	To what do we owe the awesome and enduring reputation of French cuisine? This book explores one of the most dramatic and influential changes in the history of Western food: the appearance of modern French cuisine in the mid-17th century. Peterson looks at why food changed so drastically from medieval sugar and spice to the salt-acid taste, focusing on Francois Pierre de la Varenne's Le Cuisinier Francois (1631), a book that changed the course of culinary history
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		The Classical Tradition in Anatolian Carpets
				Crafts & Hobbies
		Walter B Denny
		Scala 1999 128 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1857592832 279x229mm
		Published Price £14.95		Sale Price £3.99
	Drawing extensively on the collection in The Textile Museum, Washington, this book offers a fresh and concise look at Anatolian carpets dating from the 16th to 20th centuries. In an illustrated essay and through commentaries on the 52 examples illustrated, Denny investigates the ways in which artistic traditions in Anatolia developed from roots in a 'classical' period of carpet design, whose masterpieces have continued to exert a compelling influence on Anatolian weavers.
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		The Art and Character of Nutcrackers
				Crafts & Hobbies
		Arlene Wagner
		Collectors Press 2005 188 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1933112085 320x260mm
		Published Price £35.00		Sale Price £9.99
	Arlene Wagner's fascination with the wooden soldier of Tchaikovsky's ballet, The Nutcracker, was the inspiration for the collection of some 5,000 nutcrackers now housed at The Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington, USA. From simple carved wooden levers to elaborate silver-plated screw devices, from betel nut cutters to a nut mallet made of walrus tusk, and not forgetting the classic turned wood toy soldiers, Wagner reveals a whole world of ingenuity and artistry devoted to the task of cracking nuts.
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		Caribbean Cooking
		Recipes, Landscapes, People		Crafts & Hobbies
		Camilla de la Bedoyere
		Star Fire 2007 200 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1844517411 290x300mm
		Published Price £20.00		Sale Price £4.99
	A celebration of the vibrant tastes and beautiful lands of the West Indies, this colourful travel-cum-recipe book describes each island and the characteristic cuisine of the whole region, illustrating both landscape and food in colour photographs. Starting with street food and snacks such as Mixed Satay Sticks and Cassava Chips, there are recipes for rice and curry, fish and seafood, meat and poutry and deserts, with Bananas with Sugar and Rum to round off the feast.
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		Restored to Glory
		A Guide to Renovating Your Period Home		Crafts & Hobbies
		Charlie Luxton; Sally Bevan
		BBC 2005 256 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0563522879 246x190mm
		Published Price £18.99		Sale Price £3.99
	Published to accompany the BBC2 series, Restored to Glory is a richly illustrated guide for the thousands of homeowners who transform crumbling old buildings into historically accurate period properties. Part One, 'Getting Started', deals with raising finances, finding knowledgeable builders and taking responsibility for listed buildings. In Parts Two and Three, chapters on working with traditional building materials and restoring authentic interiors and gardens are interspersed with essays on major styles, from the medieval house to the garden suburb.
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		At Home with Amy Willcock
		180 Recipes for Every Occasion from the Queen of Aga Cookery		Crafts & Hobbies
		Amy Willcock
		Ebury 2005 192 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0091903890 251x190mm
		Published Price £20.00		Sale Price £3.99
	Well-known for her columns in Homes and Gardens and The Shooting Gazette, Amy Willcock, the 'queen of Aga cookery', presents a collection of 180 recipes for entertaining. With simple to follow instructions for both conventional and Aga cooking, here are imaginative menus and dishes for every occasion, from picnics and house parties (spring, summer, autumn and winter) to high days and holidays, including Foolproof Mothering Sunday Lunch, and white tie events (New Potatoes with Caviar for before the ball).
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		Victorian Crafts Revived
				Crafts & Hobbies
		Caroline Green
		David & Charles 2003 144 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 0715315102 280x210mm
		Published Price £12.99		Sale Price £3.99
	Needlepoint and cross stitch, decoupage, beadwork, lace and flowercraft... These are just a few of the crafts which the Victorians enjoyed and which are given a new lease of life in this practical guide. Caroline Green presents 50 projects for items ranging from shell-work sailors' valentines to a traditional christening robe, providing, where necessary, templates and patterns as well as step-by-step instructions, diagrams and photographs of the finished article.
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		Everyday Folk Art
		Hooked Rugs and Quilts to Make		Crafts & Hobbies
		Polly Minick; Laurie Simpson
		Martingale 2005 144 pages		Qty
		Paperback Illustrated 1564775585 275x212mm
		Published Price £20.99		Sale Price £2.99
	The eight pairs of designs in this book are rooted in American folk culture and feature two favourite American crafts - quilt making and rug-hooking. Beginning with the Le Moyne Star string quilt and a White Stars rug to match, the designs include a Log Cabin quilt and rug, Irish Chain, and American Pastimes (a baseball design). For every quilt and rug there are detailed instructions and patterns, and a separate section explains the basic materials and techniques of both crafts.
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		Miller's Complete A-Z of Collectables
				Crafts & Hobbies
		Madeleine Marsh (Edited by)
		Miller's 2004 224 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1840003855 280x216mm
		Published Price £19.99		Sale Price £4.99
	A 'collectable' is anything that someone wants to collect, from advertisements to writing accessories. However, in many subject areas there is little published information available; this guide redresses the balance. It covers the traditional categories such as glass and ceramics, while examining the growing interest in everything from amusement machines and bicycles, to telephones and walking sticks. With almost 60 subject categories and over 1,000 illustrated items, it is a valuable source of information for dealers and collectors alike.
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		Charlemagne's Tablecloth
		A Piquant History of Feasting		Crafts & Hobbies
		Nichola Fletcher
		Weidenfeld 2004 256 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 0297843435
		Published Price £20.00		Sale Price £3.99
	There has probably never been a society that did not use food to celebrate and impress, and Nichola Fletcher's eclectic collection of feasts, banquets and dinners provides ample evidence of the importance of good eating. The various occasions included here may be flamboyant, eccentric, or homely, dazzling successes or dramatic failures, but Fletcher demonstrates that the key to understanding them resides far more in the social context than the menu itself.
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		Harold Holdway
		20th Century Ceramic Designer		Crafts & Hobbies
		Ruth Holdway; Harold Holdway
		Landmark 2006 192 pages		Qty
		Hardback Illustrated 1843061929 300x215mm
		Published Price £24.99		Sale Price £5.99
	Artist, designer and mentor, Harold Holdway (1913-2002) was one of the outstanding ceramics designers of the last 100 years. Exceptionally talented, Holdway entered Burslem School of Art in the Potteries at the age of 13, and joined WT Copeland and Sons (the Spode factory) in 1934, eventually becoming Art Director. This memoir, completed by his granddaughter after Holdway's death, provides a detailed, illustrated account of his work at Spode and an insight into the character of a remarkably creative man.
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