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Swept Away: The Vanishing Art of Broom Making

Karen Hobbs
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Since Ben Franklin brought broomcorn to America from Egypt in 1790, the humble kitchen broom has been an integral…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 329 color and b/w images | 112 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354458 | Binding: soft cover

$24.99
A Legacy in Tramp Art

Clifford A. Wallach
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In over 600 color photos, this book presents historical images and introduces newly discovered artists of tramp…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 630 color & 10 b/w photos | 224 pp
ISBN13: 9780764341069 | Binding: hard cover

$69.99
Amish Arts of Lancaster County

Patricia T. Herr. Introduction by Dr. Donald B. Kraybill
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A new and refreshing look at the role decorative arts play in the Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Amish home is…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 330 color photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764305412 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
ANRI Woodcarvings: Bottle Stoppers, Corkscrews, Nutcrackers, Toothpick Holders, Smoking Accessories, and More

Philly Rains & Donald Bull
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This book presents vintage, often whimsical, and one-of-a-kind wooden figurine carvings by ANRI, the…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 800 color photos | 256 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764314216 | Binding: hard cover

$69.95
Black Forest Woodcarvings

Peter F. Blackman
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With original documents discovered to build his story, Peter Blackman has eloquently explained the origins,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 936 color & 248 b/w photos | 304 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764331329 | Binding: hard cover

$99.99
Butter Prints and Molds

Paul E. Kindig
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This is the first and a most comprehensive work on wooden butter shapers, a subject of interest to many folk art…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 916 photos | 248 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887400582 | Binding: hard cover

$45.00
Country and Folk Antiques

Don and Carol Raycraft
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According to Don Raycraft, this is the book he was looking for in 1965. He couldn’t find it, so, thirty years…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | over 540 color photos | 176 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887408281 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
Folk Art in America

Adele Earnest
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Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America’s passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 251 photos | 256 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887400209 | Binding: hard cover

$35.00
Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands

Jeanne Marie Carley
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With over 560 color photos and well-researched text, this book recounts the histories of the hard working,…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 567 color photos | 304 pp
ISBN13: 9780764345265 | Binding: hard cover

$75.00
Fraktur: Folk Art and Family

Corinne & Russell Earnest
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The American fraktur tradition began about 1740 in southeast Pennsylvania, but quickly spread to other states, and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 230 color photos | 192 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764309205 | Binding: hard cover

$49.95
Mennonite Arts

Clarke Hess
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This pioneer work presents the rich and diverse decorative arts produced by the distinctive Mennonite communities…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 300+ photos | 160 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764314148 | Binding: hard cover

$49.95
Nautical Antiques

W.D. Ball
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This beautiful volume illustrates hundreds of nautical treasures, items related to lives of seamen in past…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 387 Illus. | 240 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887406027 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95
Pennsylvania German Arts: More Than Hearts, Parrots, & Tulips

Irwin Richman
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There has never been a book like this intertwining the arts and artifacts of both the traditional and the evolving…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 354 color & 7 b/w photos | 144 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764312458 | Binding: soft cover

$29.95
R.F.D. Country! Mailboxes and Post Offices of Rural America

Bill and Sarah Thornbook
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Here is a truly “national gallery” of roadside folk art, seen along thousands of miles of country byways. bill and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 450 color photos | 96 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887401213 | Binding: soft cover

$14.95
Sailors’ Valentines: Their Journey Through Time

Grace L. Madeira, Constance Marshall Miller, Mary S. Page, & Ann T. Schutt
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Seashells from the worlds’ oceans have fascinated people since the dawn of time, and they continue to inspire…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 193 color and 8 b/w photos | 192 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764323782 | Binding: hard cover

$45.00
Scrimshaw: The Whaler’s Legacy

Martha Lawrence
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Intricate, painstaking, sturdy yet incredibly delicate…scrimshaw has been a beautiful tradition on the sea and…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 408 color photos | 240 pp
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ISBN13: 9780887404559 | Binding: hard cover

$69.95
Ships’ Figureheads

Hans Jurgen Hansen & Clas Broder Hansen
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Ships’ Figureheads details the different types of figureheads as well as the sculptors who made them. Chapters…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 31 color, 86 b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780887402999 | Binding: hard cover

$24.95
The Art of the Weathervane

Steve Miller
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New information is presented by one of the world’s foremost authorities on weathervanes in this fascinating study….
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 60 color plates | 160 pp
ISBN13: 9780887400056 | Binding: hard cover

$39.95
Tramp Art, Another Notch : Folk Art from the Heart

Clifford Wallach with a foreword by Barbara Goldsmith
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Discover the romance of tramp art, folk art made made from discarded wooden cigar boxes, layer upon layer, one…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 640 color photos | 288 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764331763 | Binding: hard cover

$99.99
Two Scoops of Hooah!: The T-Wall Art of Kuwait and Iraq

George Hauer with Robin Whitney
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Within the pages of this book you will see how cement structures, intended for barriers, are transformed into…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 274 color photos | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764349508 | Binding: hard cover

$29.99