By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. Profusely illustrated. Colored frontispiece. In a box. $6.00 net.
There is an eminently proper revival of interest in the arts and crafts of early American workmanship. In glass, wood, metal and textile stuffs our forefathers obtained results of a delightful nature. Amateur collectors still have a rich field of investigation, owing to the present opportunity for obtaining desirable specimens. This book is a thorough and practical guide for the collector and general reader.
The Practical Book of Architecture
By C. MATLACK PRICE. Profusely illustrated. In a box. $6.00 net.
Not only a book for the man or woman who wishes to build a home (and for whom it is more helpful than any work previously published), but a book which tells the general reader what he needs to know about architecture—about the buildings he sees in America or Europe, public as well as private. A valued addition to the Home Life Enrichment Series.
The Practical Book of Period Furniture
By HAROLD DONALDSON EBERLEIN and ABBOT McCLURE. 225 illustrations in color, doubletone and line. In a box. $6.00 net.
This book places at the disposal of the general reader all the information he may need in order to identify and classify any piece of period furniture, whether it be an original or a reproduction. The authors have greatly increased the value of the work by including an illustrative chronological key.
The Practical Book of Oriental Rugs
By G. GRIFFIN LEWIS. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Twenty full page illustrations in color, 93 illustrations in double-tone, and 70 designs in line. In a box. $6.00 net.