Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine. Vol. XXVIII, February 1937, No. 6.

Imprint: Augusta, ME, Needlecraft Publishing Company, 1937
Binding: Softback

Original publisher's multicolored wrapper with an illustration by Ralph Pallen Coleman of a young woman being tended to by an older woman (likely her mother) in a room while her date waits nearby. 10 1/2" x 13 1/4." Thirty-four pages, complete. Many black and white illustrations and advertisements throughout magazine, complete. Inside of front cover has a black and white advertisement for Listerine that champions its use as treatment for sore throat. On inside of back cover is a multicolored ad for Burpee's Zinnias, and on the back cover is a multicolored ad for Olson Rugs. Page 9 features a black and white ad for a Sears catalog. Page 11 has a comic-strip-style ad for Rinso soap. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Address stamp in upper-left margin of front cover. A monthly magazine featuring sewing projects and ideas, the latest trends of the time, and home and life advice. The following are the articles in this issue: "News Flashes" from a Needle-Minded New Yorker, "A Fine Old Knitted Bedspread" by Nancy Cary, "Patchwork for Coverlets: Done in the Modern Way with T ouches of Embroidery to Enhance the Spots of Applied Color--Equally Desirable for Cushion Tops" by Christine Ferry and E. Marion Stevens, "Things to Make" by Nancy Cary and Marie E. Ivins, "Fit the Bedroom to Its Occasion" by Agnes Heisler Barton, "'Fiddling with Food' Is Not Feeding the Family" by Anne Pierce [recipes for Brown-Sugar Pie, Broadway Tapioca, Fruit Dessert Salad, and Orange Pineapple Tapioca (Eggless)], "Tatting Planned for Bedroom Use: Mats for the Dressing Table; Trims for Pillow Cases and Towel" designed by Nell E. May, "Choose Only Clothes That Have a Future" by Marilyn Madison, "Give Yourself a Home Facial" by Diana Trent, "'Snuggle Bunny' for the Wee One," "Daisy Medallion: Three-Piece Chair-Set of Effective Design," "When You Launder Curtains" by Jane Wiswell, "Favorite Stitcheries for Table Linens," "Any Gardener Can Get These Effects with Annuals" by F. F. Rockwell, "Pattern Service," and "The Piece Bag" by Una T. Richard.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

Stock number: 019825.

Bookseller's details and sales conditions: Barry Cassidy Rare Books