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  • Too Hot to Handle?: Potholders and How to Make Them

    Doris Lyons Hoover

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Cleverly designed, handmade potholders can be used as whimsical decorations, thoughtful guest and housewarming presents, and are an ideal item to sell on a stall at a bazaar or craft fair. This book is packed with innovative ideas on designing, making and using potholders. There are a number of individual projects for creating inspirational potholders, each one accompanied by detailed instructions and step-by-step diagrams. The designs are all unique and include a dragon, teddy bear, carrots, bird's nest and much more. There is a section which traces the history of potholders, some of which date back as far as 1774, and are now in museum collections, and the work of several artists is also illustrated.
  • Dune

    Frank Herbert

    Hardcover (Chilton Book, Jan. 1, 1965)
    The first book in the magnificent DUNE saga, apparently a first book club edition with 1681 at the bottom of the back flap and Book Club Edition at the bottom of the front flap.
  • Capital Cities / ABC, The Early Years, 1954-1986: How the Minnow Came to Swallow the Whale

    Walt Hawver

    Hardcover (Chilton Book Co, March 15, 1994)
    Capital Cities / ABC, The Early Years, 1954-1986: How the Minnow Came to Swallow the Whale by Walt Hawver.
  • Fast Patch Kids' Quilts

    Anita Hallock, Betsy Hallock Heath

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, Oct. 1, 1996)
    The fast patch technique demonstrated in this book allows quilters to create checkerboards and tricky triangles from simple sewn strips. The book includes 20 different quilt blocks designed to appeal to children and provides special symbols in the margins showing where children can help.
  • Chilton's repair & tune-up guide, Datsun Z and ZX, 1970-82: 240-Z, 260-Z, 280-Z, 280-ZX, all models including turbocharged engines

    Kerry A. Freeman

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, March 15, 1982)
    Great reference for Datsun owners
  • How to Work in Stained Glass

    Anita Isenberg, Seymour Isenberg

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, Oct. 1, 1983)
    Describes materials and procedures for creating stained-glass objects and provides suggestions for projects as well as instructions on repairing windows and other items
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  • American Surnames

    Elsdon Coles Smith

    Hardcover (Chilton Book Co, June 1, 1969)
    Studies the origins and derivations of American surnames and includes a list of the two thousand most common names
  • Jean duSable: father of Chicago

    Lawrence Cortesi

    Hardcover (Chilton Book Co, March 15, 1972)
    A biography of the black Haitian who was the first non-Indian to settle and establish a trading community on the site of present-day Chicago.
  • How to Work In Stained Glass

    Anita Isenberg

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, Jan. 1, 1972)
    One of the best-selling stained glass books ever published has been updated and revised. This long awaited third edition by Anita and Seymour Isenberg includes everything that made the original the "bible" for the past 20 years, plus lots of updated and expanded information.
  • Horatio's boys;: The life and works of Horatio Alger, Jr

    Edwin Palmer Hoyt

    Hardcover (Chilton Book Co, Jan. 1, 1974)
    First edition. Biography of Alger which also brings out the idea that if Alger had been alive today he "might have been a charter member of the Gay Liberation movement." Jacket chipped. viii , 263 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..
  • Fabric Crafts and Other Fun With Kids: Projects You Can Do Together

    Susan Parker Beck, Charlou Lunsford

    Paperback (Chilton Book Co, July 1, 1995)
    Provides step-by-step instructions for more than thirty craft projects, including bookmarkers, greeting cards, splatter-painted caps, and award badges