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Cable-Alexander, Melanie (ed.).
Living National Treasures. A celebration of British craftsmanship through the eyes of Country Life.

London Pavilion Books: 1997.

In the spirit of the Japanese, who celebrate craftsmen and others as "National Treasures", Country Life began running a series focusing on the practitioners of "lost arts"- a rope maker, gin-noser, silent-film pianist, fish smoker, miniature painter, raven master, gilder, huntsman, bell-founder pub-sign painter, and so on. 150 of these craftsmen are presented in this wonderfully illustrated survey. I want to take up rustic-hut making...

Hardcover. 10.5"x13", 143 pages, color illustrations, dj. Near fine.

Inventory #: 31473
Price: $ 85.00      



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