McCall's Embroidery Book 1976 First Printing Hardcover Dust Jacket, Cross Stitch Crewel Sampler Patterns

This is McCall's Embroidery Book, a 1976 first printing hardcover in dust jacket from Simon and Schuster and The McCall Pattern Company, by the editors of McCall's Needlework & Crafts Publications.

The pages are clean and the binding is solid, while the jacket shows shelf wear, sticker residue on the front, and small chips along the top edge, all shown in the photos.

It covers over 200 projects in every popular stitch style, from cross stitch and crewel to drawn thread work, each with full patterns, diagrams, and instructions. Samplers, tablecloths, luncheon sets, tea cozies, pincushions, tote bags, and even a wedding dress are all here, written for home stitchers of every skill level.

Details

• Item: Embroidery and needlework pattern book
• Title: McCall's Embroidery Book
• Author: The Editors of McCall's Needlework & Crafts Publications
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos. Designed by Irving Perkins
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster / The McCall Pattern Company, New York
• Publication Year: 1976
• Edition and Printing: First printing, number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Printed by Rand McNally & Company
• Format and Binding: Green cloth hardcover
• Dust Jacket: Yes, original jacket with the 1969 sampler cover
• Pages: 287
• Genre: Needlework, embroidery, crafts
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0-671-22342-9
• Dimensions: 9 in x 10 in x 1 in

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: This book is complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named here.
• Pages are clean with no writing, and the color plates are bright.
• The binding is tight and the green cloth boards are clean.
• The original dust jacket is present, with its project list on the back panel.
• Charted designs come with color keys, like the God Bless Our Home sampler on pages 32 and 33, and full size patterns, like the Spanish Pillow on pages 140 and 141.

Issues / Wear

• Sticker residue sits near the top right corner of the front jacket.
• Small chips and short tears run along the top edge of the jacket, front and back, including one above the M in McCall's.
• The jacket shows shelf wear and rubbing, with toning on the spine.
• The page edges are toned yellow with age.

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This 1976 first printing still has its sampler jacket and clean pattern pages, and it belongs in a stitcher's sewing room. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.