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Thimble &
Sewing Related Tools Reference Books
Many of these books and booklets
may be out of print. You can find them by searching online for
"out of print" books.
Acknowledgements:
This list
of thimble and other related sewing tool references was copied with modifications from
the CyberThimble database with permission from Barbara
Acchino, the Owner. Photos of book covers were taken with
permission from Norma Files
from her collection of thimble and sewing tools reference library.
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Title |
Book Cover |
Author |
Description |
Pub Date |
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52 Thimble Patents |
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Bertha Betensley |
Booklet, 56 pages |
1980 |
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A Collection of Thimbles |
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Royal Crown Derby Guide |
1986 |
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A Collector's Guide to Thimbles |
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Bridget McConnel |
Hardcover, 95 pages, color photos |
1990 |
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Title |
Book Cover |
Author |
Description |
Pub Date |
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A Dictionary for Collectors |
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Lucile Bloomquist and Merle & Paul Sauvé |
Booklet, original price $5.00 |
1992 |
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A History of Thimbles |
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Edwin F. Holmes |
Hardcover, 253 pages |
1985 |
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A Thimble Full...Dreams Vol. 3 |
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Cecile Dreesmann |
Hardcover, 80 pages |
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American Belleek Porcelain Thimbles
and
Related Sewing Articles |
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Mildred B. Jarvis |
TCI booklet, 32 pages, color photos |
1991 |
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American Gold Thimbles |
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Philadelphia Thimble Society |
Spiral bound booklet, 64 pages, color
photos |
2009 |
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American Silver Thimbles |
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Gay Ann Rogers |
Hardcover, 223 pages, price guide separate |
1989 |
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An Illustrated History of Needlework Tools |
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Gay Ann Rogers |
Hardcover, 243 pages |
1983 |
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Title |
Book Cover |
Author |
Description |
Pub Date |
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Antique & Collectible Thimbles
and
Accessories |
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Averil Mathis |
Hardcover, 182 pages |
1986 |
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Antique Needlework Tools
and Embroideries |
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Nerylla Taunton |
Hardcover, 220 pages |
1997 |
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Antique Sewing Tools and Tales |
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Barbara D. Gullers |
Hardcover, 113 pages |
1992 |
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Antique and Unusual Thimbles |
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Jo Anne Rath |
Hardcover, 169 pages |
1979 |
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Benjamin Halstead; America's 1st Thimble
Manufacturer |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Booklet, 24 pages |
1985 |
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Brass Thimbles |
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Christina Bertrand |
TCI booklet, 76 pages |
1986 |
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British Commemorative & Sourvenir Thimbles |
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Dorothy Friend |
TCI booklet, 52 pages |
1987 |
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British Registered Design Thimbles |
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Norma Spicer & Diane Pelham Burn |
Softbound, 22 pages |
2003 |
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Charles Horner of Halifax |
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Tom Lawson |
Hardcover, 290 pages |
2002 |
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Chatelaines; Utility to Glorious
Extravagance |
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Genevieve E. Cummins & Nerylla D. Tauton |
Hardcover, 311 pages |
1994 |
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Early Thimbles |
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Diane Pelham Burn |
TCI booklet, 68 pages |
2001 |
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Gebrüder Gabler |
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Paul H Jungblvdt |
Booklet |
1988 |
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Henry Griffith & Sons |
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Norma Spicer |
Booklet |
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Henry Muhr & Sons; Philadelphia Thimble
Maker |
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Philadelphia Thimble Society |
Booklet, 23 pages |
1985 |
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ILES A Family of Thimble Makers |
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Norma Spicer |
Booklet, 54 pages |
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Identifying Steel-Cored Thimbles |
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Diane Pelham Burn |
DTS booklet, 30 pages, Supplement |
1993
1997 |
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Introduction to Sewing Trade Cards |
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Debbie Fuller |
Booklet, 28 pages |
1988 |
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James Fenton; Silversmith & Thimble Maker |
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Norma Spicer |
Booklet, 39 pages |
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James Swann; Maker of Gold & Silver
Thimbles |
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Norma Spicer |
Booklet, 40 pages |
1997 |
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John Lofting; An Early Thimble Maker |
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Edwin Holmes |
TCI booklet, 14 pages |
1984 |
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La Folie des Dés â Coudre |
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Frédrique Crestin-Billet |
Softcover Booklet |
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Mauchline Ware |
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John Baker |
Shire booklet #140, 32 pages |
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Mauchline Ware Collector's Guide |
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David Trachtenberg & Thomas Keith |
Hardcover, 287 pages |
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Miller's Sewing Accessories; A
Collector's Guide |
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Elaine Gaussen |
Softcover, 64 pages |
2001 |
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Needlework Tools |
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Eleanor Johnson |
Shire booklet #38, 32 pages |
1983 |
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Needlework Tools & Accessories;
A
Collector's Guide |
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Molly Proctor |
Hardcover, 144 pages |
1990 |
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Needlework Tools & Accessories;
A Dutch
Tradition |
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Kay Sullivan |
Hardcover, 220 pages |
2004 |
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Notions of War |
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Christina Bertrand |
TCI booklet, 47 pages |
1991 |
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Nuremberg Thimblemakers |
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Helmut Greif |
TCI booklet, 30 pages |
1986 |
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Of Meissen Thimbles |
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Helmut Greif |
TCI booklet, 36 pages |
2000 |
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Old-Time Tools & Toys of Needlework |
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Gertrude Whiting |
Hardcover, 357 pages, reprint by Dover
Books |
1971 |
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Pocket Guide to Marks on Gold & Silver
Thimbles |
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Debbie Fuller |
Pocket-sized guide book |
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Sew Small; Children's Needlework Tools |
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Diane Pelham Burn |
TCI booklet, 62 pages |
1995 |
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Sewing Accessories; an Illustrated History |
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Victor Houart |
Softcover, 128 pages |
1984 |
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Sewing Tools & Trinkets, Vol. 1 |
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Helen Lester Thompson |
Hardcover, color photos |
1997
2000 update |
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Sewing Tools & Trinkets Vol 2 |
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Helen Lester Thompson |
Hardcover |
2002 |
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Sharing Sewing Sets |
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Mignon S. Jeffords |
Booklet, 36 pages |
1984 |
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Silver Curios in the Home |
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Dorothy Rainwater & Beryl Frank |
Hardcover, 158 pages |
1999 |
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Stanhopes; A Closer View |
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Jean Scott |
Softcover, 135 pages |
2002 |
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TCI Museum Guide |
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Membership |
TCI booklet, 68 pages |
1998 |
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Talks about Thimbles |
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Helmut Greif |
Hardcover, English & German |
1984 |
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Tartanware; Souvenirs from Scotland |
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Princess Ira von Furstenberg |
Hardcover, 72 pages |
1996 |
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Tatting |
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Pam Palmer |
Shire booklet #323, 32 pages |
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Tatting Shuttles of American Collectors |
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Heidi Nakayama |
Softcover, 115 pages |
2002 |
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The Book of a Thousand Thimbles |
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Myrtle Lundquist |
Hardcover, 92 pages |
1970 |
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The Family Simons |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Booklet, 24 pages |
1985 |
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The History of Needlework Tools &
Accessories |
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Sylvia Groves |
Hardcover, 135 pages |
1966 |
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The Nimble Thimble; A Profile of Thimble
Collectors |
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Martin Needham |
Softcover, 156 pages |
1993 |
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The Official Price Guide to Sewing
Collectibles |
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Joyce Clement |
Softcover, 328 pages |
1987 |
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The Story of Antique Needlework Tools |
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Bridget McConnel |
Hardcover, 252 pages |
1999 |
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The Story of Bilston Painted Enameled
Thimbles |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Booklet, 24 pages |
1988 |
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The Story of Ketcham & McDougall |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Booklet, 36 pages |
1987 |
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The Story of Stern Brothers & Co and Their
Successors |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Booklet, 24 pages |
1985 |
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The Story of the Thimble; An Illustrated
Guide for Collectors |
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Bridget McConnel |
Hardcover, 175 pages |
1997 |
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Thimble Americana & Contemporary
Collectibles |
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Myrtle Lundquist |
Hardcover, 72 pages |
1981 |
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Thimble Collector's Encyclopedia |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Hardcover, First edition, 173 pages |
1983 |
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Thimble Collector's Encyclopedia |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Hardcover, revised edition, 247 pages |
1983 |
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Thimble Collector's Encyclopedia |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Hardcover, revised edition, 247 pages |
1984 |
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Thimble
Collector's Encyclopedia |
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John J. von Hoelle |
Hardcover, New International Edition, updated 3 times,
334 pages, |
1986 |
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Title |
Book Cover |
Author |
Description |
Pub Date |
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Thimble Language |
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Evelyn DerMarderosian, Jeannine Conner,
Marjorie Perkins |
Pamphlet, 4 pages |
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Thimble Memories |
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Marian McKenzie |
Hardcover, 103 pages |
1981 |
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Thimble Treasury |
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Myrtle Lundquist |
Hardcover, 72 pages |
1975 |
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Thimblemakers; Illustrated Trade Marks &
Personal Record Book |
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Averil D. Mathis |
Pocket paperback |
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Thimbles |
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Eleanor Johnson |
Shire booklet #96, 32 pages |
1982 |
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Thimbles |
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Edwin F. Holmes |
Hardcover, 150 pages |
1976 |
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Thimbles & Thimble Cases |
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Eleanor Johnson |
Shire booklet |
1999 |
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Thimbles & Other Needlework Tools |
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Susan J. Gowan |
Available from author |
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Thimbles of Australia |
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Susan J. Gowan |
Softcover, 135 pages |
1998 |
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Thimbles of Clay |
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Mary Peckover |
TCI booklet, 32 pages |
1996 |
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Thimbles of France with Waffled Knurling |
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Beryl Frank |
TCI booklet, 46 pages |
2003 |
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Thimbles of Southern Africa |
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Jenny Scharff Bockel |
Softcover, 94 pages |
2004 |
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Thimbles of the William Prym Company |
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Joachim Kornelius |
Booklet, 50 pages |
1988 |
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Thoughts of Thimbles |
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Elizabeth Aldridge |
TCI Series for Members Only |
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Thread Winders; A Guide for Collectors |
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Diane Pelham Burn |
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Thread Winders for Collectors |
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Diane Pelham Burn |
TCI booklet, 52 pages |
1989 |
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Victorian Brass Needlecases |
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Estelle Horowitz & Ruth Mann |
Hardcover, 160 pages |
1990 |
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Whimsies in the Sewing Room |
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Frances Graves |
TCI booklet, 53 pages |
1997 |
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Zalkin's Handbook of Thimbles & Sewing
Implements |
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Estelle Zalkin |
Hardcover, 274 pages
Also published in Softcover |
1988 |
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