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NEW ADDITIONS
Carter Bays (2005) - Sewing
Machines, Second Edition, Identification and Published by Collector Books, KY
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BOOKS, CATALOGUES & BOOKLETS
Chrys Gunther -- (2004) -- Mr NeedleBar's Needle Book Privately published -- spiral bound
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The NeedleBar Group -- (2003) -- Mr NeedleBar's Dating Book Privately published -- spiral bound
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Charles Basebase Law -- (1999) -- The Encyclopedia of Antique Sewing Machines (3rd Revised Edition)Privately published -- Hawaii, USANeedleBar Stars (based on 7 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Charles Basebase Law -- (2000) -- The Handbook of Antique Sewing Machines Privately published -- Hawaii, USA NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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ISMACS -- (1997) --- The Singer Recognition ManualPrivately published -- London, UKNeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Carter Bays -- (1993) -- The Encyclopedia of Early American Sewing MachinesISBN 0-963791-0-5 -- Columbia, S.C.NeedleBar Stars (based on 4 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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J W Urquhart, C. E. -- (1881)
-- Sewing Machinery being a Practical Guide
of The Sewing Crosby, Lockwood & Company NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Grace Rogers Cooper -- (1968) -- The Invention of the Sewing MachineISBN 0-87474-330-3 -- Smithsonian Institution. Washington D.C.NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Peter Wilhelm -- (2002) -- Alte Nähmaschinen, Namen Daten Fakten ISBN 3-932752-87-2 -- Mecke Druck und Verlag. Duderstadt. (in German) NeedleBar Stars (based on 6 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Peter Wilhelm -- (1989) -- Old French Sewing MachinesPrivately published (text in German, French & English)NeedleBar Stars (based on 3 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Peter Wilhelm -- (1992) -- German Toy Sewing MachinesPrivately published |
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Peter Wilhelm -- (1988) -- F. W. Muller's Toy Sewing MachinesPrivately published |
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Günter Ditzenbach & Peter Radermacher (eds.) (1994) Nähmaschinen - Museum Sammlung Albrecht Mey. Privately published NeedleBar Stars (based on 3 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Nähmaschinen - Museum Sammlung Albrecht Mey (White Cover) Privately published NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Robert Bruce Davies (1976) Peacefully Working to Conquer the World : Singer Sewing Machines in Foreign Markets 1854-1920 Arno Press, 1976. ISBN 0405092709 NeedleBar Stars (based on 1opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Otto Landgraf (compiler/editor) -- (2000) -- Kindernähmaschinen Der Firma Carl Sieper, GevelsbergVols 1 & 2 -- Privately published catalogue (in German) |
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Otto Landgraf (compiler/editor) -- (2000) -- Müller's Kinder-NähmaschinenPrivately published catalogue (in German) |
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J. Granger - (1943) - Thimonnier et la Machine à Coudre Les Publications Techniques. Paris (in French) NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Marcel Doyen. -- (c.1960) -- Thimonnier 1793-1857, Inventeur de la machine à coudre. (in French) Privately published. Printed by Imprimerie Lescuyer, Lyon 20cm x 14cm. 104pp. Illustrations 14 b&w photographs
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Manfred & Rita Koym -- (2003) -- Bayerische Kindernähmaschinen (in German) Privately published -- spiral bound NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Georg Reinfelder -- (1998) -- Bavarian Toy Sewing MachinesPrivately published |
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Frank P. Godfrey -- (1982) -- The International History of the Sewing MachineRobert Hale. LondonNeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information |
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E. Brian Jewell -- (1975) -- Veteran Sewing Machines - A Collector's GuideISBN 0-7153-6673-4 -- North Vancouver, BCNeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information |
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E.Brian Jewell -- (1985) -- Antique Sewing MachinesISBN 0-7104-3002-7 -- Costello. Kent, UKNeedleBar Stars (based on 3 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information |
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Otto Landgraf (English translation) -- (1985) -- Oldtimer - Sewing MachineISBN 3-926879-06-8 --Weppert. Schweinfurt, GermanyNeedleBar Stars (based on 5 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Hannes Kowatsch, Manfred & Rita Koym -- (2000) -- F. W. Müller's Toy Sewing Machines and the "Kerngehäuse" Hannes Kowatsch, Manfred & Rota Koym in co-operation with The Kreuzberg Historical Research Society and the Kerngehäuse Craft Center NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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Glenda Thomas -- (1995) -- Toy and Miniature Sewing Machines - An Identification & Value GuideISBN 0-89145-622-8 -- Collector Books. Paducah, KentuckyNeedleBar Stars (based on 4 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Glenda Thomas -- (1997) -- Toy and Miniature Sewing Machines - Identification & Value Guide - Book IIISBN 0-89145-788-7 -- Collector Books. Paducah, KentuckyNeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Baylor and Ewers -- (1970) -- Sincere's History of the Sewing MachineSincere PressNeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information |
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Nancy Johnson-Srebro -- (2001) -- Featherweight 221 The Perfect Portable And Its Stitches Across History (Expanded Third Edition) ISBN 0-9645469-2-2 -- Silver Star Inc NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information |
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Carol Head -- (1982, new edition 2001) -- Old Sewing MachinesISBN 0 85263 591 5 -- Shire Publications. Aylesbury, UKNeedleBar Stars (based on 4 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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James W. Slaten -- (1992) -- Antique American Sewing Machines Value GuideISBN 0-9632287-0-6 -- Oakland, CaliforniaNeedleBar Stars (based on 3 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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C.A.M. -- (Dec 2001) -- Máquinas de Coser, 1850-1930. Colecctión Emilio Cano Privately published -- C.A.M. (Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo)
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Graham Forsdyke (acting editor) -- (2003) -- Ismacs News Annual Privately Published. London, England NeedleBar Stars (based on 13 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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Carla Leoni -- (1988) -- Macchine Per Cucire - Sewing MachinesISBN 88-7143-067-0 --BM-ME Editrice. Milan. (Italian/English)NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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K. R. Gilbert -- (1970) -- Sewing MachinesScience Museum. LondonISBN 11 290090 9 -- Published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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Ruth Brandon -- (1996) -- Singer & the Sewing Machine (paperback edition) Kodansha International (1996) NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Ruth Brandon -- (1977) ---A Capitalist Romance: Singer and the Sewing Machine(hardback edition)J. B. Lippincott. Philadelphia, PANeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Rosamond C. Cook -- (1922) -- Sewing Machines The Manual Arts Press -- Peoria, Illinois NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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J. N. Barnett (Introduction & Commentary) -- (1982) -- Sewing Machines: A Catalogue of the Barnet CollectionISBN 0 7049 0494 2 -- University of Reading, UKNeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Frederick L Lewton (1930) A Servant in the House: A Brief History of the Sewing Machine, from the Smithsonian Report for 1929
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Smithsonian Institution-- (2001) -- Sewing Machines - Historial Trade Literature in Smithsonian Institution Collections Smithsonian Institution Libraries NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' CommentsNOTE: This free publication can be downloaded as a .pdf file. Click Here to get a copy |
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Richard Wightman -- (1996) -- Beginner's Field Guide to the Identification of Early Singers Privately published. Seattle USA NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures (No
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Graham Forsdyke -- (1991) -- Exhibition CatalogCam Cultural. Spain |
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Don Bissell -- (1999) -- The First Conglomerate - 145 Years of the Singer Sewing Machine Company ISBN 1-879418-72-X -- Audenreed Press NeedleBar Stars (based on 2 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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Charles M Eastley-- (1983) -- The Singer Saga ISBN: 0 86303 089-0 -- Merlin Books Ltd NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures (not
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| "Howard Hutchinson (1980) 'The complete Handbook of sewing machine repair' ISBN 0-8306-1163-0 -- TAB Books Inc.
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Peter Lucking -- (1985) -- The Sewing Machine Handbook ISBN: 07134 4146 1 -- B T Batsford Ltd NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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Paul
N Hasluck (ed.) (1905/1922) 'Sewing Machines - Their Construction, Adjustment
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J. B. Duncan -- (1980) -- The Development, Construction and Characteristics of the Sewing MachineSinger |
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Laurie Carlson -- (2003) -- Queen of Inventions: How the Sewing Machine Changed the World(Note: written for children aged 9 - 12) Millbrook Press, Brookfield, Connecticut USAISBN 0-7613-2706-1 NeedleBar Stars (based on 1 opinion) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information
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COLLECTORS' SOCIETY JOURNALS
DER SCHLINGENFÄNGERPublished quarterly in Germany by the Sammlerfreunde Historischer Nähmaschinen (Historic Sewing Machine Collectors' Group) NeedleBar Stars (based on 3 opinions) Clear Pictures Quantity of Information Raters' Comments |
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CAN-SEW - Journal of the Canadian Sewing Machine Collectors' SocietyPublished quarterly by the Canadian Sewing Machine Collectors' Society. Note: Ceased publication mid 2002The Can-Sew Journal
has now been replaced by the Can-Sew.org newsletter
which can be obtained by Can-Sew members in either printed or .pdf file
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Ismacs NewsPublished quarterly by the Sewing Machine Collectors' Society. London Note: Ceased publication end 2002 - Occasional publication resumed end 2004This periodical was replaced 2002 - 2004 by an occasional newssheet and an Ismacs Annual (NB: The Ismacs Annual is no longer published) Raters Comments |
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