Books about thimbles, thimble makers and other thimble related collectables form Australia and around the world, including CDs

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178a = $18 each Thimbles and thimble cases Eleanor Johnson 2nd ed Shire Books / 1999 Revised format with additional text and illustrations. this 2006 reprint has more colour photos than ever before. "This book will open a door to the humble thimble in all it's variety, ..."	178b = $18 Needlework and embroidery tools Eleanor Johnson 2nd ed Shire Books / 1999 Revised format with additional text and illustrations "This book illustrates several hundred needlework tools ... and describes briefly how they were used."
178e = $21 each Thimbles of Australia Susan Jean Gowan Kangaroo Press / 1998 "This book has something of interest for every thimble collector. Every known type of thimble relating to Australia has been included - ..." Find out more about my book	178g = $10 each Thimbles and other needlework tools: a selected bibliography Susan Jean Gowan / 1995 This is a listing of books and journal articles published until 1995. No photographs or illustrations, purely a reference tool
377 = $35 each Thimbles of Southern Africa Jenny Scharff Bockel / 2005 signed copies Full colour photographs accompany this detailed description of Boer War memorabilia and all thimbles made in Southern Africa since then	bk1093 = $18 A guide to collecting silver Elizabeth de Castres / 1980
b149 [6 issues] $4 each Thimble Society of London catalogues vol 3, issue 8, autumn 1989 - vol 3, issue 12, autumn 1990 [6 issues]	b150 [2 issues] $4 each Thimble Society of London catalogues vol 4, issue 2, spring 1991 and vol 4, issue 4, autumn 1991 [2 issues]
$20 Identifying steel-cored thimbles + Supplement Diane Pelham Burn 1993-7 helps in identifying Dorcas, Dreema, Dura etc patterns	$26 each Late nineteenth and early twentieth century French silver thimble masters' marks Magdalena and William Isbister 2007 for the French thimble specialist collector
$12 each Thimbles of France with waffled knurling Beryl Frank 2003 helps in identifying the re-strikes of the 1970s from the originals	a466= $9 Needlework Tools: a Guide to Collecting Eleanor Johnson 1978 [reprint 1983] many photos for the identification of variety of sewing tools NEW
a467= $9 Thimbles Eleanor Johnson 1982 - minor annotation by previous owner - NEW	a468= $30 Preise und Abbildungen von Gebruder Gabler… edited by Paul H Jungbludt 1988 pages from original Gabler Bros catalogues NEW
a472= $45 Sewing Tools & Trinkets: Collector’s Identification & Value Guide Helen Lester Thompson 1997 Great photos to aid in identification + prices NEW	a473= $45 Sewing Tools & Trinkets: Collector’s Identification & Value Guide vol 2 Helen Lester Thompson 2002 Great photos to aid in identification + prices NEW
8/1638 = $20 Een vingerhoedje … A thimble full Cecile Dreesmann 1981 signed copy plastic covering NEW	8/1639= $95 An illustrated history of needlework tools Gay Ann Rogers 1989 inscribed, signed copy plastic covering NEW
8/1640 = $140 The history of needlework tools and accessories Sylvia Groves 1973 plastic covering NEW	8/1641= $70 Victorian brass needlecases Estelle Horowitz & Ruth Mann 1992 NEW
8/1642 = $35 Thimble treasury Myrtle Lundquist 1975 plastic covering NEW	8/1644 = $95 American silver thimbles Gay Ann Rogers 1989 inscribed, signed copy NEW
8/1645= $45 Antique and unusual thimbles Jo Anne Rath 1978 signed copy NEW	8/1646 = $36 Sewing accessories: an illustrated history Victor Houart 1984 plastic covering NEW
8/1647= $35 The book of a thousand thimbles Myrtle Lundquist 1970 plastic covering NEW	8/1648 = $20 Aunt Jane’s album Eliza Calvert Hall 1980 "A Peace and Plenty quilt book" small pamphlet, reprinting an 1856 story NEW
8/1649= $85 The song of the shirt Tom Hood (1799-1845) n.d in the shape of a large cotton reel a poem with coloured illustrations - quite fragile - NEW	8/1651 = $40 Old needlework boxes and tools: their story and how to collect them Mary Andere 1971 plastic covering NEW
8/1651= $66 Zalkin’s handbook of thimbles and sewing implements. A complete collector’s guide with current prices Estelle Zalkin 1988 inscribed, signed copy plastic covering NEW	8/1652 = $60 Thimble collector’s encyclopedia John J von Hoelle 1983 original dust jacket inscribed signed copy NEW
8/1653= $60 Thimble collector’s encyclopedia John J von Hoelle 1983 inscribed, signed copy plastic covering NEW	8/1654 = $25 Gesprache uber Fingerhute: eine kulturhistorische Betrachtung Helmut Greif 1983 plastic covering NEW
8/1655= $62 Antique and collectible thimbles and accessories Averil Mathis 1986 plastic covering NEW

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