SECOND TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS Hemingway 1961

SECOND TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
by Beth Hemingway
Photographs by William Edwin Booth
Copyright 1961
Book Club Edition
126 pages

Up for auction is a vintage Christmas decorating book, for those who want to remember the style of Christmases past, or for those who want to learn how to recreate the vintage look of the Holidays. The book is in great condition, with a slight bit of foxing in the covers, but otherwise with no other discoloration. Pages are unmarked, unstained, and not dogeared. The dust jacket is frayed at the top and bottom, but is otherwise intact.

The inside of the dust jacket reads:

There had to be a Second Treasury of Christmas Decorations with a wealth of new designs for your favorite holiday. With charm and originality, this book takes you on a picture tour that begins at the garden gate, continues through hallways, living areas, and dining rooms, and ends with the packing away of ornaments for another year. Superb photgraphs and a clear text show you what materials to use and how to put them together. Most of the pictures, which were taken especially for this book, are shown in room settings to you can visualize them in your own home.

Contents include:
...a special chapter for beginners with step-by-step pictures
...two chapters devoted to coordinated decorations, one for traditionalists, the other for moderns
...pictures and text on packages with personality
...lots and lots of Christmas trees
...illustrations of children's arrangements with ideas for letting them help
for garden club members, advice by an expert on making flower show arrangements and winning blue ribbons
...for camera fans, a detailed section on photographing holiday decorations
...To save you time, energy and money, two unique chapters are set aside for do-ahead ideas and storing holiday decorations

Whether your decorations are few or many, economical or extravagant, your home will be unusually beautiful this year if you follow the suggestions in this book.

HAPPY BIDDING!!