Spoken Without a Word:

A Lexicon of Selected Symbols with 24 Patterns from Classic Baltimore Album Quilts

by Elly Sienkiewicz

Turtle Hill Press,Washington, 1987. Third Printing of First Edition. Saddle stitched (staple bound). Very good large format paperback. Out of Print.  Printed on 70# Scott Offset, Ivory paper. Cover stock is 65# Becket Cover, Reds, and the endpapers are Howard Felt Text, Razzle Red. Light shelf wear, clean unmarked interior, lavishly illustrated. 65 pages. 

Elly Sienkiewicz is a true grande dame of the quilt world. Her interest in history and careful study and research of a particular period in quilting history - the Baltimore Album quilts. Elly's wonderful presentation of the gentle arts side and the meaning of flowers and other symbols from that time just add to the charm of this book. Do not miss your chance to own a copy!


This is a signed first edition. The author wrote a small note inside the cover page. Book is in great overall condition with some light signs of use. Light cover surface and edge wear including some light corner creasing. A few of the pages have a very light white stain near the very top of the page. Please see pics for details.

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