Ukrainian Books
Costumes, Textiles, and Pysanky - Easter Eggs
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Bk51-u6 $54.
The Ukrainian Folk Pysanka
Vira Manko

- 79-pp hard cover 2005
- Beautiful historical photos, line drawings
- Arranged by province
- 38 exquisite tables
- Each table has 36+ eggs, plus embroidery or weaving fragment
- History, legend, symbolism
- Detailed, informative notes
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Bk 51 EE $120.
Sixty Score of Easter Eggs: a Comprehensible Album of Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Двадцять Кір Писанок: Великий Альбом Українських Писанок
by Zenon Elyjiw / Зенон Елиїв
Self-published by the author, a master Ukrainian egg painter
Rochester NY 1994 first edition
- Out of print, rather rare resource
- Red cloth hardcover with gilt lettering
- Red and black dust jacket
- Very good vintage condition, slight shelf wear to dj
- Inside book is pristine
- 11” x 13” tall
- Unpaginated but 31 pages of text
- 75 color plates of 16 eggs each
- Sixty score, ie, 1200 full color illustrations of Ukrainian eggs
- Chapters alternate in Ukrainian and English
- Egg descriptions in both languages
- Title of each egg is in Ukrainian only
More information available
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Bk51-u8 $11.
Traditional Designs in Ukrainian Textiles
Oksana Grabowicz
The Ukrainian Museum, New York 1977
- Softcover, 36 pp
- 11" x 8½"
- English text
- Black and white illustrations

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Bk51-u10 $18.
Borshchiv: Its Folk Art, Customs, and Traditions
Wolynetz, Lubow - translated by Marta Baczynsky
63 pp softcover
11" x 8½" exhibit catalog
The Ukrainian Museum, New York 1994
- Text alternates English and Ukrainian
- Historical photos
- Color costume plates with descriptions
- Minor shelf wear to cover

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Bk51-u9 Rushnyky: Ukrainian Ritual Cloths $12.
By Oksana Grabowicz and Lubow Wolynetz
The Ukrainian Museum New York, 1981
- Softcover, 25 pp
- 11" x 8½"
- English text
- Black & white, and color illustrations

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Bk51-u4 $18.
Ukrainian Design Book 3
Natalie Perchyshyn
Ukrainian Gift Shop, Minneapolis 1995
8" x 10" softcover 84 pp
- How to make pysanky – Easter eggs
- Tools and techniques
- 24 designs in detail
- Color insert in back of book

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Bk51-u5 $22.
Ukrainian Easter Eggs: And How We Make Them
Ann Kmit, Loretta Luciow, Johanna Luciow, Luba Perchyshyn
Ukrainian Gift Shop, Minneapolis 1979
8" x 10" softcover 104 pp
- Family photos, sketches & drawings
- Traditional background & symbols
- Color combinations, step by step techniques
- 16+ full page color photos of pysanky
- 9 easy, 9 intermediate, 9 difficult designs

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Bk51-u2 $20.
Ukrainian Design Book 1
Natalie Perchyshyn, Luba Perchyshyn, Johanna Luciow, Ann Kmit
8" x 10" softcover 101pp Minneapolis 1984
- Making pysanky from initial pencil lines to final dye bath
- Specific instructions for 24 traditional egg designs
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Bk51-u7 $15.
Ukrainian Folk Art: New Acquisitions
Ukrainian Museum, New York 1990
- Softcover Exhibition Catalog
- 48 pp hardcover 11" x 8½"
- Both English and Ukrainian text
- Folk costumes and artifacts
- Black & white illustrations
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Bk51-u3 $22.
Eggs Beautiful: How to Make Ukrainian Easter Eggs (pysanky)
Johanna Luciow, Ann Kmit, Leretta Luciow
Minneapolis 1987
96-pp softcover 8” x 10”
- Ukrainian customs, symbols
- Specific directions for pysanky
- Line drawings, color photos

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