TEXTILES
You are viewing stock in the "TEXTILES" category. We currently have 7 books in this category in stock.
7 stock records found. Did you know that you can now search our sold stock? Look for the 'sold stock' filter at the bottom of the filter options.
THE DRESS OF THE PEOPLE: EVERYDAY FASHION IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLAND
Written by John Styles.
Stock no. 1828307
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
2007.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The unknown story of ordinary consumers in eighteenth century England and what they wore. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780300121193. Initials and date in ink to front endpaper. A few instances of annotation in pen to index pages. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- FASHION
- TEXTILES
- SOCIAL HISTORY
THE WATER-SPINNERS
Written by Chris Aspin.
Stock no. 1828020
Published by Helmshore Local History Society.
1st
2003.
Slightly better than very good condition.
A new look at the early cotton trade. A history of the cotton mill, the thousands who laboured for long hours, the nimble fingers of young children that kept the water-frames that spun the thread constantly in motion. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos, illustrations and maps. ISBN: 0906881137. Light vertical crease to spine, spine lightly faded. Text block a little grubby. Name and date in ink to front endpaper.One instance of annotation in ink to margin of page 253 else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- HISTORY
- TEXTILES
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- LANCASHIRE
TRANSATLANTIC INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: THE DIFFUSION OF TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES BETWEEN BRITAIN AND AMERICA, 1790-1830S
Written by David J. Jeremy.
Stock no. 2136384
Published by The MIT Press.
1st USA
1981.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Oblong format. Green cloth with white title to spine. B/w illustrations and photos. ISBN: 0631127852. Slight bowing to front cover. Marks to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some tears/chips.
- Categorised in:
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
- USA
- TEXTILES
DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATING THE WILTSHIRE TEXTILE TRADES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Written by Julia De L. Mann.
Stock no. 2136012
Published by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society.
1964.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth with black title to spine. Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Records Branch Volume XIX For the Year 1963. Print run of 350 copies. Some marks to covers; bumping and wear to spine and corners. Browning to outer page edges.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- SOUTH WEST UK
- WILTSHIRE
- TEXTILES
- INDUSTRY
- INDUSTRIAL HISTORY
A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE MORRIS MOVEMENT
No author listed.
Stock no. 1810361
Published by Morris & Company.
1st
1911.
Almost very good condition.
And of the Firm Founded by William Morris to carry out his Designs and the Industries Revived or Started by him. Written to commemorate the firm's fiftieth anniversary in June 1911. Small format, cardwraps. B/w plates. 63 pages. Edges worn, covers lightly browned. Top & tail of spine worn. Scattered foxspots throughout. Some hinges pulled but binding tight.
THE WORLD OF ROZOME WAX-RESIST TEXTILES OF JAPAN
Written by Betsy Sterling Benjamin.
Stock no. 597676
Published by Kodansha International Ltd..
1st
1996.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
Wax-Resist Textiles of Japan. Large format. Colour and b/w photos. Indepth interviews with 17 contemporary artists form the heart of this volume. With diverse styles, methods and materials. A carefully illustrated process section outlines everything textile artists might need to know. ISBN: 477001774X. REDUCED FROM £200.
THE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY OF TEXTILE FIBRES
Written by Georg Von Georgievics.
Stock no. 987353
Published by Scott, Greenwood & Son.
1920.
Very good condition.
Textile fibres, their origin, structure, preparation, washing, bleaching, dyeing, printing and dressing. Second edition, revised. Pages: xii, 419. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. Spine browned with small tear.