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Fabric/Textiles:

Hardman, William . SINGLE PROCESS COTTON LAPPING
1927. The Hardman One-Man Process, soft cotton lapping and notes on spinning. 8vo., 141pp. illustrations, hardcover. Good, some light wear, no DJ. (a11887)
$35.00Owen, F.A.. DYEING AND CLEANING OF TEXTILE FABRICS (original book)
NY 1909 first edition Wiley. Hardcover. Blue cloth. A handbook for the amateur and the professional. Hardcover. Small octavo, 253pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. VG Plus. nice condition. no dj. (a13441)
$35.00Schmid, Werner. DIE SEIDENFARBEREI, EINE GEDRANGTE DARSTELLUNG UND ERLAUTERUNG DES WISSENSWERTHESTEN.
Basel 1877 Schmidt. Silk-making and dyeing. In German. 8vo., 63pp., 2 plates of textile dyeing equipment, wraps. Good, a bit worn. (a1463)
$39.00 (fabric technology) . NAPHTOL AS ON COTTON PIECEGOODS
Offenbach (c. 1945?) Naphtol Chemie. In English. Sm4to., 21pp. of text plus 18 heavy stock pages, each with 18 pieces of brightly colored fabric illustrating all the colors and hues of cloth available (total of 324 swatches ). Stamp of Nova Chemical Corp of New York City on front end page and on title. VG. (a19624)
$60.00 Chacko, George K. . INTERNATIONAL TRADE ASPECTS OF INDIAN BURLAP AN ECONOMETRIC STUDY
NY 1961 Bookman. first edition. 226pp., index.Hardcover. Fine in Fair (chipped) DJ. (a20528)
$25.00 Laughlin, Mary Elizabeth . MORE THAN FOUR A BOOK FOR MULTIPLE HARNESS WEAVERS
West Sacramento 1976 1st Author. 4to., 179pp., illus., spiralbound wraps. Near VG. (a21653)
$29.00 Bowers, Alfred H. . RAFFIA-WORK
London 1930 2nd Pitman. Sm8vo., 110pp., photos and drawings. Owner signed. VG, no DJ. (a21879)
$35.00Stifel, Laurence Davis. THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY A CASE STUDY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
Ithaca 1963 Cornell. 4to., 199pp., wraps. VG, inchlong spot on cover where price blacked out . (a22402)
$39.00Williams, D. R. H.. MACHINERY, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN A WOOL TEXTILE FACTORY
Manchester 1947 first edition. Emmett. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 245pp., illustrations, cloth. VG, slight bumping of cover edges, in Good DJ, a bit worn and some tears. (a22629)
$29.00Foltzer, Joseph. ARTIFICIAL SILK AND ITS MANUFACTURE
London 1924 Pitman. Technical. 8vo., 255pp., illus., index. Good, some cover wear. (a26089)
$33.00Squirru, Rafael. ARTE TEXTIL ARGENTINO HOY
Buenos Aires 1986 1st. Collecion Tramando. Introduccion historica y comentarios criticos de Rosa Faccaro. In Spanish. Tall 4to., 155pp., monochrome and color illustrations, hardcover. Fine in near Fine DJ, tiny bit of wear on spine ends. (a27660)
$77.00 Noelting, Dr. Emilio and Dr. A. Lehne . ANILINSCHWARZ UND SEINE ANWENDUNG IN FARBEREI UND ZEUGDRUCK
Berlin 1892 1st Springer. In German. 8vo., 110pp., index. 4 plates with 32 fabric swatches (complete), black cloth with gilt lettering on front board. Swatches measure 1x2 inches--some swatches very pretty and colorful; one has tiny but full illustration of a dog. About half of swatches are black dye on different types of fabric and threads. One swatch plate is detached from the book and has a 3 inch tear in middle with no loss. This plate is frayed a bit on edges. Some text illustrations of fabric machines. Good, hinges cracked. (a30533)
$90.00 (textiles) . THE CLOTHWORKERS' DEPARTMENTS OF TEXTILE INDUSTRIES AND COLOUR CHEMISTRY AND DYEING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS SOUVENIR BOOKLET 1928
Leeds 1928. Oblong folded 4to., 27 leaves, printed on rectos only, photo illustrations, wraps. Good, some external soiling, leaves foxed, final 4-5 leaves stained and chipped in top margin. (a31113)
$35.00Dooley, William H.. ECONOMICS OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES THE SCIENCE OF THE CLOTHING AND TEXTILE BUSINESS
NY 1934. 8vo., 683pp., index, hardcover. Board of Education bookplate and stamp on front pastedown and ownership stamp on title page. Good, no DJ. (a31833)
$25.00 (linen) . ANNUAL DINNER COMMEMORATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LINEN TRADE ASSOCIATION 1891-1941
Waldorf-Astoria 1941 1st. Copy #42 of 500. 8vo., illustrated. VG. (a32315)
$45.00 Seki, Keizo . THE COTTON INDUSTRY OF JAPAN ITS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
Tokyo 1956 first edition Japan Society. Hardcover. Octavo. 417pp., index, cloth. Near Fine in Good DJ, a bit worn, lightly chipped (a36317)
$40.00 Reichelt, Rudolf . DAS TEXTILORNAMENT EIN FORMANSCHATZ FUER DIE FLAECHENGESTALTUNG
Berlin 1956. In German. Sm.4to.,148pp., photo illustrations, color plates, decorated fabric binding. VG. (a38313)
$36.00 (fabric) . PRIMITIVE STOFFMUSTERUNGEN
Basel 1953. Fuhrer durch das Museum fur Volkerkunde. Sonderausstellung 6. Sept. - 31 Dez. 1953. In German. Small octavo, 23pp. plus 16 full page photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a38673)
$22.00 Ristenpart, Prof. Dr. E. . DIE PRAXIS DER BLEICHEREI
Berlin 1928 1st Krayn. In German. 8vo., 291pp., 178 abbildungen, hardcover. VG, very light wear to head of spine. (a39695)
$45.00 (textiles) . SYNTHETIC FIBER DEVELOPMENTS IN GERMANY - SUPPLEMENT
NY 1946. Textile Research Institute. 4to., 22 foldout charts with brief identifying labels--no other text, spiral bound wraps. Good, light wear. (a39838)
$50.00 Gerspach, M. . LES TAPISSERIES COPTES
Paris 1890 Quantin. Octavo, 8 pp. of text in French, 158 pages of plates, some in color, loose in cover. Unusual designs. Good, later paper spine, pages evenly browned but not brittle. (a3993)
$59.00 Clark, J. Andrew . FINISHING MATERIALS
Atlanta 1939 2nd. Smith. A study of the basic raw materials used in the finishing of cotton piece goods. 8vo., 164pp., red cloth. Good, slight water effects on lower inch of front board with very slight bit of red color on end papers, extremely slight bit of water staining on outer 1/4 inch of margin of a few final pages, no DJ. (a40508)
$45.00 Cobb, J. H. . A MANUAL CONTAINING INFORMATION RESPECTING THE GROWTH OF THE MULBERRY TREE WITH SUITABLE DIRECTIONS FOR THE CULTURE OF SILK
Boston 1833 new edition Carter, Hendee. Hardcover. 12mo., 86pp., printed paper covered boards. Good, end papers wrinkled and foxed lightly, a bit of wear on boards and spine. Original book, not a reprint. (a41654)
$90.00 (textile industry) . NOTES ON THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY IN LANCASHIRE, INDIA, CHINA AND JAPAN
London 1933 Royal Institute of International Affairs. Compiled in the Study Groups Department of Chatham House. Copy of Mrs. Horace Lamb (label on front). 4to., 91 leaves mimeo on rectos only, stapled wraps. Good, light wear, a few tiny chips on wraps. (a42112)
$125.00Varlez, Louis. LES SALAIRES DANS L'INDUSTRIE GANTOISE II. INDUSTRIE DE LA FILATURE DU LIN
Bruxelles 1904 Lebeque. 8vo., 238pp., many charts, wraps. Detailed and scholarly. Good, rebound with original cover remounted. (a4538)
$45.00Christian, M.. INSTRUCTION POUR LES GENS DE LA CAMPAGNE SUR LA MANIERE DE PREPARER LE LINE ET LE CHANVRE SANS ROUISSAGE
Paris 1818 first edition. Madame Huzard. Technological advances to prepare linen and hemp without soaking. Hardcover. In French. 4to. , 44pp., 6 engraved foldout plates of machinery, full red leather with gilt borders (very fancy border about half inch wide pictures of men and women in various poses and occupations) and mounted black spine label, blue silk end papers. VG, light wear, light cover soiling. Rare. (a46551)
$850.00 Bapst, Germain . FRENCH TAPESTRY OF THE 15TH CENTURY REPRESENTING "LA COUR DU PRINCE DU MALICE"
Paris 1916. In English. Elephant Folio hardcover, 11pp., frontis, gilt printed blue boards. VG plus, light soiling on boards, a few small smudges on blanks. Scarce. (a48055)
$155.00 Ludewig, Hermann . POLYESTER FIBRES CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY
NY 1964 1st Wiley. sm4to.hardcover. 476p. Index. Bw photo illus. VG in VG DJ. (a48276)
$120.00Ewer, Patricia and Beth McLaughlin. THE TEXTILE SPECIALTY GROUP POSTPRINTS PAPERS DELIVERED AT THE TEXTILE SUBGROUP SESSION
1996 The Textile Specialty Group. American Institute for Conservation, 24th Annual Meeting, Norfiolk, Virginia, June 1996. 4to., 128pp., illustrations, wraps. VG plus. no owner marks. Papers include: Costume Display Methods; Display methods for small textiles; Mounting large textiles; Curatorial and Conservation Considerations for a 14th-15th century Mamluk Cap, etc. (a48511)
$75.00 Black, W. Bruce and J. Preston (editors) . HIGH-MODULUS WHOLLY AROMATIC FIBERS
NY 1973 1st Marcel Dekker. Technical. 8vo., 372pp., hardcover. VG, some light cover wear. Text fine and clean; no marks. no DJ. (a49279)
$34.00 (world trade) . WORLD TRADE IN SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 1951-1965 VOLUME III. -TEXTILE FIBERS: COTTON, JUTE, AND OTHER VEGETABLE FIBERS
Washington 1968 U.S. Department of Agriculture. Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 43. 4to., 76pp., wraps. Depository library stamp on fron and on title page. A few ink numbers on front. VG. (a49626)
$65.00 Whitworth, Ernest . PRACTICAL COTTON CALCULATIONS A TREATISE RELATING TO COTTON YARN, CLOTH STRUCTURE, LOOM AND MISCELLANEOUS COTTON MILL CALCULATIONS
Boston 1912 Third Edition, Fibre and Fabric. 12mo., 144pp., printed flexible cloth. Owner signed on front free blank. Good, beginning to come loose in binding. (a53623)
$35.00 Means, Philip Ainsworth and Joseph Breck . PERUVIAN TEXTILES, EXAMPLES OF THE PRE-INCAIC PERIOD WITH A CHRONOLOGY OF EARLY PERUVIAN CULTURES.
NY 1930 Metropolitan Museum. 4to., 27pp., 24 monochrome photo plates, printed hardcover. Good, some pages quite foxed, slight wrinkling along narrow edge of top margin throughout, endpapers soiled, one or two small spots on cover, no DJ. (a55255)
$25.00 L�we, Fritz Dr. . ATLAS DER ANALYSEN - RICHTLINIEN DER WICHTIGSTEN ELEMENTE (ZWEITE AUFLAGE DES - ATLAS DER LETZTEN LINIEN)
Dresden und Leipzig 1936. In German. 8vo., 39pp., illustrations, original printed hardcover. Near VG, covers slightly bowed, no DJ. (a55776)
$50.00 Grosch, H. . GAMMEL NORSK VAEVKUNST. PUTETRAEK OG TAEPPER I FARVETRYKTE GJENGIVELSER - MAPPE II
Kristiania 1915 Mittet & Co. In Danish. 4to., 10 beautiful color plates of early Norwegian flatweaves and rugs, stringbound with original front printed wraps mounted on later wrapper. Lacks plate No. 10. Blind stamp of art library on titlepage. Ink number in lower corner of cover and every plate. Good, somewhat worn, some wear on all page edges. (a56090)
$45.00 Grosch, H. . GAMMEL NORSK VAEVKUNST. PUTETRAEK OG TAEPPER I FARVETRYKTE GJENGIVELSER MAPPE III
Kristiania 1916 Mittet & Co. In Danish. 4to., 10 beautiful color plates of early Norwegian flatweaves and rugs, stringbound with original front printed wraps mounted on later wrapper. Lacks plate No. 9. Blind stamp of art library on titlepage. Ink number in lower corner of cover and every plate. Good, somewhat worn, some wear on all page edges. (a56091)
$25.00 Grosch, H. . GAMMEL NORSK VAEVKUNST. PUTETRAEK OG TAEPPER I FARVETRYKTE GJENGIVELSER MAPPE IV
Kristiania 1916 Mittet & Co. In Danish. 4to., 10 beautiful color plates of early Norwegian flatweaves and rugs, stringbound with original front printed wraps mounted on later wrapper. Blind stamp of art library on titlepage. Ink number in lower corner of cover and every plate. Good, somewhat worn, some wear on all page edges. (a56092)
$35.00 Grosch, H. . GAMMEL NORSK VAEVKUNST. PUTETRAEK OG TAEPPER I FARVETRYKTE GJENGIVELSER - MAPPE I
Kristiania 1913 Mittet & Co. In Danish. 4to., 10 beautiful color plates of early Norwegian flatweaves and rugs, stringbound with original front printed wraps mounted on later wrapper. Lacks plate No. 5. and one page with a few lines describing plate No. 10. Blind stamp of art library on titlepage. Ink number in lower corner of cover and every plate. Good, somewhat worn, some wear on all page edges. (a56093)
$25.00 Grosch, H. . GAMMEL NORSK VAEVKUNST. PUTETRAEK OG TAEPPER I FARVETRYKTE GJENGIVELSER - MAPPE VI
Kristiania 1918 Mittet & Co. In Danish. 4to., 10 beautiful color plates of early Norwegian flatweaves and rugs, stringbound with original front printed wraps mounted on later wrapper. Lacks plate No. 9. Blind stamp of art library on titlepage. Ink number in lower corner of cover and every plate. Good, somewhat worn, some wear on all page edges. (a56094)
$25.00 Lewis, F(rank) . BRITISH DESIGNERS THEIR WORK SERIES ONE AND SERIES TWO (2 VOLUMES)
1941, 1942. Published by F. Lewis, Leigh-on-Sea, England. Introduction by Ernest W. Goodale. 2 volumes. Hardcovers. Lg.4tos. Volume 1, 4pp., 25 original photograph plates (monochrome) which show 100 design samples of fabric and wallpaper designs; Volume 2, 4pp., 24 original monochrome photograph plates (lacks plate No. 23) showing 96 design samples of fabric and wallpaper designs. In original decorated , stringbound hardcover folders with original art deco style mounted title labels. Designers include: Louis Aldred, Joyce Attwater, Katherine Dow, Ronald Grierson, Janet Hare, Millicent Hovell, Alec Hunter, C. Whittaker, Ella Shaw, W. S. Haines, H. J. Bull, Cecil Judge, Meriel Tower, Rex Silver, Jessie Sturgeon, Edwin Wrigglesworth, and many more. Number stamp on verso of each photo plate, and on one text page in each volume. Art Institute bookplates (marked "withdrawn"). ner VG, new paper spines, some wear on cover corners. Very Scarce. 2 volumes. (a57579)
$740.00 Swan, Frank H. . WOODBURY KIDDER DANA A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Providence 1918 Livermore & Knight Co. Privately Printed. 4to., 106pp., illustrations, original gilt printed cloth. Fine, slight paperclip impression at top margin of a few initial leaves. (a57974)
$95.00 (designs) . HENGELO VELOURS DESSINS
Holland 1988 Hengelose Trijpweverij B. V. Fabric design, in Dutch. Octavo, 139pp., photo illustrations, wraps . VG, (a58671)
$45.00 (fabrics) . FABRICS OF DISTINCTION
NY 1941 Associated Fabrics Co. Catalogue of fabrics for sale with price list laid in. Octavo, 15 leaves printed on rectos only, each with mounted swatches of actual fabric (first leaf has 32 mounted pieces, most have 6 swatches and a have just 4, original printed wraps. Serves as a wonderful dictionary or reference for fabric types including rayon satin, celanese taffeta, velveteen, nets, duvet, norgandy, animal fur cloth, stroblite, acetate crepe, latex, jersey, and so on. One swatch is missing, another is wearing away. Good, wraps a bit worn, a few leaves beginning to detach and a few swatches wrinkled (others are VG to Fine). (a60649)
$195.00 Braine, Percy N. . THE CULTIVATION OF SILKWORMS A GUIDE TO THEIR RATIONAL TREATMENT WITH NOTES ON EVERY SPECIES GROWN IN CEYLON WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, PLANS AND ESTIMATES
Colombo 1904 1st A. M. & J. Ferguson. Sm.8vo., 50pp, xiv (appendix), index, advertisements, original green cloth hardcover. Good, light wear on spine ends and corners, endpers unevenly browned, very light staining on top inner corner of all pages and on cover. Rare. (a60797)
$250.00 Green, John C. (Chairman of General Committee) . REPORT OF THE AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL RELIEF COMMITTEE FOR THE SUFFERING OPERATIVES OF GREAT BRITAIN 1862-63
NY 1864 Alvord. American efforts to help European manufacturers, especially those engaged in the production of cotton textile fabrics, who were being severely hurt by the disruption of trade caused by the American Civil War. Octavo, 72pp., original printed wraps. VG, light edge chipping. (a61879)
$49.00 Gallinger, Osma Couch . JOY OF HAND WEAVING
Scranton 1951 2nd Laurel. The complete step-by-step book of weaving. Sm4to., 306pp., photo illus., index, boards. VG in Good DJ. (a6377)
$26.00Montgomery Ward Catalogue . YOUNG FASHIONS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS OF ALL AGES BOOK 4
no date, c 1940s (?). One large Hardcover blue cloth Folio volume (brass stud binding) with 50 catalogue pages mounted on the left side on heavy stock each page paired with a page on the right side of actual swatches of fabric used in the clothes advertised on the page to the left. Twenty to 40 swatches, sometimes more, are mounted on every one of the 48 fabric pages. Some of the fabric sample pages foldout. Fabrics are in excellent condition, one or two have a few tiny moth holes, and a few are folded askew. VG. (a69345)
$220.00(tapestry). VENTE SUR ORDONNANCE EXCEPTIONNEL ENSEMBLE DE TAPIS ET TAPISSERIES MODERNES ET DE GARNITURES DE SIEGES
1992 Joel Millon & Claude Robert. In French. Auction Catalogue. Octavo, 52pp., color illustrations, wraps. Near Fine. no faults. (a71324)
$39.00 (textile art) . TISZTELET SZOMBATHELYNEK HOMAGE TO SZOMBATHELYNEK
1988. Exhibition Catalogue. Text in Hungarian and English. Octavo, about 40pp., photo illustrations, wraps. Bookplate of Art Museum on title page(stamped withdrawn). (a72124)
$45.00 Rodier, Paul . THE ROMANCE OF FRENCH WEAVING
NY 1936 new edition, Tudor. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 356pp., 20 color and 99 monochrome illustrations, teal cloth with red and gilt picture of naked woman holding about 50 threads as if she were holding strings on 50 balloons. Near Fine, faint bit of foxing on end papers, in Good DJ. (a72148)
$22.00 Chittick, James . SILK MANUFACTURING AND ITS PROBLEMS
NY 1913 1st James Chittick. Octavo, 432pp., inde, hardcover. Fair, cover badly stained, minor water stains in text, front hinge cracked and opens to half title, initial blank pages gone. (a7465)
$45.00 B W M . SOME OJIBWAY BUFFALO ROBES
1916 University of Pennsylvania. Article on pp.93-96, 8 full page color illustrations of robes, in a single issue of The Museum Journal. Other articles in same issue on other topics. Large octavo, original illustrated wraps. Good. (a77873a)
$45.00Durand-Forest, Jacqueline de. SURVIVANCE DE QUELQUES TECHNIQUES PRECOLOMBIENNES DANS LE MEXIQUE MODERNE i. LE TISSAGE
Paris 1966. In French. Octavo, pp. 525-561 with 9 figures and photo plates, removed from the Journal de la Societe des Americanistes and rebound in later wraps. VG plus. (a79506)
$29.00Zanter, Dr. W. (editor). DEUTSCHE FARBER-ZEITUNG WOCHENSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE FARBEREI, DRUCKEREI, APPRETUR, BLEICHEREI, CHEMISCH, NAFZ UN WEIZ-WASCHEREI 68. JAHRGANG 1932
Wittenburg 1932 Deutsche Farber-Zeitung. In German. Hardcover. Folio, 656pp., numerous illustrations of fabric-making machinery and technology, cloth.** Includes plates with 240 individual actual pieces of fabric mounted. Each cloth sample is 1-1/2 by .5 inches in size. The samples are all in Fine condition with no fading, no moth holes, etc. Text is VG Plus with just some even toning throughout. Cover is Good Plus with some wear and light soiling but binding and hinges are secure. Bookplate of the Chemists Club of New York City. No spine numbers. (a79685)
$200.00 Bojardi, Gilda (editor) . TESSUTI '90 INTERNATIONAL FURNISHING FABRICS
Milano 1990. In Italian. 4to., 184pp., fully illustrated with color photography, original wraps. VG,. (a81790)
$35.00 Buel, Elizabeth Cynthia Barney . THE TALE OF THE SPINNING-WHEEL (ORIGINAL PRINTING, NOTR A MODERN REPRINT)
Litchfield 1903 1st Author. Hardcover. Octavo, 62pp., illustrated by Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, white cloth with gilt picture and lettering on front. Bookplates of Litchfield Historical Society and Francis Warintt Robinson. VG plus. (a81866)
$25.00 Sautier, Albert . ITALIAN PEASANT RUGS
MIlan 1923 Piantanida Valcarenghi. 8vo., 37pp. of text in English, 31 plates (several in color), hardcover. Fair, cover very worn. (a9450)
$28.00 (textiles) . 100 JAHRE SPINNEREI AN DER LORZE BAAR 1854-1954
Baar 1954. Copy No. 25. Swiss textile manufacturing. In German. Hardcover. Large 4to., 247pp., mounted color and monochrome illustrations,cloth. One page has 4 lines underlined in pen. VG in Good DJ. (a9509)
$39.00 (clothing) . CLOTHING WORKSHOP IN BROOKLYN NINETEENTH CENTURY ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH
c. 1880. 4-1/2 x 7 inches on mounted on board. Original photograph taken by The New York Photo View Co., Fulton St., Brooklyn. Show 8 adults and a large dog in a small room making clothing with sewing machine. (ny307)
$45.00