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SWATCH 88 89 90 91 92
Zurich: Farner Publicis, 1992. 4to., paperback, pp. 93, 276, index unpaginated, two magazines with many full colour illustrations and a separate index book; a near fine copy in a transparent plastic slipcase.
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MEDIEVAL DRESS AND TEXTILES OF THE BRITISH ISLES, c.400-1450.
Leiden: Brill, 2012. Large 8vo., pp.692, pictorial hardcover, colour plates and b/w illustrations; upper corner of front board bumped, slight bruise to tailband, internally clean and otherwise very good.
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THE ART OF DYEING IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.
Vicenza: Nevi Pozza, 1973. Large 8vo., pp.xviii,467, blue hardcover lettered in white, illustrated with 178 b/w and 7 inlaid colour plates; from the library of Penelope Walton, with ownership bookplate to front free endpaper, spine broken at rear inner hinge - gutter open, extremities rubbed, a working copy, with very partial dust-jacket.
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THE COLOUR CAULDRON.
Perth: Privately printed, 1986. 8vo., pp.(iv),234, black hardcover, gilt, b/w figures; author’s signed presentation inscription to title, a very good copy, in very good lightly worn unclipped dust-jacket.
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VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM - THE TAPESTRY COLLECTION: Medieval and Renaissance.
London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1980. Oblong 8vo., pp.83, oatmeal cloth, lettering in brown and gilt, colour frontispiece, 108 b/w plates; a near-fine copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, with one small closed tear to rear upper margin, else very good indeed, and now in a protective cover.
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DRESSING THE PAST.
Ancient Textiles Series Vol. 3.
Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2008. 8vo., pp.xxiii,167, paperback, colour illustrations; light vertical crease to front wrapper, light crease to spine, an otherwise very good, fresh copy.
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THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF WESTERN TEXTILES. [Two-Volume Set in Slipcase]
Cambridge University Press, 2003. Two volumes, large 8vo., pp.xiii,1191, green cloth, gilt, illustrated with 42 colour plates and numerous b/w figures; a mint set, in dust-jackets and housed in matching green cloth slipcase. Still in shrinkwrap.
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KAUKASISCHE VOLKEREN / THE CAUCASIAN PEOPLES.
Exhibition realized in the Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium, February 24th 2001-June 24th 2001.
Antwerp: Anne de Hingh, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, bilingual text, 4to., pp.327, paperback, colour plates; tiny spot of rubbing to upper corner of front wrapper, a near-fine copy.
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THE ART OF DYEING WOOL, SILK, AND COTTON.
London: Scott, Greenwood & Co, 1901. 8vo., pp.xx, 446, green cloth, gilt, b/w plates; ownership autograph to half title page, with occasional light foxing to prelims, slight rubbing to extremities, with very slight wear to extremities and small stain at foot of spine and rear board, generally very good copy.
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TEXTILE MANUFACTURES IN EARLY MODERN ENGLAND.
Manchester University Press. 8vo., pp.xii,428, black hardcover, gilt, 13 b/w illustrations; small crease to lower corner of pp.129-170, a very good, internally fresh copy, in vg unclipped dust-jacket.
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WATSON'S ADVANCED TEXTILE DESIGN.
Compound Woven Structures.
London: Newnes-Butterworths, 1977. Fourth edition, 8vo., pp.(vi),435, red cloth, gilt, b/w illustrations; ex library, with stamps and stickers to prelims, else clean and very good, in very good unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine.
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OPERA TEXTILIA VARIORUM TEMPORUM.
The Museum of National Antiquities, Stockholm, Studies 8. To honour Agnes Geijer on her ninetieth birthday 26th October 1988.
Stockholm: Statens Historiska Museum, 1988. Large 8vo., pp.188, pictorial hardcover, b/w and colour plates; toning to edges, a very good copy. No dust-jacket.
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ELEMENTS OF THE ART OF DYEING;
With a Description of the Art of Bleaching by Oxymuriatic Acid. In Two Volumes.
London: printed for Thomas Tegg; Simpkin and Marshall; R. Griffin & Co., Glasgow; J. Cumming, Dublin, 1824. Second edition, two volumes, 8vo., pp.xxvii,408;vii,453, quarter leather, gilt-lettered labels, marbled boards, complete with 9 plates; a very good, fresh set, in neat modern bindings.
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SCOTTISH TEXTILE HISTORY.
Aberdeen University Press, 1987. 8vo., pp.xiii,193, red cloth, gilt, colour and b/w plates; a very good copy indeed, in unclipped dust-jacket, with two small closed tears to front upper edge.
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LEACH POTTERY ST IVES.
The Legacy of Bernard Leach.
St Ives: Beach Books, 2006. Large 8vo., pp.247, brown cloth, gilt, colour and b/w plates; small crease to lower corner of front free endpaper, a fine copy, in fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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LUCIE RIE.
A Retrospective Exhibition of Earthenware, Stoneware and Porcelain, 1926-1967, Organized by the Arts Council.
London: The Arts Council, 1967. Small 4to., pp.32, 12 b/w plates, stapled card wrappers (paperback); sellotape stains at corners of title and final page, a very good copy.
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SAMPLERS - MAPPED AND CHARTED.
Samplers and Historic Embroideries. Exhibition at Witney Antiques.
Witney Antiques, 2005. Exhibition catalogue, 4to., unpaginated, paperback, colour-illustrated throughout; a very good, fresh copy.
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20TH CENTURY BRITISH GLASS.
Antique Collectors’ Club, 2009. 4to., pp.480, blue hardcover, gilt, colour-illustrated; a fresh and near-fine copy, in vg+ unclipped dust-jacket.
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ART OF THE MODERN POTTER.
Country Life Books, 1976. Reprint, oblong 4to., pp.207, brown hardcover, gilt, colour plates; signed by four of the potters beneath their portraits, light toning to margins, light sellotape marking to margins of boards, rubbing to extremities, slight bruise to upper LH corner of front board, a very good copy, in unclipped dust-jacket, which is lightly sunned to spine, with 2cm closed tear to front lower margin, and light rubbing/slight chipping to extremities, else very good - now in a protective cover.
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LUCIE RIE.
Modernist Potter.
China: Yale University Press, 2015. 8vo., pp.xv,328, beige hardcover, lettered in white, b/w frontispiece, 110 colour and b/w illustrations; a fine copy, in a fine unclipped dust-jacket.
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