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VERLET, Pierre, FLORISOONE, Michel, HOFFMEISTER, Adolph & TABARD, Fran ois.
Great Tapestries The Web Of History From The 12th To The 20th Century Edited By Joseph Jobé Translated By Peggy Rowell Oberson.
Lausanne: Edita S.A., [1965]..
folio. pp. 278, [1]. numerous illus. (many tipped-in colour). cloth. dw. (light wear & few short tears to edges of dw.). slipcase. First Edition of the English Translation.
$128 USD Book Number: TRLeaVER2 Order / Enquire
VERLET, Pierre; Michel FLORISOONE, Adolf HOFFMEISTER & François TABARD.
The Art of Tapestry.
London: Thames & Hudson, [1965]..
folio. pp. 278. profusely illus. in b/w, with 82 tipped-in colour plates. index. cloth. (spine bit sunned). First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: stela421 Order / Enquire
VOYSEY, Cynthia.
Bobbin Lace in Photographs.
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, [1987]..
4to. pp. 127. 177 b/w illus. (some full-page). bds. dw. (lightly rubbed, short tear to back). First Edition.
$31 USD Book Number: TYSbbVOY43 Order / Enquire
WARDLE, Patricia.
Nuttig en nodig.Practical and needful Dutch Lace Schools 1850-1940.
[Amsterdam?: Het Kantsalet, 1992]..
12mo. pp. 191, [1]. many full-page illus. (several colour). text in English & Dutch. biblio. wrs. (corners of first few gatherings curled).
$41 USD Book Number: TRDttWAR86 Order / Enquire
WARREN, Mrs. [Eliza] & Mrs. PULLAN.
Treasures In Needlework; Comprising Instructions in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Point Lace, Tatting, Braiding, and Embroidery: Illustrated With Useful And Ornamental Designs, Patterns, &c.
London: Ward And Lock, [1855]..
8vo. pp. xv, [1], 448. colour frontis. & additional title. numerous text illus. original gilt-stamped cloth, rebacked with spine mounted, gilt edges (foxing to frontis., additional title & first 2 leaves). First Edition?
$300 USD Book Number: elala3023 Order / Enquire
WEIBEL, Adele Coulin.
Two Thousand Years Of Textiles The Figured Textiles Of Europe And The Near East.
New York: Pantheon Books for the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1952..
4to. pp. xii, 169. 8 colour plates & 323 b/w illus. on 120 double-sided plates. biblio. cloth. dw. slipcase (some puckering & a couple of tears to slipcase). First Edition.
$315 USD Book Number: ABE-377451 Order / Enquire
WHEELER, Candace.
The Development of Embroidery in America.
New York & London: Harpet & Brothers Publishers, 1921..
8vo. pp. ix, [1], 152. many b/w plates including frontis. quarter-cloth, top edge gilt (corners worn). First Edition.
$125 USD Book Number: stela1712 Order / Enquire
WHITIN MACHINE WORKS.
1914 Illustrative and Descriptive Catalog Of Whitin Cotton Waste Machinery And Of Various Systems of Working Cotton Waste.
Whitinsville, MA: Whitin Machine Works, [1914]..
12mo. pp. 91. frontis. & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original cloth.
$70 USD Book Number: TIT14WHI43 Order / Enquire
WHITIN MACHINE WORKS.
1917 Illustrated And Descriptive Catalog Of Whitin Textile Machinery And Hand Book Of Useful Information For Manufacturers And Engineers.
Whitinsville, MA: Whitin Machine Works, [1917]..
12mo. pp. 299. frontis. & numerous text illus. (some full-page). original cloth.
$96 USD Book Number: TIT17WHI58 Order / Enquire
WHITMARSH, Samuel.
Eight Years Experience And Observation In The Culture Of The Mulberry Tree, And In The Care Of The Silk Worm. With Remarks Adapted To The American System Of Producing Raw Silk For Exportation.
Northampton, MA: Published By J.H.Butler For The Author, 1839..
12mo. pp. 156, [1 leaf]. with half-title. folding frontis. original blind-stamped cloth (text browned, dampstaining to upper margins throughout). First Edition. Including chapters on the selection of and the proper conditions for growing mulberry trees, raising worms, reeling the silk, and the economics of silk culture. Whitmarsh sought to convince American farmers of the ease and profitability of silk-growing. He was convinced that American silk was of better quality and would therefore be in greater demand despite its higher price. The author's plan even included instructing the poor in American cities in silk culture as a means of eradicating unemployment. Sabin 103753.
$231 USD Book Number: TITghWHI10 Order / Enquire
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