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Price: £69.00
Publisher: Osaka, Japan, Japanese Textile Color Design Center: 1959
Seller ID: 004840
Condition: Good
NB: Vol I only. Dark brown buckram with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Fair, generally shelfworn with a 5 inch vertical repaired tear to front cover of jacket, and light sunning to spine. 84pp. text plus 160 b/w and 24 colour plates. This book is the first volume of a three volume survey of rich and varied Japanese textile designs classified into three groups: designs of free style, designs of geometrical arrangement and designs of the Ryukus and the Ainu. Volume I (this book) contai... View more info
By: Bartlett, Liz
Price: £22.00
Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford Ltd.: 1991
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 004107
Condition: Good
Brown hardcover with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, would be classed as very good except that the front endpaper has a crease to the lower right corner. Binding sound, inscribed by author to a previous owner on the title page "for Mary and family, with particular happy memories of days drawing and being helped to recognise beauty in all forms. Love Liz". Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 144pp. Illustrated with approx. 100 b/w photographs. In this book, the author tells the story of the lacemaking villages of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Notting... View more info
By: Bell, Robert
Price: £75.00
Publisher: Canberra, Australia, National Gallery of Australia (NGA Publishing): 2010
Seller ID: 006655
ISBN: 0642541574
Condition: Very Good
Softcover with dustjacket. Condition: Very good, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 264pp. Many colour illustrations. This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Ballets Russes - The Art of Costume" held at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra from 10 December 2010 to 20 March 2011. The costumes featured in this book are drawn entirely from the National Gallery of Australia's world-renowned Ballets Russes collection. A heavy catalogue, will require extra shippi... View more info
Price: £38.00
Publisher: London, Sotheby's Publications/Philip Wilson Publishers: 1990
Seller ID: 006111
ISBN: 0856673900
Condition: Very Good
Blue cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Good, with general light shelfwear. 275pp. 112 colour plates and several b/w illustrations. This book is a thorough study of Anatolian kilims and centres around the Caroline and H.McCoy Jones Collection (now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) which is generally acknowledged as the greatest of its kind anywhere in the world. The 110 kilims in the collection, most of which are datable to before the 18th century, include many of the earli... View more info
By: Freeman, Charles
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Wardown Park, Luton, Luton Museum & Art Gallery: 1958
Seller ID: 004948
Condition: Good
Card covers. Condition: Good, with general light shelfwear to covers. Previous owners address label on reverse of front cover. 51pp. 17 b/w plates and several b/w diagrams within text. This handbook deals with the cottage industry of pillow lacemaking in the East Midlands. It is divided into two sections, the first describes the history of the industry and the second, the methods of manufacture. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Jourdain, M.
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, B.T.Batsford: 1908
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Seller ID: 006443
Condition: Good
NB: No dustjacket. Beige cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. Top edge gilt. Condition: Good, with general wear and light soiling to covers. Appears to be signed by the author on front endpaper (see image). 121pp. 95 b/w plates. Frontispiece coming a little loose. View more info
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Ashkabad, Turkmen States Folk Arts Museum: 1990
Seller ID: 004203
Condition: Fine
NB: Text is in Russian throughout, with a one page summary in English (p.293). Dark yellow cloth with title in gold on front cover and spine. Condition: Fine, binding sound, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with light shelfwear and small nick to spine of jacket. Card slipcase. 304pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. This book illustrates the collection of folk art at the State Fine Arts Museum of the Turkmen, SSR, as well as showing how the various items are produced today. It includes embroidery, knitting, jewellery, carpets, rugs and felts. View more info
By: Mollison, James
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Chris Boot Ltd.: 2008
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: 006058
ISBN: 190571212X
Condition: Very Good
Hardcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Many colour photographic illustrations. Foreword by Desmond Morris. One of an edition of 3000 copies. This book of remarkable photographs illustrates "concert tribes" i.e.what the followers of various bands wear e.g. Motorhead, the Sex Pistols, 50 Cent. View more info
By: Nicholson, Julia
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Leicester, Leicestershire Museums: 1988
Seller ID: 004251
ISBN: 0850222486
Condition: Very Good
Card covered stapled catalogue. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 52pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. This catalogue was produced to accompany the exhibition entitled "Traditional Indian arts of Gujarat" held at the Leicestershire Museum and Arts Gallery from 25th June 1988 to 5th march 1989. The catalogue includes sections on the textile techniques of Gujarat including embroidery, beadwork and weaving as well as the context in which they are used, for example to celebrate a marriage. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
By: Oz, Tahsin
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Istanbul, Milli Egitim Basimevi: 1946
Seller ID: 001854
Condition: Fair
Grey cloth with titles in black on front cover. Condition: Fair, Covers are faded and shelfworn, title page lightly soiled with previous owners names top right. Binding cracked internally in a couple of places, otherwise sound. 125pp. 12 colour plates, 23 b/w plates. NB: Text is in Turkish, with a list of contents and index to the plates at the rear in English, French and German. An inspirational book illustrating beautiful Turkish textile designs from the 14th to 16th centuries. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Edington, Wiltshire, Pasold Research Fund Ltd.: 1973
Seller ID: 003713
Condition: Very Good
Originally published in New York in 1823, this edition includes an introduction by J de L.Mann and technical notes by K.G.Ponting. Blue cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 264pp. Includes a folding table to "regulate the yarn, the bier, the breadth in the loom, the run and weight of filling, for a given number of yards". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Zurich, Switzerland, Buchverlag Neue Zurcher Zeitung: 1980
Seller ID: 004501
Condition: Fine
NB: Dual text in French and German. Olive green leather effect boards with title in gilt on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. Condition: Fine. no inscriptions. This book illustrates various costumes from the 22 cantons of Switzerland, and is a reproduction of the 1820 first edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View more info
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Budapest, Neprajzi Muzeum: 1996
Seller ID: 004168
ISBN: 9637106448
Condition: Fine
NB: Text is in Hungarian throughout. Condition: Fine, with just a hint of shelfwear to covers. 88pp. Many colour illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, A.Zwemmer Ltd.: 1964
Seller ID: 002626
Condition: Good
Terracotta colour cloth with titles in gilt on spine. Condition: Good, covers have light sunning around very edges. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. Dustjacket condition: Poor to fair, sunning to spine with small chips and tears around edges. Now protected by clear removable cellophane. 240pp. 132 illustrations, including 100 in colour and many in gold and silver. As well as being an account of Italian textiles spanning seven centuries, the author relates the fabrics to the purpose for which they were undertaken, and their design to the social, religious and political forces that mo... View more info
By: Sayer, Chloe
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, British Museum Publications: 1985
Seller ID: 004167
ISBN: 0714180319
Condition: Very Good
Black cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Very good, previous owners name on front pastedown. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear. 239pp. 36 colour and 115 b/w illustrations. In this book, the author traces the development of Mexican textile arts, examines the social and even magical role played by clothing in many villages, and documents the inventiveness and elegance of Indian dress, both past and present. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
Price: £35.00
Publisher: Haywards Heath, West Sussex, Salex Publishing: 2006
Seller ID: 004131
ISBN: 0955469406
Condition: Good
Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers and light crease approx one inch in from edge of first 29 pages. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Binding sound. 260pp. Over 600 b/w line drawings. This book is a pratical manual on making geometrical bucks point lace, and includes chapters on its history and development, techniques, materials required and thirty varied and usable projects, such as handkerchiefs, jabots and wedding presents. View more info
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, Smithsonian Institution in Association with Philip Wilson Publishers: 2001
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003823
ISBN: 0856675547
Condition: Fine
Softcover. Condition: Fine with a hint or sunning to rear cover. Binding sound, text clean, no inscriptions. 94pp. Many colour and b/w illustrations. Tis book was produced to accompany an exhibition held at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, from December 16, 2001 to March 3, 2002. It was the first exhibition devoted exclusively to decorated wall panels, sculpture and masks, created during initiation rites of the young men of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Angola. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Tunbridge Wells, Search Press: 2002
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 004461
ISBN: 1903975255
Condition: Very Good
Softcover. Condition: Very good, with very light shelfwear to covers. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 160pp. Many colour illustrations. This practical guide brings together a range of fascinating designs including woven necklaces and spiral bracelets, and shows how to vary basic project ideas, using colour and texture to enhance and embellish the designs. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
By: Ziran, Bai (ed.)
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Beijing, The Foreign Languages Press: 1988
Seller ID: 004106
ISBN: 0835115755
Condition: Good
Softcover. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers, and some scuffing to rear cover. Light "handling creases" to a few pages due to the quality of the paper. Binding sound, no inscriptions. 157pp. Many colour photographic illustrations. This picture book, in six parts, details vividly the life, culture, customs and art of the Miao people, one of China's minorities, with a population of approximately five million, living in scattered communities in the hilly regions of south western and south central China. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View more info
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